cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CROMOS: A cryogenic near-infrared, multi-object spectrometer for the VLT
Creators: name: Genzel, R.
name: Hofmann, R.
name: Tomono, D.
name: Thatte, N.
name: Eisenhauer, F.
name: Lehnert, M.
name: Tecza, M.
name: Bender, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a cryogenic, multi-object near-infrared spectrometer as a second generation instrument for the VLT. The spectrometer combines 20 to 40 independent integral eld units (IFUs), which can be positioned by a cryogenic robot over the entire unvignetted eld of the VLT (~7'). Each IFU consists of a contiguous cluster of 20 to 30 pixels (0.15 to 0.25" per pixel). The individual IFUs have cold fore-optics and couple into the spectrograph with integrated bers-microlenses. The spectrometer has lambda/d-lambda~4000 and simultaneously covers the J-, H-, and K-bands with three HAWAII 2 detectors. The system is designed for operation both in seeing limited and MCAO modes. Its speed is approximately 3500 times greater than that of ISAAC and 60 times greater than NIRMOS (in H-band). The proposed instrument aims at a wide range of science, ranging from studies of galaxies/clusters in the high-z Universe (dynamics and star formation in z>1 galaxies, evolution of ellipticals, properties of distant, obscured far-IR and X-ray sources), to investigations of nearby starbursts, star clusters and properties of young low mass stars and brown dwarfs.
description: 11 pages LaTeX, 7 postscript figures. To be published in the Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation held in Garching, Germany, 11-15 June 2001
Evarcha maculata Rollard & Wesołowska 2002, n. sp.
Creators: name: Rollard, Christine
name: Wesołowska, Wanda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Evarcha
Evarcha maculata

description: Evarcha maculata n. sp.
(Fig. 6)
TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: Mountain Leclerc, 900 m a.s.l., on the ground, 24.III.1991, leg. C. Rollard,; paratype: together with holotype, 1.
A B C
ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is Latin for “spotted”, and refers to the abdominal pattern of this species.
DIAGNOSIS. — The male may be distinguished by the short embolus and the shape of the tibial apophysis. The female differs from other species by details of the internal structure of the epigyne, especially by the course of the seminal ducts.
DESCRIPTION
 Male. Measurements: carapace length 1.7, width 1.2, height 0.8. Abdomen length 1.4, width 1.0. Eye field length 0.7, anterior width 1.1, posterior width 1.2. Eye field brown, two black patches in its centre, eye surrounds black. Thorax light brown, darker on slopes. Few brownish hairs on carapace, longer bristles near eyes. Small yellowish scales around anterior eyes. White hairs cover clypeus. Chelicerae and labium brown, sternum and maxillae yellowish-orange. Abdomen brownish with irregular median streak composed of yellowish patches; abdominal pattern resembles E. certa n. sp. Venter yellow, with wide median brownish streak and two narrow lines laterally. Sparse bristles at anterior abdominal margins. Spinnerets brown. Legs light brown with two darker rings on femora, and darker apical parts of remaining leg segments. Leg hairs brown and greyish, spines long. Pedipalp shown in Fig. 6 A-C. Embolus very short, bulbus with big posterior lobe, tibial apophysis straight, pointed.
Female. Measurements: carapace length 1.8, width 1.4, height 0.7. Abdomen length 1.8, width 1.1. Eye field length 0.8, anterior width 1.2, posterior width 1.3. Like male, but coloration lighter. Carapace light brown, only eye surroundings black. Clypeus brownish. Abdominal pattern as in male, but clearly lighter, not contrasting. Brown hairs cover abdomen, longer and bushier at anterior edge. Spinnerets grey. Legs yellowish-orange. Epigyne strongly sclerotized with two pockets near epigastric furrow (Fig. 6D). Receptacles multi-chambered (Fig. 6E, F).
description: Published as part of Rollard, Christine & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2002, Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, pp. 283-307 in Zoosystema 24 (2) on pages 290-292, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5394616
Beyond contingency awareness: the role of influence awareness in resisting conditioned attitudes
Creators: name: Sava, Florin A.
name: B. Keith Payne
name: Măgurean, Silvia
name: Iancu, Daniel E.
