cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Do generic strategies impact performance in higher educational institutions? A SEM-based investigation
Creators: name: Alzoubi, Ahlam Mohammad
name: Emeagwali, Okechukwu Lawrence
name: Alzoubi, Ahlam Mohammad
name: Emeagwali, Okechukwu Lawrence
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Generic strategy
subject: balanced score card
subject: higher education
subject: performance

description: This study set out to initiate an investigation into the linkage between generic strategy and performance in higher educational institutions and the moderating effect of institution-type. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), it examined the responses of a stratified sample of academics and administrative staff (n= 333) randomly selected from eight universities in northern Cyprus. Findings suggest that while there is a weak effect of differentiation strategy on performance, a strong effect was recorded for focus strategy on performance. However, no significant relationship was found between cost leadership strategy and performance in higher educational institutions. Findings further indicated that respondents from public-private universities perceived the strongest generic strategy-performance effect for their institution, followed by those from the public sector. Respondents from private institutions perceived the weakest strategy-performance effect for their institutions.
Affection games in digital play : A content analysis of web playable games
Creators: name: Grace, Lindsay
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Affection games are ludic experiences in which players are required to express culturally recognized expressions of liking as a primary goal in the game. Interestingly, while the physical world of analog play has many such activities, the digital world has been relatively limited in affording players the ability to express affection as the primary game goal. Affection games in digital play exist as somewhat esoteric clusters across a variety of cultures and super genres. This paper defragments the diverse set of affection games, collecting, cataloging and describing the games in detail. The paper provides a content analysis of affection games and an overview of their preponderance on the web. This paper organizes affection games into a simple classification based on their game verbs. These are flirting, hugging, kissing, and sexual affection. The content analysis provides the attributes through which the affection games are clustered. Notable patterns from the content analysis include indications that kissing and sexual affection are most common, while hugging games are the rarest. There is also a strong coupling of targeted gender identification and the types of affection made playable. These patterns are indicated both in the spaces in which they are distributed and in their content. As the game industry and the academic research community look for new ways to understand and engage wider demographics, the lessons learned from studying affection games may prove useful. Affection games reveal cultural values, taboo, and may potentially expand the space of pro-social play.
Evolution of photospheric flows under an erupting filament in the quiet-Sun region
Creators: name: Wollmann, Jiří
name: Švanda, Michal
name: Korda, David
name: Roudier, Thierry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We studied the dynamics of the solar atmosphere in the region of a large quiet-Sun filament, which erupted on 21 October 2010. The filament eruption started at its northern end and disappeared from the H$α$ line-core filtergrams line within a few hours. The very fast motions of the northern leg were recorded in ultraviolet light by AIA. We aim to study a wide range of available datasets describing the dynamics of the solar atmosphere for five days around the filament eruption. This interval covers three days of the filament evolution, one day before the filament growth and one day after the eruption. We search for possible triggers that lead to the eruption of the filament. The surface velocity field in the region of the filament were measured by means of time-distance helioseismology and coherent structure tracking. The apparent velocities in the higher atmosphere were estimated by tracking the features in the 30.4 nm AIA observations. To capture the evolution of the magnetic field, we extrapolated the photospheric line-of-sight magnetograms and also computed the decay index of the magnetic field. We found that photospheric velocity fields showed some peculiarities. Before the filament activation, we observed a temporal increase of the converging flows towards the filament's spine. In addition, the mean squared velocity increased temporarily before the activation and peaked just before it, followed by a steep decrease. We further see an increase in the average shear of the zonal flow component in the filament's region, followed by a steep decrease. The photospheric l.o.s. magnetic field shows a persistent increase of induction eastward from the filament spine. The decay index of the magnetic field at heights around 10 Mm shows a value larger than critical at the connecting point of the northern filament end.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Amethysphaerion falsus Martins 1995
Creators: name: García, Kimberly
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Amethysphaerion
Amethysphaerion falsus

