cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Phaonia valida
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Phaonia
Phaonia valida

description: Phaonia valida (HARRIS, 1780)
Bgld, Donnerskirchen, Teufelsgraben, 19.7.17.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 784, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Primary Photoexcitations and the Origin of the Photocurrent in Rubrene Single Crystals
Creators: name: Najafov, Hikmat
name: Biaggio, Ivan
name: Podzorov, Vitaly
name: Calhoun, Matt
name: Gershenson, Michael E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By simultaneously measuring the excitation spectra of transient luminescence and transient photoconductivity after picosecond pulsed excitation in rubrene single crystals we show that free excitons are photoexcited starting at photon energies above 2.0 eV. We observe a competition between photoexcitation of free excitons and photoexcitation into vibronic states that subsequently decays into free carriers, while molecular excitons are instead formed predominantly through the free exciton. At photon energies below 2.25 eV, free charge carriers are only created through a long-lived intermediate state with a lifetime of up to 0.1 ms and no free carriers appear during the exciton lifetime.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Technologies for tunable gamma-ray lenses
Creators: name: Lund, Niels
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The tunable gamma-ray lens has turned out to be a promising alternative to the classical fixed-energy Laue-lenses discussed in the past. We describe here our development work on a miniature pedestal with one-axis tilt adjustment. We also outline our design for an optical system, capable of monitoring the alignment of the many crystals needed. An added benefit of the tunable crystal pedestal is that it relieves both the demands for high precision in the crystal mounting and the stringent requirements for long-term stability of the support platform on which the crystals are mounted. Moreover, mounting the individual crystals on separate pedestals facilitates the use of double layers of crystals. Keywords: Gamma-ray astronomy, Telescope technology, Laue lenses
description: Submitted to Experimental Astronomy
Constrained relativistic mean field approach with fixed configurations
Creators: name: Lü, H. F.
name: Geng, L. S.
name: Meng, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A diabatic (configuration-fixed) constrained approach to calculate the potential energy surface (PES) of the nucleus is developed in the relativistic mean field model. {As an example}, the potential energy surfaces of $^{208}$Pb obtained from both adiabatic and diabatic constrained approaches are investigated and compared. {It is shown that} the diabatic constrained approach enables one to decompose the segmented PES obtained in usual adiabatic approaches into separate parts uniquely characterized by different configurations, {to follow the evolution of single-particle orbits till very deformed region}, and to obtain several well defined deformed excited states which can hardly be expected from the adiabatic PES's.
description: 12 pages, 3 Figures
An Evaluation of the Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of NSW DPI Investments in IPM Research in Invertebrate Rice Pests
Creators: name: Orr, Leanne M.
name: Stevens, Mark M.
name: Mullen, John D.
name: Orr, Leanne M.
name: Stevens, Mark M.
name: Mullen, John D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Production Economics
subject: benefit cost analysis
subject: rice
subject: IPM
subject: invertebrate pests
subject: evaluation

description: Research into IPM technologies has been conducted by NSW DPI for over 20 years. Evaluating the returns from investment in specific research and development projects is an important component of the NSW DPI science and research program. An economic evaluation has been conducted of IPM in managing invertebrate pests in rice in NSW. We found that there has been widespread adoption of many IPM practices amongst NSW rice growers leading to a flow of economic benefits to the rice industry and the community. Important environmental and human health benefits were also identified. A benefit-cost ratio of 9.05 was calculated for the return to NSW DPI investment in rice invertebrate pests IPM research. The net present value of the benefits of this research to 2020 was $67.9 million. Important environmental and human health benefits were not valued nor were ‘spillover’ benefits to other States.
Geometrically-Derived Anisotropy in Cubically Nonlinear Dielectric Composites
Creators: name: Mackay, Tom G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider an anisotropic homogenized composite medium (HCM) arising from isotropic particulate component phases based on ellipsoidal geometries. For cubically nonlinear component phases, the corresponding zeroth-order strong-permittivity-fluctuation theory (SPFT) (which is equivalent to the Bruggeman homogenization formalism) and second-order SPFT are established and used to estimate the constitutive properties of the HCM. The relationship between the component phase particulate geometry and the HCM constitutive properties is explored. Significant differences are highlighted between the estimates of the Bruggeman homogenization formalism and the second-order SPFT estimates. The prospects for nonlinearity enhancement are investigated.
