cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chromo-Stereoscopic Visualisation For Dynamic Marine Operations
Creators: name: ABDEL HAMID, IMAN
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2012
Subjects: Chromostereoscopy
Marine Visualisation
Users
Cartographic Conventions

description: Chromo stereoscopy (CS) is a simple and cost effective 3D system that can easily deliver geospatial information. CS has been used in several scientific data presentations, including remote sensing, physical modelling and hydrographic applications. In some of these applications the 3D effect was solely CS-related, while others integrated CS with other methods of implementing 3D. CS was mainly used in static visualisation, but no dynamic applications were found. Also, the restricted use of colour was acknowledged as a limitation for CS suggesting its unsuitability for applications where colour conventions are significant. This research focuses on CS for the marine applications and aims to (i) investigate users’ perception to CS effect and its interaction with other depth cues, (ii) assess the acceptance of the potential users to the changes in conventional colouring systems, (iii) and evaluate the usability and practicality of CS as an additional visualisation system in dynamic marine applications. To address these, visual scenarios were developed and expert human participants were recruited and interview for the evaluation. CS was well perceived among the participants. The interaction between different depth cues has advantages of increasing the depth perception and comprehending the 3D nature of the surrounding environment. For instance, from a certain view angle where two objects block each other, CS enhances the interposition effect, that indicates which object is in the front and gives a qualitative estimation of the spatial separation between them. Shading increases the realism of surface objects, and provides information for their undulation. It also dilutes the colours used in CS and increases the range of colours perceived and enhances the effect perceived from CS. The advantage of using the colour coding system to indicate distance is a valuable and original outcome of this thesis. This coding improved the participants understanding of the behaviour of moving objects (whether vessels coming closer or drifting apart) and enabled users to locate them in reference to the surrounding topography. Such knowledge is important to attain safer operations in a 3D environment. Accepting changes in colours in a visual presentation is linked to experience gained during interaction with the system, and the changes would be tolerated by the users in favour of improvements in situation awareness. Blind navigation and underwater operations are examples of where CS can be beneficial.
Distributed Coordination of Multi-Microgrids in Active Distribution Networks for Provisioning Ancillary Services
Creators: name: Mallick, Arghya
name: Mishra, Abhishek
name: Hota, Ashish R.
name: Bajpai, Prabodh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: With the phenomenal growth in renewable energy generation, the conventional synchronous generator-based power plants are gradually getting replaced by renewable energy sources-based microgrids. Such transition gives rise to the challenges of procuring various ancillary services from microgrids. We propose a distributed optimization framework that coordinates multiple microgrids in an active distribution network for provisioning passive voltage support-based ancillary services while satisfying operational constraints. Specifically, we exploit the reactive power support capability of the inverters and the flexibility offered by storage systems available with microgrids for provisioning ancillary service support to the transmission grid. We develop novel mixed-integer inequalities to represent the set of feasible active and reactive power exchange with the transmission grid that ensures passive voltage support. The proposed alternating direction method of multipliers-based algorithm is fully distributed, and does not require the presence of a centralized entity to achieve coordination among the microgrids. We present detailed numerical results on the IEEE 33-bus distribution test system to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach and examine the scalability and convergence behavior of the distributed algorithm for different choice of hyperparameters and network sizes.
Boccardiella Blake & Kudenov 1978
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Boccardiella

description: Genus Boccardiella Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Boccardiella ligerica (Ferronnière, 1906) DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Casellato & Stefanon 2008.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Semi-device-independently characterizing quantum temporal correlations
Creators: name: Chen, Shin-Liang
name: Eisert, Jens
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a framework for characterizing quantum temporal correlations in a general temporal scenario, in which an initial quantum state is measured, sent through a quantum channel, and finally measured again. This framework does not make any assumptions on the system nor on the measurements, namely, it is device-independent. It is versatile enough, however, to allow for the addition of further constraints in a semi-device-independent setting. Our framework serves as a natural tool for quantum certification in a temporal scenario when the quantum devices involved are uncharacterized or partially characterized. It can hence also be used for characterizing quantum temporal correlations when one assumes an additional constraint of no-signalling in time, there are upper bounds on the involved systems' dimensions, rank constraints -- for which we prove genuine quantum separations over local hidden variable models -- or further linear constraints. We present a number of applications, including bounding the maximal violation of temporal Bell inequalities, quantifying temporal steerability, bounding the maximum successful probability in quantum randomness access codes.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures, tiny changes, references added, published version
Dipolydora Verrill 1881
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Dipolydora

