cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
4_Published_journal_IRJET-V7I5322-with-cover-page-v2.pdf
Creators: name: SHARMA, MANISH
name: Rawat, Shivam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 91202 Composite and Hybrid Materials
subject: FOS: Materials engineering
subject: 90501 Civil Geotechnical Engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: 90599 Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: 90502 Construction Engineering
subject: 90503 Construction Materials
subject: 91304 Dynamics, Vibration and Vibration Control
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 90504 Earthquake Engineering

description: All of us know that the normal concrete possess very low tensile strength, limited ductility and little resistance to cracking. So this focuses towards the experimental investigation of the mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced concrete with conventional concrete. Fibers while delivered in certain percentage in the concrete improves the property as crack resistance, ductility, as flexural strength and durability. So for enhancing the durability of the structure we are the use of glass fiber. Glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GRFC) is a fabric product of a cementatious matrix composed of cement, sand, water and admixtures, wherein brief duration glass fibers are dispersed. It has been broadly used within the creation enterprise for non-structural factors, like façade panels, piping and channels. GRC gives many advantages, inclusive of being lightweight, heat resistance, appropriate look and strength. For this experimental work we are using glass fibers on the volume fractions of 0.5%, 1% and 2 %. After the casting of cubes, beams and cylinder with the above stated quantity fractions we can carry out specific test which include compressive strength, tensile strength and flexural strength respectively. After the completion of this work we compare the results of glass fiber strengthened concrete with that of the normal concrete. From evaluating those two we are able to see that how the addition of the fibers will have an effect on the mechanical properties of conventional concrete and we check that the addition of fibers improves the strength of concrete or not
Child abuse and neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic : An umbrella review
Creators: name: Carsley, Sarah
name: Thomas, Sera
name: Oei, Tiffany
name: Smith, Brendan
name: Harrington, Daniel
name: Pike, Ian, 1958-
name: Macpherson, Alison
name: Richmond, Sarah A.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2027

description: Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple child health experts postulated that the stay-athome orders would negatively impact child abuse and neglect. Objectives: We aimed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child abuse and neglect in children ages 18 and under; and review author recommendations for future emergency lockdown procedures. Methods: We completed a systematic search of articles across five databases. Review-level studies were included if they examined any abuse or neglect related outcomes in children and youth (e.g., injuries, case openings), and were published in English. We completed quality appraisals of each included article using the Health Evidence™ tool. We categorized the findings by data source including administrative and survey data, or other data sources. We also narratively summarized reported recommendations. Results: In total, 11 reviews were included. Two reviews were of strong quality, 7 moderate, and 2 were weak. Overall, studies within reviews that reported from administrative data sources demonstrated decreased child abuse and neglect outcomes compared to before the pandemic. Studies using crosssectional data demonstrated increases. Reviews with mixed results often reported increases in emotional, neglect and psychological abuse cases and decreases physical and sexual abuse cases. Conclusions: This study found consistent results across reviews; child abuse and neglect outcomes both increased and decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic depending on data source and study design. Future work should enhance data collection methods for surveillance and intervention of child abuse and neglect during public health emergencies when traditional mechanisms are limited, with an increased focus on the rigor of reporting.
Supplementary document for Measurement of arbitrary scan patterns for correction of imaging distortions in laser scanning microscopy - 5657458.pdf
Creators: name: Rose, Patrick
name: Klioutchnikov, Alexandr
name: Wallace, Damian
name: Greenberg, David
name: Kerr, Jason
name: Sawinski, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Proceedings of the 2009 WSU International Research Conference
Creators: name: Kantore, Adelin
Publisher: name: Walter Sisulu University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Overview
 The papers featuring in this Book of Conference Proceedings: Advancing Knowledge for Empowerment through Innovations in Research, are part of the 130 oral and poster presentations made at the 2009 Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Research Conference. Manuscripts were subjected to single-blind peer reviews, from which the 31 published in this Book of Conference Proceedings were accepted. The reviewers of the manuscripts are scholars of reputable academic standing drawn from tertiary and research institutions in South Africa and abroad. The published articles are reflective of contemporary topical issues of research, spanning from Biomedical and Health Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Education; and Business, Management Sciences and Law. In Biomedical and Health Sciences, some of the articles discussed subjects such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), HIV/AIDS, herbal diarrhoea remedies, lipid peroxidation, health informatics; and cysticercosis and taeniasis. Quantum cryptography, electric and magnetic diapole moments, reproductive biology, pest management, traditional medicinal plants, epibionts, and biological technologies are some of the issues elaborated on in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences section. In Business, Management Sciences and Law, the Chickerings Theory of Development and Indigenous African Law are discussed. Some of the papers in Education considered ethical theories, deconstructive criticism, integrated quality management system, curriculum reform, research and knowledge management, musical analyses, rural poverty and conflict resolution. With an anticipated wide readership, Advancing Knowledge for Empowerment through Innovations in Research is a book reflective of a Developmental University’s research efforts such as WSU. Prof GE Ekosse Chairperson: Scientific Organizing Committee 2009 WSU Research Conference

