cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Development and characterization of 3D-printed electroconductive pHEMA-co-MAA NP-laden hydrogels for tissue engineering
Creators: name: De Nitto, Sara
name: Serafin, Aleksandra
name: Karadimou, Alexandra
name: Schmalenberger, Achim
name: Mulvihill, John
name: Collins, Maurice
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: Tissue engineering (TE) continues to be widely explored as a potential solution to meet critical clinical needs for diseased tissue replacement and tissue regeneration. In this study, we developed a poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) (pHEMA-co-MAA) based hydrogel loaded with newly synthesized conductive poly(3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles (NPs), and subsequently processed these hydrogels into tissue engineered constructs via three-dimensional (3D) printing. The presence of the NPs was critical as they altered the rheological properties during printing. However, all samples exhibited suitable shear thinning properties, allowing for the development of an optimized processing window for 3D printing. Samples were 3D printed into pre-determined disk-shaped configurations of 2 and 10 mm in height and diameter, respectively. We observed that the NPs disrupted the gel crosslinking efficiencies, leading to shorter degradation times and compressive mechanical properties ranging between 450 and 550 kPa. The conductivity of the printed hydrogels increased along with the NP concentration to (5.10±0.37)×10−7 S/cm. In vitro studies with cortical astrocyte cell cultures demonstrated that exposure to the pHEMA-co-MAA NP hydrogels yielded high cellular viability and proliferation rates. Finally, hydrogel antimicrobial studies with staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria revealed that the developed hydrogels affected bacterial growth. Taken together, these materials show promise for various TE strategies
title: Fostering Reflection, Dialogue and Collaboration among Actors at the UN Climate Change Conferences
Creators: name: Mar, Kathleen Anne
name: Fraude, Carolin
name: Bruhn, Thomas
name: Schäpke, Niko
name: Stasiak, Dorota
name: Schroeder, Heike
name: Wamsler, Christine
name: Lawrence, Mark
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2021

description: At their core, the UN Climate Change conferences known as “COPs” are the primary international venue for negotiating how countries should act and cooperate to avoid dangerous climate change. The 2015 Paris Agreement is its most recent notable success. Although the climate negotiations are a state government-led process, the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) community has increasingly recognized the need for dialogue and engagement with non-governmental stakeholders in acknowledgement of the critical role they will play in mobilizing and implementing climate change solutions. Non-governmental stakeholders include science, civil society, the private sector, and local communities. Such non-governmental stakeholders also attend the COP in large numbers, where they aspire to influence the negotiations, make their voices heard, and generally contribute to advancing climate action. Indeed, the COP has tremendous convening power, annually bringing together tens of thousands of people working on diverse aspects of climate policy, science, and advocacy in one place at the same time. Despite this enormous collective potential, a communication culture has developed that relies heavily on conventional presentation and panel formats that are not conducive to mutual engagement and learning. We therefore see a need to reinvigorate the COPs through new formats of dialogue that can better foster collaboration and co-creation of climate change solutions. Against this backdrop we make the following three recommendations to foster reflection, dialogue, and collaboration among diverse actors at the UN Climate Change conferences, focusing on the interactions that take place outside the formal negotiations. These recommendations are intended to be actionable by different types of meeting hosts at the COP, including observers, Party delegates, the UNFCCC Secretariat and the COP presidency.
description: IASS Policy Brief, 2021, 5
ResearchBox 1218, 'Broad View of Time Scale', https://researchbox.org/1218
Creators: name: Tayler Bergstrom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Box title: 'Broad View of Time Scale'   Reference: Tayler Bergstrom, Joseph Reiff, Cassie Mogilner Holmes, Hal Hershfield , 'A Broad View of Time Predicts Greater Subjective Well-Being', Personality and Individual DifferencesNote: this backup was created automatically by a ResearchBox bot
Solar Hα excess during Solar Cycle 24 from full-disk filtergrams of the Chromospheric Telescope
Creators: name: Diercke, A.
name: Kuckein, C.
name: Cauley, P. W.
name: Poppenhäger, K.
name: Alvarado-Gómez, J. D.
name: Dineva, E.
name: Denker, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chromospheric H-alpha spectral line is a strong line in the spectrum of the Sun and other stars. In the stellar regime, this spectral line is already used as a powerful tracer of stellar activity. For the Sun, other tracers (i.e, CaII K) are typically used to monitor solar activity. We used observations of full-disk H-alpha filtergrams of the Chromospheric Telescope (ChroTel) to extract the imaging H-alpha excess and deficit, which are related to bright features (plage regions) and dark absorption features (filaments and sunspots), respectively. The aim of this study is to introduce the imaging H-alpha excess and deficit as tracers of solar activity and compare them to other established indicators: the relative sunspot number, the F10.7cm radio flux, and the MgII index. The H-alpha excess and deficit follow the behavior of the solar activity over the course of the cycle, whereby the peak of the H-alpha deficit is shortly after the solar maximum. The H-alpha excess is closely correlated to the chromospheric MgII index. The highest correlation of the H-alpha deficit is found with the F10.7cm radio flux. The H-alpha deficit reflects the cyclic behavior of polar crown filaments and their disappearance shortly before the solar maximum. We investigated the mean intensity distribution for H-alpha excess regions for solar minimum and maximum, whereby the shape of the distributions is very similar, but with different amplitudes. Furthermore, we investigate whether the area coverage fraction or the changing H-alpha excess in the active regions dominates temporal variability in solar H-alpha observations. The area coverage fraction and the H-alpha excess are strongly correlated, whereas the weak correlation between the area coverage fraction and mean intensity leaves us pessimistic that the degeneracy between these two quantities can be broken for the modeling of unresolved stellar surfaces.
description: 14 pages, 8 Figures
Rhynchoribates (Parhynchoribates) grandis Hammer 1961
Creators: name: Revelo-Tobar, Harol
name: Ojeda, Margarita
name: García-Ayala, Leonardo J.
name: Palacios-Vargas, José G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Rhynchoribatidae
Rhynchoribates
Rhynchoribates grandis

