cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Electron diffraction covering a wide angular range from Bragg diffraction to small-angle diffraction
Creators: name: Nakajima, Hiroshi
name: Kotani, Atsuhiro
name: Harada, Ken
name: Mori, Shigeo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct an electron optical system to investigate Bragg diffraction (the crystal lattice plane, $10^{-2}$-$10^{-3}$ rad) with the objective lens turned off by adjusting the current in the intermediate lenses. A crossover was located on the selected-area aperture plane. Thus, the dark-field imaging can be performed by using a selected-area aperture to select Bragg diffraction spots. The camera length can be controlled in the range of 0.8 to 4 m without exciting the objective lens. Furthermore, we can observe the magnetic-field dependence of electron diffraction using the objective lens under weak excitation conditions. The diffraction mode for Bragg diffraction can be easily switched to a small-angle electron diffraction mode having a camera length of more than 100 m. We propose this experimental method to acquire electron diffraction patterns that depict an extensive angular range from 10$^{-2}$ to 10$^{-7}$ rad. This method is applied to analyze the magnetic microstructures in three distinct magnetic materials, i.e., a uniaxial magnetic structure of BaFe$_{10.35}$Sc$_{1.6}$Mg$_{0.05}$O$_{19}$, a martensite of a Ni-Mn-Ga alloy, and a helical magnetic structure of Ba$_{0.5}$Sr$_{1.5}$Zn$_{2}$Fe$_{12}$O$_{22}$.
description: 18 pages, 5 figures
title: Improving the Performance of Wide Area Networks
Creators: name: Holt, Alan Gene
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1999

description: Research in to the performance of wide area data networks is described in this thesis. A model of wide area network packet delays is developed and used to direct the research in to methods of improving performance. Wide area networks are slow and expensive compared to the computer systems that rely on them for communication. Typically data networks are packet switched in order to make efficient use of resources. This can lead to contention, and the mechanisms for resolving contention can bring about further delays when demand for resources is high. In this thesis, network users are viewed as interacting decision makers with conflicting interests, and Game Theory is used to analyse the effects users have on each other’s performance. It is asserted in this thesis that wide area network performance is an ethical issue as well as a technical one. Compression is examined as a technique for reducing network traffic load. While load reductions can reduce the time packets spend waiting in buffer queues experimental results show the compression process itself can present a bottleneck if CPU resources are limited. The other inhibiting factor with regard to wide area network performance is the time it takes for a signal to propagate through a transmission medium. Propagation delays are bounded by the speed of light and becomes significant as the distance between computer systems increases. Mirrors and Caches are methods of bringing data closer to the user, thereby reducing propagation delays and capping traffic loads on long haul communication facilities. The performance benefits of replicating data within a wide area network environment are studied in this thesis.
IllustrisTNG Snapshots for 10 Gyr of Dynamical Evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Their Host Clusters
Creators: name: Sohn, Jubee
name: Geller, Margaret J.
name: Vogelsberger, Mark
name: Borrow, Josh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the redshift evolution of the dynamical properties of massive clusters and their brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) at $z < 2$ based on the IllustrisTNG-300 simulation. We select 270 massive clusters with $M_{200} < 10^{14}~{\rm M}_{\odot}$ at $z = 0$ and trace their progenitors based on merger trees. From 67 redshift snapshots covering $z < 2$, we compute the 3D subhalo velocity dispersion as a cluster velocity dispersion ($σ_{\rm cl}$). We also calculate the 3D stellar velocity dispersion of the BCGs ($σ_{\rm *,~BCG}$). Both $σ_{\rm cl}$ and $σ_{\rm *,~BCG}$ increase as universe ages. The BCG velocity dispersion grows more slowly than the cluster velocity dispersion. Furthermore, the redshift evolution of the BCG velocity dispersion shows dramatic changes at some redshifts resulting from dynamical interaction with neighboring galaxies (major mergers). We show that $σ_{\rm *,~BCG}$ is comparable with $σ_{\rm cl}$ at $z > 1$, offering an interesting observational test. The simulated redshift evolution of $σ_{\rm cl}$ and $σ_{\rm *,~BCG}$ generally agrees with an observed cluster sample for $z < 0.3$, but with large scatter. Future large spectroscopic surveys reaching to high redshift will test the implications of the simulations for the mass evolution of both clusters and their BCGs.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Oxathres erotyloides Bates 1864
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Oxathres
Oxathres erotyloides

