cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A measurement of the Panofsky ratio in helium-3
Creators: name: Corriveau, François
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The Panofsky ratio in ³He, P₃= ω(π⁻³He→³Hπ°)/ω(π⁻³He→³Hγ) , has been measured experimentally for absorption of negative piohs at rest. A 30 MeV π⁻ beam was degraded and stopped in a 1.9 cm thick liquid ³He target. The high-energy photons, from the inflight π°→γγ decay and the radiative capture channels, were detected by a large NaI(Tl) crystal (46 cm ∅ x 51 cm). The large distance (2.8 meters) between the crystal and the helium target provided a good time-of-flight selection of the photons, with a negligible neutron contamination. A 4.5% resolution at 135.8 MeV was achieved by the detector and made possible a good separation between the radiative break-up channels (dnγ + pnnγ) and the peak of interest (³Hγ). About 1.1 x 10⁵ photon events were observed in the data presented in this work. After subtraction of the target empty backgrounds, the theoretical line shapes were folded with the experimental energy resolution and fitted to the data. The Amado model was used to represent the break-up channels and thus extract the Panofsky ratio. A value of P₃ = 2.83 ± 0.07 was determined, not including the inflight corrections and assuming for ³He the internal conversion rate of hydrogen. A general picture of the radiative pion capture processes in nuclei is also given, in which [unclear] is a test case for the impulse approximation and the hypothesis of partial conservation of axial-vector current in nuclei. Moreover, a second ratio, B₃, between the radiative capture processes (ratio of the break-up channels to the elastic channel) has been measured to be B₃ = 1.35 ± 0.11.
Delivering OGC Processing API, OGC EDR, and OPeNDAP services with pygeoapi and Catalog-to-Xpublish
Creators: name: Aufdenkampe, Anthony
name: Jordan, Sarah
name: Nogueira, Xavier
name: Tomasula, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description:  The USGS National Hydrologic Geospatial Fabric (NHGF) team is modernizing their datasets and services around analysis-ready cloud-optimized (ARCO) object storage, software frameworks, and end-user workflows. NHGF data delivery and processing services are backed by the aging GeoServer and THREDDS software packages, both written in Java and neither optimized for the cloud. We are supporting NHGF replace GeoServer with pygeoapi, the new Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) reference implementation in Python of their second generation OGC API suite of standards, including the OGC-API Processes API and the OGC-API Environmental Data Retrieval (EDR) API. We also supporting NHGF to replace their THREDDS Data Server with Catalog-To-Xpublish, which exposes the NHGF SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) to OPenDAP endpoints. We present here our contributions to these open-source projects to enable the USGS Water Mission Area migrate to their ARCO future.

* 20 minutes -  Community Showcase
Uganda Simulation Experience
Creators: name: Kirkwood, Sarah
name: Greene, Leah
name: Ackers, Helen Louise
name: Jackson, Murungi
Publisher: name: University of Salford
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420302
subject: Digital health
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 420108
subject: Prosthetics and orthotics
classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 470210
subject: Globalisation and culture

description: Explore the Uganda Simulation Experience; learn about people, places and scenarios that occur here. The experience has been created from a composite of real stories. The avatars and environments have been created using AI
Effects of artificial defences and flooding on coastal habitats and assemblages
Creators: name: Franzitta, Giulio <1980>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: BIO/07 Ecologia