description: Genus Dipolydora Verrill, 1881
Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880)
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1938; Katzmann 1972; Lardicci 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880.
Dipolydora coeca (Ørsted, 1843)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Polydora coeca Ørsted, 1843
Dipolydora flava (Claparède, 1870) DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Zavodnik et al. 1985; Aleffi et al. 1988; Lardicci 1989; Crema et al. 1991; Požar-Domac 1994; Crema et al. 2000, 2001; Fraschetti et al. 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004, 2007; Simonini et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM28, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM65, BM66, BM77, BM78, BM91, BM92, BM96, BM98, BM99, BM101.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Polydora flava Claparède, 1870.
® Dipolydora giardi (Mesnil, 1893)
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
NEW RECORDS: BM91.
REMARKS: This is the first record from the Adriatic Sea. DEPOSITED MATERIAL: BM91, 0 8.07.2010., 1 spec. (PMR-17635).
Dipolydora quadrilobata (Jacobi, 1883)
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1935; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Lardicci 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on pages 117-118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Field Theory Equivalences as Spans of $L_\infty$-algebras
Creators: name: Farahani, Mehran Jalali
name: Saemann, Christian
name: Wolf, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Semi-classically equivalent field theories are related by a quasi-isomorphism between their underlying $L_\infty$-algebras, but such a quasi-isomorphism is not necessarily a homotopy transfer. We demonstrate that all quasi-isomorphisms can be lifted to spans of $L_\infty$-algebras in which the quasi-isomorphic $L_\infty$-algebras are obtained from a correspondence $L_\infty$-algebra by a homotopy transfer. Our construction is very useful: homotopy transfer is computationally tractable, and physically, it amounts to integrating out fields in a Feynman diagram expansion. Spans of $L_\infty$-algebras allow for a clean definition of quasi-isomorphisms of cyclic $L_\infty$-algebras. Furthermore, they appear naturally in many contexts within physics. As examples, we first consider scalar field theory with interaction vertices blown up in different ways. We then show that (non-Abelian) T-duality can be seen as a span of $L_\infty$-algebras, and we provide full details in the case of the principal chiral model. We also present the relevant span of $L_\infty$-algebras for the Penrose-Ward transform in the context of self-dual Yang-Mills theory and Bogomolny monopoles.
description: 49 pages
The influence of extracts of Ascophvllum nodosum on plant and soil-borne pathogen interactions
Creators: name: CUNHA, FELISBERTA MARIA JESUS
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2002

description: This thesis presents an investigation into the responses to extracts of Ascophyllum nodosum (Maxicrop seaweed extracts - MSE) of two different plants species - wheat and strawberry, and their interactions with two soil-borne pathogens, Gaeumannomyces graminis and Phytophthora fragariae respectively, under various environmental conditions. The responses to MSE using hydroponic, glasshouse and field experiments showed that levels of Take-all infection in wheat were reduced by some of the treatments applied. Repeat experiments showed that consistency of results was poor but a positive trend for disease suppression followed MSE treatments. Studies of strawberry infection by Phytophthora fragariae revealed a significantly reduced level of disease severity in plants grown both in hydroponics and in the growth chamber in response to MSE. In vitro studies of the fungus demonstrated that the seaweed extract treatments severely altered mycelial growth, which drastically reduced formation of sporangia and release of zoo spores. Experiments using β-glucan, β-glucanase and laminarin showed that these could not reproduce the effects observed for MSE treatments suggesting that these components were not responsible for the MSE effect. Applications of potassium salts however, did reproduce the responses observed when applied at concentrations similar to the ones found in the seaweed extract. In these investigations, no significant benefits to non-inoculated strawberry plants could be identified as a response to MSE. Measurement of growth of disease infected plants, however clearly demonstrated that they benefited in terms of growth from the MSE amendments probably as a consequence of the disease suppression obtained.
Compiling Quantum Circuits for Dynamically Field-Programmable Neutral Atoms Array Processors
Creators: name: Tan, Daniel Bochen
name: Bluvstein, Dolev
name: Lukin, Mikhail D.
name: Cong, Jason
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Emerging Technologies (cs.ET)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Dynamically field-programmable qubit arrays (DPQA) have recently emerged as a promising platform for quantum information processing. In DPQA, atomic qubits are selectively loaded into arrays of optical traps that can be reconfigured during the computation itself. Leveraging qubit transport and parallel, entangling quantum operations, different pairs of qubits, even those initially far away, can be entangled at different stages of the quantum program execution. Such reconfigurability and non-local connectivity present new challenges for compilation, especially in the layout synthesis step which places and routes the qubits and schedules the gates. In this paper, we consider a DPQA architecture that contains multiple arrays and supports 2D array movements, representing cutting-edge experimental platforms. Within this architecture, we discretize the state space and formulate layout synthesis as a satisfiability modulo theories problem, which can be solved by existing solvers optimally in terms of circuit depth. For a set of benchmark circuits generated by random graphs with complex connectivities, our compiler OLSQ-DPQA reduces the number of two-qubit entangling gates on small problem instances by 1.7x compared to optimal compilation results on a fixed planar architecture. To further improve scalability and practicality of the method, we introduce a greedy heuristic inspired by the iterative peeling approach in classical integrated circuit routing. Using a hybrid approach that combined the greedy and optimal methods, we demonstrate that our DPQA-based compiled circuits feature reduced scaling overhead compared to a grid fixed architecture, resulting in 5.1X less two-qubit gates for 90 qubit quantum circuits. These methods enable programmable, complex quantum circuits with neutral atom quantum computers, as well as informing both future compilers and future hardware choices.
description: Version accepted by Quantum. 21 pages, 9 figures, 7 tables. An extended abstract was presented at the 41st International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD '22)
Assessing the Adequacy of Natural Science Information: A Bayesian Approach
Creators: name: Adams, R. M.
name: Crocker, Thomas D.
name: Katz, R. W.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1984
Subjects: Economics

