cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A machine vision and handling system for measurement of containerized tree seedlings
Creators: name: Poon, Wing Hang
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The commercial forest industry in British Columbia, along with the Ministry of Forests and private nurseries, produce over two hundred million containerized tree seedlings annually. At harvest, these seedlings are lifted out of their growing container and graded to remove inferior stock based on their dimensions and appearance. Manual grading is a labor-intensive and costly operation. The work is subjective and susceptible to human error. Advances in the capability and a parallel decline in cost of machine vision hardware have spurred interest in automated grading as an alternative. A PC-based machine vision and handling system providing rapid measurement of containerized seedling morphological features has been developed in this research. The system, which employs a novel design of line-scan imaging using fiber optics in conjunction with structured backlight, addresses the production needs of commercial forest nurseries. The multiple processing approach of simultaneously scanning an entire row of 14 seedlings satisfies the time constraint of 8 seconds to measure the stem diameter and shoot height of all seedlings based on their high contrast images projected onto the optical fiber sensors. The system has a high transverse resolution equal to the 0.25 mm diameter of the optical fibers for precise measurement of stem diameter. Designed for on-line inspection, the system also provides a multi-functional, menu-driven graphical user interface. The interface offers a convenient and interactive means to control the scanning operation and adapt to various grading criteria. In addition, it supports different scanning and display capabilities, and produces simple statistics for each measured feature which would be valuable for quality control and quality improvement purposes. Tests were conducted to evaluate the performance of the system using different seedling samples and a test object of known size representing a seedling. Average classification error of tree seedlings was found to be 9%. The accuracy of diameter measurement had a low standard deviation of 0.12 mm. The speed of scanning depended upon the desired accuracy of the length measurement. At a belt speed of 4 cm/s, the accuracy of length measurement was found to be 0.6 cm with a corresponding seedling throughput of 1.75 seedlings per second.
A general framework for scintillation in nanophotonics
Creators: name: Roques-Carmes, Charles
name: Rivera, Nicholas
name: Ghorashi, Ali
name: Kooi, Steven E.
name: Yang, Yi
name: Lin, Zin
name: Beroz, Justin
name: Massuda, Aviram
name: Sloan, Jamison
name: Romeo, Nicolas
name: Yu, Yang
name: Joannopoulos, John D.
name: Kaminer, Ido
name: Johnson, Steven G.
name: Soljačić, Marin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bombardment of materials by high-energy particles (e.g., electrons, nuclei, X- and $γ$-ray photons) often leads to light emission, known generally as scintillation. Scintillation is ubiquitous and enjoys widespread applications in many areas such as medical imaging, X-ray non-destructive inspection, night vision, electron microscopy, and high-energy particle detectors. A large body of research focuses on finding new materials optimized for brighter, faster, and more controlled scintillation. Here, we develop a fundamentally different approach based on integrating nanophotonic structures into scintillators to enhance their emission. To start, we develop a unified and ab initio theory of nanophotonic scintillators that accounts for the key aspects of scintillation: the energy loss by high-energy particles, as well as the light emission by non-equilibrium electrons in arbitrary nanostructured optical systems. This theoretical framework allows us, for the first time, to experimentally demonstrate nearly an order-of-magnitude enhancement of scintillation, in both electron-induced, and X-ray-induced scintillation. Our theory also allows the discovery of structures that could eventually achieve several orders-of-magnitude scintillation enhancement. The framework and results shown here should enable the development of a new class of brighter, faster, and higher-resolution scintillators with tailored and optimized performances - with many potential applications where scintillators are used.
Cryptus spiralis
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cryptus
Cryptus spiralis

description: Cryptus spiralis (Fourcroy, 1785)
Ichneumon spiralis Fourcroy, 1785: 407.
Cryptus leucostictus Gravenhorst, 1829b: 538.
Cryptus hispanicus Habermehl, 1918: 147.
Specimens examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 69933, F, Nagano Pref., Ueda City, Sugadaira-kogen, 26. VII. – 1. VIII. 2015, S. Shimizu leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 69934, F, Fukui Pref., Ikeda Town, Mizuumi, Mt. Hekosan, 11. VI. 2016, S. Shimizu leg.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu*); widely distributed in Palearctic region.
Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Honshu.
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on page 89, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
Dark Matter as gravitational solitons in the weak field limit
Creators: name: Asselmeyer-Maluga, Torsten
name: Krol, Jerzy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we will describe the idea that dark matter partly consists of gravitational solitons (gravisolitons). The corresponding solution is valid for weak gravitational fields (weak field limit) with respect to a background metric. The stability of this soliton is connected with the existence of a special foliation and amazingly with the smoothness properties of spacetime. Gravisolitons have many properties of dark matter, such as no interaction with light but act on matter via gravitation. In this paper, we showed that the gravitational lensing effect of gravisolitons agreed with the lensing effect of usual matter. Furthermore, we obtained the same equation of state $w=0$ as matter.
description: 11 pages, no figure, ReVTeX, This article belongs to the Special Issue Geometric and Topological Models of Dark Matter and Dark Energy of the journal universe
Under the placid surface of exponential cell growth
Creators: name: Slavov, Nikolai
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2015

