cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cannabinoid CB1 receptor inhibition blunts adolescent-typical increased binge alcohol and sucrose consumption in male C57BL/6J mice
Creators: name: Agoglia, Abigail E.
name: Holstein, Sarah E.
name: Hodge, Clyde W.
name: Eastman, Vallari R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Increased binge alcohol consumption has been reported among adolescents as compared to adults in both humans and rodent models, and has been associated with serious long-term health consequences. However, the neurochemical mechanism for age differences in binge drinking between adolescents and adults has not been established. The present study was designed to evaluate the mechanistic role of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor in adolescent and adult binge drinking. Binge consumption was established in adolescent and adult male C57BL/6J mice by providing access to 20% alcohol or 1% sucrose for 4 h every other day. Pretreatment with the CB1 antagonist/inverse agonist AM-251 (0, 1, 3, and 10 mg/kg) in a Latin square design dose-dependently reduced adolescent alcohol consumption to adult levels without altering adult intake. AM-251 (3 mg/kg) also reduced adolescent but not adult sucrose consumption. Adolescent reductions in alcohol and sucrose were not associated with alterations in open-field locomotor activity or thigmotaxis. These findings point to age differences in CB1 receptor activity as a functional mediator of adolescent-typical increased binge drinking as compared to adults. Developmental alterations in endocannabinoid signaling in the adolescent brain may therefore be responsible for the drinking phenotype seen in this age group.
Impact of Tropospheric Ties on UT1-UTC in GNSS and VLBI Integrated Solution of Intensive Sessions
Creators: name: Wang, Jungang
name: Ge, Maorong
name: Glaser, Susanne
name: Balidakis, Kyriakos
name: Heinkelmann, Robert
name: Schuh, Harald
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 550 Geowissenschaften
subject: intensive sessions
subject: UT1-UTC
subject: tropospheric ties
subject: GNSS
subject: VLBI
subject: integrated processing

description: Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) intensive (INT) sessions are critical for the rapid determination and densification of Universal Time 1-Coordinate Universal Time (UT1-UTC), which plays an important role in satellite geodesy and space exploration missions and is not predictable over longer time scales. Due to the limited observation geometry of INT sessions with two to three stations observing about 1 hr, tropospheric gradients cannot be estimated, which degrades the UT1-UTC precision. We investigate the impact of tropospheric ties at Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) and VLBI co-located stations in INT sessions from 2001 to 2021. VLBI and GNSS observations are combined on the observation level. The results are evaluated by using both UT1-UTC and Length of Day (LOD) from consecutive sessions. We demonstrate a better agreement of 10%–30% when comparing the derived LOD to GNSS LOD for INT1, INT2, and VGOS-2 sessions; whereas, the agreement is not improved when directly comparing UT1-UTC to the IERS Earth Orientation Parameters (EOPs) product, potentially because INT sessions also contribute to IERS EOP products. The major impact comes from tropospheric gradient ties, whereas applying zenith delay ties does not improve or even deteriorate UT1-UTC agreement. Gradient ties also introduce systematic biases in UT1-UTC by around −3 to −5 μs, except for the Russian INT sessions. Regression analysis shows that the east gradient introduces systematic effects in UT1-UTC for sessions involving Germany and USA (Hawaii), whereas for Germany–Japan and Russian sessions, the north gradient also contributes systematically.
Photo plot in Langeberg West: Waterfall farm, site 3320CA/8
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
photo plot
Langeberg West
Langeberg
Waterfall farm

description: This is a scanned copy of a document detailing a photo plot in Langeberg West: Waterfall farm, site 3320CA/8. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The Short-Term Prediction of Length of Day Using 1D Convolutional Neural Networks (1D CNN)
Creators: name: Guessoum, Sonia
name: Belda, Santiago
name: Ferrandiz, Jose M.
