cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
First-Order Methods in Convex Optimization: Acceleration, Conditioning, and Rescaling
Creators: name: Gutman, David
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10199 Pure Mathematics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This thesis focuses on three themes related to the mathematical theory of first-order methods for convex minimization: acceleration, conditioning, and rescaling.
Chapters 1 and 2 explore the acceleration theme. In chapter 1, we give a novel proof of the O(1/k) and O(1/k2) convergence rates of the proximal gradient and accelerated
proximal gradient methods for composite convex  minimization. The crux of the new proof is an upper bound constructed via the convex conjugate of the objective function. Chapter 2 extends the approach of chapter 1 to the convergence analysis of Bregman proximal fi rst-order algorithms for convex minimization. We provide novel proofs of the convergence rates of the Bregman proximal subgradient, Bregman proximal gradient, and a new accelerated Bregman proximal gradient algorithm under fairly general and mild assumptions. Our accelerated Bregman proximal gradient algorithm attains the
best-known accelerated rate of convergence when suitable relative smoothness and triangle scaling assumptions hold. However, the algorithm requires no prior knowledge
of any related smoothness or triangle scaling constants.
Chapter 3 explores the conditioning theme by proposing a condition number of a differentiable convex function relative to a reference set and distance function pair. This relative condition number is de fined as the ratio of a relative smoothness constant to a relative strong convexity constant. We show that the relative condition number
extends the main properties of the traditional condition number both in terms of its geometric insight and in terms of its role in characterizing the linear convergence of
 first-order methods for constrained convex minimization.
Chapter 4 explores the rescaling theme. In this chapter, we propose three enhanced versions of the projection and rescaling algorithm's basic procedures, using an effi cient
algorithmic implementation of Carath eodory's Theorem. Each of these enhanced procedures improves upon the order of complexity of its analogue in Pe~na and Soheili
(Math Program 166(1):87111, 2017) when the dimension of the subspace is suffi ciently smaller than the dimension of its ambient space.
Structural synergy of NanoAl2O3/NanoAl composites with high thermomechanical properties and ductility
Creators: name: K. Kutzhanov, Magzhan
name: Matveev, Andrei T.
name: Bezrukov, Andrey
name: Shchetinin, Igor V.
name: Konopatsky, Anton S.
name: Shtansky, Dmitry V.
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: Achieving a combination of high strength and ductility in metal-based composites is still a difficult task, and it is especially challenging in a wide temperature range. Here, nanoAl2O3/nanoAl composites with high tensile and compressive strength and excellent ductility at 25 and 500 °C were obtained using Al and Al2O3 nanopowders via a combination of high-energy ball milling (HEBM) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). Being about three times lighter than conventional high-strength steel (with a density of 2.7 g/cm3 vs. that of 7.8 g/cm3 for steel), the nanoAl2O3/nanoAl materials demonstrated tensile strength and elongation before failure comparable with those of steel. The nanoAl2O3/nanoAl composites were strengthened with two types of Al2O3 NPs, in situ formed, and introduced into the powder mixture. The resulting materials had a bimodal microstructure consisting of Al with micron and submicron grains surrounded by an Al/Al2O3 framework whose structural components were all in the size range of 20–50 nm. Among the studied compositions (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 20 wt.% of Al2O3), the Al-3%Al2O3 material showed the best thermomechanical properties, such as a tensile strength of 512 MPa and 280 MPa and a compressive strength of 489 MPa and 344 MPa at 25 and 500 °C, respectively, with an elongation to failure of 15–18%. These results show the promise of nanoAl2O3/nanoAl composites for use as small items in the automotive and aviation industries.
Algorithmic and Structural Properties of Random Graphs
Creators: name: Anastos, Michael
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10199 Pure Mathematics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: All questions considered in this thesis are related to either some class of Random Graphs or to a randomized algorithm or to both. The main property that is studied in Chapters 2,3 & 4 is Hamiltonicity. In Chapter 2 we show that w.h.p. the edges of the random directed graph process can be [q]-colored ([n]-colored respectively) in an online fashion such that once the underlying graph has both minimum in-degree and out-degree   >_q there is a Hamilton cycle in each color
(q edge disjoint rainbow Hamilton cycles respectively).
In Chapter 3 we consider patterned-colored Hamilton cycles. That is a Hamilton cycle where the colors alternate based on some  nite patterned as we traverse the cycle. For example if the pattern is b, b, r, then as we traverse the cycle we may see the colors b,b,r,b,b,r,b,b,r,.... We prove a hitting time result for the existence of such a cycle in the randomly colored random graph process as well as a hitting time result for the related notion of patterned connectivity.
In Chapter 4 we study the randomly edge colored graph that is obtained by adding randomly colored random edges to an arbitrary randomly edge colored dense graph.