description: We apply a Bayesian framework in which the adequacy of natural science information used in setting environmental regulations may be assessed. Informational adequacy is defined as the extent to which the variability in agricultural yield response information affects the probabilities of overestimating ultimately realized economic surplus and thereby failing to plan for a more lax ambient pollution standard, or by underestimating the realized surplus and thereby failing to plan for a stricter ambient standard. For linear and for quadratic yield response functions, the framework is applied to four major U.S. field crops having dissimilar growing requirements and diverse market relations.
Dispio Hartman 1951
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Dispio

description: Genus Dispio Hartman, 1951
®(AL) Dispio uncinata Hartman, 1951
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
NEW RECORDS: BM53.
REMARKS: Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea, with a western Atlantic origin (Zenetos et al. 2010). This is the first record from the Adriatic Sea.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
NITROGEN DYNAMICS IN INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN CENTRAL MEXICO
Creators: name: VELASCO, JOEL VELASCO
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2009

description: Smallholdings (<5 ha) represent 73% of the total agricultural production systems in Mexico. Many are of low productivity, and little quantitative data has been published on the impact of traditional nitrogen (N) management practices on environmental performance at farm scale. Nitrogen is the most important nutrient for increasing crop yields. While the benefits from the use of N fertilizer are self evident, it has resulted in low efficiency of N utilization and environmental problems. This project aimed to assess N dynamics in Integrated Agricultural Systems (lASs) in central Mexico. Nitrogen inputs, outputs and internal transfers were assessed and the impact of selected management practices on nitrogen flow, productivity and environmental performance were analyzed using nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) indices. A predictive framework tool was developed following whole farm methodologies to quantify N flow, and to assess selected (NUE) indices such as 0/1 ratio, N loss, accumulated N, and the change of N in the soil pool at farm scale. Data used for the development of the predictive framework was derived from experimental evaluations of ammonia emissions during vermicomposting, and integrated with data from the literature, together with data from an integrated agricultural systems prototype in Montecillo Mexico. The main N inputs into integrated agricultural systems in the Texcoco region were estimated to be in the following order of significance: biological N fixation (11 - 532), manure (15 - 225), fertilizer (0 - 140) and rainfall water (30 - 35 kg haˉ¹ aˉ¹). The main N outputs were: N losses (70 - 528 kg haˉ¹ aˉ¹) and exported N in marketable products (72 - 338 kg haˉ¹ aˉ¹). Experimentally derived estimates of ammonia emissions during vermicomposting of sheep manure ranged from 10 - 15 kg Mgˉ¹ DM which corresponded to 42 - 47% of the initial N content in the manure substrate. The impact of current management practices showed 0/1 ratios ranging from 0.30 - 0. 76, N losses ranged from 76 to 210 kg haˉ¹ aˉ¹ and N depletion/ accumulation ranged from -25 - 143 kg haˉ¹ aˉ¹. The effect of selected management practices on 0/1 ratio was as follows: crop sequence > stocking density > livestock type > manure management. Whereas for N loss it was stocking density > livestock type > manure management > crop sequence. Higher productivity together with a more benign environmental impact could be attained in smallholder by implementing simple recommended manure management practices at farm scale.
Appendix.pdf
Creators: name: Klaokliang, Theerawat
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 470303
subject: Chinese languages

