cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Learning k-Level Structured Sparse Neural Networks Using Group Envelope Regularization
Creators: name: Refael, Yehonathan
name: Arbel, Iftach
name: Huleihel, Wasim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The extensive need for computational resources poses a significant obstacle to deploying large-scale Deep Neural Networks (DNN) on devices with constrained resources. At the same time, studies have demonstrated that a significant number of these DNN parameters are redundant and extraneous. In this paper, we introduce a novel approach for learning structured sparse neural networks, aimed at bridging the DNN hardware deployment challenges. We develop a novel regularization technique, termed Weighted Group Sparse Envelope Function (WGSEF), generalizing the Sparse Envelop Function (SEF), to select (or nullify) neuron groups, thereby reducing redundancy and enhancing computational efficiency. The method speeds up inference time and aims to reduce memory demand and power consumption, thanks to its adaptability which lets any hardware specify group definitions, such as filters, channels, filter shapes, layer depths, a single parameter (unstructured), etc. The properties of the WGSEF enable the pre-definition of a desired sparsity level to be achieved at the training convergence. In the case of redundant parameters, this approach maintains negligible network accuracy degradation or can even lead to improvements in accuracy. Our method efficiently computes the WGSEF regularizer and its proximal operator, in a worst-case linear complexity relative to the number of group variables. Employing a proximal-gradient-based optimization technique, to train the model, it tackles the non-convex minimization problem incorporating the neural network loss and the WGSEF. Finally, we experiment and illustrate the efficiency of our proposed method in terms of the compression ratio, accuracy, and inference latency.
Review: Simulational Tests of the Rouse Model
Creators: name: Phillies, George D. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The file is a Chapter from my review volume "Polymer Physics: Phenomenology of Polymeric Fluid Simulations". The chapter treats literature tests of the Rouse model, which is widely invoked as a description of polymer motion in melts. In summary: The literature conclusively demonstrates that the Rouse model does not describe polymer motion in melts. Simulations find that the temporal autocorrelation function of a single Rouse amplitude is a stretched exponential in time, not the pure exponential predicted by the Rouse model. Also, the mean-square amplitude of the Rouse modes <(X_p (0) X_p (0) > deviates from the model's prediction, at least for p > 3. Furthermore, the relaxation time of <(X_p (0) X_p (t) > depends on p, but not as predicted by the Rouse model. According to the Rouse model, bead displacements are driven by independent Gaussian random processes. Accordingly, the intermediate structure factor g(q,t) is predicted to be accurately described by the Gaussian approximation. Doob's theorem then guarantees that g(q,t) decays as a single exponential in time. Simulations show that these predictions of the Rouse model are incorrect.
description: 38 pages, 81 references, 12 figures
Toward Integrated Sensing and Communications in IEEE 802.11bf Wi-Fi Networks
Creators: name: Meneghello, Francesca
name: Chen, Cheng
name: Cordeiro, Carlos
name: Restuccia, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: As Wi-Fi becomes ubiquitous in public and private spaces, it becomes natural to leverage its intrinsic ability to sense the surrounding environment to implement groundbreaking wireless sensing applications such as human presence detection, activity recognition, and object tracking. For this reason, the IEEE 802.11bf Task Group is defining the appropriate modifications to existing Wi-Fi standards to enhance sensing capabilities through 802.11-compliant devices. However, the new standard is expected to leave the specific sensing algorithms open to implementation. To fill this gap, this article explores the practical implications of integrating sensing into Wi-Fi networks. We provide an overview of the physical and medium access control layers sensing enablers, together with the application layer perspective. We analyze the impact of communication parameters on sensing performance and detail the main research challenges. To make our evaluation replicable, we pledge to release all of our dataset and code to the community.
description: Accepted for publication in IEEE Communications Magazine
Deviation inequality for Banach-valued orthomartingales
Creators: name: Giraudo, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show a deviation inequality inequalities for multi-indexed martingale We then provide applications to kernel regression for random fields and rates in the law of large numbers for orthomartingale difference random fields.
Beliefs, behaviors, and behavior-change strategies for management of exotic Bromus grasses
Creators: name: Brunson, Mark
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: This presentation covers information found in "Human Dimensions of Invasive Grasses," Chapter 14 of Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US, edited by Germino, Chambers, and Brown. Based on a standard social-psychological model of attitude-behavior interactions, it reviews some of the sparse academic literature on public beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors regarding invasive plant management, with reference to policy and educational interventions that can influence those beliefs, attitudes and behaviors.
Stabilized Weighted Reduced Order Methods for Parametrized Advection-Dominated Optimal Control Problems governed by Partial Differential Equations with Random Inputs
Creators: name: Zoccolan, Fabio
name: Strazzullo, Maria
name: Rozza, Gianluigi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49J20, 49M41, 65M60, 60H25, 60H35

