cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Covariant description of shape evolution and shape coexistence in neutron-rich nuclei at N\approx60
Creators: name: Xiang, J.
name: Li, Z. P.
name: Li, Z. X.
name: Yao, J. M.
name: Meng, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The shape evolution and shape coexistence phenomena in neutron-rich nuclei at $N\approx60$, including Kr, Sr, Zr, and Mo isotopes, are studied in the covariant density functional theory (DFT) with the new parameter set PC-PK1. Pairing correlations are treated using the BCS approximation with a separable pairing force. Sharp rising in the charge radii of Sr and Zr isotopes at N=60 is observed and shown to be related to the rapid changing in nuclear shapes. The shape evolution is moderate in neighboring Kr and Mo isotopes. Similar as the results of previous Hartree-Fock-Bogogliubov (HFB) calculations with the Gogny force, triaxiality is observed in Mo isotopes and shown to be essential to reproduce quantitatively the corresponding charge radii. In addition, the coexistence of prolate and oblate shapes is found in both $^{98}$Sr and $^{100}$Zr. The observed oblate and prolate minima are related to the low single-particle energy level density around the Fermi surfaces of neutron and proton respectively. Furthermore, the 5-dimensional (5D) collective Hamiltonian determined by the calculations of the PC-PK1 energy functional is solved for $^{98}$Sr and $^{100}$Zr. The resultant excitation energy of $0^+_2$ state and E0 transition strength $ρ^2(E0;0^+_2\rightarrow0^+_1)$ are in rather good agreement with the data. It is found that the lower barrier height separating the two competing minima along the $γ$ deformation in $^{100}$Zr gives rise to the larger $ρ^2(E0;0^+_2\rightarrow0^+_1)$ than that in $^{98}$Sr.
description: 1 table, 11 figures, 23 pages
AUSIA Framework to Improve On-Site Communication in the Commercial Construction Industry
Creators: name: Silva, Andarage
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Civil
subject: Construction Productivity
subject: Communication
subject: Information Kiosk

description: Information has the best value when it is delivered to the correct place at the correct time in the required format. Many scholars have noted information and communication chaos in the construction industry. Inadequate communication and non-availability of information were well observed in almost all the construction projects, which caused low productivity. Further, workers also emphasized about inadequate communication in their working environment as a cause for low productivity. Construction companies, with the help of technology developers, are trying to incorporate numerous software/hardware systems to achieve better productivity and competitive advantage. However, these isolated systems may create more confusion in construction projects, due to the mismatch of the software and hardware systems. Site observations reveal that supervision staff lose more than two hours a day as a result of ineffective information management. The AUSIA framework discussed in this PhD thesis is a communication platform based on information integration and field automation with an information hub called the i-Booth. This framework integrates several other information/communication technologies. There have been extensive pilot site implementation for prolonged periods in commercial construction settings with very satisfactory results. AUSIA framework is developed to improve accessibility of information while enhancing the end user satisfaction and usefulness of the data through information integration. This automated systems ensures that workface and office can communicate real-time to minimise the time waste and productivity loss due to ineffective information management. Framework was implemented in a commercial construction project for one year and level of communication was measured before and after implementation. Field staff judged improvement in communication through a survey instrument. Statistical analysis was performed to determine enhancement in communication. Communication was judged on ten information categories and analysis revealed that overall communication was improved by roughly around fifty percent compared to earlier state, while increasing information integration and field automation significantly. Field staff appreciated integration of virtual design and construction with field level by providing infrastructure to interact with models with minimal training. With the conclusion of the research AUSIA framework was successfully commercialized and the first kiosk was sold in early 2013 to a general contractor.
BASE - The Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment
Creators: name: Smorra, C.
name: Blaum, K.
name: Bojtar, L.
name: Borchert, M.
name: Franke, K. A.
name: Higuchi, T.
name: Leefer, N.
name: Nagahama, H.
name: Matsuda, Y.
name: Mooser, A.
name: Niemann, M.
name: Ospelkaus, C.
name: Quint, W.
name: Schneider, G.
name: Sellner, S.
name: Tanaka, T.
name: Van Gorp, S.
name: Walz, J.
name: Yamazaki, Y.
name: Ulmer, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) aims at performing a stringent test of the combined charge parity and time reversal (CPT) symmetry by comparing the magnetic moments of the proton and the antiproton with high precision. Using single particles in a Penning trap, the proton/antiproton $g$-factors, i.e. the magnetic moment in units of the nuclear magneton, are determined by measuring the respective ratio of the spin-precession frequency to the cyclotron frequency. The spin precession frequency is measured by non-destructive detection of spin quantum transitions using the continuous Stern-Gerlach effect, and the cyclotron frequency is determined from the particle's motional eigenfrequencies in the Penning trap using the invariance theorem. By application of the double Penning-trap method we expect that in our measurements a fractional precision of $δg/g$ 10$^{-9}$ can be achieved. The successful application of this method to the antiproton will represent a factor 1000 improvement in the fractional precision of its magnetic moment. The BASE collaboration has constructed and commissioned a new experiment at the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) of CERN. This article describes and summarizes the physical and technical aspects of this new experiment.