Acyglossa atramentaria
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Anthomyiidae
Acyglossa
Acyglossa atramentaria

description: Acyglossa atramentaria (MEIGEN, 1826)
Bgld, Winden, Hackelsberg, 30.4.17.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 784, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Synthetic Data Supervised Salient Object Detection
Creators: name: Wu, Zhenyu
name: Wang, Lin
name: Wang, Wei
name: Shi, Tengfei
name: Chen, Chenglizhao
name: Hao, Aimin
name: Li, Shuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Although deep salient object detection (SOD) has achieved remarkable progress, deep SOD models are extremely data-hungry, requiring large-scale pixel-wise annotations to deliver such promising results. In this paper, we propose a novel yet effective method for SOD, coined SODGAN, which can generate infinite high-quality image-mask pairs requiring only a few labeled data, and these synthesized pairs can replace the human-labeled DUTS-TR to train any off-the-shelf SOD model. Its contribution is three-fold. 1) Our proposed diffusion embedding network can address the manifold mismatch and is tractable for the latent code generation, better matching with the ImageNet latent space. 2) For the first time, our proposed few-shot saliency mask generator can synthesize infinite accurate image synchronized saliency masks with a few labeled data. 3) Our proposed quality-aware discriminator can select highquality synthesized image-mask pairs from noisy synthetic data pool, improving the quality of synthetic data. For the first time, our SODGAN tackles SOD with synthetic data directly generated from the generative model, which opens up a new research paradigm for SOD. Extensive experimental results show that the saliency model trained on synthetic data can achieve $98.4\%$ F-measure of the saliency model trained on the DUTS-TR. Moreover, our approach achieves a new SOTA performance in semi/weakly-supervised methods, and even outperforms several fully-supervised SOTA methods. Code is available at https://github.com/wuzhenyubuaa/SODGAN
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
Impact of Identity Preservation of Non-GMO Crops on the Grain Market System
Creators: name: Vandenberg, Jennifer M.
name: Fulton, Joan R.
name: Dooley, Frank J.
name: Preckel, Paul V.
name: Vandenberg, Jennifer M.
name: Fulton, Joan R.
name: Dooley, Frank J.
name: Preckel, Paul V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2000
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: The events of 1999 highlight the importance of the need for identity preservation (IP) of products that result from genetic modification. In April of 1999, Archer Daniels Midland Co. and A. E. Staley Co. announced that they would not accept product that was not approved for export to the European Union. By the time the 1999 harvest arrived, decision makers in the grain marketing industry realized the nature of their business had dramatically changed in just one growing season. In particular, they needed to preserve the identity of all grains and oilseeds intended for European and Japanese markets. During the remainder of the 1999 growing season, consumer concern about the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) increased. The need for IP represents a substantial challenge for the grain marketing system, since the system has evolved over time to handle large volumes of homogeneous product. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of IP for GMOs on the grain handling system for a typical region in the eastern corn belt.
The Changing Pattern of China's Agricultural Trade
Creators: name: Chen, Kevin Z.
name: Chen, Kevin Z.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2000
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: Economic reforms and rapid economic growth in the past twenty years have encouraged increased imports of foreign agricultural products into China. While becoming a potential market for agri-food exporters, China has also grown into a major competitor in international agri-food markets, particularly in Asia. As China is likely to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the foreseeable future, an accurate account of China’s agricultural trade pattern is particularly relevant and timely. The issue of whether or not China’s agricultural trade in the reform era has increasingly reflected its resource endowments is investigated in this paper using Statistics Canada trade data. The advantage of using Statistics Canada trade data is that Hong Kong export statistics are used to approximate China’s actual imports from Hong Kong. This is done because official import data from China’s customs statistics don’t include agricultural products that enter China through unofficial channels, including extensive re-exports to China from Hong Kong.
