cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Preparation of microcapsule suspension of herbicide oxyfluorfen polyurea and its effects on phytotoxicity on rice crop
Creators: name: Rao, Jayprakash
name: Chandrani, Amar Nath
name: Powar, Anil
name: Chandra, Sudeshna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Herbicides based formulations are conventionally used as wettable powder or as Emulsifiable concentrate. The Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC) are prepared by mixing the active content with solvents and surfactants. However, these formulations have undesirable phytotoxic effects due to hazardous solvent and are unsafe to operators during application. Thus, capsule suspension (CS) formulation is considered as an alternative to EC formulations. In this study, we report the preparation of CS formulation of herbicide oxyfluorfen by polymerizing Methylene diphenyldiisocyanate (MDI) and Ethylenediamine (EDA). Water suspensions of the oxyfluorfen microcapsules were prepared by adding anionic, nonionic, polymeric surfactants and formulation auxiliaries. The study also aimed to determine the effect of surfactant on the stability of the microcapsule suspension. It was found that the nature of surfactant influenced the properties of the formulation. The synthesized microcapsules were characterized by Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The microcapsule suspensions were applied on rice crop to establish the safety and its future use instead of oxyfluorfen EC.
Properties of donor qubits in ZnO formed by indium ion implantation
Creators: name: Wang, Xingyi
name: Zimmermann, Christian
name: Titze, Michael
name: Niaouris, Vasileios
name: Hansen, Ethan R.
name: D'Ambrosia, Samuel H.
name: Vines, Lasse
name: Bielejec, Edward S.
name: Fu, Kai-Mei C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shallow neutral donors (D$^{0}$) in ZnO have emerged as a promising candidate for solid-state spin qubits. Here, we report on the formation of D$^{0}$ in ZnO via implantation of In and subsequent annealing. The implanted In donors exhibit optical and spin properties on par with $\textit{in situ}$ doped donors. The inhomogeneous linewidth of the donor-bound exciton transition is less than 10 GHz, comparable to the optical linewidth of $\textit{in situ}$ In. Longitudinal spin relaxation times ($T_1$) exceed reported values for $\textit{in situ}$ Ga donors, indicating that residual In implantation damage does not degrade $T_1$. Two laser Raman spectroscopy on the donor spin reveals the hyperfine interaction of the donor electron with the spin-9/2 In nuclei. This work is an important step toward the deterministic formation of In donor qubits in ZnO with optical access to a long-lived nuclear spin memory.
Inventions on Menu and Toolbar Coordination
Creators: name: Mishra, Umakant
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Both toolbar and dropdown menu are used popularly in a graphical user interface with a similar objective of providing easy access to the internal functions. Often the same functions are provided through both menu and toolbar. Both toolbar and dropdown menu have their own advantages and disadvantages. A menu can provide more options occupying less real estate, while toolbar can provide a single click access without navigating through trees and branches. As a menu and toolbar system shares many common objectives, it is often useful maintain some relationship to coordinate between both the elements of a GUI system. The relationships can be easy as both of them often share the same internal function. For example, the print option in a menu will (most likely) call the same function as the print button on the toolbar. This article discusses the similarities and differences between a dropdown menu and toolbar. Five inventions trying to focus on both menu and toolbar are illustrated in the article.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1404.6747
title: Mathematical modeling of thermal processes of traction asynchronous engines for diagnosis and control of their technical condition
Creators: name: Avezova, N.R.
name: Fayzullayev, J.S.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: Mathematical models of thermal processes of traction asynchronous motors are developed. A traction asynchronous motor is considered as a thermal system consisting of three bodies (stator winding, stator magnetic core and rotor), which take into account the heat exchange not only between the corresponding bodies, but also the heat exchange between each body and the environment. It is shown that the steady excess of the stator winding temperature of a traction asynchronous motor depends on the multiplicity of the stator winding current, the coefficient of electrical energy loss, and also on the temperature coefficient of the resistance of the winding conductor material. In this case, it is recommended to diagnose and control the technical condition of the traction asynchronous motor by the coefficient of loss of electrical energy and the consumption of the insulation resource of the stator winding.
