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Molecular Dynamics Simulation, QSAR, DFT, Molecular Docking, ADMET, and Synthesis of Ethyl 3-((5-Bromopyridin-2-yl)Imino)Butanoate Analogues as Potential Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2
Creators: name: Ahamed, F. M. Mashood
name: Chinnam, Sampath
name: Challa, Malathi
name: Kariyanna, Gurushantha
name: Kumer, Ajoy
name: Jadoun, Sapana
name: Salawi, Ahmad
name: Al-Sehemi, Abdullah G.
name: Chakma, Unesco
name: Al Mashud, Md. Abdullah
name: Kumari, Indu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Structural modifications of ethyl-3-((5-bromopyridin-2-yl)imino)butanoate ester enhances its biological activities. In the present work, the synthesis of a Schiff base by reacting 2-amino-5-bromo pyridine and ethyl acetoacetate was reported. Electronic properties were investigated by the computational method of density functional theory (DFT). The pass prediction score supported anti-viral efficacy which satisfied the Lipiniski rule and overall HOMO-LUMO. The most important part of this investigation was docking study which revealed that the ligands L07 has nearly efficacy to standard drugs and maximum docking score was found against Alpha variant (7EKF) at −6.7 kcal/mol, Beta variant (7ekg) at −6.2 kcal/mol, Gamma variant (7EKC) at −6.5 kcal/mol, Beta variant (7ekg) at −6.2 kcal/mol, SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant (7EKC) at −6.2 kcal/mol, Delta variant (7V8B) at −6.1 kcal/mol and Omicron variant (7T9J) at −6.3 kcal/mol. Finally, molecular dynamics study was performed to determine the stability and it was reported that the molecules L07 has better stability to be an oral drug against the different variant of SARS-CoV-2 viral pathogen.
Multiepoch Radial Velocity Observations of L Dwarfs
Creators: name: Blake, Cullen H.
name: Charbonneau, David
name: White, Russel J.
name: Marley, Mark S.
name: Saumon, Didier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the development of a technique for precise radial-velocity measurements of cool stars and brown dwarfs in the near infrared. Our technique is analogous to the Iodine (I2) absorption cell method that has proven so successful in the optical regime. We rely on telluric CH4 absorption features to serve as a wavelength reference, relative to which we measure Doppler shifts of the CO and H2O features in the spectra of our targets. We apply this technique to high-resolution (R~50,000) spectra near 2.3 micron of nine L dwarfs taken with the Phoenix instrument on Gemini-South and demonstrate a typical precision of 300 m/s. We conduct simulations to estimate our expected precision and show our performance is currently limited by the signal-to-noise of our data. We present estimates of the rotational velocities and systemic velocities of our targets. With our current data, we are sensitive to companions with M sin i > 2MJ in orbits with periods less than three days. We identify no companions in our current data set. Future observations with improved signal-to-noise should result in radial-velocity precision of 100 m/s for L dwarfs.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ, 24 pages, 7 figures
Η αποτελεσματικότητα προγράμματος θεραπευτικής άσκησης με βάση την ιδιοδέκτρια νευρομυική διευκόλυνση (PNF) στην λειτουργική αποκατάσταση ασθενών μετά από ολική αρθροπλαστική γόνατος: μια τυχαιοποιημένη διπλή τυφλή κλινική μελέτη
Creators: name: Φετλής, Αντώνιος Γρ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2020
Subjects: Ιδιοδεκτικότητα
Αποκατάσταση
Ολική Αρθροπλαστική Γόνατος
Οστεοαρθρίτιδα Γόνατος
Proprioceptiveness
Rehabilitation
Total Knee Replacement
Knee Osteoarthritis