description: Rhynchoribates (Parhynchoribates) grandis Hammer, 1961
 Distribution: Neotropical.
 Records in Mexico: Michoacan.
 Biogeographic province: Transmexican Volcanic Belt.
 Habitat: Pinus michoacana and Quercus rugosa forest.
 References: Revelo-Tobar et al. (2022): 27.
description: Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, Ojeda, Margarita, García-Ayala, Leonardo J. & Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2024, Checklist Of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) From Mexico, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 5465 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5465.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613709
Our Practice Newsletter : By Pharmacists For Pharmacists. Issue 15
Creators: name: Lim, Timothy
name: Vashisht, Puneet
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2020

description: The Pharmacists Clinic strives to enhance our practice as an environment for equity and inclusion for the LGBTQ2SIA+ population, starting with creating a safe environment that reflects compassion. The feature article in this issue of Our Practice describes just a few changes we made in our practice as part of our ongoing commitment to inclusive care. Orthostatic hypotension is a possible complication of many conditions, medications, and combinations thereof. This issue’s case study discusses in detail orthostatic hypotension in the context of Parkinson’s Disease.
РОЛЬ ИНВЕСТИЦИЙ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ФИНАНСОВЫХ ИНСТИТУТОВ ПРИ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ УЗБЕКИСТАН ЭНЕРГОЭФФЕКТИВНЫХ ЗДАНИЙ И СООРУЖЕНИЙ
Creators: name: Джуманазаров, Ш.Т.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Статья рассматривает значение международных финансовых институтов (МФИ) в финансировании энергоэффективного строительства в Республике Узбекистан. Указывается, что инвестиции МФИ становятся ключевым фактором повышения конкурентоспособности государства, способствуя внедрению передовых технологий, трансферу знаний и устойчивому развитию. Особое внимание уделено программам Европейского банка реконструкции и развития (ЕБРР), Азиатского банка развития (АБР) и Всемирного банка.
Transition frequency measurement of highly excited Rydberg states of 87Rb for a wide range of principal quantum numbers
Creators: name: S, Silpa B
name: Barik, Shovan Kanti
name: Chaudhuri, Saptarishi
name: Roy, Sanjukta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report our measurements of the absolute transition frequencies of 5P_3/2,F = 3 to nS and nD Rydberg states of 87Rb with high principal quantum numbers in a wide range of values (n = 45-124). The measurements were performed using Rydberg Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) in ladder-type three-level systems. We measure the transition frequencies with an accuracy of less than 2 MHz. We determine the values of the Rydberg-Ritz parameter for 87Rb from our experimental measurements of the transition frequencies. Our measurements of the absolute transition frequencies of the highly excited Rydberg states would be useful for diverse applications in quantum information processing, quantum simulation and quantum sensing with Rydberg atoms.
MAKKI-MADANI, MUHKAM-MUTASYABIH
Creators: name: HAPSARI, SEPTINA CITRA ANGGADITA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Makki-Madani, Muhkam-Mutasyabih
Studi Al-Qur`an
Studi Islam