description: Amethysphaerion falsus Martins, 1995
 Geographical distribution: Venezuela; Colombia (Atlántico), new country record.
 Specimens examined: Colombia, Atlántico: Usiacurí; (Reserva Campesina La Montaña, 10°46.0′02.6″N, 75°00.2′34.0″W, tropical dry forest), 12.V.2018, K. García col., white light trap (2♀ UARC).
description: Published as part of García, Kimberly & Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima, 2020, Elaphidiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Caribbean region of Colombia: New species, taxonomic notes and new geographical records, pp. 1-8 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (23) on page 6, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.23, http://zenodo.org/record/4615223
Optimal (R, Q) policy and pricing for two-echelon supply chain with lead time and retailer’s service-level incomplete information
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Maryam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 91503 Engineering Practice
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Many studies focus on inventory systems toanalyze different real-world situations. This paper considersa two-echelon supply chain that includes one warehouseand one retailer with stochastic demand and an upto-level policy. The retailer’s lead time includes thetransportation time from the warehouse to the retailer thatis unknown to the retailer. On the other hand, the warehouseis unaware of retailer’s service level. The relationshipbetween the retailer and the warehouse is modeledbased on the Stackelberg game with incomplete information.Moreover, their relationship is presented when thewarehouse and the retailer reveal their private informationusing the incentive strategies. The optimal inventory andpricing policies are obtained using an algorithm based onbi-level programming. Numerical examples, includingsensitivity analysis of some key parameters, will comparethe results between the Stackelberg models. The resultsshow that information sharing is more beneficial to thewarehouse rather than the retailer.
Chiral Anomaly, Dirac Sea and Berry monopole in Wigner Function Approach
Creators: name: Fang, Ren-Hong
name: Gao, Jian-Hua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within Wigner function formalism, the chiral anomaly arises naturally from the Dirac sea contribution in un-normal-ordered Wigner function. For massless fermions, the Dirac sea contribution behaves like a 4-dimensional or 3-dimensional Berry monopole in Euclidian momentum space, while for massive fermions, although Dirac sea still leads to the chiral anomaly but there is no Berry monopole at infrared momentum region. We discuss these points explicitly in a simple and concrete example.
description: 5 pages, Contribution to the proceedings of XXVIIIth International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2019)
Resonant Enhancement of Inelastic Light Scattering in the Fractional Quantum Hall Regime at $ν=1/3$
Creators: name: Hirjibehedin, C. F.
name: Dujovne, Irene
name: Bar-Joseph, I.
name: Pinczuk, A.
name: Dennis, B. S.
name: Pfeiffer, L. N.
name: Kest, K. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strong resonant enhancements of inelastic light scattering from the long wavelength inter-Landau level magnetoplasmon and the intra-Landau level spin wave excitations are seen for the fractional quantum Hall state at $ν= 1/3$. The energies of the sharp peaks (FWHM $\lesssim 0.2meV$) in the profiles of resonant enhancement of inelastic light scattering intensities coincide with the energies of photoluminescence bands assigned to negatively charged exciton recombination. To interpret the observed enhancement profiles, we propose three-step light scattering mechanisms in which the intermediate resonant transitions are to states with charged excitonic excitations.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
High-accuracy inertial measurements with cold-atom sensors
Creators: name: Geiger, Remi
name: Landragin, Arnaud
name: Merlet, Sébastien
name: Santos, Franck Pereira Dos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The research on cold-atom interferometers gathers a large community of about 50 groups worldwide both in the academic and now in the industrial sectors. The interest in this sub-field of quantum sensing and metrology lies in the large panel of possible applications of cold-atom sensors for measuring inertial and gravitational signals with a high level of stability and accuracy. This review presents the evolution of the field over the last 30 years and focuses on the acceleration of the research effort in the last 10 years. The article describes the physics principle of cold-atom gravito-inertial sensors as well as the main parts of hardware and the expertise required when starting the design of such sensors. It then reviews the progress in the development of instruments measuring gravitational and inertial signals, with a highlight on the limitations to the performances of the sensors, on their applications, and on the latest directions of research.
description: Invited review article submitted to AVS quantum science, special topic on quantum sensing and metrology. Feedback is welcome
Enaphalodes boyacanus Martins 2005
Creators: name: García, Kimberly
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Enaphalodes
Enaphalodes boyacanus

description: Enaphalodes boyacanus Martins, 2005
 Geographical distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Bolívar, Boyacá), new department record (Bolívar).
 Specimens examined: Colombia, Bolívar: San Jacinto (Reserva La Flecha, 324 m, 09°51′12.4″N, 75°10′41.4″W, tropical dry forest), 15.III.2018, García, K. col., fruit-bated trap (1♂ UARC).
description: Published as part of García, Kimberly & Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima, 2020, Elaphidiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Caribbean region of Colombia: New species, taxonomic notes and new geographical records, pp. 1-8 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (23) on page 7, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.23, http://zenodo.org/record/4615223
Emotion contagion in leadership: Followercentric approach
Creators: name: Snaebjornsson, Inga Minelgaite
name: Vaiciukynaite, Egle
name: Snaebjornsson, Inga Minelgaite
name: Vaiciukynaite, Egle
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Emotional contagion
subject: followercentric approach
subject: leader
subject: follower
subject: leadership

