cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Petasites pyrenaicus G. Lopez
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Petasites
Petasites pyrenaicus

description: Petasites pyrenaicus (L.) G. López
Duftende Pestwurz
Art ISFS: 296050 Checklist: 1033030 Asteraceae Petasites Petasites pyrenaicus (L.) G. López
Bestimmungsschlüssel
Zusammenfassung
Artbeschreibung (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Stängel zur Blütezeit 10-30 cm, später bis 60 cm hoch. Grundständige Blätter schon zur Blütezeit erscheinend, nierenförmig, regelmässig gezähnelt, gegen oben in aufgeblasene Stängelschuppen übergehend. Köpfe zu 5-20. Blüten rötlich, nach Vanille duftend. Äussere Blüten mit 4-5 mm langer Zunge.
Blütezeit (nach Lauber & al. 2018): 1-4
Standort und Verbreitung in der Schweiz (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Feuchte Wälder / kollin / Als Zierpflanze kultiviert und in milden Lagen verwildert (TI, VD)
Verbreitung global (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Westmediterran
Ökologische Zeigerwerte (nach Landolt & al. 2010) 3 + w + 33-252.g.2n=60
Ökologie
Lebensform Geophyt
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
5.1.5 - Nährstoffreicher Krautsaum (Aegopodion + Alliarion)
fett Dominante Art, welche das Aussehen des Lebensraumes mitprägt Charakterart Weniger strikt an den Lebensraum gebundene Art
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl Ffeucht; Feuchtigkeit stark wechselnd (mehr als ± 2 Stufen)Lichtzahl LschattigSalzzeichen--Reaktionszahl Rschwach sauer bis neutral (pH 4.5-7.5)Temperaturzahl Tsehr warm-kollin (nur an wärmsten Stellen, Hauptverbreitung in Südeuropa)Nährstoffzahl Nmässig nährstoffarm bis mässig nährstoffreichKontinentalitätszahl Ksubozeanisch (hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit, geringe Temperaturschwankungen, eher milde Winter)
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Petasites pyrenaicus(L.) G. López
Volksname Deutscher Name: Duftende Pestwurz Nom français: Pétasite odorant Nome italiano: Farfaraccio vaniglione
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Petasites pyrenaicus (L.) G. LópezChecklist 2017296050=Petasites pyrenaicus (L.) G. LópezFlora Helvetica 20122152=Petasites pyrenaicus (L.) G. LópezFlora Helvetica 20182152=Petasites pyrenaicus (L.) G. LópezSISF/ISFS 2296050
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Status Indigenat: Neophyt: nach der Entdeckung von Amerika in der Region aufgetreten (nach 1500)
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
Forward doubly-virtual Compton scattering off an unpolarised deuteron in pionless effective field theory
Creators: name: Lensky, Vadim
name: Blin, Astrid Hiller
name: Pascalutsa, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the forward unpolarised doubly-virtual Compton scattering (VVCS) off the deuteron in the framework of pionless effective field theory, up to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (N3LO) for the longitudinal and next-to-leading order (NLO) for the transverse amplitude. The charge elastic form factor of the deuteron, obtained from the residue of the longitudinal VVCS amplitude, is used to extract the value of the single unknown two-nucleon one-photon contact coupling that enters the longitudinal amplitude at N3LO. We also study the lowest spin-independent generalised polarisabilities of the deuteron. The calculated unpolarised VVCS amplitude provides a high-precision model-independent input for a future calculation of the two-photon-exchange correction to the Lamb shift of muonic deuterium.
description: 37 pages, 18 figures, minor changes, matches published version
Picris echioides L.
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Picris
Picris echioides

description: Picris echioides L.
Natterkopfartiges Bitterkraut
Art ISFS: 303000 Checklist: 1033820 Asteraceae Picris Picris echioides L.
Bestimmungsschlüssel
Zusammenfassung
Artbeschreibung (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Ähnlich wie P. hieracioides, aber Borsten oft auf Knötchen sitzend, äussere Hüllblätter nur 3-5, fast so lang wie die inneren, 4-7 mm breit, aufrecht. Früchte 6-9 mm lang, gerade und geschnäbelt, Schnabel dünn, länger als der Rest der Frucht.
Blütezeit (nach Lauber & al. 2018): 7-10
Standort und Verbreitung in der Schweiz (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Äcker, Ufer, Schuttplätze, Weinberge / kollin / M, J, vereinzelt A
Verbreitung global (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Mediterran
Ökologische Zeigerwerte (nach Landolt & al. 2010) 334-44 + 2.t.2n=10
Ökologie
Lebensform Therophyt
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
7.1.4 - Einjährige Ruderalflur (Sisymbrion)
fett Dominante Art, welche das Aussehen des Lebensraumes mitprägt Charakterart Weniger strikt an den Lebensraum gebundene Art
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl Fmässig feuchtLichtzahl LhellSalzzeichen--Reaktionszahl Rschwach sauer bis neutral (pH 4.5-7.5)Temperaturzahl Twarm-kollinNährstoffzahl NnährstoffreichKontinentalitätszahl Ksubozeanisch (hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit, geringe Temperaturschwankungen, eher milde Winter)
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Picris echioidesL.
