cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Disintegration of sludge using ozone-hydrodynamic cavitation
Creators: name: Chanda, Suranjit Kumar
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: In our study we applied hydrodynamic cavitation and ozonation both separately and combined, to determine the synergistic effect of these two technologies for sludge disintegration. A 2 mm orifice was used as a cavitation device. Ozone was injected after cavitation at a concentration of 35 mg/L at a flow of 3 Lpm. The sludge was subjected to treatment for 90 minutes in all three cases. In a final step, combined ozone and cavitation was applied to disintegrate the sludge for 10 hours. It was found that the combination of ozonation and cavitation exhibited higher sludge disintegration capacity than the individual technologies applied alone. About 31% of VSS was reduced by the combined system, whereas 19% was reduced by ozone and only 4% was reduced by cavitation alone after 90 minutes of treatment. Soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) was increased by approximately 1600 mg/L in the combined system, which was much higher than the individual effect observed with either ozone or cavitation alone. About 75% of this SCOD was found to be biodegradable. In the combined system, soluble TOC increased by approximately 1.5 times the amount released by ozone alone, indicating higher release of organic matter from biomass. Only cavitation did not show any significant release of soluble total organic carbon (TOC) compared to the other treatments. In combined application, soluble biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) increased to 420 mg/L, which was significantly higher than the increase of BOD due to the application of ozone alone which was 260 mg/L. Based on the SCOD, it was found that a maximum of 50% of the sludge could be solubilised in 10 hours of combined treatment. It was also found that with ozone-cavitation, approximately 26% of the total sludge phosphorus was released to the solution after 10 hours, although most of the release occured within the first 2 hours. Within the operating conditions applied, cavitation itself was not sufficient for the disintegration of sludge, although better disintegration was found in combined application at higher inlet pressure. In the case of ozonation alone, higher disintegration was obtained at longer ozonation time.
Robust Estimation and Filtering in the Presence of Unknown but Bounded Noise
Creators: name: Tempo, Roberto
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1986
Subjects: Computer science