description: In this work, we analyze Parametrized Advection-Dominated distributed Optimal Control Problems with random inputs in a Reduced Order Model (ROM) context. All the simulations are initially based on a finite element method (FEM) discretization; moreover, a space-time approach is considered when dealing with unsteady cases. To overcome numerical instabilities that can occur in the optimality system for high values of the Péclet number, we consider a Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin technique applied in an optimize-then-discretize approach. We combine this method with the ROM framework in order to consider two possibilities of stabilization: Offline-Only stabilization and Offline-Online stabilization. Moreover we consider random parameters and we use a weighted Proper Orthogonal Decomposition algorithm in a partitioned approach to deal with the issue of uncertainty quantification. Several quadrature techniques are used to derive weighted ROMs: tensor rules, isotropic sparse grids, Monte-Carlo and quasi Monte-Carlo methods. We compare all the approaches analyzing relative errors between the FEM and ROM solutions and the computational efficiency based on the speedup-index.
description: 34 pages, 29 figures, 4 tables
Spatial and ecological variation in big sagebrush ecohydrological responses to climate change: implications for management and conservation
Creators: name: Palmquist, Kyle
name: Schlaepfer, Daniel R.
name: Bradford, John B.
name: Lauenroth, William K.
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Ecohydrological responses to climate change will exhibit spatial variability according to environmental gradients and understanding the spatial pattern of ecological impacts is critical from a land management perspective. To quantify climate change impacts on spatial patterns of ecohydrology across shrub steppe ecosystems in North America, we asked: How will climate change impacts on ecohydrology differ in magnitude and variability across climatic gradients, among three big sagebrush ecosystems (SB-Shrubland, SB-Steppe, SB-Montane), and among Sage-grouse Management Zones? We explored these potential changes for mid-century for RCP8.5 using a process-based water balance model (SOILWAT) for 898 big sagebrush sites using site- and scenario-specific inputs. We summarize changes in available soil water (ASW) and dry days, as these ecohydrological variables may be helpful in guiding land management decisions about where to geographically concentrate climate change mitigation and adaptation resources. Our results suggest that during spring, soils will be wetter in the future across the western US, while soils will be drier in the summer. The magnitude of those predictions differed depending on geographic position and the ecosystem in question: larger increases in mean daily spring ASW were expected for high-elevation SB-Montane sites and the eastern and central portion of our study area. The largest decreases in mean daily summer ASW were projected for warm, dry, mid-elevation SB-Montane sites in the central and west-central portion of our study area. Consistent with declining summer ASW, the number of dry days was projected to increase rangewide, but particularly for SB-Montane and SB-Steppe sites in the eastern and northern regions. Collectively, these results suggest that most sites will be drier in the future during the summer, but changes were especially large for mid- to high-elevation sites in the northern half of our study area. Drier summer conditions in high elevation, SB-Montane sites may result in increased habitat suitability for big sagebrush and greater sage-grouse habitat, while those same changes will likely reduce habitat suitability for the drier ecosystems. Our work has important implications for where land managers should prioritize resources for the conservation of North American shrub steppe plant communities and the species that depend on them.
Abstract "Wim Wenders on Poetry in Cinema. Thoughts on Poiesis and the Pragmatics of Poeticity"
Creators: name: Hachmann, Gundela
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Poetics
subject: Literary theory
subject: Motion pictures
subject: Politics and literature
subject: Actor-network theory
subject: Reader-response criticism

description: Abstract of presentation at 2023 MLA Convention session "193 - Poetics, Poiesis, Poeticity"
Topics as Entity Clusters: Entity-based Topics from Large Language Models and Graph Neural Networks
Creators: name: Loureiro, Manuel V.
name: Derby, Steven
name: Wijaya, Tri Kurniawan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Topic models aim to reveal latent structures within a corpus of text, typically through the use of term-frequency statistics over bag-of-words representations from documents. In recent years, conceptual entities -- interpretable, language-independent features linked to external knowledge resources -- have been used in place of word-level tokens, as words typically require extensive language processing with a minimal assurance of interpretability. However, current literature is limited when it comes to exploring purely entity-driven neural topic modeling. For instance, despite the advantages of using entities for eliciting thematic structure, it is unclear whether current techniques are compatible with these sparsely organised, information-dense conceptual units. In this work, we explore entity-based neural topic modeling and propose a novel topic clustering approach using bimodal vector representations of entities. Concretely, we extract these latent representations from large language models and graph neural networks trained on a knowledge base of symbolic relations, in order to derive the most salient aspects of these conceptual units. Analysis of coherency metrics confirms that our approach is better suited to working with entities in comparison to state-of-the-art models, particularly when using graph-based embeddings trained on a knowledge base.
description: 16 pages, 1 figure. Accepted in LREC-COLING 2024
Huainan hong lie jie : er shi yi juan [volume 02]
淮南鴻烈解 : 二十一卷 [第二冊]
Creators: name: Liu, An, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
name: 劉安, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
Publisher: name: [China] : Zhang Weicheng
Year: 2017