name: Rusu, Andrei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Evaluative conditioning procedures change people’s evaluations of stimuli that are paired with pleasant or unpleasant items. To test whether influence awareness allows people to resist such persuasive attempts, we conducted three experiments. In the first two experiments featuring low levels of influence awareness (N1 = 96, N2 = 93) we manipulated the degree of control people have in expressing their attitudes, by providing participants in one condition with the option to “pass” rather than respond, when they felt influenced in their evaluations of conditioned stimuli. In the third experiment (N3 = 240) we manipulated the level of influence awareness by using a warning instruction similar to the one found in prior controllability studies, while giving everyone the option to pass the evaluation when they felt influenced. All studies found that participants often failed to use the skip option to exert control over conditioned preferences. In some cases, this may be because participants failed to notice the pairings, but in most cases because participants lacked awareness that the pairings could influence them. Even when explicitly warned that the pairings could influence them, participants seemed to believe that they were not vulnerable to such effects.
The future of stellar occultations by distant solar system bodies: perspectives from the Gaia astrometry and the deep sky surveys
Creators: name: Camargo, Julio
name: Desmars, Josselin
name: Braga-Ribas, Felipe
name: Vieira-Martins, Roberto
name: Assafin, Marcelo
name: Sicardy, Bruno
name: Bérard, Diane
name: Benedetti-Rossi, Gustavo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Distant objects in the solar system are crucial to better understand the history and evolution of its outskirts. The stellar occultation technique allows the determination of their sizes and shapes with kilometric accuracy, a detailed investigation of their immediate vicinities, as well as the detection of tenuous atmospheres. The prediction of such events is a key point in this study, and yet accurate enough predictions are available to a handful of objects only. In this work, we briefly discuss the dramatic impact that both the astrometry from the Gaia space mission and the deep sky surveys -- the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in particular -- will have on the prediction of stellar occultations and how they may influence the future of the study of distant small solar system bodies through this technique.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, ACM2017
Global m=1 modes and migration of protoplanetary cores in eccentric protoplanetary discs
Creators: name: Papaloizou, J. C. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate global $m=1$ modes with low pattern speed corresponding to introducing a finite eccentricity into a protoplanetary disc. We consider disc models which are either isolated or contain one or two protoplanets orbiting in an inner cavity. Global modes that are strongly coupled to inner protoplanets are found to have disc orbits which tend to have apsidal lines antialigned with respect to those of the inner protoplanets. Other modes corresponding to free disc modes may be global over a large range of length scales and accordingly be long lived. We consider the motion of a protoplanet in the earth mass range embedded in an eccentric disc and determine the equilibrium orbits which maintain fixed apsidal alignment with respect to the disc gas orbits. Equilibrium eccentricities are found to be comparable or possibly exceed the disc eccentricity. We then approximately calculate the tidal interaction with the disc in order to estimate the orbital migration rate. Results are found to deviate from the case of axisymmetric disc with near circular protoplanet orbit once eccentricities of protoplanet and disc orbits become comparable to the disc aspect ratio in magnitude. Aligned protoplanet orbits with very similar eccentricity to that of the gas disc are found to undergo litle eccentricity change while undergoing inward migration in general. However, for significantly larger orbital eccentricities, migration may be significantly reduced or even reverse from inwards to outwards. Thus the existence of global non circular motions in discs with radial excursions comparable to the semi-thickness may have important consequences for the migration and survival of protoplanetary cores in the earth mass range.
description: Accepted for publication by A & A
title: A Methodology and System For Big-Thick Data Collection
Creators: name: Kayongo, Ivan
name: Zhao, Haonan
name: Malcotti, Leonardo
name: Giunchiglia, Fausto
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Personal data collection
subject: Human-aware AI
subject: Big-thick data
subject: Context
subject: data quality

description: Pervasive sensors have become essential in research for gathering real-world data. However, current studies often focus solely on objective data, neglecting subjective human contributions. We introduce an approach and system for collecting big-thick data, combining extensive sensor data (big data) with qualitative human feedback (thick data). This fusion enables effective collaboration between humans and machines, allowing machine learning to benefit from human behavior and interpretations. Emphasizing data quality, our system incorporates continuous monitoring and adaptive learning mechanisms to optimize data collection timing and context, ensuring relevance, accuracy, and reliability. The system comprises three key components: a) a tool for collecting sensor data and user feedback, b) components for experiment planning and execution monitoring, and c) a machine-learning component that enhances human-machine interaction.