name: Modiri, Sadegh
name: Raut, Shrishail
name: Dhar, Sujata
name: Heinkelmann, Robert
name: Schuh, Harald
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 550 Geowissenschaften
subject: one-dimensional convolutional neural networks
subject: 1D CNN
subject: length of day
subject: atmospheric angular momentum
subject: AAM function
subject: prediction

description: Accurate Earth orientation parameter (EOP) predictions are needed for many applications, e.g., for the tracking and navigation of interplanetary spacecraft missions. One of the most difficult parameters to forecast is the length of day (LOD), which represents the variation in the Earth’s rotation rate since it is primarily affected by the torques associated with changes in atmospheric circulation. In this study, a new-generation time-series prediction algorithm is developed. The one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D CNN), which is one of the deep learning methods, is introduced to model and predict the LOD using the IERS EOP 14 C04 and axial Z component of the atmospheric angular momentum (AAM), which was taken from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) since it is strongly correlated with the LOD changes. The prediction procedure operates as follows: first, we detrend the LOD and Z-component series using the LS method, then, we obtain the residual series of each one to be used in the 1D CNN prediction algorithm. Finally, we analyze the results before and after introducing the AAM function. The results prove the potential of the proposed method as an optimal algorithm to successfully reconstruct and predict the LOD for up to 7 days.
GJ 9404 b: a confirmed eccentric planet, and not a candidate
Creators: name: Baycroft, Thomas A.
name: Badnell, Harry
name: Blacker, Samuel
name: Triaud, Amaury H. M. J
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Eccentric orbits can be decomposed into a series of sine curves which affects how the false alarm probability is computed when using traditional periodograms on radial-velocity data. Here we show that a candidate exoplanet orbiting the M dwarf GJ 9404, identified by the HADES survey using data from the HARPS-N spectrograph, is in fact a bona-fide planet on a highly eccentric orbit. Far from a candidate, GJ 9404 b is detected with a high confidence. We reach our conclusion using two methods that assume Keplerian functions rather than sines to compute a detection probability, a Bayes Factor, and the FIP periodogram. We compute these using nested sampling with {\tt kima}.
description: 3 pages, 1 figure
A hybrid CUDA, OpenMP, and MPI parallel TCA-based domain adaptation for classification of very high-resolution remote sensing images
Creators: name: Garea, Alberto S.
name: Heras, Dora B.
name: Argüello, Francisco
name: Demir, Begüm
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
subject: CUDA
subject: OpenMP
subject: MPI
subject: GPU
subject: multicore
subject: domain adaptation
subject: feature extraction
subject: remote sensing
subject: multispectral

description: Domain Adaptation (DA) is a technique that aims at extracting information from a labeled remote sensing image to allow classifying a different image obtained by the same sensor but at a different geographical location. This is a very complex problem from the computational point of view, specially due to the very high-resolution of multispectral images. TCANet is a deep learning neural network for DA classification problems that has been proven as very accurate for solving them. TCANet consists of several stages based on the application of convolutional filters obtained through Transfer Component Analysis (TCA) computed over the input images. It does not require backpropagation training, in contrast to the usual CNN-based networks, as the convolutional filters are directly computed based on the TCA transform applied over the training samples. In this paper, a hybrid parallel TCA-based domain adaptation technique for solving the classification of very high-resolution multispectral images is presented. It is designed for efficient execution on a multi-node computer by using Message Passing Interface (MPI), exploiting the available Graphical Processing Units (GPUs), and making efficient use of each multicore node by using Open Multi-Processing (OpenMP). As a result, an accurate DA technique from the point of view of classification and with high speedup values over the sequential version is obtained, increasing the applicability of the technique to real problems.
Total synthesis of (–)-negamycin from a chiral advanced epoxide
Creators: name: Lin, Cheng-Kun
name: Tseng, Po-Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: A concise route for the total synthesis of (–)-negamycin is described. Key point features (a) Cu-mediated ring-opening reaction of the advanced epoxide with vinyl magnesium chloride leads to the introduction of the carboxyl synthon; (b) Consecutive placement of diamino groups via azides was designed, including an unexpected cleavage of the silyl protecting group; (c) removal of four hydrogenolytically labile groups in one step.