Abstract
The learning curve for Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) implementation:
A case study at the NHLS-Stellenbosch Biobank (NSB)
Creators: name: Reid, Timothy
name: Christoffels, Alan
name: Rossouw, Catherine
name: Lemoene Smith
name: Swanepoel, Carmen
name: Abayomi, Emmanuel Akinola
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: We as the National Health Laboratory Services/Stellenbosch University Biobank (NSB) located in the Division of Haematology, at the Faculty of medicine and Health Science (FMHS) highlights our lesson’s learned regarding the evaluation of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) for implementation. We decided to opt for an open source LIMS and the poster focus on our subsequent modification and expansion of this system following comparison between open source, and commercial packages, and the associated advantages and disadvantages of each. We develop standards for LIMS implementation, with emphasis on: sample management, data collection, data query, security and administration management, data integration, and data analysis. We also had to ascertain what our actual needs were. Thus we also explored choice of vendor, portability, customization, specification, safety, security and reliability as well as the system’s footprint in the cyber community. After consultation with several specialists in the field in association with the South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI), we partnered with BikaLIMS to build a LIMS solution for our biobanking needs.
Abstract "Wim Wenders on Poetry in Cinema. Thoughts on Poiesis and the Pragmatics of Poeticity"
Creators: name: Hachmann, Gundela
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Reader-response criticism
subject: Actor-network theory
subject: Poetics
subject: Politics and literature
subject: Literary theory
subject: Motion pictures

description: Abstract of presentation at 2023 MLA Convention session "193 - Poetics, Poiesis, Poeticity"
title: Twaweza Independent Evaluation Design Elaboration of Mixed Methods Design, Evaluation Questions, Key Hypotheses, and Methods
Creators: name: Rossman, Gretchen
name: Hartwell, Ash
Publisher: name: Center for International Education, UMass Amherst
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
subject: Mixed Methods design

description: With contributions from Mikala Lauridsen, Evaluation Manager Martina Ochiel, Partnership Coordinator Submitted to Twaweza May 10, 2010 For discussion at Design Workshop, May 12-14, 2010
description: This document discusses the use of a mixed methods design and how the key evaluation questions and broad hypotheses are linked to specific methods. The first section is a short discussion of the mixed methods design for baseline studies; the second is a brief discussion of types of research and evaluation questions as a framework; the third, lists some more inquiry-oriented broad evaluation questions with a discussion about the specific methods and items to respond to them; and in the fourth, preliminary broad hypotheses are summarized with a discussion of which items in the baseline surveys and in proposed targeted studies can respond to them. The annexes include a short discussion on what constitutes evidence (A); the objectives of the baseline surveys (B); a table indicating methods and timing (C); and a table listing overall evaluation questions and methodologies (D).
Enhancing Teaching Through SIMPLE Faculty Development Groups
Creators: name: Nelson, Jill Paul
name: Hjalmarson, Margret
name: Edwards, Cody
name: Kosoglu, Laura
name: Lorie, Craig
name: Nelson, Mary
name: Pettigrew, Katherine
name: Schwebach, Reid
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: STEM education; evidence-based practices; faculty learning communitie; curriculum design; reflective teaching practice

description: The presenters are members of a cross-disciplinary teaching design group at Mason including faculty in science, mathematics, engineering, and education. As part of an NSF-funded project focused on improving undergraduate STEM teaching, each member is trying a new research-proven instructional technique in our classes. Most techniques were focused on formative assessment or student engagement in learning. We meet monthly to share our progress and challenges, as well as to discuss relevant literature in education and the learning sciences. In addition, we are each preparing to lead a discipline-focused team starting this fall.In this interactive session, we will share the new techniques we are trying, how the teaching design group has affected our pedagogical efforts, and why attendees might be interested in joining (and perhaps eventually leading) a teaching design group in their discipline. We will ask attendees to consider new techniques they have considered for their courses and to brainstorm about how they might take the first step in implementing such techniques. We'll also ask them to discuss with attendees from similar disciplines in order to form the groundwork for new teaching design teams.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
D1.1 WIDCON Playbook
Creators: name: Rowan, Brendan
name: Freitas, Leonardo
name: Longo, Martina
name: Ramanauskaitė, Simona
name: Xhemali, Joana
name: Salis, Cristian
name: Lavin, Jamie
name: Djamo, Daniel
name: Trino, Mattia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Data
Member States
Index
Methodology
Framework
Gender
ICT Specialists
Digital Decade
EU

description: The Women in Digital Playbook serves as a comprehensive guide to support the development of a robust, transparent, and replicable WiD Index to assess the representation and progression of women across digital sectors in Europe.