description: In this paper optimal algorithms for robust estimation and filtering are constructed.
No statistical assumption is supposed available or used and the noise is considered a deterministic variable unknown but bounded belonging to a set described by a norm. Previous results obtained for complete (one-to-one) and approximate information [1] are now extended to partial and approximate information. This information seems useful in dealing with dynamic systems not completely identifiable and/or with two different sources of noise, for example process and measurement noise. For different norms characterizing the noise, optimal algorithms (in a min-max sense) are shown. In particular for Hilbert norms a linear optimal algorithm is the well-known minimum variance estimator. For 1₀ ₀   and 1₁  norms optimal algorithms, computable by linear programming, are presented. Applications to time series prediction and parameter estimation of nonidentifiable dynamic systems are shown. State estimation is formalized in the context of the general theory. Assuming an exponential smoothing of the bounds of the noise it is proved that, for stable systems, the uncertainty of the state is aymptotically bounded. Then the results of the previous sections provide computable algorithms for this problem. Two application examples are shown: Leontief models and Markov chains.
A Two-Tiered Correlation of Dark Matter with Missing Transverse Energy: Reconstructing the Lightest Supersymmetric Particle Mass at the LHC
Creators: name: Li, Tianjun
name: Maxin, James A.
name: Nanopoulos, Dimitri V.
name: Walker, Joel W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We suggest that non-trivial correlations between the dark matter particle mass and collider based probes of missing transverse energy H_T^miss may facilitate a two tiered approach to the initial discovery of supersymmetry and the subsequent reconstruction of the LSP mass at the LHC. These correlations are demonstrated via extensive Monte Carlo simulation of seventeen benchmark models, each sampled at five distinct LHC center-of-mass beam energies, spanning the parameter space of No-Scale F-SU(5).This construction is defined in turn by the union of the Flipped SU(5) Grand Unified Theory, two pairs of hypothetical TeV scale vector-like supersymmetric multiplets with origins in F-theory, and the dynamically established boundary conditions of No-Scale Supergravity. In addition, we consider a control sample comprised of a standard minimal Supergravity benchmark point. Led by a striking similarity between the H_T^miss distribution and the familiar power spectrum of a black body radiator at various temperatures, we implement a broad empirical fit of our simulation against a Poisson distribution ansatz. We advance the resulting fit as a theoretical blueprint for deducing the mass of the LSP, utilizing only the missing transverse energy in a statistical sampling of >= 9 jet events. Cumulative uncertainties central to the method subsist at a satisfactory 12-15% level. The fact that supersymmetric particle spectrum of No-Scale F-SU(5) has thrived the withering onslaught of early LHC data that is steadily decimating the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and minimal Supergravity parameter spaces is a prime motivation for augmenting more conventional LSP search methodologies with the presently proposed alternative.
description: JHEP version, 17 pages, 9 Figures, 2 Tables
Synthesis, crystal structures, and electrochemical properties of metal complexes based on 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione
Creators: name: Zhong, Ri-Ming
name: Xu, Quan-Bin
name: Wang, Geng-Yi
name: Zheng, Ling-Ling
name: Wu, Jian-Zhong
name: Ou, Yong-Cong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Two new isomorphic metal complexes, [M(phon)(H2O)4]·SO4·2H2O (M = Ni and Zn, 1-Ni and 1-Zn, respectively, phon = 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione), were crystallized at room temperature. Single-crystal X-ray analyses reveal that a metal ion is coordinated with one phon ligand and four coordinated water molecules into a discrete coordination structure which expands into a 3D supramolecular structure via hydrogen bonding interactions. The thermal and electrochemical properties of the complexes are investigated. The results show that 1-Ni exhibits redox activity under alkaline conditions and has potential to act as a redox reaction mediator, while 1-Zn does not. The specific capacitance of 1-Ni0.5Zn0.5, obtained by mixing the two complexes under hydrothermal condition, is four times higher than that of 1-Ni.
Zusammenhang zwischen Körpertemperatur, dem Blutspiegel der Neuronenspezifischen Enolase und dem klinischen Verlauf bei Patienten nach prähospitaler Reanimation : eine retrospektive Analyse
Creators: name: Meißner, Stefanie
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Entsprechend der ILCOR von 2003 wird die therapeutische Hypothermie (MTH) bei bewusstlosen Erwachsenen, die einen Kreislaufstillstand unabhängig vom initialen Herzrhythmus überlebt haben, empfohlen. Eine nicht-randomisierte retrospektive Beobachtungsstudie betrachtet insgesamt 90 gekühlte und 59 ungekühlte Patienten nach außerklinischer CPR. Für die ersten 4 Tage wurden Daten zur Demographie, Reanimation, Therapie und klinisch-neurologischen Verlauf erhoben. Die MTH wirkt sich tendenziell positiv auf den neurologischen Verlauf aus. Patienten mit ungünstigem neurologischem Verlauf zeigen am 3./4. Tag signifikant höhere mittlere NSE-Werte. Gekühlte Patienten haben niedrigere mittlere NSE-Werte und einen geringeren Anstieg in den ersten 4 Tagen. Die Grenzwerte für die Vorhersage eines ungünstigen neurologischen Verlaufs liegen bei gekühlten Patienten höher als bei ungekühlten. Zusammenfassend findet sich ein positiver Einfluss der MTH auf die prognostische Aussagekraft der NSE für die Vorhersage des neurologischen Verlaufs. Die Anwendung einheitlicher Grenzwerte für gekühlte/ungekühlte Patienten kann nicht empfohlen werden.
description: According to ILCOR recommendations (released in 2003), the use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is advised as a treatment for unconscious adult patients which survived a cardiac arrest independently of the monitored initial cardiac rhythm. For a non-randomized retrospective observational study, 90 persons treated with mild hypothermia and 59 persons who received no hypothermia therapy are examined. For the first four days after CPR, data associated with demography, resuscitation, therapy, and clinically-neurological development were collected. TH generally tends to improve the clinical-neurological progression. At day 3 and 4, patients with an unfavourable neurological progression showed increased average NSE data. Chilled patients displayed lower average NSE values if compared with unchilled persons, and, during the first 4 days, their NSE values tended to increase slower too. In case of chilled persons, the limits for a prediction of an unfavourable neurological progression are higher. Concerning the prediction of the clinical-neurological progression, TH has a positive impact on the relevance of NSE, but it is not possible to recommend uniform limit values for patients which received therapeutic hypothermia and for those who experienced no treatment.
"Research data and GDPR"
Creators: name: Paseri Ludovica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: GDPR, Data Protection, Research Data

description: This presentation, created for the final examination of a post-graduated course on data protection organized by University of Turin in 2018, aims to analyze the impact of the new European discipline, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), with data produced by research sector.
Dynamische Posturographie : Entwicklung und Validierung einer Testbatterie zur Gleichgewichtsdiagnostik unter Verwendung des Posturomeds
Creators: name: Heilmann, Florian
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 613

