cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Concurrent design of the free damping structure for minimizing the frequency response in a broad frequency band
Creators: name: Ding, Haoqing
name: Xu, Bin
name: Duan, Zunyi
name: Zhao, Yonghui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biophysics
Medicine
Neuroscience
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This article develops a multiscale topology optimization model for the free damping structure to optimize the microstructure of the damping material and its macro layout. The objective is to minimize structural response in a broad frequency gap subject to volume constraints on both macro and micro levels. To overcome the convergence difficulty caused by the sharp jumping of the harmonic response around structural eigenfrequencies and maintain high-precision integral, the Gauss Legendre integration method is adopted to calculate the integration of objective function. Based on the density-based method, the sensitivity analysis of the objective function and the constraint is deduced. The mode acceleration method is used to reduce computational cost and a modified threshold Heaviside projection method is used to obtain the clear black-and-white designs. Several numerical examples are investigated to demonstrate the validity of the proposed model.
Evaluating the wind-induced mechanical noise on the InSight seismometers
Creators: name: Murdoch, Naomi
name: Mimoun, David
name: Garcia, Raphael F.
name: Rapin, Willian
name: Kawamuea, Taichi
name: Lognonné, Philippe
name: Banfield, Don
name: Banerdt, William B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structures) instrument onboard the InSight mission to Mars is the critical instrument for determining the interior structure of Mars, the current level of tectonic activity and the meteorite flux. Meeting the performance requirements of the SEIS instrument is vital to successfully achieve these mission objectives. Here we analyse in-situ wind measurements from previous Mars space missions to understand the wind environment that we are likely to encounter on Mars, and then we use an elastic ground deformation model to evaluate the mechanical noise contributions on the SEIS instrument due to the interaction between the Martian winds and the InSight lander. Lander mechanical noise maps that will be used to select the best deployment site for SEIS once the InSight lander arrives on Mars are also presented. We find the lander mechanical noise may be a detectable signal on the InSight seismometers. However, for the baseline SEIS deployment position, the noise is expected to be below the total noise requirement >97% of the time and is, therefore, not expected to endanger the InSight mission objectives.
description: 32 pages, 16 figures
Colorado drugged driving prevalence and impaired driving conviction rates: Effects of impaired driving definitions and a 5-nanogram limit for delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol
Creators: name: Wood, Edward C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology

description: Objectives: How prevalent is drugged driving among Colorado drivers convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI)? What are the conviction rates of Colorado drivers charged with DUI, including impairment by marijuana’s delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)? Is Colorado’s THC permissible inference law effective? To answer these questions, this report analyzes data published primarily in appendices of Colorado drugged driving reports. Methods: In 2017 Colorado began requiring annual analyses of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) offenses, including causes and judicial consequences of DUI offenses. These analyses are performed by the Division of Criminal Justice’s Office of Research and Statistics (ORS) within the Department of Public Safety. Each analysis requires ORS to link toxicology and court data bases. Data linking enables reporting of charges and convictions by categories including alcohol only, THC only, and polydrug use (two or more drugs simultaneously). Reports have been published annually for 5 years, the latest published in 2023 which covers case filings for 2020. Results: A rough estimate of one-half of the state’s DUI filings were attributed to drug use and half were attributed to alcohol only. The largest component of drugged driving was polydrug impairment, rather than impairment by a single drug like THC. Conviction rates in 2020 were 91% for alcohol only, 90% for polydrug cases, and 72% for THC only. Blood drug levels and law structure (per se, permissible inference, DUI definition) affected conviction rates significantly by defendant subsets. THC conviction rates in 2020 ranged from 11% to 100%, depending on blood drug levels and the legal charges. Conclusions: Efforts to educate the public about the dangers of drugged driving should emphasize polydrug impairment, not simply THC impairment. States should analyze data on causes and consequences of DUI arrests to understand what their drugged driving problems are and what they are not. Non-zero drug per se levels and defining DUI as “incapable of safe driving” can severely reduce the effectiveness of DUI laws.
Vibrational energy redistribution and vibrational dynamics of methanol mixed with Rhodamine 101 dye
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaosong
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Liu, Weilong
name: Song, Yunfei
name: Wang, Zhuo
name: Zhang, Wenjing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Vibrational energy transfer that occurs after photoexcitation can be tracked in the first several femtoseconds by ultrafast time- and frequency-resolved CARS (coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering) spectroscopy. Vibrational energy transfer from high-frequency modes to lower ones through chemical bond of pure methanol and methanol/Rhodamine 101 (Rh101) solution is detected. Through comparison and analysis of the experimental results, it is found that surrounding molecules have a significant influence on vibrational energy transfer and vibrational couplings among relevant modes.