description: Para ulama mengklasifikasikan surat Al-Quran menjadi dua, yaitu Makki dan Madani.Perbedaan pendapat muncul tentang penentuan jumlah masing- masing. Surat Al-QuranMakki dan Madani terbagi menjadi empat, yaitu :1. Surat-surat yang secara keseluruhan adalah ayat-ayat Makki dan tidak satupun yangMadani, berjumlah 58 surat yang berisi 2074 ayat.2. Surat-surat yang secara keseluruhan adalah ayat-ayat Madani, tidak satupun yang Makkiterdapat 18 surat yang terdiri atas 737 ayat.3. Surat-surat Makki yang didalamnya terdapat ayat Madani, yaitu surat sebagian besarMakki tetapi didalamnya terdapat sedikit ayat Madani, berjumlah 32 surat terdiri dari 2699ayat.4. Surat-surat Madani yang berisi ayat Makki, yaitu surat yang sebagian besar Madani.Terdapat 6 surat 726 ayat.
Deep Generative Models for Downlink Channel Estimation in FDD Massive MIMO Systems
Creators: name: Mirzaei, Javad
name: ShahbazPanahi, Shahram
name: Adve, Raviraj
name: Gopal, Navaneetha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: It is well accepted that acquiring downlink channel state information in frequency division duplexing (FDD) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems is challenging because of the large overhead in training and feedback. In this paper, we propose a deep generative model (DGM)-based technique to address this challenge. Exploiting the partial reciprocity of uplink and downlink channels, we first estimate the frequency-independent underlying channel parameters, i.e., the magnitudes of path gains, delays, angles-of-arrivals (AoAs) and angles-of-departures (AoDs), via uplink training, since these parameters are common in both uplink and downlink. Then, the frequency-specific underlying channel parameters, namely, the phase of each propagation path, are estimated via downlink training using a very short training signal. In the first step, we incorporate the underlying distribution of the channel parameters as a prior into our channel estimation algorithm. We use DGMs to learn this distribution. Simulation results indicate that our proposed DGM-based channel estimation technique outperforms, by a large gap, the conventional channel estimation techniques in practical ranges of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In addition, a near-optimal performance is achieved using only few downlink pilot measurements.
description: To appear in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 2022
Star formation of X-ray AGN in COSMOS: The role of AGN activity and galaxy stellar mass
Creators: name: Mountrichas, G.
name: Masoura, V. A.
name: Xilouris, E. M.
name: Georgantopoulos, I.
name: Buat, V.
name: Paspaliaris, E. -D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use $\sim 1,000$ X-ray sources in the COSMOS-Legacy survey and study the position of the AGN relative to the star forming main sequence (MS). We also construct a galaxy (non-AGN) reference sample that includes $\sim 90,000$ sources. We apply the same photometric selection criteria on both datasets and construct their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) using optical to far-infrared photometry compiled by the HELP project. We perform SED fitting, using the X-CIGALE algorithm and the same parametric grid for both datasets, to measure the star formation rate (SFR) and stellar mass of the sources. The mass completeness of the data is calculated at different redshift intervals and is applied on both samples. We define our own main sequence, based on the distributions of the specific SFR at different redshift ranges and exclude quiescent galaxies from our analysis. These allow us to compare the SFR of the two populations in a uniform manner, minimizing systematics and selection effects. Our results show that at low to moderate X-ray luminosities, AGN tend to have lower or, at most, equal star formation rates compared to non-AGN systems with similar stellar mass and redshift. At higher ($\rm L_{X,2-10keV} > 2-3\times 10^{44}\,erg\,s^{-1}$), we observe an increase of the SFR of AGN, for systems that have $\rm 10.5 < log\,[M_*(M_\odot)] < 11.5$.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A, 13 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables
Fall-related deaths among older adults in British Columbia
Creators: name: B.C. Injury Research And Prevention Unit
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2021

description: British Columbia (BC) is experiencing a rapidly aging population, with older adults living longer and healthier lives than previous generations. By 2021, there are expected to be over one million British Columbians aged 65 years and older, with most of them living at home in their communities. Falls are the number one cause of injury-related deaths among older adults, with one in three older adults falling each year. Falls, however, are not a normal part of aging and can be prevented. Researchers and policy makers can look to injury data to help determine the types of programs that can reduce the risk of injury from falls. This includes examining patterns in fall-related deaths (mortality trends). Recently we noticed something interesting when comparing fall-related mortality patterns with other provinces. There was an unexpected increase found in the rate of fall-related deaths among older adults in BC between 2008 and 2012, followed by a gradual decline. Upon further investigation, we found that this anomaly is actually the result of a 2010 policy change in how cause of death is captured and recorded, rather than a spike in deaths, highlighting that context is always needed before drawing conclusions from injury data.
Elevate Your B2B Efforts with a Targeted Accountant Email List
Creators: name: Larry Thomas, Larry Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Accountant Email List
Accountant Mailing List

