cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Synergy cycles in the Norwegian innovation system: The relation between synergy and cycle values
Creators: name: Ivanova, Inga
name: Strand, Oivind
name: Leydesdorff, Loet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: General Economics (econ.GN)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The knowledge base of an economy measured in terms of Triple Helix relations can be analyzed in terms of mutual information among geographical, sectorial, and size distributions of firms as dimensions of the probabilistic entropy. The resulting synergy values of a TH system provide static snapshots. In this study, we add the time dimension and analyze the synergy dynamics using the Norwegian innovation system as an example. The synergy among the three dimensions can be mapped as a set of partial time series and spectrally analyzed. The results suggest that the synergy at the level of both the country and its 19 counties shoe non-chaotic oscillatory behavior and resonates in a set of natural frequencies. That is, synergy surges and drops are non-random and can be analyzed and predicted. There is a proportional dependence between the amplitudes of oscillations and synergy values and an inverse proportional dependence between the oscillation frequencies' relative inputs and synergy values. This analysis of the data informs us that one can expect frequency-related synergy-volatility growth in relation to the synergy value and a shift in the synergy volatility towards the long-term fluctuations with the synergy growth.
description: 31 pages, 16 figures
Target Detection Framework for Lobster Eye X-Ray Telescopes with Machine Learning Algorithms
Creators: name: Jia, Peng
name: Liu, Wenbo
name: Liu, Yuan
name: Pan, Haiwu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Lobster eye telescopes are ideal monitors to detect X-ray transients, because they could observe celestial objects over a wide field of view in X-ray band. However, images obtained by lobster eye telescopes are modified by their unique point spread functions, making it hard to design a high efficiency target detection algorithm. In this paper, we integrate several machine learning algorithms to build a target detection framework for data obtained by lobster eye telescopes. Our framework would firstly generate two 2D images with different pixel scales according to positions of photons on the detector. Then an algorithm based on morphological operations and two neural networks would be used to detect candidates of celestial objects with different flux from these 2D images. At last, a random forest algorithm will be used to pick up final detection results from candidates obtained by previous steps. Tested with simulated data of the Wide-field X-ray Telescope onboard the Einstein Probe, our detection framework could achieve over 94% purity and over 90% completeness for targets with flux more than 3 mCrab (9.6 * 10-11 erg/cm2/s) and more than 94% purity and moderate completeness for targets with lower flux at acceptable time cost. The framework proposed in this paper could be used as references for data processing methods developed for other lobster eye X-ray telescopes.
description: Accepted by the APJS Journal. Full source code could be downloaded from the China VO with DOI of https://doi.org/10.12149/101175. Docker version of the code could be obtained under request to the corresponding author
Validation of the Equivalence of Information flow and Energy.pdf
Creators: name: Jöge, Friedhelm
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 460104
subject: Applications in physical sciences

description: In this article, the validation of the Equivalence of Information flow and Energy is provided step by step. First, the validation of the Equivalence of Information flow and Time is carried out and then the validation of the Equivalence of Energy and Time is carried out. The validation of the Equivalence of Information flow and Energy then results automatically. In this way, the validation of Information flow and Time and the validation of Energy and Time are carried out at the same time.
On Maximum Signless Laplacian Estrada Indices of Graphs with Given Parameters
Creators: name: Ellahi, H. R.
name: Nasiri, R.
name: Fath-Tabar, G. H.
name: Gholami, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Signless Laplacian Estrada index of a graph $G$, defined as $SLEE(G)=\sum^{n}_{i=1}e^{q_i}$, where $q_1, q_2, \cdots, q_n$ are the eigenvalues of the matrix $\mathbf{Q}(G)=\mathbf{D}(G)+\mathbf{A}(G)$. We determine the unique graphs with maximum signless Laplacian Estrada indices among the set of graphs with given number of cut edges, pendent vertices, (vertex) connectivity and edge connectivity.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures
Costs and Returns, Northwest Cattle Ranches, 1972
Creators: name: Goodsell, Wylie D.
name: Belfield, Macie J.
name: Goodsell, Wylie D.
name: Belfield, Macie J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1973
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Cattle
subject: Calves
subject: Investment
subject: Costs and returns
subject: Ranch income

description: Net returns in 1972 were at record-high levels on viable commercial cattle ranches in the Northern Plains and Northern Rocky Mountains, two of the Nation's leading cow-calf producing areas. In the Northern Plains, returns averaged $43,600 per ranch, up $13,400 from 1971 and 3-½ times the 1960-64 average. In the Northern Rocky Mountains, returns were nearly 50 percent above a year ago, averaging $45,300 on the typical ranch with 200 to 500 brood cows represented in this study. Record prices received for stock, particularly calves, contributed most to the historically high returns. Other factors were unusually good range and pasture conditions and record calf market weights. Sustained high calving rates and relatively low livestock death loss in both areas were attributed to improved management and breeding. With U.S. demand for beef forecast to double in 30 years, cattle ranching continues as a good investment, despite steadily mounting input costs.
Temnothorax annexus
Creators: name: Prebus, Matthew M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Temnothorax
Temnothorax annexus