description: 2. Oxathres erotyloides Bates, 1864
Type locality — Brazil, Amazonas: Ega [Tefé]. (MNHN). Distribution — Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas), Peru.
 Oxathres erotyloides Bates, 1864: 51; Monné, 1976c: 589, fig. 3.
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae, pp. 1-760 in Zootaxa 1023 (1) on pages 1-760, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.946.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5049553
Supplementary material of the AFFECTK Framework
Creators: name: No Authors Given
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: KPIs
Key Performance Indicators
Evolution

description: This supplementary material includes information regarding the Flexible Framework for the Evolution, Consistency and Traceability of KPIs (AFFECTK) proposal that aims at establishing the basis for a suitable management of the evolution of KPIs. Documents: [KPIEvolutionPatterns.pdf]: This document includes 1) the specification format of the KPI evolution patterns, 2) five specific evolution patterns (Create KPI, Delete KPI, Update Calculation Rule, Update Target and Update Status Options), and 3) the relationships of propagation among them. [EvaluationAspects.pdf]: It includes relevant information related to the evaluation we have performed to assess our AFFECTK framework. The experiments can be replicated by using Formula, either using its Visual Studio integration or using its command line interface (being this latter one recommended). Instructions to download and install Formula can be found at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/formula-modeling-foundations/ [Reasoning-basedPrototype.zip] Includes the VisualStudio project with the Formula prototype. From Visual Studio, the interested reader can import the project using the suitable option.
Horizontal DPA Attacks against ECC: Impact of Implemented Field Multiplication Formula
Creators: name: Kabin, Ievgen
name: Dyka, Zoya
name: Klann, Dan
name: Langendoerfer, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Due to the nature of applications such as critical infrastructure and the Internet of Things etc. side channel analysis attacks are becoming a serious threat. Side channel analysis attacks take advantage from the fact that the behavior of crypto implementations can be observed and provides hints that simplify revealing keys. A new type of SCA are the so called horizontal SCAs. Well known randomization based countermeasures are effective means against vertical DPA attacks but they are not effective against horizontal DPA attacks. In this paper we investigate how the formula used to implement the multiplication of $GF(2^n)$-elements influences the results of horizontal DPA attacks against a Montgomery kP implementation. We implemented 5 designs with different partial multipliers, i.e. based on different multiplication formulae. We used two different technologies, i.e. a 130 and a 250 nm technology, to simulate power traces for our analysis. We show that the implemented multiplication formula influences the success of horizontal attacks significantly, but we also learned that its impact differs from technology to technology. Our analysis also reveals that the use of different multiplication formulae as the single countermeasure is not sufficient to protect cryptographic designs against horizontal DPA attacks.
description: Author's version accepted for DTIS-2019; the final publication is available at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8735011. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2201.02868
Optimum Allocation of Fishing Effor In The Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery
Creators: name: Griffin, Wade L.
name: Nichols, John P.
name: Lacewell, Ronald D.
name: Griffin, Wade L.
name: Nichols, John P.
name: Lacewell, Ronald D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1975
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: The basic objective of this paper is to determine the economic optimum effort to employ in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery. An important. aspect. of the analysis, that has been virtually ignored in the literature, is the actual cost components incurred by a vessel owner and their relation to both catch and effort.
The rotating normal form of braids is regular
Creators: name: Fromentin, Jean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Defined on Birman-Ko-Lee monoids, the rotating normal form has strong connections with the Dehornoy's braid ordering. It can be seen as a process for selecting between all the representative words of a Birman-Ko-Lee braid a particular one, called rotating word. In this paper we construct, for all n 2, a finite-state automaton which recognizes rotating words on n strands, proving that the rotating normal form is regular. As a consequence we obtain the regularity of a $σ$-definite normal form defined on the whole braid group.
description: Erratum. The Lemma 4.1 of the previous version is incorrect, as pointed out by June Roupin. This lemma, is not used in the rest of the paper. We have replaced it with Definition 4.1
Results from the EPICAL-2 Ultra-High Granularity Electromagnetic Calorimeter Prototype
Creators: name: Peitzmann, T.
name: Alme, J.
name: Barthel, R.
name: van Bochove, A.
name: Borshchov, V.
name: Bosley, R.
name: Brink, A. van den
name: Broeils, E.
name: Büsching, H.
name: Eikeland, V. N.
name: Groettvik, O. S.
name: Han, Y. H.
name: van der Kolk, N.
name: Kim, J. H.
name: Kim, T. J.
name: Kwon, Y.
name: Mager, M.
name: Malik, Q. W.
name: Okkinga, E.
name: Park, T. Y.
name: Pliquett, F.
name: Protsenko, M.
name: Reidt, F.
name: van Rijk, S.
name: Røed, K.
name: Rogoschinski, T. S.
name: Röhrich, D.
name: Rossewij, M.
name: Ruis, G. B.
name: Solheim, E. H.
name: Tymchuk, I.
name: Ullaland, K.
name: Watson, N.
name: Yokoyama, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A prototype of a new type of calorimeter has been designed and constructed, based on a silicon-tungsten sampling design using pixel sensors with digital readout. It makes use of the Alpide MAPS sensor developed for the ALICE ITS upgrade. A binary readout is possible due to the pixel size of $\approx 30 \times 30 \, μ\mathrm{m}^2$. This prototype has been successfully tested with cosmic muons and with test beams at DESY and the CERN SPS. We report on performance results obtained at DESY, showing good energy resolution and linearity, and compare to detailed MC simulations. Also shown are preliminary results of the high-energy performance as measured at the SPS. The two-shower separation capabilities are discussed.
description: Proceedings to PM2021 - The 15. PISA Meeting on Advanced Detectors, updated after referee review
Oxathres muscosus Bates 1864
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Oxathres
Oxathres muscosus