description: A targeted Accountant Email List enhances B2B marketing by ensuring precise outreach, higher engagement, and better conversions. Regular updates, segmentation, and performance tracking optimize campaigns for maximum effectiveness and business growth.
High Frequency Waves in Chromospheric Spicules
Creators: name: Bate, W.
name: Jess, D. B.
name: Nakariakov, V. M.
name: Grant, S. D. T.
name: Jafarzadeh, S.
name: Stangalini, M.
name: Keys, P. H.
name: Christian, D. J.
name: Keenan, F. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using high cadence observations from the Hydrogen-alpha Rapid Dynamics camera imaging system on the Dunn Solar Telescope, we present an investigation of the statistical properties of transverse oscillations in spicules captured above the solar limb. At five equally separated atmospheric heights, spanning approximately 4900-7500 km, we have detected a total of 15 959 individual wave events, with a mean displacement amplitude of 151 +/- 124 km, a mean period of 54 +/- 45 s, and a mean projected velocity amplitude of 21 +/- 13 km s^-1. We find that both the displacement and velocity amplitudes increase with height above the solar limb, ranging from 132 +/- 111 km and 17.7 +/- 10.6 km s^-1 at 4900 km, and 168 +/- 125 km and 26.3 +/- 14.1 km s^-1 at 7500 km, respectively. Following the examination of neighboring oscillations in time and space, we find 45% of the waves to be upwardly propagating, 49% to be downwardly propagating, and 6% to be standing, with mean absolute phase velocities for the propagating waves on the order of 75-150 km s^-1. While the energy flux of the waves propagating downwards does not appear to depend on height, we find the energy flux of the upwardly propagating waves decreases with atmospheric height at a rate of -13 200 +/- 6500 W m^-2 /Mm. As a result, this decrease in energy flux as the waves propagate upwards may provide significant thermal input into the local plasma.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ with 15 pages and 9 figures
New Open Cluster candidates Found in Galactic Disk Using Gaia DR2/EDR3 Data
Creators: name: He, Zhihong
name: Li, Chunyan
name: Zhong, Jing
name: Liu, Guimei
name: Bai, Leya
name: Qin, Songmei
name: Jiang, Yueyue
name: Zhang, Xi
name: Chen, Li
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report 541 new open cluster candidates in Gaia EDR3 through revisiting the cluster results from an earlier analysis of the Gaia DR2, which revealed nearly a thousand open cluster candidates in the solar neighborhood (mostly d < 3 kpc) resideing at Galactic latitudes |b| < 20 degrees. A subsequent comparison with lists of known clusters shows a large increases of the cluster samples within 2 kpc from the Sun. We assign membership probabilities to the stars through the open source pyUPMASK algorithm, and also estimate the physical parameters through isochrone fitting for each candidate. Most of the new candidates show small total proper motion dispersions and clear features in the color-magnitude diagrams. Besides, the metallicity gradient of the new candidates is consistent with those found in the literature. The cluster parameters and member stars are available at CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr(130.79.128.5) or via https://cdsarc.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS. The discovery of these new objects shows that the open cluster samples in Gaia data is still not complete, and more discoveries are expected in the future researches.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJS; online data submitted to CDS (see link int the paper)
title: Nach der Pandemie gemeinsam in die Zukunft. Mit einer integrierten Klima- und Gesundheitspolitik für Mensch und Planet
Creators: name: De Paula, Nicole
name: Mar, Kathleen Anne
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2020

description: Vor dem Hintergrund der COVID-19-Pandemie erhält die Gesundheit eine beispiellose öffentliche und politische Aufmerksamkeit. Die Tatsache, dass der Klimawandel uns auch mit einer Gesundheitskrise konfrontiert, verdient mehr Aufmerksamkeit.
description: IASS Policy Brief ; 3/2020
ЎЗБЕК ВА ТУРКИЙ ТИЛЛАРДА МОДАЛЛИК КАТЕГОРИЯСИНИНГ ИФОДАЛАНИШИ
Creators: name: Сарвиноз Азамжонова Ўзбекистон давлат жаҳон тиллари университетининг 2-курс талабаси
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Мазкур мақолада тилшуносликда модаллик категориясининг қўлланиши ва ифодаланиши ҳақида фикр юритилади. Тилшуносликда мавжуд бўлган модаллик категориясига оид илмий тадқиқотлар таҳлил қилиниб, олимларнинг назарий қарашлари бир тизимга солинди ҳамда модаллик категорияси таърифланди.

Калит сўзлар: модаллик категорияси, семантика, синтактика, адресат, нутқ вазияти, истак, мақсад.
title: wpn2030 - Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit 2030. Nachhaltig aus der Corona-Krise! Impulse aus der Arbeit der Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit 2030 zur Stärkung deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
Creators: name: wpn2030 - Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit 2030
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2020

description: Mit dem vorliegenden Impulspapier „Nachhaltig aus der Corona-Krise!“ gibt die Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit 2030 (wpn2030) der Bundesregierung Empfehlungen, wie die Bewältigung der Pandemie zur Stärkung von nachhaltiger Entwicklung beitragen und damit auch als Motor für ein Resilienzmanagement für die Zukunft dienen kann. Die Empfehlungen adressieren insbesondere die Weiterentwicklung der Deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie (DNS).

Die wpn2030 knüpft mit diesem Impulspapier an das wpn2030-Reflexionspapier von 2019 zur Weiterentwicklung der DNS1 an und spricht sich nachdrücklich für die systematische Verbindung von Krisenbewältigung und Nachhaltigkeit aus, worauf neben anderen Stellen insbesondere auch die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina hingewiesen hat.
description: IASS Brochure
Benchmarking optimization problem formulations for Model Predictive Control of District Heating systems with a Software-in-the-Loop approach
Creators: name: Lottis, Dennis
name: Cadenbach, Anna Marie Dagmar
name: Härtel, Philipp
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fourth Generation of District Heating
Model Predictive Control
Software-in-the-Loop
Benchmark

