cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Robust Multigrid for Isogeometric Analysis Based on Stable Splittings of Spline Spaces
Creators: name: Hofreither, Clemens
name: Takacs, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present a robust and efficient multigrid method for single-patch isogeometric discretizations using tensor product B-splines of maximum smoothness. Our method is based on a stable splitting of the spline space into a large subspace of interior splines which satisfy a robust inverse inequality, as well as one or several smaller subspaces which capture the boundary effects responsible for the spectral outliers which occur in Isogeometric Analysis. We then construct a multigrid smoother based on an additive subspace correction approach, applying a different smoother to each of the subspaces. For the interior splines, we use a mass smoother, whereas the remaining components are treated with suitably chosen Kronecker product smoothers or direct solvers. We prove that the resulting multigrid method exhibits iteration numbers which are robust with respect to the spline degree and the mesh size. Furthermore, it can be efficiently realized for discretizations of problems in arbitrarily high geometric dimension. Some numerical examples illustrate the theoretical results and show that the iteration numbers also scale relatively mildly with the problem dimension.
Lonchophylla robusta Miller 1912
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Lonchophylla
Lonchophylla robusta

description: Lonchophylla robusta Miller, 1912. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 42:23. TYPE LOCALITY: Panama, Canal Zone, Rio Chilibrillo, near Alahuela. DISTRIBUTION: Nicaragua to Venezuela and Ecuador. COMMENT: Although specimens from Panama are larger than those from Costa Rica, the species is still regarded as monotypic; see Walton, 1963, Tulane Stud. Zool., 10(2):87-90. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008018003001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 158, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Walton, D. W. 1963. A collection of the bat Lonchophylla robusta Miller from Costa Rica. Tulane Studies in Zoology, 10: 87 - 90."]}
Hybridized exciton-polariton resonances in core-shell nanoparticles
Creators: name: Gentile, Martin J.
name: Barnes, William L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The goal of nanophotonics is to control and manipulate light at length scales below the diffraction limit. Typically nanostructured metals are used for this purpose, light being confined by exploiting the surface plasmon-polaritons such structures support. Recently excitonic (molecular) materials have been identified as an alternative candidate material for nanophotonics. Here we use theoretical modelling to explore how hybridisation of surface exciton-polaritons can be achieved through appropriate nanostructuring. We focus on the extent to which the frequency of the hybridised modes can be shifted with respect to the underlying material resonances.
description: 16 pages, 9 figures
Prospects on Mapping Ionized Bubbles and Tracing the Global Evolution of the Ionized Structures during the Epoch of Reionization with Roman Space Telescope
Creators: name: Jung, Intae
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cosmology and Large Scale Surveys

description: The first year of JWST NIRSpec observations has already produced numerous spectroscopic confirmations of galaxies during the epoch of reionization (EoR) via the detection of Lyman-break or strong optical emission lines, unhindered by neutral gas in the intergalactic medium (IGM). This breakthrough has allowed for a more detailed exploration of the formation and evolution of galaxies during the EoR, which played a key role in the process of reionization. The Roman telescope's capabilities of a blind emission-line search within its vast field of view (0.281deg^2) will provide additional transformative scientific opportunities to JWST's discoveries, enabling an efficient and unbiased search for Lyman-alpha from galaxies in the EoR. While Lyman-alpha is rather limited as a spectroscopic redshift tracer due to its strong attenuation by the IGM in the EoR, it is, in other words, a tracer of ionized bubbles in the mostly neutral IGM. Reionization models suggest that the size of single ionized bubbles at z ~ 7 - 8 is around ~10cMpc (or ~5’) in radius, where the most luminous galaxies (mAB ~ 25mag) coexist with their fainter companions. A deep grism observation of ~12hr exposure with Roman, for example, can reach a line sensitivity of ~1.5e-17 cgs, corresponding to Lyman-alpha of EW=20A from the luminous galaxies. One pointing of such deep exposure with Roman will be able to map a few tens of ionized bubbles and trace the global evolution of ionized structures via Lyman-alpha from JWST-identified galaxies.
The role of historical enquiry in developing historical understanding
Creators: name: Turner, Andrew John.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Lonchophylla thomasi J. A. Allen 1904
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Lonchophylla
Lonchophylla thomasi