description: The main purpose of this article is to explain leadership process from followercentric perspective through emotion contagion theory. The article provides overview of followercentric approaches in leadership research and emotion contagion theory with the recent developments of (social) neuroscience and psychology, which allowed examining emotions in a more comprehensive way. Finally, the conceptual model of emotion contagion in leadership process is presented. Emotion contagion is rarely addressed in leadership context. This article contributes to stimulation of this debate and discussion on still underrepresented subjects in leadership research, such as followercentric approach, importance of emotions in leader-follower communication, and emotional contagion theory in leadership context. Moreover, the proposed model is an integrated model that can be considered in empiric research, including the most recent developments in alternative methods (e.g. (social) neuroscience methods in leadership), enabling further development of leadership theory and contributing to leadership effectiveness.
Screening, partial purification and characterization of the hyper-thermophilic lipase produced by a new isolate of Bacillus subtilis LP2
Creators: name: Gulhan Yasar
name: Unzile Guven Gulhan
name: Guduk, Elif
name: Aktas, Fatih
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Lipases are one of the most important catalysts for several industries such as detergent, dairy, and textile industry due to their bio-catalytic ability in aqueous and non-aqueous media. Stability to extreme conditions is an important property since it makes enzymes suitable to several industrial processes. In this study, lipase producing soil bacteria were screened and identified with 16S rDNA sequencing. A new hyper-thermophilic lipase named as Bacillus subtilis LP2 isolate was partially purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation with 17.8-fold purification and 583 U/mg specific activity. Maximum activity was exhibited at pH 7 and 80 °C with the substrate tween 80 KM and Vmax values were calculated as 18.3 mM and 680 U/mg with a catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) of 307 s−1M−1. These results indicate that lipase from Bacillus subtilis LP2 can be a valuable candidate for industrial applications such as organic synthesis and fats and oils industry due to their efficient catalysis in higher temperatures.
Critical gameplay : Design techniques and case studies
Creators: name: Grace, Lindsay
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This chapter introduces critical gameplay design as a technique for creating digital games that offer alternative play. Critical gameplay provides the opportunity to explore game ethics through the way games are designed to be played. Since game designers outline the rules of play, game designs outline designer’s definitions of what is ethical and important. Taking the notion that, design is reflection of designer values, this chapter outlines methodologies for exposing the intrinsic values in play and creating gameplay models from alternative ethics and values. The chapter concludes with examples of critical gameplay games that have been demonstrated to international audience.
Evaluation of the genotoxicity of some standart and eco-friendly detergents with Vicia faba
Creators: name: Aksoy, Özlem
name: Horozal, Aylin
Publisher: name: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics
Year: 2021

description: The increasing use of detergents as a result of rapid increase of population and irregular industrialization has a big role in the environmental pollution. Determination of genotoxic effects of some standart and eco-friendly detergents on Vicia faba was aimed in this study. Faba beans were treated with detergents for 24, 48 and 72h by using EC50 and 2xEC50 values and analysed by mitotic index (MI) and comet assay. According to the results of root inhibition test, EC50 value for the detergent A1 was 20ml/L, A2 was 50ml/L, B1 was 40ml/L, B2 was 60ml/L respectively. The least decrease in the mitotic index was found in detergent B2 (eco-friendly laundry) and the most decrease was found in detergent A1 (standart dishwasher). Various abnormalities were determined in different phases of mitosis. After comet assay the cells were classified as type 0, type 1, type 2, type 3 and type 4 according to the nuclei damage rates. Type 3 was the most identified cell damage degree in eco-friendly detergents whereas type 4 was the mostly seen in standard detergents. Parameters such as olive tail moment, tail DNA percentage and arbitrary units were also identified by comet assay. All the test results showed that standard detergents cause more genotoxic effects than eco-friendly ones.
description: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics, Just Accepted
Analysis of membership probability in nearby young moving groups with Gaia DR2
Creators: name: Ujjwal, K.
name: Kartha, Sreeja S.
name: Mathew, Blesson
name: Manoj, P.
name: Narang, Mayank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the membership probability of young stars belonging to nearby moving groups with $\textit{Gaia}$ DR2 data. The sample of 1429 stars were identified from 'The Catalog of Suspected Nearby Young Moving Group Stars'. Good-quality parallax and proper motion values were retrieved for 890 stars from $\textit{Gaia}$ DR2 database. The analysis for membership probability is performed in the framework of LACEwING algorithm. From the analysis it is confirmed that 279 stars do not belong to any of the known moving groups. We estimated the $\textit{ U, V, W}$ space velocity values for 250 moving group members, which were found to be more accurate than previous values listed in the literature. The velocity ellipses of all the moving groups are well constrained within the "good box", a widely used criterion to identify moving group members. The age of moving group members are uniformly estimated from the analysis of $\textit{Gaia}$ Color-Magnitude Diagram with MIST isochrones. We found a spread in the age distribution of stars belonging to some moving groups, which needs to be understood from further studies.
description: 14 Pages, 5 Figures, 4 Tables, Accepted for publication in AJ
Oil demand and price elasticity of energy consumption in the GCC countries: A panel cointegration analysis
Creators: name: Alam, Qaiser
name: Alam, Shabbir
name: Jamil, Syed Ahsan
name: Alam, Qaiser
name: Alam, Shabbir
name: Jamil, Syed Ahsan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Oil
subject: GDP
subject: price
subject: panel
subject: cointegration
subject: DOLS
subject: Gulf Cooperation Council