Decoupled gas kinematics in isolated S0 galaxies
Creators: name: Katkov, Ivan
name: Sil'chenko, Olga
name: Afanasiev, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A sample of completely isolated S0 galaxies has been studied by means of long-slit spectroscopy at the Russian 6-m telescope. 7 of 12 galaxies have revealed a presence of extended ionized-gas discs which rotation is mostly decoupled from the stellar kinematics: 5 of 7 (71+/-17%) galaxies show a visible counterrotation of the ionized-gas component with respect to the stellar component. The emission-line diagnostics demonstrates a wide range of the gas excitation mechanisms, although a pure excitation by young stars is rare. We conclude that in all cases the extended gaseous discs in our sample S0s are of external origin, despite the visible isolation of the galaxies. Possible sources of external accretion, such as systems of dwarf gas-rich satellites or cosmological cold-gas filaments, are discussed.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table; accepted for publication in MNRAS
A novel strategy to construct multi-strain starter cultures: an insight to evolve from natural to directed fermentation
Creators: name: Navarrete-Bolaños, J. L.
name: Serrato-Joya, O.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Some biotechnological strategies have succeeded in the attempt to imitate natural fermentation, and bioprocesses have been efficiently designed when the product is the result of a unique biological reaction. However, when the process requires more than one biological reaction, few bioprocesses have been successfully designed because the available tools to construct multi-strain starter cultures are not yet well defined. In this work, a novel experimental strategy to construct multi-strain starter cultures with selected native microorganisms from natural fermentation is proposed. The strategy analyses, selects, and defines the number and proportion of each strain that should form a starter culture to be used in directed fermentations. It was applied to evolve natural fermentation to directed fermentation in distilled agave production. The results showed that a starter culture integrated by Kluyveromyces marxianus, Clavispora lusitaniae, and Kluyveromyces marxianus var. drosophilarum in proportions of 35, 32, and 33%, respectively, allows obtaining fermented agave juice containing a 2.1% alcohol yield and a distilled product with a broad profile of aromatic compounds. Hence, the results show, for the first time, a tool that addresses the technical challenge for multi-strain starter culture construction, offering the possibility of preserving the typicity and genuineness of the original traditional product.
Superconducting quantum interference device without Josephson junctions
Creators: name: Burlakov, A. A.
name: Gurtovoi, V. L.
name: Ilin, A. I.
name: Nikulov, A. V.
name: Tulin, V. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new type of a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) based on a single superconducting loop without Josephson junctions and with asymmetric link-up of current leads is proposed. This SQUID offers advantages in simplicity of fabrication and higher sensitivity of magnetic flux. Magnetic field dependence of the critical current in aluminium rings with asymmetric link-up of current leads has been measured in order to confirm the possibility of making this type of SQUID.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
title: Remote measurement of plant biomass by picosecond laser radiation
Creators: name: Mukhamedov, A.A.
name: Rysbaev, A.S.
name: Ernazarov, Sh.N.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: A description is given of a high-speed optical recording system that uses a solid-state yttrium-aluminum garnet Nd3+ laser that generates a train of picosecond laser pulses. It is shown that by registering and temporarily scanning the secondary fluorescence radiation excited by a sequence of picosecond pulses, it is possible to remotely determine the biomass of plants based on a prematurely created bank of laboratory data.
Vatikaanin II kirkolliskokous: Johdatus historiaan, teksteihin ja tulkintaan
Creators: name: ANTON, EMIL
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Vatikaani, kirkkohistoria, katolinen kirkko, roomalaiskatolisuus, kirkolliskokoukset, ekumenia, Vatican II, Vatikaani II, Vatikaanin II kirkolliskokous

description: A Finnish book-length introduction to the history, documents, and interpretation of Vatican II.
The water abundance behind interstellar shocks: results from $Herschel$/PACS and $Spitzer$/IRS observations of H$_2$O, CO, and H$_2$
Creators: name: Neufeld, David A.
name: Gusdorf, Antoine
name: Güsten, Rolf
name: Herczeg, Greg J.
name: Kristensen, Lars
name: Melnick, Gary J.
name: Nisini, Brunella
name: Ossenkopf, Volker
name: Tafalla, Mario
name: van Dishoeck, Ewine F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have investigated the water abundance in shock-heated molecular gas, making use of $Herschel$ measurements of far-infrared CO and H$_2$O line emissions in combination with $Spitzer$ measurements of mid-IR H$_2$ rotational emissions. We present far-infrared line spectra obtained with $Herschel$'s PACS instrument in range spectroscopy mode towards two positions in the protostellar outflow NGC 2071 and one position each in the supernova remnants W28 and 3C391. These spectra provide unequivocal detections, at one or more positions, of 12 rotational lines of water, 14 rotational lines of CO, 8 rotational lines of OH (4 lambda doublets), and 7 fine-structure transitions of atoms or atomic ions. We first used a simultaneous fit to the CO line fluxes, along with H$_2$ rotational line fluxes measured previously by $Spitzer$, to constrain the temperature and density distribution within the emitting gas; and we then investigated the water abundances implied by the observed H$_2$O line fluxes. The water line fluxes are in acceptable agreement with standard theoretical models for nondissociative shocks that predict the complete vaporization of grain mantles in shocks of velocity $v \sim 25$ km/s, behind which the characteristic gas temperature is $\sim 1300$ K and the H$_2$O/CO ratio is 1.2
description: 42 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
title: Using of parametric nonlinear lc-circuits in stabilized transducers of the number of phases
Creators: name: Bedritsky, I.M.