 PROCEEDINGS East London, South Africa 25th – 27th August 2009 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE FOR EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INNOVATIONS IN RESEARCH
Romualdia chimaera
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Romualdia
Romualdia chimaera

description: Romualdia chimaera (Rothschild, 1935)
Amastus chimaera Rothschild, 1935: 246.
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Brazil], Santa Catarina, Jaragua do Sul.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype female (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 310, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
title: Structure and Kinematics of the Vortex System in Axial Turbomachines
Creators: name: Taubert, Paul
name: Pelz, Peter F.
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: This investigation models the kinematics of the vortex system of an encased axial turbomachine at part load and overload applying analytical methods. So far, the influence of the casing and the tip clearance on the kinematics was solved separately. The vortex system is composed of a hub, bound and tip vortices. For the nominal operating point φ ≈ φ(opt) and negligible induction, the tip vortices transform into a screw. For part load operation φ → 0, the tip vortices wind up to a vortex ring, i.e. the pitch of the screw vanishes. For overload operation φ → ∞, the vortex system of the turbomachine forms a horseshoe, i.e. the pitch of the screw becomes infinite. Both, hub and tip vortices, are semi-infinite, straight vortex filaments.
Integralism and Objectivism on Forms of the Mind/Body Dichotomy in Western Thought
Creators: name: Grizzard, Jeannine
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2005

description: This thesis compares philosophers Ken Wilber (Integralism) and Leonard Peikoff (Objectivism), who argue that Western philosophy is saturated with a fallacious mind/body dichotomy, which they trace historically and psychologically. Wilber's and Peikoff's agendas, worldviews and starting points are contrasted, specifically, Wilber's holons, Kosmos model, the Big Three Value Spheres and Peikoff's metaphysical axioms. Their definitions of consciousness are reviewed, along with their mutual epistemological emphasis on knowledge as contextual. Wilber makes mystical validity claims supported by stages of cognitive development. Discussed attributes of the mind/body dualism are: regression and repression; control versus chaos; hedonism, uniformity and authoritarianism; Subjectivism and Intrinsicism; Ego-agency versus Eco-communion. Both philosophers maintain that each partial strategy collapses into the dysfunctions of the opposite strategy. Their respective models of resolution through integration are presented in conclusion, particularly Wilber's case for nondual Self-realization.
Basic Economic Rights
Creators: name: Edlich, Harry
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2005