description: Fermenting glucose in the presence of enough oxygen to support respiration, known as aerobic glycolysis, is believed to maximize growth rate. We observed increasing aerobic glycolysis during exponential growth, suggesting additional physiological roles for aerobic glycolysis. We investigated such roles in yeast batch cultures by quantifying oxygen consumption, carbon-dioxide production, amino acids, mRNAs, proteins, post-translational modifications, and stress sensitivity in the course of nine doublings at constant rate. During this course, the cells support a constant biomass-production rate with decreasing rates of respiration and ATP production but also decrease their stress resistance. As the respiration rate decreases, so do the levels of enzymes catalyzing rate-determining reactions of the tricarboxylic-acid cycle (providing NADH for respiration) and of mitochondrial folate-mediated NADPH production (required for oxidative defense). The findings demonstrate that exponential growth can represent not a single metabolic/physiological state but a continuum of changing states and that aerobic glycolysis can reduce the energy demands associated with respiratory metabolism and stress survival.

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Symmetry constraints on phonon dispersion in graphene
Creators: name: Falkovsky, L. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Taking into account the constraints imposed by the lattice symmetry, we calculate the phonon dispersion for graphene with interactions between the first, second, and third nearest neighbors in the framework of the Born--von Karman model. Analytical expressions obtained for the dispersion of the out-of-plane (bending) modes give the nonzero sound velocity. The dispersion of four in-plane modes is determined by coupled equations. Values of the force constants are found in fitting with frequencies at critical points and with elastic constants measured on graphite.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Eurycryptus Cameron 1901
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Eurycryptus

description: Genus Eurycryptus Cameron, 1901
Eurycryptus Cameron, 1901: 231. Type species: Eurycryptus laticeps Cameron, 1901. Monobasic.
Alriada Cameron, 1911a: 176. Type species: Alriada spilocephala Cameron, 1901. Monobasic.
Neotorbda Uchida, 1932a: 153. Type species: Torbda (Neotorbda) sakaguchii Uchida, 1932. Original designation.
Didiaspis Seyrig, 1952: 189. Type species: Didiaspis fondamentalis Seyrig, 1952. Original designation.
In Japan, the following two species have been recorded. I recognize some new distribution records and record these data below. In addition, I examined the types of Gerdius iriomotensis Kusigemati, 1986 (Figs. 7I–L), and found misidentification of the generic position. Original description of this species notes that this species with a pleural carina of propodeum present between anterior transverse carina, while this is misregard based on the concavity with refraction of light for pleural carina. The pleural carina of this species absent (Figs. 2A, D) and thus the generic position should be placed in Eurycryptus. Kusigemati (1986) recorded Afrotropic genus, Gerdius Townes, 1970, from Oriental region based on this species and no additional species had been recorded from this region. Thus the distribution record of Gerdius in Oriental region is deleted here.
Eurycryptus sakaguchii (Uchida, 1932) is one of rare species in Japanese cryptini and only a single female (holotype) from “ Okinawa ” collected in 1922 (Figs. 7E– H), had been known from Japan. Recently I found an additional female specimen in NIAES and recognized the intraspecific color variation, i.e., blackish brown area of mesosoma and metasomal tergites varied in size (Figs. 7A, C–G, I–K). In addition, the variation shows that this species and G. iriomotensis are same species. The character states of both species are also overlapped. Thus, I conclude that both species are same and G. iriomotensis is newly synonymized under E. sakaguchii (syn. nov.).
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on pages 91-92, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
Estimation of moisture content distribution in porous foam using microwave tomography with neural networks
Creators: name: Lähivaara, Timo
name: Yadav, Rahul
name: Link, Guido
name: Vauhkonen, Marko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The use of microwave tomography (MWT) in an industrial drying process is demonstrated in this feasibility study with synthetic measurement data. The studied imaging modality is applied to estimate the moisture content distribution in a polymer foam during the microwave drying process. Such moisture information is crucial in developing control strategies for controlling the microwave power for selective heating. In practice, a reconstruction time less than one second is desired for the input response to the controller. Thus, to solve the estimation problem related to MWT, a neural network based approach is applied to fulfill the requirement for a real-time reconstruction. In this work, a database containing different moisture content distribution scenarios and corresponding electromagnetic wave responses are build and used to train the machine learning algorithm. The performance of the trained network is tested with two additional datasets.
Friona Cameron 1902
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Friona