Volksname Deutscher Name: Natterkopfartiges Bitterkraut, Wurmsalat Nom français: Picride vipérine Nome italiano: Aspraggine volgare
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Picris echioides L.Checklist 2017303000=Picris echioides L.Flora Helvetica 20012280=Picris echioides L.Flora Helvetica 20122267=Picris echioides L.Flora Helvetica 20182267=Picris echioides L.Index synonymique 1996303000=Picris echioides L.Landolt 19773268=Picris echioides L.Landolt 19912610=Picris echioides L.SISF/ISFS 2303000=Picris echioides L.Welten & Sutter 19821926
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Status Indigenat: Neophyt: nach der Entdeckung von Amerika in der Region aufgetreten (nach 1500)
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
Weighed average over Narain moduli space as $T \bar T$ deformation of CFT target space
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Soumangsu
name: Hashimoto, Akikazu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the weighted average of a two dimensional CFT, whose target space is $T^2$, over its Narain moduli space. We take as the weighing function the integral kernel which gives rise to $T \bar T$ deformation when applied to the world sheet moduli data of the partition function viewed as vacuum amplitude when the world sheet is a torus. We compute the smeared partition function where this kernel is applied to the target space moduli. Smearing the partition function over the parameter space of a field theory generally leads to the breakdown in the ability to write the partition function as a sum over Boltzmann factor with unit coefficients. The weight function inspired by the $T \bar T$ deformation appears to be an exception to this general expectation. We show that this smearing leads to a marginal deformation corresponding to the overall rescaling of the target space $T^2$.
description: 15 pages
In-situ Automated Scan-assisted Repair using Hybrid Manufacturing
Creators: Samson, Remy
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Mechanical parts sustain significant wear throughout their lifetime and consequently get defects such as cracks, abrasion, erosion, or breakage. For instance, turbine blades experience high pressure and temperature fields which can cause damage, corrosion, and indentation. In this case, the parts are replaced, resulting in significant time and financial costs. One possible remedy for these losses is to repair the volume using additive manufacturing (AM) through directed energy deposition processes. AM offers multiple advantages such as high precision and accuracy, a limited amount of material used for repair, and reduction of remanufacturing time. This project focuses on an in-situ, automated repair strategy by plasma transfer arc AM. A sequence of computational algorithms and a hybrid CNC machine with an integrated 3D scanner are used to repair worn parts. All the steps for repair are applied in-situ, from the scanning process to the final repair process. The integrated process results in a single-setup operation, reducing the part movements between stations and associated setup times. The approach also provides a unified digital toolchain to enable one-step metrology, subtractive manufacturing, and AM process.
Feature Exploration using Local Frequency Distributions in Computed Tomography Data
Creators: name: Falk, Martin
name: Ljung, Patric
name: Lundström, Claes
name: Ynnerman, Anders
name: Hotz, Ingrid
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human centered computing
Scientific visualization
Visualization techniques
Applied computing
Life and medical sciences

description: Frequency distributions (FD) are an important instrument when analyzing and investigating scientific data. In volumetric visualization, for example, frequency distributions visualized as histograms, often assist the user in the process of designing transfer function (TF) primitives. Yet a single point in the distribution can correspond to multiple features in the data, particularly in low-dimensional TFs that dominate time-critical domains such as health care. In this paper, we propose contributions to the area of medical volume data exploration, in particular Computed Tomography (CT) data, based on the decomposition of local frequency distributions (LFD). By considering the local neighborhood utilizing LFDs we can incorporate a measure for neighborhood similarity to differentiate features thereby enhancing the classification abilities of existing methods. This also allows us to link the attribute space of the histogram with the spatial properties of the data to improve the user experience and simplify the exploration step. We propose three approaches for data exploration which we illustrate with several visualization cases highlighting distinct features that are not identifiable when considering only the global frequency distribution. We demonstrate the power of the method on selected datasets.
description: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
description: Feature Analysis
description: 13
description: 24
description: Martin Falk, Patric Ljung, Claes Lundström, Anders Ynnerman, and Ingrid Hotz
description: CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing --> Scientific visualization; Visualization techniques; Applied computing --> Life and medical sciences
Ultrahigh nitrogen-vacancy center concentration in diamond
Creators: name: Kollarics, S.
name: Simon, F.
name: Bojtor, A.
name: Koltai, K.