We give upper bounds on the number of colors and edges needed in order for the resultant graph to contain w.h.p. a rainbow Hamilton cycle. We also prove the corresponding
result related to rainbow connectivity. In Chapters 5 & 6 we analyze a version of an algorithm that was proposed Karp
and Sipser for fi nding perfect matchings in sparse random graphs. We show that it can utilized in order to  find perfect matchings in random regular graphs in linear time
in expactation. In Chapters 7 & 8 we study two problems that are related Glauber dynamics. In Chapter 7 we give conditions under which we can utilize the Glauber dynamics in order to sample an almost random coloring of a simple Hypegraph in O(n log n) time. In Chapter 8 we give an upper bound on the number of colors q = q(d) needed such
that w.h.p. the underlying chain, applied to G(n; p = d=n), is ergodic. In Chapter 9 we study the connectivity of the k-out random subgraph of the n-Hypercube, Qn. That is the subgraph that is generated by independently adding
for every vertex of Qn k random edges incident to it. We establish the threshold of existence of a giant component as well as of connectivity. Finally in Chapter 10 we consider a Ramsey property of random d-regular graphs. We determine the exact number of colors needed such that w.h.p. there is a coloring of the edges of a random d-regular graphs where every monochromatic component has sublinear size. We also prove a similar result for the k-out random subgraphs of the complete graph.
Die Drei-Ämter-Lehren nach Tradition und Zweitem Vatikanischen Konzil
Creators: name: Schick, Ludwig
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 10 Nr. 1 (1981): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 10, Heft 1
Machine Learning Modeling of Soot Emissions in a Medium Duty Diesel Engine
Creators: Shahpouri, Saeid
Norouzi, Armin
Hayduk, Christopher
Rezaei, Reza
Shahbakhti, Mahdi
Koch, Charles Robert
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Conference Abstract. Part of the Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2022.
Quantum Simulator for Transport Phenomena in Fluid Flows
Creators: name: Mezzacapo, A.
name: Sanz, M.
name: Lamata, L.
name: Egusquiza, I. L.
name: Succi, S.
name: Solano, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transport phenomena still stand as one of the most challenging problems in computational physics. By exploiting the analogies between Dirac and lattice Boltzmann equations, we develop a quantum simulator based on pseudospin-boson quantum systems, which is suitable for encoding fluid dynamics transport phenomena within a lattice kinetic formalism. It is shown that both the streaming and collision processes of lattice Boltzmann dynamics can be implemented with controlled quantum operations, using a heralded quantum protocol to encode non-unitary scattering processes. The proposed simulator is amenable to realization in controlled quantum platforms, such as ion-trap quantum computers or circuit quantum electrodynamics processors.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Sustainability of FAIR Life Science Resources and Projects:  How "BeSURE" Recommendations from EOSC-Life RIs help for FAIR principles
Creators: name: David, Romain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Life Science (LS) communities must increase the sustainability of their data resources, software tools, and workflows, to allow their long-term re-use by the wider scientific community, especially in future applications involving machine-based analyses. In this poster, we describe key findings regarding sustainable LS resources, based on experiences made in the EOSC-Life project. EOSC-Life brought 13 European LS Research Infrastructures together to lay the foundation for an open, digital and collaborative space for life sciences research. We describe organisational, technical, financial and legal/ethical challenges that represent the main barriers to sustainability in the LS domain. Citing lessons from 27 scientific projects selected via Open Calls, we demonstrate the efficiency of the EOSC-Life support model for sustainable FAIR data management in a paper submitted to a peer reviewed journal and explore the complex sustainability needs for sensitive- and industry-related data resources. We describe cross-disciplinary sharing of best practices and how this increases  the sustainability of knowledge across communities by building training resources. Additionally, we formulated a set of "BeSURE" recommendations (Be SUstainable REcommendations ) presented in poster #1 as lessons learned.
Although many of these sustainability recommendations may seem obvious, their practical understanding and actual implementation may be challenging, especially if their importance and overall impact on short- and long-term perspectives are poorly understood when beginning collective community work. The recommendations provided can, however, be explicitly and bidirectionally linked to the FAIR principles and concrete processes related to data and tools handling, sharing and reproducibility. By adopting such FAIRification actions, the poster #2 on recommendations to propose to classify the key objectives to support in FAIR implementation (that reciprocally help the sustainability research outputs) or are mandatory to ensuring the quality, efficiency and sustainability of FAIR compliance. Highlighting the relative weight of relations between our "BeSURE" recommendations and the efficiency of FAIR principles implementation, we provide a succinct take-home message: a proposed timeline for implementation in the framework of new LS projects.
Teoria della performance, Performance Studies e Nuova Teatrologia
Creators: name: De Marinis, Marco
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: The aim of this article is identifying some points of contact between, what I’ve been calling from over twenty five years, “New theatrology” and Performance Studies, or – if you prefer – among continental theater studies (and especially Italian) and theater studies of Anglo-American area, looking also to the new frontiers of spectator’s cognitive effects.