description: Genus Friona Cameron, 1902
Friona Cameron, 1902a: 61. Type species: Friona striolata Cameron, 1902. Monobasic.
Lactolus Cameron, 1902a: 62. Type species: Lactolus albomaculatus Cameron, 1902. Designated by Viereck (1914).
In Japan, following a single species has been recorded. I recognize some new distribution records and record these data below.
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on page 94, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
Break in the VHE spectrum of PG 1553+113: new upper limit on its redshift?
Creators: name: Mazin, D.
name: Goebel, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: PG 1553+113 is a known BL Lac object, newly detected in the GeV-TeV energy range by H.E.S.S and MAGIC. The redshift of this source is unknown and a lower limit of $z > 0.09$ was recently estimated. The very high energy (VHE) spectrum of PG 1553+113 is attenuated due to the absorption by the low energy photon field of the extragalactic background light (EBL). Here we correct the combined H.E.S.S and MAGIC spectrum of PG 1553+113 for this absorption assuming a minimum density of the evolving EBL. We use an argument that the intrinsic photon index cannot be harder than $Γ= 1.5$ and derive an upper limit on the redshift of $z < 0.69$. Moreover, we find that a redshift above $z = 0.42$ implies a possible break of the intrinsic spectrum at about 200 GeV. Assuming that such a break is absent, we derive a much stronger upper limit of $z < 0.42$. Alternatively, this break might be attributed to an additional emission component in the jet of PG 1553+113. This would be the first evidence for a second component is detected in the VHE spectrum of a blazar.
description: revised version submitted to ApJ
Patterns in Curriculum Choices: Pre-Calculus Curricula in the Archdiocese of Washington
Creators: name: Hurst, Christopher Bryan
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematics education
subject: Catholic Education
subject: Common Core
subject: Curriculum
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Pre-Calculus
subject: Teacher Choice

description: This study aims to learn more about the choices made by mathematics teachers in the Archdiocese of Washington, given their unique independence from state or district curricular control. To study these choices, pre-calculus teachers completed a survey and submitted their course’s summative assessments. These responses were then compared to themselves, to each other, and to the Common Core to study the choices teachers made, both in the scope of their curricula and in the expectations they had for student performance. This study concludes that teachers choose pre-calculus curricula within two major archetypes, either advancing students’ algebraic skill or exploring new topics. Further, the study found that teachers’ assessments are well aligned to their stated curriculum, but that contrary to recent education trends, teachers have largely chosen to ignore statistics. Consequences of these choices are discussed, as well as implications for policy and future research.
Role of exosomes in epithelial−mesenchymal transition
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Bikramjit
name: Nag, Sagnik
name: Mukherjee,, Sayantanee
name: Kulkarni, Mrunal
name: Chandane, Priti
name: Mandal, Debashmita
name: Mukerjee, Nobendu
name: Mirgh, Divya
name: Anand, Krishnan
name: Adhikari, Manab Deb
name: Gorai, Sukhamoy
name: Thorat, Nanasaheb
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Epithelial−mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a fundamental process driving cancer metastasis, transforming non?motile cells into a motile population that migrates to distant organs and forms secondary tumors. In recent years, cancer research has revealed a strong connection between exosomes and the EMT. Exosomes, a subpopulation of extracellular vesicles, facilitate cellular communication and dynamically regulate various aspects of cancer metastasis, including immune cell suppression, extracellular matrix remodeling, metastasis initiation, EMT initiation, and organ-specific metastasis. Tumor-derived exosomes (TEXs) and their molecular cargo, comprising proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates, are essential components that promote EMT in cancer. TEXs miRNAs play a crucial role in reprogramming the tumor microenvironment, while TEX surface integrins contribute to organ-specific metastasis. Exosome-based cancer metastasis research offers a deeper understanding about cancer and an effective theranostic platform development. Additionally, various therapeutic sources of exosomes are paving the way for innovative cancer treatment development. In this Review, we spotlight the role of exosomes in EMT and their theranostic impact, aiming to inspire cancer researchers worldwide to explore this fascinating field in more innovative ways.
Ischnus Gravenhorst 1829
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Ischnus