description: Lonchophylla thomasi J. A. Allen, 1904. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 20:230. TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Bolivar, Ciudad Bolivar. DISTRIBUTION: E. Panama; Colombia; Venezuela; Guianas; Amazonian Brazil; Peru; Bolivia. COMMENT: Specimens of this species have frequently been confused with concava, mordax, and Lionycteris spurrelli; see Taddei et al., 1978, Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi, Belem, 92:1, 2; and Koopman, 1978, Am. Mus. Novit., 2651:1-33. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008018004001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on pages 158-159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Taddei, V. A., L. D. Vizotto, and I. Sazima. 1978. Notas sobre Lionycteris e Lonchophylla nas colecoes do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Nova Serie, Zoologia, 92: 1 - 14."]}
DBD in burst mode: solution for more efficient CO2 conversion?
Creators: name: Ozkan, A
name: Dufour, Thierry
name: Silva, T
name: Britun, N
name: Snyders, R
name: Reniers, F
name: Bogaerts, A
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: CO2 conversion into value-added products has gained significant interest over the few last years, as the greenhouse gas concentrations constantly increase due to anthropogenic activities. Here we report on experiments for CO2 conversion by means of a cold atmospheric plasma using a cylindrical flowing dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor. A detailed comparison of this DBD ignited in a so-called burst mode (i.e. where an AC voltage is applied during a limited amount of time) and pure AC mode is carried out to evaluate their effect on the conversion of CO2 as well as on the energy efficiency. Decreasing the duty cycle in the burst mode from 100% (i.e. corresponding to pure AC mode) to 40% leads to a rise in the conversion from 16--26% and to a rise in the energy efficiency from 15 to 23%. Based on a detailed electrical analysis, we show that the conversion correlates with the features of the microfilaments. Moreover, the root-mean-square voltage in the burst mode remains constant as a function of the process time for the duty cycles \textless{}70%, while a higher duty cycle or the usual pure AC mode leads to a clear voltage decay by more than 500 V, over approximately 90 s, before reaching a steady state regime. The higher plasma voltage in the burst mode yields a higher electric field. This causes the increasing the electron energy, and therefore their involvement in the CO2 dissociation process, which is an additional explanation for the higher CO2 conversion and energy efficiency in the burst mode.
Lonchorhina Tomes 1863
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Lonchorhina

description: Lonchorhina Tomes, 1863. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863:81. REVIEWED BY: R. Barquez (RB); J. Molinari (JML); W. D. Webster (WDW). COMMENT: Reviewed by Hernandez-Camacho and Cadena-G., 1978, Caldasia, 12:200-251. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008005000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Biopolitical Revival: Love, Care, and Subject (Re)formation Inside the Chicago Recovery Alliance
Creators: name: Kundassery, Keshav
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: harm reduction
subject: medical anthropology
subject: homelessness
subject: drug use
subject: biopolitics
subject: urban anthropology
subject: radical care
subject: love

description: The harm reduction movement in the United States began as a subversive grassroots effort to provide clean needles to drug users during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. By the late 1990s, harm reduction nonprofit organizations cropped up and started to earn a significant amount of funding from some states and municipalities. Many scholars have argued that these government-funded harm reduction organizations are mere co-optations of a radical movement by the state for its biopolitical ends. This thesis pushes against this scholarly bent, arguing that harm reductionists are engaged in biopolitical revolution, a fraught attempt to recover a fading biopolitics by configuring radically new ways of thinking about care, love, and the self. Their politics are acutely responsive to the demands of the current moment – one in which 20th century biopolitics is fading, and something far more sinister threatens to take its place.
Assessment : the movie : the alignment of assessment with 21st Century classroom learning and teaching practices
Creators: name: Shiels, Margaret.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Factors Related to Buying Behavior of Eco-cars of Consumers in Laem Chabang, Chonburi Province
Creators: name: Chompoonut Rianpreecha
Publisher: name: DR.KEN Institute of Academic Development and Promotion
Year: 2022
Subjects: ECO-CARs
Buying Behavior
Consumer