description: Σκοπός της έρευνας ήταν να καθορίσει την σχέση ανάμεσα στην εφαρμογή ενός ιδιοδεκτικού προγράμματος αποκατάστασης βασισμένου στην Ιδιοδέκτρια Νευρομυική Διευκόλυνση και τα αποτελέσματά του στους παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν την ποιότητα ζωής, σε ασθενείς που υποβλήθηκαν σε Ολική Αρθροπλαστική Γόνατος. Πληθυσμός της έρευνας ήταν 54 (Ν=54) ασθενείς που υποβλήθηκαν σε ολική αρθροπλαστική γόνατος σε δημόσια νοσοκομεία της Θεσσαλονίκης, το διάστημα 2018-2019. Οι ασθενείς χωρίστηκαν σε δύο ομάδες, μία που ακολούθησε ένα κλασσικό πρωτόκολλο αποκατάστασης (Ν=27) και μία που συμπληρωματικά ακολούθησε κι ένα πρωτόκολλο PNF (Ν=27). Μετρήθηκαν οι βασικοί παράμετροι που καθορίζουν την ποιότητα ζωής με το εργαλείο EUROQUOL 5-D και η λειτουργικότητα του γόνατος με το εργαλείο KOOS. Τα δεδομένα αναλύθηκαν με την χρήση του στατιστικού κριτηρίου t test paired independent samples όπου υπήρξε κανονικότητα και με την χρήση Mann-Whitney U test Wilcoxon όπου δεν υπήρξε. Οι συσχετίσεις καθορίστηκαν με τον συντελεστή Pearson’s r. Εμφανίστηκε στατιστικά σημαντική σχέση ανάμεσα στα επίπεδα λειτουργικότητας του γόνατος και τις παραμέτρους ποιότητας ζωής και συγκεκριμένα με την κινητικότητα (r -,467 p,000), τα επίπεδα αυτοεξυπηρέτησης ( r-,398 p,003), τα δυσκολίες της καθημερινότητας (r -,410 p,002), τα επίπεδα του πόνου ( r-,470 p,000) και τα επίπεδα άγχους (r -,439 p,001). Τα effect sizes έδειξαν καλύτερη προσαρμογή της πειραματικής ομάδας στο πρόγραμμα αποκατάστασης. Το πρόγραμμα αποκατάστασης βασισμένο στην PNF οδήγησε σε στατιστικά σημαντική βελτίωση των παραμέτρων της ποιότητας ζωής.
description: The purpose of the study was to determine relationships between a PNF based rehabilitation program and its results on the parameters affecting balance, on patients undergone Total Knee Replacement (TKR).Fifty four patients (N=54) submitted to TKR at public hospitals of Thessaloniki Greece in 2018-2019, divided into two groups, one (N=27) followed a classic golden standard rehabilitation protocol and the other (N=27) additionally followed a PNF based protocol. Risk of falls was estimated by the Berg Balance Scale, while sagittal and coronal displacement was estimated by the usage of S-plate foot recorder. Data were analyzed using t-test paired or independent samples wherever normality was found and Mann-Whitney U or Wilcoxon test wherever it did not. Correlations were determined by Pearson’s r. The PNF based rehabilitation program has shown statistically important differences on balance parameters specifically on the risk of falls (p,000), sagittal (p ,001) and coronal (p ,000) axis displacement.
Spin and anomalous Hall effects emerging from topological degeneracy in Dirac fermion system CuMnAs
Creators: name: Huyen, Vu Thi Ngoc
name: Yanagi, Yuki
name: Suzuki, Michi-To
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Orthorhombic CuMnAs has been proposed as an antiferromagnetic semimetal hosting nodal line and Dirac points around the Fermi level. We investigate relations between the topological bands and transport phenomena, i.e. spin Hall effect and anomalous Hall effect, in orthorhombic CuMnAs with first-principles calculations combined with symmetry analysis of magnetic structures and of (spin) Berry curvature. We show the nodal line gapped with spin-orbit coupling in CuMnAs dominantly generates large spin Hall conductivity in the ground state. Although the magnetic symmetry in the ground state of CuMnAs forbids the finite anomalous Hall effect, applied magnetic fields produce a significant anomalous component of the Hall conductivity with the magnetic symmetry breaking. We identify that the dominant contribution to anomalous Hall components comes from further lifting of band degeneracy under external magnetic fields for the Bloch states generated with splitting of nodal lines by spin-orbit coupling near Fermi energy.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, 7 tables
title: Mapping the Density of States Distribution of Organic Semiconductors by Employing Energy Resolved–Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Bässler, Heinz
name: Kroh, Daniel
name: Schauer, Franz
name: Nádaždy, Vojtech
name: Köhler, Anna
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Organic electronics
subject: Organic solar cells
subject: Photoemission spectroscopy
subject: Voltammetry
subject: 530