name: Klujber, G.
name: Szieberth, M.
name: Márkus, B. G.
name: Beke, D.
name: Kamarás, K.
name: Gali, A.
name: Amirari, D.
name: Berry, R.
name: Boucher, S.
name: Gavryushkin, D.
name: Jeschke, G.
name: Cleveland, J. P.
name: Takahashi, S.
name: Szirmai, P.
name: Forró, L.
name: Emmanouilidou, E.
name: Singh, R.
name: Holczer, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High concentration of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy ($\text{NV}^{-}$) centers was created in diamond single crystals containing approximately 100 ppm nitrogen using electron and neutron irradiation and subsequent thermal annealing in a stepwise manner. Continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) was used to determine the transformation efficiency from isolated N atoms to $\text{NV}^{-}$ centers in each production step and its highest value was as high as 17.5 %. Charged vacancies are formed after electron irradiation as shown by EPR spectra, but the thermal annealing restores the sample quality as the defect signal diminishes. We find that about 25 % of the vacancies form NVs during the annealing process. The large $\text{NV}^{-}$ concentration allows to observe orientation dependent spin-relaxation times and also the determination of the hyperfine and quadrupole coupling constants with high precision using electron spin echo (ESE) and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR). We also observed the EPR signal associated with the so-called W16 centers, whose spectroscopic properties might imply a nitrogen dimer-vacancy center for its origin.
Weighted inequalities for discrete iterated kernel operators
Creators: name: Gogatishvili, Amiran
name: Pick, Luboš
name: Ünver, Tuğçe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46E30, 26D20, 47B38, 46B70

description: We develop a new method that enables us to solve the open problem of characterizing discrete inequalities for kernel operators involving suprema. More precisely, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions under which there exists a positive constant $C$ such that \begin{equation*} \Bigg(\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\Bigg(\sum_{i=-\infty}^n {U}(i,n) a_i\Bigg)^{q} {w}_n\Bigg)^{\frac{1}{q}} \le C \Bigg(\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}a_n^p {v}_n\Bigg)^{\frac{1}{p}} \end{equation*} holds for every sequence of nonnegative numbers $\{a_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}$ where $U$ is a kernel satisfying certain regularity condition, $0 < p,q \leq \infty$ and $\{v_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}$ and $\{w_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}$ are fixed weight sequences. We do the same for the inequality \begin{equation*} \Bigg( \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}} w_n \Big[ \sup_{-\infty
Synthesis and Surface Functionalization of Group 14 Nanomaterials
Creators: Li, Ziqi
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Nanomaterials based upon Group 14 elements (i.e., silicon and germanium) are drawing a great deal of attention from researchers since they are biocompatible and exhibit unique optical and electronic properties. Surface functionalization, which is one of the most critical aspects of nanomaterial design, can modify nanomaterials’ electronic, optical, and physical propertiey, possibly laying a path to designer materials. In this thesis, we are dedicated to investigating on the surface chemistry regarding three materials: synthesized Si nanocrystals (NCs), polygermane (PGs) and Ge nanosheets (GeNSs) and try to change some of their properties (i.e., solubility or resistance to oxidation).

In Chapter 2, we designed dissipative self-assembly of functionalized SiNCs driven by the kinetics of a dissipative reaction chemical cycle, which was developed based upon the work of Grotsch et al. This study examines how aspartic acid and derivatives of succinic acid can independently functionalize SiNCs and produce two different types of precursors for the dissipative reaction cycle. A series of experiments successfully prepared the functionalized SiNCs and discovered the combined effects of the acids and SiNCs. Through analyzing the combined effects, dicarboxylic acids such as aspartic and succinic acid showcase assembly properties while SiNCs demonstrate the property of luminescence. It is worth noting that the functionalized SiNCs can retain its characteristic photoluminescence for months. On the condition of adding EDC to functionalized SiNCs, the aspartic acid terminated SiNCs failed to show dissipative self-assembly, whereas the succinic acid terminated SiNCs reacted partially as expected.

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In Chapter 3, we carried out the thiolation on the hydride-terminated PGs and GeNSs to produce Ge–S bonding by simply heating the reaction with thiols and disulfides. After the completion of the reaction, the Ge–H bonds were consumed, and C–H and C–S vibration modes were observed in FTIR spectra. In the end, a series of characterizations were carried out to confirm the thiol-termination.