description: Die Anreize der Dissertation liegen in der Weiterentwicklung der dyn. Posturographie mittels einer schwingenden Platte (Posturomed) und der Quantifizierung des dyn. Gleichgewichts. Das dyn. Gleichgewicht und funktionale Techniken zum Pertubationsausgleich werden bei Athleten (Eishockey, Fußball, Taekwondo) und sportlich inaktiven Probanden analysiert. Weiterhin thematisiert die Arbeit die Einordnung des Gleichgewichts in das Fähigkeits-Fertigkeits-Konzept. Betrachtet wird die Verfahrensgüte der dyn. Posturographie. In den kinetischen und kinematischen Studien werden Kraftmessplatten, Beschleunigungssensoren und ein 3-D-Kamera-System (Vicon) eingesetzt. Die Testbedingungen beinhalteten bi- und unipedale Standpositionen mit Manipulationen der visuellen, vestibulären, somatosensorischen Informationen. Die evaluierten Parameter und Testbedingungen grenzen die Probanden gegeneinander ab, jedoch zeigt das Verfahren eine geringe Güte (Reliabilität, Reproduzierbarkeit). Die Techniken zum Pertubationsausgleich unterscheiden sich zwischen den Gruppen und liefern Indizien zur Annahme des Fertigkeitsansatzes.
description: The research incentives of the dissertation are the further development of dynamic postugraphy by using a swinging plate (Posturomed) and the quantification of dynamic equilibrium. The dynamic. equilibrium and functional techniques for equalizing perturbations are analyzed in athletes (ice hockey, football, taekwondo) and inactive subjects. Furthermore, the publication thematises the classification of balance related to the skill-ability concept. The essay shows the quality of the method of posturography to describe the dynamic equilibrium. There were force plates, a 3-D camera system (Vicon) and accelerometry used to measure kinetic and kinematic quantities. The test conditions included bi- and uni-pedal stance positions with manipulations of visual, vestibular, somatosensory information. The evaluated parameters and test conditions delimit the subjects against each other but the test shows low values for reliability and reproducibility. The techniques for compensating perturbations differ among the groups and provide clues to the assumption of the skill approach.
In-vivo Charakterisierung zirkulierender Tumorzellen (CTC) bei Lungenkrebspatienten mittels des antikörperbeschichteten Drahtes „CANCER01“
Creators: name: Oerding, Clemens
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Die Bestimmung im Blut zirkulierender Tumorzellen (CTC) ist eine innovative Möglichkeit, eine Krebserkrankungen mit minimal-invasiven Methoden zu charakterisieren, wobei die geringe Anzahl dieser Zellen (ca. 1 / 10-9 Blutzellen) eine besondere Herausforderung darstellt. In der vorliegenden Studie konnte gezeigt werden, dass bei Lungenkrebspatienten CTC mit einem anti-EpCAMantikörperbeschichteten Draht, der in die Kubitalvene eingeführt wird, isoliert werden können. Zwar sind die Ergebnisse bislang größeren Schwankungen unterworfen, jedoch gibt die Reproduzierbarkeit, Zellen zu detektieren, vielversprechenden Anlass zu weiteren Untersuchen in größerem Umfang. Erste Hinweise ergaben sich, dass CTC von Plattenepithelkarzinomen besonders gut zugänglich sind. CTC-Cluster könnten für einen ungünstigen Kranheitsverlauf sprechen.
description: The detection of circulating tumour cells (CTC) is an innovative method of characterising cancer using a minimally invasive device whereas the paucity of these cells (one in 109 blood cells) is a particular challenge. In this study it could be shown that the detection of CTC using an Anti-EpCAM-antibody-coated medical wire inserted into a cubital vein is possible. To date there are significant fluctuations of the CTC count however, the reproducibility of positive detections gives promising cause for more extensive investigation. The results provide an indication that CTC detection with the present system could be particularly suitable for patients with squamous cell carcinoma. CTC clusters might predict an unfavourable outcome.
Sub Aerial
Creators: name: Hope, Cat
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 190406 Music Composition
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: SUB AERIAL
for 2 percussionists.Commissioned by Sound CollectorsComposed in 2015.
You need the Decibel ScorePlayer and the related score file to perform this work (see below)

" In Hope’s Sub Aerial the use of graphic scores is not always about introducing greater uncertainty and scope for interpretation into a work, but is a way of creating scores that demand the same fidelity from the performer as any notated score". Mathew Lorenzon, Partial Durations.

PROGRAM NOTEThis piece is presented as a series of ‘cards’ that shuffle and are performed for different durations. Each player has a colour, red or blue. Some cards feature both and are played with as an intertwined duet.

The piece draws from an image found in an old magazine as part of an advertisement for a grounded aerial. The composition uses very soft sounds and radio static to create an ethereal sound world of transmission. The score is a series of individual designs that are read as gestures and tracings, and each has its own associated dynamics and durations. The shuffling and timing of each card is automated in the Decibel ScorePlayer in the iPad and a short demonstration of how the work looks in the player is on the right.