description: Since large stretches of European coasts are already retreating and projected scenarios are worsening, many artificial structures, such as breakwaters and seawalls, are built as tool against coastal erosion. However artificial structures produce widespread changes that alter the coastal zones and affect the biological communities. My doctoral thesis analyses the consequences of different options for coastal protection, namely hard engineering ‘artificial defences’ (i.e. impact of human-made structures) and ‘no-defence’ (i.e. impact of seawater inundation). I investigated two new aspects of the potential impact of coastal defences. The first was the effect of artificial hard substrates on the fish communities structure. In particular I was interested to test if the differences among breakwaters and natural rocky reef would change depending on the nature of the surrounding habitat of the artificial structure (prevalent sandy rather than rocky). The second was the effect on the native natural sandy habitats of the organic detritus derived from hard-bottom species (green algae and mussels) detached from breakwaters. Furthermore, I investigated the ecological implication of the “no-defend” option, which allow the inundation of coastal habitats. The focus of this study was the potential effect of seawater intrusion on the degradation process of marine, salt-marsh and terrestrial detritus, including changes on the breakdown rates and the associated macrofauna. The PhD research was conducted in three areas along European coasts: North Adriatic sea, Sicilian coast and South-West England where different habitats (coastal, estuarine), biological communities (soft-bottom macro-benthos; rocky-coastal fishes; estuarine macro-invertebrates) and processes (organic enrichment; assemblage structure; leaf-litter breakdown) were analyzed. The research was carried out through manipulative and descriptive field-experiments in which specific hypothesis were tested by univariate and multivariate analyses.
Thickness dependent transition from the 1T$^\prime$ to Weyl semimetal phase in ultrathin MoTe$ _{2} $: Electrical transport, Noise and Raman studies
Creators: name: Kuiri, Manabendra
name: Das, Subhadip
name: Muthu, D. V. S.
name: Das, Anindya
name: Sood, A K
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bulk 1T$^\prime$-MoTe$_2$ shows a structural phase transition from 1T$^\prime$ to Weyl semimetallic (WSM) $ T_{d} $ phase at $\sim$ 240 K. This phase transition and transport properties in the two phases have not been investigated on ultra-thin crystals. Here we report electrical transport, $1/f$ noise and Raman studies in ultra-thin 1T$^\prime$-MoTe$_2$ ($\sim$ 5 to 16 nm thick) field-effect transistors (FETs) devices as a function of temperature. The electrical resistivities for thickness 16 nm and 11 nm show maxima at temperatures 208 K and 178 K, respectively, making a transition from semiconducting to semi-metallic phase, hitherto not observed in bulk samples. Raman frequencies and linewidths for 11nm thick crystal show change around 178 K, attributed to additional contribution to the phonon self-energy due to enhanced electron-phonon interaction in the WSM phase. Further, the resistivity at low-temperature shows an upturn below 20 K along with the maximum in the power spectral density of the low frequency $1/f$ noise. The latter rules out the metal-insulator transition (MIT) being responsible for the upturn of resistivity below 20 K. The low temperature resistivity follows $ρ\propto 1/T$, changing to $ρ\propto T$ with increasing temperature supports electron-electron interaction physics at electron-hole symmetric Weyl nodes below 20 K. These observations will pave the way to unravel the properties of WSM state in layered ultra-thin van der Waals materials.
Molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of beet soil-borne viruses.
Creators: name: Delbianco, Alice <1981>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: AGR/12 Patologia vegetale

description: The genus Benyvirus includes the most important and widespread sugar beet viruses transmitted through the soil by the plasmodiophorid Polymyxa betae. In particular Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV), the leading infectious agent that affects sugar beet, causes an abnormal rootlet proliferation known as rhizomania. Beet soil-borne mosaic virus (BSBMV) is widely distributed in the United States and, up to date has not been reported in others countries.
My PhD project aims to investigate molecular interactions between BNYVV and BSBMV and the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of these viruses. 
BNYVV full-length infectious cDNA clones were available as well as full-length cDNA clones of BSBMV RNA-1, -2, -3 and -4. Handling of these cDNA clones in order to produce in vitro infectious transcripts need sensitive and expensive steps, so I developed agroclones of BNYVV and BSBMV RNAs, as well as viral replicons allowing the expression of different proteins.
Chenopodium quinoa and Nicotiana benthamiana plants have been infected with in vitro transcripts and agroclones to investigate the interaction between BNYVV and BSBMV RNA-1 and -2 and the behavior of artificial viral chimeras. Simultaneously I characterized BSBMV p14 and demonstrated that it is a suppressor of post-transcriptional gene silencing sharing common features with BNYVV p14.
Uganda Simulation Experience
Creators: name: Greene, Leah
name: Kirkwood, Sarah
name: Ackers, Helen Louise
name: Jackson, Murungi
Publisher: name: University of Salford
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420302
subject: Digital health
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 420108
subject: Prosthetics and orthotics
classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 470210
subject: Globalisation and culture