description: This is the presubmission version of this article: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjst%2Fe2015-02607-4
“Delivered at Second Hand”: Translation, Gifting, and the Politics of Authorship in Tudor Women’s Writing
Creators: name: Inglis, Kirsten
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Literature--English
subject: Renaissance
subject: Translation
subject: Women's Writing

description: This dissertation explores manuscript translations made by four women of the English Renaissance and argues that these translations subvert dominant modes of discourse through the act of translation, both linguistic and inter-semiotic, and the performance of self/identity through the conventions of gift-giving. Mary Bassett (d. 1572), Jane Lumley (1537-1578), Jane Seager (fl. 1589), and Esther Inglis (1570/1-1624) each translated an existing printed text into English; each woman translated her source text on a linguistic level – from Greek, or Latin, or French into English – but also translated on an inter-semiotic level – from print to manuscript, sometimes with striking additions in terms of painting, drawing, needlework, calligraphy, and bindings. I argue that the late Renaissance offered a transitional moment in the conceptualization of translation and that each of these women recognized and exploited the ambiguities of translational authority during the period so as to maintain the ability to both claim and repudiate a politicized speaking voice. The early modern women of this study make themselves visible through the materials and partatexts of their manuscripts and through established conventions of gifting and patronage. The particular intersection of translation and Renaissance gift-culture has been little studied, and I argue that Bassett, Lumley, Seager, and Inglis adroitly negotiate the rhetorics of translation and gift-culture in order to articulate political and religious affiliations and beliefs that were allowed no other public outlet. This particular set of translations has not previously been considered as a related group and as a whole this project offers a critical lens through which to read Renaissance translations in relation to the materiality of Renaissance gift culture.
2015 Update of the Discoveries of Isotopes
Creators: name: Thoennessen, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 2015 update of the discovery of nuclide project is presented. Twenty new nuclides were observed for the first time in 2015. An overall review of all previous assignments was made in order to apply the discovery criteria consistently to all elements. In addition, a list of isotopes published so far only in conference proceedings or internal reports is included.
description: Accepted for publication in IJMPE
Depression and anxiety in old age during the COVID-19 pandemic : a comparative study of individuals at cardiovascular risk and the general population
Creators: name: Gerhards, Sina K.
name: Luppa, Melanie
name: Röhr, Susanne
name: Pabst, Alexander
name: Bauer, Alexander
name: Frankhänel, Thomas
name: Döhring, Juliane
name: Escales, Catharina
name: Zöllinger, Isabel Renate
name: Oey, Anke
name: Brettschneider, Christian
name: Wiese, Birgitt
name: Hoffmann, Wolfgang
name: Gensichen, Jochen
name: König, Hans-Helmut
name: Frese, Thomas
name: Thyrian, Jochen René
name: Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna
name: Riedel-Heller, Steffi Gerlinde
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Our study aims to examine the associations of sociodemographic factors, social support, resilience, and perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic with late-life depression and anxiety symptoms in a cardiovascular risk group and a matched sample from the German general population during the beginning of the pandemic and draw a comparison regarding psychosocial characteristics. Data of n = 1236 participants (aged 64–81 years) were analyzed, with n = 618 participants showing a cardiovascular risk profile, and n = 618 participants from the general population. The cardiovascular risk sample had slightly higher levels of depressive symptoms and felt more threatened by the virus due to pre-existing conditions. In the cardiovascular risk group, social support was associated with less depressive and anxiety symptoms. In the general population, high social support was associated with less depressive symptoms. Experiencing high levels of worries due to COVID-19 was associated with more anxiety in the general population. Resilience was associated with less depressive and anxiety symptoms in both groups. Compared to the general population, the cardiovascular risk group showed slightly higher levels of depressive symptomatology even at the beginning of the pandemic and may be supported by addressing perceived social support and resilience in prevention programs targeting mental health.