description: For over four decades, comparative analyses of Thai and Chinese idioms have been conducted, yet a significant gap persists in the examination of idiomatic expressions specific to southern Thai dialects juxtaposed with Chinese equivalents. This study aims to address this gap by scrutinizing the structural and functional parallels and disparities between southern Thai idioms and Chinese idioms. This study curated a corpus of 47 southern Thai idioms incorporating the term /kin/ which had the same meaning as the English word eat, which were then contrasted with 57 Chinese idioms conveying similar meanings. Findings from this comparative analysis underscore the divergent idiomatic conventions inherent in both languages. Moreover, the study elucidates how idiomatic expressions, while bearing equivalent semantic content, may be employed within distinct sociocultural contexts owing to the inherent cultural disparities between the two linguistic traditions. Notably, the idiomatic repertoire of southern Thai dialects exhibits distinct features deviating from those observed in central Thai idioms, which have historically served as the benchmark for comparative investigations in prior academic.
Origin of the Arrow of Time in Quantum Mechanics
Creators: name: Kaloper, Nemanja
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We point out that time's arrow is naturally induced by quantum mechanical evolution, whenever the systems have a very large number ${\cal N}$ of non-degenerate states and a Hamiltonian bounded from below. When ${\cal N}$ is finite, the arrow is imperfect, since evolution can resurrect past states. In the limit ${\cal N} \rightarrow \infty$ the arrow is fixed by the "tooth of time": the decay of excited states induced by {\it spontaneous emission} to the ground state, mediated by interactions and a large number of decay products which carry energy and information to infinity. This applies to individual isolated atoms, and does not require a coupling to a separate large heath bath.
description: 13 pages XeLaTeX, 2 .png figures; expanded discussion, typos fixed, references added, accepted in IJMPD
Intense Green/Yellow Dual-Chromatic Calcium Chlorosilicate Phosphor Ca3SiO4Cl2:Eu2+–Mn2+ for Yellow and White LED, An
Creators: name: Ding, Weijia
name: Wang, Jing
name: Liu, Zongmiao
name: Zhang, Mei
name: Su, Qiang
name: Tang, Jinke
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2008
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

description: A series of intense green/yellow phosphors Ca3SiO4Cl2:Eu2+,Mn2+ was synthesized by a high-temperature solid-state reaction. Their luminescent properties were characterized by means of powder diffuse reflection, photoluminescence excitation and emission spectra, and lifetime and temperature-dependent emission spectra in the temperature range of 10–450 K. The phosphors Ca3SiO4Cl2:Eu2+,Mn2+ show intense broad absorption bands between 250 and 450 nm, matching well with the near-ultraviolet 380–420 nm emission band of InGaN-based chips, and exhibit two dominating bands situated at 512 and 570 nm, ascribed to the allowed 5d → 4f transition of the Eu2+ ion and the 4T1g 4G → 6A1g 6S transition of the Mn2+ ion, respectively. The lifetime of the Eu2+ ion decreases with increasing the concentration of the Mn2+ ion, strongly supporting an efficient energy transfer from Eu2+ to Mn2+. By combining with near-ultraviolet 395 nm InGaN chips, intense yellow light-emitting diodes LEDs with a much lower ultraviolet light leakage were successfully fabricated based on the Ca3SiO4Cl2:Eu2+,Mn2+ phosphor, and intense white LEDs were made based on a blend of blue chlorophosphate phosphor and the green/yellow phosphor Ca3SiO4Cl2:Eu2+,Mn2+. The color coordinate, correlated color temperature Tc, general color-rendering index Ra, and luminous efficiency of the fabricated white LEDs are 0.3281, 0.3071, 6065 K, 84.5, and 11 lm/W, respectively.
Laonice Malmgren 1867
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Laonice