NOTE TO PERFORMERS
The majority of my compositions use scores that are read on an iPad tablet computer, using the Decibel ScorePlayer, an application available on the App Store . Any fixed media is embedded in the score, and some feature automated functions. In the case of ensemble works, multiple iPads can be networked on a LAN or over the Internet so parts can be read in a synchronised way. You should upload the score file (ending with.dsz) to your iPad from your computer via AirDrop on an Apple, or cable from a PC. Instructions on how to do this and using the Decibel ScorePlayer, more generally are included in the Application, which ships with five other scores. Thus my works have different versions of the score, as you may see above. A PDF/PNG file of the score ‘image’, a DSZ file to upload onto the iPad for performance, and for some less complex scores, a video version. Hardcopies are also available from my publisher. You can find out more about the Decibel ScorePlayer, and how to make your own scores for it, here.
PERFORMANCES
Premiered April 1 2015, Melbourne, Victoria by the Sound Collectors.
Other performances - PICA July 17, 2015 The Sound Collectors.The work was featured in the 2015 Vivid Festival’s ‘Musify and Gamify - Contemporary Perspectives on musified games and gamified music’ project.
An equation of state for systems containing aqueous solutions of strong electrolytes
Creators: name: Chilakapati, Goutami
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: QD561 .C39 1999
subject: Ion - ion collisions.
subject: Electrochemical analysis.
subject: Equations of state
subject: Solvation
subject: Electrolyte solutions

description: Bibliography: p. 81-86.
description: UARC
Meta-analysis in forest biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research
Creators: name: Kambach, Stephan
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Waldökosystem
subject: Biodiversität
subject: Metaanalyse
subject: 577

description: Unter dem Begriff der ˈMetaanalyseˈ werden Methoden systematischer und quantitativer Reviews zusammengefasst, welche objektive Aussagen zur Größe und Konsistenz eines untersuchten Effektes über die veröffentlichte Literatur zu ermöglichen. Mit meiner Dissertation trage ich die folgenden Hauptergebnisse zu dem, sich noch entwickelnden, Forschungsfeld der Metaanalyse von Zusammenhängen zwischen Baum-Diversität und Waldfunktionen bei: (i) Effekte der Baumdiversität auf Insektenherbivoren könnten sich entlang eines, bisher nicht berücksichtigten, globalen Gradienten ändern, (ii) artspezifische Mischungseffekte auf das Wachstum verschiedener Baumarten können (noch) nicht zwischen verschiedenen Forschungsansätzen übertragen werden und (iii) unter Berücksichtigung möglicher Korrelationsstrukturen kann die Schätzung fehlender Varianzwerte die Glaubwürdigkeit und Präzision von Metaanalyse-Ergebnissen erhöhen.
description: Meta-analysis refers to a toolbox for conducting systematic quantitative reviews in order to derive unbiased conclusions on the consistency and magnitude of effects across a body of published literature. With this thesis I contribute the following main findings to the emergent field of meta-analyses on tree diversity-forest functioning relationships: (i) tree diversity effects on insect herbivory could change along a not yet considered global gradient, (ii) species-specific effects of tree diversity on growth cannot (yet) be transferred between different research approaches and (iii) imputation of missing variance estimates in meta-analysis dataset can increase the reliability and precision of the obtained grand mean effect (under consideration of different correlation structures).
From isostructural to hetero-structural one-dimensional coordination polymers adjusted by changing the ligand substituent group from pyrazine to furan
Creators: name: Zhao, LI-Juan
name: Yin, Meng-Ru
name: Yong, Guo-Ping
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A new ligand, 4-(4-carboxyphenyl)-6-(pyrazin-2-yl)picolinic acid (H2L1), was used to construct four isostructural one-dimensional (1 D) zig-zag chain coordination polymers ([M(L1)(H2O)2]·3H2O, M = Mn (1), Co (2), Cd (3) and Zn (4)). Moreover, when changing the ligand substituent group from pyrazine ring to furan ring, another new ligand, 4-(4-carboxyphenyl)-6-(furan-2-yl)picolinic acid (H2L2), was synthesized. Based on H2L2, different structural 1 D coordination polymers, ([Mn(L2)(H2O)2] (5) and [Ni(L2)(H2O)2]·H2O (6)), have been obtained under the same solvothermal conditions as for the syntheses of isostructural 1–4. Interestingly, only through changing the ligand substituent group, the 1 D isostructural zig-zag chain (1–4) was adjusted to a 1 D molecular box chain (5) and 1 D linear chain (6), which should be ascribed to ligand substituent group effects. The various 1 D chain structures originate from the types of ligand substituent group: the substituent group with a pyrazine ring only yields isostructural coordination polymers 1–4, whereas the substituent group with a furan ring can construct different structural coordination polymers, such as a 1 D molecular box chain (5) or a 1 D linear chain (6). The photoluminescent properties of all coordination polymers were also examined.
Modelling the spinning dust emission from dense interstellar clouds
Creators: name: Ysard, N.
name: Juvela, M.
name: Verstraete, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electric dipole emission arising from PAHs is often invoked to explain the anomalous microwave emission (AME). This assignation is based on an observed tight correlation between the mid-IR emission of PAHs and the AME; and a good agreement between models of spinning dust and the broadband AME spectrum. So far often detected at large scale in the diffuse interstellar medium, the AME has recently been studied in detail in well-known dense molecular clouds with the help of Planck data. While much attention has been given to the physics of spinning dust emission, the impact of varying local physical conditions has not yet been considered in detail. Our aim is to study the emerging spinning dust emission from interstellar clouds with realistic physical conditions and radiative transfer. We use the DustEM code from Compiegne et al. to describe the extinction and IR emission of all dust populations. The spinning dust emission is obtained with SpDust, as described by Silsbee et al., that we have coupled to DustEM. We carry out full radiative transfer simulations and carefully estimate the local gas state as a function of position within interstellar clouds. We show that the spinning dust emission is sensitive to the abundances of the major ions and we propose a simple scheme to estimate these abundances. We also investigate the effect of changing the cosmic-ray rate. In dense media, where radiative transfer is mandatory, we show that the relationship between the spinning and mid-IR emissivities of PAHs is no longer linear and that the spinning dust emission may actually be strong at the centre of clouds where the mid-IR PAH emission is weak. These results provide new ways to trace grain growth from diffuse to dense medium and will be useful for the analysis of AME at the scale of interstellar clouds.
description: 7 pages, 10 figures, accepted by A&A
Generating Adjectives to Express the Speaker’s Argumentative Intent
Creators: name: Elhadad, Michael
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1991
Subjects: Computer science
Information technology