The playbook showcases how the WiD Index and Women in Digital Forum compliment each other, with the index offering data-driven insights while the Forum will work as a stakeholder collaboration and communication tool. It defines key terms, criteria for index design, and a scope that includes EU Member States and benchmark countries (Brazil, USA, India, UK).

In particular the WIDCON playbook:

Outlines a data model to be built through the use of both secondary desk research and primary research made through the rollout of a survey.

Highlights a stakeholder-centered approach for validation and engagement across policymaking, industry, academia, and society as a whole.

Breaks down all aspects of diversity, intersectionality, and gender mainstreaming to allow for a wholly inclusive form of data analysis.

By following the guidelines and methodologies set forth in the WIDCON playbook, the Connecting Women in Digital Consortium, policymakers and researchers should be able to develop a strong response to closing the gender gap in digital professions, making the WiD Index a strategic resource for policy and synergy development across Europe and benchmarked countries.
A Simultaneous Dual-Frequency Scintillation Arc Survey of Six Bright Canonical Pulsars Using the Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
Creators: name: Turner, Jacob E.
name: Joshi, Bhal Chandra
name: McLaughlin, Maura A.
name: Stinebring, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope to measure scintillation arc properties in six bright canonical pulsars with simultaneous dual frequency coverage. These observations at frequencies from 300 to 750 MHz allowed for detailed analysis of arc evolution across frequency and epoch. We perform more robust determinations of frequency dependence for arc curvature, scintillation bandwidth, and scintillation timescale, and comparison between arc curvature and pseudo-curvature than allowed by single-frequency-band-per-epoch measurements, which we find to agree with theory and previous literature. We find a strong correlation between arc asymmetry and arc curvature, which we have replicated using simulations, and attribute to a bias in the Hough transform approach to scintillation arc analysis. Possible evidence for an approximately week long timescale over which a given scattering screen dominates signal propagation was found by tracking visible scintillation arcs in each epoch in PSR J1136+1551. The inclusion of a 155 minute observation allowed us to resolve the scale of scintillation variations on short timescales, which we find to be directly tied to the amount of ISM sampled over the observation. Some of our pulsars showed either consistent or emerging asymmetries in arc curvature, indicating instances of refraction across their lines of sight. Significant features in various pulsars, such as multiple scintillation arcs in PSR J1136+1551 and flat arclets in PSR J1509+5531, that have been found in previous works, were also detected. The simultaneous multiple band observing capability of the upgraded GMRT shows excellent promise for future pulsar scintillation work.
Magnetostriction, piezomagnetism and domain nucleation in a kagome antiferromagnet
Creators: name: Meng, Qingkai
name: Dong, Jianting
name: Nie, Pan
name: Xu, Liangcai
name: Wang, Jinhua
name: Jiang, Shan
name: Zuo, Huakun
name: Zhang, Jia
name: Li, Xiaokang
name: Zhu, Zengwei
name: Balents, Leon
name: Behnia, Kamran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Whenever the elastic energy of a solid depends on magnetic field, there is a magnetostrictive response. Field-linear magnetostriction implies piezomagnetism and vice versa. Here, we show that Mn$_3$Sn, a non-collinear antiferromanget with Weyl nodes, hosts a large and almost perfectly linear magnetostriction even at room temperature. The longitudinal and transverse magnetostriction, with opposite signs and similar amplitude are restricted to the kagome planes and the out-of-plane response is negligibly small. By studying four different samples with different Mn:Sn ratios, we find a clear correlation between the linear magnetostriction, the spontaneous magnetization and the concentration of Sn vacancies. The recently reported piezomagnetic data fits in our picture. We show that linear magnetostriction and piezomagnetism are both driven by the field-induced in-plane twist of spins. A quantitative account of the experimental data requires the distortion of the spin texture by Sn vacancies. We find that the field-induced domain nucleation within the hysteresis loop corresponds to a phase transition. Within the hysteresis loop, a concomitant mesoscopic modulation of local strain and spin twist angles, leading to twisto-magnetic stripes, arises as a result of the competition between elastic and magnetic energies.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures, Supplementary Materials included
Teaching in Circles: Making the Most of the Active Learning Classroom
Creators: name: Druehl, Cheryl
name: Magro, Anne
name: Wolf, Paige
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: learning spaces; active learning classrooms; student engagement; curriculum design; classroom management