Analysis of natural killer cell functions in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis
Creators: name: Bönnemann, Vivian
name: Claus, Maren
name: Butzeck, Barbara
name: Collette, Daniela
name: Bröde, Peter
name: Golka, Klaus
name: Watzl, Carsten
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Hereditary hemochromatosis
subject: Immune System
subject: Iron
subject: Natural Killer Cells
subject: 610

description: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an autosomal-recessive disorder of the iron metabolism. Patients are typically affected by dysregulated iron levels, which can lead to iron accumulation within essential organs, such as liver, heart and pancreas. Furthermore, many HH patients are also afflicted by several immune defects and increased occurrence of autoimmune diseases that are linked to human homeostatic iron regulator protein (HFE) in the immune response. Here we examined immune cell phenotype and function in 21 HH patients compared to 21 healthy controls with a focus on Natural Killer (NK) cells. We observed increased basal and stimulated production of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β or IL-18 in HH patients compared to healthy controls. However, we did not find major changes in the phenotype, the amount or the cytotoxic function of NK cells in HH patients. Instead, our data show a general decrease in the total number of granulocytes in HH patients (2774 ± 958 per μl versus 3457 ± 1122 per μl in healthy controls). These data demonstrate that NK cells of HH patients are not significantly affected and that the patients’ treatment by regular phlebotomy is sufficient to avoid systemic iron overload and its consequences to the immune system.
description: EXCLI Journal;Vol. 19. 2020, p. 430-441
Extending Elliptic Curve Chabauty to higher genus curves
Creators: name: Mourao, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11G30 (Primary) 11G20, 11D41, 11D45 (Secondary)

description: We give a generalization of the method of "Elliptic Curve Chabauty" to higher genus curves and their Jacobians. This method can sometimes be used in conjunction with covering techniques and a modified version of the Mordell-Weil sieve to provide a complete solution to the problem of determining the set of rational points of an algebraic curve $Y$.
description: 24 pages
Additional file 5 of Cross-reactivity of IgM anti-modified protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis despite limited mutational load
Creators: name: Reijm, Sanne
name: Kissel, Theresa
name: Stoeken-Rijsbergen, Gerrie
name: Slot, Linda M.
name: Wortel, Corrie M.
name: van Dooren, Hugo J.
name: Levarht, Nivine E. W.
name: Kampstra, Arieke S. B.
name: Derksen, Veerle F. A. M.
name: Heer, Pleuni Ooijevaar-de
name: Bang, Holger
name: Drijfhout, Jan W.
name: Trouw, Leendert A.
name: Huizinga, Tom W. J.
name: Rispens, Theo
name: Scherer, Hans U.
name: Toes, René E. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 5. Figure S4.
Ground-Based Deformation Monitoring
Creators: name: Ebeling, Axel
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: deformation monitoring

description: The observation and analysis of movements of large structures, man-made as well as natural ones, such as high-rise buildings, dams or rock slides and earthquake zones, is a highly responsible task in engineering. Deformation monitoring is essential to public safety by reducing the risk of structural failure. It is also an important aid in the understanding of the behaviour of certain natural phenomena like glacial drift. The procedure for a deformation analysis can be divided into three steps: a global congruency test to determine in which epochs deformations occur, the localization of the deformed points and the determination of deformations. The single-point analysis typically used in the localization step, requires the two epochs under comparison to refer to the same datum. If this is not the case an S-transformation to a common datum has to be carried out. This is only possible however, if both epochs share the same reference frame, and particularly, the same network scale. In this dissertation a generalized model for a congruence analysis is proposed which allows the coordinates to refer to di fferent reference frames. This model utilizes a combinatorial search for the largest similar point group based on the angular di fferences between epochs. This is combined with a 3D Helmert transformation that allows to derive deformations directly from the adjusted coordinates of each epoch and their, typically singular, cofactor matrices, independent of the coordinate system they are given in. A set of computer-based simulations are carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The computer simulations reveal that the proposed algorithm can reliably locate the largest similar point group between epochs. The transformation parameters as well as the deformations are accurately recovered. Finally, a real-world application, the Frank Slide /Turtle Mountain, is presented where the proposed methodology was applied.
Network Topology Mapping from Partial Virtual Coordinates and Graph Geodesics
Creators: name: Jayasumana, Anura P.
name: Paffenroth, Randy
name: Ramasamy, Sridhar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 15A83

description: For many important network types (e.g., sensor networks in complex harsh environments and social networks) physical coordinate systems (e.g., Cartesian), and physical distances (e.g., Euclidean), are either difficult to discern or inappropriate. Accordingly, Topology Preserving Maps (TPMs) derived from a Virtual-Coordinate (VC) system representing the distance to a small set of anchors is an attractive alternative to physical coordinates for many network algorithms. Herein, we present an approach, based on the theory of low-rank matrix completion, to recover geometric properties of a network with only partial information about the VCs of nodes. In particular, our approach is a combination of geodesic recovery concepts and low-rank matrix completion, generalized to the case of hop-distances in graphs. Distortion evaluated using the change of distance among node pairs shows that even with up to 40% to 60% of random coordinates missing, accurate TPMs can be obtained. TPM generation can now also be based on different context appropriate VC systems or measurements as long as they characterize each node with distances to a small set of random nodes (instead of a global set of anchors). The proposed method is a significant generalization that allows the topology to be extracted from a random set of graph geodesics, making it applicable in contexts such as social networks where VC generation may not be possible.