On the definition of energy for a continuum, its conservation laws, and the energy-momentum tensor
Creators: name: Arminjon, Mayeul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the energy concept in the case of a continuum or a system of fields. First, we analyze the emergence of a true local conservation equation for the energy of a continuous medium, taking the example of an isentropic continuum in Newtonian gravity. Next, we consider a continuum or a system of fields in special relativity: we recall that the conservation of the energy-momentum tensor contains two local conservation equations of the same kind as before. We show that both of these equations depend on the reference frame, and that, however, they can be given a rigorous meaning. Then we review the definitions of the canonical and Hilbert energy-momentum tensors from a Lagrangian through the principle of stationary action in a general spacetime. Using relatively elementary mathematics, we prove precise results regarding the definition of the Hilbert tensor field, its uniqueness, and its tensoriality. We recall the meaning of its covariant conservation equation. We end with a proof of uniqueness of the energy density and flux, when both depend polynomially of the fields. Keywords: energy conservation; conservation equation; special relativity; general relativity; Hilbert tensor; variational principle
description: 35 pages in 12pt article format. Published version is Open Access at Publisher (see DOI below). This version (V3) is a review article that exposes in detail the results of V2 and also presents results not discussed there. V1 and V2 are successive versions of a conference talk. Sect. 3.5 of V2 contains results which are not there in V3
Synthesis of novel hybrid 1,5-disusbtituted 1H-tetrazol-5yl 4,5-dihydro [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-6-ones via high-order MCR-SN2/intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition sequence
Creators: name: Aguilar-Morales, Cesia M.
name: Servín-García, Gabriela
name: del Río, Rosa E.
name: Islas-Jácome, Alejandro
name: Gámez-Montaño, Rocío
name: Chacón-García, Luis
name: Cortés-García, Carlos J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: A facile and rapid synthesis of a family of new hybrid system 1,5-disusbtituted 1H-tetrazol-5yl 4,5-dihydro [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-6-ones in moderate yields is described. Compounds were synthetized by a high-order multicomponent reaction (MCR) to give N-acylated 1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles followed, without chromatographic purification, by an SN2/intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition sequence. The target molecules could be useful in drug discovery processes because they contain two very important pharmacophoric moieties: 1,5-disubstituted tetrazole and 1,2,3- triazole.
Nano-particle delivery of brain derived neurotrophic factor after focal cerebral ischemia reduces tissue injury and enhances behavioral recovery
Creators: name: Ritzel, Rodney
name: Verma, Rajkumar
name: Kabanov, Alexander V.
name: McCullough, Louise D.
name: Yi, Xiang
name: Mancini, Nikolas
name: Manickam, Devika S.
name: Harris, Nia M.
name: Banks, William A.
name: Jiang, Yuhang
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Low levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are linked to delayed neurological recovery, depression, and cognitive impairment following stroke. Supplementation with BDNF reverses these effects. Unfortunately, systemically administered BDNF in its native form has minimal therapeutic value due to its poor blood brain barrier permeability and short serum half-life. In this study, a novel nano-particle polyion complex formulation of BDNF (nano-BDNF) was administered to mice after experimental ischemic stroke.
Population dynamics of Protea repens and Protea laurifolia in the Koue Bokkeveld, De Trap, site 3219CD/2
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Koue Bokkeveld
population dynamics
Protea repens
Protea laurifolia
De Trap

description: This is a scanned copy of a document noting the population dynamics of Protea repens and Protea laurifolia in the Koue Bokkeveld, De Trap, site 3219CD/2. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Nonlinear Information Theory: A Phase-Based Foundation for Coherence, Morphogenesis, and Post-Symbolic Computation
Creators: name: Fedotov, Anton
name: SynqraTech
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: We present a complete axiomatic theory of nonlinear information, where information is not defined by symbolic content or entropy, but as a stable, coherent form embedded in a dynamic phase field. This framework introduces eight foundational axioms and ten derived theorems describing how informational forms emerge, interact, transform, and decay via phase alignment and morphogenetic dynamics. We provide formal metrics—such as global coherence, resonance density, and informational tension—and demonstrate applications to neuroscience, biological morphogenesis, and coherent computing systems. The theory offers a general foundation for modeling post-symbolic, field-driven information architectures.
title: Extension of a generic ontology of imaging biomarkers: use in brain gliomas
Creators: name: Amdouni, Emna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: MR
subject: PET
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: Computer Applications-General

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: In precision medicine, imaging biomarkers will play an important role in medical decision processes [5] [6] [15]. Their discovery, analytical and clinical validation as well as the development of decision support systems makes it necessary to define...