FriiTriga, a triggered controller with an optical beam shutter using a hard disk drive voice-coil actuator.
Creators: name: Douti, Dam-Bé L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: trigger controller
lowcost
optical shutter
optomechanics

description: We present in this article the complete setup to build a triggered controller with a mechanical optical shutter. The system is a low cost, Do-It-Yourself, and easy to implement setup with three functionalities: Manual mode, Direct mode with TTL signal command and Triggered mode with a TTL signal command.  Our setup is primary intended to be integrated in optical setup where one need to control the opening time of a light path, but can be used also for any other setup where one wants to send a TTL signal to command another subsystem (in our case the shutter is that subsystem). The shutter we use here is hard disk drive voice-coil actuator, which was already demonstrated to have interesting potentialities to be a mechanical shutter.

In the Manual mode, our setup achieves an opening and closing time of 3ms. In Direct mode with TTL signal command, the setup has a delay response time of 19ms and a minimum open pulse time of 23ms. This low cost device which can be made with less than 50€, have similar characteristics with commercial ones which can be twenty times more expensive.
Generalized domino-shuffling
Creators: name: Propp, James
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C70; 05C85

description: The problem of counting tilings of a plane region using specified tiles can often be recast as the problem of counting (perfect) matchings of some subgraph of an Aztec diamond graph A_n, or more generally calculating the sum of the weights of all the matchings, where the weight of a matching is equal to the product of the (pre-assigned) weights of the constituent edges (assumed to be non-negative). This article presents efficient algorithms that work in this context to solve three problems: finding the sum of the weights of the matchings of a weighted Aztec diamond graph A_n; computing the probability that a randomly-chosen matching of A_n will include a particular edge (where the probability of a matching is proportional to its weight); and generating a matching of A_n at random. The first of these algorithms is equivalent to a special case of Mihai Ciucu's cellular complementation algorithm and can be used to solve many of the same problems. The second of the three algorithms is a generalization of not-yet-published work of Alexandru Ionescu, and can be employed to prove an identity governing a three-variable generating function whose coefficients are all the edge-inclusion probabilities; this formula has been used as the basis for asymptotic formulas for these probabilities, but a proof of the generating function identity has not hitherto been published. The third of the three algorithms is a generalization of the domino-shuffling algorithm described by Elkies, Kuperberg, Larsen and Propp; it enables one to generate random ``diabolo-tilings of fortresses'' and thereby to make intriguing inferences about their asymptotic behavior.
description: 18 pages; to appear in Theoretical Computer Science special issue on tilings
Additional file 1 of The association between population health management tools and clinician burnout in the United States VA primary care patient-centered medical home
Creators: name: Wang, Jane
name: Leung, Lucinda
name: Jackson, Nicholas
name: McClean, Michael
name: Rose, Danielle
name: Lee, Martin L.
name: Stockdale, Susan E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Carbon Recombination Lines from the Galactic Plane at 34.5 & 328 MHz
Creators: name: Kantharia, N. G.
name: Anantharamaiah, K. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of a search for carbon recombination lines in the Galaxy at 34.5 MHz (C$575α$) made using the dipole array at Gauribidanur near Bangalore. Observations made towards 32 directions, led to detections of lines in absorption at nine positions. Followup observations at 328 MHz (C$272α$) using the Ooty Radio Telescope detected these lines in emission. A VLA D-array observation of one of the positions at 330 MHz yielded no detection implying a lower limit of 10' for the angular size of the line forming region. The longitude-velocity distribution of the observed carbon lines indicate that the line forming region are located mainly between 4 kpc and 7 kpc from the Galactic centre. Combining our results with published carbon recombination line data near 76 MHz (\nocite{erickson:95} Erickson \et 1995) we obtain constraints on the physical parameters of the line forming regions. We find that if the angular size of the line forming regions is $\ge 4^{\circ}$, then the range of parameters that fit the data are: \Te $= 20-40$ K, \ne $\sim 0.1-0.3$ \cm3 and pathlengths $\sim 0.07-0.9$ pc which may correspond to thin photo-dissociated regions around molecular clouds. On the other hand, if the line forming regions are $\sim 2^{\circ}$ in extent, then warmer gas (\Te $\sim 60-300$ K) with lower electron densities (\ne $\sim 0.03-0.05$ \cm3) extending over several tens of parsecs along the line of sight and possibly associated with atomic \HI gas can fit the data. Based on the range of derived parameters, we suggest that the carbon line regions are most likely associated with photo-dissociation regions.