description: 4. Oxathres muscosus Bates, 1864
Type locality — Brazil, Amazonas: Ega [Tefé]. (MNHN). Distribution — French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia), Peru.
 Oxathres muscosus Bates, 1864: 52; Lacordaire, 1872: 785; Monné, 1976c: 590.
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae, pp. 1-760 in Zootaxa 1023 (1) on pages 1-760, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.946.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5049553
Oxathres navicula Bates 1864
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Oxathres
Oxathres navicula

description: 5. Oxathres navicula Bates, 1864
Type locality — Brazil, Pará: Santarém. (MNHN). Distribution — Ecuador, Brazil (Pará, Rondônia), Bolivia.
 Oxathres navicula Bates, 1864: 50; Lacordaire, 1872: 785; Monné, 1976c: 587, fig. 1.
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae, pp. 1-760 in Zootaxa 1023 (1) on pages 1-760, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.946.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5049553
Chiral Sigma Model with Pion Mean Field in Finite Nuclei
Creators: name: Ogawa, Y.
name: Toki, H.
name: Tamenaga, S.
name: Shen, H.
name: Hosaka, A.
name: Sugimoto, S.
name: Ikeda, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The properties of infinite matter and finite nuclei are studied by using the chiral sigma model in the framework of the relativistic mean field theory. We reconstruct an extended chiral sigma model in which the omega meson mass is generated dynamically by the sigma condensation in the vacuum in the same way as the nucleon mass. All the parameters of chiral sigma model are essentially fixed from the hadron properties in the free space. In nuclear matter, the saturation property comes out right, but the incompressibility is too large and the scalar and vector potentials are about a half of the phenomenological ones, respectively. This fact is reflected to the properties of finite nuclei. We calculate N = Z even-even mass nuclei between N = 16 and N = 34. The extended chiral sigma model without the pion mean field leads to the result that the magic number appears at N = 18 instead of N = 20 and the magic number does not appear at N = 28 due to the above mentioned nuclear matter properties. The latter problem, however, could be removed by the introduction of the finite pion mean field with the appearance of the magic number at N = 28. We find that the energy differences between the spin-orbit partners are reproduced by the finite pion mean field which is completely a different mechanism from the standard spin-orbit interaction.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures. Prog. Theor. Phys. to be published
The case of using microsatellite genetic data to rescue an isolated indigenous African lion population at the Hluhluweimfolozi Park in Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa
Creators: name: Miller, Susan
name: Chikuni, Patricia
name: Zimmer, Niklas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Key points:
1. The open sharing of microsat data allows others to check my analyses and do more analyses if new statistical analyses are developed.
2. The sharing of datasets enables the reproducibility of science as “anyone that had the data could also get to the same conclusions I came to especially if they read the paper and use my data”.
3. Microsatellite genetic data can be loosely used to compare data when stored in an open access repository.
Horizontal Attacks against ECC: from Simulations to ASIC
Creators: name: Kabin, Ievgen
name: Dyka, Zoya
name: Klann, Dan
name: Langendoerfer, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we analyse the impact of different compile options on the success rate of side-channel analysis attacks. We run horizontal differential side-channel attacks against simulated power traces for the same $kP$ design synthesized using two different compile options after synthesis and after layout. As we are interested in the effect on the produced ASIC we also run the same attack against measured power traces after manufacturing the ASIC. We found that the compile_ultra option reduces the success rate significantly from 5 key candidates with a correctness of between 75 and 90 per cent down to 3 key candidates with a maximum success rate of 72 per cent compared to the simple compile option. Also the success rate after layout shows a very high correlation with the one obtained attacking the measured power and electromagnetic traces, i.e. the simulations are a good indicator of the resistance of the ASIC.
description: Author's version accepted for IOSEC 2019; the final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42051-2_5. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2201.02866
The role of government in creating green buildings
Creators: name: Boehm, Andreas
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia. Sauder School of Business. Centre for Sustainability & Social Innovation
Year: 2014