description: Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal, 2, 4, 389-404
Lonchorhina aurita Tomes 1863
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Lonchorhina
Lonchorhina aurita

description: Lonchorhina aurita Tomes, 1863. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., p. 83. REVIEWED BY: B. Villa-Ramirez (BVR). TYPE LOCALITY: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad. DISTRIBUTION: Oaxaca (Mexico) to S. E. Brazil; Venezuela; Bolivia; Peru; Ecuador; Trinidad; perhaps New Providence Isl. (Bahama Isis.). COMMENT: Includes occidentalis; see Jones and Carter, 1976:10, who also discussed the questionable Bahamian record. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008005001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Jones, J. K., Jr., and D. C. Carter. 1976. Annotated checklist, with keys to subfamilies and genera. Part I. Pp. 7 - 38, in Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part I (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones, Jr., and D. C. Carter, eds.). Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, 10: 1 - 218."]}
Quasi-analytical solutions of hybrid platform and the optimization of highly sensitive thin-film sensors for terahertz radiation
Creators: name: Tapsanit, Piyawath
name: Yamashita, Masatsugu
name: Ishihara, Teruya
name: Otani, Chiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present quasi-analytical solutions (QANS) of hybrid platform (HP) comprising metallic grating (MG) and stacked-dielectric layers for terahertz (THz) radiation. The QANS are validated by finite difference time domain simulation. It is found that the Wood anomalies induce the high-order spoof surface plasmon resonances in the HP. The QANS are applied to optimize new perfect absorber for THz sensing of large-area thin film with ultrahigh figure of merit reaching fifth order of magnitude for the film thickness 0.0001p (p: MG period). The first-order Wood's anomaly of the insulator layer and the Fabry-Perot in the slit's cavity account for the resonance of the perfect absorber. The QANS and the new perfect absorber may lead to highly sensitive and practical nano-film refractive index sensor for THz radiation.
Implementing task-based language teaching (TBLT) in a Thai language classroom
Creators: name: Jenjintanant., Jintana
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Synthesis of conductive polymeric nanoparticles with hyaluronic acid based bioactive stabilizers for biomedical applications
Creators: name: Winters, Caitriona
name: Zamboni, Fernanda
name: Beaucamp McLoughlin, Anne
name: Culebras, Mario
name: COLLINS, MAURICE
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: In recent years, the use of organic materials to infer conductivity in biomedical devices has received increasing attention. Typical inorganic semiconductors and conductors are rigid and expensive, usually require multiple processing steps and are unsuitable for biomedical applications. Electrochemically or chemically doped conjugated polymers help to overcome these problems due to their stability, low cost, light weight and excellent electrical and optical properties. The conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) is the material of choice for biomedical applications as it is water soluble, however, there are growing concerns around its stabilizer, PSS, due to its release of acidic products upon degradation in-vivo. Here, we report the successful synthesis of PEDOT nanoparticles using hyaluronic acid (HA) as a stabilizer via an oxidative miniemulsion polymerisation technique. This improves the bioactivity and hydrophilicity of nanoparticles. The effect of varying amounts of HA and different molar ratios of EDOT:TOS has been studied and their role in the conductive and morphological properties of final nanoparticles has been fully elucidated. Furthermore, bioactivity and biocompatibility of the nanoparticles are demonstrated for customizable in vivo applications. Nanoparticles were found to have a conductivity up to 10 times greater than pristine PEDOT:PSS with increased addition of oxidant. The proposed easy-to-manufacture approach, along with the highlighted superior properties, expands the potential of conductive polymers in future customizable biological applications such as tissue scaffolds, nerve conduits and cardiac patches and represents a real breakthrough from the current state of the art.
On the road to becoming an English teacher : an autoethnographic narrative inquiry
Creators: name: Kirwan, Philippa.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Automated Attribution and Credit for Data: Connecting Publication to Data – and Data to Data Creators
Creators: name: Stall, Shelley
name: Specht, Alison
name: Mouquet, Nicolas
name: Mouillot, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Synthesis science
Data science
Socio-economic outcomes
Protected areas
Data management
Transnational