Assembly-enhanced molecular recognition of calix[6]arene
Creators: name: Tian, Han-Wen
name: Pan, Yu-Chen
name: Guo, Dong-Sheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: We comparatively investigated the molecular recognition of the amphiphilic derivatives of p-sulfonatocalix[n]arenes (SCnA-Rs, n = 4 and 6) both in aqueous solution and at the interface of liposome. When the recognition events transfer from aqueous solution to the self-assembled interface, the binding capability of SC6A-R increases drastically, but not for SC4A-R. It originates from the conformational regulation that the complicated conformation of SC6A-R in aqueous solution was immobilized to the cone shape upon embedding SC6A-R into the liposome. The resulting cone shape is privileged to accommodate guests into its cavity. Such an assembly-enhanced molecular recognition strategy could be transferable to other macrocyclic, acyclic, artificial, and natural receptors with conformational flexibility.
Advising-in-action: an exploratory study of the inner dialogue of eight learning advisors
Creators: name: McCarthy, Tanya Miranda
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The analysis of advising sessions have identified common standards of the profession in areas such as advising skills and tools employed, communicative practices and procedures. There are however numerous variations in advisor behavior due to differences in cognitive processes. That is, in a similar advising situation, at a critical point in the discourse, two advisors may take opposite approaches. How advisors make decisions during advising sessions is a question that has not been fully explored in research literature. The purpose of this research was thus to explore the cognitive processes of learning advisors-in-action. Four research questions sought to 1) determine the content of learning advisor thoughts in order to catalogue advisor experiences; 2) uncover the underlying factors guiding the decision-making process; 3) identify sources of knowledge advisors drew upon to assist them in guiding the learner; and 4) compare less and more experienced advisors to identify any commonalities in decision making and knowledge accessed. It was felt that by answering these research questions, it would lead to a more accurate and detailed picture of language advising based on empirical research. Theories from teaching and counseling disciplines that have been used to understand other professionals' practices were introduced in order to ascertain a model that would best represent the cognitive process of an advisor-in-action. The study employed data collection techniques such as stimulated audio recall interviews, semi-structured interviews and a research journal containing details of the data collection and analysis procedures to identify the inner dialogic thoughts of a team of eight practicing learning advisors. Qualitative analysis further employed the use of constant-comparison analysis to find commonalities and differences between advisors. Through a grounded theory approach, five main and fourteen sub-categories explaining advisor inner dialogic process were brought to light. The conclusion of the thesis proposed that by tapping into the cognitive processes of advisors-in-action, firstly, practitioners would be able to increase their cognitive awareness, thereby improving advising practices; and secondly, a more complete picture of advising would emerge which could influence changes in current methods of advisor training.
Recommendations for effective collaboration and capacity building in epidemiological studies on the effect of alcohol and drug use on traffic safety in low- and middle-income countries
Creators: name: Gjerde, Hallvard
name: Huestis, Marilyn A.
name: Mulima, Gift
name: Kajombo, Chifundo
name: Sundet, Mads
name: Pechansky, Flavio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Alcohol or drug impairment is a major risk factor for road traffic crashes, and studies on this issue are essential to provide evidence-based data for policymakers. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such studies are often conducted in partnership with one or more organizations in high-income countries (HICs). The aim of this article is to provide recommendations for improving project planning and decision-making processes in epidemiological studies on alcohol, drug and traffic safety in LMICs involving HICs. We searched Pubmed, Google Scholar, and Google Search for articles and reports in English about lessons learned when conducting collaborative research in LMIC as well as papers presenting recommendations for effective research collaboration with partners in LMICs. Based on the search results, we selected 200 papers for full text examination. Few were related to studies on the effect of alcohol or drug use on road traffic safety. However, several conclusions and recommendations from other studies were found to be relevant. We combined the findings with our own experience in a narrative review. We also present a checklist for risk and quality assessment. Many papers presented similar recommendations, which included the importance of addressing local needs, ensuring adequate resources, local project ownership and leadership, establishing strong partnerships among all involved stakeholders, promoting shared decision-making and planning, and implementing strategies to translate research findings into policy, practice, and publications. It is also important to avoid HIC bias, which prioritizes the interests or perspectives of HICs over those of LMICs.