description: While green buildings and green communities are at the centre of discussion regarding how people can reduce their carbon footprints while making a positive change for the future, legislative components that drive these ideas are often overlooked. For many, the implementation of green buildings is market defined; as consumers demand green buildings as their homes, offices, and hotels, producers provide the green alternatives they are looking for. The problem with green buildings, however, is that there are many different methods in which developers and property managers can meet market demand. With governments focusing on reducing their environmental impacts and creating standards and practices for natural resources, energy, and development, a barrier exists between business and government despite both pursuing similar goals. This issue is of particular concern in Canada, where the housing industry has been late to embrace new green technologies and governments, especially Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments, have not worked together or with business to create standards that address their goal of reducing energy consumption and emissions. This paper hopes to highlight where current inefficiencies exist between business and government in addition to pinpointing what successful approaches have worked in the international community. This paper also provides an analysis and offers options for all stakeholders to explore if they wish to meet their commitments of becoming participants of the green real estate marketplace.
Reporting Cash Grain PRices Issues and Their Possible Resolution
Creators: name: Wright, B.H.
name: Torgerson, R.E.
name: Wright, B.H.
name: Torgerson, R.E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1975
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: This paper reviews a few of .the ideas that relate to the validity of that assumption. That is, the paper examines a number of problems encountered in collecting and disseminating price information. The purpose is to help clarify issues being considered in a current study of cash grain price reporting. For that reason, consideration is limited to cash grain prices although many of the problems are evident in price reports for other commodities.
The case of using microsatellite genetic data to rescue an isolated indigenous African lion population at the Hluhluweimfolozi Park in Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa
Creators: name: Miller, Susan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Key points:
1. The open sharing of microsat data allows others to check my analyses and do more analyses if new statistical analyses are developed.
2. The sharing of datasets enables the reproducibility of science as “anyone that had the data could also get to the same conclusions I came to especially if they read the paper and use my data”.
3. Microsatellite genetic data can be loosely used to compare data when stored in an open access repository.
Oxathres proxima Monne 1976
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Oxathres
Oxathres proxima

description: 7. Oxathres proxima Monné, 1976
 Type locality ­ Peru, Junin: Satipo. (MNRJ). Distribution ­ Peru.
 Oxathres proxima Monné, 1976c: 587, fig. 2; Julio et al., 2000: 46 (holotype).
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae, pp. 1-760 in Zootaxa 1023 (1) on pages 1-760, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.946.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5049553
Beware of remaining incoherence of EU policies and actions with the Zero Hunger goal and other SDGs
Creators: name: Bureau, Jean-Christophe
name: Bureau, Jean-Christophe
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Food Security and Poverty

description: Several aspects of EU policies affect global agricultural markets, food security and sustainable development. They include the Common agricultural policy, the EU bioenergy policy, trade policy, climate change policy and development policy, not to mention macroeconomic and monetary policies. The coherence of these policies has long been questioned, and their global impact on food security remains subject of debate. Current EU farm support instruments still have some effects on world market due to risk aversion and wealth effects but they are limited compared to those caused by recent policy developments in the U.S and emerging countries. EU biofuel policies do have significant effects on land use and prices, even when focusing on second generation biofuels. The impact of EU preferential trade schemes on welfare and food security in low and middle countries is questioned and the evidence is mixed. EU policies should also be scrutinised on their indirect consequences on global markets that affects food security, for example through land-use change and deforestation. Economic modeling of EU agricultural, environmental and trade policies is required in order to complement traditional sustainability impact assessments (e.g. standard life cycle analyses).
Algorithmic counting of nonequivalent compact Huffman codes
Creators: name: Elsholtz, Christian
name: Heuberger, Clemens
name: Krenn, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 05A15, 05C05, 05C30, 11D68, 68P30