description: PARSEC Introduction: Advances in science, both today and in the future, depend on the openness, accessibility and reusability of data, software, samples, and data products. As environmental, ecological, and geological data represent single observations of dynamics they are critically important in aggregate. Global data on many phenomena and systems are essential for many applications, including weather prediction, hazardmitigation, water use, and have major economic benefits. Yet large amounts of research data related to the Earth and its ecosystems are either not well preserved or preserved at all. And when they arepreserved, the creator of those data is not always identified, resulting in difficulties in attributing the data resulting in proper credit. In some scientific domains, the practice of preserving data in a trusted repository is improving. During the last 18 months the Enabling FAIR Data project has made significant improvements in the common policies across the Earth, space, and environmental science journals and repositories. Many journals are now in the process of adopting new practices that require data to no longer be archived in the supplementary information of a paper, but instead placed in a repository with proper metadata, persistentidentifier, and links to the manuscript and data creators. Recently a new grant (PARSEC) has been awarded by the Belmont Forum to a group of international stakeholders working on the infrastructure of data sharing, reuse, and credit to make sure that all the elements needed for automated attribution are in place. Credit for data promotes data preservation, resulting in increasing data reuse. We are partnered with communities such as Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) and Research Data Alliance (RDA) as well as organizations such as ORCiD and DataCite to address challenges with data attribution and credit. In this poster we review the project objectives, planned timelines, and outreach efforts planned to improve automated attribution and credit for data. During the four-year project starting May 2019, the project team will conduct a transdisciplinary, transnational synthesis science project in parallel and in partnership with a project on the use and re-use of environmental and socioeconomic data to assess practices for managing and preserving data. The project is designed to provide a unique opportunity for data and synthesis scientists to collaborate and exchange in real- time toward the goals of improving research outcomes, data sharing, and data reuse. It will also help pioneer new scientific and data science technologies aimed at improving both the management and conservation of global biodiversity.
How do the barrier thickness and dielectric material influence the filamentary mode and CO2 conversion in a flowing DBD?
Creators: name: Ozkan, A
name: Dufour, Thierry
name: Bogaerts, A
name: Reniers, F
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dielectric barrier discharges (DBDs) are commonly used to generate cold plasmas at atmospheric pressure. Whatever their configuration (tubular or planar), the presence of a dielectric barrier is mandatory to prevent too much charge build up in the plasma and the formation of a thermal arc. In this article, the role of the barrier thickness (2.0, 2.4 and 2.8 mm) and of the kind of dielectric material (alumina, mullite, pyrex, quartz) is investigated on the filamentary behavior in the plasma and on the CO2 conversion in a tubular flowing DBD, by means of mass spectrometry measurements correlated with electrical characterization and IR imaging. Increasing the barrier thickness decreases the capacitance, while preserving the electrical charge. As a result, the voltage over the dielectric increases and a larger number of microdischarges is generated, which enhances the CO2 conversion. Furthermore, changing the dielectric material of the barrier, while keeping the same geometry and dimensions, also affects the CO2 conversion. The highest CO2 conversion and energy efficiency are obtained for quartz and alumina, thus not following the trend of the relative permittivity. From the electrical characterization, we clearly demonstrate that the most important parameters are the somewhat higher effective plasma voltage (yielding a somewhat higher electric field and electron energy in the plasma) for quartz, as well as the higher plasma current (and thus larger electron density) and the larger number of microdischarge filaments (mainly for alumina, but also for quartz). The latter could be correlated to the higher surface roughness for alumina and to the higher voltage over the dielectric for quartz.
Lonchorhina niarinkellei Hernandez-Camacho and Cadena-G. 1978
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Lonchorhina
Lonchorhina niarinkellei