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Weatherproofing Your Course
Creators: name: Balducci, Joseph
name: Scott Constantine, Lynne
name: Goldman, Jonathan
name: Joseph, Katrina
name: Usher, Bethany
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: technology-enhanced learning; online learning; classroom management; curriculum design

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Are They Getting It?: Teaching and Assessing Content in Multilingual Classrooms
Creators: name: Ferro, Melissa
name: Habib, Anna
name: Mallett, Karyn
name: Phillips, Joel
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: international students; global learning; multilingual learners; student engagement

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Souriau's Relativistic general covariant formulation of hyperelasticity revisited
Creators: name: Kolev, Boris
name: Desmorat, Rodrigue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present and modernize Souriau's 1958 geometric framework for Relativistic continuous media, and enlighten the necessary and the ad hoc modeling choices made since, focusing as much as possible on the Continuum Mechanics point of view. We describe the general covariant formulation of Hyperelasticity in General Relativity, and then in the particular case of a static spacetime. Finally, we apply this formalism for the Schwarzschild's metric, and recover the Classical Galilean Hyperelasticity with gravity, as the Newton-Cartan infinite light speed limit of this formulation.
Huainan hong lie jie : er shi yi juan [volume 06]
淮南鴻烈解 : 二十一卷 [第六冊]
Creators: name: Liu, An, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
name: 劉安, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
Publisher: name: [China] : Zhang Weicheng
Year: 2017

Abstract
Writing Ã¡ la Carte: The Use of Blackboard Tools and Social Media to Provide Individualized Feedback in an Online Writing Course
Creators: name: Roman-Mendoza, Esperanza
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: assessment; classroom management; technology-enhanced learning; online learning

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
title: Knollensellerie :
title: Richtlinien für die Durchführung der Prüfung auf Unterscheidbarkeit, Homogenität und Beständigkeit.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants..,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Year: 0
Subjects: Group identity
New Varieties of Plants
Celeriac

description: Zweck dieser Richtlinien („Prüfungsrichtlinien“) ist es, die in der Allgemeinen Einführung (Dokument TG/1/3) und deren verbundenen TGP-Dokumenten enthaltenen Grundsätze in detaillierte praktische Anleitung für die harmonisierte Prüfung der Unterscheidbarkeit, der Homogenität und der Beständigkeit (DUS) umzusetzen und insbesondere geeignete Merkmale für die DUS-Prüfung und die Erstellung harmonisierter Sortenbeschreibungen auszuweisen.
Testing the Speed of Gravity with Black Hole Ringdown
Creators: name: Sirera, Sergi
name: Noller, Johannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate how the speed of gravitational waves, $c_{GW}$, can be tested by upcoming black hole ringdown observations. We do so in the context of hairy black hole solutions, where the hair is associated with a new scalar degree of freedom, forecasting that LISA and TianQin will be able to constrain deviations of $c_{GW}$ from the speed of light at the ${\cal O}(10^{-4})$ level from a single supermassive black hole merger. We discuss how these constraints depend on the nature of the scalar hair, what different aspects of the underlying physics they are sensitive to in comparison with constraints derived from gravitational wave propagation effects, which observable systems will place the most stringent bounds, and that constraints are expected to improve by up to two orders of magnitude with multiple observations. This is especially interesting for dark energy-related theories, where existing bounds from GW170817 need not apply at lower frequencies and where upcoming bounds from lower-frequency missions will therefore be especially powerful. As such, we also forecast analogous bounds for the intermediate-frequency AEDGE and DECIGO missions. Finally, we discuss and forecast analogous black hole ringdown constraints at higher frequencies (so from LVK, the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer) and in what circumstances they can yield new information on top of existing constraints on $c_{GW}$. All calculations performed in this paper are reproducible via a companion Mathematica notebook.
description: 16 pages + appendices and references, 4 figures
title: Acidogenic digestion of organic municipal solid waste in a pilot scale reactor: Effect of waste ratio and leachate recirculation and dilution on hydrolysis and medium chain fatty acid production
Creators: name: Saadoun, Lamia
name: Campitelli, Alessio
name: Kannengiesser, Jan
name: Stanojkovski, Daniel
name: El Alaoui El Fels, Abdelhafid
name: Mandi, Laila
name: Ouazzani, Naaila
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022