description: annexus group overview Consisting of five species (four of which are newly described here), the annexus group is a relatively small one, with a range spanning the low-to-mid elevations of the American southwest to central Mexico (Fig. 95). Although collections for many of these species are scant, all nest collections so far have been from habitats associated with vegetation, either from epiphytes (Temnothorax annexus) or from hollow branches and stems on live vegetation (T. arbustus sp. nov., T. balnearius sp. nov., T. obtusigaster sp. nov., and T. quercicola sp. nov.). As collections accumulate, this may prove to be the rule. Temnothorax quercicola sp. nov. has a long history of being conflated with T. silvestrii, to the extent that Creighton (1953) described the male and gyne of T. quercicola sp. nov. as T. silvestrii. The two species are superficially similar, but T. silvestrii belongs to another clade entirely (the sallei clade), in yet another example of convergent evolution in Temnothorax. See the comments under T. quercicola sp. nov. below for a more detailed discussion. These species are large, and typically have an emarginate clypeus, short petiolar peduncle, subquadrate petiolar node, and incrassate femora.
description: Published as part of Prebus, Matthew M., 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Temnothorax salvini clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key to the clades of New World Temnothorax, pp. 1-462 in PeerJ (e 11514) (e 11514) 9 on page 93, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11514, http://zenodo.org/record/5102026
description: {"references": ["Creighton WS. 1953. The rediscovery of Leptothorax silvestrii (Santschi) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1635: 1 - 7."]}
Non-Linear Dynamics of Accretion Disks with Stochastic Viscosity
Creators: name: Cowperthwaite, Philip S.
name: Reynolds, Christopher S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a non-linear numerical model for a geometrically thin accretion disk with the addition of stochastic non-linear fluctuations in the viscous parameter. These numerical realizations attempt to study the stochastic effects on the disk angular momentum transport. We show that this simple model is capable of reproducing several observed phenomenologies of accretion driven systems. The most notable of these is the observed linear rms-flux relationship in the disk luminosity. This feature is not formally captured by the linearized disk equations used in previous work. A Fourier analysis of the dissipation and mass accretion rates across disk radii show coherence for frequencies below the local viscous frequency. This is consistent with the coherence behavior observed in astrophysical sources such as Cygnus X-1.
description: ApJ Preprint Format, 26 Pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
title: Παράγοντες κινδύνου εμφάνισης συνδρόμου επαγγελματικής εξουθένωσης στο υγειονομικό προσωπικό του ΕΣΥ κατά την διάρκεια της πανδημίας Covid-19
title: Risk factors for the appearance of occupational burnout syndrome in the health personnel of the National Health System during the Covid-19 pandemic
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Τσιτλακίδου, Σταυρούλα
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Επαγγελματική εξουθένωση
Νοσοκομεία
Δημόσια υγεία
Covid-19