description: We address the problem of generating adjectives in a text generation system. We distinguish between usages of adjectives informing the hearer of a property of an object and usages expressing an intention of the speaker, or an argumentative orientation. For such argumentative usages, we claim that a generator cannot simply map from information in the knowledge base to adjectives. Instead, we identify various knowledge sources necessary to decide whether to use an adjective, what adjective should be selected and what syntactic function it should have. We show how these decisions interact with lexical properties of adjectives and the syntax of the clause. We propose a mechanism for adjective selection and illustrate it in the context of the explanation component of the ADVISOR expert system. We describe an implementation of adjective selection using a version of Functional Unification Grammars.
Pause and gap length in face-to-face interaction
Creators: name: Edlund, Jens
name: Hirschberg, Julia Bell
name: Heldner, Mattias
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Computer science

description: It has long been noted that conversational partners tend to exhibit increasingly similar pitch, intensity, and timing  behavior over the course of a conversation. However, the  metrics developed to measure this similarity to date have generally failed to capture the dynamic temporal aspects of  this process. In this paper, we propose new approaches to
measuring interlocutor similarity in spoken dialogue.  define similarity in terms of convergence and synchrony and propose approaches to capture these, illustrating our  techniques on gap and pause production in Swedish  spontaneous dialogues.
Construction Through Decomposition: A Linear Time Algorithm for the N-queens Problem
Creators: name: Abramson, Bruce
name: Yung, Mordechai M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1984
Subjects: Computer science