description: The purpose of this investigation is to study the effect of 1) leachate recirculation (LR) and dilution (LD), 2) the increment of the waste ratio, and 3) co-digestion using poultry waste as co-substrate for enhancing the acidogenesis process of the organic municipal solid waste (OMSW), thereby increasing the medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) production. The results of the experiment carried in a batch pilot reactor show that LR increases hydrolysis as well as the OMSW conversion efficiency. Meanwhile, the highest total MCFA production of around 62,000 mg/L is shown for LR with a high OMSW ratio. Thus, a high concentration of hexanoic acid is shown in LR lysimeters (5475 mg/L, 6627 mg/L, and 10,889 mg/L respectively). However, a metabolic shift toward the production of heptanoic and octanoic acids is reported for LD samples. Nonetheless, the use of poultry waste as co-substrate in the co-digestion process multiplied the concentration of the produced MCFAs.
Authentic Learning Experiences in an Online Capstone Course
Creators: name: Ericson, Robin
name: Campbell, Susan
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: online learning; career readiness; technology-enhanced learning; experiential learning; research experiences for undergraduates

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Causal Estimation of Exposure Shifts with Neural Networks
Creators: name: Tec, Mauricio
name: Josey, Kevin
name: Mudele, Oladimeji
name: Dominici, Francesca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A fundamental task in causal inference is estimating the effect of distribution shift in the treatment variable. We refer to this problem as shift-response function (SRF) estimation. Existing neural network methods for causal inference lack theoretical guarantees and practical implementations for SRF estimation. In this paper, we introduce Targeted Regularization for Exposure Shifts with Neural Networks (TRESNET), a method to estimate SRFs with robustness and efficiency guarantees. Our contributions are twofold. First, we propose a targeted regularization loss for neural networks with theoretical properties that ensure double robustness and asymptotic efficiency specific to SRF estimation. Second, we extend targeted regularization to support loss functions from the exponential family to accommodate non-continuous outcome distributions (e.g., discrete counts). We conduct benchmark experiments demonstrating TRESNET's broad applicability and competitiveness. We then apply our method to a key policy question in public health to estimate the causal effect of revising the US National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM 2.5 from 12 $μg/m^3$ to 9 $μg/m^3$. This change has been recently proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Our goal is to estimate the reduction in deaths that would result from this anticipated revision using data consisting of 68 million individuals across the U.S.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Low Energy States and CPT invariance at the Big Bang
Creators: name: Nadal-Gisbert, Sergi
name: Navarro-Salas, José
name: Pla, Silvia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we analyze the quantum vacuum in a radiation-dominated and CPT-invariant universe by further imposing the quantum states to be ultraviolet regular i.e., satisfying the Hadamard/adiabatic condition. For scalar fields, this is enforced by constructing the vacuum via the States of Low Energy proposal. For spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ fields, we extend this proposal for a FLRW spacetime and apply it for the radiation-dominated and CPT-invariant universe. We focus on minimizing the smeared energy density around the Big Bang and give strong evidence that the resulting states satisfy the Hadamard/adiabatic condition. These states are then self-consistent candidates as effective Big Bang quantum vacuum from the field theory perspective.
description: 21 pages. PRD version
Learner Analysis in Web-Based Instructional Design
Creators: name: Kuo, Ying-Ying
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: online learning; scholarship of teaching and learning;

description: Most learner analysis focuses on students' demographics and previous knowledge and experiences, but how those factors are associated with instructional considerations are still inconclusive. Instructors need effective instructional guidance to design and manage online courses, so that learners who have diverse backgrounds can be supported. This study presents an approach of analyzing learning characteristics with the development and validation of the Learning Traits Questionnaire (LTQ). The five learning characteristicsâ€”Group Preference, Instructional Support, Procrastination, Computer Competency, and Learning Confidenceâ€”could be critical factors for instructors to consider when they analyze the targeted learners.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
The Math Skills Workshop: A Unit-Wide Collaboration to Fill Gaps in Student Learning
Creators: name: Williams, Shannon
name: Pecini, Silva
name: Patel, Amit
name: Dani, Lokesh
name: Bolanos Fletes, Lisardo
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: collaborative learning; STEM education; peer teaching; curriculum design; online learning

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
The Undergraduate Research Lab: Research Experience for Real Life
Creators: name: Rudes, Danielle
name: Viglione, Jill
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: research experiences for undergraduates; student mentoring; advising; experiential learning; problem-based learning