An Endoscope Interface for Immersive Virtual Reality
Creators: name: John, Nigel W.
name: Day, Thomas W.
name: Wardle, Terrence
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human centered computing
Virtual reality
Software and its engineering
Virtual worlds training simulations

description: This is a work in progress paper that describes a novel endoscope interface designed for use in an immersive virtual reality surgical simulator. We use an affordable off the shelf head mounted display to recreate the operating theatre environment. A hand held controller has been adapted so that it feels like the trainee is holding an endoscope controller with the same functionality. The simulator allows the endoscope shaft to be inserted into a virtual patient and pushed forward to a target position. The paper describes how we have built this surgical simulator with the intention of carrying out a full clinical study in the near future.
description: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
description: VR Applications
description: 25
description: 29
description: Nigel W. John, Thomas W. Day, and Terrence Wardle
description: CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing --> Virtual reality; Software and its engineering --> Virtual worlds training simulations
GaitPrivacyON: Privacy-Preserving Mobile Gait Biometrics using Unsupervised Learning
Creators: name: Delgado-Santos, Paula
name: Tolosana, Ruben
name: Guest, Richard
name: Vera, Ruben
name: Deravi, Farzin
name: Morales, Aythami
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Numerous studies in the literature have already shown the potential of biometrics on mobile devices for authentication purposes. However, it has been shown that, the learning processes associated to biometric systems might expose sensitive personal information about the subjects. This study proposes GaitPrivacyON, a novel mobile gait biometrics verification approach that provides accurate authentication results while preserving the sensitive information of the subject. It comprises two modules: i) a convolutional Autoencoder that transforms attributes of the biometric raw data, such as the gender or the activity being performed, into a new privacy-preserving representation; and ii) a mobile gait verification system based on the combination of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) with a Siamese architecture. The main advantage of GaitPrivacyON is that the first module (convolutional Autoencoder) is trained in an unsupervised way, without specifying the sensitive attributes of the subject to protect. The experimental results achieved using two popular databases (MotionSense and MobiAct) suggest the potential of GaitPrivacyON to significantly improve the privacy of the subject while keeping user authentication results higher than 99% Area Under the Curve (AUC). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first mobile gait verification approach that considers privacy-preserving methods trained in an unsupervised way.
Switching COPD patients from the disposable to the new reusable Respimat soft mist inhaler: a real-world study from Switzerland
Creators: name: Tschacher, Anne
name: Cadus, Cordula
name: Schildge, Sebastian
name: Diedrich, Jens Peter
name: Chhajed, Prashant N.
name: Leuppi-Taegtmeyer, Anne B.
name: Leuppi, Jörg Daniel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The aims of the survey were to assess first experiences of Swiss COPD patients switching from the disposable to the new reusable Respimat inhaler, and to evaluate physicians´ and patients´ views of the new training material. Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COPD using a disposable Respimat inhaler for at least three months were included. Patients´ demographics, COPD stage, current treatment, and comorbidities relevant for the handling of the device were assessed. Further, patients were trained on the reusable Respimat by placebo inhaler, patient brochure, video cards/demo films and SMS reminder service. After at least one cartridge change, patients gave comprehensive feedback on their satisfaction with the reusable Respimat and physicians evaluated the need for re-training. 235 patients participated in the survey. Of these, 37% suffered from comorbidities restricting the handling of the Respimat. 216 (92%) patients had a better overall satisfaction with the reusable than with the disposable Respimat. Dose counter (86%), monthly preparation (81%) and daily handling (77%) were also assessed as better by most of the patients. In 80% of cases, the user ability was stated as better than for the disposable Respimat. Less than 15% of the patients required further training. Placebo inhaler was the mostly preferred training material by both, physicians (in 86% of the patients) and patients (75%). In patients with comorbidities affecting inhaler handling, overall satisfaction was also better in 86% of the patients. The majority of patients were satisfied with the new reusable Respimat device and proper handling could be attained using the provided training material, even in patients with restricting comorbidities.
Acoustic Distance, Acoustic Absement, and the Lexicon
Creators: Kelley,  Matthew C.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

It is common in linguistic analysis to treat words as strings of speech segments that are believed to be transduced from the speech signal. However, there are notable shortcomings with this approach, especially concerning word comparison. Principally, comparing speech segment strings does not directly assess the acoustic similarity of words, despite theories and evidence that words that sound similar compete for activation during spoken word recognition. The present dissertation aims to provide a perceptually-grounded method by which words can be represented acoustically and then compared with the dynamic time warping algorithm. The dissertation comprises three studies. The first study is a regression analysis to demonstrate the relationship between acoustic distance and spoken word recognition. It also investigates how to derive more abstract acoustic representations for words based on productions from multiple speakers. The second study investigates what sort of spectral distance function best reflects human perception of acoustic distance. It also examines human perceptual sensitivity to duration differences. The third study compares speech features that are learned by a neural network to mel frequency cepstral coefficients to determine which style of representation for the speech signal better reflects perception. The neural network features are an ensemble of features specific to certain regions of the speech spectrum, while the mel frequency cepstral coefficients are a summary of the entire spectrum. Together, these studies inform the processes of converting the speech signal to an acoustic representation and tuning acoustic comparisons so that they better relate to human cognition.