description: Genus Ischnus Gravenhorst, 1829
Ischnus Gravenhorst, 1829a: 638. Type species: I c h n e u m o n p o r re c t o r i u s Fabricius, 1787 (= Ichneumon inquisitorius Müller, 1776). Designated by Westwood (1840).
Habrocryptus Thomson, 1873: 498. Type species: I c h n e u m o n p o r re c t o r i u s Fabricius, 1787 (= Ichneumon inquisitorius Müller, 1776). Designated by Viereck (1914).
Aglaocryptus Cameron, 1903b: 31. Type species: Aglaocryptus curvimaculatus Cameron, 1903. Designated by Viereck (1914).
Erythrocryptus Cameron, 1905b: 126. Type species: Erythrocryptus rufus Cameron, 1905 (= Cryptus atricollaris Walsh, 1873). Monobasic.
In Japan, two species, I. homonae (Sonan, 1930) and I. yezoensis (Uchida, 1936), have been recorded. I found a new species from Japan and newly describe this species below.
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on page 96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
A revisitation of the 1888 H.Hertz experiment
Creators: name: Faccio, Daniele
name: Clerici, Matteo
name: Tambuchi, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a revisitation of the original experiment performed by H. Hertz in 1888. With a simple setup it is possible to produce electromagnetic waves with a frequency in the range of 3 MHz. By performing Fourier analysis of the signal captured by a resonant antenna it is possible to study the behaviour of the RLC series circuit, frequency splitting of coupled resonances and finally the characteristics of the near-field emitted by the loop antenna.
Ischnus yezoensis
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Ischnus
Ischnus yezoensis

description: Ischnus yezoensis (Uchida, 1936)
Habrocryptus assimilis f. yezoensis Uchida, 1936b: 41.
Specimens examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 69443– 69449, 7 F, Niigata Pref., Sado Is., Kanaishinpo, Mt. Hakuundai to Mt. Myokenzan, 4. VIII. 2009, K. Watanabe leg.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Rishiri Is., Kunashiri Is., Etorofu Is., Honshu and Sado Is.*).
Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Sado Island.
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on pages 98-99, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
Nonequilibrium dynamics of quantum fields
Creators: name: Farias, R. L. S.
name: Cassol-Seewald, N. C.
name: Krein, G.
name: Ramos, R. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nonequilibrium effective equation of motion for a scalar background field in a thermal bath is studied numerically. This equation emerges from a microscopic quantum field theory derivation and it is suitable to a Langevin simulation on the lattice. Results for both the symmetric and broken phases are presented.
description: To appear in the proceedings of 5th International Conference on Perspectives in Hadronic Physics: International Conference on Particle-Nucleus and Nucleus-Nucleus Scattering at Relativistic Energies, Trieste, Italy, 22-26 May 2006. V2:reference corrected
Mesostenus Gravenhorst 1829
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesostenus

description: Genus Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829
Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829b: 750. Type species: Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829. Designated by Westwood (1840).
Stenaraeus Thomson, 1896: 2380. Type species: Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829. Designated by Viereck (1914).
Umlima Cameron, 1902b: 208. Type species: Umlima penetralis Cameron, 1902. Monobasic.
Derocentrus Cushman, 1919: 113. Type species: Coleocentrus texanus Ashmead, 1890 (= Mesostenus longicaudis Cresson, 1872). Original designation.
In Japan, two species, M. funebris Gravenhorst, 1829, and M. obtusus Momoi, 1966, have been recorded. I recognize a new distribution record of the latter species and record its data below.
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on page 99, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
Supplementary information from Females smell differently: characteristics and significance of the most common olfactory sensilla of female silkmoths
Creators: name: Schuh, Elisa
name: Cassau, Sina
name: Ismaieel, Ahmed R.
name: Stieber, Regina
name: Krieger, Jürgen
name: Hansson, Bill S.
name: Sachse, Silke
name: Bisch-Knaden, Sonja
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310901
subject: Animal behaviour
classificationCode: 310908
subject: Animal physiology - biophysics
classificationCode: 310909
subject: Animal physiology - cell
classificationCode: 310910
subject: Animal physiology - systems

description: Supplementary material and methods, Figures S1-7, Table S1
Gyropyga nigra Townes 1970
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Gyropyga
Gyropyga nigra

description: Gyropyga nigra Townes, 1970
Gryopyga (!) nigra Townes, 1970: 175. Generic name corrected by its erratum.
Specimens examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 69450, F, Nagano Pref., Ueda City, Sugadaira-kogen, 3–26. IX. 2014, S. Shimizu leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 69451, F, Nagano Pref., Nagawa Town, Daimon, Utsukushimatsu, 26. VIII. 2011, S. Fujie leg.; KPM-NK 69452, F, Nagano Pref., Outaki Vil., Mt. Ontakesan, 16. IX. 2011, S. Fujie leg.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu*).
Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Honshu.
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on page 95, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
Integration of a standardized process for palliative care screening of patients in the telemetry and medical-surgical units
Creators: name: Shrestha, Manita
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2021