description: Lonchorhina niarinkellei Hernandez-Camacho and Cadena-G., 1978. Caldasia, 12: 229. TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Vaupes, near Mitu, Durania. DISTRIBUTION: E. Colombia.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Off-axis QEPAS using a pulsed nanosecond Mid-Infrared Optical Parametric Oscillator
Creators: name: Lassen, Mikael
name: Lamard, Laurent
name: Feng, Yuyang
name: peremans, Andre
name: Petersen, Jan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A trace gas sensor, based on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS), consisting of two acoustically coupled micro-resonators (mR) with an off-axis 20 kHz quartz tuning fork (QTF) is demonstrated. The complete acoustically coupled mR system is optimized based on finite element simulations and experimentally verified. The QEPAS sensor is pumped resonantly by a nanosecond pulsed single-mode mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator (MIR OPO). The sensor is used for spectroscopic measurements on methane in the 3.1 um to 3.5 um wavelength region with a resolution bandwidth of 1 cm^-1 and a detection limit of 0.8 ppm. An Allan deviation analysis shows that the detection limit at optimum integration time for the QEPAS sensor is 32 ppbv@190s and that the background noise is solely due to the thermal noise of the QTF.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in optics letters
Lonchorhina orinocensis Linares and Ojasti 1971
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Lonchorhina
Lonchorhina orinocensis

description: Lonchorhina orinocensis Linares and Ojasti, 1971. Novid. Cient. Contrib. Occas. Mus. Hist. Nat. La Salle, Ser. Zool., 36:2. TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Bolivar, 50 km N.E. Puerto Paez, Boca de Villacoa. DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela; Colombia.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Understanding the concerns, challenges and barriers faced by student teachers in the early stages of learning to teach
Creators: name: Sykes, Jane .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Reactivity of water vapor in an atmospheric argon flowing post-discharge plasma torch
Creators: name: Collette, S
name: Dufour, Thierry
name: Reniers, F
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The reactivity of water vapor introduced in the flowing post-discharge of an RF atmospheric plasma torch is investigated through electrical characterization, optical emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry measurements. Due to the technical features of the plasma torch, the post-discharge can be considered as divided into two regions: an inner region (inside the plasma torch device) where the water vapor is injected and an outer region which directly interacts with the ambient air. The main reactions induced by the injection of water vapor are identified as well as those indicative of the influence of the ambient air. Plausible pathways allowing the production of H, OH, O radicals and H2O2 are discussed as well as reactions potentially responsible for inhomogeneities and for a low DC current measured in the flowing post-discharge. Keywords: atmospheric post-discharge, H2O plasma reactivity, RF plasma torch
Macrophyllum Gray 1838
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Macrophyllum

description: Macrophyllum Gray, 1838. Mag. Zool. Bot., 2: 489. REVIEWED BY: R. Barquez (RB); J. Molinari (JML); B. Villa-Ramirez (BVR); W. D. Webster (WDW). ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008006000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
On the Rotation Speed of the Milky Way Determined from HI Emission
Creators: name: Reid, M. J.
name: Dame, T. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The circular rotation speed of the Milky Way at the solar radius, Theta_o, has been estimated to be 220 km/s by fitting the maximum velocity of HI emission as a function of Galactic longitude. This result is in tension with a recent estimate of Theta_o=240 km/s, based on VLBI parallaxes and proper motions from the BeSSeL and VERA surveys for large numbers of high-mass star forming regions across the Milky Way. We find that the rotation curve best fitted to the VLBI data is slightly curved, and that this curvature results in a biased estimate of Theta_o from the HI data when a flat rotation curve is assumed. This relieves the tension between the methods and favors Theta_o=240 km/s.
description: 4 figures
Mortality and life expectancy forecasting for a group of populations in developed countries: A multilevel functional data method
Creators: name: Shang, Han Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 97K80