Additional file 1 of Predictors of instantaneous relief from spinal manipulation for non-specific low back pain: a delphi study
Creators: name: Innes, Stanley
name: Beynon, Amber
name: Hodgetts, Christopher
name: Manassah, Rachel
name: Lim, Denyse
name: Walker, Bruce F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1. Round 1 Initial Survey
Quantifying the sensitivity to errors in analog quantum simulation
Creators: name: Poggi, Pablo M.
name: Lysne, Nathan K.
name: Kuper, Kevin W.
name: Deutsch, Ivan H.
name: Jessen, Poul S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum simulators are widely seen as one of the most promising near-term applications of quantum technologies. However, it remains unclear to what extent a noisy device can output reliable results in the presence of unavoidable imperfections. Here we propose a framework to characterize the performance of quantum simulators by linking the robustness of measured quantum expectation values to the spectral properties of the output observable, which in turn can be associated with its macroscopic or microscopic character. We show that, under general assumptions and on average over all states, imperfect devices are able to reproduce the dynamics of macroscopic observables accurately, while the relative error in the expectation value of microscopic observables is much larger on average. We experimentally demonstrate the universality of these features in a state-of-the-art quantum simulator and show that the predicted behavior is generic for a highly accurate device, without assuming any knowledge about the nature of the imperfections.
description: 16 pages including appendices, 13 figures. Content previously in Supplementary Material has been added to appendices
Living Bento: Heartbeat-Driven Noodles for Enriched Dining Dynamics
Creators: name: Chen, Weijen
name: Gao, Qingyuan
name: Hu, Zheng
name: Minamizawa, Kouta
name: Pai, Yun Suen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: To enhance focused eating and dining socialization, previous Human-Food Interaction research has indicated that external devices can support these dining objectives and immersion. However, methods that focus on the food itself and the diners themselves have remained underdeveloped. In this study, we integrated biofeedback with food, utilizing diners' heart rates as a source of the food's appearance to promote focused eating and dining socialization. By employing LED lights, we dynamically displayed diners' real-time physiological signals through the transparency of the food. Results revealed significant effects on various aspects of dining immersion, such as awareness perceptions, attractiveness, attentiveness to each bite, and emotional bonds with the food. Furthermore, to promote dining socialization, we established a "Sharing Bio-Sync Food" dining system to strengthen emotional connections between diners. Based on these findings, we developed tableware that integrates biofeedback into the culinary experience.
Anthomyia liturata
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Anthomyiidae
Anthomyia
Anthomyia liturata

description: Anthomyia liturata (ROBINEAU- DESVOIDY, 1830)
Bgld, Winden, Hackelsberg, 30.4.17; Hornstein, Ruine, 10.5.17; Weiden, Zitzmannsdorfer Wiesen, 27.6.17; St. Georgen b. Eisenstadt, Hetscherlberg, 22.5.17.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 784, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Additional file 2 of Glutantβase: a database for improving the rational design of glucose-tolerant β-glucosidases
Creators: name: Mariano, Diego
name: Naiara Pantuza
name: Lucianna H. Santos
name: Rocha, Rafael E. O.
name: Lima, Leonardo H. F. De
name: Bleicher, Lucas
name: Melo-Minardi, Raquel Cardoso De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. The DOPE score for each model selected.
Enhancing Farm Profitability through Portfolio Analysis: The Case of Spatial Rice Variety Selection.
Creators: name: Nalley, Lawton Lanier
name: Barkley, Andrew P.
name: Brad, Watkins
name: Hignight, Jeffrey A.
name: Nalley, Lawton Lanier
name: Barkley, Andrew P.
name: Brad, Watkins
name: Hignight, Jeffrey A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: Rice
subject: portfolio analysis
subject: optimal variety selection
subject: risk analysis.

description: The objectives of this paper is to use the large depth of existing literature on portfolio theory and apply it to rice varietal selection for 6 counties in the Arkansas Delta. Results based on 1999-2006 data suggests that combining available varieties using portfolio theory could have increased profits from 3 to 26% (dependent on location) in the Arkansas Delta. The major implication of this research is that data and statistical tools are available to improve the choice of rice varieties to plant each year in specific locations within Arkansas. Specifically, there are large potential gains from combining varieties that are characterized by inverse yield responses to growing conditions such as drought, pest infestation, or the presence of a specific disease.
Models for optical solitons in the two-cycle regime
Creators: name: Leblond, Herve
name: Sanchez, Francois
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive model equations for optical pulse propagation in a medium described by a two-level Hamiltonian, without the use of the slowly varying envelope approximation. Assuming that the resonance frequency of the two-level atoms is either well above or well below the inverse of the characteristic duration of the pulse, we reduce the propagation problem to a modified Korteweg-de Vries or a sine-Gordon equation. We exhibit analytical solutions of these equations which are rather close in shape and spectrum to pulses in the two-cycle regime produced experimentally, which shows that soliton-type propagation of the latter can be envisaged.