name: Jurayeva, K.K.
name: Bozorov, L.K.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: The use of nonlinear circuits of an autoparametric nature with inductive and capacitive elements for obtaining the necessary phase shifts in single-phase-three-phase converters is considered. The amplitude-phase relations between the stresses of windings located on different rods of a three-core core are obtained. The conditions under which it is possible to stabilize the stresses of the artificial phases of the Converter, as well as the phase shifts between them, are shown.
title: Assessment of a mobile solar biomass hybrid dryer for insect disinfestation in dried maize grains
Creators: name: Akowuha, Joseph A.
name: Addo, Ahmad
name: Bart-Plange, Ato
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2018

description: Considerable losses of stored food grains occur through insect infestation in tropical countries because climatic conditions are conducive for insect activity throughout the year. Studies have shown that in order to kill stored grain insects of all life stages temperatures above 50°C are required. However, grain simply laid in the sun or placed in a solar dryer does not reach such high temperatures. This study describes the use of a 1 tonne batch capacity mobile solar biomass hybrid dryer for disinfestation of infested maize and prevention of F1 progeny emergence in stored maize grains. To assess the effect of temperature and exposure period on mortality of maize weevils, infested maize in experimental cages were exposed for 3 and 6 hours of thermal disinfestation treatment in the dryer. Comparing the heat generated in the dryer under hybrid mode operation where additional heat is generated by a biomass furnace in addition to solar, a mean temperature of 67°C was recorded compared to a mean ambient temperature of 36°C. Results showed that there was no significant difference (p < 0.05) in mortality of maize weevils during disinfestation treatment for 3 and 6-hour exposure periods. Mortality of 100% was obtained for samples disinfested in the highest tray (level 4) in the dryer. After 30 days of storage of disinfested maize grains, there was no emergence of F1 progeny from the maize grains exposed for 3 and 6 hours. Effect of ambient temperature and open sun exposure periods in the control set-up resulted in low mean percent mortality. Also, samples from the control set-up at both 3 and 6-hour exposure periods showed emergence of F1 progeny after storage. From this study, it can be concluded that an exposure period of 3 hours (or perhaps even less) in the solar biomass hybrid dryer could prevent damage by Sitophilus zeamais to stored maize grains after thermal disinfestation at a mean temperature of 67°C.
description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, Nr. 463, Vol. 1 (2018): Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018
Production of bioactive recombinant monoclonal antibody fragment in periplasm of Escherichia coli expression system
Creators: name: Saroha, Preeti
name: Rathore, Anurag S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: The microbial expression system (Escherichia coli) is the most widely studied host for the production of biotherapeutic products, such as antibody fragments, single chain variable fragments and nanobodies. However, recombinant biotherapeutic proteins are often expressed as insoluble proteins, thereby limiting the utility of E. coli as expression system. To overcome this limitation, various strategies have been developed, such as changes at DNA level (codon optimization), fusion with soluble tags and variations in process parameters (temperature), and inducer concentration. However, there is no “one size fits all” strategy. The most commonly used approach involves induction at low temperature, as reducing the temperature during cultivation has been reported to increase bioactive protein production in E. coli. In this study, we examine the impact of various process parameters, such as temperature and inducer concentration, as well as, high plasmid copy number vector for achieving enhanced soluble expression of TNFα inhibitor Fab. An interaction amongst these parameters has been observed and their optimization has been demonstrated to result in expression of 30 ± 3 mg/L antibody fragment using E. coli. This case study illustrates how process optimization can contribute toward making biotherapeutics affordable.
The "ghost" symmetry in the CKP hierarchy
Creators: name: Cheng, Jipeng
name: He, Jingsong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we systematically study the "ghost" symmetry in the CKP hierarchy through its actions on the Lax operator, dressing operator, eigenfunctions and the tau function. In this process, the spectral representation of the eigenfunction is developed and the squared eigenfunction potential is investigated.