description: Explore the Uganda Simulation Experience; learn about people, places and scenarios that occur here. The experience has been created from a composite of real stories. The avatars and environments have been created using AI
Additional file 2 of The LINC00922 aggravates ovarian cancer progression via sponging miR-361-3p
Creators: name: Wang, Liping
name: Ren, Chenchen
name: Xu, Yajuan
name: Yang, Li
name: Chen, Yannan
name: Zhu, Yuanhang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Fig. S2. Differentially expressed LncRNAs with survival in OC were analyzed based on G74448 and TCGA data sets. (a) The expression level of DANT2, LINC001711, and SPATA41 in that of OC tissues as well as normal ovarian tissues. (b) Kaplan-Meier curve was plotted for the analysis of patients' survival rate on the basis of expression of DANT2, LINC001711, as well as SPATA41. (c) RT-qPCR was used to quantify DANT2, LINC001711, and SPATA41 expression in three OC cell lines namely A2780, SKOV3, and ES-2 in addition to an ovarian epithelial cell line of human named IOSE-80. #P < 0.05; ##P < 0.01; ###P < 0.001.
The effect of dexmedetomidine on inflammatory inhibition and microglial polarization in BV-2 cells
Creators: name: Sun, Zhiheng
name: Lin, Yi
name: Li, Ying
name: Ren, Tong
name: Du, Guicheng
name: Wang, Jia
name: Jin, Xin
name: Yang, Li-Chao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: Microglia have different phenotypic and functional states: M1 is associated with inflammatory responses, whereas M2 results in anti-inflammatory effects. The cellular state of microglia plays an important role in brain inflammation associating with many neuroinflammatory diseases. The purpose of this study was to detect the effect of dexmedetomidine (Dex) on inflammatory inhibition and microglial polarization in BV-2 cells. Materials and Methods: Dex exerts anti-inflammatory effects in various experimental models. The BV-2 microglial cell line was treated with liposaccharide in the presence or absence of Dex. The M1 and M2 markers were evaluated by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and western blot. Results: We found that Dex exerted a potent anti-inﬂammatory eﬀect by reducing the expression of M1 marker genes such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (P < 0.05), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) (P < 0.001) and IL-6 (P < 0.001). Importantly, Dex improved the expression of microglia M2 markers arginase-1 (Arg-1) (P < 0.01), Flt3-interacting zinc finger protein 1 (Fizz-1) (P < 0.001) and CD206) (P < 0.001). Further, Dex enhanced the activation of Akt pathway. Discussion: Our results indicated that Dex promotes microglia from the M1 phenotype to the M2 phenotype. Therefore, Dex may be a potential novel therapeutic drug for treating brain inflammation-associated diseases not only because of its anti-inflammatory property but also because it can remodel M1 phenotype microglia to M2 phenotype microglia.
CIFRA National Survey: Uruguay April 2009
Creators: name: CIFRA, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: main problems in Uruguay; Uruguay economy; tax exemptions; interest in politics; closeness to political party; 2004 internal party elections (presidential primaries) voting history; rate kindness of political figures; family economic situation; purchasing appliances and furniture; children’s education; approval of various political figures and groups; 2009 Great Recession; has anyone broken into your house within the past 12 months; increase in crimes; Batllism; socialism; Wilsonism; 2004 voting history; voter readiness. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
Ctenochira xanthopyga
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Ctenochira
Ctenochira xanthopyga

description: Ctenochira xanthopyga (HOLMGREN, 1857)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 15: 2♀♀ 30.vi.-14.vii., 1♀ 25.viii.-8.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Durability of monumental stones treated with siloxane-based water repellents
Creators: name: Simionescu, Ana Bogdana <1977>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009
Subjects: CHIM/12 Chimica dell'ambiente e dei beni culturali

description: The thesis investigates the effect of siloxane-based water repellents on the
durability of monumental stones. Laspra, a micritic limestone typical for the Spanish
region of Asturias, and Repedea, an oolitic limestone from Moldavia, Romania were
selected for the present study, due to their regional / national significance and level of
usage. As for the siloxane-based water repellents, three worldwide used products,
namely Lotexan-N, Silres® BS 290 and Tegosivin HL 100 and a newly synthesized
nanocomposite material, TMSPMA, obtained starting from the 3(trimethoxysilyl)propyl
methacrylate as a precursor were investigated.
The limestones and the water repellents were thoroughly characterized using
specific techniques. The coating of the two monumental stones with the mentioned
products and the investigation of coating efficiency yielded to the conclusion that all
treatments induce good water repellent properties.
The treated limestones were afterwards submitted to different artificially
accelerated ageing tests – resistance against UV irradiation, resistance to salt mist action
and resistance to SO2 action in the presence of humidity –, the results being analyzed
according to standardized evaluation methods.
The durability of the treated stones was proved to depend on both stone
characteristics and water repellent chemical structure. All four water repellents induced a
good protection against UV irradiation, no significant differences among them being
noticed. As far as the resistance to salt mist action is concerned, the product that afforded
the best results when applied on Laspra was TMSPMA, and on Repedea, Silres® BS 290
or / and TMSPMA showed the highest efficiency. The best resistance to SO2 action in the
presence of humidity was conferred by Tegosivin HL 100 and TMSPMA when applied
on Laspra, while Silres® BS 290 and TMSPMA afforded better results in the case of
Repedea.
1770 House
Creators: name: Weber, Harvey A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1970
Subjects: Photographs
Photos
Historic buildings
East Hampton
Structures
Dwellings
Main Street