description: Abstract Although the density of states (DOS) distribution of charge transporting states in an organic semiconductor is vital for device operation, its experimental assessment is not at all straightforward. In this work, the technique of energy resolved–electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (ER-EIS) is employed to determine the DOS distributions of valence (highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)) as well as electron (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO)) states in several organic semiconductors in the form of neat and blended films. In all cases, the core of the inferred DOS distributions are Gaussians that sometimes carry low energy tails. A comparison of the HOMO and LUMO DOS of P3HT inferred from ER-EIS and photoemission (PE) or inverse PE (IPE) spectroscopy indicates that the PE/IPE spectra are by a factor of 2–3 broader than the ER-EIS spectra, implying that they overestimate the width of the distributions. A comparison of neat films of MeLPPP and SF-PDI2 or PC(61)BM with corresponding blends reveals an increased width of the DOS in the blends. The results demonstrate that this technique does not only allow mapping the DOS distributions over five orders of magnitude and over a wide energy window of 7 eV, but can also delineate changes that occur upon blending.
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Mapping stellar activity indicators across the M dwarf domain
Creators: name: Lafarga, M.
name: Ribas, I.
name: Reiners, A.
name: Quirrenbach, A.
name: Amado, P. J.
name: Caballero, J. A.
name: Azzaro, M.
name: Béjar, V. J. S.
name: Cortés-Contreras, M.
name: Dreizler, S.
name: Hatzes, A. P.
name: Henning, Th.
name: Jeffers, S. V.
name: Kaminski, A.
name: Kürster, M.
name: Montes, D.
name: Morales, J. C.
name: Oshagh, M.
name: Rodríguez-López, C.
name: Schöfer, P.
name: Schweitzer, A.
name: Zechmeister, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Stellar activity poses one of the main obstacles for the detection and characterisation of small exoplanets around cool stars, as it can induce radial velocity (RV) signals that can hide or mimic the presence of planetary companions. Several indicators of stellar activity are routinely used to identify activity-related signals in RVs, but not all indicators trace exactly the same activity effects, nor are any of them always effective in all stars. We evaluate the performance of a set of spectroscopic activity indicators for M dwarf stars with different masses and activity levels with the aim of finding a relation between the indicators and stellar properties. In a sample of 98 M dwarfs observed with CARMENES, we analyse the temporal behaviour of RVs and nine spectroscopic activity indicators: cross-correlation function (CCF) full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM), contrast, and bisector inverse slope (BIS), chromatic index (CRX), differential line width (dLW), and indices of the chromospheric lines H$α$ and calcium infrared triplet. A total of 56 stars of the initial sample show periodic signals related to activity in at least one of these ten parameters. RV is the parameter for which most of the targets show an activity-related signal. CRX and BIS are effective activity tracers for the most active stars in the sample, especially stars with a relatively high mass, while for less active stars, chromospheric lines perform best. FWHM and dLW show a similar behaviour in all mass and activity regimes, with the highest number of activity detections in the low-mass, high-activity regime. Most of the targets for which we cannot identify any activity-related signals are stars at the low-mass end of the sample. These low-mass stars also show the lowest RV scatter, which indicates that ultracool M dwarfs could be better candidates for planet searches than earlier types, which show larger RV jitter.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures, 1 table (37 pages, 14 figures, 12 tables with appendices). Accepted for publication in A&A
Building a Distributed Computing System for LDMX: Challenges of creating and operating a lightweight e-infrastructure for small-to-medium size accelerator experiments
Creators: name: Bryngemark, Lene Kristian
name: Cameron, David
name: Dutta, Valentina
name: Eichlersmith, Thomas
name: Konya, Balazs
name: Moreno, Omar
name: Mullier, Geoffrey
name: Paganelli, Florido
name: Pöttgen, Ruth
name: Rogers, Fuzzy
name: Salnikov, Andrii
name: Weakliem, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Particle physics experiments rely extensively on computing and data services, making e-infrastructure an integral part of the research collaboration. Constructing and operating distributed computing can however be challenging for a smaller-scale collaboration. The Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) is a planned small-scale accelerator-based experiment to search for dark matter in the sub-GeV mass region. Finalizing the design of the detector relies on Monte-Carlo simulation of expected physics processes. A distributed computing pilot project was proposed to better utilize available resources at the collaborating institutes, and to improve scalability and reproducibility. This paper outlines the chosen lightweight distributed solution, presenting requirements, the component integration steps, and the experiences using a pilot system for tests with large-scale simulations. The system leverages existing technologies wherever possible, minimizing the need for software development, and deploys only non-intrusive components at the participating sites. The pilot proved that integrating existing components can dramatically reduce the effort needed to build and operate a distributed e-infrastructure, making it attainable even for smaller research collaborations.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to 25th International Conference on Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics (vCHEP 2021)
Magnetic Nanoparticles Arrays: Features, Properties, Applications
Creators: name: Μυρόβαλη, Ειρήνη Κ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2020
Subjects: Μαγνητικά νανοσωματίδια
Σχηματισμός αλυσίδας
Μαγνητική υπερθερμία
Νανοϋλικά
Magnetic nanoparticles
Array formation
Magnetic hyperthermia
Nanomaterials

