cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CO2-switchable vesicles-network structure transition and drug release property
Creators: name: Duan, Wenmeng
name: Jing, Xianwu
name: Tan, Jiang
name: Tao, Minmin
name: Wang, Lu
name: Lu, Hongsheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: A series of amphiphilic triblock polymers based on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and two symmetrical poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) blocks was synthesized via the Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) method. Conductivity, pH, and viscosity tests demonstrated the CO2-switchability jointly; Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM), Dynamic light scattering (DLS) revealed the self-assembly morphology transformation from unilamellar vesicle to network structure when bubbling CO2. These changes were all attributed to the protonation of tertiary amine groups in PDMAEMA blocks and the mechanism was proved by −H NMR. The vesicles have a relatively low release rate of drug; once stimulated by CO2, the release rate will be accelerated. The polymeric vesicle has the possibility to find potential applications in drug delivery and release domains.
The Ursa Major Cluster of Galaxies. IV ; HI synthesis observations
Creators: name: Verheijen, Marc A. W.
name: Sancisi, Renzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this data paper we present the results of an extensive 21cm-line synthesis imaging survey of 43 spiral galaxies in the nearby Ursa Major cluster using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. Detailed kinematic information in the form of position-velocity diagrams and rotation curves is presented in an atlas together with HI channel maps, 21cm continuum maps, global HI profiles, radial HI surface density profiles, integrated HI column density maps, and HI velocity fields. The relation between the corrected global HI linewidth and the rotational velocities Vmax and Vflat as derived from the rotation curves is investigated. Inclination angles obtained from the optical axis ratios are compared to those derived from the inclined HI disks and the HI velocity fields. The galaxies were not selected on the basis of their HI content but solely on the basis of their cluster membership and inclination which should be suitable for a kinematic analysis. The observed galaxies provide a well-defined, volume limited and equidistant sample, useful to investigate in detail the statistical properties of the Tully-Fisher relation and the dark matter halos around them.
description: 32 pages, including 2 sample pages of HI atlas. For full atlas (104 pages, 11 MB) see http://www.nrao.edu/library/preprints/00173.ps.gz . Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pendulum Analysis by Leaf Functions and Hyperbolic Leaf Functions
Creators: name: Shinohara, Kazunori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The mathematical model representing the equation of motion of a pendulum is nonlinear. Solutions that satisfy the equation cannot be represented by elementary functions, such as trigonometric functions. To solve such problems, it is common to linearize the nonlinear equations and derive approximate numerical solutions and exact solutions. Applying such linearization is limited to cases in which the angle of the pendulum is relatively small. In cases where the angle of the pendulum is large, various methods have been presented that rely on numerical solutions and the exact solutions based on Jacobian elliptic functions, to name one example. On the other hand, the author has been studying a certain type differential equation. The second derivative of a function is equal to the term multiplied by $-n$(or $n$) for terms whose function is raised to $2n-1$. Curves based on solving this differential equation are constructed as regular waves with periods. The author has termed the function satisfying this differential equation the leaf function (or the hyperbolic leaf function). In this paper, we attempt to apply this leaf function (or hyperbolic leaf function) to undamped pendulums and overdamped pendulums for large angles.
Field Theory of N Entangled Polymers
Creators: name: Ferrari, Franco
name: Kleinert, Hagen
name: Lazzizzera, Ignazio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We formulate a field theory capable of describing the entanglement in a canonical ensemble of N polymers in terms of Feynman diagrams.
description: Author Information under http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/institution.html Latest update of paper also at http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/308
Additional file 1: of Exploring the unique function of imprinting control centers in the PWS/AS-responsible region: finding from array-based methylation analysis in cases with variously sized microdeletions
Creators: name: Matsubara, Keiko
name: Masatsune Itoh
name: Shimizu, Kenji
name: Saito, Shinji
name: Enomoto, Keisuke
name: Nakabayashi, Kazuhiko
name: Hata, Kenichiro
name: Kurosawa, Kenji
name: Ogata, Tsutomu
name: Fukami, Maki
name: Kagami, Masayo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Supplementary document. (DOCX 23 kb)
Additional file 1: of Magnetic resonance imaging and molecular features associated with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer
Creators: name: Wu, Jia
name: Li, Xuejie
name: Teng, Xiaodong
name: Rubin, Daniel
name: Napel, Sandy
name: Daniel, Bruce
name: Li, Ruijiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: Figure S1. Flowcharts of detailed patient selection for both TCGA and I-SPY 1 trials in the proposed study. Figure S2. Pairwise Pearsonâ s correlation of 17 quantitative DCE-MRI features (see definition in TableÂ 1). Figure S3. ROC curves corresponding to mutation burden, cytolytic activity, and proposed composite model for classification of low vs intermediate TIL groups. Figure S4. Predicted TIL values for I-SPY patients based on the composite model, stratified by (a) three subtypes and (b) recurrence status. (DOCX 600 kb)
Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia) plumata Bravo & Araújo & Uefs 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Bravo, Freddy
name: Araújo, Maíra X.
name: Uefs, Santana -
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Trichomyia
Trichomyia plumata

description: Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia) plumata sp. nov.