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 5 (2015): Il migliore scenario possibile
Search for Lorentz violation in short-range gravity
Creators: name: Long, J. C.
name: Kostelecky, Alan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for sidereal variations in the force between two planar tungsten oscillators separated by about 80 microns sets the first experimental limits on Lorentz violation involving quadratic couplings of the Riemann curvature, consistent with no effect at the level of $10^{-7}$ m$^2$.
description: 13 pages
Edge-confined under-coordinated Cu atoms on Ru nanosheets enable efficient CH4 activation
Creators: Pawan Kumar, Jinguang Hu, Md Golam Kibria
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Jinchang Fan et al. demonstrate that Cu atoms confined in ultrathin 2D metallic Ru nanosheets (Ru11Cu NSs) favor bi-coordinated adsorption of O∗ species to reduce the activation energy barrier for a facile C–H bond cleavage to C1 oxygenates (CH3OOH and CH3OH) with 99% selectivity.
ADDRESSING LITERACY RATES AMONG STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH IN DURHAM COUNTY THROUGH THE READ AND FEED PROGRAM
Creators: name: Miao, Jonathan
name: Brigman, LaTosha
name: Jacobini, Caroline
name: Nyman, Jennifer
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Improving literacy among children in Durham County warrants immediate public health action. On a national, state, and county level, research shows that students who are eligible for free and reduced lunch through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) show significantly lower reading proficiency compared to students who are not eligible. Children with low literacy rates have a higher risk of dropping out of school, not attending university, and having lower job prospects compared to their peers that read at a higher literacy level. Taking this data into consideration, we plan to implement a nutrition-supported literacy-based initiative within Durham County Public Schools. The Read and Feed program will serve students in grades 3, 4, and 5 who read at a “not-proficient” literacy level and are enrolled in NSLP. The program’s mission is to impact under-served elementary students by strengthening their reading skills and providing nutritious meals.
Keywords: literacy, nutrition, food insecurity, free and reduced lunch, NSLP, elementary students, Durham County, North Carolina
A hypothetical way to compute an upper bound for the heights of solutions of a Diophantine equation with a finite number of solutions
Creators: name: Tyszka, Apoloniusz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11U05

description: Let f(n)=1 if n=1, 2^(2^(n-2)) if n \in {2,3,4,5}, (2+2^(2^(n-4)))^(2^(n-4)) if n \in {6,7,8,...}. We conjecture that if a system T \subseteq {x_i+1=x_k, x_i \cdot x_j=x_k: i,j,k \in {1,...,n}} has only finitely many solutions in positive integers x_1,...,x_n, then each such solution (x_1,...,x_n) satisfies x_1,...,x_n \leq f(n). We prove that the function f cannot be decreased and the conjecture implies that there is an algorithm which takes as input a Diophantine equation, returns an integer, and this integer is greater than the heights of integer (non-negative integer, positive integer, rational) solutions, if the solution set is finite. We show that if the conjecture is true, then this can be partially confirmed by the execution of a brute-force algorithm.
description: 8 pages, the proof of Theorem 8 added
แบบจําลองทางคอมพิวเตอร์แบบตัวแทนสําหรับวิเคราะห์การวางแผนอพยพจากเหตุฉุกเฉินเพลิงไหม้ในกรณีศึกษาอาคารเรียน
Creators: name: กสิณ รังสิกรรพุม
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2563
Subjects: แบบจําลองคอมพิวเตอร์แบบตัวแทน
การวางแผนการอพยพ
การจัดการเพลิงไหม้
อาคารเรียน

description: วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี, 28, 10, 1871-1888
«Haeret in vultu trucis imago facti». Il personaggio tragico di Seneca come specchio distorto dell'animo umano
Creators: name: Migliardi, Dario
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: Violence is an integral part, if not the main aesthetic nourishment of many of the mass spectacles of the imperial Rome; Horatius, who strenuously objects to that kind of “spectacle of theater” that is the representation of the cruelty and horror that will become ‘the special effects’ most acclaimed by the public of the imperial age – very close to the visual extremism that Ghezzi describes as thrill snuff of some contemporary films –, in the well-known verse of the Ars Poetica tells us: «Non tamen intus / digna geri Promes in scaenam , multaque tolles / ex oculis quae mox narret praesens eloquence . / Ne pueros coram populo trucidet Medea, / aut humana palam coquat exta Nefarius Atreus […]». These verses cannot but remind Seneca’s work centered as it is, on the obvoius transgression by the Neronian playwriter about Horatius’s precept of the representativeness of the crime. As the Ostio Quadra’s mirrors of the Naturales Quaestiones, Seneca’s characters amplify and distort the myth and the vision of the viewer/reader, such as reflective surfaces of the famous libertine, Thyestes, Medea enlarge and submit to the public’s contemplation the individual fragments of their psyche possessed by a passion triggering off a wise catoptric play of fear and desire.
