cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantifying and identifying the overlapping community structure in networks
Creators: name: Shen, Hua-Wei
name: Cheng, Xue-Qi
name: Guo, Jia-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been shown that the communities of complex networks often overlap with each other. However, there is no effective method to quantify the overlapping community structure. In this paper, we propose a metric to address this problem. Instead of assuming that one node can only belong to one community, our metric assumes that a maximal clique only belongs to one community. In this way, the overlaps between communities are allowed. To identify the overlapping community structure, we construct a maximal clique network from the original network, and prove that the optimization of our metric on the original network is equivalent to the optimization of Newman's modularity on the maximal clique network. Thus the overlapping community structure can be identified through partitioning the maximal clique network using any modularity optimization method. The effectiveness of our metric is demonstrated by extensive tests on both the artificial networks and the real world networks with known community structure. The application to the word association network also reproduces excellent results.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
title: Geology of the Wildcat Hills, Utah
Creators: name: Howes, Ronald C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: The Wildcat Hills, located in Curlew Valley of northwestern Utah, are composed of a series of late Tertiary extrusive and dike rocks. Five volcanic rock types have been identified: an andesite, a rhyolite, a perlite, a basalt, and a welded tuff. Hydration of obsidian pellets contained in the flows has produced some of the perlite. Diatremes in the andesite attest to the high-volatile content and the explosive extrusion of some of the lavas. A compound basalt neck indicates that basalt was extruded at the Wildcat Hills and is not an erosional remnant of the basalt flow from the base of the Raft River Mountains which lie west of the study area.
The basalt was extruded during the late Tertiary. Initial extrusian was probably along early Basin and Range faults. The welded tuff was extruded next and was followed by the extrusion of the rhyolite after which caldera subsidence, was initiated and the remaining acidic magma was injected into the fractures to form a complex of short ring dikes of perlite. After the formation of the perlite dikes and perhaps concurrently with continued caldera subsidence, a magma of andesitic composition was extruded along caldera faults and possibly Basin and Range faults. Following extrusion of the magmas, the erosive processes began lowering the Wildcat Hills. More recently, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville was the principal agent of erosion and deposition, forming prominent terraces along the hills.
title: Structural Geology of the Northern Part of Clarkston Mountain, Malad Range, Utah-Idaho
Creators: name: Burton, Steven Mark
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1973

description: The northern part of Clarkston Mountain, in northern Utah and southern Idaho, is located about 23 miles northwest of Logan, Utah. It extends across the Malad Range from Malad Valley on the west to Cache Valley on the east. The mapped area measures 4.8 miles in the north-south direction and 6.8 miles in the east-west direction.
The Brigham Formation of Cambrian age is the oldest exposed stratigraphic unit. It consists mainly of quartzite. Younger Cambrian units include the Langston, Ute, Blacksmith, Bloomington, Nounan, and St. Charles Formations. The Garden City Formation of Ordovician age is the youngest Paleozoic unit. The Salt Lake Formation of Tertiary age occupies the northeastern part of the area. It overlies Paleozoic units unconformably. The Lake Bonneville Group of Quaternary age is present both east and west of Clarkston Mountain.
Both thrust faults and normal faults are present in the mapped area. A bedding-plane thrust fault separates the Bloomington Formation from the overlying Nounan Formation. Two north-trending low-angle thrust faults involve Paleozoic rocks in the eastern part of the area. Eight north-trending low-angle normal faults cut the Paleozoic rocks of northern Clarkston Mountain and dip about 40° W. These formed as thrust faults; however, they are classified as normal faults because of reversed movement. Three north-trending high-angle normal faults also cut the Paleozoic rocks. A marginal normal fault, along which the area of Malad Valley has dropped relative to Clarkston Mountain, extends along the western side of the mountain. A marginal normal fault also extends along the southeastern side of Clarkston Mountain and continues northwestward over the Malad Range. The Salt Lake Formation, north of this fault, is down next to the Paleozoic rocks of Clarkston Mountain.
The thrust faulting with eastward movement is related to the Laramide orogeny, which occurred during the Cretaceous Period and the early part of the Tertiary Period. The bedding-plane thrust fault formed first. North-trending low-angle thrust faults formed later. Normal faulting, related to Basin and Range faulting, began early in the Tertiary Period and continues at the present time. Marginal normal faulting resulted in the great height of Clarkston Mountain relative to the major valleys on the west and on the east.
title: Structural Geology of the Southern Part of Clarkston Mountain, Malad Range, Utah
Creators: name: Gray, Wayland E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: The mapped area, in north-central Utah, is located west of Clarkston, Utah. It includes the southern part of Clarkston Mountain and part of the Junction Hills, which extend southward from Clarkston Mountain. The area is represented on the southeastern part of the Portage quadrangle, Utah-Idaho, and the southwestern part of the Clarkston quadrangle, Utah-Idaho. It measures about 8.3 miles in the east-west direction and 4.0 miles in the north-south direction.