(Figs 8–12)
 Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J (MZFS), labelled: ‘Manacapuru (AM) / Cajatuba, Km 69/3/ 3CDC copa / 9.X.1998 [white label] ’; PARATYPES: 1 J (MZFS), labelled: ‘ BRASIL, AM / Manacapuru / Cajatuba, Km 69/3/ CDC copa Lote 011 / 20.IV.1998 / Col. RQ, RN, PE [white label, printed] ’; 1 J (MZFS), labelled: ‘ BRASIL, AM / Manacapuru / Cajatuba, Km 69/3/ CDC / 08.XI.1999 [white label, printed] ’; 1 J (MZFS), labelled: ‘ BRASIL, AM / Purupuru, Est. / Nunes de Melo / Km 4 (base de árvore / 24.XI.1998 [white label, printed]’.
 Diagnosis. Palpus with segment 4 of palpus 1.2 times the length of third segment; radial fork apical to medial fork; CuA 2 ending approximately at the same point as medial fork; posterior arms of gonocoxite subrectangular in dorsal view with acute apex, convergent, with feathered bristles on entire surface; gonostylus present, blade-shaped, with truncate apex; cercus teardrop-shaped in ventral view; ejaculatory apodeme long, 0.9 times the length of gonocoxal arm.
  Description. Male.  Palpus four segmented with sensilla in depressed pits on segments 1 and 2; palpus formula 1.0: 0.9: 1.1: 1.3 (Fig. 9). Antenna incomplete in the specimens studied; scape subcylindrical and pedicel subspherical; basal flagellomeres pyriform, not eccentric (Fig. 8); ascoids lost. Wing (Fig. 10): Sc complete; sc-r complete; R 5 complete at base; r-m and m-cu absent, radial fork apical to medial fork; CuA 2 ending approximately at the same point as medial fork. Male terminalia (Figs 11–12): hypandrium and gonocoxites fused dorsally; posterior arms of gonocoxite subrectangular in dorsal view with acute apex, 8.8 times the length of gonostylus, convergent, with feathered bristles on entire surface; gonostylus present, blade-shaped, with truncate apex; cercus teardrop-shaped in ventral view; epandrium narrow; cercus teardrop-shaped; apex of hypoproct triangular, with microtrichia; pair of lobes half the length of aedeagal complex; ejaculatory apodeme long, 0.9 times the length of gonocoxal arm.
 Etymology. The Latin epithet plumatus (= feathered), refers to the presence of evident branched bristles on the posterior arm of gonocoxite.
 Distribution. Brazil, state of Amazonas: Manacapuru, Purupuru.
description: Published as part of Bravo, Freddy, Araújo, Maíra X. & Uefs, Santana -, 2013, Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia subgen. nov.) plumata sp. nov. from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Psychodidae: Trichomyiinae), pp. 329-338 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on pages 334-335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5739745
Amidst Online Learning: The Self-Efficacy and Academic Motivation of the College Students from the Public Higher Education Institutions in the Philippines
Creators: name: Tus, Jhoselle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience and Physiological Psychology
subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Personality, Social and Criminal Psychology
subject: 170105 Gender Psychology
subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Applied Psychology
subject: 170113 Social and Community Psychology
subject: Organizational Behavioral Psychology
subject: 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
subject: Developmental and Educational Psychology
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing

description: Online learning has become one of the most practical applications in education in this pandemic. Because of online learning, students can still rely on learning a lot through this application. Still, some students hesitate to enroll this school year because they do not have confidence regarding their academic skills and performance even before in the face-to-face classes. Therefore, the researchers aim to study the influence of self-efficacy on the freshmen college students' academic motivation in public state universities in the Philippines amidst the new normal of education. Furthermore, this study investigates the relationship between first-year college students' self-efficacy and academic motivation from public higher education institutions in the Philippines. Based on the statistical analysis, the findings revealed a significant relationship between self-efficacy and academic motivation (r=.332) with an associated probability value of 0.01 alpha level of significance.
On The Linearity of The Black Hole - Bulge Mass Relation in Active and in Nearby Galaxies
Creators: name: Laor, Ari
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Analysis of PG quasar observations suggests a nonlinear relation between the black hole mass, M_BH, and the bulge mass, M_bulge, although a linear relation, as proposed for nearby galaxies, cannot be ruled out. New M_BH values for nearby galaxies from Gebhardt et al., and L_bulge measurements for Seyfert 1 galaxies from Virani et al., are used here to obtain a more accurate value for the slope of the M_BH-M_bulge relation. The combined sample of 40 active and non-active galaxies suggests a significantly nonlinear relation, M_BH\propto M_bulge^{1.53\pm 0.14}. Further support for a nonlinear relation is provided by the slope of the M_BH-stellar velocity dispersion relation found recently, and by the low M_BH found in late type spiral galaxies. The mean M_BH/M_bulge ratio is therefore not a universal constant, but rather drops from ~0.5% in bright (M_V ~ -22) ellipticals, to ~0.05% in low luminosity (M_V ~ -18) bulges. Hubble Space Telescope determinations of M_BH in late type spirals, and of the bulge magnitude in narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies (both predicted to have low M_BH), can further test the validity of the nonlinear M_BH-M_bulge relation.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ, 9 pages inc. 2 figures
Additional file 1: of A novel TLR4 binding protein, 40S ribosomal protein S3, has potential utility as an adjuvant in a dendritic cell-based vaccine
Creators: name: Park, Hyun
name: Gun-Young Jang
name: Kim, Young
name: Park, Jung
name: Lee, Sung
name: Manh-Cuong Vo
name: Je-Jung Lee
name: Han, Hee
name: Jung, In
name: Kang, Tae
name: Yeong-Min Park
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Materials and methods. (DOCX 20 kb)
Predicting the Rossby number in convective experiments
Creators: name: Anders, Evan H.
name: Manduca, Cathryn M.
name: Brown, Benjamin P.
name: Oishi, Jeffrey S.
name: Vasil, Geoffrey M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Rossby number is a crucial parameter describing the degree of rotational constraint on the convective dynamics in stars and planets. However, it is not an input to computational models of convection but must be measured ex post facto. Here, we report the discovery of a new quantity, the Predictive Rossby number, which is both tightly correlated with the Rossby number and specified in terms of common inputs to numerical models. The Predictive Rossby number can be specified independent of Rayleigh number, allowing suites of numerical solutions to separate the degree of rotational constraint from the strength of the driving of convection. We examine the scaling of convective transport in terms of the Nusselt number and the degree of turbulence in terms of the Reynolds number of the flow, and we find scaling laws nearly identical to those in nonrotational convection at low Rossby number when the Predictive Rossby number is held constant. Finally, we describe the boundary layers as a function of increasing turbulence at constant Rossby number.
description: As accepted in ApJ. 9 pages (including references). 4 figures, 2 tables
Cosmological study of a symmetric teleparallel gravity model
Creators: name: Gonçalves, Tiago B.
name: Atayde, Luís
name: Frusciante, Noemi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a symmetric teleparallel gravity with a Lagrangian of logarithmic form. The full model leads to an accelerated universe and for specific values of the free parameters the Hubble rate reduces to the well-known Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model, though the evolution of the gravitational potentials are different. We consider different branches of the logarithmic model, among which are self-accelerated branch and normal branch. The phenomenology of both the background and linear perturbations is discussed, including all the relevant effects on cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) angular power spectrum, lensing and matter power spectra. To this purpose, we modified the Einstein-Boltzmann code mgcamb. Finally, we derive bounds on the free parameters which are in agreement with early dark energy constraint from CMB and big bang nucleosynthesis constraint on the helium abundance.
description: 24 pages, 14 figures
Experimental Demonstration of Back-Linked Fabry-Perot Interferometer for the Space Gravitational Wave Antenna
Creators: name: Sugimoto, Ryosuke
name: Okuma, Yusuke
name: Nagano, Koji
name: Komori, Kentaro
name: Izumi, Kiwamu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The back-linked Fabry-Perot interferometer (BLFPI) is an interferometer topology proposed for space gravitational wave antennas with the use of inter-satellite Fabry-Perot interferometers. The BLFPI offers simultaneous and independent control over all interferometer length degrees of freedom by controlling the laser frequencies. Therefore, BLFPI does not require an active control system for the physical lengths of the inter-satellite Fabry-Perot interferometers. To achieve a high sensitivity, the implementation must rely on an offline signal process for subtracting laser frequency noises. However, the subtraction has not been experimentally verified to date. This paper reports a demonstration of the frequency noise subtraction in the frequency band of 100 Hz-50 kHz, including the cavity pole frequency, using Fabry-Perot cavities with a length of 46 cm. The highest reduction ratio of approximately 200 was achieved. This marks the first experimental verification of the critical function in the BLFPI.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
Causes and predictors of mortality from lupus nephritis in Southern Hunan, China
Creators: name: Liu, Peng
name: Peng, Zhong
name: Xiang, Yazhou
name: Duan, Yingjie
name: Huang, Hong
name: Peng, Zhiyong
name: Zhang, Yong
name: Yang, Bo
name: Ou, Jihong
name: He, Zhangxiu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The objective of the study was to explore the causes and predictors of mortality in a cohort of LN with LN in southern Hunan, China. We analyzed 236 patients with biopsy-proven LN during 2010–2018. Demographic data, laboratory data, SLEDAI scores, treatment strategies, and comorbidity were collected. Cox regression analysis was carried out to determine the independent predictors of mortality. The patients had mean disease duration of 67.9 ± 28.2 months. Class IV LN was the predominant biopsy class within the cohort (38.1%). After 1 year therapy, the majority of patients achieved complete remission (72.9%) and 44 (18.6%) patients achieved partial remission. The 5- and 10-years survival rates for our cohort were 94.4 and 85.2%, respectively. There were 18 deaths (7.6%), of which the main causes were infection (50%) alone and cardiovascular diseases (27.8%). Independent predictors of mortality in our cohort were: platelet-to-neutrophil ratio (PNR) [hazard ratio (HR) 5.910; confidence interval (CI) 1.253–27.875], onset age (HR 1.090; CI 1.035–1.147), and SLEDAI scores (HR 1.258; CI 1.068–1.482). We firstly revealed that PNR might be a promising predictor of mortality and reported the causes and prognostic predictors of mortality in LN from southern Hunan, China.
Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia) Bravo & Araújo & Uefs 2013, subgen. nov.
Creators: name: Bravo, Freddy
name: Araújo, Maíra X.
name: Uefs, Santana -
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Trichomyia

description: Key to the males of Neotropical Brachiotrichomyia subgen. nov.
 1. Sensilla in depressed pit on palpal segment 2 and absent in segment 1; ejaculatory apodeme short, 0.3 times the length of the gonocoxal arm..............................................................................................................................  T. (B.) pseudodactylis  Quate, 1996 (Costa Rica)
– Sensilla in depressed pits on segments 1 and 2 (Figs 1, 9); ejaculatory apodeme short or long, 0.2–1.0 times the length of the gonocoxal arm...................................................... 2
2. Bristles of inner margin of gonocoxal arm simple, not feathered................................... 3
– Bristles of inner margin of gonocoxal arm feathered (Figs 6, 12).................................. 6
3. Gonostylus absent............................................................................................................ 4
– Gonostylus present.......................................................................................................... 5
 4. Fourth segment of palpus 1.3 times the length of third segment; CuA 2 ending apically to medial fork............................  T. (B.) armata  Barretto, 1954 (Brazil: São Paulo, Paraná)
 – Fourth segment of palpus 0.8 times the length of third segment; CuA 2 ending before medial fork.......................................  T. (B.) brasiliensis  Satchell, 1956 (Brazil: Santa Catarina)
 5. Ejaculatory apodeme 0.2 times the length of gonocoxal arm; bristles on apical half of gonocoxal arm.............................................................................................................................  T. (B.) risaraldensis  Bejarano, Pérez-Doria & Sierra, 2009 (Colombia: Risaralda)
 – Ejaculatory apodeme 0.4 times the length of gonocoxal arm; bristles on entire inner margin of gonocoxal arm...........................................  T. (B.) quatei  Bravo, 2001 (Brazil: Bahia)
 6. Cercus long, subrectangular in ventral view; arm of gonocoxite sub-parallel (Figs 5, 7)..............................  T. (B.) inermis  Barretto, 1954 (Brazil: São Paulo, Bahia, Amazonas)
 – Cercus teardrop-shaped in ventral view; arm of gonocoxite convergent to midline (Figs 11, 12).........................................................  T. (B.) plumata sp. nov.  (Brazil: Amazonas)
description: Published as part of Bravo, Freddy, Araújo, Maíra X. & Uefs, Santana -, 2013, Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia subgen. nov.) plumata sp. nov. from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Psychodidae: Trichomyiinae), pp. 329-338 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 336, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5739745
Diagnostic analysis of environmental factors affecting the severity of traffic crashes: From the perspective of pedestrian–vehicle and vehicle–vehicle collisions
Creators: name: Wang, Kun
name: Zhang, Weihua
name: Jin, Lai
name: Feng, Zhongxiang
name: Zhu, Dianchen
name: Cong, Haozhe
name: Yu, Haiyang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mental Health

description: Traffic crashes under low-visibility conditions are frequent and serious. The aim of this study was to investigate how the road environment affects the severity of pedestrian–vehicle and vehicle–vehicle collisions under low-visibility conditions. The injury severity of pedestrian–vehicle collisions and vehicle–vehicle collisions under low-visibility conditions was set as the dependent variable and divided into 2 categories: “killed or severe injury collision” and “slight injury collision.” Ten variables, including environment conditions, road traffic facility status, collision characteristics, and road attributes, were selected as independent factors according to the existing research and the traffic collision data set. Based on 656 valid pedestrian–vehicle collisions and 1,430 valid vehicle–vehicle collisions under low-visibility conditions, 2 random parameter logit models were established to evaluate the impacts of influencing factors on the severity of pedestrian–vehicle collisions and vehicle–vehicle collisions, in which the effect of unobserved heterogeneity was accounted for. The results show that visibility, presence of a roadside protection, road type, road pavement condition, and road alignment were significant factors affecting the severity of pedestrian–vehicle collisions. In addition, the presence of a median divider, location of the collision, road type, road surface condition, road pavement condition, and road alignment were significant factors affecting the severity of vehicle–vehicle collisions. Furthermore, the injury severity of both pedestrian–vehicle collisions and vehicle–vehicle collisions under low-visibility conditions on highways, poor road pavement, and non-straight-line sections was more likely to be fatal or serious. These results have implications for the design of more effective strategies to reduce casualties from traffic crashes under low-visibility conditions.
A resonant pair of warm giant planets revealed by TESS
Creators: name: Kipping, David
name: Nesvorný, David
name: Hartman, Joel
name: Torres, Guillermo
name: Bakos, Gaspar
name: Jansen, Tiffany
name: Teachey, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the discovery of a pair of transiting giant planets, TOI-216b and c, using four sectors of TESS photometry. TOI-216 is a $0.87 M_{\odot}$ dwarf orbited by two transiters with radii of $8.2 R_{\oplus}$ and $11.3 R_{\oplus}$, and periods of $17.01$d and $34.57$d, respectively. Anti-correlated TTVs are clearly evident indicating that the transiters orbit the same star and interact via a near 2:1 mean motion resonance. By fitting the TTVs with a dynamical model, we infer masses of $26_{-11}^{+24} M_{\oplus}$ and $190_{-80}^{+220} M_{\oplus}$, establishing that the objects are planetary in nature and have likely sub-Kronian and Kronian densities. TOI-216 lies close to the southern ecliptic pole and thus will be observed by TESS throughout the first year, providing an opportunity for continuous dynamical monitoring and considerable refinement of the dynamical masses presented here. TOI-216 closely resembles Kepler-9 in architecture, and we hypothesize that in such systems these Saturn-analogs failed to fully open a gap and thus migrated far deeper into the system before becoming trapped into resonance, which would imply that future detections of new analogs may also have sub-Jupiter masses.
description: Final version accepted to MNRAS, now uses 6 sectors of TESS data
The YARK theory of gravity can reproduce neither the LIGO's "GW150914 signal" nor the other LIGO's detections of gravitational waves
Creators: name: Corda, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that, based on important reasons, differently from the some recent claim in the literature, the YARK theory of gravity can reproduce neither the LIGO's "GW150914 signal" nor the other LIGO's detections of gravitational waves (GWs).
description: 4 pages, Concept Paper. Invited contribution accepted for publication in the Symmetry Special Issue "Gravitational Waves" Edited by Malik Rakhmanov
Additional file 2: of A novel TLR4 binding protein, 40S ribosomal protein S3, has potential utility as an adjuvant in a dendritic cell-based vaccine
Creators: name: Park, Hyun
name: Gun-Young Jang
name: Kim, Young
name: Park, Jung
name: Lee, Sung
name: Manh-Cuong Vo
name: Je-Jung Lee
name: Han, Hee
name: Jung, In
name: Kang, Tae
name: Yeong-Min Park
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Figure S1. NF-κB activity was measured using cancer cell lysates to assess TLR4-expressing tumor cells. Figure S2. To identify the TLR4 binding proteins, two groups were divided and assessed through pull-down assay. Figure S3 Mouse BMDCs were treated with doxorubicin (0, 0.1, 1, 10 μg/mL). Figure S4. For endotoxin contamination test, recombinant RPS3 (1 μg) and LPS (100 ng) were incubated with proteinase K (100 μg/ml) or with polymyxin B (10 μg/ml). Figure S5 Mouse BMDCs were separated into RPS3 treated mature DCs loaded with OVA peptide or E7 peptide. Figure S6. To confirm the dominancy of T cells in adaptive immune responses to clear tumors, T cell or NK cell depletion antibodies were injected into mice before the injection of cancer cells. Figure S7 We examined the TLR4-dependency for DC activation and maturation by using TLR4 blocking antibody. Figure S8 The purification of recombinant HMGB1 protein was confirmed by CBB staining and by western blot (A). Figure S9 HEK293 cells were transfected by shRNA (GFP) as a negative control or shRNA (RPS3). Figure S10 Mice serum with vaccination or not were used to confirm that RPS3 does not induce humoral immunity, producing autoantibodies against itself. (DOCX 1509 kb)
Coherent Transport through a Quantum Dot Embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm Ring
Creators: name: Kang, Kicheon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the coherent transport in multi-terminal mesoscopic Aharonov-Bohm ring with a quantum dot embedded in an arm. Employing the Friedel sum rule for the effective single-particle levels in the quantum dot, we explain some anomalous features which have been observed in the experiment. We attribute these anomalies to the result of nontrivial quantum interference of the quantum dot with the attached ring. Further, we propose a new feature of conductance oscillations which can be a test for the validity of our model.
description: 4 pages Revtex, 4 Postscript figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
La zakat en Afrique : Perspectives et défis de l'entrepreneuriat social
Creators: name: EL ALAOUI, Ouissam
name: AMEDJAR, Mohamed
name: GHANDARI, Youssef
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: La zakat ; L'entrepreneuriat social ; Développement ; Défis ; Afrique.

description: L'entrepreneuriat social en Afrique joue un rôle clé dans le développement, en répondant à des enjeux sociaux tout en générant des profits. Les entrepreneurs sociaux cherchent à résoudre des problèmes tels que la pauvreté, l'accès à l'éducation et à la santé, tout en créant des emplois durables. La zakat peut être un levier important pour financer ces initiatives, en soutenant des projets locaux et en favorisant l'autonomisation des femmes et des jeunes. Des exemples concrets, tels que la Zakat Foundation et le programme "Zakat for Entrepreneurs" au Sénégal, montrent comment la zakat peut soutenir l'entrepreneuriat social et l'inclusion économique.

Cependant, plusieurs défis existent pour intégrer la zakat dans ce domaine, notamment la gestion des fonds, le manque de transparence, les obstacles culturels et la concurrence avec d'autres sociétés de financements. Pour surmonter ces défis, notre article propose le renforcement des mécanismes de gestion, d'utiliser des plateformes numériques pour améliorer la collecte et le suivi des fonds, et de sensibiliser les populations à l'importance de la zakat. Une meilleure coordination entre les institutions financières islamiques, gouvernements et sociétés civiles est essentielle pour intégrer la zakat dans les projets de développement durable en Afrique.
Development and Use of Avian In Vitro and In Vivo Models for Toxicological Screening and Prioritization of Five Bisphenol A Replacement Compounds: Bisphenol F, TGSH, DD-70, Bisphenol AF, and BPSIP
Creators: name: Sharin, Tasnia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2021
Subjects: Avian toxicity
In vitro toxicology
Gene expression
Bisphenols

description: Toxicity testing is moving from animal-based studies to faster, more ethical in vitro approaches that focus on mechanistic toxicology. The use of bisphenol A (BPA) replacement compounds is increasing and there is limited toxicity data available for these compounds in avian species. The overall goals of this thesis were to: a) determine if avian cell lines are suitable alternatives to primary hepatocytes for chemical screening; b) generate toxicity data for five BPA replacement compounds: bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methane (BPF), bis(3-allyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfone (TGSH), 7-bis(4-hydroxyphenylthio)-3,5-dioxaheptane (DD-70), 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane (BPAF) and 4-hydroxyphenyl 4-isoprooxyphenylsulfone (BPSIP) in three in vitro models: primary chicken embryonic hepatocytes (CEH), double-crested cormorant (DCCO) embryonic hepatocytes (DCEH) and chicken LMH cell line; and 3) prioritize two replacements for early-life stage testing (ELS). LMH cells cultured as 3D spheroids, as opposed to 2D monolayer, had enhanced mRNA expression and CYP1A activity and were therefore used for screening. Additionally, an immortalized DCCO hepatic cell line, DCH22, was established, which may be useful for future avian toxicity testing. DD-70 and BPAF were the most cytotoxic across the three in vitro models. TGSH and DD-70 altered expression of genes associated with multiple toxicity pathways, but not estrogen response, and are potential non-estrogenic replacements. BPAF, BPF and BPSIP are potential estrogenic replacements. In general, the replacements were more cytotoxic and/or transcriptionally active than BPA. There was species-specific variability in toxicity; the replacements were more transcriptionally active in CEH compared to DCEH. LMH spheroids were more sensitive to estrogenic endpoints than CEH. DD-70 and BPAF were prioritized for ELS studies based on in vitro results. All of the replacements modulated the expression of genes related to bile acid regulation in vitro and an increase in gallbladder mass was observed in chicken embryos after exposure to DD-70 or BPAF. Overall, this thesis evaluated the utility of LMH cells cultured as spheroids as an animal free alternative for chemical screening, established a DCCO cell line, and generated novel cytotoxicity and gene expression data for five BPA replacement compounds in three in vitro avian models and determined ELS toxicity of two replacement compounds.
Manota pectinata Hippa 2006
Creators: name: Hippa, Heikki
name: Ševčík, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Mycetophilidae
Manota
Manota pectinata

description: Manota pectinata Hippa, 2006
 Material examined. 1 J, INDONESIA: SOUTH SULAWESI: ‘Bulusaraung, forêt secondaire altitude, au sol, Site 2-1, Grand Malaise 3, 18– 27.8.2007, INDO 710M1B’ (MNHN).
 Remarks. This is a widespread species, hitherto known from Thailand (HIPPA & PAPP 2007), Peninsular Malaysia (HIPPA 2006), Sabah (Borneo), and Dumoga Bone National Park in North Sulawesi ( HIPPA & ŠEVČÍK 2010).
description: Published as part of Hippa, Heikki & Ševčík, Jan, 2013, Five new species and a new record of Manota (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Sulawesi, pp. 763-775 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2) on page 774, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5739779
Is Internalized Racism One More Piece of the Puzzle in Racial Disparities in Prosecution?
Creators: name: Kutateladze, Besiki Luka
name: Liu, Lin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Although diversifying the criminal justice apparatus may yield more equitable outcomes, empirical tests of how prosecutors’ race affects their decisions are limited. Informed by Internalized Racism Theory (IRT), we hypothesized that Black prosecutors would be most punitive toward Black defendants, followed by Latino/a defendants, and least toward White and Asian defendants. Employing hierarchical logistic modelling, we analyzed data from a large prosecutorial office to examine the extent to which prosecutors’ race is associated with racial disparities in custodial plea offers and charge reductions. We found notable support for our hypotheses. In cases disposed of by Black prosecutors, Black and Latino/defendants are significantly more likely to receive custodial plea offers than are similarly-situated White and Asian defendants. Although the direction of the relationship with charge reductions was in line with our hypotheses, no significant effects were detected.
Weighted Stochastic Field Exponent Sobolev Spaces and Nonlinear Degenerated Elliptic Problem
Creators: name: Aydin, Ismail
name: Unal, Cihan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46E35, 43A15, 60H15

description: In this study, we consider weighted stochastic field exponent function spaces $L_{\vartheta }^{p(.,.)}\left( D\times Ω\right) $ and $W_{\vartheta }^{k,p(.,.)}\left( D\times Ω\right) $. Also, we investigate some basic properties and embeddings of these spaces. Finally, we present an application of these spaces to the stochastic partial differential equations with stochastic field growth.
description: 14 pages
Adaptive Combinatorial Maximization: Beyond Approximate Greedy Policies
Creators: name: Weitzman, Shlomi
name: Sabato, Sivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study adaptive combinatorial maximization, which is a core challenge in machine learning, with applications in active learning as well as many other domains. We study the Bayesian setting, and consider the objectives of maximization under a cardinality constraint and minimum cost coverage. We provide new comprehensive approximation guarantees that subsume previous results, as well as considerably strengthen them. Our approximation guarantees simultaneously support the maximal gain ratio as well as near-submodular utility functions, and include both maximization under a cardinality constraint and a minimum cost coverage guarantee. In addition, we provided an approximation guarantee for a modified prior, which is crucial for obtaining active learning guarantees that do not depend on the smallest probability in the prior. Moreover, we discover a new parameter of adaptive selection policies, which we term the "maximal gain ratio". We show that this parameter is strictly less restrictive than the greedy approximation parameter that has been used in previous approximation guarantees, and show that it can be used to provide stronger approximation guarantees than previous results. In particular, we show that the maximal gain ratio is never larger than the greedy approximation factor of a policy, and that it can be considerably smaller. This provides a new insight into the properties that make a policy useful for adaptive combinatorial maximization.
description: ALT 2024
Enhancement of superhorizon scale inflationary curvature perturbations
Creators: name: Leach, Samuel M
name: Sasaki, Misao
name: Wands, David
name: Liddle, Andrew R
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that there exists a simple mechanism which can enhance the amplitude of curvature perturbations on superhorizon scales during inflation, relative to their amplitude at horizon crossing. The enhancement may occur even in a single-field inflaton model, and occurs if the quantity $a\dotϕ/H$ becomes sufficiently small, as compared to its value at horizon crossing, for some time interval during inflation. We give a criterion for this enhancement in general single-field inflation models.
description: 5 pages RevTeX file with 2 figures incorporated v2:Contains important O(k^2) correction
Chironitis imitator Balthasar 1963
Creators: name: Bezděk, Aleš
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Chironitis
Chironitis imitator

description: Chironitis imitator Balthasar, 1963
 Chironitis imitator Balthasar, 1963c: 95, Fig. 3.
The holotype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):
HOLOTYPE (J): ‘ SUDAN / Mongalla / Lado [hw] // ex coll. V.Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // Chironitis / imitator / n.sp. Balth. / 62 J [hw] / Holotypus [p, pink label]’.
 Current status. Cheironitis imitator (Balthasar, 1963).
 Remark. Chironitis Janssens, 1937 is an unjustified emendation of the genus-group name Cheironitis Lansberge, 1875, see BRANCO & ZIANI (2005) for details.
description: Published as part of Bezděk, Aleš & Hájek, Jiří, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 387-442 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 389, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5739743
Supplementary document for A Robust Shortcut for Controlling Bloch States in Optical Lattices - 6587608.pdf
Creators: name: Hu, Dong
name: Jin, Shengjie
name: yu, Zhongcheng
name: Shui, Hongmian
name: Wang, Yu
name: Zhou, Xiaoji
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Atomic Physics

description: Supplement 1
Chironitis klapperichi Balthasar 1955
Creators: name: Bezděk, Aleš
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Chironitis
Chironitis klapperichi

description: Chironitis klapperichi Balthasar, 1955
 Chironitis klapperichi Balthasar, 1955: 411, Fig. 1b.
Twelve paratypes are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):
PARATYPES (2 JJ): ‘J. Klapperich / Bashgultal 1150 m / Nuristan 12.5.53 / Afghanistan [p] // ex coll. V. Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // Chironitis / klapperichi / n.sp. Balth. [hw] / Paratypus [p, pink label]’.
PARATYPE (♀): ‘J. Klapperich / Bashgultal 1100 m / Nuristan 6.5.53 / Afghanistan [p] // ex coll.V.Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // Chironitis / klapperichi / n.sp. Balth. [hw] / Paratypus [p, pink label]’.
PARATYPE (J): ‘J. Klapperich / Bashgultal 1300 m / Nuristan 24.5.53 / Afghanistan [p] // ex coll. V. Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // Chironitis / klapperichi / n.sp. Balth. [hw] / Paratypus [p, pink label]’.
PARATYPE (♀): ‘J. Klapperich / Bashgultal 1200 m / Nuristan 7.5.53 / Afghanistan [p] // ex coll. V.Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // Chironitis / klapperichi / n.sp. Balth. [hw] / Paratypus [p, pink label]’.
PARATYPES (3 JJ): ‘J. Klapperich / Bashgultal 1100 m / Nuristan 6.5.53 / Afghanistan [p] // ex coll. V. Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p]’.
PARATYPES (2 JJ 1♀): ‘J. Klapperich / Bashgultal 1200 m / Nuristan 17.5.53 / Afghanistan [p] // ex coll.V.Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p]’.
PARATYPE (♀): ‘J. Klapperich / Bashgultal 1100 m / Nuristan 23.5.53 / Afghanistan [p] // ex coll. V. Balthasar / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p]’.
 Current status. Cheironitis klapperichi (Balthasar, 1955).
 Remark. Chironitis Janssens, 1937 is an unjustified emendation of the genus-group name Cheironitis Lansberge, 1875, see BRANCO & ZIANI (2005) for details.
description: Published as part of Bezděk, Aleš & Hájek, Jiří, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 387-442 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 389, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5739743
Dynamic splitting of a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Creators: name: Menotti, C.
name: Anglin, J. R.
name: Cirac, J. I.
name: Zoller, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamic process of splitting a condensate by raising a potential barrier in the center of a harmonic trap. We use a two-mode model to describe the phase coherence between the two halves of the condensate. Furthermore, we explicitly consider the spatial dependence of the mode funtions, which varies depending on the potential barrier. This allows to get the tunneling coupling between the two wells and the on-site energy as a function of the barrier height. Moreover we can get some insight on the collective modes which are excited by raising the barrier. We describe the internal and external degrees of freedom by variational ansatz. We distinguish the possible regimes as a function of the characteristic parameters of the problem and identify the adiabaticity conditions.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures
Exploring Reionization-Era Quasars IV: Discovery of Six New $z \gtrsim 6.5$ Quasars with DES, VHS and unWISE Photometry
Creators: name: Yang, Jinyi
name: Wang, Feige
name: Fan, Xiaohui
name: Yue, Minghao
name: Wu, Xue-Bing
name: Li, Jiangtao
name: Bian, Fuyan
name: Jiang, Linhua
name: Bañados, Eduardo
name: Beletsky, Yuri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is the fourth paper in a series of publications aiming at discovering quasars at the epoch of reionization. In this paper, we expand our search for $z\sim 7$ quasars to the footprint of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Data Release One (DR1), covering $\sim 5000$ deg$^2$ of new area. We select $z\sim 7$ quasar candidates using deep optical, near-infrared (near-IR) and mid-IR photometric data from the DES DR1, the VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS), the VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy (VIKING) survey, the UKIRT InfraRed Deep Sky Surveys -- Large Area Survey (ULAS) and the unblurred coadds from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explore ($WISE$) images (unWISE). The inclusion of DES and unWISE photometry allows the search to reach $\sim$ 1 magnitude fainter, comparing to our $z \gtrsim 6.5$ quasar survey in the northern sky (Wang et al. 2018). We report the initial discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of six new luminous quasars at $z>6.4$, including an object at $z=7.02$, the fourth quasar yet known at $z>7$, from a small fraction of candidates observed thus far. Based on the recent measurement of $z \sim 6.7 $ quasar luminosity function using the quasar sample from our survey in the northern sky, we estimate that there will be $\gtrsim$ 55 quasars at $z > 6.5$ at $M_{1450} < -24.5$ in the full DES footprint.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, submitted to AJ