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 5 (2015): Il migliore scenario possibile
FORmicidae Tracker (FORT) : Open Source Online Tracker
Creators: name: Alexandre Tuleu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: FORmicidae Tracker (FORT) : Open Source Online Tracker
 
The FORmicidae Tracker (FORT) is an advanced online tracking system designed specifically for studying social insects, particularly ants and bees, FORT utilizes fiducial markers for extended individual tracking. Its key features include real-time online tracking and a modular design architecture that supports distributed processing. The project's current repositories encompass comprehensive hardware blueprints, technical documentation, and associated firmware and software for online tracking and offline data analysis.
These particular files represent the source code of the landing page found at https://formicidae-tracker.github.io. Otherwise this meta-publication regroups all other publications related to the design of the FORT project.
For each individual repositories containing the open source hardware blueprints, firmware and software, please refers to the following related work:

Software:

formicidae-tracker/myrmidon [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019150]:Pre-processing tool for tracking experiment.
formicidae-tracker/olympus  [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019100]: Monitoring server for tracking experiment.
formicidae-tracker/leto [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019090]: Tracking orchestrator service.
formicidae-tracker/artemis [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019138]: Online tracking software.
formicidae-tracker/zeus [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019136]: Environmental control software.
formicidae-tracker/hermes [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019084]: Tracking data exchange format.
formicidae-tracker/tag-layouter [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019131]: Tag layouter program.
formicidae-tracker/time [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019134]: C++ Time utilities library.
formicidae-tracker/libarke [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019094]: Inter-device communication protocol.
formicidae-tracker/fort-configuration [DOI:zenodo.10019140]: IT automation (Ansible) scripts.
formicidae-tracker/fort-tags [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019059]: Legacy fiducial marker support.
Hardware:

formicidae-tracker/hardware [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10019078]: Hardware blueprints and firmware.
Product Breakdown Structure [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10021793]: Googledrive sheet describing all pieces and subassemblies of a FORT Instance.
CAD Data [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10021912]: Autodesk Fusion 360 CAD Data for all hardware.
Documentation:

formicidae-tracker/documentation [DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10018585]: Documentation
Tra rito e performance: la «regolata devozione» milanese nel Settecento
Creators: name: Frattali, Arianna
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: Starting from the analysis of documentary sources, the study covers some historical joints to the delicate relationship between popular devotions - analyzed from the standpoint of performance - and the Austrian Government, in Milan. The ambiguous relationship between ecclesiastical power and civil power in the town of Lombardy, since 1950, will tend to limit the baroque magnificence of external worship, without being able to eliminate entirely some emotional events; the result will survive the reforms of Giuseppe II, albeit in a more intimate form of “regulated devotion”, re-emerging also in the Jacobean three-year period.
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 5 (2015): Il migliore scenario possibile
The choreographic becoming in classrom contexts: serendipity in the instant composition of Julyen Hamilton
Creators: name: Santos, Maíra
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: This article aims at discussing the notion of ‘instant composition’ according to the conception of the British choreographer Julyen Hamilton, through his pedagogical work, which is dedicated to the performance, that is, to the scene work. His body practices are therefore based on improvisational work from the beginning, aiming at the instant composition as choreography. Thus, one of the questions that arises is how the choreographer agencies the choreographic processes and becomings in workshop and class contexts, considering that his training work differs little from the one he has done with his Allen’s Lien Company and his solos. For that purpose, an artistic practice of ethnography (Fortin, 2009) has been held in which the privileged field was the studio itself and workshops held in Berlin’s circuits of contemporary dance between January and June 2015.
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 5 (2015): Il migliore scenario possibile
Il teatro è un medium? Questioni e risposte in prosettiva "mediologica"
Creators: name: Deriu, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: Strictly following the arguments from McLuhan’s well-known book Understanding Media, the essay examines the question whether the theatre can be properly considered as a medium or not. Interestingly enough none of the chapters in the second part of the book (where every single medium receives a detailed analysis, from the spoken and the written word to the television and the automation) has been specifically devoted to theatre. The reason why is that theatre is probably not a medium, namely «an extension of themselves [i.e., human beings] in any material other than themselves», as McLuhan argues. A theatrical performance can be filled with any kind of media, such as simple tools or sophisticated electronic equipments, but its basic material essentially consists of human behaviours and interactions. Likewise, is worth noting that McLuhan includes games in the list of media, since they are “extensions of group awareness”: «They are a kind of talking to itself on the part of society as a whole».