description: A more recent version uploaded
2017 Update of the Discoveries of Nuclides
Creators: name: Thoennessen, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 2017 update of the discovery of nuclide project is presented. 34 new nuclides were observed for the first time in 2017. However, the assignment of six previously identified nuclides had to be retracted.
description: Accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys. E
Discovery of Multiple Shells Around the Planetary Nebula IC 418
Creators: name: Ramos-Larios, Gerardo
name: Vazquez, Roberto
name: Guerrero, Martin A.
name: Olguin, Lorenzo
name: Marquez-Lugo, R. A.
name: Bravo-Alfaro, Hector
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have analysed optical, near-, and mid-IR images of the bright planetary nebula (PN) IC 418. These images probe unambiguously for the first time a number of low surface brightness structures and shells around the bright main nebula, including radial filaments or rays, a system of three concentric rings, and two detached haloes with sizes ~ 150" and 220"\times250", respectively. The main nebula is slightly off-centered with respect to the elliptical outer halo. The time-lapse between the two haloes is 10,000-50,000 yr, whereas the time-lapse between the three concentric rings is ~ 630 yr. We emphasize the advantages of near- and mid-IR imaging for the detection of faint structures and shells around optically bright nebulae.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Additional file 6 of Cross-reactivity of IgM anti-modified protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis despite limited mutational load
Creators: name: Reijm, Sanne
name: Kissel, Theresa
name: Stoeken-Rijsbergen, Gerrie
name: Slot, Linda M.
name: Wortel, Corrie M.
name: van Dooren, Hugo J.
name: Levarht, Nivine E. W.
name: Kampstra, Arieke S. B.
name: Derksen, Veerle F. A. M.
name: Heer, Pleuni Ooijevaar-de
name: Bang, Holger
name: Drijfhout, Jan W.
name: Trouw, Leendert A.
name: Huizinga, Tom W. J.
name: Rispens, Theo
name: Scherer, Hans U.
name: Toes, René E. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 6. Figure S5.
Reliable Embedded Systems Development
Creators: name: Deng, Dongcheng
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: Embedded Systems
subject: Agile Software Engineering
subject: Systematic Mapping
subject: Agile Test Support Co-processor
subject: Software Testing

description: With software defects reducing profits in many fields, it is worthwhile to consider moving key defect reducing strategies from one development area into another. A considerable amount of effort has been contributed to adapt and adopt the success of Agile methods into the embedded domain as defect-reduction methods. However, limited efficient and effective tools constrain the applicability of the Agile philosophy. Moreover, little studies have been reported to summarize the current state of the Agile-inspired embedded software development (AIESD) domain. The implications of an overview of AIESD generated from a systematic mapping study are discussed. An Agile test support (ATS) co-processor was proposed to provide low-overhead test insertion capability to embedded processors. The performance of the ATS was compared to existing hardware-assisted test insertion techniques. A demonstration application shows the use of ATS co-processor in multi-threaded environment.
EVN observations of 6.7 GHz methanol maser polarization in massive star-forming regions
Creators: name: Surcis, G.
name: Vlemmings, W. H. T.
name: van Langevelde, H. J.
name: Kramer, B. Hutawarakorn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The role of magnetic fields in the formation of high-mass stars is still under debate, and recent measurements of their orientation and strength by using polarized maser emissions are contributing new insights. Masers polarization, in particular of the 6.7-GHz methanol masers, are one of the best probes of the magnetic field morphologies around massive protostars. Determining the magnetic field morphology around an increasing number of massive protostars at milliarcsecond resolution by observing 6.7-GHz methanol masers is crucial to better understand the role of magnetic fields in massive star formation.The First EVN Group consists of 4 massive star-forming complexes: W51, W48, IRAS18556+0138, and W3(OH). These contain well-studied \hii ~regions from some of which molecular bipolar outflows were also detected (W51-e2, G35.20-0.74N). Nine of the European VLBI Network antennas were used to measure the linear polarization and Zeeman-splitting of the 6.7-GHz methanol masers in the star-forming regions of the First EVN Group. We detected a total of 154 CH3OH masers, one third of these towards W3(OH). Fractional linear polarization (1.2-11.5%) was detected towards 55 masers. The linear polarization vectors are well-ordered in all the massive star-forming regions. We measured significant Zeeman-splitting in 3 massive star-forming regions (W51, W48, and W3(OH)) revealing a range of separations -3.5 m/s
description: 15 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics
Using Ground-penetrating Radar and Seismic Shothole Drillers’ Logs to Identify Massive Ice and Taliks in the Lower Mackenzie Corridor and the Colville Hills, Northwest Territories
Creators: name: Odell, Daniel
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Physical Geography
subject: Permafrost
subject: Ground ice
subject: Taliks

description: Understanding of the distribution of massive ice and near surface taliks on a regional scale can offer important insights into the geomorphology, hydrology and quaternary geology in regions underlain by permafrost. These features are poorly constrained within the lower Mackenzie Valley and in the Colville Hills, two areas with the potential for hydrocarbon extraction. This thesis used ground-penetrating radar to identify massive ice and taliks at two sites in the lower Arctic of the Northwest Territories. Lithostratigraphic data taken from shothole drillers’ logs at Little Chicago, in the lower Mackenzie Corridor, and Lac des Bois, in the Colville Hills, act as a complement to shallow geophysical surveying undertaken in March of 2009. Three occurrences of massive ice and one talik were identified at the two study sites. The combined effectiveness, and the limitations, of ground-penetrating and seismic shothole drillers’ logs were examined in this study.