description: Configuring N mutually non-attacking queens on an N-by-N chessboard is a contemporary problem that was first posed over a century ago. Over the past few decades, this problem has become important to computer scientists by serving as the standard example of backtracking search methods. A related problem, placing the N queens on a toroidal board, has been discussed in detail by Polya and Chandra, Their work focused on characterizing the solvable cases and finding regular solutions, board setups that solve the problem while arranging the queens in a regular pattern. This paper describes a new linear time divide-and-conquer algorithm that solves both problems. When applied to the toroidal problem, the algorithm yields a family of non-regular solutions based on number factorization. These solutions, in turn, can be modified to solve the standard N-queens problem for board sizes which are unsolvable on a torus.
Pyridyl-imidazole copper compounds
Creators: name: Martinez, Alma Araujo
name: Landee, Christopher P.
name: Dickie, Diane A.
name: Wikaira, Jan L.
name: Xiao, Fan
name: Turnbull, Mark M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Three 4-(2’-pyridyl)imidazole (4-pyim) complexes of copper(II) have been synthesized and studied structurally and magnetically. The structures of [CuCl2(4-pyim)] (1), [CuCl(4-pyim)2]2Cl2(H2O)10 (2), and [Cu(CuCl4)(4-pyim)2][Cu(H2O)(4-pyim)2](CuCl4)(H2O)4 (3) are reported. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements show that 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n with a four-coordinate Cu(II) ion forming dimers via semi-coordinate bonds to bridging chloride ions. The structure of 1 shows the copper and chloride ions disordered over two sites. Compound 2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P – 1 with five-coordinate Cu(II) ions in a highly distorted geometry between square pyramidal and trigonal bipyramidal. It has an extensive hydrogen bonding network created by 10 lattice water molecules, chloride ions, and nitrogen atoms in the ligands. Compound 3 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group Cc with both four- and five-coordinate Cu(II) ions present in the lattice; the five-coordinate Cu(II) ions display highly distorted geometries. All three compounds have hydrogen bonding and π-stacking interactions among the 4-pyim rings. Magnetic susceptibility data were collected on 1. Magnetic susceptibility data of 1 shows that it exhibits modest antiferromagnetic interactions which are best fit using a honeycomb model [(2J = −2.6(2) K), 2J’ = −1.6(2) K, H=−2J∑si·sj]. Disorder in the crystal structure decreases the rate of growth of the correlation length at low temperatures, lowering the temperature of the expected maximum in χ below the range of the data.
Out of equilibrium dynamics of coherent non-abelian gauge fields
Creators: name: Berges, J.
name: Scheffler, S.
name: Schlichting, S.
name: Sexty, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study out-of-equilibrium dynamics of intense non-abelian gauge fields. Generalizing the well-known Nielsen-Olesen instabilities for constant initial color-magnetic fields, we investigate the impact of temporal modulations and fluctuations in the initial conditions. This leads to a remarkable coexistence of the original Nielsen-Olesen instability and the subdominant phenomenon of parametric resonance. Taking into account that the fields may be correlated only over a limited transverse size, we model characteristic aspects of the dynamics of color flux tubes relevant in the context of heavy-ion collisions.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures; PRD version, minor changes
Effects of varying environmental conditions on performance of completely autotrophic nitrogen removal from dewatered sludge liquors
Creators: name: Wu, Chumeng
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Centrate, an ammonia rich wastewater, usually contains high concentrations of ammonia (around 1000 mg/L) and accounts for about 20% of total nitrogen loading to wastewater treatment plants. However, the conventional nitrification/denitrification approach for centrate treatment is costly to operate and releases a large quantity of carbon dioxide, due to the addition of organic compounds for denitrification. A brand new approach for nitrogen management is a novel process called anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX). ANAMMOX offers a cost effective solution for centrate treatment. Compared to the conventional biological nitrogen removal process, ANAMMOX can save 63% oxygen and 100% exogenous carbon source usage. In this research, a 400 L pilot-scale CANON SBR was studied at the J.A.M.E.S. WWTP in Abbotsford, B.C. and tested for treating on-site centrate. During 317 days of reactor running period, maximum ammonia removal rate (ARR) of 98.9 % was achieved with an average ARR of 91.0%. The reactor also achieved a maximum of 0.81 kgN/m³•d ammonia loading rate (ALR) with a minimum hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 1.46 d. The performance of the CANON SBR was highly influenced by environmental conditions. Better reactor performance was achieved at the highest tested temperature of 32ºC and maximum air flow rate of 14 L/min. Testing under 26ºC would reduce ARR by 12% and generate high nitrite concentration peaks. Compared to an airflow rate of 10 L/min, the ARR was increased by 9% and HRT was reduced by 10%, at 14 L/min. Higher initial ammonia concentrations in the reactor could also lead to better reactor performance. A maximum nitrogen removal rate of 0.36 kgN/m³•d and minimum HRT of 1.79 d was achieved at the highest initial ammonia concentration of 455 mg/L. The feeding rate did not affect the results of nitrogen removal. However, slow feeding with 500 mL/min did not create any nitrite concentration peak during the reaction. Solids concentrations in the reactor could be effectively controlled by sludge settling time. Sludge settling times between 4 to 10 min were recommended, for achieving purposes of sludge enrichment or system optimization.
Generating Connectives
Creators: name: Elhadad, Michael
name: McKeown, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1990
Subjects: Computer science
Information technology

description: We present an implemented procedure to select an appropriate connective to link two propositions, which is part of a large text generation system. Each connective is defined as a set of constraints between features of fire propositions it connects. Our focus has been to identify pragmatic features that can be produced by a deep generator to provide a simple representation of connectives. Using these features, we can account for a variety of connective usages, and we can distinguish between similar connectives. We describe how a surface generator can produce complex sentences when given these features in input. The selection procedure is implemented as part of a large functional unification grammar.
An Architecture for Multi-User Software Development Environments
Creators: name: Ben-Shaul, Israel Z.
name: Kaiser, Gail E.
name: Heineman, George E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1992
Subjects: Computer science

description: We present an architecture for multi-user software development environments, covering general, process-centered and rule-based MUSDEs. Our architecture is founded on componentization, with particular concern for the capability to replace the synchronization component - to allow experimentation with novel concurrency control mechanisms - with minimal effects on other components while still supporting integration. The architecture has been implemented in the MARVEL SDE
Analytical code
Creators: name: Stibbe, Danielle
name: Ruiter, Stijn
name: Steenbeek, Wouter
name: Moneva, Asier
Publisher: name: OSF
Year: 2023
Subjects: criminological theories
cybercrime
field experiment
hacker forums
rational choice perspective
target selection

description: The analytical code and results used in the paper "This is great, but watch out".
การพัฒนารูปแบบการดูแลรักษาผู้ติดเชื้อเอชไอวีและผู้ป่วยเอดส์ โรงพยาบาลส่องดาว
Creators: name: ประจักร เหิกขุนทด
Publisher: name: Division of AIDS&STIs
Year: 2021
Subjects: การพัฒนา
รูปแบบการดูแลรักษาผู้ติดเชื้อเอชไอวีและผู้ป่วยเอดส์
โรงพยาบาลส่องดาว