description: Genus Laonice Malmgren, 1867
? Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Gamulin-Brida et al. 1968; Bellan 1969; Orel & Mennea 1969; Zavodnik 1971; Katzmann 1973a; Amoureux 1976; Bellan 1976; Orel et al. 1982; Avčin & Vrišer 1983; Katzmann 1983; Požar- Domac 1983; Gillet 1986; Orel et al. 1987; Aleffi et al. 1988; Lardicci 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Crema et al. 2001; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Ceschia et al. 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Giangrande et al. 2003; Solis- Weiss et al. 2004; Simonini et al. 2005b; Zavodnik et al. 2006; Simonini et al. 2007; Solis-Weiss et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM12, BM13, BM18, BM19, BM20, BM21, BM25, BM28, BM33, BM34, BM36, BM38, BM40, BM42, BM43, BM47, BM48, BM49, BM51, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM78, BM91, BM92, BM98, BM99. REMARKS: It is probable that Adriatic reports of Laonice cirrata actually refer to L. bahusiensis Söderström, 1920 (A. Sikorski, pers. comm.). According to Sikorski (2003), L. bahusiensis is distributed in the NE Atlantic including the Mediterranean Sea, while L. cirrata is not present in the Mediterranan being distributed in the circumpolar area (all the Arctic Ocean) and several areas in the Atlantic and in the Pacific Ocean. Laonice bahusiensis is extremely close to L. cirrata morphologically (the species with which was often confused and synonymized), but differs from it in several distinguishing characters (Sikorski 2003), which, unfortunately, were not observed in the new material reported in this list. Detailed analysis of that material is currently in progress, by A. Sikorski, and until results are obtained, it is preferred to retain records of Laonice in the Adriatic Sea as L. cirrata.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Electrochemical Interaction of Shewanella Oneidensis Mr-1 and Its Outer Membrane Cytochromes Omca and MTRC with Hematite Electrodes
Creators: name: Meitl, L. A.
name: Eggleston, Carrick
name: Colberg, P. J. S.
name: Khare, N.
name: Reardon, C. L.
name: Shi, L.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Bacterial metal reduction is an important biogeochemical process in anaerobic environments. An understanding of electron transfer pathways from dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria (DMRB) to solid phase metal (hydr)oxides is important for understanding metal redox cycling in soils and sediments, for utilizing DMRB in bioremedation, and for developing technologies such as microbial fuel cells. Here we hypothesize that the outer membrane cytochromes OmcA and MtrC from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 are the only terminal reductases capable of direct electron transfer to a hematite working electrode. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used to study electron transfer between hematite electrodes and protein films, S. oneidensis MR-1 wild-type cell suspensions, and cytochrome deletion mutants. After controlling for hematite electrode dissolution at negative potential, the midpoint potentials of adsorbed OmcA and MtrC were measured (-201 mV and -163 mV vs. Ag/AgCl, respectively). Cell suspensions of wild-type MR-1, deletion mutants deficient in OmcA (ΔomcA), MtrC (ΔmtrC), and both OmcA and MtrC (ΔmtrC-ΔomcA) were also studied; voltammograms for ΔmtrC-ΔomcA were indistinguishable from the control. When the control was subtracted from the single deletion mutant voltammograms, redox peaks were consistent with the present cytochrome (i.e., ΔomcA consistent with MtrC and ΔmtrC consistent with OmcA). The results indicate that OmcA and MtrC are capable of direct electron exchange with hematite electrodes, consistent with a role as terminal reductases in the S. oneidensis MR-1 anaerobic respiratory pathway involving ferric minerals. There was no evidence for other terminal reductases operating under the conditions investigated. A Marcus-based approach to electron transfer kinetics indicated that the rate constant for electron transfer k(et) varies from 0.025 s-1 in the absence of a barrier to 63.5 s-1 with a 0.2 eV barrier.
Explaining Deep Learning for ECG Analysis: Building Blocks for Auditing and Knowledge Discovery
Creators: name: Wagner, Patrick
name: Mehari, Temesgen
name: Haverkamp, Wilhelm
name: Strodthoff, Nils
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep neural networks have become increasingly popular for analyzing ECG data because of their ability to accurately identify cardiac conditions and hidden clinical factors. However, the lack of transparency due to the black box nature of these models is a common concern. To address this issue, explainable AI (XAI) methods can be employed. In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of post-hoc XAI methods, investigating the local (attributions per sample) and global (based on domain expert concepts) perspectives. We have established a set of sanity checks to identify sensible attribution methods, and we provide quantitative evidence in accordance with expert rules. This dataset-wide analysis goes beyond anecdotal evidence by aggregating data across patient subgroups. Furthermore, we demonstrate how these XAI techniques can be utilized for knowledge discovery, such as identifying subtypes of myocardial infarction. We believe that these proposed methods can serve as building blocks for a complementary assessment of the internal validity during a certification process, as well as for knowledge discovery in the field of ECG analysis.
Statistical Techniques for Extreme Wave Condition Analysis in Coastal Design
Creators: name: Thompson, Paul
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2009