Additional file 1 of Glutantβase: a database for improving the rational design of glucose-tolerant β-glucosidases
Creators: name: Mariano, Diego
name: Naiara Pantuza
name: Lucianna H. Santos
name: Rocha, Rafael E. O.
name: Lima, Leonardo H. F. De
name: Bleicher, Lucas
name: Melo-Minardi, Raquel Cardoso De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Templates used for modeling each structure of Glutantβase.
A Social Network for Societal-Scale Decision-Making Systems
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Marko
name: Steinbock, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.4.2; J.7; K.4.m

description: In societal-scale decision-making systems the collective is faced with the problem of ensuring that the derived group decision is in accord with the collective's intention. In modern systems, political institutions have instatiated representative forms of decision-making to ensure that every individual in the society has a participatory voice in the decision-making behavior of the whole--even if only indirectly through representation. An agent-based simulation demonstrates that in modern representative systems, as the ratio of representatives increases, there exists an exponential decrease in the ability for the group to behave in accord with the desires of the whole. To remedy this issue, this paper provides a novel representative power structure for decision-making that utilizes a social network and power distribution algorithm to maintain the collective's perspective over varying degrees of participation and/or ratios of representation. This work shows promise for the future development of policy-making systems that are supported by the computer and network infrastructure of our society.
description: Dynamically Distributed Democracy algorithm presented in the arena of a societal-scale decision support system
Causal determinism: a philosophical analysis.
Creators: name: Ordaz Romay, Enrique
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 519999
subject: Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 500204
subject: History and philosophy of science

description: When approaching the topic of the philosophy of science, the first point to debate is the problem between the theory of philosophical knowledge and scientific materialism. Idealism and skepticism are two philosophical currents that question the possibility of knowing the real world. Therefore, before doing science (systematic study of the real world) we must ask ourselves if there is a philosophical justification for doing it. In this article we will analyze the concepts of determinism and causality from a philosophical point of view. We will start from the position of Kant's transcendental idealism, to arrive at deterministic materialism, very close to scientific materialism. We will conclude that not only is it possible to do science, but also that the theoretical models of reality that science builds, especially the mathematical models that physics builds, thanks to Popper's concept of falsifiability, have a homomorphic relationship with reality itself. This justifies us being able to talk about physical reality from scientific materialism.
Reduction of surface spin-induced electron spin relaxations in nanodiamonds
Creators: name: Peng, Zaili
name: Dallas, Jax
name: Takahashi, Susumu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanodiamonds (NDs) hosting nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers are promising for applications of quantum sensing. Long spin relaxation times ($T_1$ and $T_2$) are critical for high sensitivity in quantum applications. It has been shown that fluctuations of magnetic fields due to surface spins strongly influences $T_1$ and $T_2$ in NDs. However, their relaxation mechanisms have yet to be fully understood. In this paper, we investigate the relation between surface spins and $T_1$ and $T_2$ of single-substitutional nitrogen impurity (P1) centers in NDs. The P1 centers located typically in the vicinity of NV centers are a great model system to study the spin relaxation processes of the NV centers. By employing high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, we verify that air annealing removes surface spins efficiently and significantly reduces their contribution to $T_1$.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures
An assessment of Hinckley Library's business information provision and the extent of potential local demand
Creators: name: Wilson, Linda C.
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: An assessment of Hinckley Library's business information provision and the extent of potential local demand
Anthomyia procellaris Rondani 1866
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Anthomyiidae
Anthomyia
Anthomyia procellaris

description: Anthomyia procellaris RONDANİ, 1866
NÖ. Haslau, Donauauen, 31.8.16; Hainburg, Spitzerberg, 5.6.01; Stopfenreuth, Donauauen, 10.9.16; Perchtoldsdorf, 24.4.17; Pfaffstätten, Heferlberg, 1.5.17, 2 Ex;
Bgld, Breitenbrunn, Doktorbrunngraben, 5.5.01, 2 Ex; Zurndorf, NSG, 14.6.17 und 27.6.17; St. Georgen b. Eisenstadt, Hetscherlberg, 22.5.17.