Working with infants and toddlers: what discourses shape educators' understandings and practices
Creators: name: Davis, Belinda
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Infants are attending long day care centres in Australia in significant numbers and spending increasing lengths of time in these environments.The nature and quality of infants' early experiences is relevant to their development across a range of domains, including intellectual, social, emotional and physical. Educators working with infants in long day care centres can potentially play a significant role in shaping infants' experiences and thus influencing their current and future development. Yet the manner in which early childhood educators of infants interpret and implement curriculum has not been widely researched. Using critical discourse analysis as the informing framework, this study seeks to explore how educators talk about, and interact with, the infants in their centres, as they endeavour to implement the Australian early childhood curriculum, the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). Four types of data were analysed in this study. First, a detailed textual analysis of the language used in the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) was undertaken, in order to determine how infants and toddlers are referred to in this document, and the implications for the educators’ interpretation of the curriculum. Secondly, drawing on the findings of the textual analysis, six infant educators were interviewed about the EYLF and the influence it has had on their practice. From these transcribed interviews, themes were developed around the visibility of infants in the curriculum and the manner in which the educators strive to implement it in relation to discourses of care. Thirdly, the educators were videorecorded as they went about their daily work with infants in their centres. The language used by each educator when questioning infants was closely analysed, as questioning is promoted in the EYLF as a pedagogical strategy which can potentially enhance children’s learning. Finally, each educator was invited to reflect on her practice as she watched some of the video clips of herself working with infants. The analysis of each type of data (the language of the curriculum, interviews with educators, their language use with infants, and their reflections on their practice) contributed to the overall findings. The findings suggest that the language of the EYLF has rendered the learning and development of infants and toddlers relatively “invisible”. The educators expressed concerns about the language of the EYLF and had difficulty interpreting and implementing it in their daily practice. In demonstrating some of the specific ways in which language, curriculum, and educators’ understandings and practices are closely interconnected, this research has contributed new insights into the manner in which curriculum documents, such as the EYLF can impact upon early childhood educators and influence their pedagogical practices, with implications for the learning and development of infants in long day care.
ГЛУБИННОЕ СТРОЕНИЕ ЗАПАДНОГО БОРТА ЮЖНОГО КАСПИЯ ПО ДАННЫМ БУРЕНИЯ И РАЗВЕДОЧНОЙ ГЕОФИЗИКИ
Creators: name: Бабаев Нариман Ибадулла оглы
name: Асланов Бегляр Сулейман оглы
Publisher: name: Вектор ГеоНаук
Year: 2019
Subjects: впадина
интерпретация
сверхглубокая
аномалия
столкновение

description: резюмируя результаты комплексного анализа геолого-геофизических материалов, авторы обосновывают, что место заложения СГ-1 было выбрано не правильно, что связано было с неудачной трактовкой геологической природы региональных гравиметри-ческих аномалий в редукции Буге при разных значениях плотности промежуточного слоя. Эти аномалии авторами заново интерпретированы методом сравнения и проанализированы. По мнению авторов, СГ-1 была пробурена вдоль восстания пластов (Юра, Мел), прислонѐн-ных к ультраосновной массе. Несмотря на то, что прошло более четверти века после бурения сверхглубокой скважины №1 (СГ-1) на территории Саатлинского района Республики Азербайджан, но о глубинном строении исследуемого региона и по сей день продолжается дискуссия среди геологов и геофизиков. Авторы данной стати пытаются принести относительную ясность в дискуссии, опираясь на комплексирование геолого-геофизической информации.
ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ БЕЗОТХОДНОЙ УТИЛИЗАЦИИ ХВОСТОВ ОБОГАЩЕНИЯ РУД
Creators: name: Дмитрак Юрий Витальевич
name: Габараев Олег Знаурович
name: Разоренов Юрий Иванович
name: Качурин Николай Михайлович
Publisher: name: Вектор ГеоНаук
Year: 2019
Subjects: хвосты обогащения
металлические руды
безотходность
выщелачива-ние металлов
механохимическая технология
дезинтегратор
товарные материалы

description: в статье рассмотрена проблема безотходной утилизации хвостов обогаще-ния металлических руд путем разработки технологии безотходного возвращения хвостов в сферу производства. Представлены результаты теоретического и экспериментального обоснования возможности и целесообразности утилизации хвостов переработки металличе-ских руд после извлечения из них оставшихся металлов по механохимической технологии. Сформулирована концепция использования в одном технологическом процессе двух видов энергии: механической и химической. Приведены результаты сравнения показателей базовых вариантов агитационного выщелачивания с вариантами выщелачивания в дезинтеграторе. Даны параметры извлечения металлов серной кислотой в дезинтеграторе. Показано, что обработка в дезинтеграторе вместе с извлечением металлов повышает вяжущие способности изготовленных на основе хвостов бетонов. Сделан вывод, что путем механохимической активации в аппаратах типа дезинтегратор можно извлекать металлы из хвостов обогащения до того значения, которое позволяет использовать их без ограничения по санитарным условиям, что открывает неограниченные возможности производить новые товарные материалы.