description: Accepted by J. Geom. Phys
Inventions on Drag and Drop in GUI
Creators: name: Mishra, Umakant
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Drag and drop operation is one of the key capabilities of any Graphical User Interface. The user can do quite complex operations simply by visually dragging and dropping objects from one location to another. It saves user from remembering and typing a lot of commands. The result of a drag and drop operation may vary depending the type of source object and type of destination object. For example dragging a file and dropping on a folder may copy or move the file to the destination folder, dropping that file to a remote FTP location may upload that file using internet, dropping that file on a printer icon may print that file, dropping that file on the trash can may delete that file, and dropping that file on an executable may play or open or compute or manipulate that file. Although a drag and drop operation prima facie seems to be a simple operation, it can become extremely complicated depending on the type of source objects dragged and the type of destination objects selected for dropping. There are many limitations of a conventional drag and drop operation. This article points out the difficulties of a drag and drop operation and illustrates the solutions disclosed by various inventions to overcome those difficulties.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1404.6752
Non-Hermitian Topological Phases: Principles and Prospects
Creators: name: Banerjee, Ayan
name: Sarkar, Ronika
name: Dey, Soumi
name: Narayan, Awadhesh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The synergy between non-Hermitian concepts and topological ideas have led to very fruitful activity in the recent years. Their interplay has resulted in a wide variety of new non-Hermitian topological phenomena being discovered. In this review, we present the key principles underpinning the topological features of non-Hermitian phases. Using paradigmatic models -- Hatano-Helson, non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger and non-Hermitian Chern insulator -- we illustrate the central features of non-Hermitian topological systems, including exceptional points, complex energy gaps and non-Hermitian symmetry classification. We discuss the non-Hermitian skin effect and the notion of the generalized Brillouin zone, which allows restoring the bulk-boundary correspondence. Using concrete examples, we examine the role of disorder, present the linear response framework, and analyze the Hall transport properties of non-Hermitian topological systems. We also survey the rapidly growing experimental advances in this field. Finally, we end by highlighting possible directions which, in our view, may be promising for explorations in the near future.
description: Topical review. Close to published version
Search for neutral long-lived particles in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV that decay into displaced hadronic jets in the ATLAS calorimeter
Creators: name: Aad, G
name: Abbott, B
name: Abbott, DC
name: Abed Abud, A
name: Abeling, K
name: Abhayasinghe, DK
name: Abidi, SH
name: Aboulhorma, A
name: Abramowicz, H
name: Abreu, H
name: Abulaiti, Y
name: Abusleme Hoffman, AC
name: Acharya, BS
name: Achkar, B
name: Adam, L
name: Adam Bourdarios, C
name: Adamczyk, L
name: Adamek, L
name: Addepalli, SV
name: Adelman, J
name: Adiguzel, A
name: Adorni, S
name: Adye, T
name: Affolder, AA
name: Afik, Y
name: Agaras, MN
name: Agarwala, J
name: Aggarwal, A
name: Agheorghiesei, C
name: Aguilar-Saavedra, JA
name: Ahmad, A
name: Ahmadov, F
name: Ahmed, WS
name: Ai, X
name: Aielli, G
name: Aizenberg, I
name: Akbiyik, M
name: Åkesson, TPA
name: Akimov, AV
name: Al Khoury, K
name: Alberghi, GL
name: Albert, J
name: Albicocco, P
name: Alconada Verzini, MJ
name: Alderweireldt, S
name: Aleksa, M
name: Aleksandrov, IN
name: Alexa, C
name: Alexopoulos, T
name: Alfonsi, A
name: Alfonsi, F
name: Alhroob, M
name: Ali, B
name: Ali, S
name: Aliev, M
name: Alimonti, G
name: Allaire, C
name: Allbrooke, BMM
name: Allport, PP
name: Aloisio, A
name: Alonso, F
name: Alpigiani, C
name: Alunno Camelia, E
name: Alvarez Estevez, M
name: Alviggi, MG
name: Amaral Coutinho, Y
name: Ambler, A
name: Ambroz, L
name: Amelung, C
name: Amidei, D
name: Amor Dos Santos, SP
name: Amoroso, S
name: Amos, KR
name: Amrouche, CS
name: Ananiev, V
name: Anastopoulos, C
name: Andari, N
name: Andeen, T
name: Anders, JK
name: Andrean, SY
name: Andreazza, A
name: Angelidakis, S
name: Angerami, A
name: Anisenkov, AV
name: Annovi, A
name: Antel, C
name: Anthony, MT
name: Antipov, E
name: Antonelli, M
name: Antrim, DJA
name: Anulli, F
name: Aoki, M
name: Aparisi Pozo, JA
name: Aparo, MA
name: Aperio Bella, L
name: Appelt, C
name: Aranzabal, N
name: Araujo Ferraz, V
name: Arcangeletti, C
name: Arce, ATH
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: hep-ex

description: A search for decays of pair-produced neutral long-lived particles (LLPs) is presented using 139 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015-2018 at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Dedicated techniques were developed for the reconstruction of displaced jets produced by LLPs decaying hadronically in the ATLAS hadronic calorimeter. Two search regions are defined for different LLP kinematic regimes. The observed numbers of events are consistent with the expected background, and limits for several benchmark signals are determined. For a SM Higgs boson with a mass of 125 GeV, branching ratios above 10% are excluded at 95% confidence level for values of $c$ times LLP mean proper lifetime in the range between 20 mm and 10 m depending on the model. Upper limits are also set on the cross-section times branching ratio for scalars with a mass of 60 GeV and for masses between 200 GeV and 1 TeV.