description: To appear in Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy, March 2001
Natta chionogastra
Creators: name: Rollard, Christine
name: Wesołowska, Wanda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Natta
Natta chionogastra

description: Natta chionogastra (Simon, 1901)
 Cyllobelus chionogaster Simon, 1901: 151.
 Natta chionogastra – Prószyński 1985: 80. — Wesołowska 1993b: 18.
 Cyllobelus australis – Peckham & Peckham 1903: 194.
 Natta australis – Prószyński 1985: 83.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Road to Bié, 1000 m a.s.l., meadow, 5.XII.1951, leg. M. Lamotte & R. Roy, 1.
DISTRIBUTION. — A species widely distributed in the Afrotropical Region.
description: Published as part of Rollard, Christine & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2002, Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, pp. 283-307 in Zoosystema 24 (2) on page 301, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5394616
title: Multi-level Personalised Federated Learning: A concept for data sovereign machine learning in digital agriculture
Creators: name: Hussaini, Mortesa
name: Stein, Anthony
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Client-Drift
subject: Data Sovereignty
subject: Digital Agriculture
subject: Distributed Machine Learning
subject: Personalised Federated Learning

description: Securing food supply and protecting the environment at the same time are two of the major challenges modern agriculture is facing. Research into Artificial Intelligence has seen an enormous increase in interest and potential fields of application. In agriculture, farmers can benefit enormously from this technology. However, the diverse potential is also contrasted by a number of socio-economic concerns and challenges. This aspect needs to be addressed in order to foster a trustworthy use and proliferation of AI applications in socio-technical systems, such as digital agriculture. Federated Learning is a ML paradigm that constitutes a promising solution to this challenge. However, in agricultural use cases exhibiting high degrees of data heterogeneity, client-drift can occur and needs to be addressed. In this concept paper, we propose the advancement of Personalised Federated Learning with multiple levels of sub-federations as a potential solution.
Shearing deformations of Hitchin representations and the Atiyah-Bott-Goldman symplectic form
Creators: name: Zeybek, Hatice
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The Hitchin component Hit_n(S) of a closed surface S is a preferred component of the character variety X_PSL_n(R)(S) consisting of homomorphisms from the fundamental group pi_1(S) to the Lie group PSL_n(R)(S), whose elements enjoy remarkable geometric and dynamical properties. We consider a certain type of deformations of the elements of Hit_n(S), called shearing deformations, and compute their pairing for the Atiyah-Bott-Goldman symplectic form of the character variety.
description: 25 pages
Lyman Break Galaxies and the Reionization of the Intergalactic Medium
Creators: name: Ferguson, Henry C.
name: Dickinson, Mark
name: Papovich, Casey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Near-infrared observations of Lyman-break galaxies at redshifts z~3 are beginning to provide constraints on ages, star-formation histories, dust content, metallicities, and stellar masses. At present, uncertainties of more than an order of magnitude are typical for many of these parameters. It is nonetheless interesting to ask what the stellar-population models imply for the existence and luminosities of Lyman-break galaxies at higher redshift. To this end we examine the inferred star-formation rates in two well-studied samples of galaxies as a function of redshift out to z = 10 for various best-fit and limiting cases. Taken at face value, the generally young ages (typically 10^8 +- 0.5 yr) of the z = 3 Lyman break galaxies imply that their stars were not present much beyond z=4. By z = 6 the cosmic star-formation rate from the progenitors of these galaxies is less than 10% of star-formation rate at z=3 +- 0.5, even for maximally-old models, provided the derivative of the star-formation rate SFR(t) is monotonic. The escaping Lyman-continuum radiation from such galaxies would be insufficient to reionize the IGM. Thus other sources of ionizing photons (e.g. very massive population III stars) may be needed, and the more normal Lyman-break galaxies may be a phenomenon confined to redshifts z
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ, Letters. 12 pages, 2 figures
Rhene formosa Rollard & Wesołowska 2002, n. sp.