Large BCFT moduli in open string field theory
Creators: name: Maccaferri, Carlo
name: Schnabl, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the recently constructed solution for marginal deformations by one of the authors, to analytically relate the BCFT modulus (lambda_BCFT) to the coefficient of the boundary marginal field in the solution (lambda_SFT). We explicitly find that the relation is not one to one and the same value of lambda_SFT corresponds to a pair of different lambda_BCFT 's: a "small" one, and a "large" one. The BCFT moduli space is fully covered, but the coefficient of the marginal field in the solution is not a good global coordinate on such a space.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures. v2: minor notation improvements, version published in JHEP
Potentials of Crowdfunding with Fintech, Blockchain Technology and Machine Learning
Creators: name: ERGUN, Berk
name: DONMEZ, Cem CAGRI
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 10401 Applied Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 91503 Engineering Practice
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 91599 Interdisciplinary Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Purpose – Lacking access to finance is a huge struggle for SMEs and financing them is the next big move. Therefore, the world needs to pay its utmost attention to Fintech for dealing with this gap. Since this subject is relatively new, researchers have not fully focused on this subject yet. However, it is expected to witness rising interest on it. In this study, a new approach in SME credit scoring will not only be investigated for a reduction of the associated risk of failure to pay the debt but also for the reduction of delinquency and credit refunding. Additionally, a crowdfunding base will be set to expand the applications of cryptocurrencies for money transferring. Hence, it will enhance the understanding of blockchain technology.
 Findings – During the research, it is observed blockchain technology has an enormous potential for credit scoring with machine learning integration.
 Research limitations/implications – The proposed methodology requires time and case applications for its potential success. As such, it is advisable that the development of machine learning techniques to support blockchain mechanism to provide reliable results.
 Methodology – In this research, we have conducted a literature review and recent application in blockchain technology for credit scoring mechanism from databases.
 Originality/value – The study grounds a new generalizable algorithm for SME credit scoring and set a base for crowdfunding mechanism for application of the credit scoring model with blockchain.
Decentralizing Watchtowers for Payment Channels using IPFS
Creators: name: Bonisch, Hannes
name: Grundmann, Matthias
Publisher: name: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Year: 2022

description: Payment channels have been proposed as a way to improve the scalability of blockchains such as Bitcoin. However, payment channel protocols require that participating parties watch the blockchain regularly for new transactions. If a party observes, in a given period of time, a fraudulent transaction that closes the payment channel in an outdated state, the fraudulent transaction can be revoked. Previous work has proposed to outsource this task to a third party, a so called watchtower. A user of a payment channel employs a dedicated watchtower and sends the data to the watchtower that the watchtower requires to revoke fraudulent transactions. In this paper, we replace the strict binding of a user to a watchtower by a decentralized approach for watchtowers that requires no direct interaction between a party of a payment channel and the watchtower. This decentralized approach uses IPFS to publicly store the information required by a watchtower. With this approach, anyone can detect and revoke a fraud by watching the blockchain and reading a file from IPFS that contains information for each outdated commitment transaction. A reward for successful revocations can be used as incentive.
NaCl as an eco-friendly and efficient promoter for Knoevenagel condensation at room temperature
Creators: name: de Abrantes, Paloma Gomes
name: de Abrantes, Poliana Gomes
name: de Oliveira Ferreira, João Marcos Gomes
name: Vale, Juliana Alves
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Knoevenagel condensation was optimized through the eco-friendly condition as a binary mixture of ethanol:water (3:7, v/v) associated with NaCl salt as the promoter of the reaction between different aldehydes or isatins and malononitrile at room temperature. Due to its high efficiency and low toxicity, the proposed system provides easy isolation of products by simple filtration and optimal yields ranging between 83 and 97% in a short-time reaction at room temperature. The use of NaCl as a catalyst associated with the use of the ethanol:water mixture (3:7) (v/v) as an attractive ecological strategy in the synthesis of Knoevenagel adducts at room temperature, with high yield, short reaction time, and isolation more easy of the final product. The use of NaCl as a catalyst associated with the use of the ethanol:water mixture (3:7) (v/v) as an attractive ecological strategy in the synthesis of Knoevenagel adducts at room temperature, with high yield, short reaction time, and isolation more easy of the final product.