A new hydrophobin candidate from Cladosporium macrocarpum with super-hydrophobic surface
Creators: name: Turgut, Büşra Albayrak
name: Örtücü, Serkan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Hydrophobins are amphipathic proteins with small molecular weights produced in filamentous fungi. These proteins are highly stable due to the disulfide bonds formed between the protected cysteine residues. They have great potential for usage in many different fields such as surface modifications, tissue engineering, and drug transport systems because hydrophobins are surfactants and soluble in harsh mediums. In this study, it was aimed to determine the hydrophobin proteins responsible for the hydrophobicity of the super-hydrophobic fungi isolates in the culture medium and to carry out the molecular characterization of the hydrophobin producer species. As a result of measuring surface hydrophobicity by determining the water contact angle, five different fungi with the highest hydrophobicity were classified as Cladosporium by classical and molecular (ITS and D1-D2 regions) methods. Also, protein extraction according to the recommended method for obtaining hydrophobins from spores of these Cladosporium species indicated that the isolates have similar protein profiles. Ultimately, the isolate named A5 with the highest water contact angle was identified as Cladosporium macrocarpum, and the 7 kDa band was appointed as a hydrophobin since it was the most abundant protein in protein extraction for this species.
Examination of the Impact of Idiomatic Expressions on the Spoken English of Students of English Language Department, College of Education, Zing
Creators: name: Helen K.M.
name: Ramatu U.M.
name: Christopher S.J.
name: Nelson A.S.
Publisher: name: gjrpublication
Year: 2024

description: The study is an examination of the impact of idiomatic expressions on the spoken English of students of English Language Department, College of Education, Zing. The study employed three objectives and research questions respectively. The study adopted quantitative survey research design with 100 students selected as the respondents of the study. The study used the adopted 4 points Likert Scale as the research instrument to elicit information from the respondents. The study found out that there are prevalent idiomatic expressions used by the students such as, beat around the bush, call it a day and sitting on the fence. The study also found out that there is numerous importance of idiomatic expressions on the spoken English of the students. The study also found out that there are challenges encountered by the students in the use of idiomatic expressions. The study therefore recommended the following that; students should advance their use of idiomatic expressions so as to upgrade their spoken English and also recommended that students and lecturers alike should regularly use idiomatic expressions in their interactions.
Heat capacity jump at T_c and pressure derivatives of superconducting transition temperature in the Ba(1-x)NaxFe2As2 (0.1 <= x <= 0.9) series
Creators: name: Bud'ko, Sergey L.
name: Chung, Duck Young
name: Bugaris, Daniel
name: Claus, Helmut
name: Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
name: Canfield, Paul C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the evolution of the initial (up to ~ 10 kbar) hydrostatic, pressure dependencies of T_c and of the ambient pressure jump in the heat capacity associated with the superconducting transition as a function of Na - doping in the Ba(1-x)NaxFe2As2 family of iron-based superconductors. For Na concentrations 0.15 <= x <= 0.9, the jump in specific heat at T_c, Delta C_p, follows the Delta C_p ~ T^3 scaling found for most BaFe2As2 - based superconductors. Pressure dependencies are non-monotonic for x = 0.2 and x = 0.24. For other Na concentrations T_c decreases under pressure in almost linear fashion. The anomalous behavior of the x = 0.2 and x = 0.24 samples under pressure are possibly due to the crossing of the phase boundaries of the narrow antiferromagnetic tetragonal phase, unique for the Ba(1-x)NaxFe2As2 series, with the application of pressure.
Electrodynamics in an LTB scenario
Creators: name: Fanizza, G.
name: Tedesco, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article we analyze the electrodynamics in curved space-time in LTB metric. We calculate the most general scale factor in this inhomogeneous Universe. We also study the presence of electromagnetic field bubbles in the Universe.
description: 9 pages, Accepted for publication in the EPJ C
Optimization of asymmetric bioreduction conditions of 1-(thiophen-2-yl)ethanone by Weissella cibaria N9 using a desirability function-embedded face-centered optimization model
Creators: name: Bolubaid, Mohammed
name: Özdemir, Akın
name: Dertli, Enes
name: Alamoudi, Mohammed
name: Taylan, Osman
name: Karaboğa, Derviş
name: Yılmaz, Mustafa Tahsin
name: Şahin, Engin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Prochiral ketones can be effectively bio-reduced to chiral secondary alcohols by whole-cell biocatalysts, which are possible useful precursors to synthesize physiologically active chemicals and natural products. When whole-cell biocatalysts strains are used, bioreduction process can be influenced by various cultural factors, and it is vital to optimize these factors that affect selectivity, conversion rate, and yield. In this study, Weissella cibaria N9 was used as whole-cell biocatalyst for bioreduction of 1-(thiophen-2-yl)ethanone, and cultural design factors were optimized using a desirability function-embedded face-centered optimization model. For this, effects of pH (4.5–5.5–6.5, x1), (2) temperature (25–30–35 °C, x2), (3) incubation period (24–48–72 h, x3), and (4) agitation speed (100–150–200 rpm, x4) on two response variables; (1) ee (%) and (2) cr (%) were tested. Next, desirability function-embedded face-centered optimization model revealed that a pH of 6.43, a temperature of 26.04 °C, an incubation period of 52.41 h, and an agitation speed of 150 rpm were the optimum levels and the estimated ee and cr responses were 99.31% and 98.16%, respectively. Importantly, the actual experimental ee and cr responses were similar to the estimated values indicating the capability of the offered desirability function-embedded face-centered optimization model when using the optimum cultural conditions.