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 5 (2015): Il migliore scenario possibile
Germplasm evaluation to obtain inulin with high degree of polymerization in Mediterranean environment
Creators: name: M.G. Melilli
name: F. Branca
name: C. Sillitti
name: S. Scandurra
name: P. Calderaro
name: V. Di Stefano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Long-chain length (DP) inulin-type fructans show pronounced beneficial effects to colon microbiota. In the past, cardoon roots for inulin production to fortify spaghetti gave very good results, but their harvest requires high costs. The aim of the work was to evaluate different types of inulin, extracted from cardoon roots and buds, topinambur tubers and chicory roots local populations in order to identify crops more suitable for high DP inulin production in Mediterranean environment. The inulin amount resulted in 115 (chicory), 390 (cardoon) and 550 g kg−1 of d.m. (topinambur). Both in cardoon roots and in topinambur tubers the DP was very high. With the aim to produce a functional food, substituting inulin in staple food tubers of topinambur could be a good alternative to cardoon roots, due to the biological cycle of the plant (annual vs poliennal), the lowest costs of harvest and the good amounts of high DP inulin.
ADVANCING DIABETES EDUCATION AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE LENS OF HEALTH LITERACY: INTEGRATING PROJECT DULCE TO EMPOWER HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS IN DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Creators: name: Kwong, Amanda
name: Colbert, Jordan
name: Hensley, Daisy
name: Rivera, Maria
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description:  The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) refer to the nonmedical factors that influence a person’s health, behaviors, and quality-of-life. Within the SDOH domain of the social and community context, there is an eminent concern for individuals who are unable to talk with their friends and family about health due to low health literacy, which is an individual’s “capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions.” A significant portion of Durham County, North Carolina is considered to be at “below basic” level of health literacy, particularly in areas with higher concentrations of Hispanics and low-income residents due to language barriers, lower educational attainment, and lack of access to quality healthcare. Individuals with low health literacy might struggle to effectively communicate with their social circle about their health, which can lead to delays in connecting with medical services, feelings of social isolation and alienation, engagement in risky behaviors, and difficulty coping with health conditions. In the long term, these immediate barriers can lead to both communicable diseases (colds, flus, viruses, etc.) and noncommunicable diseases (preventable cancers, type 2 diabetes, etc.). To minimize these health disparities, there is an urgent need to develop programs that support this priority population and reflect their unique cultures, languages, foods, and practices. The proposal aims to raise the level of health literacy in Durham County by introducing a diabetes nutrition program that is culturally tailored to Hispanic/Latine immigrants.
Leben mit der "Rahmenordnung für die Priesterbildung"
Creators: name: Hofmann, Michael
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 9 Nr. 6 (1980): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 9, Heft 6
The impact of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations on the efficacy of definitive chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Qin, Qin
name: Peng, Bing
name: Baosheng Li
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives: To investigate the impact of EGFR mutations on the efficacy of definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with locally advanced unresectable stage III NSCLC. Methods: PubMed and EMBASE were searched for eligible studies. Efficacy outcomes included objective response rate (ORR), overall disease progression, local-regional recurrence (LRR), distant progression (DP), brain metastasis, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Meta-analysis was performed when relevant data were available. Results: The authors identified seven eligible studies including 695 patients. No significant difference was detected in ORR (Risk Ratio [RR] 1.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.91–1.39, P = 0.28) and overall disease progression (RR 1.06, 95% CI 0.95–1.19, P = 0.29) between EGFR-mutant and EGFR-wild-type groups. EGFR-mutant group had significantly lower LRR (RR 0.49, 95% CI 0.33–0.72, P < 0.01), higher DP (RR 1.36, 95% CI 1.18–1.55, P < 0.01) and higher brain metastasis (RR 2.48, 95% CI 1.46–4.20, P < 0.01) than the EGFR-wild-type group. No sufficient data were available to perform pooled analysis regarding PFS and OS. Conclusion: For patients with locally advanced unresectable stage III NSCLC treated with definitive CRT, the presence of EGFR mutations may be indicative of lower locoregional recurrence and higher distant progression, especially brain metastasis.
Stationary distributions and condensation in autocatalytic CRN
Creators: name: Hoessly, Linard
name: Mazza, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 92B05, 92E20, 80A30, 92C42, 60J28, 60K35, 82C20

description: We investigate a broad family of non weakly reversible stochastically modeled reaction networks (CRN), by looking at their steady-state distributions. Most known results on stationary distributions assume weak reversibility and zero deficiency. We first give explicitly product-form steady-state distributions for a class of non weakly reversible autocatalytic CRN of arbitrary deficiency. Examples of interest in statistical mechanics (inclusion process), life sciences and robotics (collective decision making in ant and robot swarms) are provided. The product-form nature of the steady-state then enables the study of condensation in particle systems that are generalizations of the inclusion process.