description: The world's human population is presently politically organized into an international system of territorially-defined nation-states. Each nation-state claims sovereign rights to non-interference and self-determination which minimize the legitimate influence of all other nation-states on the conduct of its internal affairs. International political discourse using the concept of human rights has become increasingly influential in addressing the regulation and restrictions of coercive activity that governing institutions can exact upon citizen populations. If there are universal human rights that all persons possess regardless of national affiliation, does this include basic economic rights that should insure all persons the basic economic goods necessary for healthy subsistence' Philosophers working within the state of nature contractual theory of government philosophical tradition, including Hobbes, Locke, Nozick, and Rawls, reach contradictory conclusions regarding the existence of universal basic economic rights. More recently, Shue has provided arguments affirming the existence of universal basic economic rights.
Ways to Skin the Zombie Cat: A Look at the Problems Associated with Chalmers's Zombie-Argument
Creators: name: Clifton, Walter
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: In contemporary philosophy of mind, the issue of consciousness has taken center stage. Broadly speaking, those who deal with consciousness fall into two camps: those who prioritize empirical work and those who favor conceptual investigation. One prominent argument has served to deepen the divide: the argument for the possibility of zombies. In this paper I intend to examine closely this argument, as it's presented by David Chalmers, and some of the attempts to discredit it. In so doing, I present some of my own arguments against it, as well as the claim that if it's sound, then materialism is false. Finally, I present a sketch of a new way of thinking about consciousness that would, I argue, guard against the threat'real or merely apparent'of arguments such as the zombie-argument.
Supplementary document for Measurement of arbitrary scan patterns for correction of imaging distortions in laser scanning microscopy - 5657458.pdf
Creators: name: Rose, Patrick
name: Klioutchnikov, Alexandr
name: Wallace, Damian
name: Greenberg, David
name: Kerr, Jason
name: Sawinski, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Marriage as Unconstitutional:  How Not Allowing Homosexual Marriage Violates the First Amendment
Creators: name: Payne, Brian
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: For the past several years the issue of homosexual marriage has been at the forefront of an often intense debate in American political culture. Those who oppose the policy have, by and large, been in the majority. But in America, majority decisions are not automatically legal; such status is obtained only when policies are not in conflict with the Constitution. With that in mind, this paper aims to show how not allowing homosexual marriage can amount to an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. To accomplish this I will first examine the main arguments presented against the policy by the defenders of 'traditional' marriage and show how they fail. With the main arguments undercut, opponents of gay marriage must have either no real basis for their position, or make their arguments from within specific comprehensive (generally religious) doctrines- a phenomenon widespread enough to possibly constitute a violation of the first amendment.
Transcriptomic and Phenotypic Analyses Reveal the Molecular Mechanism of Dwarfing in Tetraploid Robinia pseudoacacia L.
Creators: name: Wu, Yue
name: Guo, Qi
name: Long, Cui
name: El-Kassaby, Yousry A.
name: Sun, Yuhan
name: Li, Yun
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Polyploid breeding techniques aid in the cultivation of new forestry cultivars, thus expanding the suite of strategies for the improvement of arboreal traits and innovation within the field of forestry. Compared to diploid Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) ‘D26-5①’ (2×), its dwarfed homologous tetraploid ‘D26-5②’ (4×) variety has better application prospects in garden vegetation guardrails and urban landscape. However, the molecular mechanism of the generation and growth of this dwarf variety is still unclear. Here, plant growth and development as well as histological differences between the diploid and its autotetraploid were investigated. Levels of endogenous hormones at three different developmental stages (20, 40, and 70 days) of 2× and homologous 4× tissue culture plantlets were assessed, and it was found that the brassinosteroid (BR) contents of the former were significantly higher than the latter. Transcriptome sequencing data analysis of 2× and homologous 4× showed that differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were significantly enriched in plant hormone synthesis and signal transduction, sugar and starch metabolism, and the plant circadian rhythm pathway, which are closely related to plant growth and development. Therefore, these biological pathways may be important regulatory pathways leading to dwarfism and slow growth in tetraploids. Additionally, utilizing weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA), we identified three crucial differentially expressed genes (DEGs)—PRR5, CYP450, and SPA1—that potentially underlie the observed ploidy variation. This study provides a new reference for the molecular mechanism of dwarfism in dwarfed autotetraploid black locusts. Collectively, our results of metabolite analysis and comparative transcriptomics confirm that plant hormone signaling and the circadian rhythm pathway result in dwarfism in black locusts.
Orbital Entanglement and The Double $d$-Shell Effect in Binary Transition Metal Molecules
Creators: name: Lampert, Julianne S.
name: Krogmeier, Timothy J.
name: Schlimgen, Anthony W.
name: Head-Marsden, Kade