Techno-economic analysis of production and purification of lipase from Bacillus subtilis (NCIM 2193)
Creators: name: Baradia, Hrithik
name: Kumar, S. Muthu
name: Chattopadhyay, Soham
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Lipase is one of the essential enzymes from the hydrolase family, which can be produced from multiple sources like bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. Due to the various industrial applications, it is necessary to produce and purify lipase cost-effectively. The present study is concerned with the techno-economic analysis of the production and purification of lipase using Bacillus subtilis. In the lab experiment, a purification fold of 1347.5 was achieved with 50% recovery upon purification. The experimental data fit into a model, simulate, and economically assess a more extensive industrial setup Using SuperPro designer. Annual production of 64 batches with 26.4 kg of lipase produced per batch, and a total yearly operating cost of $16,021,000, with a payback time of around 1.37 years, were retrieved upon simulating experimental data. This study indicates the potential of the used bacteria for industrial lipase production with its techno-economic feasibility.
Linear response of the Lyapunov exponent to a small constant perturbation
Creators: name: Abramov, Rafail V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37M, 37N

description: In the current work we demonstrate the principal possibility of prediction of the response of the largest Lyapunov exponent of a chaotic dynamical system to a small constant forcing perturbation via a linearized relation, which is computed entirely from the unperturbed dynamics. We derive the formal representation of the corresponding linear response operator, which involves the (computationally infeasible) infinite time limit. We then compute suitable finite-time approximations of the corresponding linear response operator, and compare its response predictions with actual, directly perturbed and measured, responses of the largest Lyapunov exponent. The test dynamical system is a 20-variable Lorenz 96 model, run in weakly, moderately, and strongly chaotic regimes. We observe that the linearized response prediction is a good approximation for the moderately and strongly chaotic regimes, and less so in the weakly chaotic regime due to intrinsic nonlinearity in the response of the Lyapunov exponent, which the linearized approximation is incapable of following.
Additional file 1 of A scalable, satellite-transmitted data product for monitoring high-activity events in mobile aquatic animals
Creators: name: Skubel, Rachel A.
name: Kenady Wilson
name: Papastamatiou, Yannis P.
name: Verkamp, Hannah J.
name: Sulikowski, James A.
name: Benetti, Daniel
name: Hammerschlag, Neil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Text. Methodology for the deployment of PSATs on dogfish sharks (Squalus acanthias). Figure S1. An example of camera output used for activity level description and classification, of captive cobia a and dogfish b. Figure S2. Frequency distribution of archival values from captive deployments, for mobility (a, b) and activity time-series (ATS) (c, d), for all animals of each species. Each panel includes mean, standard deviation, and range. Figure S3. A logistic curve based on the results of our binary logistic regression for ActivityObs ~ ATS. Teal circles represent observations of ATS, classified as either resting (0) or not resting (1). Table S1. Data products generated by the Wildlife Computers miniPAT pop-off satellite tag (PSAT). Table S2. Estimated deployment durations for the Wildlife Computers miniPAT pop-off satellite tag (PSAT) incorporating the ATS metric, depending on the length of the summary period (75 to 600 s). Percentages represent the probability of receiving 1 message, and a triplet of messages, sent 10, 20, and 30 times. Table S3. Description of observed behavior states from video recordings of captive cobia and dogfish. States were also observed in combination (e.g., quick swimming while rolling/righting). Table S4. Animal characteristics for captive trials, and temporal tag and video coverage of fish activity. Tag detachment was based on visual observation of detachment where possible or estimated from depth and activity time-series (ATS) records downloaded from tags, as the point in time where depth and ATS remained constant. Captive dogfish (Squalus acanthias) are indicated as CD, and captive cobia (Rachycentron canadum) as CC. Table S5. The number of 1 s labeled visual observations from video-recording of captive fish behavior, and the proportion of each behavior (%) with respect to total observations for the species.