description: Thai AIDS Journal, 33, 3, 151-164
On the q-Hardy-Littlewood-type maximal operator with weight related to fermionic p-adic q-integral on Zp
Creators: name: Araci, Serkan
name: Acikgoz, Mehmet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The fundamental aim of this paper is to define weighted q-Hardy-littlewood-type maximal operator by means of fermionic p-adic q-invariant distribution on Zp . Also, we derive some interesting properties concerning this type maximal operator.
description: 8 pages, submitted. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1202.1969
Measurement of the cross section for the production of a W boson in association with b-jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A measurement is presented of the cross section for the production of a W boson with one or two jets, of which at least one must be a b-jet, in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV. Production via top decay is not included in the signal definition. The measurement is based on 35 pb^-1 of data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The W+b-jet cross section is defined for jets reconstructed with the anti-kt clustering algorithm with transverse momentum above 25 GeV and rapidity within +/-2.1. The b-jets are identified by reconstructing secondary vertices. The fiducial cross section is measured both for the electron and muon decay channel of the W boson and is found to be 10.2 +/- 1.9 (stat) +/- 2.6 (syst) pb for one lepton flavour. The results are compared with next-to-leading order QCD calculations, which predict a cross section smaller than, though consistent with, the measured value.
description: 11 pages plus author list (24 pages total), 5 figures, 4 tables, final version to appear in Physics Letters B
Data
Creators: name: Stibbe, Danielle
name: Moneva, Asier
name: Steenbeek, Wouter
name: Ruiter, Stijn
Publisher: name: OSF
Year: 2023
Subjects: criminological theories
cybercrime
field experiment
hacker forums
rational choice perspective
target selection

description: The data used in the paper "This is great, but watch out".
Incremental Evaluation of Rules and its Relationship to Parallelism
Creators: name: Wolfson, Ouri
name: Dewan, Hasanat
name: Stolfo, Salvatore
name: Yemini, Yechiam
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1990
Subjects: Computer science

description: Rule interpreters usually start with an initial database and perform the inference procedure in cycles, ending with a final database. In a real time environment it is possible to receive updates to the initial database after the inference procedure has started or even after it has ended. We present an algorithm for incremental maintenance of the deductive database in the presence of such updates. Interestingly, the same algorithm is useful for parallel and distributed rule processing in the following sense. \\'hen the processors evaluating a program operate asynchronously. then they may have different views of the database. The incremental maintenance procedure we present can be used to synchronize these views.
The Role of Smoking in Cocaine Addiction
Creators: name: Colnaghi, Luca
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental health
subject: Psychobiology

description: The 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that almost 37 million Americans,1 2 years of age or older, have tried cocaine in their lifetime, and 5.7 million have used it in the past year – making cocaine the second most commonly used drug of abuse in the United States. The reasons for its popularity are its immediate psychological effects. Snorted or injected cocaine induces self-confidence, euphoria and good feelings, magnifying the intensity of almost all normal pleasures. However, cocaine use also causes medical complications like respiratory failure, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal problems and paranoia. Moreover, after prolonged exposure, individuals become addicted to it, losing control over use of the drug and engaging in destructive behavior related to cocaine procurement. Cocaine addiction is a chronic relapsing condition with high risk of medical complications, cognitive impairment, financial ruin and social issues.
Design and molecular docking studies of {N1-[2-(amino)ethyl]ethane-1,2-diamine}-[tris(oxido)]-molybdenum(VI) complex as a potential antivirus drug: from synthesis to structure
Creators: name: Kumar, Sunil
name: Choudhary, Mukesh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The aim of this study was to synthesize and examine the molecular docking of a Mo(VI) complex [Mo(dien)O3] (1), {N1-[2-(amino)ethyl]ethane-1,2-diamine}-[tris(oxido)]-molybdenum(VI) as a potential antivirus drug against the SARS-CoV-2, HIV and polio viruses. [Mo(dien)O3] (1) was fully characterized, including single crystal x-ray crystallography. The complex was crystallized in the orthorhombic crystal system with Pbcm space group and has distorted octahedral coordination geometry. DFT calculations have been explored for structure-property relationships. The Hirshfeld surface analysis and 2D fingerprint plots were also performed to investigate intermolecular interactions in the crystal structure. Antibacterial activities of 1 were also studied. In order to have insight into the potential application of 1 as an effective antivirus agent, we have examined the molecular docking of 1 with SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (PDB ID: 7N0I), HIV virus (PDB ID: 6MCF) , Polio virus (PDB ID: 1HXS), and DNA duplex dodecamer (PDB ID: 1BNA). The molecular docking results reveal that 1 with Mpro of SARS-CoV-2, HIV-1 RNA and Polio virus resulted in binding energies (ΔG) of −9.9 kcal/mol, −8.8 kcal/mol and −8.4 kcal/mol with good inhibition constant (Ki) of 6.539 µM, 5.113 µM and 4.237 µM, respectively. Overall, in silico molecular docking predicts potential antivirus effects of 1 against the virus of SARS CoV-2, HIV, and Polio.
Diabetic Control Among Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Patients In Hospital Taiping Before And After The Implementation Of Movement Control Order (MCO) Due To Covid-19
Creators: name: Narwani Hussin,
name: Sreevali Muthuvadivelu,
name: Chan Wai Seong,
name: Jafery, Nurul Najiha
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: COVID-19; Diabetes Mellitus; Control; Movement Control Order