Multiple Liquid Bridges with Non-Smooth Interfaces
Creators: name: Fel, Leonid
name: Rubinstein, Boris
name: Ratner, Vadim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a coexistence of two axisymmetric liquid bridges LB_i and LB_m of two immiscible liquids i and m which are immersed in a third liquid (or gas) e and trapped between two smooth solid bodies with axisymmetric surfaces S_1,S_2 and free contact lines. Evolution of liquid bridges allows two different configurations of LB_i and LB_m with multiple (five or three) interfaces of non-smooth shape. We formulate a variational problem with volume constraints and present its governing equations supplemented by boundary conditions. We find a universal relationship between curvature of the interfaces and discuss the Young relation at the singular curve where all liquids meet together.
description: 14 pages, 4 Figured
Foraging at the edge of the world: low-altitude, high-speed manoeuvering in barn swallows
Creators: name: Crandell, Kristen E.
name: Warrick, Douglas R.
name: Tobalske, Bret W.
name: Biewener, Andrew A.
name: Hedrick, Tyson L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: While prior studies of swallow manoeuvering have focused on slow-speed flight and obstacle avoidance in still air, swallows survive by foraging at high speeds in windy environments. Recent advances in field-portable, high-speed video systems, coupled with precise anemometry, permit measures of high-speed aerial performance of birds in a natural state. We undertook the present study to test: (i) the manner in which barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) may exploit wind dynamics and ground effect while foraging and (ii) the relative importance of flapping versus gliding for accomplishing high-speed manoeuvers. Using multi-camera videography synchronized with wind-velocity measurements, we tracked coursing manoeuvers in pursuit of prey. Wind speed averaged 1.3–2.0 m s−1 across the atmospheric boundary layer, exhibiting a shear gradient greater than expected, with instantaneous speeds of 0.02–6.1 m s−1. While barn swallows tended to flap throughout turns, they exhibited reduced wingbeat frequency, relying on glides and partial bounds during maximal manoeuvers. Further, the birds capitalized on the near-earth wind speed gradient to gain kinetic and potential energy during both flapping and gliding turns; providing evidence that such behaviour is not limited to large, fixed-wing soaring seabirds and that exploitation of wind gradients by small aerial insectivores may be a significant aspect of their aeroecology.
Mixed-Dimensional Quantum Circuit Simulation with Decision Diagrams
Creators: name: Mato, Kevin
name: Hillmich, Stefan
name: Wille, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum computers promise to solve several categories of problems faster than classical computers ever could. Current research mostly focuses on qubits, i.e., systems where the unit of information can assume only two levels. However, the underlying physics of most (if not all) of the technological platforms supports more than two levels, commonly referred to as qudits. Performing computations with qudits increases the overall complexity while, at the same time, reducing the number of operations and providing a lower error rate. Furthermore, qudits with different number of levels can be mixed in one system to ease the experimental control and keep representations as compact as possible. Exploiting these capabilities requires dedicated software support to tackle the increased complexity in an automated and efficient fashion. In this paper, we present a qudit simulator that handles mixed-dimensional systems based on Decision Diagrams (DDs). More precisely, we discuss the type of decision diagram introduced as underlying data structure as well as the resulting implementation. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that the proposed solution is capable of efficiently simulating mixed-dimensional quantum circuits, with specific use cases including more than 100 qudits in one circuit. The source code of the simulator is available via github.com/cda-tum/MiSiM under the MIT~license.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Analyse von akademischen Qualifizierungen von Beratenden in Bildung, Beruf und Beschäftigung in Deutschland
Creators: name: Kleeberg, Carolin
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Beratung
subject: Bildung
subject: Beruf
subject: Beschäftigung
subject: Kompetenz
subject: Kompetenzprofil
subject: Beratungskompetenz
subject: Schiersmann
subject: career
subject: guidance
subject: advice
subject: competence
subject: competence profile
subject: 374 Erwachsenenbildung

description: In Deutschland gibt es keine einheitliche und rechtlich anerkannte Ausbildung und ebenso wenig geregelte Zugangsvoraussetzungen für das Berufsfeld Bildungs- und Berufsberatung. Aufgrund der fehlenden einheitlichen Standards in der Beratendenqualifikation und insbesondere mit Blick auf die Heterogenität des Ausbildungsmarktes, ist es wichtig, zu überprüfen, wie die akademischen Qualifizierungsmöglichkeiten für Beratende in diesem Feld in Deutschland aussehen, was die Lehrinhalte und Lernziele sind. Mit dieser Arbeit wird überprüft, ob und in welcher Breite Kompetenzen gefördert werden, die nach aktueller Expertenmeinung relevanter Akteure im Feld der Bildungsberatung für wichtig und grundsätzlich für die adäquate Bewältigung der Beratungsanforderungen erachtet werden. Übereinstimmungen und Abweichungen werden sichtbar gemacht und Entwicklungsbedarfe innerhalb der Qualifikationslandschaft aufgezeigt. Gleichzeitig können die Ergebnisse Anhaltspunkte liefern, die es Interessent*innen für eine Qualifikation im Bildungs- und Berufsberatungsbereich erleichtern sollen, aufgrund der aufgezeigten formalen Aspekte und der Kompetenzgewichtung eine fundiertere Entscheidung treffen zu können.