description: This paper examines the cointegrating relationship between oil demand and price elasticity of energy consumption in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries during the period 1980-2010. The paper has applied the recently developed panel cointegration techniques, Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) and panel DOLS in a panel of GCC countries. The region is being recognized as the major region of oil production and export in the global economy. In recent times, the region is emerging as a fastest growing oil consuming region globally. This fast increase in the level of oil consumption in the major oil exporting countries raises the energy security implications in the sphere of the growing oil demand in the world economy. This is likely to bring many pitfalls in the form of price distortions and reduced growth rates in and outside the oil export region. The empirical finding reveals a cointegrating relationship among the variables and indicates an income elastic and price inelastic demand for oil in the long-run in the GCC countries. The outcomes of income elastic and price inelastic demand for oil are also consistent in the short-run. The income and price inelastic demand for oil though exists for a full panel of countries but vary across the GCC countries. The result of the Granger Causality test also depicts a unidirectional causality running from income to oil consumption and bidirectional causality running between oil prices and income in the GCC countries. Moreover, the outcomes reveal that demand for oil varies positively with the growth of income and negatively with the price level in the economy.
Vortex lattices in Bose-Einstein condensates: from the Thomas-Fermi to the lowest Landau level regime
Creators: name: Cozzini, M.
name: Stringari, S.
name: Tozzo, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a periodic vortex lattice in a rotating Bose-Einstein condensed gas, where the centrifugal potential is exactly compensated by the external harmonic trap. By introducing a gauge transformation which makes the Hamiltonian periodic, we solve numerically the 2D Gross-Pitaevskii equation finding the exact mean field ground state. In particular, we explore the crossover between the Thomas-Fermi regime, holding for large values of the coupling constant, and the lowest Landau level limit, corresponding to the weakly interacting case. Explicit results are given for the equation of state, the vortex core size, as well as the elastic shear modulus, which is crucial for the calculation of the Tkachenko frequencies.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Antiproliferative analysis of aqueous extracts of cabreúva (Myrocarpus frondosus) on the Allium cepa cell cycle
Creators: name: Ubessi, Cassiane
name: Rodrigues, Luísa Gonçalves
name: De Senna Pereira, Julia
name: Jéssica Mena Barreto De Freitas
name: Tedesco, Solange Bosio
Publisher: name: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics
Year: 2021

description: Myrocarpus frondosus is widely used in Brazilian folk medicine for bronchitis, gastritis, ulcers and wound asepsis. However, there is a scarcity of scientific data proving the safe use of tea of this species or if there is any toxic effect on the human organism. This study aimed to evaluate the antiproliferative effect of aqueous extracts of cabreúva on the Allium cepa cell cycle. The aqueous extracts were prepared from leaves, bark and roots (dried material) of the species in two concentrations: 2.5 and 5.0 grams in 250 mL of distilled water. The aqueous extract of the leaves was obtained by infusion and the aqueous extract of the bark and roots by decoction. Distilled water was used as negative control and glyphosate 2% as positive control. Eight groups of four onion bulbs were evaluated and each group corresponded to one treatment and, in each group, 4000 cells were analyzed and the mitotic index was calculated. The results demonstrated reduction of mitotic indices in all treatments when compared to the negative control in water. The aqueous extracts of cabreúva in the studied concentrations have antiproliferative action on the Allium cepa cell cycle, ensuring the safe use of tea of this medicinal species.
description: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics, Just Accepted
Anopliomorpha hirsuta
Creators: name: García, Kimberly
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Anopliomorpha
Anopliomorpha hirsuta