 Neu für Niederösterreich und Burgenland. Die Art wurde in FRANZ (1989) nicht von A. pluvialis getrennt.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 784, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
The Flux-Across-Surfaces Theorem under conditions on the scattering state
Creators: name: Duerr, Detlef
name: Moser, Tilo
name: Pickl, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81U05

description: The flux-across-surfaces theorem (FAST) describes the outgoing asymptotics of the quantum flux density of a scattering state. The FAST has been proven for potential scattering under conditions on the outgoing asymptote $ψ_{\text{out}}$ (and of course under suitable conditions on the scattering potential). In this article we prove the FAST under conditions on the scattering state itself. In the proof we will establish also new mapping properties of the wave operators.
description: 21 pages, 1 figure
Impact of Direct Income Payments on Productive Efficiency of Korean Rice Farms
Creators: name: Kang, Hye-Jung
name: Kim, Jeong-Ho
name: Kang, Hye-Jung
name: Kim, Jeong-Ho
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: direct income payments
subject: productive efficiency
subject: stochastic frontier production function
subject: Korea

description: This paper examines the impact of direct income payments on productive efficiency of Korean rice farms, using farm-level cross sectional data in 2006. For representation of efficiency and its determinants, this paper uses a model that estimates the deviations of farms from a translog distance function and the determinants of these deviations. This paper especially estimates a stochastic frontier production function to explain deviations from best-practice productivity with a two-part error term including statistical noise from measurement error and technical inefficiency arising from farms not reaching the production frontier boundary. The empirical evidence finds that farms that get a higher share of direct payments in farm revenue are less efficient than others. This inefficiency is reduced by increases in farm size. Another result indicates that farms received greater direct payments on aggregate are more efficient than other farms since fixed payment, one part of rice direct payment, is tied to the amount of a farm's cropland that has been enrolled in programs, as well as yield histories.
Secondary-Structure Design of Proteins by a Backbone Torsion Energy
Creators: name: Sakae, Yoshitake
name: Okamoto, Yuko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new backbone-torsion-energy term in the force field for protein systems. This torsion-energy term is represented by a double Fourier series in two variables, the backbone dihedral angles phi and psi. It gives a natural representation of the torsion energy in the Ramachandran space in the sense that any two-dimensional energy surface periodic in both phi and psi can be expanded by the double Fourier series. We can then easily control secondary-structure-forming tendencies by modifying the torsion-energy surface. For instance, we can increase/decrease the alpha-helix-forming-tendencies by lowering/raising the torsion-energy surface in the alpha-helix region and likewise increase/decrease the beta-sheet-forming tendencies by lowering/raising the surface in the beta-sheet region in the Ramachandran space. We applied our approach to AMBER parm94 and AMBER parm96 force fields and demonstrated that our modifications of the torsion-energy terms resulted in the expected changes of secondary-structure-forming-tendencies by performing folding simulations of alpha-helical and beta-hairpin peptides.
description: 13 pages, (Revtex4), 5 figures
An implementation analysis of the Clayoquot Sound scientific panel recommendations on First Nations perspectives
Creators: name: Spiro, Holly Nicole
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: In 1995, the government of British Columbia adopted a set of groundbreaking recommendations for addressing First Nations perspectives in forestry in Clayoquot Sound. The recommendations focus on three themes: First Nations participation in forest management and decision-making, protection of cultural values, and incorporation of traditional ecological knowledge in management. Key informants from implementing agencies and target groups including government, the forest industry, First Nations, and multisectoral planning and co-management bodies were interviewed to determine how effectively these recommendations have been implemented. Outputs of implementing agencies and their perceived impacts by target groups were assessed. Factors that act as challenges or facilitators to implementation are determined, to explain the reasons for the observed degree of implementation success in each theme. Applying a broad, adaptive approach in defining implementation success, it was found that substantial impacts have been realized. Foremost among them are relationship building between previously disparate parties, and cross-cultural learning and exchange. However, it was also found that the observed impacts cannot be attributed solely to the recommendations being studied, as there are many interacting factors.