description: Ο κύριος τομέας της διατριβής είναι ο μαγνητισμός και τα μαγνητικά υλικά. Ξεκινά από τη συστηματική σύνθεση και την πρακτική διερεύνηση των φυσικών ιδιοτήτων των νανοσωματιδίων και καταλήγει στην τεχνολογική αξιοποίηση του νανομαγνητισμού σε διάφορους τομείς όπως η αποθήκευση πληροφοριών, η βιοϊατρική και η βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη. Τα μαγνητικά νανοσωματίδια μπορούν να οργανωθούν σε συστήματα νανοδομών με αναδυόμενες ιδιότητες, σαφώς διαφορετικές από εκείνες των απομονωμένων νανοσωματιδίων ή/και των αντίστοιχων φάσεων όγκου. Τα μακροσκοπικά μαγνητικά χαρακτηριστικά τέτοιων νανοσυστημάτων προσδιορίζονται από αλληλεπιδράσεις μεταξύ των νανοσωματιδίων, οι οποίες δημιουργούν μοναδικές μαγνητικές, ηλεκτρικές ή οπτικές ιδιότητες.
description: The major area of this thesis is magnetism and magnetic materials, starting from systematic synthesis and robust investigation of their physical properties and concluding to technological applicability of nanomagnetism. Magnetic nanoparticles may be organized in nanostructure assemblies with emerging properties, distinctly different both from those of isolated nanoparticles and/or of the corresponding bulk phases. The macroscopic magnetic features of such nanoscale assemblies are determined by particle interactions, giving rise to unique magnetic, electrical or optical properties.
Mean values with cubic characters
Creators: name: Baier, Stephan
name: Young, Matthew P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11M06, 11L40,

description: We investigate various mean value problems involving order three primitive Dirichlet characters. In particular, we obtain an asymptotic formula for the first moment of central values of the Dirichlet L-functions associated to this family, with a power saving in the error term. We also obtain a large-sieve type result for order three (and six) Dirichlet characters.
description: 22 pages; greatly shortened, simplified and corrected version
The Clown of the Sciences
Creators: name: Abrahamse, Jan Martijn
Publisher: name: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019

description: Some ten years ago I was stopped by another student in the hallway of Amsterdam’s VU University and asked to complete a questionnaire, the exact nature of which I have completely forgotten. What I do remember is the look upon his face when I answered the question, “What are you studying at this university?” with “Theology”. His look was not just one of surprise, but wonder of a more desperate kind: he didn’t know what ‘theology’ was. Here was an intelligent student of about twenty years of age, at a university founded by Abraham Kuyper, of which theology was the founding faculty, who did not know what it was. Of course I explained it. Yet his bewilderment did not end there: “Is there an academic field that studies ‘God’?” he asked. Was I not joking? This article addresses the question of the role of theology and theologians in a secular environment, such as a university. Due to social changes theology is no longer the self-evident ‘Queen of the Sciences’, but is challenged to review its position among sciences, which often look with suspicion at its purposes. Instead of calling to reclaim the throne, and drawing on the historical figure of the Fool, it is argued that theology (or, rather theologians) should redress themselves as ‘Clowns of the Sciences’. By way of a conversation with the propositions of James McClendon and Stanley Hauerwas, a comic framework is set out that makes fun of the Queen, and thereby allows theology to participate by its oddity. Towards the end, and with the assistance of the prophet Jonah, a preliminary outline is made of the Clown’s Speech.
description: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Vol 19 No 1 (2019): Journal of European Baptist Studies
The relationship between excess CO2 and blood lactate in elite cyclists
Creators: name: Anderson, Gregory Steven
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study examined the relationship between expired non-metabolic CO₂ (EX CO₂) and the accumulation of blood lactate, while emphasis was placed on the ventilatory (EX CO₂ and VE/VO₂) and lactate threshold relationship. Twenty-one elite cyclists (15 males, 6 females) performed a progressive intensity bicycle ergometer test (PIT) during which ventilatory parameters were monitored on-line at 15 second intervals, and blood lactate sampling occured on each minute. Threshold values were determined for each of the three indices; excess CO₂ (EXTT), VE/V0₂ (VVTT), and blood lactate (LATT). The three threshold values (EXTT, VVTT, LATT) all correlated significantly (P<0.001) when each was expressed as an absolute VO₂ (1/min). A significant RM ANOVA (F=8.41, P<0. 001) and post hoc correlated t-tests demonstrated significant differences between the EIXTT and LATT (P<0.001) and the EXTT and VVTT values (P<0.025). The LATT occured at an average blood lactate concentration of 3.35 mmol/1, while the mean expired excess CO₂ volume at the EXTT was 14.04 ml/kg/min. Over an 11 minute range across the threshold values (EXTT and LATT), which were used as relative points of reference, the expired EXC02 volume (ml/kg/min) and blood lactate concentration (mmol/1) correlated significantly (r=0. 69, P<0. 001). Higher individual correlations over the same period of time <r=0.82 - 0.96, P <0.001) stress the individual nature of this relationship. Expired EXCO₂ volume appeared to track blood lactate levels over this 11 minute period when the significant threshold difference (1.35 min.) was taken into consideration. These results indicate a strong relationship between the three threshold values, although changes and expired EXCO₂ precede changes in blood lactate concentration and the ventilatory equivelant (VE/VO₂). Although changes in expired EXCO₂ volume appear to track changes in blood lactate concentration, blood lactate concentration can not be accurately predicted from expired EXCO₂ volume as the nature of this relationship varies between individuals and. appears to be influenced by gender.
Hailstorm : A Statically-Typed, Purely Functional Language for IoT Applications
Creators: name: Sarkar, Abhiroop
name: Sheeran, Mary
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the growing ubiquity of Internet of Things(IoT), more complex logic is being programmed on resource-constrained IoT devices, almost exclusively using the C programming language. While C provides low-level control over memory, it lacks a number of high-level programming abstractions such as higher-order functions, polymorphism, strong static typing, memory safety, and automatic memory management. We present Hailstorm, a statically-typed, purely functional programming language that attempts to address the above problem. It is a high-level programming language with a strict typing discipline. It supports features like higher-order functions, tail-recursion, and automatic memory management, to program IoT devices in a declarative manner. Applications running on these devices tend to be heavily dominated by I/O. Hailstorm tracks side effects likeI/O in its type system using resource types. This choice allowed us to explore the design of a purely functional standalone language, in an area where it is more common to embed a functional core in an imperative shell. The language borrows the combinators of arrowized FRP, but has discrete-time semantics. The design of the full set of combinators is work in progress, driven by examples. So far, we have evaluated Hailstorm by writing standard examples from the literature (earthquake detection, a railway crossing system and various other clocked systems), and also running examples on the GRiSP embedded systems board, through generation of Erlang.
VAFBM-2005-04: Cultural Resources Monitoring at IRP Site 15 For Installation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells
Creators: name: Zalud, Arianna
Year: 2005