The southern part of Clarkston Mountain consists of stratigraphic units that range in age from Cambrian to Silurian. The Nounan Formation of Cambrian age is the oldest. The St. Charles Formation, of Cambrian age, and the Garden City and Swan Peak Formations, of Ordovician age, overlie the Nounan. The youngest unit consists of undifferentiated Fish Haven and Laketown Formations. The Fish Haven is Ordovician and the Laketown is Ordovician and Silurian. In the Junction Hills, the Oquirrh Formation of Pennsylvanian age crops out south of an east-west fault. It is overlapped unconformably by the Salt Lake Formation of Tertiary age. The Lake Bonneville Group of Quaternary age is present in Malad Valley, on the west, and in Cache Valley, on the east.
The rocks of the southern part of Clarkston Mountain dip east. A lowangle thrust fault is present on the eastern side of the mountain. It dips west and movement was eastward. North-trending normal faults, on the eastern side of Clarkston Mountain, are particularly significant. They formed as thrust faults with eastward movement. Later deformation caused reversed movement. North-trending normal faults are also present on the western side of Clarkston Mountain. The area of Junction Hills is separated from Clarkston Mountain by an east-west normal fault. The Oquirrh Formation is faulted down, on the south, opposite Cambrian formations. Marginal normal faults extend along the western and eastern sides of Clarkston Mountain and the Junction Hills. Movement on these faults produced the great relief of Clarkston Mountain.
The folding and thrust faulting occurred during the Laramide deformation . . This deformation is considered to have started by early Cretaceous time and to ha ve continued into early Tertiary. Normal faulting, including reversed movement on original thrust faults, represents Basin and Range faulting. This faulting began early in the Tertiary period and continues at the present time.
Finding Traps in Non-linear Spin Arrays
Creators: name: Wiesniak, Marcin
name: Markiewicz, Marcin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precise knowledge of the Hamiltonian of a system is a key to many of its applications. Tasks such state transfer or quantum computation have been well studied with a linear chain, but hardly with systems, which do not possess a linear structure. While this difference does not disturb the end-to-end dynamics of a single excitation, the evolution is significantly changed in other subspaces. Here we quantify the difference between a linear chain and a pseudo-chain, which have more than one spin at some site (block). We show how to estimate a number of all spins in the system and the intra-block coupling constants. We also suggest how it is possible to eliminate excitations trapped in such blocks, which may disturb the state transfer. Importantly, one uses only at-ends data and needs to be able to put the system to either the maximally magnetized or the maximally mixed state. This can obtained by controlling a global decoherence parameter, such as temperature.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure
title: Inhibition of L. Monocytogenes Growth in Dairy Products with Lactose Monolaurate
Creators: name: Chen, Yao
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Listeria monocytogenes leads to severe health problems and is the third leading cause of death among the major 5 pathogens. A synthesized novel sugar ester, lactose monolaurate (LML), has antimicrobial properties against Listeria monocytogenes. The minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of LML is less than 5 mg/mL (9.5 mM) in growth media. To determine which moiety of LML dominates in its bacteriostatic activities, the antibacterial effect of lactose, lauric acid and Tween 20 were tested. Lactose has no inhibition effect on Listeria. Lauric acid and Tween 20 had some antimicrobial effect (3.48 and 1.59 log reduction respectively), but did not have a bactericidal effect as LML did. To determine the antibacterial effect of LML on L. monocytogenes a 5-strain cocktail of L. monocytogenes with an initial concentration of approximately 5 log CFU/mL was incubated in milk, yogurt and cottage cheese. The effects were determined via plate counts after 24-hour incubation at 37°C. LML had at least a 4 log reduction and killed all the bacteria at 5 mg/mL in fat-free milk, fat-free drinkable yogurt, 1% fat drinkable yogurt, and fat-free cottage cheese. LML also showed bacteriostatic effect in low-fat milk, whole milk, 1.5% fat drinkable yogurt, and 2% fat cottage cheese with a log reduction varying from 3.54 to 4.35. These tests showed that the antibacterial effect of LML was related to the fat content of the dairy products as well as temperature. LML only inhibited Listeria at room temperature (37°C) and showed no inhibitive effects at refrigeration temperature (4°C). LML can inhibit the viable but nonculturable state of Listeria monocytogenes for up to 6 weeks at room temperature.
Tidal dissipation in stars and predictions for planetary orbital decay
Creators: name: Barker, Adrian J
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: tidal dissipation
tidal flows
stellar hydrodynamics
hot Jupiters
planetary orbital decay

description: I will present state-of-the art calculations studying tidal dissipation in MKGF stars throughout their evolution. The models incorporate turbulent viscosity acting on equilibrium tides and inertial waves in convection zones, and internal gravity waves in radiation zones, based on our latest understanding of each mechanism. I will use these models to compute tidal evolutionary timescales for the orbital evolution of short-period planets and the spin evolution of the host stars. I will also provide predictions for shifts in transit arrival times due to tidally-driven planetary orbital decay for the closest hot Jupiters that may be detected with NGTS, TESS and PLATO.