VRIDAA: Virtual Reality Platform for Training and Planning Implantations of Occluder Devices in Left Atrial Appendages
Creators: name: Medina, Elodie
name: Aguado, Ainhoa M.
name: Mill, Jordi
name: Freixa, Xavier
name: Arzamendi, Dabit
name: Yagüe, Carlos
name: Camara, Oscar
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human centered computing
Information visualization
Applied computing
Interactive learning environments
Health care information systems

description: Personalized anatomical information of the heart is usually obtained from the visual analysis of patient-specific medical images with standard multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) of 2D orthogonal slices, volume rendering and surface mesh views. Commonly, medical data is visualized in 2D flat screens, thus hampering the understanding of 3D complex anatomical details, including incorrect depth/scaling perception, which is critical for some cardiac interventions such as medical device implantations. Virtual reality (VR) is becoming a valid complementary technology overcoming some of the limitations of conventional visualization techniques and allowing an enhanced and fully interactive exploration of human anatomy. In this work, we present VRIDAA, a VR-based platform for the visualization of patient-specific cardiac geometries and the virtual implantation of left atrial appendage occluder (LAAO) devices. It includes different visualization and interaction modes to jointly inspect 3D LA geometries and different LAAO devices, MPR 2D imaging slices, several landmarks and morphological parameters relevant to LAAO, among other functionalities. The platform was designed and tested by two interventional cardiologists and LAAO researchers, obtaining very positive user feedback about its potential, highlighting VRIDAA as a source of motivation for trainees and its usefulness to better understand the required surgical approach before the intervention.
description: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
description: VR Applications
description: 31
description: 35
description: Elodie Medina, Ainhoa M. Aguado, Jordi Mill, Xavier Freixa, Dabit Arzamendi, Carlos Yagüe, and Oscar Camara
description: CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing --> Information visualization; Applied computing --> Interactive learning environments; Health care information systems
Synthesis Of Porous Hollow Spheres Using Aqueous Metal Ammonium Carbonate Complex Solution As Novel Precursor For Energy Storage Application
Creators: name: Panda, Asit Baran
name: Arka Saha
name: Aniruddha Mondal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The talk presented at 29th Annual General Meeting Of Materials Research Society Of India And National Symposium On Advances In Functional And Exotic Materials.
Combining Image Features and Patient Metadata to Enhance Transfer Learning
Creators: name: Thomas, Spencer A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this work, we compare the performance of six state-of-the-art deep neural networks in classification tasks when using only image features, to when these are combined with patient metadata. We utilise transfer learning from networks pretrained on ImageNet to extract image features from the ISIC HAM10000 dataset prior to classification. Using several classification performance metrics, we evaluate the effects of including metadata with the image features. Furthermore, we repeat our experiments with data augmentation. Our results show an overall enhancement in performance of each network as assessed by all metrics, only noting degradation in a vgg16 architecture. Our results indicate that this performance enhancement may be a general property of deep networks and should be explored in other areas. Moreover, these improvements come at a negligible additional cost in computation time, and therefore are a practical method for other applications.
description: paper has been accepted at the EMBC 2021 https://embc.embs.org/2021/
Cold Sintered Pvdf Polymer – Ba1-Xsrxtio3 Based Ceramic Nanocomposites For High Energy Storage Application
Creators: name: Dwivedi, Ankit
name: Akansha Dwivedi
name: Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The talk presented at 29th Annual General Meeting Of Materials Research Society Of India And National Symposium On Advances In Functional And Exotic Materials.
Patient perceptions of safety in primary care: a qualitative study to inform care
Creators: name: Lasser, Elyse C
name: Heughan, JaAlah-Ai
name: Lai, Alden Yuanhong
name: Yuan, Christina T.
name: Dy, Sydney M.
name: Bittle, Mark
name: Oberlander, Tyler
name: Pitts, Samantha I.
name: Marsteller, Jill
name: Hannum, Susan M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Patients’ perspectives on patient safety have rarely been incorporated into quality initiatives in primary care. Our objective was to understand the patient perspective on patient safety in patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). We conducted 12 patient focus groups/interviews in nine sites with 65 patients at a geographically diverse sample of National Committee on Quality Assurance Level 3 recognized PCMHs across three states. Using a patient safety framework, we coded and analyzed interviews for overarching themes and subthemes across patient safety domains. Overarching themes focused on (1) both clear and timely communication with and between clinicians and (2) trust in the care team, including being heard, respected, and treated as a whole person. Other themes important to specific patient safety domains included sharing of and access to information, patient education and patient-centered medication reconciliation process, clear documentation for the diagnostic process, patient-centered comprehensive visits, and timeliness of care. Communication and trust are key to patient perceptions of safe primary care. Focusing on these themes across safety domains may help to make primary care both more patient-centered and safer, and should be considered in future ambulatory safety initiatives.