description: Purpose of Project: This quality improvement project was to increase access to palliative care services among hospitalized patients. The aim was to improve the quality of life among hospitalized patients through early integration of palliative care services. Methodology: This project used a pre- and post-intervention chart review to evaluate completion of a palliative care screening tool among all patients admitted to a 29-bed Telemetry and 36-bed Medical-surgical unit. One week was provided for staff education with distribution of handouts, flyers and reminders pertaining to the project prior to the intervention.Results: A total of 418 patients during the 9-week time frame had a completed palliative care checklist upon admission on both inpatient units. Pre- and Post-intervention the number of patients meeting criteria for a palliative care referral were (n=41) in April and (n=54) in May. The number of palliative care consult order among this group of patients with a score > 3 was (n=18) in April and (n=48) in May. The proportion of palliative care consult orders significantly increased from 7.4% in April to 23.2% in May (p=0.0001) after standardized monitoring and intervention. Implications for Practice: Early integration of palliative care via screening and identifying hospitalized patients in need of palliative care. Despite increase utilization of palliative care, gaps highlight the implications for policy and practice changes to improve education and training of healthcare providers in addressing patient needs. A standardized process to identify patients for palliative care consultation allows for increased access and improved patient outcomes.
Aptesini Smith & Shenefelt, 1955 Santos 2017
Creators: name: Kyohei Watanabe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae

description: Tribe Aptesini Smith & Shenefelt, 1955
Santos (2017) rendered the name “Hemigasterini” as “ Aptesini ” and transferred Echthrus Gravenhorst, 1829, from this tribe to Cryptini. In Japan, 13 genera and 28 species have been recorded (Watanabe et al., 2018).
description: Published as part of Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, pp. 81-113 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48 on page 82, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
AI Song Contest: Human-AI Co-Creation in Songwriting
Creators: name: Huang, Cheng-Zhi Anna
name: Koops, Hendrik Vincent
name: Newton-Rex, Ed
name: Dinculescu, Monica
name: Cai, Carrie J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: J.5; I.2

description: Machine learning is challenging the way we make music. Although research in deep generative models has dramatically improved the capability and fluency of music models, recent work has shown that it can be challenging for humans to partner with this new class of algorithms. In this paper, we present findings on what 13 musician/developer teams, a total of 61 users, needed when co-creating a song with AI, the challenges they faced, and how they leveraged and repurposed existing characteristics of AI to overcome some of these challenges. Many teams adopted modular approaches, such as independently running multiple smaller models that align with the musical building blocks of a song, before re-combining their results. As ML models are not easily steerable, teams also generated massive numbers of samples and curated them post-hoc, or used a range of strategies to direct the generation, or algorithmically ranked the samples. Ultimately, teams not only had to manage the "flare and focus" aspects of the creative process, but also juggle them with a parallel process of exploring and curating multiple ML models and outputs. These findings reflect a need to design machine learning-powered music interfaces that are more decomposable, steerable, interpretable, and adaptive, which in return will enable artists to more effectively explore how AI can extend their personal expression.
description: 6 pages + 3 pages of references
A robotic workstation vision-based safety system for persons with physical disabilities
Creators: name: Visser, Mitchell Dean
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The overall goal of this research project was to investigate and develop a vision-based safety system that would either solely, or in combination with another system, provide an acceptable level of safety for a user with a severe physical disability while operating a rehabilitative robotic workstation developed by the Neil Squire Foundation A system was developed that uses a single camera to track the user in a horizontal plane and uses feedback from the robot controller to calculate the position of the robot using kinematic equations. The system is controlled by a computer that can communicate with the robot controller and stop the robot if it detects a safety zone violation. Prior to the development of a vision-based safety system, a safety analysis was performed considering general rehabilitative robotic equipment and a user with a severe physical disability. This analysis revealed injury mechanisms such as collisions, pinning, and pinching and identified levels of injuries from life threatening injuries to undesired contact with the robot. The safety analysis was then specifically targeted to the Neil Squire Foundation robot and used to determine the performance requirements of a variety of safety systems, including a vision-based safety system. Testing of the vision-based safety system on the robotic workstation with potential users showed that the system fulfilled all the project specifications, including preventing all unintentional contact between user and the robot
Elicitation - switch-reference
Creators: name: Piño Bonangué, José
name: Clem, Emily
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: amc