description: Anopliomorpha hirsuta (Linsley, 1935)
 Geographical distribution: Mexico (Sinaloa, Mexico, Morelos, Distrito Federal, Guerrero); Honduras; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Colombia (Bolívar) new country record.
 Specimen examined: Colombia, Bolívar: San Jacinto (Reserva La Flecha, 324 m, 09°51′12.4″N, 75°10′41.4″W, tropical dry forest), 14-16.IV.2018, García, K. col., manual capture (1♂ UARC), white light trap (1♂ UARC), UV light trap (1♀ UARC).
description: Published as part of García, Kimberly & Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima, 2020, Elaphidiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Caribbean region of Colombia: New species, taxonomic notes and new geographical records, pp. 1-8 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (23) on page 7, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.23, http://zenodo.org/record/4615223
Scientific elite revisited: Patterns of productivity, collaboration, authorship and impact
Creators: name: Li, Jichao
name: Yin, Yian
name: Fortunato, Santo
name: Wang, Dashun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Throughout history, a relatively small number of individuals have made a profound and lasting impact on science and society. Despite long-standing, multi-disciplinary interests in understanding careers of elite scientists, there have been limited attempts for a quantitative, career-level analysis. Here, we leverage a comprehensive dataset we assembled, allowing us to trace the entire career histories of nearly all Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine over the past century. We find that, although Nobel laureates were energetic producers from the outset, producing works that garner unusually high impact, their careers before winning the prize follow relatively similar patterns as ordinary scientists, being characterized by hot streaks and increasing reliance on collaborations. We also uncovered notable variations along their careers, often associated with the Nobel prize, including shifting coauthorship structure in the prize-winning work, and a significant but temporary dip in the impact of work they produce after winning the Nobel. Together, these results document quantitative patterns governing the careers of scientific elites, offering an empirical basis for a deeper understanding of the hallmarks of exceptional careers in science.
A preliminary report on X-chromosome sequence variability within Iranian population: Reporting new potential SNPs/ sequence variants as a source of population genetic markers
Creators: name: Sheidai, Masoud
name: Heydari Horestani, Mehdi
name: Atri Roozbahani, Golnaz
name: Kalhor, Naser
name: Koohdar, Fahimeh
name: Noormohammadi, Zahra
Publisher: name: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics
Year: 2021

description: X-chromosome and its independent loci, recently has gained importance in genetic investigations that are concerned with diseases control-case studies, as well as in population genetic analyses and phylogenetic investigations. The present study was performed as a preliminary investigation on X-chromosome sequence variability as a source of genetic diversity within Iranian population and to investigate potential use of these sequences for differentiating the ethnic groups within the country. A limited random sample could be obtained from four different ethnic populations, which were sequenced for TEX-11 gene of the X-chromosome. At the beginning we used seven specific primers related to seven known SNPs within TEX-11 gene. Later on we searched for the other known as well as new potential SNPs or sequence variants in the studied samples. We could identify 87 potential SNPs or sequence variants. Genetic diversity analysis revealed the presence of five haplotype groups within the studied sequences. AMOVA revealed no significant genetic differentiation among sample driven from the ethnic populations. Moreover, Mantel test did not show significant association between geographical distance and genetic distance of these samples, indicating that gene flow occurred among these populations with no geographical obstacle. This is the first report on X-chromosome sequence diversity analysis in Iran.
description: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics, Just Accepted
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Learning in Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: Sejnowski, Terrence J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep learning networks have been trained to recognize speech, caption photographs and translate text between languages at high levels of performance. Although applications of deep learning networks to real world problems have become ubiquitous, our understanding of why they are so effective is lacking. These empirical results should not be possible according to sample complexity in statistics and non-convex optimization theory. However, paradoxes in the training and effectiveness of deep learning networks are being investigated and insights are being found in the geometry of high-dimensional spaces. A mathematical theory of deep learning would illuminate how they function, allow us to assess the strengths and weaknesses of different network architectures and lead to major improvements. Deep learning has provided natural ways for humans to communicate with digital devices and is foundational for building artificial general intelligence. Deep learning was inspired by the architecture of the cerebral cortex and insights into autonomy and general intelligence may be found in other brain regions that are essential for planning and survival, but major breakthroughs will be needed to achieve these goals.
Critical gameplay : Design techniques and case studies
Creators: name: Grace, Lindsay
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4607
subject: Graphics, augmented reality and games