description: In Germany, there is neither a standardised and legally recognized education nor regulated access requirements for the field of career guidance. Due to the lack of standards in guidance skills, and in particular with regard to the heterogeneity of the education market, it is important to review what the academic qualification opportunities for guidance practicioners in this field in Germany look like, what the course contents and learning objectives are. This work examines whether and in what range competencies are promoted which are considered to be important by current expert opinion of relevant actors in the field of educational counseling. Development needs within the qualification landscape of Germany are shown. At the same time, the results can provide clues to help those interested in a qualification in the field of ​​career guidance to make a more informed decision based on the formal aspects and the competence weighting highlighted in this work.
Managing marine disease emergencies in an era of rapid change
Creators: name: Wyllie-Echeverria, Sandy
name: Heron, Scott F.
name: Harvell, C. Drew
name: Vanderstichel, Raphaël
name: Dobson, Andy
name: Weil, Ernesto
name: Shields, Jeffrey D.
name: Breyta, Rachel
name: Gulland, Frances M. D.
name: Carnegie, Ryan B.
name: Groner, Maya L.
name: Friedman, Carolyn S.
name: Noble, Rachel T.
name: Maynard, Jeffrey
name: Garren, Melissa
name: Revie, Crawford W.
name: Froelich, Brett
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Infectious marine diseases can decimate populations and are increasing among some taxa due to global change and our increasing reliance on marine environments. Marine diseases become emergencies when significant ecological, economic or social impacts occur. We can prepare for and manage these emergencies through improved surveillance, and the development and iterative refinement of approaches to mitigate disease and its impacts. Improving surveillance requires fast, accurate diagnoses, forecasting disease risk and real-time monitoring of disease-promoting environmental conditions. Diversifying impact mitigation involves increasing host resilience to disease, reducing pathogen abundance and managing environmental factors that facilitate disease. Disease surveillance and mitigation can be adaptive if informed by research advances and catalysed by communication among observers, researchers and decision-makers using information-sharing platforms. Recent increases in the awareness of the threats posed by marine diseases may lead to policy frameworks that facilitate the responses and management that marine disease emergencies require.
Synthesis of novel scaffolds based on bis-thiazole or bis-triazolothiadiazine linked to quinoxaline as new hybrid molecules
Creators: name: Salem, Mostafa E.
name: Qenawy, Mohmmad S.
name: Farag, Ahmed M.
name: Elwahy, Ahmed H. M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: A synthesis of novel bis-thiazoles, linked to quinoxaline as novel hybrid molecules, was accomplished in good yields by the reaction of the appropriate α-haloketones or α-keto-hydrazonoyl chlorides with the corresponding bis(hydrazinecarbothioamide) in ethanol/dimethylformamide (EtOH/DMF) at reflux in the presence of a few drops of triethylamine (TEA). The reaction of the appropriate thioamide with the corresponding bis(2-bromoethanone) yielded novel bis-thiazoles. Furthermore, by reacting bis(2-bromoethanone) with the appropriate 4-amino-3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole derivatives, novel bis(5,6-dihydro-s-triazolo[3,4-b]thiadiazines) linked to quinoxaline moiety were obtained in good yields. The starting bis-thiosemicarbazone was obtained by reacting 1,1'-((quinoxaline-2,3-diylbis(oxy))bis(4,1-phenylene))diethanone with thiosemicarbazide in EtOH containing a few drops of acetic acid (AcOH) at reflux. On the other hand, the 1,1'-((quinoxaline-2,3-diylbis(oxy))bis(4,1-phenylene))bis(2-bromoethanone) was obtained from the corresponding bis(acetyl) derivative upon treatment with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid (p-TsOH), respectively. Structures of new compounds were confirmed using elemental analyses and spectral data.