description: It is known that the following five counting problems lead to the same integer sequence~$f_t(n)$: the number of nonequivalent compact Huffman codes of length~$n$ over an alphabet of $t$ letters, the number of `nonequivalent' canonical rooted $t$-ary trees (level-greedy trees) with $n$~leaves, the number of `proper' words, the number of bounded degree sequences, and the number of ways of writing $1= \frac{1}{t^{x_1}}+ \dots + \frac{1}{t^{x_n}}$ with integers $0 \leq x_1 \leq x_2 \leq \dots \leq x_n$. In this work, we show that one can compute this sequence for \textbf{all} $n
One Pixel Image and RF Signal Based Split Learning for mmWave Received Power Prediction
Creators: name: Koda, Yusuke
name: Park, Jihong
name: Bennis, Mehdi
name: Yamamoto, Koji
name: Nishio, Takayuki
name: Morikura, Masahiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Focusing on the received power prediction of millimeter-wave (mmWave) radio-frequency (RF) signals, we propose a multimodal split learning (SL) framework that integrates RF received signal powers and depth-images observed by physically separated entities. To improve its communication efficiency while preserving data privacy, we propose an SL neural network architecture that compresses the communication payload, i.e., images. Compared to a baseline solely utilizing RF signals, numerical results show that SL integrating only one pixel image with RF signals achieves higher prediction accuracy while maximizing both communication efficiency and privacy guarantees.
description: 3 pages, Accepted in ACM CoNEXT 2019 Poster Session
A policy framework for food and nutrition security
Creators: name: Cockx, Lara
name: Alonso, Elena Briones
name: Francken, Nathalie
name: Pieters, Hannah
name: Cockx, Lara
name: Alonso, Elena Briones
name: Francken, Nathalie
name: Pieters, Hannah
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Food Security and Poverty

description: Despite the growing political consensus on the importance of improving food and nutrition security there is less consensus on the way forward. As food and nutrition security is a complex and multifaceted issue, one of the main challenges in improving food and nutrition security is to understand its drivers. There exists a large body of literature investigating the long-term causes and drivers of food and nutrition security. This note briefly summarizes key findings of research in FOODSECURE on some of the drivers that are still poorly understood - the role of political institutions and reforms and culture, religion and traditional knowledge - and relates these to the existing literature on the determinants of food and nutrition security and the role of domestic and international policies.
Hot subdwarfs in close binaries observed from space I: orbital, atmospheric, and absolute parameters and the nature of their companions
Creators: name: Schaffenroth, V.
name: Pelisoli, I.
name: Barlow, B. N.
name: Geier, S.
name: Kupfer, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: About a third of the hot subdwarfs of spectral type B, which are mostly core-helium burning objects on the extreme horizontal branch, are found in close binaries with cool, low-mass stellar, substellar, or white dwarf companions. They can show light variations due to different phenomena. We used light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the \textit{K2} space mission to look for more sdB binaries. Their light curves can be used to study the hot subdwarf primaries and their companions and get orbital, atmospheric, and absolute parameters for those systems. By classifying the light variations and combining this with the fit of the spectral energy distribution, the distance derived by the parallaxes obtained by \textit{Gaia} and the atmospheric parameters, we could derive the nature of the primary and secondary in 122 (75\%) of the known sdB binaries and 82 newly found reflection effect systems. We derive absolute masses, radii, and luminosities for a total of 39 hot subdwarfs with cool, low-mass companions, as well 29 known and newly found sdBs with white dwarf companions. The mass distribution of hot subdwarfs with cool, low-mass stellar and substellar companions differs from those with white dwarf companions, implying they come from different populations. By comparing the period and minimum companion mass distributions, we find that there are several different populations of hot subdwarfs with white dwarf binaries. We also derive the first orbital period distribution for hot subdwarfs with cool, low-mass stellar or substellar systems selected from light variations instead of radial velocity variations. It shows a period distribution from 1.5 hours to 35 hours compared to the distribution of hot subdwarfs with white dwarfs, which ranges from 1 hour to 30 days. These period distributions can be used to constrain the previous common envelope phase.
description: accepted by A&A
Effect of Bicycle Ergometer Training in Cotton Labourers On Lung Function and Quality of Life – An Experimental Study
Creators: name: Dr. Ankur Khant
name: Dr. Yagnik Dave
name: Dr. Ashish Kakkad
name: Dr. Ashika Tanna
name: Dr. Himanshi Ruparelia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Bicycle Ergometer Training, Pulmonary Function Test, SGRQ, Cotton Labourer.