Cycle-tree guided attack of random K-core: Spin glass model and efficient message-passing algorithm
Creators: name: Zhou, Hai-Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The K-core of a graph is the maximal subgraph within which each vertex is connected to at least K other vertices. It is a fundamental network concept for understanding threshold cascading processes with a discontinuous percolation transition. A minimum attack set contains the smallest number of vertices whose removal induces complete collapse of the K-core. Here we tackle this prototypical optimal initial-condition problem from the spin-glass perspective of cycle-tree maximum packing and propose a cycle-tree guided attack (CTGA) message-passing algorithm. The good performance and time efficiency of CTGA are verified on the regular random and Erdös-Rényi random graph ensembles. Our central idea of transforming a long-range correlated dynamical process to static structural patterns may also be instructive to other hard optimization and control problems.
description: A label in Figure 3(b) was corrected
Positive energy and non-SUSY flows in ISO(7) gauged supergravity
Creators: name: Dibitetto, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider maximal gauged supergravity in 4D with ISO(7) gauge group, which arises from a consistent truncation of massive IIA supergravity on a six-sphere. Within its G$_2$ invariant sector, the theory is known to possess a supersymmetric AdS extremum as well as two non-supersymmetric ones. In this context we provide a first order formulation of the theory by making use of the Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) formalism. This allows us to derive a positive energy theorem for both non-supersymmetric extrema. Subsequently, we also find novel non-supersymmetric domain walls (DW) interpolating between the supersymmetric extremum and each of the other two. Finally, we discuss a perturbative HJ technique that may be used in order to solve for curved DW geometries.
description: Minor changes, refs added, published version; 18 pages, 6 figures
Picris hieracioides subsp. hieracioides
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Picris
Picris hieracioides
Picris hieracioides l. subsp. hieracioides

description: Picris hieracioides L. subsp. hieracioides
Habichtskrautartiges Bitterkraut
Unterart ISFS: 303130 Checklist: 1033835 Asteraceae Picris Picris hieracioides L. Picris hieracioides L. subsp. hieracioides
Bestimmungsschlüssel
Zusammenfassung
Artbeschreibung (nach Lauber & al. 2018): 30-90 cm hoch, rau und z.T. widerhakig behaart. Blätter länglich-lanzettlich, ganzrandig bis buchtig gezähnt, untere gestielt, obere sitzend und umfassend. Köpfe in lockerer Rispe. Hülle 1-1,5 cm lang. Äussere Hüllblätter zahlreich, viel kürzer als innere, abstehend, ca. 1 mm breit, mit weisslichen Borstenhaaren. Blüten gelb, zungenförmig, aussen oft rötlich. Früchte 2,5- 5 mm lang, etwas gebogen, undeutlich geschnäbelt, mit federigen Pappusborsten.
Blütezeit (nach Lauber & al. 2018): 7-10
Standort und Verbreitung in der Schweiz (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Wegränder, Schuttplätze / kollin-montan(-subalpin) / CH. Karte inkl. subsp. umbellata!
Verbreitung global (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Eurasiatisch
Ökologische Zeigerwerte (nach Landolt & al. 2010) 2 + 43-443.h-k.2n=10
Status Nationale Priorität: --
Internationale Verantwortung: --
Ökologie
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
KEINE ANGABE
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl F--Lichtzahl L--Salzzeichen--Reaktionszahl R--Temperaturzahl T--Nährstoffzahl N--Kontinentalitätszahl K--
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Picris hieracioidesL. subsp.hieracioides
Volksname Deutscher Name: Habichtskrautartiges Bitterkraut Nom français: Picride amère Nome italiano: Aspraggine comune
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Picris hieracioides L. subsp. hieracioidesChecklist 2017303130=Picris hieracioides L. subsp. hieracioidesFlora Helvetica 20182268
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Kommentare aus der Checklist 2017 Neues Konzept: Die Einteilung in Unterarten wurde komplett revidiert und entspricht nicht mehr derjenigen die im SISF-2 verwendetet wurde. Eine Synonymisierung dieser Unterarten ist allerdings nicht möglich. Checklist
Status Indigenat: Indigen
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein Status Rote Liste national
KEINE ANGABE
Status nationale Priorität /Verantwortung
Nationale Priorität--Massnahmenbedarf--Internationale Verantwortung--Überwachung Bestände--
Schutzstatus
Kein internationaler, nationaler oder kantonaler Schutz
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
The Virtual Reality Flow Lens for Blood Flow Exploration
Creators: name: Behrendt, Benjamin
name: Piotrowski, Lisa
name: Saalfeld, Sylvia
name: Preim, Bernhard
name: Saalfeld, Patrick
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human centered computing
Interaction techniques
Scientific visualization
Visualization systems and tools
Computing methodologies
Virtual reality

description: The exploration of time-dependent measured or simulated blood flow is challenging due to the complex three-dimensional structure of vessels and blood flow patterns. Especially on a 2D screen, understanding their full shape and interacting with them is difficult. Critical regions do not always stand out in the visualization and may easily be missed without proper interaction and filtering techniques. The FlowLens [GNBP11] was introduced as a focus-and-context technique to explore one specific blood flow parameter in the context of other parameters for the purpose of treatment planning. With the recent availability of affordable VR glasses it is possible to adapt the concepts of the FlowLens into immersive VR and make them available to a broader group of users. Translating the concept of the Flow Lens to VR leads to a number of design decisions not only based around what functions to include, but also how they can be made available to the user. In this paper, we present a configurable focus-and-context visualization for the use with virtual reality headsets and controllers that allows users to freely explore blood flow data within a VR environment. The advantage of such a solution is the improved perception of the complex spatial structures that results from being surrounded by them instead of observing through a small screen.