description: This document presents the results of archaeological and Native American monitoring for the IRP Site 15 Groundwater Monitoring Wells Project. A small quantity of archaeological materials were observed during monitoring. The artifacts were removed during construction and replaced when all ground disturbance was complete. No other cultural materials were observed.
Transient growth and coupling of vortex and wave modes in self-gravitating gaseous discs
Creators: name: Mamatsashvili, G. R.
name: Chagelishvili, G. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Flow nonnormality induced linear transient phenomena in thin self-gravitating astrophysical discs are studied in the shearing sheet approximation. The considered system includes two modes of perturbations: vortex and (spiral density) wave. It is shown that self-gravity considerably alters the vortex mode dynamics -- its transient (swing) growth may be several orders of magnitude stronger than in the non-self-gravitating case and 2-3 times larger than the transient growth of the wave mode. Based on this finding, we comment on the role of vortex mode perturbations in a gravitoturbulent state. Also described is the linear coupling of the perturbation modes, caused by the differential character of disc rotation. The coupling is asymmetric -- vortex mode perturbations are able to excite wave mode ones, but not vice versa. This asymmetric coupling lends additional significance to the vortex mode as a participant in spiral density waves and shocks manifestations in astrophysical discs.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
Ministerial Formation as Theological Education in the Context of Theological Study
Creators: name: Jones, Simon
Publisher: name: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019

description: In this article I explore the challenges involved in the formation of men and women for Christian ministry in a rapidly changing world. In dialogue with George Monbiot, David Graeber, and Alan Roxburgh I suggest models of formation that are deeply rooted in the Baptist tradition, while earthed in the realities of twenty-first century life. As well as taking account of the social context in which ministry occurs, I am also aware of particular challenges facing churches in the UK – namely declining numbers and stretched finances. This results in engagement with how we understand ministry and vocation within the world of work and how formation is a partnership between college and placement churches.
description: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Vol 19 No 1 (2019): Journal of European Baptist Studies
‘To communicate simply you must understand profoundly’
Creators: name: Cross, Anthony R.
Publisher: name: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019

description: This paper explores the vital role that theology has played for those called to serve the people of God as ministers. It seeks to demonstrate that, from their beginnings in the early seventeenth century, Baptists have believed that a theologically educated ministry is a necessity. This belief led Baptists to pioneer the dissenting academies, which in time became colleges, and to be key figures in the development of education which has benefitted the whole Baptist tradition and church of God. Contrary to misconceptions among Baptists, and, we should add, those of other traditions, Baptists have always had men, and in time also women, who have been highly trained theologically, and who have made significant contributions to the churches they have served. Finally, it argues that theology and an educated ministry have major roles to play in the renewal of Christian life and witness for which so many Christians today are praying.
description: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Vol 19 No 1 (2019): Journal of European Baptist Studies
Proof of W.M.Schmidt's conjecture concerning successive minima of a lattice
Creators: name: Moshchevitin, Nikolay G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11H06, 11J13