Deformed Bubbles and Lorentz Invariance in Vacuum Decay
Creators: name: Dine, Michael
name: Draper, Patrick
name: Park, Chang-Soon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, questions have been raised about the role of Lorentz invariance in false vacuum decay. It has been argued that infinities may arise in an integration over Lorentz-boosted final states. This suggestion motivates a Minkowski-space analysis of the decay rate. We attempt to illuminate features of the amplitude computation, and argue that the total rate including excitations is both finite and Lorentz invariant.
description: 23 pages
Localized peaking regimes for quasilinear parabolic equations
Creators: name: Shishkov, Andrey E.
name: Yevgenieva, Yevgeniia A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35K59, 35B44, 35K58, 35K65

description: This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior as $t\rightarrow T<\infty$ of all weak (energy) solutions of a class of equations with the following model representative: \begin{equation*} (|u|^{p-1}u)_t-Δ_p(u)+b(t,x)|u|^{λ-1}u=0 \quad (t,x)\in(0,T)\timesΩ,\,Ω\in{R}^n,\,n>1, \end{equation*} with prescribed global energy function \begin{equation*} E(t):=\int_Ω|u(t,x)|^{p+1}dx+ \int_0^t\int_Ω|\nabla_xu(τ,x)|^{p+1}dxdτ\rightarrow\infty\ \text{ as }t\rightarrow T. \end{equation*} Here $Δ_p(u)=\sum_{i=1}^n\left(|\nabla_xu|^{p-1}u_{x_i}\right)_{x_i}$, $p>0$, $λ>p$, $Ω$ is a bounded smooth domain, $b(t,x)\geq0$. Particularly, in the case \begin{equation*} E(t)\leq F_μ(t)=\exp\left(ω(T-t)^{-\frac1{p+μ}}\right)\quad\forall\,t0,\,ω>0, \end{equation*} it is proved that solution $u$ remains uniformly bounded as $t\rightarrow T$ in an arbitrary subdomain $Ω_0\subsetΩ:\overlineΩ_0\subsetΩ$ and the sharp upper estimate of $u(t,x)$ when $t\rightarrow T$ has been obtained depending on $μ>0$ and $s=dist(x,\partialΩ)$. In the case $b(t,x)>0$ $\forall\,(t,x)\in(0,T)\timesΩ$ sharp sufficient conditions on degeneration of $b(t,x)$ near $t=T$ that guarantee mentioned above boundedness for arbitrary (even large) solution have been found and the sharp upper estimate of a final profile of solution when $t\rightarrow T$ has been obtained.
description: 27 pages
GeoPubSubHub: A Geospatial Publish/Subscribe Architecture for the World-Wide Sensor Web
Creators: name: Huang, Chih-Yuan
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Engineering--System Science
subject: World-Wide Sensor Web
subject: Publish/Subscribe
subject: Geospatial
subject: Continuous query processing

description: The World-Wide Sensor Web has become a useful technique for monitoring the physical world at spatial and temporal scales that were impossible in the past. With the development and deployment of sensor technologies and interoperable open standards, sensor web generates tremendous volumes of priceless data enabling scientists to observe previously-unobservable phenomena. By connecting various types of sensors located worldwide and performs observations at high-frequency, sensor web has the ability to capture time-critical events and provide up-to-date information to support efficient decision making. We argue that constructing sensor web infrastructure and applying interoperable standards are the first steps. In order to harvest the full potential of sensor web, efficiently processing sensor web data and providing timely notifications are necessary. Therefore, this research proposes GeoPubSubHub, a software component applying the publish/subscribe communication model to efficiently process geospatial sensor web data. In this thesis, we propose an overall system architecture to address the seven challenges identified for constructing a geospatial sensor web publish/subscribe system. In addition to the solutions that are similar to existing approaches, we propose sensor web input adaptor, LOST-Tree, semantic layer service, AHS-Model, and sensor web browser to address challenges that are most unique and critical in the context of a geospatial sensor web publish/subscribe system. Our evaluation results demonstrate that these proposed solutions can effectively address targeted challenges with efficient performance. As one of the first geospatial sensor web publish/subscribe systems, we believe that our proposed solutions and GeoPubSubHub architecture serve as a promising initiative to process sensor web data in a timely manner and will consequently harvest the full potential of the world-wide sensor web.