description: This bundle contains recordings and associated notes from an elicitation session conducted by Emily Clem with José Piño Bonangué. Topics covered include switch-reference, expression of abstract concepts related to thoughts and speech, and predicates of different lexical aspect classes.
The use of an infographic visual reminder, staff education and feedback to increase hand washing compliance among hospital staff
Creators: name: Baffour, Theresa Aryee
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2021

description: Purpose: Hand hygiene (HH) is the single most effective infection control measure in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). In the United States, approximately 15 million patients experience the ill effects of HAIs every year. This project aimed to increase awareness of HH practices as a means of increasing compliance rates using a before and after educational intervention, visual reminders, observation, and staff counseling.Methods: This quality improvement project used an educational intervention about HH practices and assessed knowledge before and after followed by visual reminders and poster boards. Compliance records were used as the pre-intervention data with direct observation after. Differences in knowledge scores and compliance rates were measured. Results: A total of 50 persons participated. More than half (56%) were registered nurses, 24% were licensed practical nurses, and 10% were physicians. Significant differences in the baseline and post-intervention knowledge of HH practices (Pre-intervention score=3.74 (0.49); post-intervention score=4.00 (0.00); p. value=<0.001). Compliance was low pre-intervention however compliance increased significantly afterwards from 33.3% to 87.8%.Implications: A contributing factor to transmission of infection in a hospital setting is improper HH, which is ultimately a contributing factor in hospital costs and affecting patients’ quality of life. Healthcare institutions should invest in standardized HH training and provide feedback to staff on compliance rates. Economic and clinical benefits of education, visual reminders, and direct observation with counseling include reduced HAIs, drug resistance, hospital stay, and mortality of patients. Further research is needed to determine healthcare providers reluctance to washing their hands and understanding the strategies that work best to sustain high rates of HH compliance.
Spinodal Decomposition in Thin Films: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Binary Lennard-Jones Fluid Mixture
Creators: name: Das, S. K.
name: Jawaharlal, S. Puri
name: Horbach, J.
name: Binder, Kurt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use molecular dynamics (MD) to simulate an unstable homogeneous mixture of binary fluids (AB), confined in a slit pore of width $D$. The pore walls are assumed to be flat and structureless, and attract one component of the mixture (A) with the same strength. The pair-wise interactions between the particles is modeled by the Lennard-Jones potential, with symmetric parameters that lead to a miscibility gap in the bulk. In the thin-film geometry, an interesting interplay occurs between surface enrichment and phase separation. We study the evolution of a mixture with equal amounts of A and B, which is rendered unstable by a temperature quench. We find that A-rich surface enrichment layers form quickly during the early stages of the evolution, causing a depletion of A in the inner regions of the film. These surface-directed concentration profiles propagate from the walls towards the center of the film, resulting in a transient layered structure. This layered state breaks up into a columnar state, which is characterized by the lateral coarsening of cylindrical domains. The qualitative features of this process resemble results from previous studies of diffusive Ginzburg-Landau-type models [S.~K. Das, S. Puri, J. Horbach, and K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E {\bf 72}, 061603 (2005)], but quantitative aspects differ markedly. The relation to spinodal decomposition in a strictly 2-$d$ geometry is also discussed.
description: 37 pages, 11 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. E
Anamorphic beam shaping for efficient laser homogenization: methods and high power applications
Creators: name: Tillkorn, Christoph
name: Heimes, Andreas
name: Flamm, Daniel
name: Dorer, Stefan
name: Beck, Torsten
name: Hellstern, Julian
name: Marschall, Felix
name: Lingel, and Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The homogenization of light is widely applied in various industrial sectors. The uniform high power processing of large areas requires a high degree of homogeneity. Sophisticated beam transformation techniques are used to optimize the illumination of standard optical diffusers such as microlens arrays and decrease the contrast of interference. Novel design techniques take advantage of a multimodal approach which is especially adapted to the characteristic properties of the laser light source. We show how anamorphic beam shaping is employed to transform the high power light source in order to meet the required level of homogeneity suited for the respective application.
description: Published, invited conference article (Photonics West 2018), 12 pages, 10 figures
Revisiting the Integrated Star Formation Law. II. Starbursts and the Combined Global Schmidt Law
Creators: name: Kennicutt, Robert C.
name: Reyes, Mithi A. C. de los
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compile observations of molecular gas contents and infrared-based star formation rates (SFRs) for 112 circumnuclear star forming regions, in order to re-investigate the form of the disk-averaged Schmidt surface density star formation law in starbursts. We then combine these results with total gas and SFR surface densities for 153 nearby non-starbursting disk galaxies from de los Reyes \& Kennicutt (2019), to investigate the properties of the combined star formation law, following Kennicutt (1998; K98). We confirm that the combined Schmidt law can be fitted with a single power law with slope $n = 1.5\pm0.05$ (including fitting method uncertainties), somewhat steeper than the value $n = 1.4\pm0.15$ found by K98. Fitting separate power laws to the non-starbursting and starburst galaxies, however, produces very different slopes ($n = 1.34\pm0.07$ and $0.98\pm0.07$, respectively), with a pronounced offset in the zeropoint ($\sim$0.6\,dex) of the starburst relation to higher SFR surface densities. This offset is seen even when a common conversion factor between CO intensity and molecular hydrogen surface density is applied, and is confirmed when disk surface densities of interstellar dust are used as proxies for gas measurements. Tests for possible systematic biases in the starburst data fail to uncover any spurious sources for such a large offset. We tentatively conclude that the global Schmidt law in galaxies, at least as it is conventionally measured, is bimodal or possibly multi-modal. Possible causes may include changes in the small-scale structure of the molecular ISM or the stellar initial mass function. A single $n \sim 1.5$ power law still remains as a credible approximation or "recipe" for analytical or numerical models of galaxy formation and evolution.
description: 29 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
New applications of Schrödinger type inequalities to the existence and uniqueness of Schrödingerean equilibrium
Creators: name: Wang, Jianjie
name: Roncalver, Hugo
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 510 Mathematik
subject: schrödinger type inequalities
subject: schrödingerean equilibrium
subject: schrödingerean hopf bifurcation