Creators: name: Rollard, Christine
name: Wesołowska, Wanda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Rhene
Rhene formosa

description: Rhene formosa n. sp.
(Fig. 16)
TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: Mountain Leclerc, 1550 m a.s.l., on ground in low vegetation, 23.III.1991, leg. C. Rollard,; paratype: same locality, 1250 m a.s.l., 23.III.1991, leg. C. Rollard, 1.
ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is Latin for “shapely”, and refers to the body shape of this species.
 DIAGNOSIS. — The female of this species may be separated from other members of the genus by its considerably longer and thinner seminal ducts and the extremely heavily sclerotized surroundings of the copulatory openings. The internal structure of the epigyne slightly resembles Zeuxippus pallidus Thorell, 1895, but the latter species has weakly sclerotized vicinity of the gonopores (see Zabka 1985).
DESCRIPTION
Male unknown.
Female. Measurements: carapace length 2.2, width 2.1, height 0.9. Abdomen length 3.5, width 2.3. Eye field length 1.3, anterior width 1.3, posterior width 2.1. General appearance as in Fig. 16A. Carapace very flat and wide, with large trapezoid eye field. Coloration of carapace dark brown, eyes surrounded by black. Ocular area punctured reticulate. Brown and grey hairs cover carapace. White hairs form very narrow line behind eyes of first row, at anterior edge of carapace. Clypeus very low, dark. Chelicerae dark brown, two teeth on promargin and one on retromargin. Labium and maxillae brown. Abdomen elongated, light beige with silver lustre, only traces of brownish pattern anteriorly. Venter light brown. Sparse brown hairs on abdomen, denser and longer at its anterior edge. Spinnerets brown. Legs brownish. First pair thickest, larger and darker than remaining ones, with long hairs on ventral surfaces of their patellae and tibiae. Epigyne large, strongly sclerotized, with shallow depression centrally (Fig. 16B). Copulatory openings hidden in very strongly sclerotized “baskets”, seminal ducts long and thin (Fig. 16C).
description: Published as part of Rollard, Christine & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2002, Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, pp. 283-307 in Zoosystema 24 (2) on pages 304-305, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5394616
On the bias of H-scores for comparing biclusters, and how to correct it
Creators: name: Di Iorio, Jacopo
name: Chiaromonte, Francesca
name: Cremona, Marzia A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the last two decades several biclustering methods have been developed as new unsupervised learning techniques to simultaneously cluster rows and columns of a data matrix. These algorithms play a central role in contemporary machine learning and in many applications, e.g. to computational biology and bioinformatics. The H-score is the evaluation score underlying the seminal biclustering algorithm by Cheng and Church, as well as many other subsequent biclustering methods. In this paper, we characterize a potentially troublesome bias in this score, that can distort biclustering results. We prove, both analytically and by simulation, that the average H-score increases with the number of rows/columns in a bicluster. This makes the H-score, and hence all algorithms based on it, biased towards small clusters. Based on our analytical proof, we are able to provide a straightforward way to correct this bias, allowing users to accurately compare biclusters.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures
Four-Weight Spin Models and Jones Pairs
Creators: name: Chan, Ada
name: Godsil, Chris
name: Munemasa, Akihiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05E30

description: We introduce and discuss Jones pairs. These provide a generalization and a new approach to the four-weight spin models of Bannai and Bannai. We show that each four-weight spin model determines a ``dual'' pair of association schemes.