description: The fourth generation of district heating (4GDH) is characterized by various generation technologies, particularly renewable energy and waste heat, and heat storage to use renewable heat when available, regardless of demand. Hence, efficient and predictive operational planning is becoming important. Model predictive control (MPC) is commonly proposed for this purpose. When modeling the optimization problems within the MPC, the individual components are often linearized. This enables a fast and unambiguous solution at the expense of accuracy. By contrast, the use of non-linear formulations can lead to a significant increase in complexity and thus reduce computational tractability, which impairs real-time capability. Given this trade-off between accuracy and computational challenges, there is a need to benchmark the performance of different model formulations against each other and against traditional control strategies. In this work, a benchmarking approach using a complex transient thermo-hydraulic system simulation model (CTM) in real-time software-in-the-loop (SIL) operation is demonstrated. The flexible heating grid of the research facility "District LAB" at Fraunhofer IEE serves as the demonstration object. First, the CTM is implemented in the simulation environment Simscape, including a control structure to represent the reference case of rule-based heat storage charging control. Then, two different optimization problems are formulated using the Pyomo library in Python: a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation based on energy balances and a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) formulation based on mass balances. Subsequently, a bidirectional data exchange between simulation and optimization is established. Benchmarking is performed in SIL operation using input parameters from different seasons. The performance scores are the main outcome of this work, and it is expected that both optimization methods outperform the reference case. Furthermore, a quantification of the performance benefits is possible, which can serve as decision support for grid operators in the transformation process towards 4GDH. To further substantiate the results, additional experimental investigations at the District LAB facility are planned beyond this work.
Cypridea obovata subsp. obovata Swain 1946
Creators: name: Bate, Raymond H.
name: Horne, David J.
name: Horne, Sarah E.
name: Douglas, Lyndsey
name: Miller, Giles
name: Lord, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Cypridea
Cypridea obovata
Cypridea obovata obovata swain, 1946

description: Cypridea obovata obovata Swain, 1946 of Wicher (1959)
Fig. 1, 2a–c
1946 Paracypridea obovata n. sp. —Swain, p. 551, pl. 83, figs 14–15.
Diagnosis: Cypridea obovata obovata is an inverse species of the genus Cypridea, but in contrast to the German Cypridea species the posterior end is higher than the anterior end.
Figured specimen: T.-K.-Nr. 3168.
Dimensions: (greatest) length 1.41mm, height 0.58mm, width 0.88mm.
Remarks (Bate et al. herein): Swain (1946) placed the species obovata into a new subgenus of Cypridea which he named Paracypridea and “defined to include Cypridea -like species in which the anterior end is lower than the posterior end, and in which, at least in known examples, the right valve is larger than the left.” (Swain 1946, p. 548). Paracypridea was raised to generic level by Krömmelbein (1961). Wicher’s figure, a drawing x30, shows dimensions larger than those he published (above), as is the case with some other species noted below.
description: Published as part of Bate, Raymond H., Horne, David J., Horne, Sarah E., Douglas, Lyndsey, Miller, Giles & Lord, Alan R., 2022, Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the Early Cretaceous ' Pre-Salt' sediments of Brazil: An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Wicher, Krömmelbein, Krömmelbein & Weber, and Bate, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 5098 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5098.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6036685
Semi-empirical model to determine pre- and post-neutron fission product yields and neutron multiplicity
Creators: name: Lee, Jounghwa
name: Lee, Young-Ouk
name: Park, Tae-Sun
name: Schillebeeckx, Peter
name: Hong, Seung-Woo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Post-neutron emission fission product mass distributions are calculated by using pre-neutron emission fission product yields (FPYs) and neutron multiplicity. A semi-empirical model is used to calculate the pre-neutron FPY, first. Then the neutron multiplicity for each fission fragment mass is used to convert the pre-neutron FPY to the post-neutron FPY. In doing so, assumptions are made for the probability for a pre-emission fission fragment with a mass number $A^*$ to decay to a post-emission fragment with a mass number $A$. The resulting post-neutron FPYs are compared with the data available. The systems where the experimental data of not only the pre- and post-neutron FPY but also neutron multiplicity are available are the thermal neutron-induced fission of $^{233}$U, $^{235}$U and $^{239}$Pu. Thus, we applied the model calculations to these systems and compared the calculation results with those from the GEF and the data from the ENDF and the EXFOR libraries. Both the pre- and post-neutron fission product mass distributions calculated by using the semi-empirical model and the neutron multiplicity reproduce the overall features of the experimental data.
THA 15-31: Discovery with VLT/X-Shooter and Swift/UVOT of a new symbiotic star of the accreting-only variety
Creators: name: Munari, U.
name: Alcalà, J. K.
name: Frasca, A.
name: Masetti, N.
name: Traven, G.
name: Akras, S.
name: Zampieri, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery and characterization of a new symbiotic star of the accreting-only variety, which we observed in the optical/near-infrared (NIR) with VLT/X-Shooter and in the X-rays/ultraviolet with Swift/UVOT+XRT. The new symbiotic star, THA 15-31, was previously described as a pre-main sequence star belonging to the Lupus~3 association. Our observations, ancillary data, and Gaia EDR3 parallax indicate that THA 15-31 is a symbiotic star composed of an M6III red giant and an accreting companion, is subject to E(B-V)=0.38 reddening, and is located at a distance of ~12 kpc and at 1.8 kpc above the Galactic plane in the outskirts of the Bulge. The luminosity of the accreting companion is ~100 Lsun, placing THA 15-31 among the symbiotic stars accreting at a high rate (2.5e-08 Msun/yr if the accretion is occurring on a white dwarf of 1 Msun). The observed emission lines originate primarily from HI, HeI, and FeII, with no HeII or other high-excitation lines observed; a sharp central absorption superimposed on the Balmer emission lines is observed, while all other lines have a simple Gaussian-like profile. The emission from the companion dominates over the M6III red giant at $U$ and $B$-band wavelengths, and is consistent with an origin primarily in an optically thick accretion disk. No significant photometric variability is observed at optical or NIR wavelengths, suggesting either a face-on orbital orientation and/or that the red giant is far from Roche-lobe filling conditions. The profile of emission lines supports a low orbital inclination if they form primarily in the accretion disk. An excess emission is present in AllWISE W3 (12 micron) and W4 (22 micron) data, radiating a luminosity ~35 Lsun, consistent with thermal emission from optically thin circumstellar dust.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures: accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Optimizing Ghost Imaging via Analysis and Design of Speckle Patterns
Creators: name: Zhang, Xinjian
name: Song, Siyuan
name: Ma, Xiaoping
name: Zhang, Haonan
name: Gai, Lei
name: Gu, Yongjian
name: Li, Wendong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We study the influence rules of the speckle size of light source on ghost imaging, and propose a new type of speckle patterns to improve the quality of ghost imaging. The results show that the image quality will first increase and then decrease with the increase of the speckle size, and there is an optimal speckle size for a specific object. Moreover, by using the random distribution of speckle positions, a new type of displacement speckle patterns is designed, and the imaging quality is better than that of the random speckle patterns. These results are of great significances for finding the best speckle patterns suitable for detecting targets, which further promotes the practical applications of ghost imaging.
title: The Hierarchy of the Offshore US-Dollar System. On Swap Lines, the FIMA Repo Facility and Special Drawing Rights
Creators: name: Murau, Steffen
name: Pape, Fabian
name: Pforr, Tobias
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2021