description: A multilevel functional data method is adapted for forecasting age-specific mortality for two or more populations in developed countries with high-quality vital registration systems. It uses multilevel functional principal component analysis of aggregate and population-specific data to extract the common trend and population-specific residual trend among populations. If the forecasts of population-specific residual trends do not show a long-term trend, then convergence in forecasts may be achieved. This method is first applied to age- and sex-specific data for the United Kingdom, and its forecast accuracy is then further compared with several existing methods, including independent functional data and product-ratio methods, through a multi-country comparison. The proposed method is also demonstrated by age-, sex- and state-specific data in Australia, where the convergence in forecasts can possibly be achieved by sex and state. For forecasting age-specific mortality, the multilevel functional data method is more accurate than the other coherent methods considered. For forecasting female life expectancy at birth, the multilevel functional data method is outperformed by the Bayesian method of \cite{RLG14}. For forecasting male life expectancy at birth, the multilevel functional data method performs better than the Bayesian methods in terms of point forecasts, but less well in terms of interval forecasts. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
description: 61 pages, 6 figures, 13 tables
Mechanism of Oxygen "buffering" by Caveolae
Creators: name: Davoudi, Samaneh
name: Wang, Qi
name: Patel, Hemal H
name: Pias, Sally C
name: Ghysels, An
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The ‘oxygen paradox’ can be explained as two opposing biological processes with oxygen (O2) as a reactant. On the one hand, oxygen is essential to aerobic metabolism, being used by mitochondria to fuel oxidative phosphorylation. On the other hand, an excess supply of oxygen will generate reactive species which are harmful for the cell. To maintain oxygen homeostasis, the first process should be maximized compared to the second one. We have hypothesized that curved and cholesterol-enriched membrane invaginations called caveolae help maintain the proper oxygen level by taking up oxygen and attenuating its release to the mitochondria. The mechanism by which caveolae may help to buffer the oxygen level in cells is still unclear. Here, we aim to assess how structural aspects of caveolae—namely the curvature and the cholesterol content of the membrane—influence the local oxygen abundance and the membrane permeability. We have modelled liposomes with varying size (curvature) and with varying ratios of phosphatidylcholine (POPC) and cholesterol, using molecular dynamics simulation. Associated changes in the oxygen free energy profile and permeability will be presented.
Study abroad students' place experience in Australian Beach : a critical interpretative study
Creators: name: Nakagawa, Yoshifumi.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Enhanced non-resonant light transmission through subwavelength slits in metal
Creators: name: Pors, Anders
name: Nerkararyan, Khachatur V.
name: Sahakyan, Khachik
name: Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analytically describe light transmission through a single subwavelength slit in a thin perfect electric conductor screen for the incident polarization being perpendicular to the slit, and derive simple, yet accurate, expressions for the average electric field in the slit and the transmission efficiency. The analytic results are consistent with full-wave numerical calculations, and demonstrate that slits of widths ~100nm in real metals may feature non-resonant (i.e., broadband) field enhancements of ~100 and transmission efficiency of ~10 at infrared or terahertz frequencies, with the associated metasurface-like array of slits becoming transparent to the incident light.
Macrophyllum macrophyllum
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Macrophyllum
Macrophyllum macrophyllum

description: Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Schinz, 1821). Das Thierreich, 1:163. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Bahia, Rio Mucuri. DISTRIBUTION: Tabasco (Mexico) to Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, S. E. Brazil, and N.E. Argentina. COMMENT: Reviewed by Harrison, 1975, Mamm. Species, 62:1-3. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008006001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Harrison, D. L. 1975. Macrophyllum macrophyllum. Mammalian Species, 62: 1 - 3."]}
Highly dynamic robotic leg for non-biomimetic walking robots
Creators: name: Baumgaertner, Jan
name: Bach, Johannes
name: Masia, Lorenzo
name: Badreddin, Essam
name: Pott, Peter P.
Publisher: name: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Year: 2022

description: Due to a predisposition of DNA to generate symmetric anatomy, there are no tripedal animals in nature. Yet, threelegged walking might be the sweet spot between the energy efficiency of bipeds and the stability of quadrupeds. This paper presents the non-biomimetic leg for the TriPed, a novel three-legged mobile walking robot that aims to study the advantages and disadvantages of three-legged walking. We showcase its new non-biomimetic leg design that allows for fast repositioning by keeping the leg mass close to the body. This is done using physical experiments as well as a simscape simulation. The experiments show that the legs are capable of moving about 3 m/s.
Macrotus Gray 1843
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Macrotus

description: Macrotus Gray, 1843. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843:21. REVIEWED BY: B. Villa-Ramirez (BVR); W. D. Webster (WDW). COMMENT: Revised by Anderson and Nelson, 1965, Am. Mus. Novit., 2212:1-39. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008007000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Anderson, S., and C. E. Nelson. 1965. A systematic revision of Macrotus (Chiroptera). American Museum Novitates, 2212: 1 - 39."]}
Influencing Expectations of a Return Apology
Creators: name: Weinbrecht, Emerson
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022