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accurate modeling of transition metal-containing compounds is of great interest due to their wide-ranging and significant applications. These systems present several challenges from an electronic structure perspective, including significant multi-reference character and many chemically-relevant orbitals. A further complication arises from the so-called double $d$-shell effect, which is known to cause a myriad of issues in the treatment of first-row transition metals with both single- and multi-reference methods. While this effect has been well documented for several decades, a comprehensive understanding of its consequences and underlying causes is still evolving. Here, we characterize the second $d$-shell effect by analyzing the information entropy of correlated wavefunctions in a periodic series of $3d$ and $4d$ transition metal molecular hydrides and oxides. These quantum information techniques provide unique insight into the nuanced electronic structure of these species, and are powerful tools for study of weak and strong correlation in the transition metal $d$ manifold.
Rossian Moral Pluralism: A (Partial) Defense
Creators: name: Desaulniers, Angela
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: Rossian moral pluralism's rejection of a founding moral principle and use of 'prima facie duties' as opposed to absolute duties makes it unique from most other major ethical theories. It has been attacked in a myriad of different ways because of this. Brad Hooker
has proposed two objections based on these ideas. The first is that moral pluralism is
lacking justification because of its rejection of a founding moral principle. The second is
that because of this, and its lack of absolute duties, moral pluralism is an indeterminate
theory. In this paper I will look at Hooker's objections as well as two responses that have
been proposed as solutions. Having shown these solutions to be insufficient I will then
propose a way to look at Ross' moral pluralism that saves it from Hooker's objections and clearly lays out Ross' understanding of how we should deliberate about moral matters.
Bonjour's Positions on Empirical Knowledge: From Coherentism to Foundationalism
Creators: name: Byun, Soo Young
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: Lawrence Bonjour supported coherentism in the early period, but turns to foundationalism in the later period. In this paper I shall focus on two sides in relation to his epistemology. To understand his early and later positions, first, I shall explain his coherentism and foundationalism. Second, I shall consider what objections have been raised to each position. Thus we can evaluate why Bonjour abandoned his coherentism and why his foundationalism succeeds as a plausible theory for empirical justification.
Supplementary document for Utilizing temporal superresolution in an optical parametric synthesizer to generate multi-TW sub-4-fs light pulses - 5657787.pdf
Creators: name: muschet, alexander
name: De Andres Gonzalez, Aitor
name: Fischer, Peter
name: Salh, Roushdey
name: Veisz, Laszlo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental material
A Defense of Soft Positivism: Justice and Principle Processes
Creators: name: Diener, Keith
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: This thesis addresses the historic debate between natural law theorists and positivists.  After providing a foundation for the debate by discussing the thirteenth century natural law theory of St. Thomas Aquinas and the criticisms of it by positivist philosopher John Austin, this thesis turns to the theory of H.L.A. Hart.  My primary aim is to outline a defense of the soft positivism of H.L.A. Hart in face of the criticisms of Ronald Dworkin by appealing to two nonexclusive roots of moral principles in the law: justice and criminal law.
The Female Voices of Islam
Creators: name: LeCompte, Kacie
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: The Female Voices of Islam is arguing for feminism to be regarded as a theory instead of an ideology so that the voices of contemporary female Muslims can be heard. This paper reviews the arguments of four such women: Amina Wadud, Fatima Mernissi, Asra Q. Nomani, and finally Zainab al-Ghazali. Collectively their discourses support equality for men and women within the Islamic tradition, while their individual ways of approaching the subject differ dramatically. Wadud and Nomani support the theory that an egalitarian ethic can be found in the roots of the Islamic tradition, in both text and ritual. Mernissi investigates how economic evolution of Islamic society stimulates a shift in spatial boundaries for Muslim women. Al-Ghazali does not address female inequality within the tradition, but advocates an egalitarian ethic through the example she sets in Egyptian society. She is concerned with a world wide observance of 'true' Islam.
A Defense of Moral Realism
Creators: name: Lesandrini, Jason
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: This thesis will explain in detail two closely related but jointly defensible moral realist positions. I show how each position responds to the initial dilemma of whether moral judgments are propositions. Following this discussion, I defend this combined position against an objection that the position is inherently contradictory. I conclude that one can coherently maintain both positions without a contradiction.
Nietzsche on the Future and Value
Creators: name: Ranta, John
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: This thesis addresses two interpretative questions concerning the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.  The first is to ascertain the primary objection that Nietzsche has to a morality that he describes as decadent.  The conclusion reached is that Nietzsche's objection to decadent morality is based on the harm it does to a class of 'higher' individuals who have valuable work to perform in achieving a desirable future for humanity.  The second question is to determine the manner in which Nietzsche's own values are to be understood based on the skepticism he expresses concerning the objectivity of value.  The conclusion reached is that Nietzsche's values are objects of the same analysis he applies to human values generally.  The values Nietzsche endorses, including the valuing of 'higher' individuals, are to be understood as symptoms of a particular physiology and its relationship to living.
On the Stephen Macedo and John Finnis Exchange: Natural Law, Liberalism, and Homosexuality: A Critical Assessment
Creators: name: Coleman, Brian
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: This essay is an exploration of the debate between John Finnis and Stephen Macedo on the value of homosexuality. In 'Is Natural Law Theory Compatible with Limited Government'' Finnis, a natural law theorist, rejects value-neutralist arguments, stating that the political community can and should make value judgments about its members' life-choices and that such normative evaluations are compatible with liberalism.