description: Abstract

Background: Cotton is a natural fiber derived from the processing of cotton plants. Labourers involved in cotton production are at higher risk of inhaling cotton dust, which can lead to both acute and chronic respiratory complications such as constriction of bronchus, tightness of chest, and occupational lung diseases. Engaging in physical activities that involve strengthening the inspiratory muscles and training larger muscle groups is crucial for enhancing pulmonary ventilation, increasing exercise capacity, reducing breathlessness, and improving cardiorespiratory endurance. Aim: To investigate whether bicycle ergometer training is beneficial in cotton labourers to improve lung function and quality of life. Materials and Methods: 132 male cotton laborers, aged between 30 and 55 years, were randomly assigned to two equal groups: Group A (Experimental) and Group B (Control). Group A and B received supervised treatment four times per week for eight weeks, with a follow-up conducted one year later. Pulmonary function tests and the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) were utilized to assess the participants at baseline, after 8 weeks, and at the follow-up. Results and Discussion: No significant differences (p>0.05) were observed in the baseline characteristics between the two groups of laborers. However, within each group, statistically significant differences (p<0.05) were noted across all outcome measures. Comparing between groups, the experimental group observed statistically higher significant improvements (p<0.05) in the outcome measures for FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, PEFR, and SGRQ scores. Conclusion: Incorporating bicycle ergometer training into pulmonary rehabilitation programs significantly enhances lung function and quality of life for cotton laborers.
Limiting Probability Measures
Creators: name: Alam, Irfan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 28E05 (Primary), 28C20, 28C15, 03H05, 26E35 (Secondary)

description: The coordinates along any fixed direction(s), of points on the sphere $S^{n-1}(\sqrt{n})$, roughly follow a standard Gaussian distribution as $n$ approaches infinity. We revisit this classical result from a nonstandard analysis perspective, providing a new proof by working with hyperfinite dimensional spheres. We also set up a nonstandard theory for the asymptotic behavior of integrals over varying domains in general. We obtain a new proof of the Riemann--Lebesgue lemma as a by-product of this theory. We finally show that for any function $f \co \mathbb{R}^k \to \mathbb{R}$ with finite Gaussian moment of an order larger than one, its expectation is given by a Loeb integral integral over a hyperfinite dimensional sphere. Some useful inequalities between high-dimensional spherical means of $f$ and its Gaussian mean are obtained in order to complete the above proof. A review of the requisite nonstandard analysis is provided.
description: 32 pages; edited to include content from a submitted version that was revised after first review
The physics of a small-scale tearing mode in collisionless slab plasmas
Creators: name: Geng, C.
name: Dickinson, D.
name: Wilson, H. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Microtearing modes have been widely reported as a tearing parity electron temperature gradient driven plasma instability, which leads to fine scale tearing of the magnetic flux surfaces thereby resulting in reconnection of magnetic field lines and formation of magnetic islands. In slab geometry it has previously been shown that the drive mechanism requires a finite collision frequency. However, we find in linear gyrokinetic simulations that a collisionless fine-scale tearing parity instability exists even at low and zero collision frequency. Detailed studies reveal that these slab modes are also driven by electron temperature gradient but are sensitive to electron finite Larmor radius effects, and have a radial wavenumber much smaller than the binormal wavenumber, which is comparable to the ion Larmor radius. Furthermore, they exist even in the electrostatic limit and electromagnetic effects actually have a stabilising influence on this collisionless tearing mode. An analytic model shows that this collisionless small scale tearing mode is consistent with a tearing parity slab electron temperature gradient (ETG) mode, which can be more unstable than the twisting parity ETG mode that is often studied. This small-scale tearing parity mode can lead to magnetic islands, which, in turn, can influence turbulent transport in magnetised plasmas.
description: 18 pages, 9 figures
title: Memoria, infanzia, educazione. Modelli educativi e vita quotidiana fra Otto e Novecento
Creators: name: Borruso,  Francesca
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2021

description: Il volume realizza una indagine, a più voci, sulla storia dell’infanzia fra Otto e Novecento, declinata sia come storia delle idee pedagogiche sull’infanzia, sia come storia dei vissuti educativi di bambine e bambini reali, individuati attraverso l’analisi delle storie di vita. Sono oggetto di analisi sia i modelli educativi sia le prassi pedagogiche presenti nella vita quotidiana le quali, attraverso un fascio articolato e composito di istituzioni educative (famiglia, collegi, scuola, associazioni, fabbrica) e di processi culturali prodotti e veicolati dai mass media emergenti  (dalla produzione letteraria per l’infanzia fino ai più recenti mass media del Novecento) hanno caratterizzato la vita quotidiana di bambini e di bambine, contribuendo a determinare i processi di formazione e di costruzione identitaria di individui e gruppi.
Roughening of the (1+1) interfaces in two-component surface growth with an admixture of random deposition
Creators: name: Kolakowska, A.
name: Novotny, M. A.
name: Verma, P. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We simulate competitive two-component growth on a one dimensional substrate of $L$ sites. One component is a Poisson-type deposition that generates Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) correlations. The other is random deposition (RD). We derive the universal scaling function of the interface width for this model and show that the RD admixture acts as a dilatation mechanism to the fundamental time and height scales, but leaves the KPZ correlations intact. This observation is generalized to other growth models. It is shown that the flat-substrate initial condition is responsible for the existence of an early non-scaling phase in the interface evolution. The length of this initial phase is a non-universal parameter, but its presence is universal. In application to parallel and distributed computations, the important consequence of the derived scaling is the existence of the upper bound for the desynchronization in a conservative update algorithm for parallel discrete-event simulations. It is shown that such algorithms are generally scalable in a ring communication topology.
description: 16 pages, 16 figures, 77 references
Show commitment to more effective EU aid
Creators: name: Cockx, Lara
name: Cockx, Lara
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty

description: Our knowledge of what activities donors are engaging in and which interventions have been shown to be successful in increasing food and nutrition security (FNS) needs to be improved. A review of available evidence demonstrates that the question whether interventions improve recipients’ food and nutrient intake, remains largely unanswered. In the context of increasing levels of funding for aid for FNS and uncertainty with regards to the impact of interventions, the need for improved coordination between donors is high. Despite great political commitment, progress in terms of reducing EU aid for FNS proliferation by concentrating in selected recipient countries and/or by specialising in selected aid sectors has been limited.
Green commercial real estate : corporate social responsibility
Creators: name: Goldberger, Nicole
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia. Sauder School of Business. Centre for Sustainability & Social Innovation
Year: 2014

description: This report is a guide and reference document for best practices in corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the global commercial real estate industry. This report identifies the drivers and trends in CSR in the real estate industry, and how such strategies have been converted into tangible operational initiatives and corporate changes. The report examines thirteen corporations, which are considered to be leading global real estate companies based on their profitability, transparency and sustainability index ratings in: The Carbon Disclosure Project, Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the FTSE4Good Global Index, and the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations List. These companies were evaluated by reviewing the above indexes, industry reports, and each company’s respective web site and CSR report. The report provides an overview of CSR and discusses best practices within each of its key: economic, environmental, social, and cultural. Economic: includes a company’s financial performance, their commitment to corporate philanthropy, and their contribution to the community. Environmental: consists of an environmental policy that enables a company to develop strategies to manage energy and emissions, resource use and waste, sourcing and biodiversity. Social: refers to a company’s employment policy, including demographics, training and education, health and safety, and the satisfaction of its employees. In addition, it takes into account the governance and transparency of an organization. Cultural: divides into three main categories, including employees, suppliers and the community. It relates to the training and retention of employees, the type of suppliers a company uses and its community engagement. Each area is looked at in-depth with case study examples of companies that are considered to be best practice. By embedding sustainability into a company’s overall corporate strategy it will enable them to achieve a sustainable bottom line. Real Estate companies can utilize these recognized best practices to implement sustainability in their organization.
Estimating the Impact of GST Implementation on Cost of Production and Cost of Living in Malaysia
Creators: name: Harun, Mukaramah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Economics (econ.GN)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The implementation of Goods and Services Tax(GST) is often attributed as the main cause of the rising prices of goods and services. The main objective of this study is to estimate the extent of GST implementation impact on the costs of production, which in turn have implication on households living costs.
description: in Malaysian language
Visions for achieving global food and nutrition security: Lessons from the FOODSECURE stakeholder scenario approach
Creators: name: De Bakker, Erik
name: Van De Werff, Michiel
name: Van Dijk, Michiel
name: Achterbosch, Thom
name: De Bakker, Erik
name: Van De Werff, Michiel
name: Van Dijk, Michiel
name: Achterbosch, Thom
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Food Security and Poverty