description: The study of the behaviour of the extreme values of a variable such as wave height is very important in engineering applications such as flood risk assessment and coastal design. Storm wave modelling usually adopts a univariate extreme value theory approach, essentially identifying the extreme observations of one variable and fitting a standard extreme value distribution to these values. Often it is of interest to understand how extremes of a variable such as wave height depend on a covariate such as wave direction. An important associated concept is that of return level, a value that is expected to be exceeded once in a certain time period. The main areas of research discussed in this thesis involve making improvements to the way that extreme observations are identified and to the use of quantile regression as an alternative methodology for understanding the dependence of extreme values on a covariate. Both areas of research provide developments to existing return level methodology so enhancing the accuracy of predicted future storm wave events. We illustrate the methodology that we have developed using both coastal and offshore wave data sets. In particular, we present an automated and computationally inexpensive method to select the threshold used to identify observations for extreme value modelling. Our method is based on the distribution of model parameter estimates across a range of thresholds. We also assess the effect of the uncertainty associated with threshold selection on return level estimation by using a bootstrap procedure. Furthermore, we extend our approach so that the selection of the threshold can also depends on the value of a covariate such as wave direction. As a biproduct of our methodological development we have improved existing techniques for estimating and making inference about the parameters of a standard extreme value distribution. We also present a new technique that extends existing Bayesian quantile regression methodology by modelling the dependence of a quantile of one variable on the values of another using a natural cubic spline. Inference is based on the posterior density of the spline and an associated smoothing parameter and is performed by means of a specially tuned Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm. We show that our nonparametric methodology provides more flexible modelling than the current polynomial based approach for a range of examples.
Effect of Li3N addition by mechanical alloying on Nd2Fe14B—Formation of NdN2, The
Creators: name: Tang, Jinke
name: Troupe, J. E.
name: O'Connor, C. J.
name: Falster, A. U.
name: Simmons, W. B.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1993
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

description: Curie temperatures of R2Fe17 and RTiFe11 (R=rare earths) can be raised drastically by addition of interstitial nitrogen. Can one see similar effects in Nd2Fe14B? This question is particularly interesting because Nd2Fe14B's relatively low Curie temperature has limited its applications in high temperature operations. Nitrogen additions by heat treating Nd2Fe14B in flowing N2 at different temperatures have been reported to raise its Curie temperature by 20-50 °C. We report an attempt of nitriding Nd2Fe14B by mechanical alloying it with Li3N. Our attempt resulted in the formation of a rare form of neodymium nitride, NdN2. The original goal to nitride Nd2Fe14B by mechanical alloying it with Li3N seems to be inapplicable.
Exploring EFL students' prompt engineering in human-AI story writing: an Activity Theory perspective
Creators: name: Woo, David James
name: Guo, Kai
name: Susanto, Hengky
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This study applies Activity Theory to investigate how English as a foreign language (EFL) students prompt generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools during short story writing. Sixty-seven Hong Kong secondary school students created generative-AI tools using open-source language models and wrote short stories with them. The study collected and analyzed the students' generative-AI tools, short stories, and written reflections on their conditions or purposes for prompting. The research identified three main themes regarding the purposes for which students prompt generative-AI tools during short story writing: a lack of awareness of purposes, overcoming writer's block, and developing, expanding, and improving the story. The study also identified common characteristics of students' activity systems, including the sophistication of their generative-AI tools, the quality of their stories, and their school's overall academic achievement level, for their prompting of generative-AI tools for the three purposes during short story writing. The study's findings suggest that teachers should be aware of students' purposes for prompting generative-AI tools to provide tailored instructions and scaffolded guidance. The findings may also help designers provide differentiated instructions for users at various levels of story development when using a generative-AI tool.
description: 44 pages, 9 figures
Tachyon constant-roll inflation in Randall-Sundrum II cosmology
Creators: name: Stojanovic, Marko
name: Bilic, Neven
name: Dimitrijevic, Dragoljub D.
name: Djordjevic, Goran S.
name: Milosevic, Milan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study inflation in a model with constant second slow-roll parameter $η$. In this case, the Hubble expansion rate equation has analytical solutions describing four possible, nontrivial inflation scenarios. The evolution of the inflaton governed by a tachyon field is studied in the framework of the standard and Randall-Sundrum II cosmology. The attractor behavior of the solution is briefly demonstrated. Finally, the calculated values of the parameters $n_{\rm s}$ and $r$ are compared with observational data.
Physics-inspired spatiotemporal-graph AI ensemble for the detection of higher order wave mode signals of spinning binary black hole mergers
Creators: name: Tian, Minyang
name: Huerta, E. A.
name: Zheng, Huihuo
name: Kumar, Prayush
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 68T01, 68T35, 83C35, 83C57