Disconnectedness and unboundedness of the solution sets of monotone vector variational inequalities
Creators: name: Hieu, Vu Trung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: General Topology (math.GN)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we investigate the topological structure of solution sets of monotone vector variational inequalities. We show that if the weak Pareto solution set of a monotone vector variational inequality is disconnected, then each connected component of the set is unbounded. Similarly, this property holds for the proper Pareto solution set. Two open questions on the topological structure of the solution sets of (symmetric) monotone vector variational inequalities are raised at the end of the paper.
description: The 2nd and 3rd sentences in the proof of Propsition 3.3 have been replaced by "There exist an open set $U$ in $\R^n$ such that $U$ is bounded and $\A \subset U$." The author would like to thank Dr. Yu Han for pointing out the incorrect point
Testing Photometric Diagnostics for the Dynamical State and Possible IMBH presence in Globular Clusters
Creators: name: Noyola, Eva
name: Baumgardt, Holger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Surface photometry is a necessary tool to establish the dynamical state of stars clusters. We produce realistic HST-like images from N-body models of star clusters with and without central intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) in order to measure their surface brightness profiles. The models contain ~600,000 individual stars, black holes of various masses between 0% to 2% of the total mass, and are evolved for a Hubble time. We measure surface brightness and star count profiles for every constructed image in order to test the effect of intermediate mass black holes on the central logarithmic slope, the core radius, and the half-light radius. We use these quantities to test diagnostic tools for the presence of central black holes using photometry. We find that the the only models that show central shallow cusps with logarithmic slopes between -0.1 and -0.4 are those containing central black holes. Thus, the central logarithmic slope seems to be a good way to choose clusters suspect of containing intermediate-mass black holes. Clusters with steep central cusps can definitely be ruled out to host an IMBH. The measured r_c/r_h ratio has similar values for clusters that have not undergone core-collapse, and those containing a central black hole. We notice that observed Galactic globular clusters have a larger span of values for central slope and r_c/r_h than our modeled clusters, and suggest possible reasons that could account for this and contribute to improve future models.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
Sustainability and Public Transportation Theory and Analysis
Creators: name: Miller, Patrick
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Civil
subject: Transit
subject: Sustainability
subject: Public Transport
subject: Planning
subject: Sustainability Analysis
subject: Sustainable Transportation
subject: transportation
subject: Composite Index
subject: Cities

description: In the 21st century there is a need to provide sustainable transportation systems in cities to ensure that they remain centres of innovation, quality of life, and economic development. Public transit is often framed as a high potential mode of sustainable urban travel and while much research has been done on other modes of travel, comprehensive research into its sustainability benefits of public transit has been limited. This thesis first reviews the literature on sustainability and sustainable transport to develop a framework to analyze public transit and then applies the framework to 33 mass transit systems from the USA using the National Transit Database. The Public Transit Sustainable Mobility Analysis Project (PTSMAP) framework developed in this thesis utilizes environmental, economic, social and system effectiveness factors to compare the relative performance of Heavy Rail and Light rail systems while demonstrating how composite sustainability index techniques can be applied to public transit analysis. An application of this framework to a real world transit planning scenario is also presented using data from the TransLink UBC Line Phase 2 study report. Both demonstrations of the PTSMAP framework demonstrate a new way to analyze transit based on sustainability and aid in future research and decision making scenarios.
Demonstration of UV-written waveguides, Bragg gratings and cavities at 780 nm, and an original experimental measurement of group delay
Creators: name: Lepert, Guillaume
name: Trupke, Michael
name: Hinds, Ed A.
name: Rogers, Helen
name: Gates, James C.
name: Smith, Peter G. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present direct UV-written waveguides and Bragg gratings operating at 780 nm. By combining two gratings into a Fabry-Perot cavity we have devised and implemented a novel and practical method of measuring the group delay of Bragg gratings.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
Entrevista a Glòria Pérez Salmerón
Creators: name: Pérez Salmerón, Glòria
Publisher: name: Item: revista de biblioteconomia i documentació
Year: 2023

description: Glòria Pérez-Salmerón és una reconeguda professional en l’àmbit bibliotecari per la seva dedicació i contribucions al món de les biblioteques, en l’ambit nacional i internacional, on ha ocupat importants càrrecs. Va ser presidenta de la Federació Espanyola de Societats d’Arxivística, Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Museística (FESABID), ha tingut un paper rellevant a la Federació Internacional d’Associacions i Institucions Bibliotecàries (IFLA), on ha ocupat càrrecs importants, incloent-hi el de presidenta, i va ser directora de la Biblioteca Nacional d’Espanya.