description: The view that the international monetary system is hierarchical has become increasingly common in
International Political Economy (IPE) scholarship. However, the nature, shape and origin of this hierarchy remain often vague. Is it a hierarchy of currencies, states, or monetary jurisdictions? What determines hierarchy empirically? And what are its causes?
This study conceptualizes international monetary hierarchy by focusing on different mechanisms to
supply emergency US-Dollar (USD) liquidity from the Federal Reserve (Fed) to non-US central banks. To this end, it takes on board insights of critical macrofinance and develops a model of the global financial architecture as a web of interlocking balance sheets.
description: GEGI Study ; February 2021
Joint Survey Processing II: Stellar Proper Motions in the COSMOS Field, from Hubble Space Telescope ACS and Subaru Telescope HSC Observations
Creators: name: Fajardo-Acosta, Sergio B.
name: Faisst, Andreas
name: Grillmair, Carl J.
name: Chary, Ranga-Ram
name: Paladini, Roberta
name: Rusholme, Ben
name: Stickley, Nathaniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze stellar proper motions in the COSMOS field to assess the presence of bulk motions. At bright magnitudes (G-band 18.5--20.76 AB), we use the proper motions of 1,010 stars in the Gaia DR2 catalog. At the faint end, we computed proper motions of 11,519 point-like objects at i-band magnitudes 19--25 AB using Hubble ACS and Subaru HSC, which span two epochs about 11 years apart. In order to measure these proper motions with unprecedented accuracy at faint magnitudes, we developed a foundational set of astrometric tools which will be required for Joint Survey Processing (JSP) of data from the next generation of optical/infrared surveys. The astrometric grids of Hubble ACS and Subaru HSC mosaics were corrected at the catalog level, using proper motion-propagated and parallax-corrected Gaia DR2 sources. These astrometric corrections were verified using compact extragalactic sources. Upon comparison of our measured proper motions with Gaia DR2, we estimate the uncertainties in our measurements to be ~2--3 mas/yr per axis, down to 25.5 AB mag. We corrected proper motions for the mean motion of the Sun, and we find that late-type main-sequence stars predominantly in the thin disk in the COSMOS field have space velocities mainly towards the Galactic center. We detect candidate high-velocity (> 220 km/s) stars, 6 of them at ~0.4-6 kpc from the Gaia sample, and 5 of them at ~20 kpc from the faint star HSC and ACS sample. The sources from the faint star sample may be candidate halo members of the Sangarius stream.
description: 33 pages; 22 figures; 6 tables; 3 appendices; 7 authors
Development and Commissioning of a Compact Cosmic Ray Muon Imaging Prototype
Creators: name: Luo, Xujia
name: Wang, Quanxiao
name: Qin, Kemian
name: Tian, Heng
name: Fu, Zhiqiang
name: Zhao, Yanwei
name: Shen, Zhongtao
name: Liu, Hao
name: Fu, Yuanyong
name: Liu, Guorui
name: Yao, Kaiqiang
name: Qian, Xiangping
name: Rong, Jian
name: Zhang, Weixiong
name: Luo, Xiaogang
name: Liu, Chunxian
name: Tian, Xiangsheng
name: Yu, Minghai
name: Wu, Feng
name: Chen, Jingjing
name: Liu, Juntao
name: Liu, Zhiyi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to the muon tomography's capability of imaging high Z materials, some potential applications have been reported on inspecting smuggled nuclear materials in customs. A compact Cosmic Ray Muons (CRM) imaging prototype, Lanzhou University Muon Imaging System (LUMIS), is comprehensively introduced in this paper including the structure design, assembly, data acquisition and analysis, detector performance test, and material imaging commissioning etc. Casted triangular prism plastic scintillators (PS) were coupled with Si-PMs for sensitive detector components in system. LUMIS's experimental results show that the detection efficiency of an individual detector layer is about 98%, the position resolution for vertical incident muons is 2.5 mm and the angle resolution is 8.73 mrad given a separation distance of 40.5 cm. Moreover, the image reconstruction software was developed based on the Point of Closest Approach (PoCA) to detect lead bricks as our target. The reconstructed images indicate that the profile of the lead bricks in the image is highly consistent with the target. Subsequently, the capability of LUMIS to distinguish different materials, such as Pb, Cu, Fe, and Al, was investigated as well. The lower limit of response time for rapidly alarming high-Z materials is also given and discussed. The successful development and commissioning of the LUMIS prototype have provided a new solution option in technology and craftsmanship for developing compact CRM imaging systems that can be used in many applications.
Staurobates schusteri Grandjean 1966
Creators: name: Revelo-Tobar, Harol
name: Ojeda, Margarita
name: García-Ayala, Leonardo J.
name: Palacios-Vargas, José G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Staurobatidae
Staurobates
Staurobates schusteri