title: The application of highly resolved tree-ring isotopes for reconstructing the ecohydrological interactions within riparian forests
Creators: name: Sargeant, Christopher
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
Year: 2018

description: The research conducted within this thesis aims to advance our understanding of plant-water interactions, specifically the identification of the source(s) of water available for tree growth within riparian zones. Through highly resolved tree ring isotopic analyses, it is possible to deconvolve the δ¹⁸O signature of water utilised by a tree during the growing season and relate this to dynamic hydroclimatic processes. In doing so, this methodology allows for the reconstruction of the seasonal evolution of tree source water availability for the historical period. The utility of this method is initially demonstrated for the determination of the isotopic signature of water utilised by individuals of co-occuring riparian tree species over ten consecutive years. It is found that species-specific seasonal source water variability is indicative of tree rooting depth and the hydroclimatic partitioning of water to each of the floodplain hydrological reservoirs. The technique is then developed in to a methodological ‘toolkit’, comprised of tool groups representing differing levels of data availability. The aim is to enable continued progress in this research area, even under conditions of sub-optimal data availability, whilst also making the suite of methods accessible to other researchers and resource managers. Finally, the hydroclimatic expression of seasonal tree source water avaialbility is characterised across a climate gradient utilising over 800 δ¹⁸O cellulose measurements. The results show that the seasonal progression of tree water availability responds to near- and far-field hydroclimatic processes, but this is mediated by species’ functional type and site lithology. Where near-field processes dominate water availability, there is a potential for increased vulnerability to localised drought conditions and species-specific competition for water resources. Retrodictions of seasonal water source use may prove useful in forest restoration and rehabilitation efforts, assessment of forest vulnerability to future hydroclimatic regimes and for improving agroforestry and sustainable water management practices.
Reconstruction of $f(G)$ Gravity with New Agegraphic Dark Energy Model
Creators: name: Jawad, Abdul
name: Chattopadhyay, Surajit
name: Pasqua, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we consider the reconstruction scenario of new agegraphic dark energy (NADE) model and $f(G)$ theory of gravity with $G$ representing the Gauss-Bonnet invariant in the flat FRW spacetime. In this context, we assume a solution of the scale factor in power-law form and study the correspondence scenario. A new agegraphic $f(G)$ model is constructed and discussed graphically for the evolution of the universe. Using this model, we investigate the different eras of the expanding universe and stability with the help of the equation of state (EoS) parameter $ω_{eff}$ and squared speed of sound $v_s^2$, respectively. It is mentioned here that the reconstructed model represents the quintessence era of the accelerated expansion of the universe with instability. Moreover, the statefinder trajectories are studied and we find out that the model is not capable of reaching the $Λ$CDM phase of the universe.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Improved Tomographic Binning of 3x2pt Lens Samples: Neural Network Classifiers and Optimal Bin Assignments
Creators: name: Moskowitz, Irene
name: Gawiser, Eric
name: Bault, Abby
name: Broussard, Adam
name: Newman, Jeffrey A.
name: Zuntz, Joe
name: Collaboration, the LSST Dark Energy Science
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Large imaging surveys, such as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, rely on photometric redshifts and tomographic binning for 3x2pt analyses that combine galaxy clustering and weak lensing. In this paper, we propose a method for optimizing the tomographic binning choice for the lens sample of galaxies. We divide the CosmoDC2 and Buzzard simulated galaxy catalogs into a training set and an application set, where the training set is nonrepresentative in a realistic way, and then estimate photometric redshifts for the application sets. The galaxies are sorted into redshift bins covering equal intervals of redshift or comoving distance, or with an equal number of galaxies in each bin, and we consider a generalized extension of these approaches. We find that bins of equal comoving distance produce the highest dark energy figure of merit of the initial binning choices, but that the choice of bin edges can be further optimized. We then train a neural network classifier to identify galaxies that are either highly likely to have accurate photometric redshift estimates or highly likely to be sorted into the correct redshift bin. The neural network classifier is used to remove poor redshift estimates from the sample, and the results are compared to the case when none of the sample is removed. We find that the neural network classifiers are able to improve the figure of merit by ~13% and are able to recover ~25% of the loss in the figure of merit that occurs when a nonrepresentative training sample is used.
description: 18 pages, 14 figures
COOL-LAMPS IV: A Sample of Bright Strongly-Lensed Galaxies at $3 < z < 4$
Creators: name: Zhang, Yunchong
name: Manwadkar, Viraj
name: Gladders, Michael D.
name: Khullar, Gourav
name: Dahle, Håkon
name: Napier, Kate A.
name: Mahler, Guillaume
name: Sharon, Keren
name: Acuña, Owen S. Matthews
name: Ashmead, Finian
name: Cerny, William
name: Gonzàlez, Juan Remolina
name: Gozman, Katya
name: Levine, Benjamin C.
name: Marohnic, Daniel
name: Martinez, Michael N.
name: Merz, Kaiya
name: Pan, Yue
name: Sanchez, Jorge A.
name: Sierra, Isaac
name: Sisco, Emily E.