description: Item: revista de biblioteconomia i documentació, 2023: Núm.:75
Additional file 7 of Cross-reactivity of IgM anti-modified protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis despite limited mutational load
Creators: name: Reijm, Sanne
name: Kissel, Theresa
name: Stoeken-Rijsbergen, Gerrie
name: Slot, Linda M.
name: Wortel, Corrie M.
name: van Dooren, Hugo J.
name: Levarht, Nivine E. W.
name: Kampstra, Arieke S. B.
name: Derksen, Veerle F. A. M.
name: Heer, Pleuni Ooijevaar-de
name: Bang, Holger
name: Drijfhout, Jan W.
name: Trouw, Leendert A.
name: Huizinga, Tom W. J.
name: Rispens, Theo
name: Scherer, Hans U.
name: Toes, René E. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 7. Figure S6.
Two phase, inward-then-outward migration of Jupiter and Saturn in the gaseous Solar Nebula
Creators: name: Pierens, Arnaud
name: Raymond, Sean N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has recently been shown that the terrestrial planets and asteroid belt can be reproduced if the giant planets underwent an inward-then-outward migration (the "Grand Tack"; Walsh et al 2011). Inward migration occurs when Jupiter opens a gap and type II migrates inward. The planets "tack" and migrate outward when Saturn reaches the gap-opening mass and is caught in the 3:2 resonance with Jupiter. The aim is to test the viability of the Grand Tack model and to study the dynamical evolution of Jupiter and Saturn during their growth from 10 Earth masses cores. We have performed numerical simulations using a grid-based hydrodynamical code. Most of our simulations assume an isothermal equation of state for the disk but a subset use a fully-radiative version of the code. For an isothermal disk the two phase migration of Jupiter and Saturn is very robust and independent of the mass-growth history of these planets provided the disk is cool enough. For a radiative disk the we find some outcomes with two phase migrations and others with more complicated behavior. We construct a simple, 1-D model of an evolving viscous disk to calculate the evolution of the disk's radiative properties: the disk transitions from radiative to isothermal from its outermost regions inward in time. We show that a two-phase migration is a natural outcome at late times even under the limiting assumption that isothermal conditions are required. Thus, our simulations provide strong support for the Grand Tack scenario.
description: 16 pages, 21 figures, accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Phase-field modeling of brittle fracture with multi-level hp-FEM and the finite cell method
Creators: name: Nagaraja, Sindhu
name: Elhaddad, Mohamed
name: Ambati, Marreddy
name: Kollmannsberger, Stefan
name: De Lorenzis, Laura
name: Rank, Ernst
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The difficulties in dealing with discontinuities related to a sharp crack are overcome in the phase-field approach for fracture by modeling the crack as a diffusive object being described by a continuous field having high gradients. The discrete crack limit case is approached for a small length-scale parameter that controls the width of the transition region between the fully broken and the undamaged phases. From a computational standpoint, this necessitates fine meshes, at least locally, in order to accurately resolve the phase-field profile. In the classical approach, phase-field models are computed on a fixed mesh that is a priori refined in the areas where the crack is expected to propagate. This on the other hand curbs the convenience of using phase-field models for unknown crack paths and its ability to handle complex crack propagation patterns. In this work, we overcome this issue by employing the multi-level hp-refinement technique that enables a dynamically changing mesh which in turn allows the refinement to remain local at singularities and high gradients without problems of hanging nodes. Yet, in case of complex geometries, mesh generation and in particular local refinement becomes non-trivial. We address this issue by integrating a two-dimensional phase-field framework for brittle fracture with the finite cell method (FCM). The FCM based on high-order finite elements is a non-geometry-conforming discretization technique wherein the physical domain is embedded into a larger fictitious domain of simple geometry that can be easily discretized. This facilitates mesh generation for complex geometries and supports local refinement. Numerical examples including a comparison to a validation experiment illustrate the applicability of the multi-level hp-refinement and the FCM in the context of phase-field simulations.