description: This chapter introduces critical gameplay design as a technique for creating digital games that offer alternative play. Critical gameplay provides the opportunity to explore game ethics through the way games are designed to be played. Since game designers outline the rules of play, game designs outline designer’s definitions of what is ethical and important. Taking the notion that, design is reflection of designer values, this chapter outlines methodologies for exposing the intrinsic values in play and creating gameplay models from alternative ethics and values. The chapter concludes with examples of critical gameplay games that have been demonstrated to international audience.
Chromosomal changes linked with the effect of high dose of aluminum on faba bean (Vicia faba L.) root tips
Creators: name: Zaki, Hoida A
Publisher: name: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics
Year: 2021

description: In this work, we cytogenetically described the effects of different relatively high doses of aluminum (5, 15 and 25 mM AlCl3) on mitotic activity and DNA integrity of faba bean (Misr 3 cultivar). Under Al stress, mitotic index (MI) decreased but total chromosomal abnormalities increased significantly compared to that of control. In addition, the detected chromosomal abnormalities in each mitotic phase increased significantly in comparison to that of control. All the used concentrations of Al enhanced micronuclei formation; no correlation could be detected between the size or number of micronuclei/cell and the applied conditions. Metaphase was the most sensitive stage to Al stress compared to the other stages of mitosis; C-metaphase was the common abnormalities and it increased strongly when the exposure time was more than 6 h. Under the influence of Al stress for 24 h, the appearance C-metaphase in high frequency decreased the frequency of appearance of other forms of abnormalities during metaphase or ana-telophase. The previous cytological events created alteration either at or between the primer binding sites which could be detected by RADP and ISSR techniques. Application of ten RAPD primers resulted in amplification of 59 fragments including 20 monomorphic, seven unique and 32 polymorphic bands with polymorphism average of 60.09%. ISSR primers amplified 75 DNA fragments including 18 monomorphic, eight unique and 45 polymorphic bands with polymorphism average of 72.90%. These data indicated that faba bean cultivar suffered from harmful effect of Al on its genome when the duration of Al treatment was more than 6 hr. ISSR was better than RAPD to study genome stability of faba bean under abiotic stress agent.
description: Caryologia. International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics, Just Accepted
Measurement of the B^+/B^0 Production Ratio from the Upsilon(4S) Meson using B^+ -> J/psi K^+ and B^0 -> J/psi K^{0}_{S} Decays
Creators: name: Aubert, B.
name: Collaboration, BABAR
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a measurement of the production ratio of charged and neutral B mesons from Upsilon(4S) decays based on the ratio of efficiency-corrected yields for the charmonium modes J/psi K^+ and J/psi K^{0}_{S} with 81.9 fb^-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector on the Upsilon(4S) resonance at 10.580 GeV. We find a value of 1.006 +/- 0.036 (stat) +/- 0.031 (sys) for the ratio R^{+/0}=Gamma(Upsilon(4S) -> B^+ B^-)/Gamma(Upsilon(4S)->B^0 B^0bar).
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (Rapid Communications)
Reexamination of $^{6}$Li scattering as a Probe to Investigate the Isoscalar Giant Resonances in Nuclei
Creators: name: Zamora, J. C.
name: Sullivan, C.
name: Zegers, R. G. T.
name: Aoi, N.
name: Batail, L.
name: Bazin, D.
name: Carpenter, M.
name: Carroll, J. J.
name: Deloncle, I.
name: Fang, Y. D.
name: Fujita, H.
name: Garg, U.
name: Gey, G.
name: Guess, C. J.
name: Harakeh, M. N.
name: Hoang, T. H.
name: Hudson, E.
name: Ichige, N.
name: Ideguchi, E.
name: Inoue, A.
name: Isaak, J.
name: Iwamoto, C.
name: Kacir, C.
name: Kobayashi, N.
name: Koike, T.
name: Raju, M. Kumar
name: Lipschutz, S.
name: Liu, M.
name: von Neumann-Cosel, P.
name: Noji, S.
name: Ong, H. J.
name: Péru, S.
name: Pereira, J.
name: Schmitt, J.
name: Tamii, A.
name: Titus, R.
name: Werner, V.
name: Yamamoto, Y.
name: Zhou, X.
name: Zhu, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inelastic ${}^{6}$Li scattering at 100 MeV/u on ${}^{12}$C and ${}^{93}$Nb have been measured with the high-resolution magnetic spectrometer Grand Raiden. The magnetic-rigidity settings of the spectrometer covered excitation energies from 10 to 40 MeV and scattering angles in the range $0^\circ < θ_{\text{lab.}}< 2^\circ$. The isoscalar giant monopole resonance was selectively excited in the present data. Measurements free of instrumental background and the very favorable resonance-to-continuum ratio of ${}^{6}$Li scattering allowed for precise determination of the $E0$ strengths in ${}^{12}$C and ${}^{93}$Nb. It was found that the monopole strength in ${}^{12}$C exhausts $52 \pm 3^\text{(stat.)} \pm 8 ^\text{(sys.)}$\% of the energy-weighted sum rule (EWSR), which is considerably higher than results from previous $α$-scattering experiments. The monopole strength in ${}^{93}$Nb exhausts $92 \pm 4^\text{(stat.)} \pm 10 ^\text{(sys.)}$\% of the EWSR, and it is consistent with measurements of nuclei with mass number of $A\approx90$. Such comparison indicates that the isoscalar giant monopole resonance distributions in these nuclei are very similar, and no influence due to nuclear structure was observed.