description: Εισαγωγή: Το σύνδρομο επαγγελματική εξουθένωση (burnout syndrome) μπορεί να δημιουργήσει προβλήματα σε κάθε πτυχή της ανθρώπινης ζωής του ατόμου. Μπορεί να έχει δυσμενείς επιπτώσεις στις διαπροσωπικές και οικογενειακές σχέσεις και μπορεί να οδηγήσει σε γενική αρνητική στάση απέναντι στη ζωή. Οι ερευνητές έχουν αποδείξει ότι το κυριότερο σύμπτωμα του συνδρόμου είναι η μείωση των ενεργειακών πόρων των εργαζομένων και αυτό διαφέρει από τα συμπτώματα της κατάθλιψης και του άγχους. Σκοπός: Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης είναι ο προσδιορισμός του επιπέδου επαγγελματικής εξουθένωσης των εργαζόμενων στην αιμοδοσία, τα εμβολιαστικά κέντρα και τα γενικά χειρουργεία των νοσοκομείων Αθηνών, Ιωαννίνων και Πατρών. Μεθοδολογία: Για την υλοποίηση της μελέτης χρησιμοποιήθηκε απλή τυχαία δειγματοληψία ενώ η στατιστική ανάλυση πραγματοποιήθηκε μέσω σύγκρισης αποτελεσμάτων με διασταύρωση απαντήσεων και περιγραφική στατιστική. Συμπεράσματα: Το στρες και η εξουθένωση εξηγούν μόνο ένα μικρό ποσοστό διακύμανσης σε επίπεδο ικανοποίησης. Στη μελέτη προσδιορίζονται οι συμφραζόμενες και κοινωνικές επιρροές, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της κουλτούρας και του περιβάλλοντος στο χώρο εργασίας, ως βασικοί καθοριστικοί παράγοντες για την ευημερία του προσωπικού έκτακτης ανάγκης στο χώρο εργασίας. Διερευνήσεις σχετικές με το εργασιακό περιβάλλον, αποκάλυψαν συγκεκριμένα χαρακτηριστικά εξουθένωσης.
A Characterization of Maximum Nash Welfare for Indivisible Goods
Creators: name: Suksompong, Warut
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Theoretical Economics (econ.TH)
subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the allocation of indivisible goods, the maximum Nash welfare (MNW) rule, which chooses an allocation maximizing the product of the agents' utilities, has received substantial attention for its fairness. We characterize MNW as the only additive welfarist rule that satisfies envy-freeness up to one good. Our characterization holds even in the simplest setting of two agents.
On the convergence of Baum-Katz series for sums of linear 2-nd order autoregressive sequences of random variables
Creators: name: Ilienko, Maryna
name: Polishchuk, Anastasiia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider complete convergence and closely related Hsu-Robbins-Erdos-Spitzer-Baum-Katz series for sums whose terms are elements of a linear 2-nd order autoregressive sequences of random variables and prove sufficient conditions for the convergence of this series.
Storage and on-demand release of microwaves using superconducting resonators with tunable coupling
Creators: name: Pierre, Mathieu
name: Svensson, Ida-Maria
name: Sathyamoorthy, Sankar Raman
name: Johansson, Göran
name: Delsing, Per
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a system which allows to tune the coupling between a superconducting resonator and a transmission line. This storage resonator is addressed through a second, coupling resonator, which is frequency-tunable and controlled by a magnetic flux applied to a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). We experimentally demonstrate that the lifetime of the storage resonator can be tuned by more than three orders of magnitude. A field can be stored for 18 μs when the coupling resonator is tuned off resonance and it can be released in 14 ns when the coupling resonator is tuned on resonance. The device allows capture, storage, and on-demand release of microwaves at a tunable rate.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Heavy Higgs Decays into Sfermions in the Complex MSSM: A Full One-Loop Analysis
Creators: name: Heinemeyer, S.
name: Schappacher, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For the search for additional Higgs bosons in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) as well as for future precision analyses in the Higgs sector a precise knowledge of their decay properties is mandatory. We evaluate all two-body decay modes of the heavy Higgs bosons into sfermions in the MSSM with complex parameters (cMSSM). The evaluation is based on a full one-loop calculation of all decay channels, also including hard QED and QCD radiation. The dependence of the heavy Higgs bosons on the relevant cMSSM parameters is analyzed numerically. We find sizable contributions to many partial decay widths. They are roughly of O(15%) of the tree-level results, but can go up to 30% or higher. The size of the electroweak one-loop corrections can be as large as the QCD corrections. The full one-loop contributions are important for the correct interpretation of heavy Higgs boson search results at the LHC and, if kinematically allowed, at a future linear e+e- collider. The evaluation of the branching ratios of the heavy Higgs bosons will be implemented into the Fortran code FeynHiggs.
description: 45 pages, 18 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1111.7289, arXiv:1204.4001
The Genetic Diversity of Rickettsiella Symbionts in Ixodes ricinus Throughout Europe
Creators: name: Garcia-Vozmediano, Aitor
name: Tomassone, Laura
name: Fonville, Manoj
name: Bertolotti, Luigi
name: Heylen, Dieter
name: Fabri, Nannet D.
name: Medlock, Jolyon M.
name: Nijhof, Ard M.
name: Hansford, Kayleigh M.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Rickettsiella
subject: Tick-borne bacteria co-infection
subject: Facultative symbionts
subject: Ixodes ricinus ecology
subject: Tick-borne pathogens
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Rickettsiella species are bacterial symbionts that are present in a great variety of arthropod species, including ixodid ticks. However, little is known about their genetic diversity and distribution in Ixodes ricinus, as well as their relationship with other tick-associated bacteria. In this study, we investigated the occurrence and the genetic diversity of Rickettsiella spp. in I. ricinus throughout Europe and evaluated any preferential and antagonistic associations with Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and the pathogens Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Borrelia miyamotoi. Rickettsiella spp. were detected in most I. ricinus populations investigated, encompassing a wide array of climate types and environments. The infection prevalence significantly differed between geographic locations and was significantly higher in adults than in immature life stages. Phylogenetic investigations and protein characterization disclosed four Rickettsiella clades (I–IV). Close phylogenetic relations were observed between Rickettsiella strains of I. ricinus and other arthropod species. Isolation patterns were detected for Clades II and IV, which were restricted to specific geographic areas. Lastly, although coinfections occurred, we did not detect significant associations between Rickettsiella spp. and the other tick-associated bacteria investigated. Our results suggest that Rickettsiella spp. are a genetically and biologically diverse facultative symbiont of I. ricinus and that their distribution among tick populations could be influenced by environmental components.
The Rohingya Muslims: a Burmese folk devil
Creators: name: Badgett, Kimberly
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2023