Particularly, Finnis argues that homosexuality is in its essence always harmful and degrading, thus unable to participate in the basic human goods it imitates. Furthermore, he argues that the political community in liberal democratic societies is justified in discouraging homosexual conduct as a viable way of life. Macedo, while also rejecting pure value-neutralist liberalism, carefully considers but rejects Finnis's argument, which rests on an unrealistic description of value and ends of human sexual activity.
Metacrisia Hampson 1901
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Metacrisia

description: Genus Metacrisia Hampson, 1901
(Fig. 15F)
Metacrisia Hampson, 1901a: 431.
TYPE SPECIES. — Purius courregesi Dognin, 1891, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 310, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Differential Etching of Rays at Wood Surfaces Exposed to an Oxygen Glow Discharge Plasma
Creators: name: Cheng, Kenneth J.
name: Ma, Weicong
name: Evans, P. D. (Philip D.)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Basswood samples were exposed to oxygen glow-discharge plasmas for 30 min, and etching of radial and tangential longitudinal surfaces was measured. It was hypothesized that there would be a positive correlation between etching and plasma energy, and differential etching of wood surfaces because of variation in the microstructure and chemical composition of different woody tissues. Etching at the surface of basswood samples was examined using profilometry. Light and scanning electron microscopy were used to examine the microstructure of samples exposed to plasma. There was a large effect of plasma energy on etching of basswood surfaces, and radial surfaces were etched to a greater extent than tangential surfaces. However, rays at radial surfaces were more resistant to etching than fibers, resulting in greater variation in the etching of radial versus tangential surfaces. The same phenomenon occurred at radial surfaces of balsa wood, jelutong and New Zealand white pine subjected to plasma etching. The possible reasons for the greater resistance of rays to plasma etching are explored, and it is suggested that such differential etching of wood surfaces may impose a limitation on the use of plasma to precisely etch functional patterns at wood surfaces (raised pillars, grooves), as has been done with other materials.
The Impossibility of Evil Qua Evil:  Kantian Limitations on Human Immorality
Creators: name: Crews-Anderson, Timothy
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: Kant denies that evil qua evil can be an incentive to human beings. Is this a fact about what sorts of reasons human beings find interesting' Or, is it rooted entirely in Kant's notion of human freedom' I focus on key facets of Kant's system: human freedom, immorality and incentives. With an understanding of these concepts based in Christine Korsgaard's reading of Kant's moral theory, I argue that the impossibility of acting solely from evil qua evil is not rooted in human incentives and that if we were able to represent an unconditioned principle of immorality, we would have as powerful an incentive to act in accordance with it as we do to act in accordance with the categorical imperative. Finally, I argue that the impossibility of human beings' having evil qua evil as an incentive is grounded in the limited nature of our positive conception of freedom.
Wittgenstein and Religion
Creators: name: Corrigan, Daniel
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: This thesis considers the implications of Wittgenstein's early and later philosophy for the issue of religious belief, as well as the relation of religion to Wittgenstein's thought. In the first chapter I provide an overview of the Tractatus and discuss the place of religion within the Tractarian framework. I then provide an overview of Philosophical Investigations. In the second chapter I consider interpretations by Norman Malcolm and Peter Winch of Wittgenstein's later philosophy in relation to religion, as well as Kai Nielsen's famous critique of 'Wittgensteinian Fideism.' The third and final chapter takes up the issue of construing religious belief as a distinctive language-game. I consider arguments from D. Z. Phillips and criticisms of Phillips from Mark Addis and Gareth Moore.
Liberalism and the Worst-Result Principle: Preventing Tyranny, Protecting Civil Liberty
Creators: name: Delmas, Candice
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: What I dub the 'worst-result' principle is a criterion that identifies civil war and tyranny as the worst evils that could befall a state, and prescribes their prevention. In this thesis, I attempt to define the worst-result principle's concrete prescriptions and institutional arrangements to meet these. To do so, I explore different understandings of the worst-result principle, that each contributes to the general argument. Montesquieu's crucial insight concerns the separation of powers to prevent the state from collapsing into despotism. Judith Shklar shows that 'damage control' needs to be constantly performed so as to minimize chances of governmental brutality. Roberto Unger points at the importance of encouraging citizens' involvement in the political process to safeguard freedom. I finally argue, in the light of historical evidence, that it would be unreasonable to think that the task of preventing tyranny can be effectively performed in the absence of courts entrusted with checking powers.
Metacrisia courregesi
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Metacrisia
Metacrisia courregesi

description: Metacrisia courregesi (Dognin, 1891)
Purius courregesi Dognin, 1891f: 257.
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Ecuador], [Loja], environs de Loya [Loja].
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Lectotype male no. 30 375 designated by Watson (1973: 21) (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 310, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Correct Ethical Traditions:  Towards a Defense of Christian Ethical Relativism
Creators: name: Head, Jason
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: This thesis provides one component of a greater defense of Christian ethical relativism, or the notion that what is a morally allowable action for one Christian may be wrong for another and both could be correct in their assertions.  This essay does not develop such a Christian relativism, but merely defends the idea that a relativistic view could be developed in an academically rigorous manner and may be able to explain the diversity of Christian ethical traditions in a simpler manner than that offered  by the ethical absolutist.  As such, the thesis argues that a relativistic view ought to be developed.
Averaged Lorentz Dynamics and an application in Plasma Dynamics
Creators: name: Torrome, Ricardo Gallego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35Q83 ; 34A26