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
title: The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work: a randomized controlled study
Creators: name: Tsai, Laura
name: Carlson, Catherine E.
name: Aira, Toivgoo
name: Pala, Andrea Norcini
name: Riedel, Marion
name: Witte, Susan S.
Publisher: name: BiomedCentral
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Gender-based violence
subject: Microfinance
subject: Economic empowerment
subject: Randomized controlled trial
subject: Central Asia

description: Background Women who engage in sex work are at risk for experiencing violence from numerous perpetrators, including paying partners. Empirical evidence has shown mixed results regarding the impact of participation in microfinance interventions on women’s experiences of violence, with some studies demonstrating reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) and others showing heightened risk for IPV. The current study reports on the impact of participation in a microsavings intervention on experiences of paying partner violence among women engaged in sex work in Mongolia. Methods Between 2011 and 2013, we conducted a two-arm, non-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing an HIV/STI risk reduction intervention (HIVSRR) (control condition) to a combined microsavings and HIVSRR intervention (treatment condition). Eligible women (aged 18 or older, reported having engaged in unprotected sex with paying partner in past 90 days, expressed interest in microsavings intervention) were invited to participate. One hundred seven were randomized, including 50 in the control and 57 in the treatment condition. Participants completed assessments at baseline, immediate post-test following HIVSRR, and at 3-months and 6-months after completion of the treatment group intervention. Outcomes for the current study include any violence (physical and/or sexual), sexual violence, and physical violence from paying partners in the past 90 days. Results An intention-to-treat approach was utilized. Linear growth models revealed significant reductions over time in both conditions for any violence (β = −0.867, p < 0.001), physical violence (β = −0.0923, p < 0.001), and sexual violence (β = −1.639, p = 0.001) from paying partners. No significant differences between groups were found for any violence (β = 0.118, p = 0.389), physical violence (β = 0.091, p = 0.792), or sexual violence (β = 0.379, p = 0.114) from paying partners. Conclusions Microsavings participation did not significantly impact women’s risk for paying partner violence. Qualitative research is recommended to understand the cause for reductions in paying partner violence in both study conditions. Trial registration Evaluating a Microfinance Intervention for High Risk Women in Mongolia; NCT01861431; May 20, 2013.
Using the Active Learning Model in a Senior Capstone Course: Customizing the Learning Experience
Creators: name: Tompkins, Catherine
name: Ihara, Emily
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: research experiences for undergraduates; student engagement; service learning; curriculum design

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
U-statistics of local sample moments under weak dependence
Creators: name: Dehling, Herold G.
name: Giraudo, Davide
name: Schmidt, Sara K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we study the asymptotic distribution of some U-statistics whose entries are functions of empirical moments computed from non-overlapping consecutive blocks of an underlying weakly dependent process. The length of these blocks converges to infinity, and thus we consider U-statistics of triangular arrays. We establish asymptotic normality of such U-statistics. The results can be used to construct tests for changes of higher order moments.
Video Recording Made Easy: Applications for Gateway Library's OneButton Studio
Creators: name: Stafford, Todd
name: Byrd, Jason
name: Gildersleeve, Royce
name: Ferrance, Christal
name: Kiblinger, Kara
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: online learning; technology-enhanced learning; curriculum design; Mason resource

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
STRESSNI BOSHQARISH
Creators: name: Baratullayeva, Dilnoza
name: Saidqulova, Madinabonu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqola stressni boshqarishning turli usullarini o'rganadi va ular orqali stressning salbiy ta'sirini kamaytirish yo'llarini ko'rsatadi. Stress – zamonaviy hayotda keng tarqalgan va insonlar ruhiy va jismoniy salomatligiga ta'sir qiluvchi omildir. Maqolada jismoniy mashqlar, nafas olish texnikalari, meditatsiya, ijtimoiy qo'llab-quvvatlash va vaqtni boshqarish kabi stressni kamaytirishning samarali metodlari yoritiladi. Shuningdek, psixologik yondashuvlar, masalan, kognitiv-behavioral terapiya (CBT), stressni boshqarishda qanday yordam berishi haqida ham ma'lumotlar berilgan. Maqola stressni boshqarishning muhimligini tushuntirib, sog'lom hayot tarzini yaratishda ushbu usullarni qanday qo'llashni ko'rsatadi.
title: Evaluating 'Twaweza' Conference Presentation
Creators: name: Rossman, Gretchen
name: Hartwell, Ash
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
subject: International and Comparative Education

description: Presentation at the Comparative & International Education Society meetings March 3, 2010, Chicago, IL The Center for International Education (CIE) was awarded a contract to serve as the independent evaluation entity for the Twaweza initiative based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Twaweza ("we can make it happen" in Swahili) is a ten-year initiative, funded by the Dutch development organizations Hivos and SNV and other donors. Its overall goal is to foster citizen-driven change and to empower East African citizens (inTanzania, Kenya, and Uganda) to advocate for access to and the quality of basic services (particularly basic education, clean water, and health services).
Huainan hong lie jie : er shi yi juan [volume 10]
淮南鴻烈解 : 二十一卷 [第十冊]
Creators: name: Liu, An, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
name: 劉安, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
Publisher: name: [China] : Zhang Weicheng
Year: 2017