description: For a real $N\ge 1$ and a vector $ξ=(1,ξ_1,...,ξ_n)$ define a matrix $$ {\cal A} (ξ, N) = ({array}{ccccc} N^{-1} & 0& 0& ... &0 \cr N^{\frac{1}{n}} ξ_1 & -N^{\frac{1}{n}} & 0&... & 0 \cr N^{\frac{1}{n}} ξ_2 &0& -N^{\frac{1}{n}} & ... & 0 \cr ... &... &... &... \cr N^{\frac{1}{n}} ξ_n &0&0&... &- N^{\frac{1}{n}} {array}) $$ and a lattice $$ Λ(ξ, N) = {\cal A} (ξ, N)\mathbb{Z}^{n+1}. $$ Consider a convex 0-symmetric body $${\cal W} = \{z= (x,y_1,...,y_n)\in \mathbb{R}^{n+1}: \max (|x|, |y|)\le 1 \} >.$$ For a natural $l, 1\le l \le n+1$ let $μ_l (ξ, N)$ be the $l$-th successive minimum of ${\cal W}$ with respect to $ Λ(ξ, N)$. We prove that there exist real numbers $ξ_1,...,ξ_n$ linearly independent together with 1 over $\mathbb{Z}$, such that $μ_k (ξ, N) \to 0$ as $ N\to \infty$ and $μ_{k+2} (ξ, N) \to \infty$ as $ N\to \infty$.
description: Submitted to Proceedings of LMS, further minor corrections
Resilient Readers
Creators: name: Carson, Marion L.S.
Publisher: name: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019

description: How can we equip Christians, both as individuals and communities, to have a robust, honest view of Scripture which will enable them to withstand times of challenge to their faith? Drawing on faith development theory and taking John 14.13-14 as a test case, this essay argues that a solely foundationalist hermeneutic is inadequate to this task. It suggests that pastors should be taught an integrated approach to biblical hermeneutics, which will enable them to foster more mature readings of Scripture in the pastoral setting.
description: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Vol 19 No 1 (2019): Journal of European Baptist Studies
Διαδραστικά και συνεργατικά περιβάλλοντα υποστήριξης του ελέγχου αυθεντικότητας ψηφιακού περιεχομένου
Creators: name: Κατσαουνίδου, Αναστασία N.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2020
Subjects: Παραπληροφόρηση
Ψευδείς ειδήσεις
Μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης
Συνεργατικά περιβάλλοντα
Disinformation
Fake News
Social networking sites
Collaborative environments