description: Starting August 25, 2017, the Burmese military began a retaliatory campaign triggered by a handful of militant Rohingya insurgency attacks on Burmese law enforcement posts in the Northern Rakhine State in Myanmar. The military conducted a violent crackdown upon Rohingya men, women, and children, forcing over 700,000 Rohingya to flee to refugee camps in Southeast Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees fled massacres, gang rapes, torture, and arson of entire villages. Allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity are presently under investigation before two international courts. This study investigates the complex sociohistorical context and conditions that converged over time in Myanmar, preceding the military-led mass atrocities of 2017, leaving the Rohingya population at acute risk of harm. I inquired how the Burmese military readily succeeded in this task, with widespread Buddhist civilian approval and sometimes even assistance. To explain the processes that led to the military’s successful expulsion of the Rohingya, I utilize multiple methods of qualitative data analysis. I begin with a historiographic analysis to establish a historical knowledge baseline. Then, I conduct critical discourse analyses of two strains of Burmese nationalism, traditional and religious. I conduct two additional analyses using data from 52 in-depth interviews conducted in 2019 (32 males and 20 females) in the Bangladesh refugee camps. The first is a narrative analysis of history from the perspectives of Rohingya refugees. The second is a thematic analysis of interviews to identify the most prominent themes of their lived experience in Myanmar before fleeing to Bangladesh. Contemporary narratives are analyzed through two closely related theoretical frameworks: ethnic nationalism, and ethnic conflict. The most recent years are analyzed through moral panic theory to explain how other Burmese civilians readily tolerated, even cheered, mass atrocities against the Rohingya. Findings from this study indicate that since 2012, the Buddhist nationalism movement normalized oppression, ostracization, and expulsion of the Rohingya to new heights, enabling law enforcement groups to commit abuses before 2016-2017. The movement provoked moral panic among Burmese Buddhists and, most consequentially, Rakhine Buddhist civilians. The movement used mechanisms of moral disengagement in promoting their ideology and as a means of self-exoneration. A collective attitude of existential fear of, and contempt for, the Rohingya presence enabled the military to conduct a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing, including areas of genocide, with domestic impunity. This study highlights the special significance of the dehumanization of Rohingya by Buddhist nationalists in enabling atrocities and suggests the power of humanization as a potential intervention strategy in moral panic situations that pose a risk for genocide.
Interprofessional education faculty development survey: Perspectives on IPE and collaborative practice and COVID-19
Creators: name: Yorke, A
name: Hoelscher, D
name: Stalburg, CM
name: Daniels, T
name: Aebersold, M
name: Patterson, V
name: Keune, K
name: Ginier, E
name: Duffy, E
name: Thiel, M
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022
Subjects: COVID-19
Faculty development
Interprofessional education
Interprofessional education competencies
Survey

description: The cancellation of in-person classes in March 2020 due to COVID-19 caused a sudden shift in the educational experiences of health profession students enrolled at the University of Michigan (U-M). With the move to remote learning, educators engaging in interprofessional education (IPE) were faced with the challenge of preparing students for interprofessional collaboration from a distance. A survey was designed to investigate the impact of the pandemic on IPE practices and discover educator development needs. Faculty and staff from 10 health sciences schools within the U-M and Michigan Medicine were invited to complete a survey investigating their use of IPE competencies prior to, during, and after the pandemic; their development needs; and their ideas for future implementation of IPE and collaborative practice. Fifty-six percent of respondents reported their ability to teach IPE competencies was impacted by changes related to COVID. There was a significant (p ≤ 0.001) difference between self-report of incorporating IPE competencies prior to and during pandemic and during and into the future across all five competencies. Technology was reported as a challenge when teaching IPE, and a need for future faculty development. Leveraging virtual and case-based learning and increasing collaboration between schools were identified as ideas for future implementation.
Exact results for sheared polar active suspensions with variable liquid crystalline order
Creators: name: Loisy, Aurore
name: Thompson, Anthony P.
name: Eggers, Jens
name: Liverpool, Tanniemola B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a confined sheared active polar liquid crystal with a uniform orientation and study the effect of variations in the magnitude of polarization. Restricting our analysis to one-dimensional geometries, we demonstrate that with asymmetric boundary conditions, this system is characterized, macroscopically, by a linear shear stress vs. shear strain relationship that does not pass through the origin: At a zero strain rate, the fluid sustains a non-zero stress. Analytic solutions for the polarization, density, and velocity fields are derived for asymptotically large or small systems and are shown by comparison with precise numerical solutions to be good approximations for finite-size systems.
Alain Aspect's experiments on Bell's theorem: A turning point in the history of the research on the foundations of quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Junior, Olival Freire
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Alain Aspect's three experiments on Bell's theorem, published in the early 1980s, were a turning point in the history of the research on the foundations of quantum mechanics not only because they corroborated entanglement as the distinctive quantum signature but also because these experiments brought wider recognition to this field of research and Aspect himself. These experiments may be considered the most direct precursors of the research on quantum information, which would blossom a decade later.
description: 22 pages, Paper to be published in the European Physical Journal D topical issue titled Quantum Optics of Light and Matter: Honouring Alain Aspect
Natur und Philosophie im Gespräch
Creators: name: Derenbach, Rolf
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Natur
subject: Naturwissen
subject: Philosophie
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::100 Philosophie::100 Philosophie und Psychologie