COLD FUSION: WHAT DO THE LAWS OF NATURE ALLOW AND FORBID?
Creators: name: G. PREPARATA
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1991

description: This talk will not be a summary of the theoretical contributions to this Conference: I think that the individual papers that this book collects can give a much better representation of the work that is now going on in the field than i can possibly attempt to give in a short talk. As a partial excuse I may quote a recent review article of mine^[1], where I try to discuss the most significant theories of cold fusion, and the fact that nothing much new has happened in the last few months. Nor will I discuss cold fusion in the non-equilibrium conditions prevailing in Titanium^[2], fracto-emission^[3] and 'lukewarm' fusion^[4]. I shall rather try to examine first the strange facts of hydrogen incorporation into Palladium, and then I shall discuss the phenomena of cold fusion in relation to those facts. In the light of the known experimental data I will then discuss the general features of what i might call 'possible' and 'impossible' theories of cold fusion, somehow drawing a demarcation line between which theoretical ideas can and cannot explain those observations, given the well estabilished and accepted general laws of condensed matter (Quantum Electro Dynamics, QED) and nuclear physics (Quantum Chromo Dynamics, QCD). My discussion will follow quite closely a paper recently completed in collaboration with M.Fleishmann and S.Pons[5].
title: The Mental Health Disparity Among Nonheterosexuals: Risk, Resiliency, and New Perspectives to Consider in the Context of Mormonism
Creators: name: Crowell, Katherine Ann
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Despite substantial existing evidence that sexually diverse populations are at increased risk for mental health concerns due primarily to minority stress, how the underlying mechanisms of minority stress lead to specific psychological syndromes among these populations is not adequately understood. On the other hand, sexologists have been encouraged to shift the focus of their work towards understanding the specific characteristics or experiences that facilitate individuals' capacity to adapt and thrive within an oppressive and marginalizing society in order to "depathologize" nonheterosexuals. In attempts to address existing limitations and further the existing body of mental health risk and resiliency research among sexually diverse populations, three studies were conducted that sought to (a) examine how specific aspects of minority stress were individually and collectively associated with depression; (b) develop a new quantitative assessment tool used to evaluate the positive aspects of nonheterosexuality; and (c) explore levels of "outness" within various social contexts, as it relates to individuals' perceptions of the positive aspects of being nonheterosexual. Additionally, sociodemographic differences (e.g., gender, sexual identity, and level of affiliation with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS]) were explored with regard to each study's aims, respectively. Findings for Study 1 indicated that all minority stress factors examined were individually predictive of depression. When collectively examined, needs for others' acceptance was found to be the strongest predictor of depression, followed by internalized homophobia. Associations between specific stressors were moderated by level of affiliation with the LDS Church. Psychometric evaluations of the newly developed measure (Study 2) supported use of the measure by researchers and practitioners to evaluate positive aspects of nonheterosexuality. Finally, Study 3 demonstrated positive associations between perceived benefits of being nonheterosexual and disclosure of one's nonheterosexuality in all four social contexts examined. Results further indicated that levels of "outness" were moderated by gender. Implications for research and practice are discussed for each study.
title: Evaluation of Composting of Municipal Solid Waste
Creators: name: Stebbins, J. Ryan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: A field-scale commercial compost study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the Bio-Environmental Resource Recovery International (BERRI) Microbial Assisted Regeneration System (MARS) process, specifically its proprietary microbial inocula, on compost production of various agricultural waste and municipal solid waste (MSW) mixtures. Treated and control windrows were constructed to compare the MARS inoculum by quantity and quality of compost produced, organic stabilization time, and individual component sorting (i.e., green waste, wood, agriculture waste, food waste, MSW, C&D debris, and tires). Specific VOC and SVOC compounds, as well as a common pesticide, carbaryl, were added specifically for this study and the compounds were analyzed for degradation rates. The quality of the compost product was assessed using a method developed for classifying municipal solid waste compost. The quantity of compost produced was determined by screening the entire volumes of each pile to determine a gross production of compost for each pile. Compost samples were analyzed by headspace gas chromatography mass spectrometry for VOCs, methylene chloride extraction and gas chromatography mass spectrometry for SVOCs, and methanol extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry for carbaryl. The quality of compost was found to have a very low nutrient capacity making the compost only useable as a soil conditioner. Treated piles showed a significantly larger amount of compost production and a decreased time for organic stabilization. No significant degradation of plastics or woods components was observed in any of the treatments used in the study.