description: This article was retracted on 24 November 2021: Wang, J., Roncalver, H. Retraction Note: New applications of Schrödinger type inequalities to the existence and uniqueness of Schrödingerean equilibrium. J Inequal Appl 2021, 187 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13660-021-02724-6
description: Dieser Artikel wurde am 24. November 2021 zurückgezogen.
description: As new applications of Schrödinger type inequalities appearing in Jiang (J. Inequal. Appl. 2016:247, 2016), we first investigate the existence and uniqueness of a Schrödingerean equilibrium. Next we propose a tritrophic Hastings-Powell model with two different Schrödingerean time delays. Finally, the stability and direction of the Schrödingerean Hopf bifurcation are also investigated by using the center manifold theorem and normal form theorem.
The past, present, and prospective on UV–VIS–NIR skin photonics and spectroscopy—a wavelength guide
Creators: name: A.H., Poh,
name: F.R.M., Adikan,
name: Moghavvemi, M
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320205
subject: Dermatology
classificationCode: 320206
subject: Diagnostic radiography
classificationCode: 400901
subject: Analog electronics and interfaces
classificationCode: 400902
subject: Digital electronic devices
classificationCode: 400904
subject: Electronic device and system performance evaluation, testing and simulation
classificationCode: 400905
subject: Electronic instrumentation
classificationCode: 400906
subject: Electronic sensors
classificationCode: 400909
subject: Photonic and electro-optical devices, sensors and systems (excl. communications)