description: 25 pages. Some typos corrected, shortened some parts
Understanding the Disaster Response of Bahian Artisanal Fishers and Exposures to Crude Oil during the 2019 Northeast Brazil Oil Spill
Creators: name: Sentilles, Francie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: The 2019 Northeast Brazil Oil Spill polluted thousands of kilometers of the Brazilian coastline with crude oil, leading to oil exposures among artisanal fishers. This paper analyzes the results of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews administered among artisanal fishers in two environmentally-protected regions in Bahia, Brazil. Exposures are compared with behaviors during disaster response activities in both sites. Fishing trade organizations mobilized participation in oil clean-up activities, community meetings, and protests. 86.3% of clean-up participants reported inhalation exposures and 50.2% reported dermal exposures. Six kinds of personal protective equipment were associated with a lower risk of dermal exposure; none were associated with a lower risk of inhalation. The region with more NGO and government support had higher levels of community mobilization and efficacy in protecting their territory, but oil exposure prevalence was higher. The results indicate a need for disaster preparation in fishing territories and government accountability in environmental crisis response.
Surface States of Perovskite Iridates AIrO$_3$; Signatures of Topological Crystalline Metal with Nontrivial $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Index
Creators: name: Kim, Heung-Sik
name: Chen, Yige
name: Kee, Hae-Young
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There have been increasing efforts in realizing topological metallic phases with nontrivial surface states. It was suggested that orthorhombic perovskite iridates are classified as a topological crystalline metal (TCM) with flat surface states protected by lattice symmetries. Here we perform first-principles electronic structure calculations for epitaxially stabilized orthorhombic perovskite iridates. Remarkably, two different types of topological surface states are found depending on surface directions. On side surfaces, flat surface states protected by lattice symmetries emerge, manifesting the topological crystalline character. On the top surface, on the other hand, an unexpected Dirac cone appears, indicating surface states protected by a time-reversal symmetry, which is confirmed by the presence of a nontrivial topological $\mathbb{Z}_2$ index. These results suggest that the orthorhombic iridates are unique systems exhibiting both lattice- and global-symmetry-protected topological phases and surface states. Transitions to weak and strong topological insulators and implications of surface states in light of angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy are also discussed.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
Decarbonizing Schools: A Spatial Analytic Framework to Prioritize School-Based Solar Photovoltaic Installations in Durham County, North Carolina
Creators: name: Moodliar, Kira Francesca
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Public schools play a crucial role in renewable energy investment as they can serve as emergency spaces during extreme weather events due to climate change and offer an avenue for decarbonizing the building sector, which accounts for 10% of US public building electricity consumption. Recent legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS & Science Act will boost renewable energy technology and infrastructure investment in the US. Public schools, especially those eligible under the DOE Office of Legacy Management’s Environmental Justice Initiative and the Justice 40 Initiative, stand to benefit significantly.
Focusing on Durham County, North Carolina, this study develops a spatial analytic decision-support tool to prioritize solar installations on schools based on various criteria, including solar potential and social vulnerability indicators. Using a GIS-based framework and linear optimization, the tool guides investment decisions by considering solar insolation, financial benefits, energy demand reduction, and Justice40 criteria. The approach is tested in Durham County and can be scaled up for larger regions. The study estimates that each school in Durham County could potentially host 216 kW of solar PV generation per roof, resulting in substantial financial savings based on building energy load profiles
Critica letteraria, ovvero critica letteraria da principi primi, ovvero linee metodologiche per una argomentata e utile critica del nulla
Creators: name: Pispisa, Guglielmo
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: This article debates in provocative terms the reception theory and some post-structuralist concepts, in particular the ones maintained by Derrida, related to the impossibility to give a text a univocal meaning as each interpretation deconstructs meaning in myriad streams. The text, which is the creative act to be subjected to critical exam, therefore, is the language of the Other, which is itself, in fact, unknowable. According to this vision, it would be useful to devise a critical method that is independent from the source text, or that even ignores it, but which however has a critical value in general terms. By examining Pierre Bayard ‘s reflections about Oscar Wilde, Albert Musil and Paul Valery, which appear to be humorous only at a first sight, this paper will also aim at analyzing case studies of canonical literary criticism to note that any critic reads and interprets a text through his personal worldview and that every further reading is always oriented by his previous knowledge and tastes. The value of criticism, therefore, does not rely on the fidelity to the text, but on the connections to different segments of the world, in which the critic moves like a catalyst or a dowser who has the sole purpose to raise curiosity in the reader and enhance his desire for knowledge.