description: Global food and nutrition security (FNS) is a multi-faceted issue in need of a more integrated and coherent governance approach. Currently there is no clear vision by international organizations or policymakers how such an integrated approach should or could look like. In the FOODSECURE project, in a science-driven process, stakeholders of global FNS jointly developed exploratory future scenarios on FNS, along with visions for action and policy options. The results of these stakeholder workshops are indicative of a paradigm shift in visions on FNS that go beyond ‘productionist’ perspectives and emphasize the integration of health, environment and the role of society. Interesting highlights were the ideas to invest in nutrition education, linked to an awareness on the socio-cultural value of food, to incorporate the right to food in constitutions worldwide, and the emphasis on the facilitating role that national governments can (or should) continue to play in our globalized world. What also could be witnessed was how stakeholders brought in a socio-political and ethical dimension that questioned the limits and assumptions of the scenarios that were starting points for the discussions.
Non-Newtonian rheology in twist-bend nematic liquid crystals
Creators: name: Kats, E. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we present a simple qualitative model to describe shear rheological behavior of the twist-bend nematic liquid crystals. We find that at relatively low shear rate the effective viscosity decreases with the shear rate manifesting so-called shear-thinning phenomenon. At intermediate shear rate the stress is almost independent of the shear rate (a sort of plateau), and at large shear rate Newtonian rheology takes place. Within our theory we estimate the critical values of the shear rate in terms of coarse grained shear viscosity coefficients of the effective smectics equivalent to the twist-bend phase at large scales. The results of our work are in the agreement with recent experimental studies.
description: 7 pages, 1 figure
Reforming EU trade policies towards more coherence with food security objectives requires careful design as EU trade preferences do matter
Creators: name: Disdier, Anne-Celia
name: Disdier, Anne-Celia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty
International Relations/Trade

description: Agricultural trade is a key determinant in global food security (Figure 1), but international cooperation is necessary for trade to help coping with supply shocks, to spread variations in crop yield and to dampen price volatility on global commodity markets. If regional and bilateral negotiations expand at the expense of a multilateral agreement, there is a risk of fragmentation of the trading system.
Boosting Room‐Temperature Magneto‐Ionics in a Non‐Magnetic Oxide Semiconductor
Creators: name: De Rojas, Julius
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Voltage control of magnetism through electric field‐induced oxygen motion (magneto‐ionics) could represent a significant breakthrough in the pursuit for new strategies to enhance energy efficiency in magnetically actuated devices. Boosting the induced changes in magnetization, magneto‐ionic rates and cyclability continue to be key challenges to turn magneto‐ionics into real applications. Here, it is demonstrated that room‐temperature magneto‐ionic effects in electrolyte‐gated paramagnetic Co3O4 films can be largely increased both in terms of generated magnetization (6 times larger) and speed (35 times faster) if the electric field is applied using an electrochemical capacitor configuration (utilizing an underlying conducting buffer layer) instead of placing the electric contacts at the side of the semiconductor (electric‐double‐layer transistor‐like configuration). This is due to the greater uniformity and strength of the electric field in the capacitor design. These results are appealing to widen the use of ion migration in technological applications such as neuromorphic computing or iontronics in general.
FPKM.xls
Creators: name: Huaqiang Tan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70601 Horticultural Crop Growth and Development
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

description: 通过三代转录组结合二代转录组对生菜进行高通量重组，并转化为基因序列进行注释，得到其基因表达量与注释信息。
Oxathres scripta Lacordaire 1872
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Oxathres
Oxathres scripta

description: 9. Oxathres scripta Lacordaire, 1872
Type locality — Brazil. (ISNB). Distribution — Brazil (Bahia to Santa Catarina).
 Oxathres scriptus Lacordaire, 1872: 785; Martins & Monné, 1974a: 23, fig. 9 (lect., syn.); Monné, 1976c: 588; Cools, 1993: 92 (type).
 Oxathres dubius Melzer, 1926: 13; Zikán & Zikán, 1944: 38 (distr.); Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948: 61 (type); Zajciw, 1958a: 20 (distr.); Buck, 1959: 606 (distr.); Zajciw, 1972a: 65 (distr.); 1974a: 75 (distr.).
Type locality — Brazil, Santa Catarina: Joinville. (MZSP).
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae, pp. 1-760 in Zootaxa 1023 (1) on pages 1-760, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.946.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5049553
An Intrusion Detection System based on Deep Belief Networks
Creators: name: Belarbi, Othmane
name: Khan, Aftab
name: Carnelli, Pietro
name: Spyridopoulos, Theodoros
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The rapid growth of connected devices has led to the proliferation of novel cyber-security threats known as zero-day attacks. Traditional behaviour-based IDS rely on DNN to detect these attacks. The quality of the dataset used to train the DNN plays a critical role in the detection performance, with underrepresented samples causing poor performances. In this paper, we develop and evaluate the performance of DBN on detecting cyber-attacks within a network of connected devices. The CICIDS2017 dataset was used to train and evaluate the performance of our proposed DBN approach. Several class balancing techniques were applied and evaluated. Lastly, we compare our approach against a conventional MLP model and the existing state-of-the-art. Our proposed DBN approach shows competitive and promising results, with significant performance improvement on the detection of attacks underrepresented in the training dataset.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables. To be presented at the 4th International Conference on Science of Cyber Security (SciSec) in August 2022