description: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
description: VR Applications
description: 37
description: 41
description: Benjamin Behrendt, Lisa Piotrowski, Sylvia Saalfeld, Bernhard Preim, and Patrick Saalfeld
description: CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing --> Interaction techniques; Scientific visualization; Visualization systems and tools; Computing methodologies --> Virtual reality
Knowledge Mobilization in a College Context:  Constructing Meaning in Applied Research Communication
Creators: Merkley Doyer, Taylor
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is the communication process by which researchers engage with stakeholders to produce, co-produce, and share knowledge. The question of how researchers can better mobilize knowledge at each stage of the research process has become a matter of acute public and academic interest. Yet existing research indicates that researchers are often reticent to engage with non-academic stakeholders; studies have found many do not have the necessary time, skills, or resources. Furthermore, most research on KMb has focused on large institutions or a university context, despite the fact that Canada’s colleges also produce a significant proportion of Canadian research.

This study investigated college researchers’ understandings of and approaches to KMb using in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Eleven participants representing six Canadian community colleges and polytechnic institutes were interviewed about their approaches to KMb and the institutional or systemic factors that influence how they perceive KMb and carry out KMb activities. Participants defined KMb as a complex, reciprocal process with the potential to elevate their field, solve problems, and inform important decisions. Key KMb facilitators identified by the participants included low professional pressure to publish academically, which freed up time and resources for non-traditional approaches to KMb; funding structures that incentivize effective and ongoing KMb; and strong collaborations with other college departments, especially communications and marketing. Barriers included challenges to academic freedom, long delays caused by institutional and legal oversight of KMb, and certain gaps in funding opportunities.
Temperature-biased double-loop Josephson flux transducer
Creators: name: Guarcello, Claudio
name: Citro, Roberta
name: Giazotto, Francesco
name: Braggio, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically study the behavior of the critical current of a thermally-biased tunnel Josephson junction with a particular design, in which the electrodes of the junction are enclosed in two different superconducting loops pierced by independent magnetic fluxes. In this setup, the superconducting gaps can be modified independently through the magnetic fluxes threading the loops. We investigate the response of the device as a function of the magnetic fluxes, by changing the asymmetry parameter, i.e., the ratio between the zero-temperature superconducting gaps $δ=Δ_{10}/Δ_{20}$, and the temperatures of the two rings. We demonstrate a magnetically controllable step-like response of the critical current, which emerges even in a symmetric junction, $δ=1$. Finally, we discuss the optimal working conditions and the high response of the critical current to small changes in the magnetic flux, reporting good performances of the transducer, with a high transfer function that depends on the operating point and the quality of the junction.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures
Indirect comparisons of siponimod with fingolimod and ofatumumab in multiple sclerosis: assessing the feasibility of propensity score matching analyses
Creators: name: Samjoo, Imtiaz A.
name: Worthington, Evelyn
name: Haltner, Anja
name: Spin, Paul
name: Drudge, Christopher
name: Cameron, Chris
name: Brennan, Róisín
name: Dahlke, Frank
name: Adlard, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Head-to-head trials comparing siponimod with fingolimod or ofatumumab in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking. Instead, the comparative efficacy of siponimod can be derived from indirect treatment comparisons (ITCs). We assessed the suitability of ITCs leveraging individual patient data from relevant phase III trials across different MS phenotypes. One siponimod trial in patients with secondary progressive MS (SPMS), four fingolimod trials (three in relapsing-remitting MS [RRMS] and one in primary progressive MS [PPMS]), and two ofatumumab trials in relapsing MS (RMS) were considered. The suitability of ITCs was evaluated based on trial design, patient eligibility criteria, baseline patient characteristics, placebo response, and outcome definitions for each trial. Analyses deemed feasible were conducted using one-to-one propensity score matching (PSM). An ITC between siponimod in SPMS and either fingolimod in RRMS or ofatumumab in RMS was not feasible because of insufficient overlap in key patient characteristics (e.g. disability level, relapse history) and differences in placebo response. However, a comparison between siponimod in SPMS and fingolimod in PPMS was feasible because of sufficient overlap in eligibility criteria and baseline characteristics. One-to-one PSM demonstrated siponimod was favored relative to fingolimod for time to 6- and 3-month confirmed disability progression though not significantly different (hazard ratio 0.76 [95% confidence interval 0.48 to 1.20; p-value =0.240] and hazard ratio 0.80 [95% confidence interval 0.52 to 1.22; p-value =0.300], respectively). For trials in MS, clinical phenotype is an important determinant of ITC feasibility. An ITC between siponimod in SPMS and either fingolimod in RRMS or ofatumumab in RMS was not feasible. The only feasible comparison was between siponimod in SPMS and fingolimod in PPMS.
Chiral anomalous processes in magnetospheres of pulsars and black holes
Creators: name: Gorbar, E. V.
name: Shovkovy, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that chirally asymmetric plasma can be produced in the gap regions of the magnetospheres of pulsars and black holes. We show that, in the case of supermassive black holes situated in active galactic nuclei, the chiral charge density and the chiral chemical potential are very small and unlikely to have any observable effects. In contrast, the chiral asymmetry produced in the magnetospheres of magnetars can be substantial. It can trigger the chiral plasma instability that, in turn, can lead to observable phenomena in magnetars. In particular, the instability should trigger circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation in a wide window of frequencies, spanning from radio to near-infrared. As such, the produced chiral charge has the potential to affect some features of fast radio bursts.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure, 1 table; v2: some discussions are extended, accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. C
On the Road to Perfection? Evaluating Leela Chess Zero Against Endgame Tablebases
Creators: Haque, Rejwana
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Board game research has pursued two distinct but linked objectives: solving games, and strong play using heuristics. In our case study in the game of chess, we analyze how current AlphaZero type architectures learn and play late chess endgames, which are solved. We study the open-source program Leela Chess Zero in three, four and five piece chess endgames. We quantify the program's move decision errors for both an intermediate and a strong version, and for both the raw policy network and the full MCTS-based player. We relate strong network performance to depth and sample size. We discuss a number of interesting types of errors by using examples, explain how they come about, and present evidence-based conjectures on the types of positions that still cause problems for these impressive engines. We show that our experimental results are scalable by demonstrating the experiments on samples from the five piece tablebase of KQRkq, the difficult endgame of king, queen and rook against king and queen.
Picris hieracioides subsp. umbellata Ces.
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Picris
Picris hieracioides
Picris hieracioides subsp. umbellata (schrank) ces.

description: Picris hieracioides subsp. umbellata (Schrank) Ces.
Berg-Bitterkraut
Unterart ISFS: 303160 Checklist: 1033865 Asteraceae Picris Picris hieracioides L. Picris hieracioides subsp. umbellata (Schrank) Ces.
Bestimmungsschlüssel
Zusammenfassung
Artbeschreibung (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Köpfchen meist nur in der oberen Hälfte der Äste. Köpfchenstiele und Hülle mit grauen bis schwarzen Haaren. Randliche Zungenblüten aussen nie rötlich.
Blütezeit (nach Lauber & al. 2018): 7-10
Standort und Verbreitung in der Schweiz (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Hochstaudenfluren, Weiden, Wiesen / montan-subalpin /
Status Nationale Priorität: --
Internationale Verantwortung: --
Ökologie
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
KEINE ANGABE
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl F--Lichtzahl L--Salzzeichen--Reaktionszahl R--Temperaturzahl T--Nährstoffzahl N--Kontinentalitätszahl K--
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Picris hieracioidessubsp.umbellata(Schrank) Ces.
Volksname Deutscher Name: Berg-Bitterkraut Nom français: Picride des montagnes
Nome italiano: --
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Picris hieracioides subsp. umbellata (Schrank) Ces.Checklist 2017303160
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Kommentare aus der Checklist 2017 Neues Konzept: Die Einteilung in Unterarten wurde komplett revidiert und entspricht nicht mehr derjenigen die im SISF-2 verwendetet wurde. Eine Synonymisierung dieser Unterarten ist allerdings nicht möglich. Checklist
Status Indigenat: Indigen
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein Status Rote Liste national
KEINE ANGABE
Status nationale Priorität /Verantwortung
Nationale Priorität--Massnahmenbedarf--Internationale Verantwortung--Überwachung Bestände--
Schutzstatus
Kein internationaler, nationaler oder kantonaler Schutz
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,