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 5 (2015): Il migliore scenario possibile
The MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) Survey: Rest-Frame Optical Spectroscopy for ~1500 H-Selected Galaxies at 1.37 < z < 3.8
Creators: name: Kriek, Mariska
name: Shapley, Alice E.
name: Reddy, Naveen A.
name: Siana, Brian
name: Coil, Alison L.
name: Mobasher, Bahram
name: Freeman, William R.
name: de Groot, Laura
name: Price, Sedona H.
name: Sanders, Ryan
name: Shivaei, Irene
name: Brammer, Gabriel B.
name: Momcheva, Ivelina G.
name: Skelton, Rosalind E.
name: van Dokkum, Pieter G.
name: Whitaker, Katherine E.
name: Aird, James
name: Azadi, Mojegan
name: Kassis, Marc
name: Bullock, James S.
name: Conroy, Charlie
name: Dave, Romeel
name: Keres, Dusan
name: Krumholz, Mark
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we present the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey. The MOSDEF survey aims to obtain moderate-resolution (R=3000-3650) rest-frame optical spectra (~3700-7000 Angstrom) for ~1500 galaxies at 1.37
description: Accepted for publication in ApJS; 28 pages, 19 figures; MOSDEF spectroscopic redshifts available at http://mosdef.astro.berkeley.edu/Downloads.html
The politics of dramatic play: De-centred marginality as creative resistance
Creators: name: Seiça Salgado, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: CITAC (Coimbra’s Academy Theatrical Initiation Circle) is a university theater group created in 1956 in Coimbra, Portugal. The history of this group was used as a case study, leading us to the idea that there are theoretical conditions for the dramatic play to be an activator in the production of the artistic avant-garde and, endorsed in its mechanisms, is the ability to reinvent social resistance.
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 4 (2014): Custodire l’orizzonte
Numerical study of stress shielding evaluation of hip implant stems coated with composite (carbon/PEEK) and polymeric (PEEK) coating materials
Creators: name: Ayham Darwich
name: Nazha, Hasan
name: Abbas, William
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 90301 Biomaterials
subject: FOS: Medical engineering
subject: 80110 Simulation and Modelling
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The forces applied to the prosthesis during human activity produce dynamic stresses varying in time and
may causing stress shielding in prosthesis-bone system. Therefore, it is important to reduce stress
shielding effect. This study aimed to investigates, using finite element analysis, how a PEEK and carbon/
PEEK composite coating materials on a titanium alloy hip implant stem could reduce stress shielding
effect corresponding to different human activities: standing up, normal walking and climbing stairs
under dynamic loadings to find out which of all these models have a better performance. A 3D finite
element model of femur, hip implants, coating layers with composite (carbon/PEEK) and polymeric
(PEEK) coating materials were constructed for finite element analysis. A time-dependent cycling load
was applied on the prosthesis head. The maximum increase in load transfer to the bone was 207% for
the prosthesis coated with carbon/PEEK configuration I (fibers orientated with 0, +45, -45, and 90
degrees) in average compared to uncoated one. Numerical result showed that the carbon/PEEK
composite material (configuration I) seems to be a good solution to distribute the applied load and
transfer it to the bone, thus to reduce stress shielding problems and to prolong lifetime of the prosthesisbone system. It will prevent aseptic loosening and enhance the stability of the system
Autobiografie televisive: un'analisi della performance spettatoriale
Creators: name: Carzo +, Domenico
name: Cava, Antonia
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: In the age of “mobile” media, characterized by personalization, relocation and desynchronization of everyday life, the centrality of television in the contemporary experience is yet indisputable. The purpose of this paper, through the reading of biographical diaries of six young women born between 1973 and 1990, is to interpret television programs as generators of mobility in terms of emotions, space and time. We will show how the static nature of television’s “hardware” is compensated by means of the mobility allowed by a “software” made of texts that multiply the spaces in which it is possible to live.