description: The study and applications of in vivo skin optics have been openly documented as early as the year 1954, or possibly earlier. To date, challenges in analyzing the complexities of this field remain, with wide scopes requiring more scrutiny. Recent advances in spectroscopic research and multivariate analytics allow a closer look into applications potentially for detecting or monitoring diseases. One of the challenges in this field is in establishing a reference for applications which correspond to certain bandwidths. This article reviews the scope on past research on skin spectroscopy, and the clinical aspects which have or may have applications on disease detection or enhancing diagnostics. A summary is supplied on the technicalities surrounding the measurements reported in literature, focused towards the wavelength-dependent applications in themes central to the respective research. Analytics on the topology of the papers’ data cited in this work is also provided for a statistical perspective. In short, this paper strives to immediately inform the reader with possible applications via the spectroscopic devices at hand.
Graph Drawings with Few Slopes
Creators: name: Dujmovic', Vida
name: Suderman, Matthew
name: Wood, David R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The "slope-number" of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of distinct edge slopes in a straight-line drawing of $G$ in the plane. We prove that for $Δ\geq5$ and all large $n$, there is a $Δ$-regular $n$-vertex graph with slope-number at least $n^{1-\frac{8+ε}{Δ+4}}$. This is the best known lower bound on the slope-number of a graph with bounded degree. We prove upper and lower bounds on the slope-number of complete bipartite graphs. We prove a general upper bound on the slope-number of an arbitrary graph in terms of its bandwidth. It follows that the slope-number of interval graphs, cocomparability graphs, and AT-free graphs is at most a function of the maximum degree. We prove that graphs of bounded degree and bounded treewidth have slope-number at most $O(\log n)$. Finally we prove that every graph has a drawing with one bend per edge, in which the number of slopes is at most one more than the maximum degree. In a companion paper (http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0606450), planar drawings of graphs with few slopes are also considered.
description: This paper is submitted to a journal. A preliminary version appeared as "Really Straight Graph Drawings" in the Graph Drawing 2004 conference. Also see our companion paper (http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0606450)
Ultrafast, Zero-Bias, Graphene Photodetectors with Polymeric Gate Dielectric on Passive Photonic Waveguides
Creators: name: Mišeikis, Vaidotas
name: Marconi, Simone
name: Giambra, Marco A.
name: Montanaro, Alberto
name: Martini, Leonardo
name: Fabbri, Filippo
name: Pezzini, Sergio
name: Piccinini, Giulia
name: Forti, Stiven
name: Terrés, Bernat
name: Goykhman, Ilya
name: Hamidouche, Louiza
name: Legagneux, Pierre
name: Sorianello, Vito
name: Ferrari, Andrea C.
name: Koppens, Frank H. L.
name: Romagnoli, Marco
name: Coletti, Camilla
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report compact, scalable, high-performance, waveguide integrated graphene-based photodetectors (GPDs) for telecom and datacom applications, not affected by dark current. To exploit the photothermoelectric (PTE) effect, our devices rely on a graphene-polymer-graphene stack with static top split gates. The polymeric dielectric, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), allows us to preserve graphene quality and to generate a controllable p-n junction. Both graphene layers are fabricated using aligned single-crystal graphene arrays grown by chemical vapor deposition. The use of PVA yields a low charge inhomogeneity 8 x 10$^{10}$ $cm^{-2}$ at the charge neutrality point, and a large Seebeck coefficient 140 $μ$V K$^{-1}$, enhancing the PTE effect. Our devices are the fastest GPDs operating with zero dark current, showing a flat frequency response up to 67 GHz without roll-off. This performance is achieved on a passive, low-cost, photonic platform, and does not rely on nanoscale plasmonic structures. This, combined with scalability and ease of integration, makes our GPDs a promising building block for next-generation optical communication devices.
description: 15 pages, 11 figures. Published under ACS AuthorChoice license
USMONXON ALIMOVNING HAYOT YO`LLARI VA MANAVIY  ME`ROSI
Creators: name: Z. Jozilova, TATU Samarqand filiali TTKT fakulteti 23_01-guruh talabasi
name: Ilmiy rahbar: X.U.Samatov
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada Usmonxon Alimovning hayoti va ijodi, erishgan yutuqlari, ma’naviy  me`rosi va musulmonlar orasida tutgan o’rni tadqiq etiladi.
Optical properties of silicon-implanted polycrystalline diamond membranes
Creators: name: Kambalathmana, H.
name: Flatae, A. M.
name: Hunold, L.
name: Sledz, F.
name: Müller, J.
name: Hepp, M.
name: Schmuki, P.
name: Killian, M. S.
name: Lagomarsino, S.
name: Gelli, N.
name: Sciortino, S.
name: Giuntini, L.
name: Wörner, E.
name: Wild, C.
name: Butz, B.
name: Agio, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the optical properties of polycrystalline diamond membranes containing silicon-vacancy (SiV) color centers in combination with other nano-analytical techniques. We analyze the correlation between the Raman signal, the SiV emission, and the background luminescence in the crystalline grains and in the grain boundaries, identifying conditions for the addressability of single SiV centers. Moreover, we perform a scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) analysis, which associates the microscopic structure of the membranes and the evolution of the diamond crystal along the growth direction with the photoluminescence properties, as well as a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) to address the distribution of silicon in implanted and un-implanted membranes. The results of the STEM and ToF-SIMS studies are consistent with the outcome of the optical measurements and provide useful insight into the preparation of polycrystalline samples for quantum nano-optics.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures
Elliptic Flow from a Hybrid CGC, Full 3D Hydro and Hadronic Cascade Model
Creators: name: Hirano, Tetsufumi
name: Heinz, Ulrich W.
name: Kharzeev, Dmitri
name: Lacey, Roy
name: Nara, Yasushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the robustness of the discovery of the perfect fluid through comparison of hydrodynamic calculations with the elliptic flow coefficient v_2 at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV. Employing the Glauber model for initial entropy density distributions, the centrality dependence of v_2 is reasonably reproduced by using an ideal fluid description of the early QGP stage followed by a hadronic cascade in the late hadronic stage. On the other hand, initial conditions based on the Colour Glass Condensate model are found to generate larger elliptic flow due to larger initial eccentricity epsilon. We further predict v_2/epsilon at a fixed impact parameter as a function of collision energy sqrt{s_{NN}} up to the LHC energy.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, Quark Matter 2006 proceedings; title changed