description: Introduction: The implementation of MCO had changed the routine appointments in clinic and hospitals visit which indirectly affect the management of diabetic patients. In addition, people with diabetes have been reported to have higher risk of mortality due to COVID 19 infection. This study aims to assess the diabetic control among T2DM patients in Hospital Taiping before and after the implementation of MCO due to Covid-19. Methodology: This was a cross sectional study. Systematic random sampling were applied to select medical records from adult T2DM patients who had follow up visits in MOPD clinic from December 2019 until August 2020. Their weight, blood pressure (BP) and blood parameters (HbA1c, FBS, Urea, Creatinine, FLP) before (visit between 1 Dec 2019 to 17 Mar 2020) and after MCO (visit between 1 June 2020 to 31 Aug 2020) were compared. Results: 99 records were reviewed. Mean age of the patient was 56 (12.06) years. 54 (54.5%) were female. Majority were Malays; 71 (71.7%). There were no significant difference in mean BP and weight pre and post MCO. Most of the blood parameter results (FBS, Urea, Creatinine, Total Cholesterol, LDL, Triglycerides) showed no significant different before and after the implementation of MCO. However HDL showed significant different in the result with pre MCO of 1.16 (0.35) mmol/L and post MCO of 1.22 (0.34) mmol/L; p value 0.017. In addition, HbA1c also showed slight improvement with pre value of 8.85 (2.33) % and post value of 8.47 (2.25) %, p value 0.032. Conclusion: This study showed that the implementation of MCO does not impose much effect on diabetic control of T2DM patients in Hospital Taiping. [Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster]
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) on August 18-20 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
Q-scan-analysis of the neutron scattering in iron-based superconductors
Creators: name: Nagai, Yuki
name: Kuroki, Kazuhiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a way to determine the pairing state of the iron pnictide superconductors exploiting the momentum (Q) scan of the neutron scattering data. We investigate the spin susceptibility in the s+- and s++ superconducting states for various doping levels using the effective five-orbital model and considering the quasiparticle damping. The peak position of the intensity shifts from the position on the line Qx = pi to that on the line Qy = 0 as the doping level is decreased from electron doping to hole doping. We find that the Q-dependence of the ratio of the intensity in the superconducting state to that in the normal state is qualitatively different between the s+- -wave and s++ -wave pairings. We propose to investigate experimentally this ratio in Q-space to distinguish the two pairing states.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, resubmitted version. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1103.0586
Key Selection Strategies for a Novel Service Index Model to Expedite Service Discovery and Composition
Creators: name: Gu, Jiayan
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The rapid growth of Internet applications and the widespread use of cloud computing platforms have accelerated the development of Service Computing. As a result, the number of services on cloud computing platforms is growing exponentially, and these services are often provided by different providers for building more complex applications to meet the needs of users. However, due to the diversity of services, a single service is often unable to meet the needs of users, and they need to be used in combination. This poses a major challenge for the management and discovery of Service Computing. To address this challenge, the multilevel index model has become the state-of-the-art approach for managing and retrieving services from service repositories in the Service Computing domain. However, adding and retrieving services to the model in a timely and accurate manner remains a persistent problem. These problems affect the efficiency of discovering and composing services in Service Computing, and thus, new methods and techniques need to be investigated to optimise the management and discovery of Service Computing. The existing key selection methods for solving this problem do not effectively solve the problem of service addition and are based on the assumption that the distribution probability of service parameters is equal, which is not always the practice case. Certain services have the same input or output parameters, and some are frequently invoked by users, resulting in an unequal invocation of retrieval request parameters for each service. Furthermore, the invocation frequency of popular services changes over time. Existing key selection methods cannot handle such changes, thereby cannot guarantee service retrieval efficiency. In light of these challenges, this thesis aims to optimise and enhance the multilevel index model. Suitable key selection methods have been proposed to address issues including the inefficient service addition operation, equal appearing probability of service parameters, and service hotspot drift respectively. By reducing the time incurred during the service addition and retrieval process in the index model, the proposed approaches can efficiently improve the efficiency of service discovery and composition.