description: Using a geometric averaging procedure applied to a non-affine linear connection, we prove that for a narrow one particle distribution function and in the ultra-relativistic limit, a bunch of point charged particles can be described by a Charged Cold Fluid Model, without additional hypothesis on the moments.
description: Contribution to the Proceedings of the XVIII International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics; minor corrections
Kripke, Chalmers and the Immediate Phenomenal Quality of Pain
Creators: name: Owensby-Sandifer, Jessica
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2006

description: One common element of Kripke's and Chalmers' reactions to physicalist theories of mind is their reliance upon the intuition that concepts about conscious experiences are essentially identified by the 'immediate phenomenal quality' of the conscious experience, how the experience feels from the subjective point of view. I examine how Kripke's and Chalmers' critiques require that concepts about conscious experiences be identified by their subjective feel and then move on to provide some ways in which this intuition about concepts of conscious experience could be wrong. Specifically, the intuition is not consistent with our intuitions about unusual cases reported by pain researchers and does not take such cases to be genuine cases of pain. These inconsistencies weaken the intuition, making it problematic for any critique of identity theory or physicalism to rely heavily upon it.
Supplementary document for Utilizing temporal superresolution in an optical parametric synthesizer to generate multi-TW sub-4-fs light pulses - 5657787.pdf
Creators: name: muschet, alexander
name: De Andres Gonzalez, Aitor
name: Fischer, Peter
name: Salh, Roushdey
name: Veisz, Laszlo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental material
LEGAL ANALYSIS OF CIVIL LIABILITY OF TRAVEL COMPANIES FOR CAUSING HARM
Creators: name: Achilova, Liliya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The tourism industry significantly contributes to the economies of many countries by generating substantial GDP and creating job opportunities. However, with the increase in tourism activities, the risks associated with the safety and quality of services provided also rise. This article conducts a legal analysis of the civil liability of travel companies for obligations arising from causing harm. Civil liability in this context refers to the obligation of travel companies to compensate for damages caused to the life, health, or property of tourists due to the non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of contractual obligations.
Father Knows Best: A Critique of Joel Feinberg's Soft Paternalism
Creators: name: Sacha, James
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2007

description: This thesis focuses on the issue of whether or not the government is ever justified in prohibiting the actions of an individual who is harming herself but not others. I first analyze some of the key historical figures in the paternalism debate and argue that these accounts fail to adequately meet the needs of a modern, pluralistic society. Then, I analyze and critique the nuanced, soft-paternalist strategy put forth by Joel Feinberg. Finally, I defend a version of hard paternalism, arguing that a balancing strategy that examines each action on a case-by-case basis shows all citizens equal, and adequate concern and respect.
Fluid Models from Kinetic Models using a Geometric Averaging Procedure
Creators: name: Torrome, Ricardo Gallego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82D10

description: We interpret the Lorentz force equation as a geodesic equation associated with a non-linear connection. Using a geometric averaging procedure, we prove that for narrow and smooth one-particle distribution functions whose supports are invariant under the flow of the Lorentz equation, a bunch of charged point particles can be described by a charged cold fluid model in the ultra-relativistic regime. The method used to prove this result does not require additional hypotheses on the higher moments of the distribution. This is accomplished by estimating the expressions that include the differential operators appearing in the charged cold fluid model equation. Under the specified conditions of narrowness and ultra-relativistic dynamics, it turns out that these differential expressions are close to zero, justifying the use of the charged cold fluid model. The method presented in the work can also be applied to justify the use of warm plasmas and other models.
description: 20 pages
Supplemental methods, results, figures, and tables from We get by with a little help from our friends: shared adaptive variation provides a bridge to novel ecological specialists during adaptive radiation
Creators: name: Richards, Emilie J.
name: Martin, Christopher H.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60408 Genomics