description: Kann man Naturwissen auch einmal vergnüglich vermitteln? Jedenfalls kann man es versuchen! Vor kurzem habe ich eine Schrift „Beständig durch Bewegung - die Erde“ abgeschlossen. Von der Astronomie, über die Geographie der Erdoberfläche und über die vier Hüllen - die Luft, das Wasser, die Gesteine und die Vegetation - habe ich mir jeweils das Wichtigste erarbeitet, und dies jeweils unter dem Gesichtspunkt ihrer Bewegungsursachen dargestellt. Es war eine Arbeit der Eigenpädagogik, des Interesses von Jugend an. Dass diese Studie im Portal der FU Berlin aufgenommen wurde und auch viele Leser und Leserinnen gefunden hat, hat mich sehr gefreut. Nun, so dachte ich, könnte man eine Art Theaterstück daraus machen. Der "Plott" ist so angelegt. Vier sehr bekannte Philosophen erhalten den Auftrag, Näheres zu erkunden, und zwar im Himmel. Da in ihrer Zeit Naturwissenschaft nicht zum Bildungskanon gehörte, ist für sie vieles neu in den Bereichen des unendlich Großen wie des unendlich Kleinen, des sehr Einfachen und des sehr Mannigfaltigen. Sechs Tage dauert der Besuch, am siebten Tag kehren sie zurück, um zu berichten. Es kommt jedoch anders als vorgesehen. Sie werden von einem Assistenten begleitet, der ein Protokoll zu erstellen hat, das im Archiv zurückgeblieben ist. Die Anregung, ein fiktives Protokoll zu verfassen, geht auf Jan Potocki´s Roman "Manuscript trouvé a Saragosse" (in deutscher Fassung „Die Handschrift von Saragossa“, die nicht kenntlich macht, dass der Verfasser sich hinter einer erfundenen Gestalt versteckt) zurück.
A near-infrared SETI experiment: instrument overview
Creators: name: Wright, Shelley A.
name: Werthimer, Dan
name: Treffers, Richard R.
name: Maire, Jerome
name: Marcy, Geoffrey W.
name: Stone, Remington P. S.
name: Drake, Frank
name: Meyer, Elliot
name: Dorval, Patrick
name: Siemion, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We are designing and constructing a new SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) instrument to search for direct evidence of interstellar communications via pulsed laser signals at near-infrared wavelengths. The new instrument design builds upon our past optical SETI experiences, and is the first step toward a new, more versatile and sophisticated generation of very fast optical and near-infrared pulse search devices. We present our instrumental design by giving an overview of the opto-mechanical design, detector selection and characterization, signal processing, and integration procedure. This project makes use of near-infrared (950-1650 nm) discrete amplification Avalanche Photodiodes (APD) that have greater than 1 GHz bandwidths with low noise characteristics and moderate gain (~10^4). We have investigated the use of single versus multiple detectors in our instrument (see Maire et al., this conference), and have optimized the system to have both high sensitivity and low false coincidence rates. Our design is optimized for use behind a 1m telescope and includes an optical camera for acquisition and guiding. A goal is to make our instrument relatively economical and easy to duplicate. We describe our observational setup and our initial search strategies for SETI targets, and for potential interesting compact astrophysical objects.
description: Proceedings of the SPIE, 9147-18
[Blog] Monitoring flood using Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities.docx
Creators: name: Dua, Ishneet Kaur
name: Patel, Parth Girish
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 410103
subject: Human impacts of climate change and human adaptation

description: This study demonstrates the use of Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities for flood monitoring using satellite imagery. It leverages Sentinel-2 data from the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) to analyze changes in water levels along the Mississippi River. The workflow includes data access through SageMaker's geospatial API, preprocessing of satellite images, and application of a pre-trained land cover segmentation model. The study utilizes Earth Observation Jobs (EOJs) for automated data retrieval and model inference, eliminating the need for manual model development. Post-processing involves calculating water surface area from the segmentation outputs and visualizing changes over time. The approach showcases how SageMaker's geospatial tools streamline the entire process from data acquisition to insight generation, enabling rapid and efficient flood monitoring across large areas. This methodology offers significant advantages over conventional techniques, providing valuable resources for disaster management agencies and researchers involved in flood response and mitigation.
title: Being “Always On” in Vehicles – The use of Apps While Driving Bears Risks
Creators: name: Franz, Benjamin
name: Zöller, Ilka
name: Kauer, Michaela
name: Schulz, Leander
name: Abendroth, Bettina
name: Bruder, Ralph
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023