description: Romantic relationships are an important part of many people’s lives, but they are not immune to conflicts. The present study aimed to determine if individuals could be influenced to be the first to apologize in real, romantic relationship, mutual blame conversations by making them optimistic about getting a return apology. Participants engaged in a three-part study revolving around an unresolved mutual blame conflict they described having with their romantic partner. In survey 1 participants completed relationship and conflict measures and interacted with an optimism intervention specific to one of three experimental conditions (return apology, forgiveness, control). The intervention used was a hypothetical scenario vignette about a mutual blame conflict between a romantic couple, paired with having participants imagine their conflict in a similar context to that presented in the vignette. Those in the control condition read a vignette about the conflict without any additional text about a resolution. In the return apology condition text was added to increase optimism about receiving a return apology. In the forgiveness condition, text was added to increase optimism about receiving forgiveness without an apology. Following survey one and the intervention, participants engaged in a private conversation with their partner about their unresolved conflict. After the conversation participants completed survey 2, recording the presence of any apologies during the conversation, as well as completing exploratory conflict and conversation measures. The current paper concludes with the analysis of results and a discussion of their implications.
Origin of central abundances in the hot intra-cluster medium - II. Chemical enrichment and supernova yield models
Creators: name: Mernier, François
name: de Plaa, Jelle
name: Pinto, Ciro
name: Kaastra, Jelle S.
name: Kosec, Peter
name: Zhang, Yu-Ying
name: Mao, Junjie
name: Werner, Norbert
name: Pols, Onno R.
name: Vink, Jacco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) is rich in metals, which are synthesised by supernovae (SNe) and accumulate over time into the deep gravitational potential well of clusters of galaxies. Since most of the elements visible in X-rays are formed by type Ia (SNIa) and/or core-collapse (SNcc) supernovae, measuring their abundances gives us direct information on the nucleosynthesis products of billions of SNe since the epoch of the star formation peak (z~2-3). In this study, we compare the most accurate average X/Fe abundance ratios (compiled in a previous work from XMM-Newton EPIC and RGS observations of 44 galaxy clusters, groups, and ellipticals), representative of the chemical enrichment in the nearby ICM, to various SNIa and SNcc nucleosynthesis models found in the literature. The use of a SNcc model combined to any favoured standard SNIa model (deflagration or delayed-detonation) fails to reproduce our abundance pattern. In particular, the Ca/Fe and Ni/Fe ratios are significantly underestimated by the models. We show that the Ca/Fe ratio can be reproduced better, either by taking a SNIa delayed-detonation model that matches the observations of the Tycho supernova remnant, or by adding a contribution from the Ca-rich gap transient SNe, whose material should easily mix into the hot ICM. On the other hand, the Ni/Fe ratio can be reproduced better by assuming that both deflagration and delayed-detonation SNIa contribute in similar proportions to the ICM enrichment. In either case, the fraction of SNIa over the total number of SNe (SNIa+SNcc) contributing to the ICM enrichment ranges within 29-45%. This fraction is found to be systematically higher than the corresponding SNIa/SNe fraction contributing to the enrichment of the proto-solar environnement (15-25%). We also discuss and quantify two useful constraints on both SNIa and SNcc that can be inferred from the ICM abundance ratios.
description: 18 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Macrotus californiens Baird 1858
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Macrotus
Macrotus californiens

description: Macrotus californiens Baird, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 10: 116. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., California, Imperial Co., Old Fort Yuma. DISTRIBUTION: N. Sinaloa and S.W. Chihuahua (Mexico) to S. Nevada, S. California (U.S.A.); Baja California and Tamaulipas (Mexico). COMMENT: For a comparison with waterhousii, see Davis and Baker, 1974, Syst. Zool., 23:26, 34.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Davis, B. L., and R. J. Baker. 1974. Morphometrics, evolution, and cytotaxonomy of mainland bats of the genus Macrotus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Systematic Zoology, 23: 26 - 39."]}
Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Macrotus
Macrotus waterhousii