description: 6 Figures
Average and reliability error exponents in low-density parity-check codes
Creators: name: Skantzos, N. S.
name: van Mourik, J.
name: Saad, D.
name: Kabashima, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theoretical method for a direct evaluation of the average and reliability error exponents in low-density parity-check error-correcting codes using methods of statistical physics. Results for the binary symmetric channel (BSC) are presented for codes of both finite and infinite connectivity.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures
You : A poetic game about meaning making and absense
Creators: name: Grace, Lindsay
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: You is a game about play and the illusive pursuit of meaningful play. Each level of the game is about problem solving a space for You to meet objectives while making sense of the in-game content. Using the player character You, the player is both making meaning out of nonsense and finding meaning where it is absent. The game is designed as a light-hearted critical reflection on the intersection of narratology and ludology. Players must play with You, I and Them in the immutable structure of meaning making that forms the challenge of the game.
Subwavelength imaging with opaque left-handed nonlinear lens
Creators: name: Zharov, Alexander A.
name: Zharova, Nina A.
name: Shadrivov, Ilya V.
name: Kivshar, Yuri S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce the concept of subwavelength imaging with an opaque nonlinear left-handed lens by generating the second-harmonic field. We consider a slab of composite left-handed metamaterial with quadratic nonlinear response and show that such a flat lens can form, under certain conditions, an image of the second-harmonic field of the source being opaque at the fundamental frequency.
description: 3 pages, 3 figures
E-Marketing Café FnB Among Teenagers and Online Driver
Creators: name: Wijaya, Chandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150505 Marketing Research Methodology
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This journal aims to provide information on businesses in the developing food sector in this era, the majority of which are carried out by young people who are synonymous with technology. This journal also aims to fulfill one of the tasks of the lecture, which is to conduct information technology research as outlined in a simple journal. We are very grateful if there are suggestions so that this journal can be more useful in the future.
Ground state projection of quantum spin systems in the valence bond basis
Creators: name: Sandvik, Anders W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A Monte Carlo method for quantum spin systems is formulated in the basis of valence bond (singlet pair) states. The non-orthogonality of this basis allows for an efficient importance-sampled projection of the ground state out of an arbitrary state. The method provides access to resonating valence-bond physics, enables a direct improved estimator for the singlet-triplet gap, and extends the class of models that can be studied without negative-sign problems. As a demonstration, the valence bond distribution in the ground state of the 2D Heisenberg antiferromagnet is calculated. Generalizations of the method to fermion systems are also discussed.
description: 4+ pages, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
The paradox of thrift in an inegalitarian neoclassical economy
Creators: name: Mabrouk, Mohamed Ben Ridha
name: Mabrouk, Mohamed Ben Ridha
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Paradox of thrift
subject: inequality
subject: saving
subject: growth

description: Schilcht (1975) and Bourguignon (1981) studied the case of a convex saving function in the Stiglitz (1969) model. They have shown that if one of the two proportions of the rich or the poor is below a certain threshold, there is a two-class equilibrium. However, they have only proved the existence of this threshold. We give here a system of equations to calculate this threshold which we interpret as the maximum proportion of rich for having a stable two-class configuration. If the proportion of rich exceeds this threshold, the economy enters a phase of decline although the golden-rule capital has not yet been reached. The mechanism of this decline recalls the description given in Keynes (1936), of the decline which happens when there is too much savings in an inegalitarian context. This is an example of what is known as the "paradox of thrift". It is remarkable that this paradox takes place in a neoclassical setting that does not include key Keynesian elements such as saturation of demand, monetization of savings, short-term effects, expectation problems, involuntary unemployment and rigidities. Numerical simulations are given to illustrate and analyze the mechanisms involved.
Stizocera lissonota
Creators: name: García, Kimberly
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Stizocera
Stizocera lissonota