State of art report
Creators: name: Costa, Vítor
name: Esgalhado, Graça
name: Cunha, Ana Isabel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: deradicalization
exit programmes
radicalization
ideology

description: This report aims to review deradicalisation literature, exploring the theoretical and practical developments in this field. With a threefold structure, the report starts with an introduction where a conceptual distinction of key terms (e.g., deradicalisation, disengagement, counter-violent extremism, counter radicalisation) is made and a definition of exit programmes is presented. After, micro (individual), meso (group level) and macro (societal) determinants of radicalisation are explored and synthetized, contributing to our understanding of radicalisation processes. In this section, an emphasis is given to models of (de)radicalisation in the prison context. The second part of the report explores the theoretical and practical developments on exit programmes. Namely, this section draws attention to theories that can help researchers understand disengagement and deradicalisation processes, in order to develop better intervention programmes. First, some barriers to deradicalisation are presented, followed by the pull/push factors framework, highlighting deradicalisation factors. Then, studies presenting disengagement and deradicalisation factors are put forth. Additionally, a more theoretical approach is also developed, with an explanation of psychological theories, such as the investment model, cognitive dissonance theory, reactance theory, self-categorisation theory and social identity theory, since these represent important models to understand deradicalisation, as well as theories from other research fields. Moreover, this section describes the goals of exit programmes (i.e., deradicalise, disengage, rehabilitate and reintegrate) and main pillars of various programmes (e.g., reinterpretation of ideology; social service; individual counselling/psychological component), presenting a brief exploration of the history of these programmes and its implementation in different regions. The conclusion section draws attention to the main results from this literature review report, making a clear distinction of key terms, providing guidelines on exit programmes’ goals and possible structure, and reflecting on the main factors that promote deradicalisation and disengagement.
Simplicial and dimension groups with group action and their realization
Creators: name: Vas, Lia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 19A49, 06F20, 16W50, 16E20, 19K14

description: We define simplicial and dimension $Γ$-groups, the generalizations of simplicial and dimension groups to the case when these groups have an action of an arbitrary group $Γ.$ Assuming that the integral group ring of $Γ$ is Noetherian, we show that every dimension $Γ$-group is isomorphic to a direct limit of a directed system of simplicial $Γ$-groups and that the limit can be taken in the category of ordered groups with order-units or generating intervals. We adapt Hazrat's definition of the Grothendieck $Γ$-group $K_0^Γ(R)$ for a $Γ$-graded ring $R$ to the case when $Γ$ is not necessarily abelian. If $G$ is a pre-ordered abelian group with an action of $Γ$ which agrees with the pre-ordered structure, we say that $G$ is {\em realized} by a $Γ$-graded ring $R$ if $K_0^Γ(R)$ and $G$ are isomorphic as pre-ordered $Γ$-groups with an isomorphism which preserves order-units or generating intervals. We show that every simplicial $Γ$-group with an order-unit can be realized by a graded matricial ring over a $Γ$-graded division ring. If the integral group ring of $Γ$ is Noetherian, we realize a countable dimension $Γ$-group with an order-unit or a generating interval by a $Γ$-graded ultramatricial ring over a $Γ$-graded division ring. We also relate our results to graded rings with involution which give rise to Grothendieck $Γ$-groups with actions of both $Γ$ and $\mathbb Z_2$. We adapt the Realization Problem for von Neumann regular rings to graded rings and concepts from this work and discuss some other questions.
description: This version has some minor grammatical errors of the previous version corrected. It matches the version to be published in Forum Mathematicum
Investigation of novel schizophrenia candidate genes through biochemical and computational methods
Creators: name: Mead, Carri-Lyn Rebecca
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Schizophrenia is a complex highly heritable psychiatric disorder affecting ~1% of the human population. Complex disease research must consider the wide variety of confounding factors that contribute to disease pathology. Underlying genetic contributions to disease are often heterogeneous among the disease population and individual gene linkage and association signals may be weak and inconsistent within affected populations. The disease phenotype may actually result from multiple defects within one or more related functional pathways. Understanding the physical interactions that known susceptibility genes engage in provides insight into the functions and pathways contributing to disease, and also implicates the interacting genes and proteins as potential schizophrenia candidate genes. While many candidate schizophrenia genes have been proposed, findings for only a few genes have been sufficiently replicated for them to be considered schizophrenia susceptibility genes, including neuregulin-1 and dysbindin. The first aim of this thesis was to identify novel candidate schizophrenia genes through investigation of the interactions and pathways that known susceptibility genes neuregulin-1 and dysbindin participate in. The second aim of this thesis was the generation of a novel method for whole genome linkage meta-analysis. Numerous genome-wide linkage studies have been performed on a wide variety of schizophrenia cohorts, however highly significant genome-wide linkage signals have not been prevalent and there has been little replication between studies. It is possible that individual studies contain weak linkage signals that are consistent across multiple studies, but due to their lack of significance in any one study, have not been identified. The Marker Footprint Linkage Meta-analysis method was developed to allow for refinement of candidate schizophrenia linkage regions from existing studies and identification of novel regions that show broadly consistent, but perhaps weak, linkage signals across multiple studies. Through these analyses a common protein interaction network that encompasses three of the current best schizophrenia susceptibility genes (neuregulin-1, dysbindin, and disrupted-In-schizophrenia-1) was identified. These findings greatly expand current knowledge of interactions with these important schizophrenia susceptibility genes. A novel method for performing genome-wide linkage meta-analyses was developed that incorporates recombination to refine existing linkage regions and identify novel linkage regions that have not previously been identified.