title: The Role of Religious Affiliation and Attitudes in Marriage Maintenance Strategies
Creators: name: Fowler, Chenika
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: This study was designed to explore maintenance strategies used by religiously affiliated married couples, links between religion and marital quality, and whether maintenance strategies serve a mediating pathway between religion and marital quality. The study included 80 married participants recruited from university courses. Most participants were Caucasian and identified as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Fetzer's religiosity survey assessed various dimensions of religious activity and belief. Marital quality was assessed via measures of commitment and conflict, and marital maintenance strategies included both cognitive and behavioral efforts to remain connected and positive with the spouse. Overall, the sample was highly religious and reported high levels of commitment to their marriages. Strong relationships were observed between religious variables and marital quality, and both religious variables and marital quality demonstrated some relationships with marital maintenance strategies. However, links between religiosity and martial quality were not mediated by the use of specific marital maintenance strategies.
ESTIMATION DE LA BIOMASSE ET STOCKS DE DIOXYDE DE CARBONE DANS LA FORET DE MBEO /MPWOM-NSIEN- /DOMAINE DE CHASSE ET RESERVE A HIPPOPOTAME DE MANGAI (KWILU/R.D CONGO)
Creators: name: Giresse MAZOLA KIKOKO
name: Honoré BELESI KATULA
name: Tolérant LUBALEGA KIMBAMBA
name: Eustache KIDIKWADI TANGO
name: Olivier KATALAY
name: Gabin KALAKWAN LUVANDE
name: Jean-Louis IPUMI NGANGWAN
name: Gaspaulin KINGENZI MUMBENGA DAA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ce travail a consisté à connaître la diversité floristique et estimer le stock de dioxyde de carbone séquestré dans la biomasse aérienne de la forêt naturelle de Mbeo/Mpwom-Nsien, située dans le domaine de Chasse et Réserve à Hippopotame de Mangai, Kwilu, à la RD Congo. Au total 16 placettes de forme carrée de 625 m2 chacune ont été utilisées pour la collecte de données. Les inventaires n’ont concernés que les individus de chaque placette dont  le diamètre à hauteur de poitrine (DHP) a été supérieur ou égal à 10 cm. Ils(les arbres) ont été identifiés et leur diamètre mesuré à l’aide d’un ruban gradué au mm près et marqués à la peinture rouge. Sur l’ensemble de 1 ha subdivisé en 16 placettes établies  aléatoirement, 444 arbres ont été regroupés en 20 familles et 32 espèces répertoriés et géolocalisés. La méthode non destructrice a été employée pour calculer la valeur de la biomasse aérienne à l’aide de l’équation allométrique de Chave et al. (2014). Les résultats obtenus montrent que la famille des Euphorbiacées, suivie de la famille des Olacacées, des Fabacées, des Anonacées et des Sapindacées sont les plus représentées en termes de nombre d’arbres. L’estimation de stock de carbone séquestré dans la biomasse aérienne de la forêt de Mbeo/Mpwom-Nsien est de 289,69 t/ha pour l’équation de Chave et al., (2014), 289,69 t/ha, soit 136,155 tonne de Carbone/ha séquestré et équivalent à 1062,3 tonnes de CO2/ha. Le Domaine de Chasse et Réserve à Hippopotame de Mangai possède un atout non négligeable quant à sa contribution nationale dans la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique à travers sa composition floristique riche et diversifiée et sa capacité de séquestration du CO2. Les implications de cette recherche soulignent la nécessité, en amont, des projets de gestion des forêts, la quantification du stock carbone organique dans les différentes strates.
Dynamical Gauged S-duality Spontaneous Breakdown
Creators: name: Konishi, Eiji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inspired by Yoneya's recent work on D-brane field theory, we present the constructive definition of this theory as a new dual model based on the quantization of non-perturbative string gauged S-dualities and its spontaneous breakdown. Our model is determined by one BRST quantization condition. Here, we provide some testable conjectures, for example, that the partition function of bosonic part of IIB matrix model and string partition functions of various interactions including gravity are realized by the physical state and its Goldstone modes.