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η εις βάθος ανάλυση του φαινομένου της διαδικτυακής παραπληροφόρησης, η αναζήτηση των γενεσιουργών αιτιών των διαφόρων πτυχών του προβλήματος και η υπόδειξη των ενδεδειγμένων και βιώσιμων λύσεων. Ειδικότερα, αναζητήθηκε ο βαθμός επίγνωσης του φαινομένου από τους χρήστες /δημοσιογράφους και η διαθεσιμότητα των σχετικών εργαλείων, τόσο σε επίπεδο διερεύνησης αλλά και αξιολόγησης. Τα χαρακτηριστικά των εφαρμογών που ερευνώνται είναι η ευχρηστία, η λειτουργικότητα, οι τεχνικές δυνατότητες που παρέχουν και οι τεχνολογικές δεξιότητες που απαιτούν για την ορθή χρήση τους. Μετά την αποτύπωση της υπάρχουσας κατάστασης, απώτερος στόχος ήταν η περιγραφή, σχεδίαση και υλοποίηση διαδραστικών και συνεργατικών περιβαλλόντων για τον έλεγχο αυθεντικότητας ψηφιακού περιεχομένου. Τα προαναφερθέντα περιβάλλοντα συγκεντρώνουν την υπάρχουσα θεωρητική γνώση, μαζί με χρήσιμα εργαλεία, τόσο προϋπάρχοντα όσο και νέα, που αποτελούν τεκμηριωμένες σχεδιαστικές προτάσεις της παρούσας εργασίας.
description: The aim of the present thesis was the in-depth analysis of the online disinformation phenomenon, the examination of the causes and the various aspects of the problem and the suggestion of appropriate and sustainable solutions. Specifically, users’ /journalist’s awareness degree on misinformation was investigated along with the availability of related tools. Following the thorough analysis and comprehension of the current status, the goal was to describe, design and develop interactive and collaborative environments to support digital content authentication. The above-mentioned environments gather the existing theoretical knowledge, along with state-of-the-art tools and newly introduced services.
Convective, absolute and global azimuthal magnetorotational instabilities
Creators: name: Mishra, A.
name: Mamatsashvili, G.
name: Galindo, V.
name: Stefani, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the convective and absolute forms of azimuthal magnetorotational instability (AMRI) in a Taylor-Couette (TC) flow with an imposed azimuthal magnetic field. We show that the domain of the convective AMRI is wider than that of the absolute AMRI. Actually, it is the absolute instability which is the most relevant and important for magnetic TC flow experiments. The absolute AMRI, unlike the convective one, stays in the device, displaying a sustained growth that can be experimentally detected. We also study the global AMRI in a TC flow of finite height using DNS and find that its emerging butterfly-type structure -- a spatio-temporal variation in the form of upward and downward traveling waves -- is in a very good agreement with the linear stability analysis, which indicates the presence of two dominant absolute AMRI modes in the flow giving rise to this global butterfly pattern.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in J. Fluid Mech. Rapids
Convergence in the no-core shell model with low-momentum two-nucleon interactions
Creators: name: Bogner, S. K.
name: Furnstahl, R. J.
name: Maris, P.
name: Perry, R. J.
name: Schwenk, A.
name: Vary, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The convergence of no-core shell model (NCSM) calculations using renormalization group evolved low-momentum two-nucleon interactions is studied for light nuclei up to Li-7. Because no additional transformation was used in applying the NCSM framework, the energy calculations satisfy the variational principle for a given Hamiltonian. Dramatic improvements in convergence are found as the cutoffs are lowered. The renormalization group equations are truncated at two-body interactions, so the evolution is only approximately unitary and converged energies for A > 2 vary with the cutoff. This approximation is systematic, however, and for useful cutoff ranges the energy variation is comparable to natural-size truncation errors inherent from the initial chiral effective field theory potential.
description: 27 pages, 24 figures, improved discussion on running of energies
Modelling coloured residual noise in gravitational-wave signal processing
Creators: name: Röver, Christian
name: Meyer, Renate
name: Christensen, Nelson
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a signal processing model for signals in non-white noise, where the exact noise spectrum is a priori unknown. The model is based on a Student's t distribution and constitutes a natural generalization of the widely used normal (Gaussian) model. This way, it allows for uncertainty in the noise spectrum, or more generally is also able to accommodate outliers (heavy-tailed noise) in the data. Examples are given pertaining to data from gravitational wave detectors.
description: 21 pages, 5 figures
The contribution of elevated peripheral tissue temperature to venous gas emboli (VGE) formation
Creators: name: Pollock, Neal William
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of post-dive peripheral tissue warming to the production of venous gas emboli (VGE) in divers. Inert gas elimination from the tissues is limited by both perfusion and diffusion. If changes in diffusion are matched by corresponding perfusion (vasoactive) changes, decompression should be asymptomatic (within allowable exposure limits). Under conditions when the diffusion of inert gas from the tissues is not matched by blood perfusion, VGE will ensue. Increasing tissue temperature will decrease inert gas solubility and thus diffusion into the blood. It has been demonstrated that problems may arise during rapid changes in peripheral temperature, as often occurs post-dive, when divers previously exposed to cold water actively rewarm themselves in showers or baths. The effect of moderate rewarming, however, may be to increase the rate of inert gas elimination without the formation of VGE since increased perfusion is encouraged. The effect of mild post-dive warming was investigated. Ten male subjects, between the ages of 21 and 29 years completed two dry chamber dives to 70 feet for 35 minutes (no decompression limit of the Canadian Forces Air Diving tables). Each dive was followed by a 30 minute head-out immersion in either a thermoneutral (28°C) or warm (38°C) bath. Non-invasive Doppler ultrasonic monitoring was then carried out at 30 minute intervals for the next 150 minutes to assess measurable VGE. Subjects did not display VGE formation in either the control or experimental conditions. Our findings suggest that: 1) the Canadian Forces table limits (for the profile employed) provide safe no-decompression limits not compromised by mild post-dive warming, and 2) mild peripheral warming, since not bubble generating, may be a useful adjunctive therapy in the management of decompression sickness by increasing the rate of inert gas elimination.
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-670
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1900
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/213/chert
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-670. The artifact is a secondary flake.
A Geometric Proof to Cantor's Theorem and an Irrationality Measure for Some Cantor's Series
Creators: name: Marques, Diego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11J72, 11J82

description: Generalizing a geometric idea due to J. Sondow, we give a geometric proof for the Cantor's Theorem. Moreover, it is given an irrationality measure for some Cantor series.
description: 5 pages
Effective Research Supervision
Creators: name: Blythe, Stuart McLeod
Publisher: name: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019

description: This is a research paper report into what constitutes the effective supervision of international, part-time, PhD theological students in a largely distance learning environment. A qualitative research case study was carried out among students and supervisors at the International Baptist Theological Study Centre (IBTSC) in 2016. From the responses, I identify the importance of supervisory knowledge, skills, attributes, and the two key practices of timely and detailed feedback, along with managed team supervision, as central to effective research supervision. In addition, I highlight the significance of the part-time and largely distance, international, and theological nature of the student participants. In discussing these findings, I relate them to wider educational research and literature on research supervision.
description: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Vol 19 No 1 (2019): Journal of European Baptist Studies
Nonclassical Attack on a Quantum KeyDistribution System
Creators: name: Pljonkin, Anton
name: Petrov, Dmitry
name: Sabantina, Lilia
name: Dakhkilgova, Kamila
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The article is focused on research of an attack on the quantum key distribution system and proposes a countermeasure method. Particularly noteworthy is that this is not a classic attack on a quantum protocol. We describe an attack on the process of calibration. Results of the research show that quantum key distribution systems have vulnerabilities not only in the protocols, but also in other vital system components. The described type of attack does not affect the cryptographic strength of the received keys and does not point to the vulnerability of the quantum key distribution protocol. We also propose a method for autocompensating optical communication system development, which protects synchronization from unauthorized access. The proposed method is based on the use of sync pulses attenuated to a photon level in the process of detecting a time interval with a signal. The paper presents the results of experimental studies that show the discrepancies between the theoretical and real parameters of the system. The obtained data allow the length of the quantum channel to be calculated with high accuracy.
Christ-Centred Concreteness
Creators: name: Williams, Reggie L.
Publisher: name: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019