description: Stizocera lissonota (Bates, 1870)
 Geographical distribution: Panama; Brazil (Pará, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Maranhão, Piauí, Goiás); French Guiana; Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); Colombia (Bolívar), new country record.
 Specimens examined: Colombia, Bolívar: San Jacinto (Reserva La Flecha, 09°51′12.4″N, 75°10′41.4″W, tropical dry forest), 25.IV.2018, K. García col., white light trap (1♀ UARC).
description: Published as part of García, Kimberly & Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima, 2020, Elaphidiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Caribbean region of Colombia: New species, taxonomic notes and new geographical records, pp. 1-8 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (23) on page 8, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.23, http://zenodo.org/record/4615223
Factorizations for tree amplitudes in the double-cover framework: from gravity to other theories
Creators: name: Zhou, Kang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we demonstrate that the factorizations for tree amplitudes in the double-cover framework, for various theories, can be generated from the gravity amplitude in the double-cover prescription. Using our method, the factorized formulae for amplitudes of Yang-Mills theory, special Yang-Mills-scalar theory, and bi-adjoint scalar theory, have been derived. The differential operators indicate some non-trivial relationships among factorizations for above theories, as can be understood through four angles which are factorization channels, pole-structures, gauge choices, as well as BCFW recursions.
description: 49 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
A new anomalous contribution to the central charge of the N=2 monopole
Creators: name: Rebhan, A.
name: van Nieuwenhuizen, P.
name: Wimmer, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the one-loop corrections to the mass and central charge of the BPS monopole in N=2 super-Yang-Mills theory in 3+1 dimensions using a supersymmetry-preserving version of dimensional regularization adapted to solitons. In the renormalization scheme where previous studies have indicated vanishing quantum corrections, we find nontrivial corrections that we identify as the 3+1 dimensional analogue of the anomaly in the conformal central charge of the N=1 supersymmetric kink in 1+1 dimensions. As in the latter case, the associated contribution to the ordinary central charge has exactly the required magnitude to preserve BPS saturation at the one-loop level. It also restores consistency of calculations involving sums over zero-point energies with the low-energy effective action of Seiberg and Witten.
description: 1+10 pages. v3: version to appear in Physics Letters B (more precise title and abstract, additional explanations in the text concerning the nature of the anomaly involved)
Are the social security benefits of pensions or child-care policies best financed by a consumption tax?
Creators: name: Jinno, Masatoshi
name: Yasuoka, Masaya
name: Jinno, Masatoshi
name: Yasuoka, Masaya
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Endogenous fertility
subject: human capital
subject: child allowance
subject: education subsidy
subject: pension

description: Our paper sets an endogenous fertility model and examines how tax revenues derived from a consumption tax should be used for social security benefits such as pension and child-care policies. An additional pension financed by a consumption tax can achieve Pareto-improving allocations. Child allowances and an education subsidy decrease the older generation's utility because of tax burdens and the lack of additional benefit. Even if child allowances can raise the share of young people in society and some future generation's utility, that future generation's utility decreases because of a decrease in income growth. However, with certain parametric conditions, an education subsidy can raise every generation's utility, except for that of the older generation, because of the increase in income growth.
Anelaphus subseriatus
Creators: name: García, Kimberly
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Anelaphus
Anelaphus subseriatus

description: Anelaphus subseriatus (Bates, 1885)
 Geographical distribution: Panama; Costa Rica; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena) new department record (Atlántico and Bolívar).
 Specimens examined: Colombia, Atlántico: Usiacurí; (Reserva Campesina La Montaña, 10°46.0′02.6″N, 75°00.2′34.0″W, tropical dry forest), 15.II.2018, García, K. col., white light trap (1♀ UARC); Bolívar: San Jacinto (Reserva La Flecha, 324 m, 09°51′12.4″N, 75°10′41.4″W, tropical dry forest), 17.II.2018, García, K. col., manual capture (2♂ UARC).
description: Published as part of García, Kimberly & Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima, 2020, Elaphidiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Caribbean region of Colombia: New species, taxonomic notes and new geographical records, pp. 1-8 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (23) on page 7, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.23, http://zenodo.org/record/4615223