The changing UV and X-ray properties of the Of?p star CPD -28 2561
Creators: name: Naze, Yael
name: Sundqvist, Jon O.
name: Fullerton, Alex W.
name: ud-Doula, Asif
name: Wade, Gregg A.
name: Rauw, Gregor
name: Walborn, Nolan R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Of?p star CPD -28 2561 was monitored at high energies with XMM-Newton and HST. In X-rays, this magnetic oblique rotator displays bright and hard emission that varies by ~55% with rotational phase. These changes occur in phase with optical variations, as expected for magnetically confined winds; there are two maxima and two minima in X-rays during the 73d rotational period of CPD -28 2561. However, contrary to previously studied cases, no significant hardness variation is detected between minima and maxima, with the exception of the second minimum which is slightly distinct from the first one. In the UV domain, broad-band fluxes remain stable while line profiles display large variations. Stronger absorptions at low velocities are observed when the magnetic equator is seen edge-on, which can be reproduced by a detailed 3D model. However, a difference in absorption at high velocities in the CIV and NV lines is also detected for the two phases where the confined wind is seen nearly pole-on. This suggests the presence of strong asymmetries about the magnetic equator, mostly in the free-flowing wind (rather than in the confined dynamical magnetosphere).
description: 14 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS
Convenient and highly efficient microwave-assisted synthesis of 2-Arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carbaldehydes in glycerol
Creators: name: Saeed, Hani Y.
name: Farooqui, Maqdoom
name: Durrani, Ayesha N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: A simple and highly efficient method adopted for the synthesis of 2-Arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carbaldehyde from reaction of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines, with (Vilsmeier–Haack reagent) in the presence of glycerol as a green reaction medium under microwave irradiation at 400 watt, at 90 °C. Mild reaction conditions, high yield, short reaction time, a clean reaction profile, avoiding toxic catalysts, hazardous organic solvents, and less waste materials are the advantages over the previously adopted method.
Line intercept in Hottentots Holland, Grabouw, site 3418BB/13
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Hottentots Holland
Grabouw
Line intercept

description: This is a scanned copy of a Line intercept in Hottentots Holland, Grabouw, site 3418BB/13. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Vibrio bacteria in raw oysters: managing risks to human health
Creators: name: Noble, Rachel T.
name: Froelich, Brett A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The human-pathogenic marine bacteria Vibrio vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus are strongly correlated with water temperature, with concentrations increasing as waters warm seasonally. Both of these bacteria can be concentrated in filter-feeding shellfish, especially oysters. Because oysters are often consumed raw, this exposes people to large doses of potentially harmful bacteria. Various models are used to predict the abundance of these bacteria in oysters, which guide shellfish harvest policy meant to reduce human health risk. Vibrio abundance and behaviour varies from site to site, suggesting that location-specific studies are needed to establish targeted risk reduction strategies. Moreover, virulence potential, rather than simple abundance, should be also be included in future modeling efforts.
Traceability Analysis of a High-Level Automotive System Architecture Document
Creators: name: Hild, Dennis
name: Beckmann, Martin
name: Vogelsang, Andreas
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
subject: traceability
subject: trace link recovery
subject: Automotive System Architecture Analysis

description: More and more functions in automotive systems are enabled and controlled by software that is distributed over a large number of systems and components. In addition, the systems are more and more interconnected to implement the desired vehicle functions. Creating and maintaining a high-level overview of the relations between vehicle functions, systems, and components in a complete and consistent way requires a lot of effort. On the other hand, such a high-level architecture is beneficial for planning the development, analyzing the architecture, or defining product variants. In this paper, we analyze a real-world document that was manually created to document all vehicle functions, systems, and components of one car series and relations between these. We formalized the content of this model by providing a model of the concepts and a set of consistency rules. By evaluating the consistency rules on the given document, we found 213 contradictory relations and 547 missing relations. Based on these results, we conclude that manually maintaining such high-level architectures is highly error-prone and should thus be supported by automation and appropriate tooling.