name: Sukay, Ezra
name: Tavangar, Kiyan
name: Zaborowski, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery of five bright strong gravitationally lensed galaxies at $3 < z < 4$: COOLJ0101$+$2055 ($z = 3.459$), COOLJ0104$-$0757 ($z = 3.480$), COOLJ0145$+$1018 ($z = 3.310$), COOLJ0516$-$2208 ($z = 3.549$), and COOLJ1356$+$0339 ($z = 3.753$). These galaxies have magnitudes of $r_{\rm AB}, z_{\rm AB} < 21.81$ mag and are lensed by galaxy clusters at $0.26 < z < 1$. This sample nearly doubles the number of known bright lensed galaxies with extended arcs at $3 < z < 4$. We characterize the lensed galaxies using ground-based grz/giy imaging and optical spectroscopy. We report model-based magnitudes and derive stellar masses, dust content, and star-formation rates via stellar population synthesis modeling. Building lens models based on ground-based imaging, we estimate source magnifications in the range $\sim$29 to $\sim$180. Combining these analyses, we derive demagnified stellar masses in the range $\rm log_{10}(M_{*}/M_{\odot}) \sim 9.69 - 10.75$ and star formation rates in the youngest age bin ranging from $\rm log_{10}(SFR/(M_{\odot}\cdot yr^{-1})) \sim 0.39 - 1.46$, placing the sample galaxies on the massive end of the star-forming main sequence in this redshift interval. In addition, three of the five galaxies have strong Ly$α$ emissions, offering unique opportunities to study Ly$α$ emitters at high redshift in future work.
description: 20 pages, 10 figures
A Luminous Infrared Merger with Two Bipolar Molecular Outflows: ALMA and SMA Observations of NGC 3256
Creators: name: Sakamoto, Kazushi
name: Aalto, Susanne
name: Combes, Francoise
name: Evans, Aaron
name: Peck, Alison
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report ALMA and SMA observations of the luminous infrared merger NGC 3256, the most luminous galaxy within z=0.01. Both of the two merger nuclei separated by 5" (0.8 kpc) on the sky have a compact concentration of molecular gas, i.e., nuclear disks with Sigma_mol > 10^3 Msun pc^-2. The one at the northern nucleus is face-on while the southern nuclear disk is almost edge-on. The northern nucleus is more massive and has molecular arcs and spiral arms around. The high-velocity molecular gas previously found in the system is resolved to two molecular outflows associated with each of the two nuclei. The molecular outflow from the northern nuclear disk is part of a starburst-driven superwind seen nearly pole on. Its maximum velocity is >750 km/s and its mass outflow rate is estimated to be > 60 Msun/yr for a conversion factor N_{H_2}/I_{CO(1-0)}=1x10^20 cm^-2/(K km/s). The outflow from the southern nucleus is a highly collimated bipolar molecular jet seen nearly edge-on. Its line-of-sight velocity increases with distance out to 300 pc from the southern nucleus. Its maximum de-projected velocity is ~2000 km/s for the estimated inclination and should exceed 1000 km/s even allowing for its uncertainty. The mass outflow rate is estimated to be >50 Msun/yr for this outflow. There are possible signs that this southern outflow has been driven by a bipolar radio jet from an AGN that became inactive very recently. The sum of these outflow rates, although subject to the uncertainty in the molecular mass estimate, either exceeds or compares to the total star formation rate in NGC 3256. The feedback from nuclear activities in the form of molecular outflows is therefore significant in the gas consumption budget, and hence evolution, of this luminous infrared galaxy. (abridged)
description: 36 pages, 21 figures, submitted to ApJ on Mar. 4, 2014
Agrypnus transversus Hayek 1979
Creators: name: Kotru, Akash
name: Chandran, Nithya
name: Dubey, Anil Kumar
name: Prosvirov, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Agrypnus
Agrypnus transversus

description: Agrypnus transversus (Candèze, 1857)
Lacon transversus Candèze, 1857: 123.
Adelocera transversus (Candèze) Fleutiaux, 1926: 96.
Agrypnus transversus (Candèze) Hayek, 1979: 222.
Type depository. Lectotype (BMNH).
Type locality. “Des Indes-Orientales”.
Distribution. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (Chatterjee, 1933; Chakraborty, Chakrabarti, 2000). Elsewhere: Pakistan, Oriental Region (Platia, 2015; Cate, 2007).
Literature. Candèze (1857: 123): original description; Candèze (1857: 123): synonymization; Fleutiaux (1926: 96): combination; Fleutiaux (1933: 4): bionomics; Chatterjee (1933: 8): bionomics; Hayek (1973: 222): combination; Chakraborty and Chakrabarti (2000: 78): catalogue.
description: Published as part of Kotru, Akash, Chandran, Nithya, Dubey, Anil Kumar & Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2025, A catalogue of Indian Agrypninae Candèze, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5614 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217075