Framing the Peace and War Journalism on the Palestinian Presidents by Malaysian Media
Creators: name: Arandas, Mohammed Fadel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 480303
subject: Conflict of laws (incl. private international law)
classificationCode: 480307
subject: International humanitarian and human rights law
classificationCode: 480310
subject: Public international law
classificationCode: 470101
subject: Communication studies
classificationCode: 470104
subject: International and development communication
classificationCode: 470105
subject: Journalism studies
classificationCode: 470107
subject: Media studies

description: Peace journalism replaced the dominant war journalism due to the prevalence of propaganda in the era of World Wars and the Cold War. The need has emerged to replace, refine, reconstruct, and improve the role and reputation of journalism after serving as a part of the propaganda apparatus and being complicit in propaganda and war chaos. A transition of the role of Journalists was required to be shifted from propagandists and pro-war to peacemakers. The media coverage of peace and war influences the public on their way of thinking, thus contributing to fuelling or resolving tension and conflicts. This study explores the news stories of the New Straits Times (NST) on peace and war journalism on the two Palestinian Presidents. Framing theory is used in this study. To achieve the research objectives of this study, a content analysis was employed on the newspaper's coverage for a total of 21 years from 1996, since the first Palestinian General Election was held until coverage declined in 2016. A total of 335 news stories were found in NST about the two Palestinian Presidents regarding peace and war journalism. The peace stories figured 97.9% compared to 2.1% for war stories. The results revealed that President Arafat used both peace and war approaches compared to President Abbas who only used the peace approach. The coverage of NST reflected its support for peace and solution initiatives rather than war and conflict.
Electrically driven and electrically tunable quantum light sources
Creators: name: Lee, J. P.
name: Murray, E.
name: Bennett, A. J.
name: Ellis, D. J. P.
name: Dangel, C.
name: Farrer, I.
name: Spencer, P.
name: Ritchie, D. A.
name: Shields, A. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Compact and electrically controllable on-chip sources of indistinguishable photons are desirable for the development of integrated quantum technologies. We demonstrate that two quantum dot light emitting diodes (LEDs) in close proximity on a single chip can function as a tunable, all-electric quantum light source. Light emitted by an electrically excited driving LED is used to excite quantum dots the neighbouring diode. The wavelength of the quantum dot emission from the neighbouring driven diode is tuned via the quantum confined Stark effect. We also show that we can electrically tune the fine structure splitting.
description: 4 pages
Methane emission from rice cultivation in different agro-ecological zones of the Mekong river delta: seasonal patterns and emission factors for baseline water management
Creators: name: Vo, Thi Bach Thuong
name: Wassmann, Reiner
name: Tirol-Padre, Agnes
name: Cao, Van Phuong
name: MacDonald, Ben
name: Espaldon, Maria Victoria O.
name: Bjoern Ole Sander
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Plant Biology

description: This study comprises a set of methane emission measurements in rice fields located in the four agro-ecological zones of the Mekong River Delta (MRD), namely the zones with (i) alluvial soils, (ii) salinity intrusion, (iii) deep flood, and (iv) acid sulfate soils. These zones have very distinct bio-physical conditions and cropping cycles that will affect methane emissions in various forms. Our study includes comprehensive mapping of these zones as well as an overview of rice statistics (activity data) at provincial level for each cropping season. Emission data were obtained by the closed chamber method. The available data set comprises 7 sites with 15 cropping seasons. Mean emission rates showed large variations ranging from 0.31 to 9.14 kg CH4 ha−1 d−1. Statistical analysis resulted in weighted means for all zones that we use as zone-specific CH4 emission factors (EFz) in the context of the IPCC Tier 2 approach. The lowest EFz was computed for the saline accounting for 1.14 kg CH4 ha−1 d−1 (confidence interval: 0.60–2.14). The EFz values of the alluvial and acid sulfate zones were 2.39 kg CH4 ha−1 d−1 (2.19–4.13) and 2.78 kg CH4 ha−1 d−1 (2.65–3.76), respectively, which indicated that they were not different from each other derived from their confidence intervals. The deep flood zone, however, required a season-specific, assessment of EFz because emission in the autumn–winter cropping season, corresponding to the wet period, was significantly higher (9.14 kg CH4 ha−1 d−1 (7.08–11.2)) than the other seasons (2.24 kg CH4 ha−1 d−1 (1.59–3.47)). Although these emission factors correspond to baseline water management and do not capture the diversity of farmers’ practices, we see the availability of zone-specific data as an important step for a more detailed assessment of Business as Usual emissions as well as possible mitigation potentials in one of the most important rice growing regions of the world.
Baryons still trace dark matter: probing CMB lensing maps for hidden isocurvature
Creators: name: Smith, Tristan L.
name: Muñoz, Julian B.
name: Smith, Rhiannon
name: Yee, Kyle
name: Grin, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Compensated isocurvature perturbations (CIPs) are primordial fluctuations that balance baryon and dark-matter isocurvature to leave the total matter density unperturbed. The effects of CIPs on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies are similar to those produced by weak lensing of the CMB: smoothing of the power spectrum, and generation of non-Gaussian features. Previous work considered the CIP effects on the CMB power-spectrum but neglected to include the CIP effects on estimates of the lensing potential power spectrum (though its contribution to the non-Gaussian, connected, part of the CMB trispectrum). Here, the CIP contribution to the standard estimator for the lensing potential power-spectrum is derived, and along with the CIP contributions to the CMB power-spectrum, Planck data is used to place limits on the root-mean-square CIP fluctuations on CMB scales, $Δ_{\rm rms}^2(R_{\rm CMB})$. The resulting constraint of $Δ_{\rm rms}^2(R_{\rm CMB}) < 4.3 \times 10^{-3}$ using this new technique improves on past work by a factor of $\sim 3$. We find that for Planck data our constraints almost reach the sensitivity of the optimal CIP estimator. The method presented here is currently the most sensitive probe of the amplitude of a scale-invariant CIP power spectrum placing an upper limit of $A_{\rm CIP}< 0.017$ at 95% CL. Future measurements of the large-scale CMB lensing potential power spectrum could probe CIP amplitudes as low as $Δ_{\rm rms}^2(R_{\rm CMB}) = 8 \times 10^{-5}$ ($A_{\rm CIP} = 3.2 \times 10^{-4}$).
description: 24 pages, 9 figures; comments welcome; v2 references corrected
An exploratory study of parent acceptance of sanctions for driving offenses committed by their children
Creators: name: Rodwell, David
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Graduated driver licensing (GDL) systems are effective at reducing young driver crashes but rely on active parental involvement. However, some parents may accept sanctions (e.g., demerit points, monetary fines) for traffic offenses committed by their children, leading to experiences of punishment avoidance by young drivers. This aim of this exploratory study was to investigate several demographic and psychosocial influences that could possibly be associated with parent acceptance of sanctions. An online survey was completed by parents of young drivers (N = 149, M = 48.88 years, SD = 4.76 years; female = 86%) from 3 Australian states. The survey included measures of sociodemographic characteristics and driving history (e.g., crash involvement), socioeconomic status, parenting style, knowledge of their child’s driving behavior, perceptions of their ability to manage their child’s driving, attitudes toward GDL, and previous or potential acceptance of demerit points or payment of fines for road offenses committed by their child. Twenty-nine percent of parents had accepted or would accept a sanction on behalf of their child. Number of children overall, number of children licensed, and household income were associated with parent acceptance of a sanction. Parenting style, attitude toward GDL restrictions, parent confidence in their knowledge of GDL restrictions and ability to manage their child’s driving, and belief that their child would follow rules were not associated with (non)acceptance of a sanction. These exploratory findings suggest that family size and income may be important influences on parent acceptance of sanctions on behalf of their offending children. The findings related to the psychosocial variables are discussed considering other research and the limitations of the study.
[3 + 3] Cycloaddition of aza-oxyallyl cations with 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diols for the construction of 3-thiomorpholinones
Creators: name: Xie, Lei
name: Guo, Sheng-nan
name: Wu, Ping
name: Gao, Zhenzhen
name: Liu, Fang
name: Yuan, Chunhao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Base-mediated [3 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of in-situ formed aza-oxyallyl cations and 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diols has been achieved under mild reaction conditions. This strategy provides direct and efficient access to prepare desired thiomorpholin-3-one derivatives in moderate-to-high yields. The approach features broad substrates scope and short reaction time. Moreover, the resulting products can be readily converted into other useful heterocyclic compounds including 2H-1,4-thiazin-3(4H)-ones and thiomorpholine-3,5-diones.
Special Lagrangian submanifolds and cohomogeneity one actions on the complex projective space
Creators: name: Arai, Masato
name: Baba, Kurando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C38 (Primary)

description: We construct examples of cohomogeneity one special Lagrangian submanifolds in the cotangent bundle over the complex projective space, whose Calabi-Yau structure was given by Stenzel. For each example, we describe the condition of special Lagrangian as an ordinary differential equation. Our method is based on a moment map technique and the classification of cohomogeneity one actions on the complex projective space classified by Takagi.
description: 14 pages
Supplementary Material for: Dermoscopy of Morphea and Cutaneous Lichen Sclerosus: Clinicopathological Correlation Study and Comparative Analysis
Creators: name: Errichetti, E.
name: Lallas, A.
name: Apalla, Z.
name: Di Stefani, A.
name: Stinco, G.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine

description: Background: Dermoscopy of morphea and cutaneous lichen sclerosus (CLS) has been described by various studies, with none of them considering variability according to clinical phases and investigating dermoscopic-histological correlations. Objective: To evaluate dermoscopic features in general and according to clinical stage, identify possible distinctive dermoscopic clues, and assess dermoscopy accuracy in detecting subclinical alterations in morphea and CLS. Methods: A representative dermoscopic image of target lesions was evaluated for the presence of specific features, correlating them with clinical subtype (inflammatory, inflammatory-sclerotic, sclerotic, or sclerotic-atrophic). In case of clinical-dermoscopic discordance (inflammatory, sclerotic, and atrophic findings in noninflammatory, nonsclerotic, and nonatrophic lesions, respectively), dermoscopic-pathological correspondence was assessed. Results: A total of 86 lesions (51 morphea/35 CLS) were analyzed, with most of them displaying an inflammatory-sclerotic or sclerotic clinical pattern. The most common dermoscopic findings of morphea were “fibrotic beams,” while CLS was mainly characterized by bright white/white-yellowish patches and yellowish-white keratotic follicular plugs; all these structures displayed complete specificity for the correspondent dermatosis. Additionally, pigmentary structures were significantly more frequent in morphea and white scaling and hemorrhagic spots in CLS. Only few dermoscopic features reached a statistical significance for a specific clinical stage. Regarding the clinical-dermoscopic discordance rate, it was significantly more common in morphea than CLS; in all cases there was a correspondence between dermoscopic and pathological findings. Conclusion: Dermoscopy of morphea and CLS reveals distinctive dermoscopic clues which are often unrelated to clinical stage but show a constant histological correspondence, thus emphasizing its usefulness in diagnosis and therapeutic management of these conditions.
The ethics of the use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for child sex offenders
Creators: name: Lai, Michelle Qian Yang
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: In August 2013 a New South Wales government Joint Select Committee commenced an inquiry into alternative sentencing options for convicted child sex offenders. One of the options under their consideration is Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT), a treatment that consists of administering anti-androgenic medication to decrease the level of testosterone to a pre-pubescent level. This thesis considers the option of offering ADT to offenders with the incentive of earlier release from incarceration, as an alternative to continuation of the full incarceration period. These particular conditions raise ethical questions regarding whether the offender's autonomy can be respected under what I describe as incentivized circumstances. I explore autonomy in the context of incentivizing offers, and examine the concerns of philosophers who debate whether offenders can make autonomous choices under such circumstances. The conclusion of this analysis is that while the choice conditions in which offenders are offered ADT do constrain the extent to which fully voluntary consent can be given to the treatment, nevertheless, offering ADT can be understood to enhance autonomy when offered to offenders with the greatest prospect of benefitting from such treatment. Finally, the thesis makes proposals as to the specific conditions in which ADT should be offered if it is to have the potential of enhancing the autonomy of such offenders.
AIS-based operational phase identification using Progressive Ablation Feature Selection with machine learning for improving ship emission estimates
Creators: name: Duan, Kuiquan
name: Li, Qingbo
name: Liu, Shangheng
name: Liu, Yanxin
name: Wang, Shuang
name: Li, Shuang
name: Wang, Xiaochuan
name: Ma, Nan
name: Ma, Ye
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The work status of ships’ engines and boilers has a significant impact on emission estimates, which are closely related to ships’ operational phases. To improve the accuracy of emission estimates, this study proposed a machine learning-based classification model for identifying operational phases. We proposed 12 operational phase relevance features by analyzing motion behavior-related and geospatial characteristics-related features from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) data from the two bulk carriers. The random forest (RF) model showed the best performance in identifying one of the bulk carrier’s operational phases among the five machine models, with the accuracy, F1score and Area Under Curve (AUC) of 96.66%, 93.34% and 99.93%, respectively. By adopting the Progressive Ablation Feature Selection (PAFS) method with RF, the number of features was reduced from 12 to 8, and the accuracy (96.38%), F1score (92.70%), and AUC (98.81%) were almost same with that obtained from all 12 features. Additionally, the effectiveness of the RF model was validated on the other bulk carriers. Compared with the traditional algorithms, the RF model showed better performance in ship operational phase identification and improved the average accuracy of NOx emission estimation for the main engine and auxiliary engine by 57.83% and 93.89%, respectively, under different operational phases. These results provide the basis for port traffic management and ship emission control. Implications: A new ship operational phase identification approach was proposed in this study. If the proposed approach is adopted by International Maritime Organization, it will improve the accuracy of ship emission estimates and bring new insights into global shipping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their impact on global change. The port authorities could benefit from the proposed approach, which can be extended to ship types with similar behavior to bulk carriers, such as containers and general cargoes. This can reveal patterns of ship behavior in specific areas, which helps to identify potential collision risks, channel blockages, and other safety issues and take appropriate management measures to ensure the safe operation of the port. The proposed approach can help shipping companies to accurately estimate the GHG emissions of their fleets and to accurately predict carbon tax costs. Base on that, carbon emissions and carbon tax burden can be reduced by adopting corresponding management control measures.
title: ADCO, Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Beaune (XVe siècle), Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0387
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2015
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: cartulaire

description: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Beaune (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0387, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d’Izeure (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0387, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
Collisionless, phase-mixed, dispersive, Gaussian Alfven pulse in transversely inhomogeneous plasma
Creators: name: Tsiklauri, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the previous works harmonic, phase-mixed, Alfven wave dynamics was considered both in the kinetic and magnetohydrodynamic regimes. Up today only magnetohydrodynamic, phase-mixed, Gaussian Alfven pulses were investigated. In the present work we extend this into kinetic regime. Here phase-mixed, Gaussian Alfven pulses are studied, which are more appropriate for solar flares, than harmonic waves, as the flares are impulsive in nature. Collisionless, phase-mixed, dispersive, Gaussian Alfven pulse in transversely inhomogeneous plasma is investigated by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and by an analytical model. The pulse is in inertial regime with plasma beta less than electron-to-ion mass ratio and has a spatial width of 12 ion inertial length. The linear analytical model predicts that the pulse amplitude decrease is described by the linear Korteweg de Vries (KdV) equation. The numerical and analytical solution of the linear KdV equation produces the pulse amplitude decrease in time as $t^{-1}$. The latter scaling law is corroborated by full PIC simulations. It is shown that the pulse amplitude decrease is due to dispersive effects, while electron acceleration is due to Landau damping of the phase-mixed waves. The established amplitude decrease in time as $t^{-1}$ is different from the MHD scaling of $t^{-3/2}$. This can be attributed to the dispersive effects resulting in the different scaling compared to MHD, where the resistive effects cause the damping, in turn, enhanced by the inhomogeneity. Reducing background plasma temperature and increase in ion mass yields more efficient particle acceleration.
description: accepted for publication in Physics of Plasmas, tentatively scheduled for publication in the December 2016 issue
Reports about error estimators and data-driven adaptations for modelling and optimization errors
Creators: name: Bärmann, Andreas
name: Martin, Alexander
name: Staszek, Jonasz
name: Ramlau, Ronny
name: Stadler, Bernadett
name: Gutiérrez Pérez, José Carlos
name: Dittmer, Sören
name: Kluth, Tobias
name: Maaß, Peter
name: Otero Baguer, Daniel
name: Kroener, Axel
name: Hintermüller, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Optimization, Error estimators, Algorithms

description: In the ROMSOC project, we develop specially-tailored algorithmic approaches to solve the practical problems
 of our industry partners. The mathematical fields involved in solving these problems are as diverse as the
 problems themselves. Thus, our project covers a very broad range within applied mathematics: from discrete
 optimization to inverse problems, from deep learning to optimal control. What all these fields have in common
 is that error estimation is an important topic in order to quantify the quality of a computed solution. Naturally,
 all of them their own error measures and different ways of computing and using them. This report summarizes
 the state of the art methods in the respective fields concerning error measures and their usefulness in solving
 real-world problems.
description: Project deliverable D4.1
Analysis of dynamic determinants of vehicles involved in crash affecting severity based on in-depth crash data
Creators: name: Jin, Jieling
name: Huang, Helai
name: Zhou, Rui
name: Chen, Jiguang
name: Liu, Pan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: The dynamic characteristics of vehicles involved in crashes may be an important factor affecting the crash severity. This study investigates the relationship between the dynamic characteristics of vehicles involved in crashes in the five seconds before the occurrence and the crash severity. The findings aim to offer insights for preventing severe crashes and advancing autonomous vehicle technology. This study aims to investigate the impact of dynamic features, such as speed, acceleration, and relative distance of vehicles involved in the crash in the five seconds before the crash, on the crash severity. Five hundred ninety-six crash samples from the China In-depth Mobility Safety Study-Traffic Accident database were selected for crash reconstruction. A random parameters logit model was used to extract and analyze the effect of dynamic features of the vehicles involved in the crash on the crash severity. The random parameters logit model demonstrated a satisfactory fit. Analysis of the parameter estimation results of the model showed that the variables of speed, acceleration, and relative distance between vehicles involved in the crash at some time points during the five seconds before the crash significantly affected the crash severity. Notably, the coefficient of variation of relative distance over 5 s emerged as the most influential positive determinant of the crash severity. Certain dynamic characteristics of vehicles involved in a crash in the five seconds before a crash significantly impact the crash severity. The study’s findings can serve as a reference for preventing severe crashes and advancing the development of autonomous vehicles.
Automatic Spatial Context-Sensitive Cloud/Cloud-Shadow Detection in Multi-Source Multi-Spectral Earth Observation Images: AutoCloud+
Creators: name: Baraldi, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The proposed Earth observation (EO) based value adding system (EO VAS), hereafter identified as AutoCloud+, consists of an innovative EO image understanding system (EO IUS) design and implementation capable of automatic spatial context sensitive cloud/cloud shadow detection in multi source multi spectral (MS) EO imagery, whether or not radiometrically calibrated, acquired by multiple platforms, either spaceborne or airborne, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It is worth mentioning that the same EO IUS architecture is suitable for a large variety of EO based value adding products and services, including: (i) low level image enhancement applications, such as automatic MS image topographic correction, co registration, mosaicking and compositing, (ii) high level MS image land cover (LC) and LC change (LCC) classification and (iii) content based image storage/retrieval in massive multi source EO image databases (big data mining).
description: Invitation to tender ESA/AO/1 8373/15/I NB, VAE: Next Generation EO based Information Services
Petrographic and geochemical evidence for multiphase formation of carbonates in the Martian orthopyroxenite Allan Hills 84001
Creators: name: Moyano-Cambero, Carles E.
name: Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M.
name: Benito, M. Isabel
name: Alonso-Azcárate, Jacinto
name: Lee, Martin R.
name: Mestres, Narcís
name: Martínez-Jiménez, Marina
name: Martín-Torres, F. Javier
name: Fraxedas, Jordi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Martian meteorites can provide valuable information about past environmental conditions on Mars. Allan Hills 84001 formed more than 4 Gyr ago, and owing to its age and long exposure to the Martian environment, this meteorite has features that may record early processes. These features include a highly fractured texture, gases trapped during one or more impact events or during formation of the rock, and spherical Fe-Mg-Ca carbonates. Here we have concentrated on providing new insights into the context of these carbonates using a range of techniques to explore whether they record multiple precipitation and shock events. The petrographic features and compositional properties of these carbonates indicate that at least two pulses of Mg- and Fe-rich solutions saturated the rock. Those two generations of carbonates can be distinguished by a very sharp change in compositions, from being rich in Mg and poor in Fe and Mn, to being poor in Mg and rich in Fe and Mn. Between these two generations of carbonate is evidence for fracturing and local corrosion.
description: 30 pages, 11 figures, and 3 tables, Meteoritics & Planetary Science (2017)