description: Harriet Tubman, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Martin Luther King Jr were Christian leaders whose lives insisted on faithfulness that led them against the laws of their time. They were advocates of social justice and human rights who resisted the temptation towards a secularising, two-realms split that makes Christianity a private life religion; they defied contemporary norms, and they faced opposition to their work from their fellow Christians. Yet, today we see that they were right, and their contemporaries were wrong. We may learn from their prophetic witness for Christian faithfulness in our contexts, by paying attention to their respective interpretations of the way of Jesus.
description: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Vol 19 No 1 (2019): Journal of European Baptist Studies
Strands, Powers, and Their Shades of Grey
Creators: name: Murphy, Nancey
Publisher: name: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019

description: Reggie Williams’ reflections on the lives of three significant activist- theologians – Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer – serve as the starting point for a consideration of the anti-racist elements in the ethics of James Wm McClendon Jr. Both Williams and McClendon exemplify a narrative approach to Christian ethics out of recognition of the possibilities and limitations that both our embodied selfhood and our cultural heritages bring to the ethical task. Other voices incorporated here are those of Glen Stassen, John Howard Yoder, and George F. R. Ellis.
description: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Vol 19 No 1 (2019): Journal of European Baptist Studies
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-662
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1900
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/213/chert
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-662. The artifact is a brown banded Monterey chert flake.
Near-Maximal Mixing of Scalar Gluonium and Quark Mesons: A Gaussian Sum-Rule Analysis
Creators: name: Harnett, D.
name: Kleiv, R. T.
name: Moats, K.
name: Steele, T. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gaussian QCD sum-rules are ideally suited to the study of mixed states of gluonium (glueballs) and quark ($q\bar q$) mesons because of their capability to resolve widely-separated states of comparable strength. The analysis of the Gaussian QCD sum-rules (GSRs) for all possible two-point correlation functions of gluonic and non-strange ($I=0$) quark scalar ($J^{PC}=0^{++}$) currents is discussed. For the non-diagonal sum-rule of gluonic and $q\bar q$ currents we show that perturbative and gluon condensate contributions are chirally suppressed compared to non-perturbative effects of the quark condensate, mixed condensate, and instantons, implying that the mixing of quark mesons and gluonium is of non-perturbative origin. The independent predictions of the masses and relative coupling strengths from the non-diagonal and the two diagonal GSRs are remarkably consistent with a scenario of two states with masses of approximately 1 GeV and 1.4 GeV that couple to significant mixtures of quark and gluonic currents. The mixing is nearly maximal with the heavier mixed state having a slightly larger coupling to gluonic currents than the lighter state.
description: Updated version contains extended analysis and revised analysis methods. 21 pages, 14 figures
Avancee-1 Mission and SaDoD Method: LiDAR-based stimulated atomic disintegration of space debris (SaDoD) using Optical Neural Networks
Creators: name: Ntumba, Manuel
name: Gore, Saurabh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The surface degradation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is affected by Atomic Oxygen (AO) and varies depending on the spacecraft orbital parameters. Atomic oxygen initiates several chemical and physical reactions with materials and produces erosion and self-disintegration of the debris at high energy. This paper discusses Avancee-1 Mission, LiDAR-based space debris removal using Optical Neural Networks (ONN) to optimize debris detection and mission accuracy. The SaDoD Method is a Stimulated Atomic Disintegration of Orbital Debris, which in this case has been achieved using LiDAR technology and Optical Neural Networks. We propose Optical Neural Network algorithms with a high ability of image detection and classification. The results show that orbital debris has a higher chance of disintegration when the laser beam is coming from Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites and in the presence of high solar activities. This paper proposes a LiDAR-based space debris removal method depending on the variation of atomic oxygen erosion with orbital parameters and solar energy levels. The results obtained show that orbital debris undergoes the most intense degradation at low altitudes and higher temperatures. The satellites in GEO use Optical Neural Network algorithms for object detection before sending the laser beams to achieve self-disintegration. The SaDoD Method can be implemented with other techniques, but especially for the Avancee-1 Mission, the SaDoD was implemented with LiDAR technologies and Optical Neural Network algorithms.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures