cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Comparative drought resistance of temperate grassland species : testing performance trade-offs and the relation to distribution
Creators: name: Jung, Eun-Young
name: Gaviria, Julian
name: Sun, Shanwen
name: Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J.
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 500

description: To improve projections of consequences of increasing intensity and frequency of drought events for grasslands, we need a thorough understanding of species performance responses to drought, of performance trade-offs and how drought resistance is related to species distributions. However, comparative and quantitative assessments of whole-plant drought resistance that allow to rigorously address these aspects are lacking for temperate grassland species. We conducted a common garden experiment with 40 common temperate grassland species to compare species survival and growth under intense drought and well-irrigated conditions. Overall, survival and growth were significantly reduced under drought, with the effect varying across species. Species ranking of drought damage and survival remained consistent with progressing drought. No performance trade-offs emerged between optimal growth and drought resistance of survival (‘growth–stress tolerance’ trade-off hypothesis), or between growth under well-watered and dry conditions (‘growth rates’ trade-off hypothesis). Species local- and large-scale association with moisture (Ellenberg F value and rainfall niche) was not related to their drought resistance. Overall, our results imply that trade-offs and differences of species fundamental drought resistance are not the main drivers of hydrological niche differentiation, species coexistence and their distribution across moisture gradients. The comparative experimental assessment of species whole-plant drought responses we present provides a basis to increase our understanding of current grassland responses to variation of moisture regimes and for projecting consequences of future changes.
Einstein's cosmic model of 1931 revisited: an analysis and translation of a forgotten model of the universe
Creators: name: O'Raifeartaigh, C.
name: McCann, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a translation and analysis of a cosmic model published by Einstein in 1931. The paper, which is not widely known, features a model of a universe that undergoes an expansion followed by a contraction, quite different to his static model of 1917 or the monotonic Einstein-de Sitter model of 1932. The paper offers many insights into the cosmology of Albert Einstein in the light of the first evidence for an expanding universe, and we discuss his views of issues such as the curvature of space, the cosmological constant, the singularity and the timespan of the expansion. We argue that retrospective descriptions of this model as cyclic or periodic are not historically or mathematically accurate. We find that calculations in the paper of the matter density and radius of the universe contain a numerical error, a finding that is supported by writing on a blackboard used by Einstein during a lecture at Oxford University in May 1931. Our article concludes with a general discussion of his philosophy of cosmology.
description: Published in the European Physical Journal (H). The article includes a first English translation of Einstein's 1931 SAW paper and the discovery of an error in Einstein's calculation of the matter density of the universe. 30 pages, 2 figures
Preliminary EoS for core-collapse supernova simulations with the QMC model
Creators: name: Grams, Guilherme
name: Santos, Alexandre M.
name: Menezes, Débora P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we present the preliminary results of a complete equation of state (EoS) for core-collapse supernova simulations. We treat uniform matter made of nucleons using the the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model. We show a table with a variety of thermodynamic quantities, which covers the proton fraction range $Y_{p}=0-0.65$ with the linear grid spacing $ ΔY_{p}=0.01$ ($66$ points) and the density range $ρ_{B}=10^{14}-10^{16}$g.cm$^{-3}$ with the logarithmic grid spacing $Δlog_{10}(ρ_{B}/[$g.cm$^{-3}])=0.1 $ ($21$ points). This preliminary study is performed at zero temperature and our results are compared with the widely used EoS already available in the literature.
Gravitational relaxation of electroweak hierarchy problem
Creators: name: Matsui, Hiroki
name: Matsumoto, Yoshio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present paper, we discuss gravitational relaxation models for the electroweak hierarchy problem. We show that modified gravity can naturally relax the electroweak hierarchy problem where conformal transformation provides a crucial rule about what modified gravity theories are favored to relax the electroweak hierarchy. The conformal transformation connects different gravitational theories and rescaling the metric changes the dimensional parameters like the Higgs mass or the cosmological constant in different frames drastically. When the electroweak scale is naturally realized by dynamical and running behavior of dilatonic scalar field or scaling parameter, the modified gravity theories can relax the electroweak hierarchy problem. We discuss the theoretical and phenomenological validity of the gravitational relaxation models.
description: 15 pages, final published version
Planetary nebulae and how to find them: A concise review
Creators: name: Parker, Quentin A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This review provides useful background and information on how we find, vet and compile Planetary Nebulae (PNe) candidates and verify them. It presents a summary of the known Galactic PNe population and their curation in the Hong Kong/AAO/Strasbourg/H-alpha PNe catalogue, HASH. It is a simple introduction for anyone interested in working with PNe, including postgraduate students entering the field and for more general interest too.
description: 19 pages 11 figures published in Front. Astron. Space Sci. 9:895287. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2022.895287
Canipsa atkinsonii
Creators: name: Ranjan, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Canipsa
Canipsa atkinsonii

description: Canipsa atkinsonii (Moore, 1888): 204
(Figs. 2, 8, 15, 16)
Type locality: India, Darjiling [Darjeeling].
Material examined: India, Sikkim: Golitar, 1 ♁, 20.ix.2014; Ribdi, 1 ♁, 22.ix.2014, R. Ranjan leg. (Coll. NZCZSI).
Diagnosis: Discussed in the diagnosis of Atkinomus parilis sp. nov.
Distribution: India (Sikkim, Darjiling [Darjeeling]) (Hampson 1896b, Solis 1992 [1993]).
description: Published as part of Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2022, A new genus, three new species and a new species record of Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from India, pp. 385-394 in Zootaxa 5222 (4) on page 388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7466809
Groups with bounded centralizer chains and the~Borovik--Khukhro conjecture
Creators: name: Buturlakin, Alexander
name: Revin, Danila
name: Vasil'ev, Andrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $G$ be a locally finite group and $F(G)$ the Hirsch--Plotkin radical of $G$. Denote by $S$ the full inverse image of the generalized Fitting subgroup of $G/F(G)$ in $G$. Assume that there is a number $k$ such that the length of every chain of nested centralizers in $G$ does not exceed $k$. The Borovik--Khukhro conjecture states, in particular, that under this assumption the quotient $G/S$ contains an abelian subgroup of index bounded in terms of $k$. We disprove this statement and prove some its weaker analog.
On the meromorphic continuation of Beatty Zeta-Functions and Sturmian Dirichlet series
Creators: name: Sourmelidis, Athanasios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11J99, 11M41

description: For a positive irrational number $α,$ we study the ordinary Dirichlet series $ζ_α(s) = \sum\limits_{n\geq1} \lfloorαn\rfloor^{-s}$ and $S_α(s) = \sum\limits_{n\geq1} (\left\lceilαn\right\rceil - \left\lceil α(n-1)\right\rceil){n^{-s}}.$ We prove relations between them and $J_{\boldsymbolα}(s)=\sum\limits_{n\geq1}\left(\lbraceαn\rbrace-\frac{1}{2}\right)n^{-s}.$ Motivated by the previous work of Hardy and Littlewood, Hecke and others regarding $J_{\boldsymbolα},$ we show that $ζ_α$ and $S_α$ can be continued analytically beyond the imaginary axis except for a simple pole at $s=1.$ Based on the latter results, we also prove that the series $ζ_α(s;β)=\sum\limits_{n\geq0}\left(\lfloorαn\rfloor+β\right)^{-s}$ can be continued analytically beyond the imaginary axis except for a simple pole at $s=1.$
description: 17 pages
Lamida Walker 1859
Creators: name: Ranjan, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Lamida

description: Genus Lamida Walker, 1859: 252
Type species: Lamida moncusalis Walker, 1859, by monotypy.
= Allata Walker, 1863
Type species: Allata penicillata Walker, 1863, by monotypy.
Diagnosis: Externally, the genus Lamida is mainly identified by the 2 nd segment of the labial palpi being hollowed out for various lengths to hold the scales of the maxillary palpi (except in L. buruensis) and the antenna with basal joint bearing a short, blunt, scaled projection in L. moncusalis Walker, 1859 and L. obscura (Moore, 1888) and without any process in L. mediobarbalis (Hampson, 1916) and L. buruensis Janse, 1931. The genus Lamida exhibits similarities with Canipsa in the presence of the apico-lateral uncus lobes or processes and the apical processes of the juxta. However, Lamida is distinct in having shorter apico-lateral uncus arms and longer apical juxta processes. The species of Lamida exhibits sexual dimorphism.
Taxonomic notes: The genus Lamida was originally described in the family Noctuidae. Hampson (1896a, b) considered Lamida as a sub-section of Macalla with eight species from the world. Solis (1992 [1993]) catalogued four species of Lamida, i.e., L. buruensis Janse, 1931 (Indonesia, Buru), L. mediobarbalis (Hampson, 1916) (Sikhim [Sikkim]), L. moncusalis Walker, [1859] (Hindostan) (= Allata penicillata Walker, 1863, Hindostan), and L. obscura (Moore, 1888) (India, Darjeeling) (= Macalla sordidalis Hampson, 1916, = Macalla proximalis (Caradja, 1925) (China, Canton)). After Solis (1992 [1993]) the taxonomy of Lamida remained unattended and thus remained unchanged with all species mentioned above maintaining the distribution records, except L. buruensis, which is here for the first time recorded from India (Singh et al. 2022).
Distribution: India (Snellen 1890, Hampson 1896b, Mathew & Menon 1984, Solis 1992 [1993], Sanyal et al. 2012), Borneo, Sarawak, Bhutan, China, Nepal (Hampson 1896b, 1916; Caradja 1925, Yamanaka 2000).
description: Published as part of Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2022, A new genus, three new species and a new species record of Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from India, pp. 385-394 in Zootaxa 5222 (4) on pages 388-390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7466809
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 22187.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 19.04.1966, erstellt von Werner Scheidegger
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1966

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Zeiss Coudé-Refraktor (150/2250 mm).
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund auswärtiger Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt. Zusätzlich notiert: Tabelle mit statistischen Angaben – mit Vermerk der Werte Gr, f und g, wobei die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl nach wie auf visueller Beobachtung und anderer Instrumentierung beruhte (und dafür das entsprechende Registerblatt (in Teilbestand acht) ausgefüllt wurde). Zusammen mit den täglichen Werten oft Angabe der Resultate der Flächenmessungen der Flecken (F und F -o) in Millionsteln der Scheibe bzw. der Halbkugel
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 22127.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 06.02.1966, erstellt von Berthold Hermes
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1966

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Zeiss Coudé-Refraktor (150/2250 mm).
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich notiert: Tabelle mit statistischen Angaben – mit Vermerk der Werte Gr, f und g, wobei die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl nach wie auf visueller Beobachtung und anderer Instrumentierung beruhte (und dafür das entsprechende Registerblatt (in Teilbestand acht) ausgefüllt wurde). Zusammen mit den täglichen Werten oft Angabe der Resultate der Flächenmessungen der Flecken (F und F -o) in Millionsteln der Scheibe bzw. der Halbkugel
RSGAN: Face Swapping and Editing using Face and Hair Representation in Latent Spaces
Creators: name: Natsume, Ryota
name: Yatagawa, Tatsuya
name: Morishima, Shigeo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we present an integrated system for automatically generating and editing face images through face swapping, attribute-based editing, and random face parts synthesis. The proposed system is based on a deep neural network that variationally learns the face and hair regions with large-scale face image datasets. Different from conventional variational methods, the proposed network represents the latent spaces individually for faces and hairs. We refer to the proposed network as region-separative generative adversarial network (RSGAN). The proposed network independently handles face and hair appearances in the latent spaces, and then, face swapping is achieved by replacing the latent-space representations of the faces, and reconstruct the entire face image with them. This approach in the latent space robustly performs face swapping even for images which the previous methods result in failure due to inappropriate fitting or the 3D morphable models. In addition, the proposed system can further edit face-swapped images with the same network by manipulating visual attributes or by composing them with randomly generated face or hair parts.
Pathways to proposing causes for unexpected experimental results
Creators: name: Ríos, Laura
name: Pollard, Benjamin
name: Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.
name: Lewandowski, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Models of physical systems are used to explain and predict experimental results and observations. When students encounter discrepancies between the actual and expected behavior of a system, they revise their models to include the newly acquired observations, or change their apparatus to better represent their models. The Modeling Framework for Experimental Physics describes the process of matching measurements and observations to models by making revisions to resolve discrepancies. As part of a larger effort to create assessments of students' modeling abilities in the context of upper-division electronics courses, we used the Modeling Framework to develop and code think-aloud problem-solving activities centered on troubleshooting an inverting amplifier circuit. We observed that some participants iteratively and continuously made measurements and revisions if they could not immediately propose a cause for an observed discrepancy. This pathway has not been previously discussed in the Modeling Framework. In this paper, we discuss two episodes where students undergo this process to converge on a proposed cause post hoc. We conclude by discussing implications for a modeling assessment based on the observed modeling behavior.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to 2018 PERC Proceedings
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5697.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 16.01.1958, erstellt von Sergio Cortesi, Sonnenobservatorium Specola Solare Ticinese in Locarno
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1958

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf dem Vordruck der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 22194.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 29.04.1966, erstellt von Berthold Hermes
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1966

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Zeiss Coudé-Refraktor (150/2250 mm).
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich notiert: Tabelle mit statistischen Angaben – mit Vermerk der Werte Gr, f und g, wobei die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl nach wie auf visueller Beobachtung und anderer Instrumentierung beruhte (und dafür das entsprechende Registerblatt (in Teilbestand acht) ausgefüllt wurde). Zusammen mit den täglichen Werten oft Angabe der Resultate der Flächenmessungen der Flecken (F und F -o) in Millionsteln der Scheibe bzw. der Halbkugel
Area of the spots (corrected daily values) 1962; Tägliche Fleckenflächen korrigiert wegen perspektivischer Verkürzung, 1962, ausgedrückt in Millionsteln der halben Sonnenoberfläche, erhoben von Osservatorio Astrofisico Catania, Italien.
Tabellenblatt (unnum.) mit Daten, eingetragen unter Max Waldmeier, Eidgenössische Sternwarte Zürich
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabelle (Vordruck), verwendet für tägliche Werte. Methode: visuell.
Von unbekannter Hand geführt und als unnum. Bl. direkt nach der Zusammenstellung aus Rom die korr. Fläche der Flecken ins Jahresregister 1962 eingeordnet
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Correlating students' views about experimental physics with their sense of project ownership
Creators: name: Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.
name: Lewandowski, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multiweek projects in physics labs can engage students in authentic experimentation practices, and it is important to understand student experiences during projects along multiple dimensions. To this end, we conducted an exploratory quantitative investigation to look for connections between students' pre-project views about experimental physics and their post-project sense of project ownership. We administered the Colorado Learning Attitudes About Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS) and the Project Ownership Survey (POS) to 96 students enrolled in 6 lab courses at 5 universities. E-CLASS and POS scores were positively correlated, suggesting that students' views about experimentation may be linked to their ownership of projects. This finding motivates future studies that could explore whether these constructs are causally related.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to 2018 PERC Proceedings
Examining the relationship between student performance and video interactions
Creators: name: Solli, Robert
name: Aiken, John M.
name: Henderson, Rachel
name: Caballero, Marcos D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we attempted to predict student performance on a suite of laboratory assessments using students' interactions with associated instructional videos. The students' performance is measured by a graded presentation for each of four laboratory presentations in an introductory mechanics course. Each lab assessment was associated with between one and three videos of instructional content. Using video clickstream data, we define summary features (number of pauses, seeks) and contextual information (fraction of time played, in-semester order). These features serve as inputs to a logistic regression (LR) model that aims to predict student performance on the laboratory assessments. Our findings show that LR models are unable to predict student performance. Adding contextual information did not change the model performance. We compare our findings to findings from other studies and explore caveats to the null-result such as representation of the features, the possibility of underfitting, and the complexity of the assessment.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to the PERC 2018 proceedings
Denoting and Comparing Leadership Attributes and Behaviors in Group Work
Creators: name: Griswold, Kristina
name: McPadden, Daryl
name: Caballero, Marcos D.
name: Irving, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Projects and Practices in Physics (P$^3$) is an introductory physics class at Michigan State University that replaces lectures with a problem based learning environment. To promote the development of group based practices, students all receive group and individual feedback at the end of each week. The groups are comprised of four students, one of which often takes on the role of being the group's "leader." Developing leadership based skills is a specific learning goal of the P$^3$ learning environment and the goal of this research is to examine what leadership-specific actions/traits students in P$^3$ demonstrate while working in their group. The initial phase of this study examined multiple pieces of literature to identify possible characteristics and behaviors that may present themselves in potential leaders -- creating a codebook. This phase of the study applies the codebook to in-class data to compare two tutor-labeled leaders and their leadership styles.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure
Total area of the spots (umbra and penumbra) 1962; Gesamtfleckenfläche (Umbra und Penumbra), korrigiert wegen perspektivischer Verkürzung, 1962, ausgedrückt in Millionsteln der sichtbaren Sonnenhemisphäre, erhoben von Wroclaw Astronomical Observatory, Polen.
Tabellenblatt (unnum.) mit Daten, eingetragen unter Max Waldmeier, Eidgenössische Sternwarte Zürich
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabelle (Vordruck), verwendet für tägliche Werte. Methode: photographisch.
Von unbekannter Hand geführt und als unnum. Bl. direkt nach der Zusammenstellung aus Catania für die korr. Fläche der Flecken ins Jahresregister 1962 eingeordnet
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Counterexamples in Scale Calculus
Creators: name: Filippenko, Benjamin
name: Zhou, Zhengyi
name: Wehrheim, Katrin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We construct counterexamples to classical calculus facts such as the Inverse and Implicit Function Theorems in Scale Calculus -- a generalization of Multivariable Calculus to infinite dimensional vector spaces in which the reparameterization maps relevant to Symplectic Geometry are smooth. Scale Calculus is a cornerstone of Polyfold Theory, which was introduced by Hofer-Wysocki-Zehnder as a broadly applicable tool for regularizing moduli spaces of pseudoholomorphic curves. We show how the novel nonlinear scale-Fredholm notion in Polyfold Theory overcomes the lack of Implicit Function Theorems, by formally establishing an often implicitly used fact: The differentials of basic germs -- the local models for scale-Fredholm maps -- vary continuously in the space of bounded operators when the base point changes. We moreover demonstrate that this continuity holds only in specific coordinates, by constructing an example of a scale-diffeomorphism and scale-Fredholm map with discontinuous differentials. This justifies the high technical complexity in the foundations of Polyfold Theory.
description: published in PNAS, final version
Initial impacts of the transformation of a large introductory lab course focused on developing experimental skills and expert epistemology
Creators: name: Lewandowski, H. J.
name: Bolton, Daniel R.
name: Pollard, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, there has been increased attention to improving laboratory instruction at all levels. At the introductory level, research results have shown differing levels of success based on the nature of the desired learning outcomes. In response to these findings, the University of Colorado's introductory physics lab course was transformed to improve students' development of experimental skills and experimental physics epistemology. We describe the details of the transformation process and initial self-reported learning gains from the first implementation of the transformed course.
The difficulties associated with integrating computation into undergraduate physics
Creators: name: Leary, Ashleigh
name: Irving, Paul W.
name: Caballero, Marcos D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: From a department being resistant to change to students not buying into the new computational activities, the challenges that are faced with integrating computation into the physics undergraduate curriculum are varied. The Partnership for Integration of Computation into Undergraduate Physics (PICUP) aims to expand the role of computation in the undergraduate physics curriculum. The research presented in this paper is part of a larger project examining the role of the PICUP workshop in facilitating both the integration of computation into classrooms and developing a supportive community to support this integration. An important part of providing the necessary supports for integration is understanding and categorizing the problems members of this community of integrators face when integrating computation in their courses. Through individual and group interviews, we discuss the barriers to integration that new and experienced community members of PICUP have experienced in the past or perceive could exist in the future.
description: 4 pages
Lamida buruensis Janse 1931
Creators: name: Ranjan, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Lamida
Lamida buruensis

description: Lamida buruensis Janse, 1931: 461
(Figs 4, 10)
Material examined: India, Sikkim, Dodak, 05.v.2014, 1 ♁, 06.v.2014, 2 ♁, 1 ♀, 24.ix.2014, 8 ♁, Yaksum, 03.v.2014, 1 ♁; Meghalaya, Shillong, 3 ♁, 25.viii.2014; Mizoram, Kawrthah, 1 ♁, 10.ix.2016, Mamit, 08.ix.2016, 1 ♁, 09.ix.2016, 1 ♁, R. Ranjan leg. (Coll. NZCZSI).
Diagnosis: Externally, L. buruensis is distinct from all its congeners by the labial palpi with the 2 nd joint being solid (not hollowed out towards the inner side), almost cylindrical, broadest towards the bifurcated tip, whereas in L. mediobarbalis (Janse 1931: pl. 35, fig. 4; pl. 32, fig. 13), L. obscura (Janse 1931: pl. 35, fig. 8; pl. 32, fig. 11) and L. moncusalis (Janse 1931: pl. 30, fig. 19; p1. 35, fig. 3; p1. 32, fig. 9.), the 2 nd joint of the labial palpi is broad, and hollowed out to various lengths with a tuft of long scales originating from the maxillary palpi, forming a fan-like structure (in some specimens protruding well beyond the labial palpi). In the male genitalia, L. buruensis is distinct in the juxta with a single long stout central spine, whereas in L. moncusalis, L. mediobarbalis and L. obscura the juxta bears two processes of different shapes and structures.
Distribution: India (Sikkim, Mizoram, Meghalaya) (present study), Indonesia (Janse 1931).
description: Published as part of Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2022, A new genus, three new species and a new species record of Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from India, pp. 385-394 in Zootaxa 5222 (4) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7466809
Area of the spots (umbra and penumbra) 1962; Fläche der Flecken (Umbra und Penumbra), korrigiert wegen perspektivischer Verkürzung, 1962, ausgedrückt in Millionsteln der halben Sonnenoberfläche, erhoben von Osservatorio di Roma Monte Mario, u.a. von A. Boccitto.
Tabellenblatt (unnum.) mit Daten, eingetragen unter Max Waldmeier, Eidgenössische Sternwarte Zürich
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabelle (Vordruck), verwendet für tägliche Werte. Methode: photographisch, Vergrösserungssystem, Objektiv 15cm Öffnung, Sonnendurchmesser 16cm.
Von unbekannter Hand geführt und als unnum. Bl. direkt nach der Übersicht über bestellte auswärtige Projektionsbilder ins Jahresregister 1962 eingeordnet
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 07.05.1966, erstellt von André Koeckelenbergh, Observatoire Royal de Belgique in Uccle
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1966

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift, erstellt als Zeichnung nach eigener Vorlage in Uccle.
Instrument: Merz-Grubb Refraktor Teleskop (Öffnung 160 mm, f = 2450 mm, projiziertes Sonnenbild D = 25 cm)
Completeness and quality of projected images 1962; Vollständigkeit und Qualität der Projektionsbilder 1962: Auswertung zu den Sonnenbeobachtungen in den Zentral- und Zweigstationen Zürich (am 16cm Refraktor), Arosa und Locarno, unter Beizug von Stationen in internationaler Kooperation.
Tabellenblatt (unnum.) mit Sternwarte-Kürzel und Bildqualität der täglichen Sonnenfleckenbeobachtung 1962, erstellt unter Max Waldmeier, Eidgenössische Sternwarte Zürich
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabelle (Vordruck), verwendet für die Auswertung betr. Stationen Arosa, Zürich und Locarno und ihren täglichen Bildqualitäten - dabei dürfte L tiefgestellt c für Locarno, Cortesi und L tiefgestellt p für Locarno, Pittini stehen - , mit Beizug von Istanbul, Skalnate Pleso, Kanzelhöhe, Bukarest, die als ergänzende Sternwarten bei fehlenden Werten oder schlechten eigenen Bildqualitäten Bilder liefern konnten.
Dabei eventuell Zuordnung der Wertung als Hauptbild durch Reihenfolge des Eintrags in die erste Kolonne. - Die Benützung der zweiten Kolonne und ein nach links verschoben eingetragenes Kürzel (wie 1946 erläutert) ist nicht mehr erkennbar. Das Kürzel A wurde verwendet für Arosa, das Kürzel Ausw der Auszählung rechts steht für "auswärtig". Ein Kommentar links verweist auf eine Differenzierung zwischen "Zählungen" und der Auswertung von "Bildern".
Von unbekannter Hand geführt und als sechstes Blatt (unnum.) ins Jahresregister 1962 eingeordnet
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Observations of daily sunspots provided by the Swiss Federal Observatory 1962, namely of Zürich and of its branch station Specola at Locarno, original registers of the staff members; Tabellenblätter Sonnenbeobachtungen (unnum.) 1962, mit täglich bestimmten Häufigkeitszahlen der Sonnenfleckenaktivität 1962, erhoben durch die Mitarbeiter der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte, mittels Beobachtungen in Zürich und Locarno, verwendet als Grundlage für die provisorischen und später für die definitiven Sonnenfleckenrelativzahlen, Daten erstellt von H. Müller, W. Scheidegger, S. Cortesi, A. Pittini
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabellen (in Vordruck) für die beobachteten Gruppenzahlen g, für die beobachteten Fleckenzahlen f und für den Reduktionsfaktor k auf die Wolfsche Einheit.
Werte ins Registerblatt (unnum.) eingetragen für die Fleckenbeobachtungen, die in Zürich von H. Müller am Fraunhofer-Refraktor (8cm Öffnung, 64fache Vergrösserung) mit Polarisationshelioskop bestimmt wurden.
Werte ins Registerblatt (unnum.) eingetragen für die Fleckenbeobachtungen, die in Zürich von W. Scheidegger am Fraunhofer-Refraktor (8cm Öffnung, 64fache Vergrösserung) mit Polarisationshelioskop bestimmt wurden.
Werte ins Registerblatt (unnum.) eingetragen für die Fleckenbeobachtungen, die von S. Cortesi in Locarno am Projektionsbild am Zeiss Coudé-Refraktor (Objektiv 15cm Öffnung, Sonnendurchmesser 25cm) bestimmt wurden.
Werte ins Registerblatt (unnum.) eingetragen für die Fleckenbeobachtungen, die von A. Pittini in Locarno am Projektionsbild am Zeiss Coudé-Refraktor (Objektiv 15cm Öffnung, Sonnendurchmesser 25cm) bestimmt wurden.
Im Jahresregister 1962 vorgefunden direkt nach den provisorischen Relativzahlen.
Verwendet für die weitere Aufbereitung der Häufigkeitszahlen. Dabei wurden in Zürich erfolgte Bestimmungen bei schlechter Bildqualität ersetzt, bereits hinsichtlich der provisorischen Fleckenrelativzahlen, indem die Werte aus Locarno und Arosa berücksichtigt wurden. Doch es erfolgte noch kein Ergänzen oder Ersetzen bei fehlenden Bestimmungen oder bei schlechter Beobachtungsgrundlage mit Werten von auswärtigen, internationalen Beobachtern - vgl. «Die Sonnenaktivität im Jahre 1962», von Max Waldmeier, Astronomische Mitteilungen der Eidg. Sternwarte Zürich Nr. 251, Zürich 1963, Abschnitt 1 - siehe auch https://www.ngzh.ch/archiv/1963_108/108_2/108_9.pdf
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Transforming a large introductory lab course: impacts on views about experimental physics
Creators: name: Pollard, Benjamin
name: Lewandowski, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Laboratory courses are key components of most undergraduate physics programs. Lab courses often aim to achieve the following learning outcomes: developing students' experimental skills, engaging students in authentic scientific practices, reinforcing concepts, and inspiring students' interest and engagement in physics. Some of these outcomes can be measured by the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS), a research-based assessment that measures students' views about experimental physics. We used E-CLASS at the University of Colorado Boulder to measure learning outcomes during a course transformation process in which views about experimental physics were reflected in the learning goals. We collected over 600 student responses per semester from the large introductory laboratory course, both before and after implementing the course transformation. While we observed no statistically significant difference in overall post-instruction E-CLASS scores before and after the transformation, in the transformed course, student responses to three E-CLASS items that related to the goals of the transformation were more favorable than in the original course.
Area of the spots in millionths of the visible solar hemisphere 1962; Fleckenflächen in Millionsteln der sichtbaren Hemisphäre 1962, erhoben von der Agrupacion Astronomica Aster in Barcelona.
Tabellenblatt (unnum.) mit Daten, eingetragen unter Max Waldmeier, Eidgenössische Sternwarte Zürich
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabelle (Vordruck), verwendet für tägliche Werte. Methode: photographisch.
Von unbekannter Hand geführt und als unnum. Bl. direkt nach der Zusammenstellung aus Polen für die korr. Fläche der Flecken ins Jahresregister 1962 eingeordnet
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Confirming what we know: Understanding questionable research practices in intro physics labs
Creators: name: Stein, Martin M.
name: Smith, Emily M.
name: Holmes, N. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many institutions are changing the focus of their introductory physics labs from verifying physics content towards teaching students about the skills and nature of science. As instruction shifts, so too will the ways students approach and behave in the labs. In this study, we evaluated students' lab notes from an early activity in an experimentation-focused lab course. We found that about 30% of student groups (out of 107 groups at three institutions) recorded questionable research practices in their lab notes, such as subjective interpretations of results or manipulating equipment and data. The large majority of these practices were associated with confirmatory goals, which we suspect stem from students' prior exposure to verification labs. We propose ways for experimentation-focused labs to better engage students in the responsible conduct of research and authentic scientific practice.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
title: Morphological Characterization of Ipsilaterally and Contralaterally-Innervated Neurons in the Mouse Superior Colliculus
Creators: name: Ezeiza-Ortega, Miguel
name: Saluja, Jasmine
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Superior Colliculus
subject: Retinal ganglion cells
subject: Ipsilateral
subject: Contralateral
subject: Mouse
subject: Neurons

description: The superior colliculus (SC) is a major retinorecipient nucleus that regulates visually driven behaviors. Recently, binocular vision and innervation of the SC by ipsilaterally projecting retinal ganglion cells (ipsi-RGCs) were demonstrated to be necessary for prey capture behavior in mice. To better understand this, we sought to define the neuronal populations innervated by contralateral- (contra-RGCs) and/or ipsi-RGCs. We injected trans-synaptic AAV1-Cre and AAV1-Flp intraocularly in separate eyes and Cre- and Flp-dependent reporters in the SC. Reporter signal was amplified, and cell-specific markers labeled by immunohistochemistry, followed by collection of confocal images on cleared tissue, 3D reconstruction, and quantification of reconstructed cells. Out of a total of 353 reconstructed neurons, we found that 40.6% were innervated solely by contra-RGCs, 39.1% solely by ipsi-RGCs, and 20.3% were innervated by both. For each population, we found cells distributed across the entire rostro-caudal and mediolateral axes of the SC. Additionally, ipsi-RGC-recipient cells displayed a significantly smaller soma than contra-RGC-recipient cells. We also analyzed their morphology based on topographic location in the SC. Ipsi-RGC-recipient neurons in the rostro-medial and rostro-central SC have a higher dendritic complexity and a larger overall dendritic length than contra-RGC-recipient cells. In contrast, ipsi-RGC-recipient neurons in the caudo-medial SC have considerably less complexity in their proximal dendrites. These data suggest that neurons solely innervated by contra- or ipsi-RGCs may be comprised of distinct neuronal subtypes and, potentially, subserve different functions.
Provisional daily Zurich Relative Sunspot Numbers (Rprov.; Rz [prov.]) 1962; Provisorische Relativzahlen der Sonnenflecken 1962.
Tabellenblatt (unnum.) mit Häufigkeitszahlen der täglichen Sonnenfleckenaktivität 1962, erstellt und ergänzt als provisorische Übersicht u.a. durch Max Waldmeier, Eidgenössische Sternwarte Zürich
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabelle (Vordruck) für die täglichen Gruppenzahlen g und für die täglichen Fleckenzahlen f 1962 sowie bearbeitet für die provisorische Jahresübersicht 1962 mit täglichen Sonnenfleckenrelativzahlen R.
Tabelle, die Waldmeiers Beobachtungenje für Arosa (= [ ] ) und für Zürich (8cm, 64fache Vergrösserung) ausweist (inkl. tiefgestellt Wert für Bildqualität), die Beobachtungen von K. Rapp in Locarno (L) einbezieht, nachweist, wann ein Wert interpoliert wurde, und mit A angibt, ob eine auswärtige Beobachtung verwendet wurde.
U.a. von Max Waldmeier geführt und als erstes Blatt (unnum.) ins Jahresregister 1962 eingeordnet.
Publikation der Daten: Diese erfolgte zeitgenössisch in maschinenschriftlichen, monatlichen Ausgaben als "Sunspot-Bulletin" (im Bestand nicht überliefert), aber auch gedruckt, beispielsweise für April in: Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 67, 1962, Nr. 9, S. 3613, Rz = letzte Spalte der Tabelle, https://doi.org/10.1029/JZ067i009p03613 (ab S. 3613 Selected Geomagnetic and Solar Data), kommentiert in Anm. 7 mit: "Dependent on observations at Zürich Observatory and its stations at Locarno and Arosa"
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Arcanusa Wang, Chen & Wu 2017
Creators: name: Ranjan, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Arcanusa

description: Genus Arcanusa Wang, Chen & Wu in Wang et al., 2017a: 88
Type species: Arcanusa apexiarcanusa Wang, Chen and Wu in Wang et al., 2017a
Diagnosis: The genus Arcanusa closely resembles the members of the genus Lista Walker, 1859. Both genera share the synapomorphies of a long hair-like structure at the base of the forewing, and the extension of the sacculus base into a sclerotised spined process. However, species of Arcanusa are darker and not as bright as those of Lista. In the male genitalia of Lista, the apical lobes of the juxta are free, and the uncus is conspicuously broader than that of Arcanusa. Another similar genus is Coenodomus from which Arcanusa is distinguished by the filiform antennae (bipectinate in Coenodomus) and in differences in the wing venation.
Taxonomic notes: Arcanusa was established to place its type species Arcanusa apexiarcanusa from Yunnan, China. In the same publication (Wang et al. 2017a), Scopocera sinuosa (Moore, 1888) (India: Darjeeling) was assigned to Arcanusa. At present, the genus contains two species, with only Arcanusa sinuosa recorded from India. Herein, we describe a new species of Arcanusa that closely resembles A. sinuosa.
Distribution: India, Bhutan, China (Hampson 1896b, Wang et al. 2017a).
description: Published as part of Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2022, A new genus, three new species and a new species record of Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from India, pp. 385-394 in Zootaxa 5222 (4) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7466809
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 22162.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 22.03.1966, erstellt von Berthold Hermes
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1966

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Zeiss Coudé-Refraktor (150/2250 mm).
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich notiert: Tabelle mit statistischen Angaben – mit Vermerk der Werte Gr, f und g, wobei die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl nach wie auf visueller Beobachtung und anderer Instrumentierung beruhte (und dafür das entsprechende Registerblatt (in Teilbestand acht) ausgefüllt wurde). Zusammen mit den täglichen Werten oft Angabe der Resultate der Flächenmessungen der Flecken (F und F -o) in Millionsteln der Scheibe bzw. der Halbkugel
Student Outcomes Across Collaborative Learning Environments
Creators: name: Herrera, Xochhith
name: Nissen, Jayson
name: Van Dusen, Ben
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Learning Assistant (LA) model supports instructors in implementing research-based teaching practices in their own courses. In the LA model, undergraduate students are hired to help facilitate research-based collaborative-learning activities. Using the Learning About STEM Student Outcomes (LASSO) database, we examined student learning from 112 first-semester physics courses that used either lecture-based instruction, collaborative instruction without LAs, or LA supported instruction. We measured student learning using 5959 students' responses on the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE) or Force Concept Inventory (FCI). Results from Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) indicated that LA supported courses had higher posttest scores than collaborative courses without LAs and that LA supported courses that used LAs in laboratory and recitation had higher posttest scores than those that used LAs in lecture.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, PERC Proceedings, Pre publication
Overview regarding external projected images 1962; Ergänzung mit internationalen Projektionsbildern, Übersicht über bestellte auswärtige Projektionsbilder 1962.
Tabellenblatt (unnum.) mit Sternwarte-Kürzel und Eingangskontrolle, erstellt unter Max Waldmeier, Eidgenössische Sternwarte Zürich
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962

description: Handschriftlich ausgefüllte Tabelle (Vordruck), verwendet für die Auswertung betr. bestellten (und verdankten) Projektionsbildern von internationalen Stationen, u.a. Skalnate Pleso, Kanzelhöhe, Istanbul, Bukarest, die als ergänzende Sternwarten bei fehlenden Werten oder schlechten eigenen Bildqualitäten Projektionsbilder liefern konnten.
Von unbekannter Hand geführt und als unnum. Bl. direkt nach der Übersicht zur Vollständigkeit der Projektionsbilder ins Jahresregister 1962 eingeordnet
description: ETH-Bibliothek