Dyson Spheres
Creators: name: Wright, Jason T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I review the origins and development of the idea of Dyson spheres, their purpose, their engineering, and their detectability. I explicate the ways in which the popular imagining of them as monolithic objects would make them dynamically unstable under gravity and radiation pressure, and mechanically unstable to buckling. I develop a model for the radiative coupling between a star and large amounts of material orbiting it, and connect the observational features of a star plus Dyson sphere system to the gross radiative properties of the sphere itself. I discuss the still-unexplored problem of the effects of radiative feedback on the central star's structure and luminosity. Finally, I discuss the optimal sizes of Dyson spheres under various assumptions about their purpose as sources of low-entropy emission, dissipative work, or computation.
description: Invited review. 21pp, 1 figure. v.3 contains a correction to the definition of s and to the units of Eq. 23
Lunar Laser Ranging Science: Gravitational Physics and Lunar Interior and Geodesy
Creators: name: Williams, James G.
name: Turyshev, Slava G.
name: Boggs, Dale H.
name: Ratcliff, J. Todd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Laser pulses fired at retroreflectors on the Moon provide very accurate ranges. Analysis yields information on Earth, Moon, and orbit. The highly accurate retroreflector positions have uncertainties less than a meter. Tides on the Moon show strong dissipation, with Q=33 \pm 4 at a month and a weak dependence on period. Lunar rotation depends on interior properties; a fluid core is indicated with radius ~20% that of the Moon. Tests of relativistic gravity verify the equivalence principle to \pm 1.4 x 10^{-13}, limit deviations from Einstein's general relativity, and show no rate for the gravitational constant $\dot{G}/G$ with uncertainty 9 x 10^{-13} 1/yr.
description: 8 pages, invited talk given at ``35th COSPAR Scientific Assebly,'' July 18-24, 2004, Paris, France
Additional file 1 of The geno-spatio analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in hot and cold spots of Guangxi, China
Creators: name: Dingwen Lin
name: Zhezhe Cui
name: Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
name: Prasit Palittapongarnpim
name: Angkana Chaiprasert
name: Wuthiwat Ruangchai
name: Ou, Jing
name: Liwen Huang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Genetic clustering based on the SNPs (≤12)
Improving student understanding of quantum measurement in infinite-dimensional Hilbert space using a research-based multiple-choice question sequence
Creators: name: Li, Yangqiuting
name: Singh, Chandralekha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Research-based multiple-choice questions implemented in class with peer instruction have been shown to be an effective tool for improving students' engagement and learning outcomes. Moreover, multiple-choice questions that are carefully sequenced to build on each other can be particularly helpful for students to develop a systematic understanding of concepts pertaining to a theme. Here, we discuss the development, validation, and implementation of a multiple-choice question sequence (MQS) on the topic of quantum measurement in the context of wave functions in the infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. This MQS was developed using students' common difficulties with quantum measurements as a guide and was implemented in a junior-/senior-level quantum mechanics course at a large research university in the U.S. We compare student performance on assessment tasks focusing on quantum measurement before and after the implementation of the MQS and discuss how different difficulties were reduced and how to further improve students' conceptual understanding of quantum measurement in infinite-dimensional Hilbert space.
Evolution of high-mass diffraction from the light quark valence component of the pomeron
Creators: name: Nikolaev, N. N.
name: Schäfer, W.
name: Zakharov, B. G.
name: Zoller, V. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the contribution from excitation of the $(q\bar q)(f\bar f),(q\bar q)g_1...g_n(f\bar f)$ Fock states of the photon to high mass diffraction in DIS. We show that the large $Q^2$ behavior of this contribution can be described by the DLLA evolution from the non-perturbative $f\bar f$ valence state of the pomeron. Although of higher order in pQCD, the new contribution to high-mass diffraction is comparable to that from the excitation of the $q\bar q g$ Fock state of the photon.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures, the oublished version. The slight numerical errors corrected, all conclusions are retained
Chirosia betuleti
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Anthomyiidae
Chirosia
Chirosia betuleti

description: Chirosia betuleti (RINGDAHL, 1935)
OÖ, Reichraming, Schieferstein, 11-1200m, 17.5.17.
Neu für Oberösterreich. Nach Fauna Europaea neu für Österreich!
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 784, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Classification and a toolbox for orientifold models
Creators: name: Anastasopoulos, P.
name: Hammou, A. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide the general tadpole conditions for a class of supersymmetric orientifold models by studing the general properties of the elements included in the orientifold group. In this talk, we concentrate on orientifold models of the type $T^6/Z_M\times Z_N$.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure, Latex2e. Proceedings of RTN Workshop on the Quantum Structure of Space-time and the Geometric Nature of Fundamental Interactions and EXT Workshop on Fundamental Interactions and the Structure of Spacetime, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece, 5-10 Sep 2004
Additional file 1 of Science identity and metacognitive development in undergraduate mentor-teachers
Creators: name: Huvard, Hannah
name: Talbot, Robert M.
name: Mason, Hillary
name: Amreen Nasim Thompson
name: Ferrara, Michael
name: Wee, Bryan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1.