Additional file 1: of The landscape of myeloid and astrocyte phenotypes in acute multiple sclerosis lesions
Creators: name: Park, Calvin
name: Ponath, Gerald
name: Levine-Ritterman, Maya
name: Bull, Edward
name: Swanson, Eric
name: Jager, Philip De
name: Segal, Benjamin
name: Pitt, David
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary tables and figures referred to in the article text. (DOCX 16375 kb)
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and Morphology of Galaxy Clusters
Creators: name: Piffaretti, R.
name: Jetzer, Ph.
name: Puy, D.
name: Schindler, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the influence of the finite extension and the aspherical geometry of a galaxy cluster on the estimate of the Hubble constant through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. An analysis of a recent CHANDRA image of the galaxy cluster RBS797 indicates a strong ellipticity and thus a pronounced aspherical geometry. We estimate the total mass of RBS797 assuming spherical or ellipsoidal geometry and show that in the latter case the mass is about 10-17 % less than the one inferred for a spherical shape.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, Poster presented at 2K1BC Workshop, July 9-12 2001, Breuil-Cervinia (Italy)
title: Photogrammetric Analysis for Accurate Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Mudhafaria Minaret in Erbil (Kurdistan Region of Iraq)
Creators: name: Mustafa, Sima
name: Qader, Aland
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cultural Heritage
subject: Mudhafaria Minaret
subject: Choli Minaret
subject: Photogrammetry
subject: Digital Reconstruction
subject: 3D Model

description: This paper presents a photogrammetry-based approach for the digital reconstruction of the Mudhafaria Minaret in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Hundreds of two-dimensional images were transformed into a detailed three-dimensional model of the minaret using photogrammetric methods and software. The photographs were captured from various perspectives, making sure that all angles of the minaret were documented. The data were then uploaded onto specialized software that generated a detailed 3D model. The employment of three-dimensional scanning makes it possible to conserve cultural assets and accurately chronicle historical events with greater ease. Through the use of digital reconstruction, we are able to acquire a more in-depth comprehension of our shared history, as well as a deeper respect for it. In order to achieve this goal, it’s necessary for us to demonstrate that photogrammetry is not only dependable but also flexible for use in the field of cultural heritage.
title: Scenario-based Data Set Generation for Use in Digital Forensics: A Case Study
Creators: name: Göbel, Thomas
name: Baier, Harald
name: Wolf, Dennis
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Digital forensic data set
subject: Digital corpora
subject: Synthetic data
subject: Ground truth data
subject: Labeled data set
subject: Data set generation
subject: Data set creation
subject: Data synthesis framework
subject: ForTrace

description: Digital forensics is a rapidly growing and highly relevant field of cybersecurity. In case of an incident, the subsequent digital forensic investigation and analysis shall reveal the respective digital evidence. However, although electronic devices and their data play a central role in each crime investigation, data sets to train experts or to validate tools are sparse. While manual data set generation is a time-consuming, elaborate and error-prone task, tool-based data synthesis is an excellent candidate for simplifying data generation and solving the data set gap problem. Synthetic data sets can be used, for example, to test and refine forensic tools and methods under controlled conditions. In addition, entirely new approaches can be explored. Several promising data synthesis frameworks for digital forensic data set creation have been published lately, the most recent of which is ForTrace, a freely available, community-driven data synthesis framework written in Python for generating digital forensic data sets. This paper shows how to apply ForTrace in a large-scale manner without human interaction. Our main goal is to show the usability of ForTrace and demonstrate its practicality and benefits for the digital forensic domain. We therefore provide a sample usage of ForTrace in two scenarios, namely a VeraCrypt and a malware use case, and present the definition of the corresponding configurations.
Predicting and interpreting embeddings for out of vocabulary words in downstream tasks
Creators: name: Garneau, Nicolas
name: Leboeuf, Jean-Samuel
name: Lamontagne, Luc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a novel way to handle out of vocabulary (OOV) words in downstream natural language processing (NLP) tasks. We implement a network that predicts useful embeddings for OOV words based on their morphology and on the context in which they appear. Our model also incorporates an attention mechanism indicating the focus allocated to the left context words, the right context words or the word's characters, hence making the prediction more interpretable. The model is a ``drop-in'' module that is jointly trained with the downstream task's neural network, thus producing embeddings specialized for the task at hand. When the task is mostly syntactical, we observe that our model aims most of its attention on surface form characters. On the other hand, for tasks more semantical, the network allocates more attention to the surrounding words. In all our tests, the module helps the network to achieve better performances in comparison to the use of simple random embeddings.