description: Macrotus waterhousii Gray, 1843. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843:21. TYPE LOCALITY: Haiti. DISTRIBUTION: Sonora to Hidalgo and Colima (Mexico) to Guatemala; Bahama Isis.; Jamaica; Cuba; Isle of Pines; Hispaniola; Beata Isl. COMMENT: Includes mexicanus; see Anderson and Nelson, 1965, Am. Mus. Novit., 2212:25. Reviewed by Anderson, 1969, Mamm. Species, 1: 1 -4. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008007001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Anderson, S., and C. E. Nelson. 1965. A systematic revision of Macrotus (Chiroptera). American Museum Novitates, 2212: 1 - 39."]}
VBCA: A Virtual Forces Clustering Algorithm for Autonomous Aerial Drone Systems
Creators: name: Brust, Matthias R.
name: Akbas, Mustafa Ilhan
name: Turgut, Damla
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We consider the positioning problem of aerial drone systems for efficient three-dimensional (3-D) coverage. Our solution draws from molecular geometry, where forces among electron pairs surrounding a central atom arrange their positions. In this paper, we propose a 3-D clustering algorithm for autonomous positioning (VBCA) of aerial drone networks based on virtual forces. These virtual forces induce interactions among drones and structure the system topology. The advantages of our approach are that (1) virtual forces enable drones to self-organize the positioning process and (2) VBCA can be implemented entirely localized. Extensive simulations show that our virtual forces clustering approach produces scalable 3-D topologies exhibiting near-optimal volume coverage. VBCA triggers efficient topology rearrangement for an altering number of nodes, while providing network connectivity to the central drone. We also draw a comparison of volume coverage achieved by VBCA against existing approaches and find VBCA up to 40\% more efficient.
Neurophysiological response to moderate aerobic exercise after sport-related concussion
Creators: name: Coenen, Jessica Ann Louise
Publisher: name: Universität Paderborn
Year: 2025

description: Sportassoziierte Concussion (SaC) ist eine leichte Form des Schädel-Hirn Traumas. Die diffuse axonale Verletzung der SRC führt zu veränderter Neurotransmission, metabolischen Veränderungen und Ionenverschiebungen. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass sich diese Veränderungen in den offensichtlichen Anzeichen und Symptomen widerspiegeln. Es besteht jedoch der Wunsch, objektive Marker zu finden, die die Pathologie widerspiegeln. Zunächst sollte man besser verstehen, wie die derzeitigen Rehabilitationsstrategien die physiologische Regeneration fördern. Es gibt immer mehr Belege für die positiven Auswirkungen von aerobem Training auf die Regeneration, aber es fehlt an Untersuchungen, die die zugrunde liegenden physiologischen Mechanismen untersuchen. Diese experimentelle Labor-Studie, zielte auf diese Forschungslücke ab, indem neurophysiologische Datensätze vor und nach dem Training gesammelt wurden. Funktionelle Konnektivitätsmaße und Small-World-Eigenschaften wurden extrahiert, und bei allen Variablen gab es Hinweise darauf, dass sich die physiologischen Reaktionen von SaC-Sportlern von denen gesunder Kontrollpersonen unterscheiden. Diese veränderte Reaktion könnte auf einen adaptiven, kompensatorischen Mechanismus hindeuten, aber es ist noch weitere Forschung nötig, bevor eindeutige Schlussfolgerungen gezogen werden können.
description: Sport-related concussion (SRC) is a mild form of traumatic brain injury. The diffuse axonal injury of SRC leads to altered neurotransmission, metabolic changes, and ionic shifts. These alterations are presumed to be reflected in the overt signs and symptoms. However, there is a desire to establish objective markers that reflect the pathology.First, what may be needed is a greater understanding of how current rehabilitation strategies promote physiological recovery. There is accumulating evidence for the positive effects of aerobic exercise on recovery, but a lack of research that thoroughly investigates the mechanisms underlying this. The in-lab experimental study contributing to this thesis targeted this gap in the research by collecting neurophysiological datasets pre- and post-exercise. Functional connectivity measures and small-world properties were extracted and across variables there was evidence that physiological responses of SRC athletes differ from healthy controls. This altered response may reveal an adaptive, compensatory mechanism, still more research is needed before drawing strong conclusions.
Mathematics coaches : knowledge and skills for effective practice
Creators: name: Anstey, Leonie.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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