description: The availability of Smartphones leads to an increased demand for being “always on”. This demand does not only include being always on during everyday life but also demanding Smartphone usage while driving. Many previous studies have shown that using a mobile phone while driving does have an impact on driving safety, but little is known about Smartphone and infotainment usage. This paper presents an online survey with 215 participants, which was conducted at the Institute of Ergonomics of the Technische Universität Darmstadt. The aim of the survey was to identify needs, requirements, wishes and usage patterns of drivers to the issue of using mobile devices and infotainment systems during driving. Results show that current drivers use Smartphones and infotainment systems while driving, even though they are aware of the associated risks and have often experienced hazardous situations that can be traced back to that usage. Additionally, drivers perceived the usage of internet and applications as more distracting than the use of mobile phones. Still, participants were not willing to omit usage but rather demanded for better display and control concepts. The implications of the results are discussed within this paper.
A Compact TPC for the sPHENIX Experiment
Creators: name: Klest, Henry T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The sPHENIX detector to be installed at RHIC in 2022 is designed to precisely measure jets, jet correlations, and dilepton pairs in heavy-ion collisions. With these measurements in mind, sPHENIX will employ a compact TPC covering 20cm < r < 78 cm and |η| < 1.1 as the central tracker. Utilizing an optimized Ar-CF4 gas mixture, zigzag readout pads, a 1.4 T solenoid, and a modified SAMPA chip for streaming readout, the TPC will provide a position resolution sufficient for measuring target observables in a high event rate environment. The design of the TPC will be discussed, as well as test beam data and potential applicability to the EIC
description: Proceedings submitted to the 2021 International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics (TIPP2021)
Estimate of Solar Maximum using the 1-8 Å$\,$Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites X-ray Measurements
Creators: name: Winter, L. M.
name: Balasubramaniam, K. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an alternate method of determining the progression of the solar cycle through an analysis of the solar X-ray background. Our results are based on the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) X-ray data in the 1-8 Å$\,$band from 1986 - present, covering solar cycles 22, 23, and 24. The X-ray background level tracks the progression of the solar cycle through its maximum and minimum. Using the X-ray data, we can therefore make estimates of the solar cycle progression and date of solar maximum. Based upon our analysis, we conclude that the Sun reached its hemisphere-averaged maximum in Solar Cycle 24 in late 2013. This is within six months of the NOAA prediction of a maximum in Spring 2013.
description: 5 pages, accepted to ApJL
title: Ergonomics of cockpits in cars
Creators: name: Abendroth, Bettina
name: Landau, Kurt
Publisher: name: CRC Press
Year: 2023

description: It is essential that designers of motor-vehicle cockpits see the driver as part of the driver-vehicle-environment system. This entry starts by systematizing the factors influencing the driver-vehicle-environment system and then goes on to examine features, such as design of signals, controls, and driver assistance systems. The section entitled “Anthropometrics in the vehicle cockpit” deals with the question of anthropometrics in cockpit design.
Immigrazione irregolare e diritti umani: la prospettiva della Corte EDU e della Corte UE
Creators: name: Fernández Sánchez, Pablo Antonio
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2020
Subjects: Irregular migrants
Generic rights of migrants
Specific rights of migrants
ECHR and migrants
CJEU and migrants

description: States have the right to regulate the presence of foreigners in their territory, provided that such regulation is not contrary to their international obligations, especially within the European framework. The European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union have established in their jurisprudence some limits with regard to the granting of generic and specific rights. The objective of this article is to determine these rights (both generic and specific) on the basis of the jurisprudence of both European courts with regard to irregular foreigners.
Designing Human-Centered Algorithms for the Public Sector: A Case Study of the U.S. Child-Welfare System
Creators: name: Saxena, Devansh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The U.S. Child Welfare System (CWS) is increasingly seeking to emulate business models of the private sector centered in efficiency, cost reduction, and innovation through the adoption of algorithms. These data-driven systems purportedly improve decision-making, however, the public sector poses its own set of challenges with respect to the technical, theoretical, cultural, and societal implications of algorithmic decision-making. To fill these gaps, my dissertation comprises four studies that examine: 1) how caseworkers interact with algorithms in their day-to-day discretionary work, 2) the impact of algorithmic decision-making on the nature of practice, organization, and street-level decision-making, 3) how casenotes can help unpack patterns of invisible labor and contextualize decision-making processes, and 4) how casenotes can help uncover deeper systemic constraints and risk factors that are hard to quantify but directly impact families and street-level decision-making. My goal for this research is to investigate systemic disparities and design and develop algorithmic systems that are centered in the theory of practice and improve the quality of human discretionary work. These studies have provided actionable steps for human-centered algorithm design in the public sector.
Supplementary document for Refractive index sensing based on surface plasmon-coupled emission excited by reverse Kretschmann or Tamm structure - 6043279.pdf
Creators: name: Shen, Zhe
name: Hongda, Yu
name: zhang, lin
name: Chen, Yikai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Plasma Physics