description: Staurobates schusteri Grandjean, 1966
 Distribution: Neotropical.
 Records in Mexico: Quintana Roo.
 Biogeographic province: Yucatan Peninsula.
 Habitat: Leaf litter and soil of medium sub evergreen forest, lowland forest, mangrove and halophyte vegetation.
 References: Vázquez et al. (2016): 147–162.
description: Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, Ojeda, Margarita, García-Ayala, Leonardo J. & Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2024, Checklist Of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) From Mexico, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 5465 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5465.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613709
A flexible method for estimating luminosity functions via Kernel Density Estimation -- II. Generalization and Python implementation
Creators: name: Yuan, Zunli
name: Zhang, Xibin
name: Wang, Jiancheng
name: Cheng, Xiangming
name: Wang, Wenjie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a generalization of our previous KDE (kernel density estimation) method for estimating luminosity functions (LFs). This new upgrade further extend the application scope of our KDE method, making it a very flexible approach which is suitable to deal with most of bivariate LF calculation problems. From the mathematical point of view, usually the LF calculation can be abstracted as a density estimation problem in the bounded domain of $\{Z_1f_{\mathrm{lim}}(z) \}$. We use the transformation-reflection KDE method ($\hatϕ$) to solve the problem, and introduce an approximate method ($\hatϕ_{\mathrm{1}}$) based on one-dimensional KDE to deal with the small sample size case. In practical applications, the different versions of LF estimators can be flexibly chosen according to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test criterion. Based on 200 simulated samples, we find that for both cases of dividing or not dividing redshift bins, especially for the latter, our method performs significantly better than the traditional binning method $\hatϕ_{\mathrm{bin}}$. Moreover, with the increase of sample size $n$, our LF estimator converges to the true LF remarkably faster than $\hatϕ_{\mathrm{bin}}$. To implement our method, we have developed a public, open-source Python Toolkit, called \texttt{kdeLF}. With the support of \texttt{kdeLF}, our KDE method is expected to be a competitive alternative to existing nonparametric estimators, due to its high accuracy and excellent stability. \texttt{kdeLF} is available at \url{http://github.com/yuanzunli/kdeLF} with extensive documentation available at \url{http://kdelf.readthedocs.org/en/latest~}.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures, accepted by ApJS
Model weights
Creators: name: Ahmed, Ammar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 410407
subject: Wildlife and habitat management

description: Camera trap imagery has become an invaluable asset in contemporary wildlife surveillance, enabling researchers to observe and investigate the behaviors of wild animals. While existing methods rely solely on image data for classification, this may not suffice in cases of suboptimal animal angles, lighting, or image quality. We approach this problem by integrating metadata with images.
Beam dynamics challenges in linear colliders based on laser-plasma accelerators
Creators: name: Schroeder, C. B.
name: Benedetti, C.
name: Bulanov, S. S.
name: Terzani, D.
name: Esarey, E.
name: Geddes, C. G. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we discuss design considerations and beam dynamics challenges associated with laser-driven plasma-based accelerators as applied to multi-TeV-scale linear colliders. Plasma accelerators provide ultra-high gradients and ultra-short bunches, offering the potential for compact linacs and reduced power requirements. We show that stable, efficient acceleration with beam quality preservation is possible in the nonlinear bubble regime of laser-plasma accelerators using beam shaping. Ion motion, naturally occuring for dense beams (i.e., low emittance and high energy) severely damps transverse beam instabilities. Coulomb scattering by the background ions is considered and it is shown that the strong focusing in the plasma strongly suppresses scattering-induced emittance growth. Betatron radiation emission from the transverse motion of the beam in the plasma will result in beam power loss and energy spread growth; however for sub-100 nm emittances, the beam power loss and energy spread growth will be sub-percent for multi-TeV-class plasma linacs.
Are Participants of Balance Programs Achieving and Maintaining a Reduction in Falls Risk?
Creators: name: Oberholster, Candice
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420301
subject: Aged health care
classificationCode: 420305
subject: Health and community services
classificationCode: 420703
subject: Motor control