description: We present a new class of AI models for the detection of quasi-circular, spinning, non-precessing binary black hole mergers whose waveforms include the higher order gravitational wave modes $(l, |m|)=\{(2, 2), (2, 1), (3, 3), (3, 2), (4, 4)\}$, and mode mixing effects in the $l = 3, |m| = 2$ harmonics. These AI models combine hybrid dilated convolution neural networks to accurately model both short- and long-range temporal sequential information of gravitational waves; and graph neural networks to capture spatial correlations among gravitational wave observatories to consistently describe and identify the presence of a signal in a three detector network encompassing the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors. We first trained these spatiotemporal-graph AI models using synthetic noise, using 1.2 million modeled waveforms to densely sample this signal manifold, within 1.7 hours using 256 A100 GPUs in the Polaris supercomputer at the ALCF. Our distributed training approach had optimal performance, and strong scaling up to 512 A100 GPUs. With these AI ensembles we processed data from a three detector network, and found that an ensemble of 4 AI models achieves state-of-the-art performance for signal detection, and reports two misclassifications for every decade of searched data. We distributed AI inference over 128 GPUs in the Polaris supercomputer and 128 nodes in the Theta supercomputer, and completed the processing of a decade of gravitational wave data from a three detector network within 3.5 hours. Finally, we fine-tuned these AI ensembles to process the entire month of February 2020, which is part of the O3b LIGO/Virgo observation run, and found 6 gravitational waves, concurrently identified in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo data, and zero false positives. This analysis was completed in one hour using one A100 GPU.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, and 3 tables
Formulation of the Electric Vehicle Charging and Routing Problem for a Hybrid Quantum-Classical Search Space Reduction Heuristic
Creators: name: de Andoin, M. Garcia
name: Bottarelli, A.
name: Schmitt, S.
name: Oregi, I.
name: Hauke, P.
name: Sanz, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Combinatorial optimization problems have attracted much interest in the quantum computing community in the recent years as a potential testbed to showcase quantum advantage. In this paper, we show how to exploit multilevel carriers of quantum information -- qudits -- for the construction of algorithms for constrained quantum optimization. These systems have been recently introduced in the context of quantum optimization and they allow us to treat more general problems than the ones usually mapped into qubit systems. In particular, we propose a hybrid classical quantum heuristic strategy that allows us to sample constrained solutions while greatly reducing the search space of the problem, thus optimizing the use of fewer quantum resources. As an example, we focus on the Electric Vehicle Charging and Routing Problem (EVCRP). We translate the classical problem and map it into a quantum system, obtaining promising results on a toy example which shows the validity of our technique.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures. Accepted at the 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems ITSC 2023. Mistake on affiliations and acknowledgements corrected
Malacoceros Quatrefages 1843
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Malacoceros

description: Genus Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843
Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1869)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Laubier 1962; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Cognetti-Varriale & Zunarelli-Vandini 1978; Vrišer 1979; Vrišer et al. 1981; Vrišer 1984; Parisi et al. 1985; Zavodnik et al. 1985; Lardicci 1989; Gherardi et al. 1993; Giangrande & Rubino 1994; Požar-Domac 1994; Crema et al. 2000; Orel et al. 2001; Piscitelli et al. 2001; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Ponti & Abbiati 2004; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004; Prevedelli et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM23, BM24, BM25, BM29, BM30, BM31, BM32, BM33, BM35, BM36, BM37, BM56, BM57, BM59.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Scolelepis fuliginosa (Claparède, 1870).
Malacoceros vulgaris (Johnston, 1827)
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Lardicci 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Simonini et al. 2005a, 2007; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM52.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Malacoceros girardi Quatrefages, 1843.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Mirror QCD phase transition as the origin of the nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background
Creators: name: Zu, Lei
name: Zhang, Chi
name: Li, Yao-Yu
name: Gu, Yu-Chao
name: Tsai, Yue-Lin Sming
name: Fan, Yi-Zhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) collaborations have recently provided strong evidence for a nHz Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background (SGWB). Here we investigate the implications of a first-order phase transition occurring within the early universe's dark quantum chromodynamics (dQCD) epoch, specifically within the framework of the mirror twin Higgs dark sector model. Our analysis indicates a distinguishable SGWB signal originating from this phase transition, which can explain the measurements obtained by PTAs. Remarkably, a significant portion of the parameter space for the SGWB signal also effectively resolves the existing tensions in both the $H_0$ and $S_8$ measurements in Cosmology. This intriguing correlation suggests a possible common origin of these three phenomena for $0.2 < ΔN_{\rm eff} < 0.5$, where the mirror dark matter component constitutes about $30\%$ of the total dark matter abundance. Next generation CMB experiment such as CMB-S4 is able to test this parameter region.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Optimum swimming pathways of fish spawning migrations in rivers
Creators: name: McElroy, Brandon
name: DeLonay, Aaron J.
name: Jacobson, Robert B.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2012
Subjects: Energetics
Energy expenditures
Fluvial velocity fields
Least cost
Least-cost migratory pathways
Migration
Missouri River USA
Pallid sturgeon
Scaphirynchus albus
Spawning migration