Special Relativity: Einstein's Spherical Waves versus Poincare's Ellipsoidal Waves
Creators: name: Pierseaux, Dr. Yves
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the image by the Lorentz transformation of a spherical (circular) light wave, emitted by a moving source, is not a spherical (circular) light wave but an ellipsoidal (elliptical) light wave. Poincare's ellipsoid (ellipse) is the direct geometrical representation of Poincare's relativity of simultaneity. Einstein's spheres (circles) are the direct geometrical representation of Einstein's convention of synchronisation. Poincare adopts another convention for the definition of space-time units involving that the Lorentz transformation of an unit of length is directly proportional to Lorentz transformation of an unit of time. Poincare's relativistic kinematics predicts both a dilation of time and an expansion of space as well.
description: 17 pages, 2 figures, talk given at PIRT 2004 Conference, Imperial College, London, 5 September 04
Principal weighted support vector machines for sufficient dimension reduction in binary classification
Creators: name: SJ Shin
name: Y Wu
name: HH Zhang
name: Y Liu
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: © 2017 Biometrika Trust. Sufficient dimension reduction is popular for reducing data dimensionality without stringent model assumptions. However, most existing methods may work poorly for binary classification. For example, sliced inverse regression (Li, 1991) can estimate at most one direction if the response is binary. In this paper we propose principal weighted support vector machines, a unified framework for linear and nonlinear sufficient dimension reduction in binary classification. Its asymptotic properties are studied, and an efficient computing algorithm is proposed. Numerical examples demonstrate its performance in binary classification.
Hard Core Bosons on the Triangular Lattice at Zero Temperature: A Series Expansion Study
Creators: name: Oitmaa, J.
name: Zheng, Weihong
name: Tompsett, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use high order linked cluster series to investigate the hard core boson model on the triangular lattice, at zero temperature. Our expansions, in powers of the hopping parameter $t$, probe the spatially ordered `solid' phase and the transition to a uniform superfluid phase. At the commensurate fillings $n=1/3, 2/3$ we locate a quantum phase transition point at $(t/V)_c\simeq 0.208(1)$, in good agreement with recent Monte Carlo studies. At half-filling ($n=1/2$) we find evidence for a solid phase, which persists to $t/V\simeq 0.06$.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures
Constraining Early Dark Energy with Large-Scale Structure
Creators: name: Ivanov, Mikhail M.
name: McDonough, Evan
name: Hill, J. Colin
name: Simonović, Marko
name: Toomey, Michael W.
name: Alexander, Stephon
name: Zaldarriaga, Matias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An axion-like field comprising $\sim 10\%$ of the energy density of the universe near matter-radiation equality is a candidate to resolve the Hubble tension; this is the "early dark energy" (EDE) model. However, as shown in Hill et al. (2020), the model fails to simultaneously resolve the Hubble tension and maintain a good fit to both cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large-scale structure (LSS) data. Here, we use redshift-space galaxy clustering data to sharpen constraints on the EDE model. We perform the first EDE analysis using the full-shape power spectrum likelihood from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), based on the effective field theory (EFT) of LSS. The inclusion of this likelihood in the EDE analysis yields a $25\%$ tighter error bar on $H_0$ compared to primary CMB data alone, yielding $H_0 = 68.54^{+0.52}_{-0.95}$ km/s/Mpc ($68\%$ CL). In addition, we constrain the maximum fractional energy density contribution of the EDE to $f_{\rm EDE} < 0.072$ ($95\%$ CL). We explicitly demonstrate that the EFT BOSS likelihood yields much stronger constraints on EDE than the standard BOSS likelihood. Including further information from photometric LSS surveys,the constraints narrow by an additional $20\%$, yielding $H_0 = 68.73^{+0.42}_{-0.69}$ km/s/Mpc ($68\%$ CL) and $f_{\rm EDE}<0.053$ ($95\%$ CL). These bounds are obtained without including local-universe $H_0$ data, which is in strong tension with the CMB and LSS, even in the EDE model. We also refute claims that MCMC analyses of EDE that omit SH0ES from the combined dataset yield misleading posteriors. Finally, we demonstrate that upcoming Euclid/DESI-like spectroscopic galaxy surveys can greatly improve the EDE constraints. We conclude that current data preclude the EDE model as a resolution of the Hubble tension, and that future LSS surveys can close the remaining parameter space of this model.
description: 26 pages, 12 figures. v2: Version to appear in Phys Rev D. Appendices B and C demonstrate that EDE provides a worse fit than LCDM to Planck+BOSS data, and that constraints are not driven by prior volume effects
Delia diluta
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Anthomyiidae
Delia
Delia diluta

description: Delia diluta (STEIN, 1916)
Bgld, Illmitz, Hölle, 11.6.17.