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 4 (2014): Custodire l’orizzonte
Εξαρτημένες γυναίκες: Η μητρότητα στη διαδικασία της απεξάρτησης
Creators: name: Σχοιναράκη, Γεωργία Εμμανουήλ
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Μητρότητα
Γυναίκες
Χρήση ουσιών
Στίγμα
Motherhood
Women
Drug abuse
Stigma

description: Το θέμα της παρούσας εργασίας αφορά τις εξαρτημένες γυναίκες και συγκεκριμένα τις εξαρτημένες μητέρες. Συγκεκριμένα, στο ερευνητικό μέρος της εργασίας, η έννοια της μητρότητας αναλύεται αρχικά, μέσα από την οπτική των εξαρτημένων μητέρων και στη συνέχεια εξετάζεται υπό το πρίσμα του ρόλου της στη διαδικασία της απεξάρτησης από τις ψυχοτρόπες ουσίες. Πρόκειται για ποιοτική έρευνα που αποσκοπεί στην εις βάθος κατανόηση της μητρότητας σε αλληλεπίδραση τόσο με την εξάρτηση όσο και με την απεξάρτηση. Έγινε λήψη μεμονωμένων συνεντεύξεων από 11 μητέρες οι οποίες, είτε βρίσκονται σε διαδικασία απεξάρτησης, είτε έχουν ολοκληρώσει τη θεραπεία τους στο Ειδικό Πρόγραμμα Εξαρτημένων Μητέρων από εξειδικευμένη Μονάδα Απεξάρτησης στην Ελλάδα. Οι συμμετέχουσες απευθύνθηκαν σε θεραπευτικό πρόγραμμα είτε με δική τους πρωτοβουλία, είτε κατόπιν πίεσης από άλλους παράγοντες. Η πλειοψηφία των γυναικών δεν αντέδρασαν θετικά όταν έμαθαν για την εγκυμοσύνη τους, δεδομένης της χρήσης ουσιών. Συγκεκριμένα, τη περιγράφουν ως μία κατάσταση αγχωτική και επιβαρυντική για την οποία δεν γνώριζαν τι έπρεπε να κάνουν. Μεγάλο ποσοστό των γυναικών αυτών συνδύασαν τη μητρότητα με το αίσθημα της ευθύνης και της αγάπης και ανέφεραν πως η μητρότητα αποτέλεσε κινητήριο παράγοντα για την εισαγωγή τους στο θεραπευτικό πλαίσιο. Παρόλα αυτά τόνισαν πως, όσο μεγάλο κίνητρο και αν αποτελεί η ύπαρξη ενός παιδιού για την εισαγωγή μια μητέρας σε θεραπευτικό πλαίσιο, θα πρέπει να συντρέχουν ατομικοί και προσωπικοί λόγοι από τους οποίους θα αντλείται δύναμη με σκοπό την ολοκλήρωση της θεραπείας.
description: The topic of this paper concerns women in drugs and specifically mothers in drugs. Specifically, the concept of motherhood is analyzed, through the perspective of addicted mothers and is examined in light of its role in the process of addiction to psychotropic substances. This is a qualitative research aimed at in-depth understanding of motherhood in drug. Individual interviews were conducted with 11 mothers who are either in the process of de-addiction, or they have completed their treatment in the Special Program for Addicted Mothers in Greece. The participants turned to a therapeutic program either on their own initiative, or under pressure from other factors. The majority of women did not react positively when they found out about their pregnancy. Specifically, they describe it as a stressful and burdensome situation for which they did not know what to do. A large percentage of these women combined motherhood with the feeling of responsibility and love and reported that motherhood was a motivating factor for their introduction into the therapeutic context. Nevertheless, they emphasized that, no matter how great the existence of a child is for the introduction of a mother in a therapeutic context, there should be individual and personal reasons from which strength will be drawn in order to complete the treatment.
Surrogate-model-based, particle swarm optimization, and genetic algorithm techniques applied to the multiobjective operational problem of the fluid catalytic cracking process
Creators: name: Bohorquez, José F. Cuadros
name: Tovar, Laura Plazas
name: Maciel, Maria Regina Wolf
name: Delba C. Melo
name: Filho, Rubens Maciel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: This article provides a concise multiobjective optimization methodology for an industrial fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) considering stochastic optimization techniques, genetic algorithms (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO), based on surrogates or meta-models in order to approximate the objective function. A FCCU was considered and simulated in an AspenONE process simulator. In addition the article examines the claim that PSO has the same effectiveness (finding the optimal global solution) as GA, but with significantly better computational efficiency (fewer function evaluations). The optimization results obtained with the PSO technique, based on the evaluation of less functions and adjustment of less parameters, showed a 3% increase in yield of naphtha as compared to results obtained with the GA technique. Finally, the results of the optimization obtained with the stochastic optimization techniques were compared and analyzed with a deterministic one. The performance targets of the multiobjective operational optimization supported the FCCU design and production planning to ensure refinery profitability and a regulatory environment.
Dramma antico: quale orizzonte d'attesa per gli spettacoli classici di Siracusa?
Creators: name: Giovannelli, Maddalena
Publisher: name: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies
Year: 2020

description: The festival of classical performances organised by Inda (Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico) in Siracusa since 1914 is unique in the Italian theatre scene. The essay focuses on the peculiar composition of the audience of the event: does the horizon of expectation influence the decisions of the artistic directorship? What are the effects and the consequences of such a complex phenomenon on the works represented?
description: Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, Vol 4 (2014): Custodire l’orizzonte
Stationary solutions for metapopulation Moran models with mutation and selection
Creators: name: Constable, George W. A.
name: McKane, Alan J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct an individual-based metapopulation model of population genetics featuring migration, mutation, selection and genetic drift. In the case of a single `island', the model reduces to the Moran model. Using the diffusion approximation and timescale separation arguments, an effective one-variable description of the model is developed. The effective description bears similarities to the well-mixed Moran model with effective parameters which depend on the network structure and island sizes, and is amenable to analysis. Predictions from the reduced theory match the results from stochastic simulations across a range of parameters. The nature of the fast-variable elimination technique we adopt is further studied by applying it to a linear system, where it provides a precise description of the slow-dynamics in the limit of large timescale separation.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures