cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantum Mechanics Another Way
Creators: name: Hancock, J.
name: Walton, M. A.
name: Wynder, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Deformation quantization (sometimes called phase-space quantization) is a formulation of quantum mechanics that is not usually taught to undergraduates. It is formally quite similar to classical mechanics: ordinary functions on phase space take the place of operators, but the functions are multiplied in an exotic way, using the star product. Here we attempt a brief, pedagogical discussion of deformation quantization, that is suitable for inclusion in an undergraduate course.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Eur. J. Phys
Towards simplified oral lipid-based drug delivery using mono-/di-glycerides as single component excipients
Creators: name: Alexandra-Roxana Ilie
name: Griffin, Brendan T.
name: Vertzoni, Maria
name: Kuentz, Martin
name: Cuyckens, Filip
name: Wuyts, Koen
name: Ruzica Kolakovic
name: Holm, René
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: This study aimed to systematically explore compositional effects for a series of lipid systems, on the in vitro drug solubilization and in vivo bioavailability of three poorly water-soluble drugs with different physico-chemical properties. While many lipid-based drug products have successfully reached the market, there is still a level of uncertainty on the design guidelines for such drug products with limited understanding on the influence of composition on in vitro and in vivo performance. Lipid-based drug delivery systems were prepared using either single excipient systems based on partially digested triglycerides (i.e. mono- and/or di-glycerides) or increasingly complex systems by incorporating surfactants and/or triglycerides. These lipid systems were evaluated for both in vitro and in vivo behaviour. Results indicated that simple single component long chain lipid systems are more beneficial for the absorption of the weak acid celecoxib and the weak base cinnarizine compared to equivalent single component medium chain lipid systems. Similarly, a two-component system produced by incorporating small amount of hydrophilic surfactant yields similar overall pharmacokinetic effects. The lipid drug delivery systems based on medium chain lipid excipients improved the in vivo exposure of the neutral drug JNJ-2A. The higher in vivo bioavailability of long chain lipid systems compared to medium chain lipid systems was in agreement with in vitro dilution and dispersion studies for celecoxib and cinnarizine. The present study demonstrated the benefits of using mono-/di-glycerides as single component excipients in LBDDS to streamline formulation screening and improve oral bioavailability for the three tested poorly water-soluble drugs.
Recent Advances and the Potential for Clinical Use of Autofluorescence Detection of Extra-Ophthalmic Tissues
Creators: name: Wizenty, Jonas
name: Schumann, Teresa
name: Theil, Donna
name: Stockmann, Martin
name: Pratschke, Johann
name: Tacke, Frank
name: Aigner, Felix
name: Wuensch, Tilo
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: autofluorescence imaging
subject: clinical studies
subject: endogenous fluorophores
subject: imaging
subject: inflammation
subject: systematic review
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The autofluorescence (AF) characteristics of endogenous fluorophores allow the label-free assessment and visualization of cells and tissues of the human body. While AF imaging (AFI) is well-established in ophthalmology, its clinical applications are steadily expanding to other disciplines. This review summarizes clinical advances of AF techniques published during the past decade. A systematic search of the MEDLINE database and Cochrane Library databases was performed to identify clinical AF studies in extra-ophthalmic tissues. In total, 1097 articles were identified, of which 113 from internal medicine, surgery, oral medicine, and dermatology were reviewed. While comparable technological standards exist in diabetology and cardiology, in all other disciplines, comparability between studies is limited due to the number of differing AF techniques and non-standardized imaging and data analysis. Clear evidence was found for skin AF as a surrogate for blood glucose homeostasis or cardiovascular risk grading. In thyroid surgery, foremost, less experienced surgeons may benefit from the AF-guided intraoperative separation of parathyroid from thyroid tissue. There is a growing interest in AF techniques in clinical disciplines, and promising advances have been made during the past decade. However, further research and development are mandatory to overcome the existing limitations and to maximize the clinical benefits.
Hubble red shift and the anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11
Creators: name: Trencevski, Kostadin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is introduced a hypothesis that the gravitational potential in the universe changes linearly with the time. This enables to explain the Hubble red shift and the anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11.
description: 6 pages
A reality proof in PT-symmetric quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Dorey, Patrick
name: Dunning, Clare
name: Tateo, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the proof of a conjecture concerning the reality of the spectra of certain PT-symmetric quantum mechanical systems, obtained via a connection between the theories of ordinary differential equations and integrable models. Spectral equivalences inspired by the correspondence are also discussed.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures, latex. Contribution to the proceedings of Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics, Prague, 2003
Supplementary document for Manipulating electromagnetic waves in cavity-waveguide system with nontrivial and trivial modes - 6051242.pdf
Creators: name: Xu, Jiong
name: Zang, XiaoFei
name: Zhan, Xudong
name: Liu, Kun
name: Zhu, Yiming
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary
Stable transmission of high-dimensional quantum states over a 2 km multicore fiber
Creators: name: Da Lio, Beatrice
name: Bacco, Davide
name: Cozzolino, Daniele
name: Biagi, Nicola
name: Arge, Tummas Napoleon
name: Larsen, Emil
name: Rottwitt, Karsten
name: Ding, Yunhong
name: Zavatta, Alessandro
name: Oxenløwe, Leif Katsuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-dimensional quantum states have already settled their advantages in different quantum technology applications. However, their reliable transmission in fiber links remains an open challenge that must be addressed to boost their application, e.g. in the future quantum internet. Here, we prove how path encoded high-dimensional quantum states can be reliably transmitted over a 2 km long multicore fiber, taking advantage of a phase-locked loop system guaranteeing a stable interferometric detection.
Preparation and Optimization of Multi-Functional Directly Compressible Excipient: An Integrated Approach Of Principal Component Analysis And Design Of Experiments
Creators: name: Dhaval Mori
name: Rathod, Punit
name: Parmar, Ramesh
name: Dudhat, Kiran
name: Jayant Chavda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Developing a new excipient and obtaining its market approval is an expensive, time-consuming, and complex process. The application of multivariate analytical approach - principal component analysis (PCA) in combination with DoE approach can make the process of developing co-processed excipient cost-effective and rapid. The present investigation was aimed to demonstrate the applicability of the DoE approach and PCA in developing a co-processed excipient by using spray drying technique. The preliminary studies suggested a significant effect of inlet air temperature (X1) and polymer ratio (Chitosan chlorhydrate (CC): mannitol - X2) on critical product characteristics so they were selected as independent variables in 32 full factorial design. The result of regression analysis suggested a significant effect of both independent variables on all response variables. The PCA of practically obtained value suggested a strong effect of all the selected response variables on the model. The prepared co-processed excipient had better tableting properties compared to the physical mixture of excipients and was able to accommodate more than 80 percent drug without compromising the flow property and compressibility. The present investigation successfully proved the applicability PCA and DoE approach as an effective and rapid tool for optimizing process parameters and formulation composition for preparing a directly compressible co-processed excipient.
Flux-limited strong gravitational lensing and dark energy
Creators: name: Chen, Da-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the standard flat cosmological constant ($Λ$) cold dark matter (CDM) cosmology, a model of two populations of lens halos for strong gravitational lensing can reproduce the results of the Jodrell-Bank VLA Astrometric Survey (JVAS) and the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey (CLASS) radio survey. In such a model, lensing probabilities are sensitive to three parameters: the concentration parameter $c_1$, the cooling mass scale $M_\mathrm{c}$ and the value of the CDM power spectrum normalization parameter $σ_8$. The value ranges of these parameters are constrained by various observations. However, we found that predicted lensing probabilities are also quite sensitive to the flux density (brightness) ratio $q_{\mathrm{r}}$ of the multiple lensing images, which has been, in fact, a very important selection criterion of a sample in any lensing survey experiments. We re-examine the above mentioned model by considering the flux ratio and galactic central Super Massive Black Holes (SMBHs), in flat, low-density cosmological models with different cosmic equations of state $ω$, and find that the predicted lensing probabilities without considering $q_{\mathrm{r}}$ are over-estimated. A low value of $q_\mathrm{r}$ can be compensated by raising the cooling mass scale $M_\mathrm{c}$ in fitting the predicted lensing probabilities to JVAS/CLASS observations. In order to determine the cosmic equation of state $ω$, the uncertainty in $M_\mathrm{c}$ must be resolved. The effects of SMBHs cannot be detected by strong gravitational lensing method when $q_{\mathrm{r}}\leq 10$.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures, corrected to match published version in A&A
Is NO the Answer? The Nitric Oxide Pathway Can Support Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Mediated Signaling
Creators: name: Differ, Christopher
name: Klatte-Schulz, Franka
name: Bormann, Nicole
name: Minkwitz, Susann
name: Knaus, Petra
name: Wildemann, Britt
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: C2C12
subject: BMP2
subject: nitric oxide
subject: signaling
subject: crosstalk
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The growth factor bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) plays an important role in bone development and repair. Despite the positive effects of BMP2 in fracture healing, its use is associated with negative side effects and poor cost effectiveness, partly due to the large amounts of BMP2 applied. Therefore, reduction of BMP2 amounts while maintaining efficacy is of clinical importance. As nitric oxide (NO) signaling plays a role in bone fracture healing and an association with the BMP2 pathway has been indicated, this study aimed to investigate the relationship of BMP2 and NO pathways and whether NO can enhance BMP2-induced signaling and osteogenic abilities in vitro. To achieve this, the stable BMP reporter cell line C2C12BRELuc was used to quantify BMP signaling, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and gene expression were used to quantify osteogenic potency. C2C12BRELuc cells were treated with recombinant BMP2 in combination with NO donors and substrate (Deta NONOate, SNAP & L-Arginine), NOS inhibitor (LNAME), soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) inhibitor (LY83583) and activator (YC-1), BMP type-I receptor inhibitor (LDN-193189), or protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor (H89). It was found that the NOS enzyme, direct NO application, and sGC enhanced BMP2 signaling and improved BMP2 induced osteogenic activity. The application of a PKA inhibitor demonstrated that BMP2 signaling is enhanced by the NO pathway via PKA, underlining the capability of BMP2 in activating the NO pathway. Collectively, this study proves the ability of the NO pathway to enhance BMP2 signaling.
Weyl Semimetals with $S_4$ symmetry
Creators: name: Qian, Yuting
name: Gao, Jiacheng
name: Song, Zhida
name: Nie, Simin
name: Wang, Zhijun
name: Weng, Hongming
name: Fang, Zhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the time-reversal-breaking centrosymmetric systems, the appearance of Weyl points can be guaranteed by an odd number of all the even/odd parity occupied bands at eight inversion-symmetry-invariant momenta. Here, based on symmetry analysis and first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that for the time-reversal-invariant systems with $S_4$ symmetry, the Weyl semimetal phase can be characterized by the inequality between a well-defined invariant $η$ and an $S_4$ indicator $z_2$. By applying this criterion, we find that some candidates, previously predicted to be topological insulators, are actually Weyl semimetals in the noncentrosymmetric space group with $S_4$ symmetry. Our first-principles calculations show that four pairs of Weyl points are located in the $k_{x,y}$ = 0 planes, with each plane containing four same-chirality Weyl points. An effective model has been built and captures the nontrivial topology in these materials. Our strategy to find the Weyl points by using symmetry indicators and invariants opens a new route to search for Weyl semimetals in the time-reversal-invariant systems.
description: 11 pages,8 figures
Uncertainty calculation methods in dose assessment for dicentric chromosome assay
Creators: name: J.E. González
name: J.F Barquinero
name: Holladay, Bret A.
name: M. Di Giorgio
name: M. Higueras
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Purpose: To present the impact in coverage of different methods for Poisson confidence intervals and the impact in dose coverage of different uncertainty factors. A detailed explanation of the uncertainty sources in the Bayesian method is also presented. Materials and methods: The exact coverage of uncertainty Poisson confidence intervals and the dose uncertainty interval coverage were performed by simulations using R-based scripts. Results: The Poisson exact calibration interval via the Modified Crow and Gardner method resulted in coverage quite close to the nominal level of confidence; additionally, the method retains the shortest property of Crow and Gardner, and gains the property of a lower limit strictly increasing in the mean of dicentrics. The unlimited simultaneous calibration interval seems to be the method of choice to preserve the coverage at 95% under parametric and nonparametric conditions but is a conservative method. When samples came from a Poisson distribution the ISO propagation of errors and Bayesian approaches seem to be the closest to the 95% coverage. Conclusions: The Modified Crow and Gardner method should be preferred over the Garwood method for Poisson exact confidence intervals. The unlimited simultaneous calibration interval did not lose its property to preserve the coverage at 95% applying a regression coverage factor of value 2.02 at the point of doses studied in the simulation.
Fasciosminthurus bedosae Nayrolles 1994
Creators: name: Thibaud, Jean-Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Symphypleona
Bourletiellidae
Fasciosminthurus
Fasciosminthurus bedosae

description: Fasciosminthurus bedosae Nayrolles, 1994
Fasciosminthurus bedosae Nayrolles, 1994: 326.
DISTRIBUTION. — Pyrénées-Orientales. Nayrolles 1994.
description: Published as part of Thibaud, Jean-Marc, 2017, Catalogue des collemboles de France, pp. 297-436 in Zoosystema 39 (3) on page 401, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n3a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5496272
Noninvasive imaging of vascular permeability to predict the risk of rupture in abdominal aortic aneurysms using an albumin-binding probe
Creators: name: Adams, Lisa C.
name: Brangsch, Julia
name: Reimann, Carolin
name: Kaufmann, Jan O.
name: Nowak, Kristin
name: Buchholz, Rebecca
name: Karst, Uwe
name: Botnar, Rene M.
name: Hamm, Bernd
name: Makowski, Marcus R.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
subject: mouse model of AAA
subject: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
subject: albumin-binding-probe
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) remains a fatal disease. Its development encompasses a complex interplay between hemodynamic stimuli on and changes in the arterial wall. Currently available biomarkers fail to predict the risk of AAA rupture independent of aneurysm size. Therefore, novel biomarkers for AAA characterization are needed. In this study, we used a mouse model of AAA to investigate the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with an albumin-binding probe to assess changes in vascular permeability at different stages of aneurysm growth. Two imaging studies were performed: a longitudinal study with follow-up and death as endpoint to predict rupture risk and a week-by-week study to characterize AAA development. AAAs, which eventually ruptured, demonstrated a significantly higher in vivo MR signal enhancement from the albumin-binding probe (p = 0.047) and a smaller nonenhancing thrombus area compared to intact AAAs (p = 0.001). The ratio of albumin-binding-probe enhancement of the aneurysm wall to size of nonenhancing-thrombus-area predicted AAA rupture with high sensitivity/specificity (100%/86%). More advanced aneurysms with higher vascular permeability demonstrated an increased uptake of the albumin-binding-probe. These results indicate that MRI with an albumin-binding probe may enable noninvasive assessment of vascular permeability in murine AAAs and prediction of rupture risk.
Optical Linear Polarization toward the Open Star Cluster Casado Alessi 1
Creators: name: Singh, Sadhana
name: Pandey, Jeewan C.
name: Yadav, R. K. S.
name: Medhi, Biman J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present B-, V-, R-, and I-bands linear polarimetric observations of 73 stars in the direction of open star cluster Casado Alessi 1 (hereafter Alessi 1). We aim to use polarimetry as a tool to investigate the properties and distribution of dust grains toward the direction of the cluster. The polarimetric observations were carried out using the ARIES IMaging POLarimeter mounted at the 104 cm telescope of ARIES, Nainital (India). Using the Gaia photometric data the age and distance of the cluster are estimated to be $0.8\pm0.1$ Gyr and $673\pm98$ pc, respectively. A total of 66 stars with a 26 arcmin radius from the cluster are identified as members of the cluster using the astrometric approach. Out of these 66 members, 15 stars were observed polarimetrically and found to have the same value of polarization. The majority of the stars in the region follow the general law of the polarization for the interstellar medium, indicating that polarization toward the cluster Alessi 1 is dominated by foreground dust grains. The average values of the maximum polarization ($P_{max}$) and the wavelength corresponding to the maximum polarization ($λ_{max}$) toward the cluster are found to be $0.83\pm0.03$% and $0.59\pm0.04$ $μ$m, respectively. Also, dust grains toward the cluster appear to be aligned, possibly due to the galactic magnetic field.
description: 13 Pages, 9 Figures, 3 Tables. Accepted for publication in AJ
On the formation of star clusters in the merger NGC 6240
Creators: name: Pasquali, A.
name: de Grijs, R.
name: Gallagher, J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We identified star clusters in archived HST/WFPC2 images of the merger and ultra-luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240, with the aim of investigating whether star cluster properties (luminosity, age and mass) in such an extreme environment differ from those of clusters in less luminous starburst galaxies. We found 54 star clusters in all of the F450W, F547M and F814W exposures, of which 41 are located in the main body of NGC 6240 and 13 in the galactic tails. Given that only two colours are available to derive two independent variables (cluster reddening and age), we adopted an ad hoc procedure to statistically derive cluster parameters under the assumption that the cluster metallicity is LMC-like. The colours of each cluster are fitted to STARBURST99 models of fixed mass and variable ages and reddenings. All cluster reddening and age solutions with Chi squared < 1 are considered to be consistent with the data. Masses are derived by scaling the luminosity of the models with best-fit Chi squared < 1 by the observed V luminosity, after correction for reddening and distance. We infer that the most probable age of the observed clusters is (5 - 13) Myr and their most probable mass is about (1 - 2)e05 solar masses. Comparison with star clusters in starburst galaxies seems to point to more massive clusters being formed in more massive galaxies and gas-rich mergers, while the overall cluster mass distribution might be relatively independent of the details of the associated starburst where dense, massive clusters preferentially form.
description: 15 pages, 1 JPG figure, 12 Postscript figures, MNRAS accepted
Initial interaction of citrate-coated iron oxide nanoparticles with the glycocalyx of THP-1 monocytes assessed by real-time magnetic particle spectroscopy and electron microscopy
Creators: name: Poller, Wolfram C.
name: Löwa, Norbert
name: Schleicher, Moritz
name: Münster-Wandowski, Agnieszka
name: Taupitz, Matthias
name: Stangl, Verena
name: Ludwig, Antje
name: Wiekhorst, Frank
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: physicochemical parameters
subject: magnetic nanoparticles
subject: magnetic particle spectroscopy
subject: electron microscopy
subject: real-time MPS
subject: HPF/FS-TEM
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Interaction with biological material can alter physicochemical parameters of magnetic nanoparticles and might thereby change their magnetic behavior with potentially important implications for various nanoparticle applications. Little is known about changes of the magnetic behavior that occur during the initial phase of cell binding and uptake. We investigate the magnetic behavior of very small superparamagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles (VSOP) during initial contact with THP-1 monocytes. We combine real-time magnetic particle spectroscopy (MPS), a fast and sensitive method for specific detection of magnetic nanoparticles in biological specimen with high-pressure-freezing/freeze-substitution transmission electron microscopy (HPF/FS-TEM), enabling us to generate snapshots of the interaction of VSOP with the cellular glycocalyx. MPS reveals significant changes of the dynamic magnetic behavior within seconds after VSOP injection into monocyte suspensions that correlate with the formation of nanoparticle clusters in the glycocalyx. The combination of real-time MPS and HPF/FS-TEM provides an ideal platform to analyze magnetic behaviors of nanoparticles upon interaction with cells and tissues.
How Do Homeowners Associations Regulate Residential Landscapes?
Creators: name: V. Kelly Turner
name: Stiller, Matthew
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Problem, research strategy, and findings: Residential landscapes are homogenizing the ecology of cities, and decisions about yard structure and management practices are the result of a complex mix of actors and institutions operating at multiple scales. In this study we examine how one such institution, the homeowners association (HOA), homogenizes yard ecology at the neighborhood scale through formal institutional rules. We examine a random sample of publicly recorded covenants, codes, and restrictions (CCRs) documents and a nonrandom sample of private architecture and landscaping guidelines for HOAs in Maricopa County (AZ). We find landscaping rules in CCRs have increased over time but are relatively small in number and generic in content, sometimes repeated municipal rules, and increasingly outsourced rules to architectural and landscaping guidelines. Rules about yard aesthetics or maintenance were required, whereas rules relating to environmentally sensitive landscaping were encouraged. We propose HOAs facilitate ecological homogenization by aggregating heterogeneous rule types to formulate a club good. Takeaway for practice: Our findings suggest planners can enact ordinances that influence residential landscape ecology in HOAs via statutory mandates because CCRs reinforce existing rules at the neighborhood scale. However, HOAs potentially inhibit adoption of voluntary programs directly or indirectly via approvals and restrictions. Moreover, the finding that HOAs are increasingly shifting regulations from publicly recorded CCRs to private documents reveals a challenge for planners because private contract law allows land use provisions in HOAs to remain “hidden” from the public domain.
Fasciosminthurus cassagnaui Nayrolles 1994
Creators: name: Thibaud, Jean-Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Symphypleona
Bourletiellidae
Fasciosminthurus
Fasciosminthurus cassagnaui

description: Fasciosminthurus cassagnaui Nayrolles, 1994
Fasciosminthurus cassagnaui Nayrolles, 1994: 330.
DISTRIBUTION. — Var. Nayrolles 1994.
description: Published as part of Thibaud, Jean-Marc, 2017, Catalogue des collemboles de France, pp. 297-436 in Zoosystema 39 (3) on page 401, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n3a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5496272
Resonant photovoltaic effect in doped magnetic semiconductors
Creators: name: Bhalla, Pankaj
name: MacDonald, Allan H.
name: Culcer, Dimitrie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rectified non-linear response of a clean undoped semiconductor to an AC electric field includes a well known intrinsic contribution -- the shift current. We show that when Kramers degeneracy is broken, a distinct second order rectified response appears that is due to Bloch state anomalous velocities in a system with an oscillating Fermi surface. This effect, which we refer to as the resonant photovoltaic effect (RPE), produces a resonant galvanic current peak at the interband absorption threshold in doped semiconductors or semimetals with approximate particle-hole symmetry. We evaluate the RPE for a model of the surface states of a magnetized topological insulator.
Ferromagnetism mediated by few electrons in a semimagnetic quantum dot
Creators: name: Fernández-Rossier, J.
name: Brey, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A (II,Mn)VI diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dot with an integer number of electrons controlled with a gate voltage is considered. We show that a single conduction band electron is able to induce a spontaneous collective magnetization of the Mn spins, overcoming the short range antiferromagnetic interactions. The carrier mediated ferromagnetism in the dot survives at temperatures above 1 Kelvin, two orders of magnitude larger than the Curie temperature for the same material in bulk. The magnetic behavior of the dot depends dramatically on the parity of the number of injected electrons.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Sublytic Terminal Complement Components Induce Eryptosis in Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia Related to IgM Autoantibodies
Creators: name: Balola, Abdelwahab Hassan Ahmed
name: Mayer, Beate
name: Bartolmäs, Thilo
name: Salama, Abdulgabar
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Phosphatidylserine
subject: C5b6
subject: C5b-7
subject: C5b-8
subject: Annexin
subject: Haemolysis
subject: IgM autoantibodies
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: BACKGROUND/AIMS: Eryptosis, the suicidal death of red blood cells (RBCs), is characterized by phosphatidylserine (PS) exposure at the cell surface. It can be catalysed by a variety of abnormal conditions and diseases. Until now, the many questions surrounding the physiology and pathophysiology of eryptosis have not been sufficiently answered. Recently, we demonstrated IgM and IgA autoantibodies (aab) to induce PS exposure on circulating RBCs of patients with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA). However, it remained unclear how these aab lead to eryptosis. METHODS: Serum and plasma samples from patients with clinically relevant AIHA of cold type were used to induce eryptosis in O RBCs. Serum containing fresh complement from healthy donors, antibodies to complement component, and complement factor depleted sera were added to examine the influence of the complement on PS-exposure. RBC bound annexin V PE were analysed by flow cytometry. RESULTS: Eryptosis related to IgM aab was found to be dependent on complement activation and could be effectively inhibited by EDTA, serum heat inactivation and anti-C5. PS exposure increased with sequential activation of the sublytic terminal complement components C5b6, C5b-7 and was most significant at the C5b-8 stage. A decrease was observed following the formation of the lytic membrane attack complex C5b-9, either because of lysis of eryptotic RBCs or because of inhibition of eryptosis by C9. CONCLUSION: Our findings reflect new aspects on RBC destruction in AIHA as well the impact of the terminal complement complexes on the RBC membrane. The striking differences to nucleated cell apoptosis may even have physiological meaning of RBC acting as a buffer of the complement system.
Search for extraterrestrial point sources of neutrinos with AMANDA-II
Creators: name: AMANDA Collaboration
name: Ahrens, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of a search for point sources of high energy neutrinos in the northern hemisphere using AMANDA-II data collected in the year 2000. Included are flux limits on several AGN blazars, microquasars, magnetars and other candidate neutrino sources. A search for excesses above a random background of cosmic-ray-induced atmospheric neutrinos and misreconstructed downgoing cosmic-ray muons reveals no statistically significant neutrino point sources. We show that AMANDA-II has achieved the sensitivity required to probe known TeV gamma-ray sources such as the blazar Markarian 501 in its 1997 flaring state at a level where neutrino and gamma-ray fluxes are equal.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, submitted to PRL
High statistics lattice study of stress tensor correlators in pure SU(3) gauge theory
Creators: name: Borsanyi, Sz.
name: Fodor, Z.
name: Giordano, M.
name: Katz, S. D.
name: Pásztor, A.
name: Ratti, C.
name: Schäfer, A.
name: Szabó, K. K.
name: Tóth, B. C.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: FLOW;
subject: 530 Physik

description: We compute the Euclidean correlators of the stress tensor in pure SU(3) Yang-Mills theory at finite temperature at zero and finite spatial momenta with lattice simulations. We perform continuum extrapolations using N-tau = 10, 12, 16, 20 lattices with renormalized anisotropy 2. We use these correlators to estimate the shear viscosity of the gluon plasma in the deconfined phase. For T = 1.5T(c), we estimate eta/s = 0.17(2) using an ansatz motivated by hydrodynamics.
Nonlinear Screening and Effective Electrostatic Interactions in Charge-Stabilized Colloidal Suspensions
Creators: name: Denton, A. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A nonlinear response theory is developed and applied to electrostatic interactions between spherical macroions, screened by surrounding microions, in charge-stabilized colloidal suspensions. The theory describes leading-order nonlinear response of the microions (counterions, salt ions) to the electrostatic potential of the macroions and predicts microion-induced effective many-body interactions between macroions. A linear response approximation [Phys. Rev. E 62, 3855 (2000)] yields an effective pair potential of screened-Coulomb (Yukawa) form, as well as a one-body volume energy, which contributes to the free energy. Nonlinear response generates effective many-body interactions and essential corrections to both the effective pair potential and the volume energy. By adopting a random-phase approximation (RPA) for the response functions, and thus neglecting microion correlations, practical expressions are derived for the effective pair and triplet potentials and for the volume energy. Nonlinear screening is found to weaken repulsive pair interactions, induce attractive triplet interactions, and modify the volume energy. Numerical results for monovalent microions are in good agreement with available ab initio simulation data and demonstrate that nonlinear effects grow with increasing macroion charge and concentration and with decreasing salt concentration. In the dilute limit of zero macroion concentration, leading-order nonlinear corrections vanish. Finally, it is shown that nonlinear response theory, when combined with the RPA, is formally equivalent to the mean-field Poisson-Boltzmann theory and that the linear response approximation corresponds, within integral-equation theory, to a linearized hypernetted-chain closure.
description: 30 pages, 8 figures, Phys. Rev. E (in press)
Astronuclear Physics: a Tale of the Atomic Nuclei in the Skies
Creators: name: Arnould, M.
name: Goriely, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A century ago, nuclear physics entered astrophysics, giving birth to a new field of science referred to as "Nuclear Astrophysics". With time, it developed at an impressive pace into a vastly inter- and multidisciplinary discipline bringing into its wake not only astronomy and cosmology, but also many other sub-fields of physics, especially particle, solid-state and computational physics, as well as chemistry, geology and even biology. The present Astronuclear Physics review focusses primarily on the facets of nuclear physics that are of relevance to astronomy and astrophysics, the theoretical aspects being of special concern here.
description: 100 pages, 24 figures, accepted for publication in the "Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics" Journal
Optimizing Initialization, Feature Selection, and Tensor Dimension Reduction in Unsupervised Learning: Methods and Applications
Creators: name: Sr., Huyunting Huang
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 490509
subject: Statistical theory
classificationCode: 461106
subject: Semi- and unsupervised learning

description: Unsupervised machine learning (ML) is essential for analyzing complex data without labels. Many challenges have been identified. This dissertation addresses three key challenges: clustering initialization, unsupervised feature selection, and dimension reduction for tensors. The thesis also applies unsupervised ML to the airborne LiDAR data.Chapter 2 introduces an improved initialization strategy for K-Means clustering and Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM). The proposed method improves clustering stability and accuracy.Chapter 3 develops a stepwise unsupervised feature selection framework, called the Forward Partial-Variable Clustering with Full-Variable Loss (FPCFL), to improve clustering performance in high-dimensional data.Chapter 4 focuses on tensor dimension reduction and feature selection in multiway data. It introduces Low-Rank Sparse Tensor Approximation (LRSTA) for efficient data compression and High-Order Orthogonal Decomposition (HOOD) for improved sparsity and interpretability, particularly in large-scale datasets like image and video analysis.Chapter 5 explores unsupervised ML in airborne LiDAR data, applying clustering and dimensionality reduction to enhance ground filtering and object detection in 3D point clouds.This dissertation advances unsupervised ML by improving clustering reliability, optimizing feature selection, and enhancing tensor decomposition, contributing to more effective and scalable data-driven analysis.
Slopes of vector bundles on projective curves and applications to tight closure problems
Creators: name: Brenner, Holger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13A35, 14H60

description: We study different notions of slope of a vector bundle over a smooth projective curve with respect to ampleness and affineness in order to apply this to tight closure problems. This method gives new degree estimates from above and from below for the tight closure of a homogeneous $R_+$-primary ideal in a two-dimensional normal standard-graded algebra $R$ in terms of the minimal and the maximal slope of the sheaf of relations for some ideal generators. If moreover this sheaf of relations is semistable, then both degree estimates coincide and we get a vanishing type theorem.
Post-hoc Analysis of Outcome of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Infarcts of Infratentorial Localization in the WAKE-UP Trial
Creators: name: Galinovic, Ivana
name: Boutitie, Florent
name: Fiebach, Jochen B.
name: Villringer, Kersten
name: Cheng, Bastian
name: Ebinger, Martin
name: Endres, Matthias
name: Fiehler, Jens
name: Ford, Ian
name: Thijs, Vincent
name: Lemmens, Robin
name: Muir, Keith W.
name: Nighoghossian, Norbert
name: Pedraza, Salvador
name: Simonsen, Claus Z.
name: Roy, Pascal
name: Gerloff, Christian
name: Thomalla, Götz
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: infratentorial infarct
subject: infratentorial stroke
subject: intravenous thrombolysis
subject: alteplase
subject: MRI
subject: WAKE-UP
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: InWAKE-UP (Efficacy and Safety of MRI-based Thrombolysis in Wake-Up Stroke), patients with an acute stroke of unknown onset time were randomized to treatment with intravenous alteplase or placebo, guided by MRI. Methods: In this exploratory post-hoc secondary analysis we compared clinical and imaging data, as well as treatment effects and safety of intravenous thrombolysis between patients with infra- vs. supratentorial stroke. Results: Forty-eight out of 503 randomized patients (9.5%) presented with a stroke involving the cerebellum or brainstem. Patients with infratentorial stroke were younger compared to patients with supratentorial stroke (mean age 60 vs. 66 years), more frequently male (85 vs. 62%), and less severely affected (median NIHSS 4.5 vs. 6.0). There was no heterogeneity for treatment effect between supratentorial (OR 1.67 95% CI 1.11–2.51) and infratentorial (OR 1.31 95%CI 0.41–4.22) sub-groups (test for interaction p = 0.70). In patients with infratentorial stroke, favorable outcome [a score of 0–1 on the modified Rankin scale (mRS) at 90 days] was observed in 12/22 patients (54.5%) in the alteplase group and in 13/25 patients (52.0%) in the placebo group (p = 0.59). The primary safety endpoint (death or mRS 4–6 at day 90) occurred in three patients of the alteplase group (13.6%) and three patients in the placebo group (12.0%); p = 0.74. Discussion: WAKE-UP was underpowered for demonstrating treatment effect in subgroup analyses however, based on our current results, there is no evidence to recommend withholding MRI-guided thrombolysis in patients with unknown onset stroke of infratentorial localization.
Fasciosminthurus circumfasciatus subsp. circumfasciatus circumfasciatus (Stach, 1956) sensu Bretfeld 1992
Creators: name: Thibaud, Jean-Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Symphypleona
Bourletiellidae
Fasciosminthurus
Fasciosminthurus circumfasciatus
Fasciosminthurus circumfasciatus circumfasciatus (stach, 1956) sensu bretfeld 1992

description: Fasciosminthurus circumfasciatus circumfasciatus (Stach, 1956) sensu Bretfeld 1992
Deuterosminthurus circumfasciatus Stach, 1956: 176.
Fasciosminthurus circumfasciatus circumfasciatus – Bretfeld 1992: 13.
DISTRIBUTION. — Bouches-du-Rhône. Camargue, La Gacholle, Salinde Badon (Poinsot-Balaguer 1979, Bourletiella circumfasciata).
ÉCOLOGIE. — Poinsot-Balaguer 1979.
description: Published as part of Thibaud, Jean-Marc, 2017, Catalogue des collemboles de France, pp. 297-436 in Zoosystema 39 (3) on page 401, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n3a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5496272
Effect of green banana biomass on anthropometric, biochemical and gastrointestinal variables – a systematic review
Creators: name: da Silva Bomfim, Natália
name: de Souza Ferreira, Renata
name: Silva e Oliveira, Julia
name: de Cássia Gonçalves Alfenas, Rita
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition
subject: Clinical nutriton
subject: Green banana biomass
subject: Systematic review
subject: Unripe banana biomass

description: Banana, a vital source of nutrients for health, with more than 1,000 existing varieties that has a global prominence, is among the most produced, traded and consumed fruits in the world (FAO, 2022). Green bananas in stages I and II of maturation are considered a good source of fiber, vitamins C, pyridoxine, provitamin A, minerals such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, bioactive compounds such as phenolic compounds and resistant starch (CASTELO- BRANCO et al., 2017; FALCOMER et al., 2019). Resistant starch, a component of dietary fiber (MCCLEARY; COX, 2017) non-hydrolyzed by α-amylase and pullulanase, takes different forms, and can be classified into five categories. The type II category of green banana (LOTFOLLAHI et al., 2020) contains starch granules with a type B crystal structure, highly resistant to pancreatic amylase and other digestive enzymes, due to their size, surface shape, amylose content and crystallinity (ENGLYST; KINGMAN; CUMMINGS, 1992; RAIGOND; EZEKIEL; RAIGOND, 2015). Type III resistant starch or retrograded starch is formed once green bananas are cooked. In that type of resistant starch, the chains recrystallize, forming double helices, which aggregate into a highly thermostable type B crystal structure (CHAMP et al., 2003). Thus, the reassociation of starch makes it resistant to hydrolysis by amylase (BROWN, 2004). These structural features confer beneficial physiological effects on health, such as lower postprandial glycemic and insulinemic responses, improved lipid metabolism, increased satiety, improved intestinal health, potential beneficial synergistic interactions with other dietary fibers and components, and increased calcium absorption (BROWN, 2004; DEMARTINO; COCKBURN, 2020). Cooked green banana results in a pulp, known as green banana biomass that can replace fat and enrich products such as bread, pasta, ice cream and foods that contain starch in their composition, keeping the taste and odor unchanged (CASTELO-BRANCO et al., 2017). Due to the benefits of resistant starch and the promising health characteristics of green banana biomass, we are interested in studying this topic. To the best of our knowledge, no published systematic review has compiled the effects of cooking green bananas on anthropometric, biochemical and gastrointestinal variables. There are gaps in the scientific literature on the mechanisms of action, amounts to be consumed to exert such effects and the existence of adverse/toxic effects. Thus, we intend to conduct a systematic review to address these topics.