description: Fishes that swim upstream in rivers to spawn must navigate complex fluvial velocity fields to arrive at their ultimate locations. One hypothesis with substantial implications is that fish traverse pathways that minimize their energy expenditure during migration. Here we present the methodological and theoretical developments necessary to test this and similar hypotheses. First, a cost function is derived for upstream migration that relates work done by a fish to swimming drag. The energetic cost scales with the cube of a fish's relative velocity integrated along its path. By normalizing to the energy requirements of holding a position in the slowest waters at the path's origin, a cost function is derived that depends only on the physical environment and not on specifics of individual fish. Then, as an example, we demonstrate the analysis of a migration pathway of a telemetrically tracked pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Missouri River (USA). The actual pathway cost is lower than 105 random paths through the surveyed reach and is consistent with the optimization hypothesis. The implication-subject to more extensive validation-is that reproductive success in managed rivers could be increased through manipulation of reservoir releases or channel morphology to increase abundance of lower-cost migration pathways.
Charge Order Evolution of Superconducting BaNi2As2 Under High Pressure
Creators: name: Collini, John
name: Campbell, Daniel J.
name: Sneed, Daniel
name: Saraf, Prathum
name: Eckberg, Christopher
name: Jeffries, Jason
name: Butch, Nicholas
name: Paglione, Johnpierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: BaNi$_2$As$_2$, a non-magnetic superconductor counterpart to BaFe$_2$As$_2$, has been shown to develop nematic order, multiple charge orders, and a dramatic six-fold enhancement of superconductivity via isovalent chemical substitution of Sr for Ba. Here we present high pressure single-crystal and powder x-ray diffraction measurements of BaNi$_2$As$_2$ to study the effects of tuning lattice density on the evolution of charge order in this system. Single-crystal X-ray experiments track the evolution of the incommensurate (Q=0.28) and commensurate (Q=0.33 and Q=0.5) charge orders, and the tetragonal-triclinic distortion as a function of temperature up to pressures of 10.4 GPa, and powder diffraction experiments at 300 K provide lattice parameters up to 17 GPa. We find that applying pressure to BaNi$_2$As$_2$ produces a similar evolution of structural and charge-ordered phases as found as a function of chemical pressure in Ba$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$Ni$_2$As$_2$ , with coexisting commensurate charge orders appearing on increasing pressure. These phases also exhibit a similar abrupt cutoff at a critical pressure of (9 $\pm$ 0.5) GPa, where powder diffraction experiments indicate a collapse of the tetragonal structure at higher temperatures. We discuss the relationship between this collapsed tetragonal phase and the discontinuous phase boundary observed at the optimal substitution value for superconductivity in Ba$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$Ni$_2$As$_2$
description: 7 pages, 6 figures
Microspio Mesnil 1896
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Microspio

description: Genus Microspio Mesnil, 1896
Microspio mecznikowiana (Claparède, 1869)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Kiseleva 1964; Katzmann 1971, 1972, 1973a, 1983; Gillet 1986; Lardicci 1989; Požar- Domac 1994; Maggiore & Keppel 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM12.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Microspio mecznikowianus (Claparède, 1869); Spio mecznikowianus (Claparède, 1868); Paraspio mecznikowianus (Claparède, 1868).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Obligatory Urea Production and the Cost of Living in the Magadi Tilapia Revealed by Acclimation to Reduced Salinity and Alkalinity
Creators: name: Wood, C. M.
name: Wilson, P.
name: Bergman, Harold
name: Bergman, A. N.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Alcolapia grahami is a unique ureotelic tilapia that lives in the highly alkaline, saline Lake Magadi, Kenya (pH, ~10.0; alkalinity, ~380 mmol L-1; Na+, ~350 mmol L-1; Cl-, ~110 mmol L-1; osmolality, ~580 mosm kg-1). The fish survived well upon gradual exposure to dilute lake water (down to 1%, essentially freshwater). Urea excretion continued, and there was no ammonia excretion despite favorable conditions, indicating that ureotelism is obligatory. Levels of most ornithine-urea cycle enzymes in the liver were unchanged relative to controls kept for the same period in 100% lake water. The fish exhibited good abilities for hypo- and hyperregulation, maintaining plasma Na+, Cl-, and osmolality at levels typical of marine and freshwater teleosts in 100% and 1% lake water, respectively. Plasma total CO2 did not change with environmental dilution. Routine oxygen consumption (Mo2) was extremely high in 100% lake water but decreased by 40%-68% after acclimation to dilute lake water. At every fixed swimming speed, Mo2 was significantly reduced (by 50% at high speeds), and critical swimming speed was elevated in fish in 10% lake water relative to 100% lake water. Osmotic and Cl- concentration gradients from water to plasma were actually increased, and osmotic and Na+ gradients were reversed, in 10% and 1% dilutions relative to 100% lake water, whereas acid-base gradients were greatly reduced. We suggest that approximately 50% of the animal's high metabolic demand originates from the cost of acid-base regulation in the highly alkaline Lake Magadi. When this load is reduced by environmental dilution, the energy saved can be diverted to enhanced swimming performance.