description: This image shows front exterior view from the sidewalk of the 1770 House located on Main Street in East Hampton. This image was taken by photographer Harvey A. Weber (1917-1991) and is part of the East Hampton’s Heritage Photo Collection.
description: Images within East Hampton Heritage Photo Collection seem to have been taken or collected in relation to the East Hampton Heritage project, but not all of them were included in the final publication. Several photographer are included in this collection.
Additional file 1 of Age-related impairment of navigation and strategy in virtual star maze
Creators: name: Zhang, Jia-Xin
name: Wang, Lin
name: Hou, Hai-Yan
name: Yue, Chun-Lin
name: Wang, Liang
name: Li, Hui-Jie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. The trajectories of two older adults in 9th learning trial and probe trial. The start point is at the bottom of the aerial view of the star maze and the destination is at the end of the top left alley.
The effect of diet during pregnancy on lactation performance
Creators: name: Hartnett, Carol Elsie Calder
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of dietary restriction during pregnancy on the ability of the rat to lactate. This was based on the thesis that a failure to increase "maternal fat stores" over gestation would reduce the energy available for milk production. The study was conducted in two parts. In the first part, the effect of a protein or calorie deficiency during pregnancy on maternal body fat was determined. In the second part, rats were fed either a low calorie-adequate protein or a low protein-adequate calorie diet throughout pregnancy. After delivery they were maintained on a normal diet, pair-fed with a non-restricted nursing littermate, and allowed to suckle eight foster pups for twenty-one days. The protein and lipid content of the dam's milk, and the rate of growth, carcass composition, and the weight of the litter's cerebellums were measured to determine whether adequate milk for growth and development of the pups was provided. The lipid content of the mother's carcass was analyzed to see if there was any change due to lactation. From the findings of this study, it appears that the diet during pregnancy affects the weight gain and body fat content of the mother, as well as the birth weight of her pups. Body fat, in all dietary treatments, was catabolized during the suckling period. The weight loss during lactation was inversely proportional to the fat content of the rat's body at the end of pregnancy. Adequate lactation appears to involve an interaction of the diets during pregnancy and lactation, with a deficiency in one being overcome by an adequate diet in the other. The possibility exists of a transitory lag in milk production during initial lactation for those animals on a poor diet during gestation. It is likely that the fat deposited over pregnancy, in well nourished animals, is used to supplement early lactation. During lactation the mother's diet affects her weight loss, and the gain of her pups, by influencing the volume of milk she produces. The protein and fat composition of the milks are not affected by diet during pregnancy, but rather are determined by the animal's genetic potential within a normal range.
Liquid Nitrogen Distribution by Local Cooperatives in Nebraska and Kansas
Creators: name: Pentecost, B. H.
name: Pentecost, B. H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1960
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Excerpts from the report: This study covered liquid nitrogen fertilizer distribution by 17 local cooperatives in Nebraska and Kansas affiliated with Consumer Cooperative Association (CCA) Kansas City, Mo. CCA suggested these for study as among the most successful in distributing liquid nitrogen in their areas. Farmer Cooperative Service obtained data on them in June 1959. Main objectives of the study were to determine: (1) Type, size, cost, and adequacy of facilities and equipment used, (2) operating practices and policies followed, and (3) problems and possibilities for improving distribution services to farmers.
Development of an autism screening classification model for toddlers
Creators: name: Saihi, Afef
name: Alshraideh, Hussam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.1; J.0; I.2
subject: 68T07, 68T09

description: Autism spectrum disorder ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with challenges in communication, social interaction, and repetitive behaviors. Getting a clear diagnosis for a child is necessary for starting early intervention and having access to therapy services. However, there are many barriers that hinder the screening of these kids for autism at an early stage which might delay further the access to therapeutic interventions. One promising direction for improving the efficiency and accuracy of ASD detection in toddlers is the use of machine learning techniques to build classifiers that serve the purpose. This paper contributes to this area and uses the data developed by Dr. Fadi Fayez Thabtah to train and test various machine learning classifiers for the early ASD screening. Based on various attributes, three models have been trained and compared which are Decision tree C4.5, Random Forest, and Neural Network. The three models provided very good accuracies based on testing data, however, it is the Neural Network that outperformed the other two models. This work contributes to the early screening of toddlers by helping identify those who have ASD traits and should pursue formal clinical diagnosis.
description: 12 pages
Interior design of a two-dimensional semiclassic black hole
Creators: name: Levanony, Dana
name: Ori, Amos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We look into the inner structure of a two-dimensional dilatonic evaporating black hole. We establish and employ the homogenous approximation for the black-hole interior. The field equations admit two types of singularities, and their local asymptotic structure is investigated. One of these singularities is found to develop, as a spacelike singularity, inside the black hole. We then study the internal structure of the evaporating black hole from the horizon to the singularity.
description: Typos corrected
Brachymeria rugulosa
Creators: name: Madl, Michael
name: F, Chalcis
name: S, Conura
name: S, Haltichella
name: W, Hockeria
name: R, Hybothorax
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chalcididae
Brachymeria
Brachymeria rugulosa

description: Brachymeria rugulosa (FÖRSTER, 1859)
 Chalcis rugulosa FÖRSTER, 1859: RUSCHKA 1922: 223 (Bestimmungsschlüssel), 226 (Beschreibung ♀ ♁, Wien, Niederösterreich).
 Brachymeria rugulosa (FÖRSTER, 1859): BOUČEK 1952: 19 (Bestimmungsschlüssel), 20 (Bestimmungsschlüssel), 23 (Taxonomie, Biologie, Wien), Tafel 3 (Abbildung 16).
 Brachymeria rugulosa (FÖRSTER, 1859): ABRAHAM & SCHMIDT 1977: 178 (Österreich ohne genauen Fundort (Sammlung Schmidt)).
 Brachymeria rugulosa (FÖRSTER, 1859): MADL 2008: 72 (Katalog Österreich).
V e r b r e i t u n g: Wien, Niederösterreich.
description: Published as part of Madl, Michael, F, Chalcis, S, Conura, S, Haltichella, W, Hockeria & R, Hybothorax, 2023, Katalog der Familie Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) Österreichs, pp. 549-561 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2) on page 552, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10414570
Elevregistret
Creators: Danmarks Statistik
Publisher: name: Rigsarkivet
Year: 2022

description: Formålet med elevregistret er at etablere det registermæssige datagrundlag for den offentlige uddannelsesstatistik. Registret danner grundlag for årlige opgørelser af tilgang, bestand og fuldførte uddannelser.  Endvidere er det formålet at etablere et omfattende og dækkende datagrundlag for registerbaseret forskning i uddannelsesmæssige forhold.
Fermion-charged-boson stars
Creators: name: Kain, Ben
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fermion-boson stars are starlike systems composed of the ordinary nuclear matter of a neutron star and bosonic dark matter. The bosonic dark matter has typically been taken to be a complex scalar field. A natural extension is for the complex scalar field to be charged. We make the simplest extension and gauge the scalar field under U(1). We therefore study fermion-charged-boson stars. We make a detailed study of the stability of this system by computing critical curves over the whole of parameter space. We then study how the fermion and boson sectors contribute to the total mass of the star. Finally, we present mass-radius diagrams, showing that an increase in charge can lead to more massive and more compact stars.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
Power Consumption Analysis of Parallel Algorithms on GPUs
Creators: name: Magoulès, Frédéric
name: Ahamed, Abal-Kassim Cheik
name: Desmaison, Alban
name: Léchenet, Jean-Christophe
name: Mayer, François
name: Salem, Haifa Ben
name: Zhu, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: G.1.3; G.1.6; I.3.1; D.3.4
subject: 14Q65, 15A60, 65E10, 65F10, 68W10, 65Y05, 68M20

description: Due to their highly parallel multi-cores architecture, GPUs are being increasingly used in a wide range of computationally intensive applications. Compared to CPUs, GPUs can achieve higher performances at accelerating the programs' execution in an energy-efficient way. Therefore GPGPU computing is useful for high performance computing applications and in many scientific research fields. In order to bring further performance improvements, GPU clusters are increasingly adopted. The energy consumed by GPUs cannot be neglected. Therefore, an energy-efficient time scheduling of the programs that are going to be executed by the parallel GPUs based on their deadline as well as the assigned priorities could be deployed to face their energetic avidity. For this reason, we present in this paper a model enabling the measure of the power consumption and the time execution of some elementary operations running on a single GPU using a new developed energy measurement protocol. Consequently, using our methodology, energy needs of a program could be predicted, allowing a better task scheduling.
Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski space
Creators: name: López, Rafael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53A10

description: We review part of the classical theory of curves and surfaces in $3$-dimensional Lorentz-Minkowski space. We focus in spacelike surfaces with constant mean curvature pointing the differences and similarities with the Euclidean space.
description: Notes of a Mini-Course taught at Instituto de Matematica e Estatistica. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The version v2 is a complete revision of version v1
Conura xanthostigma
Creators: name: Madl, Michael
name: F, Chalcis
name: S, Conura
name: S, Haltichella
name: W, Hockeria
name: R, Hybothorax
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chalcididae
Conura
Conura xanthostigma

description: Conura xanthostigma (DALMAN, 1820)
 Smicra xanthostigma DALMAN, 1820: KIRCHNER 1867: 142 (Wien, Katalog Europa).
 Spilochalcis xanthostigma (DALMAN, 1820): GUSENLEITNER 1991: 37 (Oberösterreich).
 Conura xanthostigma (DALMAN, 1820): MADL 2008: 75 (Biologie, Niederösterreich, Oberösterreich).
V e r b r e i t u n g: Wien, Niederösterreich, Oberösterreich.
description: Published as part of Madl, Michael, F, Chalcis, S, Conura, S, Haltichella, W, Hockeria & R, Hybothorax, 2023, Katalog der Familie Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) Österreichs, pp. 549-561 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2) on page 554, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10414570
Adding Binary Numbers with Discrete Solitons in Waveguide Arrays
Creators: name: Shaheen, Alaa
name: Javed, Amaria
name: Khawaja, U. Al
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a design and protocol to add binary numbers using discrete solitons in waveguide arrays. We show that the nonlinear interaction between discrete solitons in waveguide arrays can be exploited to design half and full adders. By modulating the separation between waveguides and introducing control solitons, we achieve the performance of an XOR gate. We construct the half and full adders using the XOR gate together with the previously-designed OR and AND gates. To facilitate the experimental realization, we calculate the profile of separations between the waveguides that will lead to the performance of the XOR gate.
A shallow dark matter halo in Ultra Diffuse Galaxy AGC 242019: are UDGs structurally similar to low surface brightness galaxies?
Creators: name: Brook, Chris B.
name: Di Cintio, Arianna
name: Maccio, Andrea V.
name: Blank, Marvin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A central question regarding Ultra Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) is whether they are a separate category to Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies, or just their natural continuation towards low stellar masses. In this letter, we show that the rotation curve of the gas rich UDG AGC 242019 is well fit by a dark matter halo with inner slope that asymptotes to -0.54, and that such fit provides a concentration parameter that matches theoretical expectations. This finding, together with previously works in which shallow inner profiles are derived for UDGs, shows that the structural properties of these galaxies are like other observed LSBs. UDGs show slowly rising rotation curves and this favours formation scenarios in which internal processes, such as SNae driven gas outflows, are acting to modify UDGs profiles.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJL
Is it always worthwhile to resolve the governing equations of plate theories for graded porosity along the thickness?
Creators: name: Jalali, S. K.
name: Beigrezaee, M. J.
name: Pugno, Nicola M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Functionally graded porous (FGP) plates have been introduced as modern structural members which open a new window to optimal and functional designs. Despite the need to study the effect of graded porosity on the mechanical behavior of FGP plates, it is necessary to consider the very extensive and valuable literature in this field, presenting remarkable closed-form solutions. Hence, this paper aims to answer where is possible to implement the available exact solutions for the analysis of FGP plates. As the special distinction of FGP plates, graded porosity, is reflected in their stiffnesses and moments of inertia coefficients, 12 different functionality of porosity distribution along the thickness are considered and a set of explicit formulation for evaluating these coefficients are presented to be substituted in already provided analytical solutions. Many examples including bending and free vibration of thin and thick FGP plates are exhibited and the influence of the type of porosity distribution is discussed in details. This work can be considered as a guideline for designers to evaluate the effect of graded porosity based on the cornerstone of the huge number of solutions in the precious literature of plate theories.
On the use of black hole binaries as probes of local dark energy properties
Creators: name: Enander, Jonas
name: Mortsell, Edvard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accretion of dark energy onto black holes will take place when dark energy is not a cosmological constant. It has been proposed that the time evolution of the mass of the black holes in binary systems due to dark energy accretion could be detectable by gravitational radiation. This would make it possible to use observations of black hole binaries to measure local dark energy properties, e.g., to determine the sign of 1+w where w is the dark energy equation of state. In this Letter we show that such measurements are unfeasible due to the low accretion rates.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure. Matches version accepted for publication in Physics Letters B
title: Developing Ethics Principles for Guiding Benefit Sharing in Biobanking in Kenya
Creators: name: Sudoi, Allan
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2024

description: Biobanking, the sharing of human biological samples and associated pseudo-anonymised data for research, is nascent in Kenya. Recent studies document ethical issues around biobanking, but few address the nature of benefits that arise, if and how they should be shared, with whom and why. This thesis examines benefit sharing within Kenyan biobanks through an empirical ethics approach, leveraging ethical principles and frameworks to guide research questions and interpret findings.

The primarily qualitative research was conducted in two purposively selected research institutions hosting biobanks in Kenya, involving interviews with 23 respondents, and engaging 70 community members in deliberative consultations and focused group discussions. This was complemented by a quantitative survey in 24 public health laboratory facilities. 

Diverse infrastructural capacities exist within Kenyan laboratories, with the majority (90.5%) storing samples that remain after initial use. Notably, 23.5% of the laboratories reported storage exceeding 25 years. Sample sharing mainly occurs with post-graduate students (28.6%) and original researchers (23.8%), with minimum involvement of commercial industry stakeholders. 

Benefit sharing in biobanking is complicated by the inherent challenge of distinguishing between biobanking and primary research benefits, further complicated by the long time-lag between sample collection, sharing, and the realisation of shareable benefits. The lack of specific guidelines and the variety of stakeholders with differing interests add to this complexity.

Three ethical concepts emerged as important in guiding benefit sharing in biobanking: Inclusivity, framed as ensuring wide and diverse representation of stakeholders, especially under-represented and marginalised communities, in decision-making spaces; Reciprocity, premised on the need to acknowledge and prioritise benefit sharing to those that directly contributed to the biobanking processes; and Equity based on recognising disparities in resources, knowledge, and power among stakeholders, aiming to benefit the most disadvantaged. This thesis further suggests these three principles can be useful in counter-balancing the negative influences of power.
An evaluation of quadratic programming and the MOTAD model as applied to farm planning under uncertainty
Creators: name: Lopez, Ramon Eugenio
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The objective of this thesis was to study the efficiency of three methods used in farm planning under uncertainty. The first method considered was the QP-VAR method which minimizes the variance of activity returns subject to a minimum income level using a quadratic programming algorithm. The second method is the MOTAD method which minimizes the mean absolute deviation of activity returns subject to a minimum income level using a linear programming algorithm. The third method is the Semivariance method which minimizes the negative 'semi variance of activity returns subject to a minimum income level. The main elements used to evaluate the efficiency of these methods were the magnitude of the biases and the dispersion of the estimates of the income-risk frontier obtained using each method. In order to achieve this objective, a research procedure comprising a theoretical and an empirical study was developed. The theoretical study included an analysis of the measures of risk used by each method and of the assumptions underlying the use of such measures. Furthermore, the plausibility of these assumptions was thoroughly discussed. Using the conclusions drawn from the theoretical study, a set of experiments (the empirical study) was designed to test the efficiency of the methods as estimators of income-risk frontiers. The purpose of these experiments was to test the performance of the methods when applied using sample data of relatively small size rather than complete frequency distributions of activity returns. Two trivariate normally distributed populations (one with high and the other with low degrees of correlation among activity returns) and two trivariate gamma distributed populations (one with high, the other with low degrees of correlation among activity returns) representing activity returns data were generated using a random number generator. Using these populations as data bases, three points on the "true" income-risk frontiers were determined applying the appropriate method in each case. Estimates of the income-risk frontiers were obtained using randomly drawn samples from the populations and the mean risk estimates obtained using each method were compared to establish bias. The degree of dispersion of the estimates as provided by each method was also compared. If two methods were unbiased, the method with the smallest dispersion of its estimates was considered more efficient. A general conclusion drawn from this thesis was that there is not an optimal method to be used in all cases. In order to choose the best method, it is necessary to consider the nature of the farm decision- maker's utility function and the frequency distribution of activity returns. However, the QP-SEMIV method appears to be appropriate under a wider range of empirical situations than the QP-VAR and MOTAD methods.
Deep Learning Approach for Hyperspectral Image Demosaicking, Spectral Correction and High-resolution RGB Reconstruction
Creators: name: Li, Peichao
name: Ebner, Michael
name: Noonan, Philip
name: Horgan, Conor
name: Bahl, Anisha
name: Ourselin, Sebastien
name: Shapey, Jonathan
name: Vercauteren, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Hyperspectral imaging is one of the most promising techniques for intraoperative tissue characterisation. Snapshot mosaic cameras, which can capture hyperspectral data in a single exposure, have the potential to make a real-time hyperspectral imaging system for surgical decision-making possible. However, optimal exploitation of the captured data requires solving an ill-posed demosaicking problem and applying additional spectral corrections to recover spatial and spectral information of the image. In this work, we propose a deep learning-based image demosaicking algorithm for snapshot hyperspectral images using supervised learning methods. Due to the lack of publicly available medical images acquired with snapshot mosaic cameras, a synthetic image generation approach is proposed to simulate snapshot images from existing medical image datasets captured by high-resolution, but slow, hyperspectral imaging devices. Image reconstruction is achieved using convolutional neural networks for hyperspectral image super-resolution, followed by cross-talk and leakage correction using a sensor-specific calibration matrix. The resulting demosaicked images are evaluated both quantitatively and qualitatively, showing clear improvements in image quality compared to a baseline demosaicking method using linear interpolation. Moreover, the fast processing time of~45\,ms of our algorithm to obtain super-resolved RGB or oxygenation saturation maps per image frame for a state-of-the-art snapshot mosaic camera demonstrates the potential for its seamless integration into real-time surgical hyperspectral imaging applications.
Directors of Regional Farmer Cooperatives -- Selection, Duties, Qualifications, Performance
Creators: name: Volkin, David
name: Griffin, Nelda
name: Hulbert, Helim H.
name: Volkin, David
name: Griffin, Nelda
name: Hulbert, Helim H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1960
Subjects: Agribusiness
Labor and Human Capital

description: Excerpts from the report: The success or failure of farmer cooperatives in the field of business management is linked to three interdependent factors--the quality and competence of directors elected by the membership, the administrative and executive ability of the manager employed by the directors, and the policies formulated jointly by directors and hired management. At the request of regional farmer cooperatives and the American Institute of Cooperation, Farmer Cooperative Service undertook a broad general study to provide basic information on the qualifications, selection, duties, and performance of cooperatives' boards of directors. This is one of three reports based on the general study. This, the second report in the series, describes the broad areas encompassed by directors' duties and responsibilities and sheds light on their experience, training and compensation. It compares the performance ratings managers of cooperatives assigned their boards of directors with the performance ratings individual directors assigned the same boards. And it furnishes criteria for judging the qualifications of individuals for directorships.
Hockeria hofferi BOUCEK 1952
Creators: name: Madl, Michael
name: F, Chalcis
name: S, Conura
name: S, Haltichella
name: W, Hockeria
name: R, Hybothorax
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chalcididae
Hockeria
Hockeria hofferi

description: Hockeria hofferi BOUČEK, 1952
 Hockeria hofferi n.sp.: BOUČEK 1952: 63 (Bestimmungsschlüssel), 64 (Bestimmungsschlüssel), 71 (Erstbeschreibung ♀ ♁, Wien, Niederösterreich), Tafeln 10 (Abbildung 86), 11 (Abbildung 87).
 Hockeria hofferi BOUČEK, 1952: MADL 2008: 77 (Katalog Österreich).
V e r b r e i t u n g: Wien, Niederösterreich.
description: Published as part of Madl, Michael, F, Chalcis, S, Conura, S, Haltichella, W, Hockeria & R, Hybothorax, 2023, Katalog der Familie Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) Österreichs, pp. 549-561 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2) on page 556, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10414570
Large magnetodielectric coupling in the vicinity of metamagnetic transition in $6H-$perovskite Ba$_3$GdRu$_2$O$_9$
Creators: name: Chhillar, S.
name: Mukherjee, K.
name: Yadav, C. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 6H-perovskites Ba$_3$RRu$_2$O$_9$ (R = rare earth element) demonstrate the magnetodielectric (MD) coupling as a manifestation of $4d - 4f$ magnetic interactions. Here, we have reported a detailed study of the structural, magnetic, heat capacity, and MD properties of the 6H-perovskite Ba$_3$GdRu$_2$O$_9$. The signature of long-range antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering $\sim$ 14.8 K ($T_N$) is evident from the magnetization and heat capacity studies. The $T_N$ shifts towards the lower temperature side, apart from splitting in two with the application of the magnetic field. Field-dependent magnetization at 1.8 K shows three metamagnetic transitions with the opening of small hysteresis in different regions. A new transition at $T_1$ emerges after the onset of the first metamagnetic transition. Complex magnetic behavior is observed in different magnetic field regions whereas these field regions themselves vary with the temperature. Dielectric response recorded at zero and 80 kOe field exhibits the development of MD coupling well above $T_N$. The MD coupling ($\sim$ 4.5 \% at 10 K) is enhanced by 25 \% as compared to the Dy counterpart. Effect of complex magnetic behavior is also conveyed in the MD results where the maximum value of MD coupling is observed in the vicinity of 10 K (onset of $T_1$) and near the second metamagnetic transition. Our investigation suggests that both Gd and Ru moments align simultaneously at $T_N$. Short-range magnetic correlations are possibly responsible for MD coupling above $T_N$.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
End-to-end 100-TOPS/W Inference With Analog In-Memory Computing: Are We There Yet?
Creators: name: Ottavi, Gianmarco
name: Karunaratne, Geethan
name: Conti, Francesco
name: Boybat, Irem
name: Benini, Luca
name: Rossi, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In-Memory Acceleration (IMA) promises major efficiency improvements in deep neural network (DNN) inference, but challenges remain in the integration of IMA within a digital system. We propose a heterogeneous architecture coupling 8 RISC-V cores with an IMA in a shared-memory cluster, analyzing the benefits and trade-offs of in-memory computing on the realistic use case of a MobileNetV2 bottleneck layer. We explore several IMA integration strategies, analyzing performance, area, and energy efficiency. We show that while pointwise layers achieve significant speed-ups over software implementation, on depthwise layer the inability to efficiently map parameters on the accelerator leads to a significant trade-off between throughput and area. We propose a hybrid solution where pointwise convolutions are executed on IMA while depthwise on the cluster cores, achieving a speed-up of 3x over SW execution while saving 50% of area when compared to an all-in IMA solution with similar performance.
description: 4 pages,6 figures, conference