Abstract
Reading Materials: Pots, Plaster, Poetry, and the Press, 1766-1861
Creators: name: Pettitt, Clare
name: Uhlig, Stefan
name: Wilson, Ross
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Eighteenth century
subject: Nineteenth century
subject: Literature
subject: Literary theory
subject: Aesthetics
subject: Plaster casts
subject: Pottery
subject: Medicine
subject: Journalism
subject: Periodicals

description: This is the proposal for 'Reading Materials: Pots, Plaster, Poetry, and the Press, 1766-1861', a (putative) panel for MLA 2024. Individual paper abstracts and other materials will follow.
Investigation of hemodynamic flow patterns caused by aortic stenosis using a combined 4D Flow MRI-CFD framework
Creators: name: Wang, Tianai
name: Quast, Christine
name: Bönner, Florian
name: Kelm, Malte
name: Zeus, Tobias
name: Lemainque, Teresa
name: Steinseifer, Ulrich
name: Neidlin, Michael
Publisher: name: RWTH Aachen University
Year: 2024

description: 20 Seiten (2024). doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-4593892/v1
Reading Materials: Pots, Plaster, Poetry, and the Press, 1766-1861
Creators: name: Pettitt, Clare
name: Uhlig, Stefan
name: Wilson, Ross
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Aesthetics
subject: Journalism
subject: Periodicals
subject: Literature
subject: Plaster casts
subject: Pottery
subject: Nineteenth century
subject: Medicine
subject: Literary theory
subject: Eighteenth century

description: This is the proposal for 'Reading Materials: Pots, Plaster, Poetry, and the Press, 1766-1861', a (putative) panel for MLA 2024. Individual paper abstracts and other materials will follow.
Rethinking Philology (MLA 2024)
Creators: name: Du, Heng
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024

description: In this roundtable, scholars working across premodern Chinese and Greco-Roman contexts explore how the notion of philology can be broadened. We examine diverse manifestations of scholarly practices and their social and cultural implications, e.g., collation and identity-making, calligraphic criticism as textual criticism, and religious formulations in writings on poetics.
Holographic entanglement renormalisation for fermionic quantum matter
Creators: name: Mukherjee, Abhirup
name: Patra, Siddhartha
name: Lal, Siddhartha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate the emergence of a holographic dimension in a system of 2D non-interacting Dirac fermions placed on a torus, by studying the scaling of multipartite entanglement measures under a sequence of renormalisation group (RG) transformations applied in momentum space. Geometric measures defined in this emergent space can be related to the RG beta function of the spectral gap, hence establishing a holographic connection between the spatial geometry of the emergent spatial dimension and the entanglement properties of the boundary quantum theory. We prove, analytically, that changing the boundedness of the holographic space involves a topological transition accompanied by a critical Fermi surface in the boundary theory. We go on to show that this results in the formation of a quantum wormhole geometry that connects the UV and the IR of the emergent dimension. The additional conformal symmetry at the transition also supports a relation between the emergent metric and the stress-energy tensor. In the presence of an Aharonov-Bohm flux, the entanglement gains a geometry-independent piece which is shown to be topological, sensitive to changes in boundary conditions, and related to the Luttinger volume of the system. Upon the insertion of a strong transverse magnetic field, we show that the Luttinger volume is linked to the Chern number of the occupied single-particle Landau levels.
description: 26 pages, 17 figures
Rethinking Philology (MLA 2024)
Creators: HC User
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024

description: In this roundtable, scholars working across premodern Chinese and Greco-Roman contexts explore how the notion of philology can be broadened. We examine diverse manifestations of scholarly practices and their social and cultural implications, e.g., collation and identity-making, calligraphic criticism as textual criticism, and religious formulations in writings on poetics.
Computing excluded minors for classes of matroids representable over partial fields
Creators: name: Brettell, Nick
name: Pendavingh, Rudi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We describe an implementation of a computer search for the "small" excluded minors for a class of matroids representable over a partial field. Using these techniques, we enumerate the excluded minors on at most 15 elements for both the class of dyadic matroids, and the class of 2-regular matroids. We conjecture that there are no other excluded minors for the class of 2-regular matroids; whereas, on the other hand, we show that there is a 16-element excluded minor for the class of dyadic matroids.
description: 21 pages, 3 figures