description: The content of this document includes the use of practical light sources such as focused radially, linearly, and circularly beams to simulate the excitation process of SPCE.
BBN constraints on MeV-scale dark sectors. Part I. Sterile decays
Creators: name: Hufnagel, Marco
name: Schmidt-Hoberg, Kai
name: Wild, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2017

description: We study constraints from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis on inert particles in a dark sector which contribute to the Hubble rate and therefore change the predictions of the primordial nuclear abundances. We pay special attention to the case of MeV-scale particles decaying into dark radiation, which are neither fully relativistic nor non-relativistic during all temperatures relevant to Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. As an application we discuss the implications of our general results for models of self-interacting dark matter with light mediators.
Il capitale sociale conta per gli outcomes (macro)economici?
Creators: name: Fiorillo, Damiano
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2005
Subjects: Capitale sociale robusto
Exchangeability
Identificazione

description: Il lavoro analizza due questioni aperte nella letteratura sul capitale sociale, vale a dire se dalle diverse nozioni di capitale sociale è possibile individuare un concetto robusto dal punto di vista empirico e se gli studi empirici che lo supportano soffrono delle “questioni econometriche” sollevate da Durlauf (2002a). Nell’effettuare questa investigazione, restringiamo la nostra analisi ai principali contributi della letteratura empirica cross-country e cross-region su capitale sociale e performance economiche. Riguardo alla prima questione, riscontriamo elementi sufficienti almeno per non rifiutare una versione ridotta della robustezza. Riguardo al “sogno empirico” di Durlauf, mostriamo che i problemi di exchangeability e di identificazione evidenziati da questo autore affliggono praticamente tutti i più importanti studi empirici relativi alla relazione tra il capitale sociale e la crescita economica
A near-infrared SETI experiment: probability distribution of false coincidences
Creators: name: Maire, Jérôme
name: Wright, Shelley A.
name: Werthimer, Dan
name: Treffers, Richard R.
name: Marcy, Geoffrey W.
name: Stone, Remington P. S.
name: Drake, Frank
name: Siemion, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A Search for Extraterrestrial Life (SETI), based on the possibility of interstellar communication via laser signals, is being designed to extend the search into the near-infrared spectral region (Wright et al, this conference). The dedicated near-infrared (900 to 1700 nm) instrument takes advantage of a new generation of avalanche photodiodes (APD), based on internal discrete amplification. These discrete APD (DAPD) detectors have a high speed response ($>$ 1 GHz) and gain comparable to photomultiplier tubes, while also achieving significantly lower noise than previous APDs. We are investigating the use of DAPD detectors in this new astronomical instrument for a SETI search and transient source observations. We investigated experimentally the advantages of using a multiple detector device operating in parallel to remove spurious signals. We present the detector characterization and performance of the instrument in terms of false positive detection rates both theoretically and empirically through lab measurements. We discuss the required criteria that will be needed for laser light pulse detection in our experiment. These criteria are defined to optimize the trade between high detection efficiency and low false positive coincident signals, which can be produced by detector dark noise, background light, cosmic rays, and astronomical sources. We investigate experimentally how false coincidence rates depend on the number of detectors in parallel, and on the signal pulse height and width. We also look into the corresponding threshold to each of the signals to optimize the sensitivity while also reducing the false coincidence rates. Lastly, we discuss the analytical solution used to predict the probability of laser pulse detection with multiple detectors.
description: Proceedings of SPIE, 9147-173
Supplementary document for Flexible GaN-based Microscale Light-Emitting Diodes with Batch Transfer by Wet Etching - 5978365.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Jiangwen
name: Hua, Qilin
name: Sha, Wei
name: Chen, Jiwei
name: Dai, Xinhuan
name: Niu, Jianan
name: Xiao, Junfeng
name: Hu, Weiguo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Experiment sections and some date results
Tutela della salute pubblica ed assistenza economica e finanziaria agli Stati membri dell’Unione europea in tempo di emergenza sanitaria
Creators: name: Battaglia, Francesco
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2020
Subjects: Covid-19
Human health
Financial assistance to Member States
European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
Recovery fund