description: latex, 8 pages
title: Nutrient Utilization, Lactational Performance, and Profitability of Dairy Cows by Feeding Protein Supplements in High-Forage Lactation Diets
Creators: name: Neal, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Due to the increasing cost of soybean meal and concerns of excess N being excreted into the environment, new protein supplements have been developed. Two products that have shown potential in increasing N utilization efficiency are slow release urea (SRU; Optigen) and ruminal escape protein derived from yeast (YMP; DEMP). The objective of this study was to assess the effects of feeding these 2 supplements in high-forage [(54% of total dietary dry matter (DM)] dairy diets on nutrient utilization, feed efficiency, lactational performance of dairy cows, and their impacts on income-over feed costs. Twelve multiparous dairy cows were used in a triple 4 × 4 Latin square design with one square consisting of ruminally cannulated cows. Treatments included: 1) control, 2) SRU-supplemented total mixed ration (TMR, SRUT), 3) YMP-supplemented TMR (YMPT), and 4) SRU and YMP-supplemented TMR (SYT). The control consisted only of a mixture of soybean meal and canola meal (SBMCM) in a 50:50 ratio. The SRU and the YMP were supplemented at 0.49% and 1.15% DM, respectively. The experiment consisted of 4 periods lasting 28 d each (21 d of adaptation and 7 d of sampling). Cows fed YMPT and SYT had decreased intake of DM, and all supplemented treatments had lower crude protein intake compared to those fed the control. Milk yield tended to have the greatest increase in YMPT compared with the control (41.1 vs. 39.7 kg/d) as well as a tendency for increased milk fat and protein yields. Feed efficiencies based on yields of milk, 3.5% fat-corrected milk, and energy-corrected milk increased at 10-16% due to protein supplementation. Cows fed with protein supplements partitioned less energy toward body weight gain, but tended to partition more energy toward milk production. Efficiency of use of feed N to milk N increased by feeding SRUT and YMPT, and milk N-to-manure N ratio increased in YMPT. Cows fed SRUT or YMPT tended to improve income-over feed costs. Overall results from this experiment indicate that replacing SBMCM with SRU and YMP in high-forage dairy diets can be a good approach to enhance dairy profitability through improved nutrient utilization efficiencies by lactating dairy cows.
Tau Decays into Four Pions
Creators: name: R. Decker
name: M. Finkemeier
name: P. Heiliger
name: H. H. Jonsson
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1994

description: We compute branching ratios and invariant mass distributions of the tau decays into four pions. The hadronic matrix elements are obtained by starting from the structure of the hadronic current in chiral limit and then implementing low-lying resonances in the different channels with slowly varying coupling constants. Reasonable agreement with experiment is obtained both for the τ -> v_τ + (4π) decay rates and the e^+e_->(4π) cross sections. We derive a new prediction for the decay rate of τ^- ->v_τ 2π^-π^+π^0 which is significantly lower than a previous one. Furthermore we supply an interface to use our matrix elements within the Tauola Monte-Carlo program.
Signatures of the interplay between chaos and local criticality on the dynamics of scrambling in many-body systems
Creators: name: Meier, Felix
name: Steinhuber, Mathias
name: Urbina, Juan Diego
name: Waltner, Daniel
name: Guhr, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik

description: Fast scrambling, quantified by the exponential initial growth of Out-of-Time-Ordered-Correlators (OTOCs), is the ability to efficiently spread quantum correlations among the degrees of freedom of interacting systems, and constitutes a characteristic signature of local unstable dynamics. As such, it may equally manifest both in systems displaying chaos or in integrable systems around criticality. Here, we go beyond these extreme regimes with an exhaustive study of the interplay between local criticality and chaos right at the intricate phase space region where the integrability-chaos transition first appears. We address systems with a well defined classical (mean-field) limit, as coupled large spins and Bose-Hubbard chains, thus allowing for semiclassical analysis. Our aim is to investigate the dependence of the exponential growth of the OTOCs, defining the quantum Lyapunov exponent λ_q on quantities derived from the classical system with mixed phase space, specifically the local stability exponent of a fixed point λloc as well as the maximal Lyapunov exponent λ_L of the chaotic region around it. By extensive numerical simulations covering a wide range of parameters we give support to a conjectured linear dependence 2λ_q=aλ_L+bλ_loc, providing a simple route to characterize scrambling at the border between chaos and integrability.
Global and Local Information in Traffic Congestion
Creators: name: Petri, Giovanni
name: Jensen, Henrik Jeldtoft
name: Polak, John W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A generic network flow model of transport (of relevance to information transport as well as physical transport) is studied under two different control protocols. The first involves information concerning the global state of the network, the second only information about nodes' nearest neighbors. The global protocol allows for a larger external drive before jamming sets in, at the price of significant larger flow fluctuations. By triggering jams in neighboring nodes, the jamming perturbation grows as a pulsating core. This feature explains the different results for the two information protocols.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, preprint; corrected typos and minor format issues
The Trigger and Data Acquisition System of the KLOE Experiment
Creators: name: F. Bossi
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1996

description: The requirements on the trigger/DAQ system of the KLOE experiment are a challenge in this field: this system has to deal with data rates of the order of 1011 events/year while rejecting background rates at least 103 times larger. Moreover, since the major aim of KLOE is to perform CP violation studies at sensitivities of O(10-4), very stringent conditions are imposed on it, to insure that no biases are introduced at such level.
title: Effective Graph-Based Content--Based Image Retrieval Systems for Large-Scale and Small-Scale Image Databases
Creators: name: Chang, Ran
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2013

description: This dissertation proposes two novel manifold graph-based ranking systems for Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR). The two proposed systems exploit the synergism between relevance feedback-based transductive short-term learning and semantic feature-based long-term learning to improve retrieval performance. Proposed systems first apply the active learning mechanism to construct users' relevance feedback log and extract high-level semantic features for each image. These systems then create manifold graphs by incorporating both the low-level visual similarity and the high-level semantic similarity to achieve more meaningful structures for the image space. Finally, asymmetric relevance vectors are created to propagate relevance scores of labeled images to unlabeled images via manifold graphs. The extensive experimental results demonstrate two proposed systems outperform the other state-of-the-art CBIR systems in the context of both correct and erroneous users' feedback.
title: Ecomorphological and Genetic Investigations into the Utah Lake, UT Sucker Complex with Comparisons to the Jackson Lake, WY Sucker Complex
Creators: name: Cole, David
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Ecomorphological specialization within Catostomidae in several large western North American lakes has produced populations including typical benthic suckers (Catostomus) and lakesuckers (Chasmistes), mid-water planktivores, with a continuum of morphologies existing between them. All extant lakesuckers are endangered, and population declines have been attributed in part to hybridization with sympatric Catostomus spp. Chapter 2 describes assessment for concordance of morphological and genetic variation in suckers in Utah Lake, Utah (June sucker, Chasmistes liorus; Utah sucker, Catostomus ardens; and suckers of intermediate morphology) by comparing a morphological analysis with amplified fragment length polymorphism and microsatellite analyses. Suckers were differentiated using characters associated with presumed feeding strategies: zooplanktivory (June sucker) and benthivory (Utah sucker). No molecular evidence was found for deep genetic divergence between morphs or for hybridization among ancient lineages. Slight population structuring accompanied substantial morphological variation. Chapter 3 describes the investigation of distribution and movement, spawning behavior, and diet of suckers in Utah Lake and their growth at different densities in a laboratory experiment. Acoustic / radio telemetry revealed little difference in movement and distribution of June sucker and Utah sucker or in timing of spawning runs. Stable isotopes analysis revealed that Utah sucker were enriched in 13C relative to June sucker as presumed diets would predict. Intermediate morphs were intermediate for δ13C and δ15N. Neither species nor density was a significant predictor of growth rate of June sucker or Utah sucker reared at different conspecific densities. Chapter 4 examines morphology, genetics, and diet of the sucker population inJackson Lake, Wyoming, once home of the extinct Snake River sucker, Chasmistes muriei, a lakesucker known from a single specimen. Currently, suckers in Jackson Lake are identified as Utah sucker; however, recently sampled individuals resemble lakesucker. No molecular evidence was found for deep genetic divergence between lakesucker and benthic morphs or for hybridization among ancient lineages. The benthic morph was significantly enriched in 13C relative to the lakesucker morph, consistent with presumed diets. Morphologically, the lone Snake River sucker holotype specimen grouped strongly with extant lakesucker morphs, suggesting that the status of the Snake River sucker be updated accordingly.
A Magnetohydrodynamic Model for the Formation of Episodic Jets
Creators: name: Yuan, Feng
name: Lin, Jun
name: Wu, Kinwah
name: Ho, Luis C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Episodic ejection of plasma blobs have been observed in many black hole systems. While steady, continuous jets are believed to be associated with large-scale open magnetic fields, what causes the episodic ejection of blobs remains unclear. Here by analogy with the coronal mass ejection on the Sun, we propose a magnetohydrodynamical model for episodic ejections from black holes associated with the closed magnetic fields in an accretion flow. Shear and turbulence of the accretion flow deform the field and result in the formation of a flux rope in the disk corona. Energy and helicity are accumulated and stored until a threshold is reached. The system then loses its equilibrium and the flux rope is thrust outward by the magnetic compression force in a catastrophic way. Our calculations show that for parameters appropriate for the black hole in our Galactic center, the plasmoid can attain relativistic speeds in about 35 minutes.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures; the finalized version to appear in MNRAS
Steam Labs, Diversity Gaps and Lessons Plans of BURSA İL MİLLİ EĞİTİM MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS
Creators: name: CreaSTEAM
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: BURSA İL MİLLİ EĞİTİM MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS:

Steam Labs

Diversity Gaps

Lessons Plans
A Hurwitz divisor on the moduli of Prym curves
Creators: name: Bud, Andrei
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Prym curves
subject: Hurwitz schemes
subject: Admissible covers
subject: Enumerative geometry
subject: 510 Mathematik

description: For even genus g = 2i ≥ 4 and the length g − 1 partition μ = (4, 2, . . . , 2,−2, . . . ,−2) of 0, we compute the first coefficients of the class of D(μ) in PicQ(Rg), where D(μ) is the divisor consisting of pairs [C, η] ∈ Rg with η = OC(2x1+x2+· · ·+xi−1−xi−· · ·−x2i−1) for some points x1, . . . , x2i−1 on C.We further provide several enumerative results that will be used for this computation.
Second order hydrodynamics for a special class of gravity duals
Creators: name: Springer, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The sound mode hydrodynamic dispersion relation is computed up to order $q^3$ for a class of gravitational duals which includes both Schwarzschild $AdS$ and Dp-Brane metrics. The implications for second order transport coefficients are examined within the context of Israel-Stewart theory. These sound mode results are compared with previously known results for the shear mode. This comparison allows one to determine the third order hydrodynamic contributions to the shear mode for the class of metrics considered here.
description: 20 pages
Quantum Nernst Effect in a Bismuth Single Crystal
Creators: name: Matsuo, Mari
name: Endo, Akira
name: Hatano, Naomichi
name: Nakamura, Hiroaki
name: Shirasaki, Ryoen
name: Sugihara, Ko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the phonon-drag contribution to the transverse (Nernst) thermoelectric power $S_{yx}$ in a bismuth single crystal subjected to a quantizing magnetic field. The calculated heights of the Nernst peaks originating from the hole Landau levels and their temperature dependence reproduce the right order of magnitude for those of the pronounced magneto-oscillations recently reported by Behnia et al [Phys.Rev.Lett. 98, 166602 (2007)]. A striking experimental finding that $S_{yx}$ is much larger than the longitudinal (Seebeck) thermoelectric power $S_{xx}$ can be naturally explained as the effect of the phonon drag, combined with the well-known relation between the longitudinal and the Hall resistivity $rho_{xx}>>|rho_{yx}|$ in a semi-metal bismuth. The calculation that includes the contribution of both holes and electrons suggests that some of the hitherto unexplained minor peaks located roughly at the fractional filling of the hole Landau levels are attributable to the electron Landau levels.
description: 6 pages, 3 figure
Steam Labs, Diversity Gaps and Lessons Plans of BURSA İL MİLLİ EĞİTİM MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS
Creators: name: CreaSTEAM
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: BURSA İL MİLLİ EĞİTİM MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS: Steam Labs Diversity Gaps Lessons Plans
X-Learn: An XML-Based, Multi-agent System for Supporting "User-Device" Adaptive E-learning
Creators: name: De Meo, P.
name: Garro, A.
name: Terracina, G.
name: Ursino, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we present X-Learn, an XML-based, multi-agent system for supporting "user-device" adaptive e-learning. X-Learn is characterized by the following features: (i) it is highly subjective, since it handles quite a rich and detailed user profile that plays a key role during the learning activities; (ii) it is dynamic and flexible, i.e., it is capable of reacting to variations of exigencies and objectives; (iii) it is device-adaptive, since it decides the learning objects to present to the user on the basis of the device she/he is currently exploiting; (iv) it is generic, i.e., it is capable of operating in a large variety of learning contexts; (v) it is XML based, since it exploits many facilities of XML technology for handling and exchanging information connected to e-learning activities. The paper reports also various experimental results as well as a comparison between X-Learn and other related e-learning management systems already presented in the literature.
description: 18 pages, 5 figures
Size-independent Shear Band Formation in Amorphous Nanowires made from Simulated Casting
Creators: name: Shi, Yunfeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that surfaces strongly influence the strain localization behavior of amorphous nanowires in tension. A sample preparation routine that simulates casting was employed to facilitate the relaxation of the sample surface. Samples as short as 15 nm (7.5 nm in diameter) form dominant shear bands during deformation. The elastic energy release during plastic deformation is sufficient to provide the excess potential energy required for the shear band nucleation at rather small sample sizes. The results show that shear band formation is almost size-independent and is bounded only by its own length scale.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, to be appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett
title: Strong Marriages in the African American Community: How Religion Contributes to a Healthier Marriage
Creators: name: Shirisia, Lucy K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: This qualitative study investigated how religion contributes to or strengthens strong African American marriages. This study was conducted within the family strengths framework. In order to develop an in-depth understanding of how religion contributed to their marriages, five couples who talked extensively about religion in their marriage were selected out of the total sample of 39 couples and were presented as case studies. Six themes emerged across all five case studies: couples consistently practiced their religion, religion was the foundation of the marriage, religion strengthened personal growth, couples had exemplars for a strong marriage, couples turned to religion during difficult times, and religion transcends race. These findings indicate that these couples practiced their religion in all aspects of their lives. The study provides an explanation of why a paradox may exist within the African American community in terms of religion and divorce. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Large thermomagnetic effects in weakly disordered Heisenberg chains
Creators: name: Shimshoni, E.
name: Rasch, D.
name: Jung, P.
name: Sologubenko, A. V.
name: Rosch, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The interplay of different scattering mechanisms can lead to novel effects in transport. We show theoretically that the interplay of weak impurity and Umklapp scattering in spin-1/2 chains leads to a pronounced dip in the magnetic field dependence of the thermal conductivity $κ$ at a magnetic field $B \sim T$. In sufficiently clean samples, the reduction of the magnetic contribution to heat transport can easily become larger than 50% and the effect is predicted to exist even in samples with a large exchange coupling, J >> B, where the field-induced magnetization is small. Qualitatively, our theory might explain dips at $B \sim T$ observed in recent heat transport measurements on copper pyrazine dinitrate, but a fully quantitative description is not possible within our model.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
title: Marital Preparation, Experiences, and Personal Qualities in a Qualitative Study of Individuals in Great Marriages
Creators: name: Weiss, Jennifer M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The current study presents findings regarding marital preparation for individuals in great marriages. Data from a national qualitative study of individuals in self-identified great marriages were used. Thirty-eight individuals were identified as being married for 20 years or less, and therefore, chosen as the subsample for the current study. Their rich, narrative responses were analyzed and coded, using a qualitative method, to identify what marriage preparation occurred for these couples prior to marriage and contributed to their successful marriages. Findings from this research provide helpful, descriptive data on the experiences and socialization of individuals that influenced their choice in a marriage partner as well as later marital success. Implications for practitioners, researchers, and individuals are provided.
MOESM11 of Common metabolic networks contribute to carbon sink strength of sorghum internodes: implications for bioenergy improvement
Creators: name: Li, Yin
name: Tu, Min
name: Feng, Yaping
name: Wang, Wenqing
name: Messing, Joachim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 11. Hierarchical clustering (HC) of the RNA-seq data sets used.
Cosmological post-Newtonian expansions to arbitrary order
Creators: name: Oliynyk, Todd A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We prove the existence of a large class of one parameter families of solutions to the Einstein-Euler equations that depend on the singular parameter $\ep=v_T/c$ $(0
completed_PRISMA_checklist.docx
Creators: name: RATH, SWASTIK
name: Manjusha Pandey, Dr.
name: Swarup Routaray, Dr.Siddharth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 380204
subject: Panel data analysis

description: My PRISMA Checklist is uploaded in the above document for my Review Paper.
New mechanism of solution of the $kT$-problem in magnetobiology
Creators: name: Kanokov, Zakirjon
name: Schmelzer, Juern W. P.
name: Nasirov, Avazbek K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The effect of ultralow-frequency or static magnetic and electric fields on biological processes is of huge interest for researchers due to the resonant change of the intensity of biochemical reactions although the energy in such fields is small. A simplified model to study the effect of the weak magnetic and electrical fields on fluctuation of the random ionic currents in blood and to solve the $k_BT$ problem in magnetobiology is suggested. The analytic expression for the kinetic energy of the molecules dissolved in certain liquid media is obtained. The values of the magnetic field leading to resonant effects in capillaries are estimated. The numerical estimates showed that the resonant values of the energy of molecular in the capillaries and aorta are different: under identical conditions a molecule of the aorta gets $10^{-9}$ times less energy than the molecules in blood capillaries. So the capillaries are very sensitive to the resonant effect, with an approach to the resonant value of the magnetic field strength, the average energy of the molecule localized in the capillary is increased by several orders of magnitude as compared to its thermal energy, this value of the energy is sufficient for the deterioration of the chemical bonds.
description: 10 pages, Accepted to the Journal Central European Journal of Physics
title:  Challenges in Bioelectrics for Cancer Immunotherapy
Creators: name: Guo, Siqi
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Major advances have been made in cancer immunotherapy. One example is checkpoint blockade immunotherapy which has been approved by FDA to treat numerous cancer types resulting in a substantial increase in the number of lives saved. However, two major hurdles; low response rates, especially to poorly immunogenic cancers and immune-related adverse events (irAEs), limit its broader applications. Differently, a number of tumor ablation modalities have been studied to improve antitumor immunity, nevertheless, low potency is a common issue even in combination with systemic immunotherapy.

Emerging bioelectric technologies including electrochemotherapy, irreversible electroporation, gene electro-transfer (GET), nanosecond electrical pulse (nsEP), non-thermal plasma, etc. have been studied to treat cancer in animal models and clinical trials. GET immunotherapy has been demonstrated a safe and effective therapy for metastatic melanoma in clinical trials. Immunological effects have been observed in other bioelectric modalities as well. Hence, bioelectric technologies as cancer immunotherapies have been proposed and studied. However, there are a number of challenges that need to be addressed before bioelectric cancer immunotherapies could benefit patients. These challenges include technological limitation, tumor heterogeneity, animal model, research capacity, etc. Our group has been focusing on nsEPs induced immunological effects. The challenges in nsEPs as cancer immunotherapy are discussed. Various solutions are proposed to overcome these challenges.