description: Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science to the La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
Cypridea obovata subsp. rhomboidalis Wicher 1959
Creators: name: Bate, Raymond H.
name: Horne, David J.
name: Horne, Sarah E.
name: Douglas, Lyndsey
name: Miller, Giles
name: Lord, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Cypridea
Cypridea obovata
Cypridea obovata (swain) rhomboidalis wicher, 1959

description: Cypridea obovata (Swain) rhomboidalis Wicher, 1959
Fig. 1, 3a–c
1959 Cypridea obovata (Swain) rhomboidalis n. subsp. —Wicher, p. 39–40, pl. 6, fig. 2.
Diagnosis: A subspecies of the inverse Cypridea obovata, whose postero-ventral margin is rather flattened.
Holotype: Carapace, T.-K.-Nr. 3169.
Dimensions: (greatest) length 2.34mm, height 0.86mm, width 1.14mm.
Remarks (Bate et al. herein): Wicher’s figure, a drawing x30, shows dimensions larger than those he published (above), as is the case with some other species noted below.
description: Published as part of Bate, Raymond H., Horne, David J., Horne, Sarah E., Douglas, Lyndsey, Miller, Giles & Lord, Alan R., 2022, Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the Early Cretaceous ' Pre-Salt' sediments of Brazil: An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Wicher, Krömmelbein, Krömmelbein & Weber, and Bate, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 5098 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5098.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6036685
Variability Selected Active Galactic Nuclei from ASAS-SN Survey: Constraining the Low Luminosity AGN Population
Creators: name: Yuk, Heechan
name: Dai, Xinyu
name: Jayasinghe, T.
name: Fu, Hai
name: Mishra, Hora D.
name: Kochanek, Christopher S.
name: Shappee, Benjamin J.
name: Stanek, K. Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Low luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN) probe accretion physics in the low Eddington regime and can provide additional clues about galaxy evolution. AGN variability is ubiquitous and thus provides a reliable tool for finding AGN. We analyze the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae light curves of 1218 galaxies with $g<14$ mag and Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra in search of AGN. We find 37 objects that are both variable and have AGN-like structure functions, which is about 3% of the sample. The majority of the variability selected AGN are LLAGN with Eddington ratios ranging from $10^{-4}$ to $10^{-2}$. We thus estimate the fraction of LLAGN in the population of galaxies as 2% down to a median Eddington ratio of $2\times10^{-3}$. Combining the BPT line ratio diagnostics and the broad-line AGN, up to $\sim$60% of the AGN candidates are confirmed spectroscopically. The BPT diagnostics also classified 10-30% of the candidates as star forming galaxies rather than AGN.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures. v2: typos corrected. Accepted by ApJ
Cypridea obovata Wicher 1959
Creators: name: Bate, Raymond H.
name: Horne, David J.
name: Horne, Sarah E.
name: Douglas, Lyndsey
name: Miller, Giles
name: Lord, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Cypridea
Cypridea obovata

description: Cypridea obovata (Swain) quadrirugosa Wicher, 1959
Fig. 1, 4a–c
1959 Cypridea obovata (Swain) quadrirugosa n. subsp. —Wicher, p. 40, pl. 6, fig. 3.
Diagnosis: Cypridea obovata quadrirugosa is a subspecies of Cypridea obovata with four particularly prominent wrinkled /puckered parts on each valve.
Holotype: Carapace, T.-K.-Nr. 3170.
Dimensions: (greatest) length 1.56mm, height 0.63mm, width 0.88mm.
Remarks (Bate et al. herein): Wicher’s figure, a drawing x30, shows dimensions larger than those he published (above), as is the case with some other species noted below.
description: Published as part of Bate, Raymond H., Horne, David J., Horne, Sarah E., Douglas, Lyndsey, Miller, Giles & Lord, Alan R., 2022, Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the Early Cretaceous ' Pre-Salt' sediments of Brazil: An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Wicher, Krömmelbein, Krömmelbein & Weber, and Bate, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 5098 (1) on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5098.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6036685
title: A comprehensive approach to the payment mechanism for deep seabed mining
Creators: name: Thiele, Torsten
name: Damian, Hans-Peter
name: Singh, Pradeep
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2021

description: The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is presently developing regulations (the “Mining Code”) to govern the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources of the international seabed (or “Area”). Whilst the financial mechanism is a critical component of this Mining Code, its development has been delegated to the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of the Council. These informal discussions have prioritized a model that gives preference to enabling mining over delivering fair compensation for the loss of resources. This policy brief argues that a fundamentally different and comprehensive approach is required and outlines some of its key components.