description: Adaptive radiations involve astounding bursts of phenotypic, ecological and species diversity. However, the microevolutionary processes that underlie the origins of these bursts are still poorly understood. We report the discovery of an intermediate ‘wide-mouth’ scale-eating ecomorph in a sympatric radiation of Cyprinodon pupfishes, illuminating the transition from a widespread algae-eating generalist to a novel microendemic scale-eating specialist. We first show that this ecomorph occurs in sympatry with generalist C. variegatus and scale-eating specialist C. desquamator on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, but is genetically differentiated, morphologically distinct and often consumes scales. We then compared the timing of selective sweeps on shared and unique adaptive variants in trophic specialists to characterize their adaptive walk. Shared adaptive regions swept first in both the specialist desquamator and the intermediate ‘wide-mouth’ ecomorph, followed by unique sweeps of introgressed variation in ‘wide-mouth’ and de novo variation in desquamator. The two scale-eating populations additionally shared 9% of their hard selective sweeps with molluscivores C. brontotheroides, despite no single common ancestor among specialists. Our work provides a new microevolutionary framework for investigating how major ecological transitions occur and illustrates how both shared and unique genetic variation can provide a bridge for multiple species to access novel ecological niches.
Stellar wind parameters of massive stars in accretion-powered High Mass X-ray Binary Pulsars
Creators: name: Beskrovnaya, N.
name: Ikhsanov, N.
name: Kim, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The process of mass-exchange between the components of High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) systems with neutron stars undergoing wind-fed accretion is discussed. The X-ray luminosity of these systems allows us to evaluate the mass capture rate by the neutron star from the stellar wind of its massive companion and set limits on the relative velocity between the neutron star and the wind. We find that the upper limit to the wind velocity in the orbital plane during the high state of the X-ray source is in the range 120--1000 km/s, which is by a factor of 2--4 lower than both the terminal wind velocity and the speed of the wind flowing out from the polar regions of massive stars for all the objects under investigation. This finding is valid not only for the systems with Be stars, but also for those system in which the optical components do not exhibit the Be phenomenon. We also show that the lower limit to the radial wind velocity in these systems can unlikely be smaller than a few per cent of the orbital velocity of the neutron star. This provide us with a new constraint on the mass-transfer process in the outflowing disks of Be-type stars.
description: Published in MDPI Galaxies
Sex-Specific Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate, Epigenetic Age Acceleration, and Susceptibility to Early Childhood Upper Respiratory Infections
Creators: name: Merrill, Sarah
name: Letourneau, Nicole
name: Giesbrecht, Gerald F.
name: Edwards, Karlie
name: MacIsaac, Julia L.
name: Martin, Jonathan W.
name: MacDonald, Amy M.
name: Kinniburgh, David W.
name: Kobor, Michael S. (Geneticist)
name: Dewey, Deborah
name: England-Mason, Gillian
name: Team, The APrON Study
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a common plasticizer that can affect immune system development and susceptibility to infection. Aging processes (measured as epigenetic age acceleration (EAA)) may mediate the immune-related effects of prenatal exposure to DEHP. This study’s objective was to examine associations between prenatal DEHP exposure, EAA at three months of age, and the number of upper respiratory infections (URIs) from 12 to 18 months of age using a sample of 69 maternal–child pairs from a Canadian pregnancy cohort. Blood DNA methylation data were generated using the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip; EAA was estimated using Horvath’s pan-tissue clock. Robust regressions examined overall and sex-specific associations. Higher prenatal DEHP exposure (B = 6.52, 95% CI = 1.22, 11.81) and increased EAA (B = 2.98, 95% CI = 1.64, 4.32) independently predicted more URIs. In sex-specific analyses, some similar effects were noted for boys, and EAA mediated the association between prenatal DEHP exposure and URIs. In girls, higher prenatal DEHP exposure was associated with decreased EAA, and no mediation was noted. Higher prenatal DEHP exposure may be associated with increased susceptibility to early childhood URIs, particularly in boys, and aging biomarkers such as EAA may be a biological mechanism. Larger cohort studies examining the potential developmental immunotoxicity of phthalates are needed.
In Defense of Rawlsian Constructivism
Creators: name: Allen, William
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2007

description: George Klosko attempts to solve a problem put forth by Rawls, namely how to create a persisting, just and stable liberal democracy in light of pluralism. He believes Rawls has failed at this task through the employment of political constructivism. Klosko claims that since Rawls does not utilize actual views within the existing public to form principles of justice, his method would fail to reach an overlapping consensus. As an alternative, Klosko proposes the method of convergence, which utilizes actual societal views to find overlapping concepts that inform the principles of justice. My argument is that Klosko misconstrues the method and aims of political constructivism. Klosko seems to incorrectly believe that stability is primary to establishing a liberal democracy, whereas it is secondary to the achievement of justice. Because of this error, Klosko's method of convergence potentially has the consequence of creating a society which is stable but unjust.
Defending Lucretius' Symmetry Argument against the Fear of Death
Creators: name: Lei, Kun
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2007