Nach Fauna Europaea neu für Österreich!
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 784, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Deep Generative Models for Galaxy Image Simulations
Creators: name: Lanusse, Francois
name: Mandelbaum, Rachel
name: Ravanbakhsh, Siamak
name: Li, Chun-Liang
name: Freeman, Peter
name: Poczos, Barnabas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Image simulations are essential tools for preparing and validating the analysis of current and future wide-field optical surveys. However, the galaxy models used as the basis for these simulations are typically limited to simple parametric light profiles, or use a fairly limited amount of available space-based data. In this work, we propose a methodology based on Deep Generative Models to create complex models of galaxy morphologies that may meet the image simulation needs of upcoming surveys. We address the technical challenges associated with learning this morphology model from noisy and PSF-convolved images by building a hybrid Deep Learning/physical Bayesian hierarchical model for observed images, explicitly accounting for the Point Spread Function and noise properties. The generative model is further made conditional on physical galaxy parameters, to allow for sampling new light profiles from specific galaxy populations. We demonstrate our ability to train and sample from such a model on galaxy postage stamps from the HST/ACS COSMOS survey, and validate the quality of the model using a range of second- and higher-order morphology statistics. Using this set of statistics, we demonstrate significantly more realistic morphologies using these deep generative models compared to conventional parametric models. To help make these generative models practical tools for the community, we introduce GalSim-Hub, a community-driven repository of generative models, and a framework for incorporating generative models within the GalSim image simulation software.
description: 14 pages, submitted to MNRAS. Comments most welcome
Exploratory study of the effect of oscillation drying on thick hemlock timbers
Creators: name: Sackey, Emmanuel Kuuku
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study was aimed at exploring the effect of oscillating the drying temperatures of a drying schedule on the drying characteristics of thick western hemlock timbers. Pacific coast hemlock which is comprised of about 70% western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.) is one of the best quality and most abundant softwood species along the coast of British Columbia. The squares of 105 x 105mm of this species group is widely used for housing construction in Japan, and mostly imported from British Columbia. In recent years the overall demand has decreased and there is also a great market shift in demand from green to kiln-dried lumber. However, conventional kiln-drying of thick hemlock timbers has difficulties of long drying times, uneven final moisture content distribution within and between lumber, honeycombs, checking and splitting. Since most industries still use conventional dry kilns (also known as "heat-and-vent" kilns), it is imperative to explore alternative drying schedules to improve the quality of 105mm square dried Pacific coast hemlock. In this study, thick industrial size square Pacific coast hemlock of dimensions 115 x 115 x 920 mm were dried in a laboratory conventional kiln, using a control schedule and four oscillating drying schedules with drying temperatures (wet bulb –T[sub wb]=53°C, dry bulb-T[sub db]=60°C) oscillating at two amplitude and frequency combinations (3°C/4hours and 6°C/8 hours). The research results indicated that, the total effect of oscillating schedule on drying rate was more pronounced at the early stages of the drying process. Oscillating dry bulb temperatures at higher amplitudes increased drying rate by 12%, whereas the lower amplitude counterpart reduced kiln residence time by 14%. All schedules were also found to reduce moisture content variability between lumber. Core and shell moisture content variation slightly decreased when the wet bulb temperature was oscillated at low amplitudes. Climate oscillations also affect the drying stresses of thick hemlock lumber. Drying stresses in the lumber increased when oscillating the dry bulb temperature at lower amplitudes. Width shrinkage in the baby square hemlock lumber reduced in the low amplitude dry bulb oscillated schedule.
Additional file 1 of Predictors of instanteous relief from spinal manipulation for non-specific low back pain: a delphi study
Creators: name: Innes, Stanley
name: Beynon, Amber
name: Hodgetts, Christopher
name: Manassah, Rachel
name: Lim, Denyse
name: Walker, Bruce F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1. Round 1 Initial Survey