MPEC 2023-F25 : 2023 FB
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 FB

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Energy, Transportation, and Politics in Germany and the United States
Creators: name: Hedeker, Ava
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: oil crisis
subject: car manufacturing
subject: transportation
subject: environmental movement
subject: political change
subject: energy conservation
subject: consumption
subject: public transit

description: Ava Hedeker interviews her father, Don Hedeker, about differences between Germany and the United States observed as German-American growing up in Chicago. Hedeker begins by describing his experiences of the 1973 and 1979 oil crises, recalling gas rationing and shifts in car manufacturing toward smaller, more efficient cars in the United States. Hedeker also reflects on the emerging environmental movement in the 1970s and on the election of Ronald Reagan. He compares attitudes toward conservation, consumption, land use, and transportation in the United States and in Germany. Hedeker also discusses political changes in Germany and differences between East and West Germany. Hedeker concludes by comparing American public transit systems to German public transit systems.
Quantifying thermal extremes and biological variation to predict evolutionary responses to changing climate
Creators: name: Buckley, Lauren B.
name: Kingsolver, Joel G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Central ideas from thermal biology, including thermal performance curves and tolerances, have been widely used to evaluate how changes in environmental means and variances generate changes in fitness, selection and microevolution in response to climate change. We summarize the opportunities and challenges for extending this approach to understanding the consequences of extreme climatic events. Using statistical tools from extreme value theory, we show how distributions of thermal extremes vary with latitude, time scale and climate change. Second, we review how performance curves and tolerances have been used to predict the fitness and evolutionary responses to climate change and climate gradients. Performance curves and tolerances change with prior thermal history and with time scale, complicating their use for predicting responses to thermal extremes. Third, we describe several recent case studies showing how infrequent extreme events can have outsized effects on the evolution of performance curves and heat tolerance. A key issue is whether thermal extremes affect reproduction or survival, and how these combine to determine overall fitness. We argue that a greater focus on tails-in the distribution of environmental extremes, and in the upper ends of performance curves-is needed to understand the consequences of extreme events.This article is part of the themed issue 'Behavioural, ecological and evolutionary responses to extreme climatic events'.
Quantum-proof multi-source randomness extractors in the Markov model
Creators: name: Arnon-Friedman, Rotem
name: Portmann, Christopher
name: Scholz, Volkher B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Randomness extractors, widely used in classical and quantum cryptography and other fields of computer science, e.g., derandomization, are functions which generate almost uniform randomness from weak sources of randomness. In the quantum setting one must take into account the quantum side information held by an adversary which might be used to break the security of the extractor. In the case of seeded extractors the presence of quantum side information has been extensively studied. For multi-source extractors one can easily see that high conditional min-entropy is not sufficient to guarantee security against arbitrary side information, even in the classical case. Hence, the interesting question is under which models of (both quantum and classical) side information multi-source extractors remain secure. In this work we suggest a natural model of side information, which we call the Markov model, and prove that any multi-source extractor remains secure in the presence of quantum side information of this type (albeit with weaker parameters). This improves on previous results in which more restricted models were considered and the security of only some types of extractors was shown.
description: 21 pages + appendix. v2: Improved comparison to previous work. Comments are welcome!
Line intercept in Matroosberg, Ben Etive, site 3319AD/2
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Matroosberg

description: This is a scanned copy of a document of a line intercept in monitoring site 3319AD-2 in Matroosberg. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Evaluation of Repeated Antenatal Blood Testing for Anemia, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Syphilitic Infection Screening during the Third Trimester: A single-center university hospital setting
Creators: name: Wipada Laosooksathit
Publisher: name: PIMDEE Co., Ltd.
Year: 2022
Subjects: anemia
HIV
repeated blood test
seroconversion
syphilis
pregnancy

description: Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 30, 5, 302-312