description: Lucretius' symmetry argument is always understood as a simple addition to Epicurus' deprivation argument. Both are based on same presuppositions and both are referring to the state of being dead. However, by closer examination, we can see that they are using different perspectives. The symmetry argument adopts a first-person perspective, whereas the deprivation argument adopts a third-person perspective. According to this difference, it can be further inferred that the symmetry argument actually provides a very important supplemental argument for the deprivation argument by trying to bridge the potential gap in the deprivation argument.
Dual-Process Theories and the Rationality Debate: Contributions from Cognitive Neuroscience
Creators: name: Kvaran, Trevor
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2007

description: The past 40 years have seen an enormous amount of research aimed at investigating human reasoning and decision-making abilities.  This research has led to an extended debate about the extent to which humans meet the standards of normative theories of rationality.  Recently, it has been proposed that dual-process theories, which posit that there are two distinct types of cognitive systems, offer a way to resolve this debate over human rationality.  I will propose that the two systems of dual-process theories are best understood as investigative kinds.  I will then examine recent empirical research from the cognitive neuroscience of decision-making that lends empirical support to the theoretical claims of dual-process theorists.  I will lastly argue that dual-process theories not only offer an explanation for much of the conflicting data seen in decision-making and reasoning research, but that they ultimately offer reason to be optimistic about the prospects of human rationality.
Machine Learning techniques for state recognition and auto-tuning in quantum dots
Creators: name: Kalantre, Sandesh S.
name: Zwolak, Justyna P.
name: Ragole, Stephen
name: Wu, Xingyao
name: Zimmerman, Neil M.
name: Stewart, M. D.
name: Taylor, Jacob M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent progress in building large-scale quantum devices for exploring quantum computing and simulation paradigms has relied upon effective tools for achieving and maintaining good experimental parameters, i.e. tuning up devices. In many cases, including in quantum-dot based architectures, the parameter space grows substantially with the number of qubits, and may become a limit to scalability. Fortunately, machine learning techniques for pattern recognition and image classification using so-called deep neural networks have shown surprising successes for computer-aided understanding of complex systems. In this work, we use deep and convolutional neural networks to characterize states and charge configurations of semiconductor quantum dot arrays when one can only measure a current-voltage characteristic of transport (here conductance) through such a device. For simplicity, we model a semiconductor nanowire connected to leads and capacitively coupled to depletion gates using the Thomas-Fermi approximation and Coulomb blockade physics. We then generate labelled training data for the neural networks, and find at least $90\,\%$ accuracy for charge and state identification for single and double dots purely from the dependence of the nanowire's conductance upon gate voltages. Using these characterization networks, we can then optimize the parameter space to achieve a desired configuration of the array, a technique we call `auto-tuning'. Finally, we show how such techniques can be implemented in an experimental setting by applying our approach to an experimental data set, and outline further problems in this domain, from using charge sensing data to extensions to full one and two-dimensional arrays, that can be tackled with machine learning.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures
Integration of Physiological, Transcriptomic, and Metabolomic Analyses Reveal Molecular Mechanisms of Salt Stress in Maclura tricuspidata
Creators: name: Sui, Dezong
name: Wang, Baosong
name: El-Kassaby, Yousry A.
name: Wang, Lei
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Salt stress is a universal abiotic stress that severely affects plant growth and development. Understanding the mechanisms of Maclura tricuspidate’s adaptation to salt stress is crucial for developing salt-tolerant plant varieties. This article discusses the integration of physiology, transcriptome, and metabolome to investigate the mechanism of salt adaptation in M. tricuspidata under salt stress conditions. Overall, the antioxidant enzyme system (SOD and POD) of M. tricuspidata exhibited higher activities compared with the control, while the content of soluble sugar and concentrations of chlorophyll a and b were maintained during salt stress. KEGG analysis revealed that deferentially expressed genes were primarily involved in plant hormone signal transduction, phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis, alkaloids, and MAPK signaling pathways. Differential metabolites were enriched in amino acid metabolism, the biosynthesis of plant hormones, butanoate, and 2-oxocarboxylic acid metabolism. Interestingly, glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism were found to be important both in the metabolome and transcriptome–metabolome correlation analyses, suggesting their essential role in enhancing the salt tolerance of M. tricuspidata. Collectively, our study not only revealed the molecular mechanism of salt tolerance in M. tricuspidata, but also provided a new perspective for future salt-tolerant breeding and improvement in salt land for this species.