description: This article conducts an analysis of the instruments providing financial support for Member States in conjunction with the rules on the protection of human health, in order to assess if the latter have oriented the reaction of the European Union and its Member States to the Covid-19. The crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, in fact, is of dual nature: it is a threat to human health and, at the same time, it requires huge financial resources for the recovery. Firstly, the author analyzes the main elements of the crisis. Secondly, the author focuses on the horizontal clauses that should orient the response of the EU to the pandemic, including Art. 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Finally, the author examines some instruments giving financial assistance to Member States that could be activated to face the pandemic, in particular the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the draft Recovery Fund announced by the European Commission.
Gravity from the Determinant of the Energy-Momentum: Astrophysical Implications
Creators: name: Azri, Hemza
name: Nasri, Salah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Determinants of the second-rank tensors stand useful in forming generally invariant terms as in the case of the volume element of the gravitational actions. Here, we extend the action of the matter fields by an arbitrary function $f(D)$ of the determinants of their energy-momentum, and the metric, $D=|\textbf{det}.T|/|\textbf{det}.g|$. We derive the gravitational field equations and examine the nonlinear terms induced by the determinant, specifically, the inverse of the energy-momentum tensor. We also show that these extensions require a nonzero stress-energy tensor for the vacuum. We propose a scale-free model, $f(D)=λD^{1/4}$, and show how it induces the familiar invariant terms formed by the trace of the energy-momentum tensor by expanding the action around the stress-energy of the vacuum. We study the hydrostatic equilibrium equations for a neutron star by providing relevant values of the dimensionless constant $λ$. We show that the differences from the predictions of general relativity, in the mass-radius relations, which are sensitive to the equations of state, are conspicuous for $λ\sim -10^{-2}$. We also show that the model does not affect the predictions on the primordial nucleosynthesis when it is applied to the early radiation era. This novel and unfamiliar type of gravity-matter coupling can lead to a rich phenomenology in gravitational physics.
description: to appear in PLB
Travisia (Annelida: Travisiidae) - A DELTA Intkey interactive key to species
Creators: name: Wilson, Robin Stephen
name: Avery, Lynda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Annelida
Travisiidae
Travisia
Delta
Intkey

description: This repository contains an interactive key using the Delta Intkey software which allows identification of all species of Travisia recognised in Read & Fauchald (2023) and was used in the preparation of Avery et al. (2023). Several incompletely known subspecies and un-named OTUs are also included. Installation of Open Delta (Atlas of Living Australia, 2014) is required. Download and expand the .zip archive and open the file intkey.ink in Intkey.
 Two separate documents, generated from the same Delta database, provide a list of characters, and descriptions and diagnoses of all Travisia species. A Nexus format file generated from the same data is also included. Atlas of Living Australia (2014) Open-delta. A Java port of the Delta - DEscription Language for TAxonomy suite of applications into Java. Available from: https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/open-delta (July 12, 2023). Avery L, Vodopyanov S, Wilson RS (2023) New species of Travisia Johnston, 1840 (Annelida, Travisiidae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82: 133–142. https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2023.82.07 . Read GB, Fauchald K (2023) The World Polychaeta Database. Available from: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/ (July 12, 2023). _____________________________
 Version 1.01 6 September 2023 Due to previously undetected formatting errors, Version 1.00 ran in Open Delta Intkey (Atlas of Living Australia, 2014) but not in the original CSIRO Delta Intkey (Dallwitz, 2020). Version 1.01 corrects these errors and now runs in both versions of Intkey. Several other formatting and typographical errors not related to the taxonomic characters have also been corrected.
 Atlas of Living Australia (2014) Open-delta. A Java port of the Delta - DEscription Language for TAxonomy suite of applications into Java. Available from: https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/open-delta (July 12, 2023).
 Dallwitz MJ (2020) Installing and running the programs of the DELTA System. Reports, Division of Entomology CSIRO Australia. Available from: https://www.delta-intkey.com/www/programs.htm (January 31, 2023). Only 5 species have images in this version, attempting to view the image for other species will generate an error message. This situation will improve with future versions as images with appropriate Creative Commons licenses are obtained.
Towards a Learner-Centered Explainable AI: Lessons from the learning sciences
Creators: name: Kawakami, Anna
name: Guerdan, Luke
name: Cheng, Yang
name: Sun, Anita
name: Hu, Alison
name: Glazko, Kate
name: Arechiga, Nikos
name: Lee, Matthew
name: Carter, Scott
name: Zhu, Haiyi
name: Holstein, Kenneth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this short paper, we argue for a refocusing of XAI around human learning goals. Drawing upon approaches and theories from the learning sciences, we propose a framework for the learner-centered design and evaluation of XAI systems. We illustrate our framework through an ongoing case study in the context of AI-augmented social work.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures
Supplementary document for Non-line-of-sight imaging based on an untrained deep decoder network - 6037125.pdf
Creators: name: Wu, Huazheng
name: Liu, Shoupei
name: Meng, Xiang-Feng
name: Yang, Xiulun
name: Yin, Yongkai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document