description: 2 pages, 0 figures, 2 tables
Teaching first level tertiary accounting using a graphical method to improve students’ understanding and engagement
Creators: name: Reynolds, Giao
name: Grimley, Mick
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Introductory accounting is a first level accounting subject in an undergraduate accounting degree. The subject provides students with fundamental knowledge of, and skills in applying, accounting concepts and principles, and prepares students for higher level accounting subjects. Research shows many students struggle to understand these accounting fundamentals, and indicates that contemporary teaching methods, utilising visualisation and graphical representation, could benefit student learning. An innovative method of teaching accounting using graphics proposed by Darlow (2016), yet to be validated, has potential to enhance the understanding of complex accounting principles. The current study uses a quasi-experimental method to compare students taught using a traditional approach to those taught using Darlow’s method. The sample consists of undergraduate students enrolled in the introductory accounting subject in two consecutive trimesters; a control group of students taught in Trimester 2 and a quasi-experimental group taught in Trimester 3. Tests of understanding were compared to ascertain differences and a satisfaction survey was deployed. Findings provide implications for teaching both introductory and higher-level accounting subjects, and for designing learning and assessment materials.
Reynolds, G. & Grimley, M., (2019). Teaching First Level Tertiary Accounting Using a Graphical Method to Improve Students’ Understanding and Engagement. PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, 5(2), 103-12
“The Dissonance of Truth: Education, Propaganda, and the Battle for Historical Memory
Creators: name: Corrine H. Hurt, MBA
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Mass media and propaganda
subject: Education Propaganda Historical Memory Censorship Fascism Critical Pedagogy Democracy Political Discourse Book Bans Anti-Intellectualism Media Literacy Curriculum Politics Historical Revisionism Authoritarianism Public Education Critical Theory Dissonance in Education Social Justice Education Academic Freedom Narrative Control

description: In an era where misinformation thrives and political polarization deepens, the battle over historical memory and public education has become a defining conflict of our time. This presentation explores the tension between truth and propaganda in contemporary discourse, drawing from historical patterns of fascism, nationalism, and anti-intellectualism. Through an interdisciplinary analysis of media rhetoric, educational policies, and public discourse, I examine how historical erasure and nationalist narratives create ideological harmony for those in power while fostering societal dissonance.
I'll apply critical theory and postmodernist perspectives to analyze the mechanisms of historical revisionism and censorship. From book bans to attacks on academic freedom, authoritarian-leaning movements have strategically used “harmony” to stifle dissent, suppress marginalized voices, and maintain dominant power structures. However, productive dissonance through education, activism, and democratic engagement remains a key force in resisting these trends.
This presentation will discuss how educators, students, and engaged citizens can leverage critical literacy and historical consciousness to challenge the authoritarian use of history as a political weapon. By understanding how the past is manipulated to shape the present, we can foster a more nuanced engagement with civic discourse. Ultimately, I argue that true harmony in democratic societies does not come from enforced unity but from the ability to engage with and navigate historical and ideological conflict.
This presentation will appeal to scholars of history, political science, education, and media studies, as well as students and faculty interested in the intersections of democracy, power, and knowledge.
Accessing the bath information in open quantum systems with the stochastic c-number Langevin equation method
Creators: name: Zhou, Zheng-Yang
name: Yan, Yun-An
name: Hughes, Stephen
name: You, J. Q.
name: Nori, Franco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In traditional open quantum systems, the baths are usually traced out so that only the system information is left in the equations of motion. However, recent studies reveal that using only the system degrees of freedom can be insufficient. In this work, we develop a stochastic c-number Langevin equation method which can conveniently access the bath information. In our method, the studied quantities are the expectation values of operators which can contain both system operators and bath operators. The dynamics of the operators of interest is formally divided into separate system and bath parts, with auxiliary stochastic fields. After solving the independent stochastic dynamics of the system part and the bath part, we can recombine them by taking the average over these stochastic fields to obtain the desired quantities. Several applications of the theory are highlighted, including the pure dephasing model, the spin-boson model, and an optically excited quantum dot coupled to a bath of phonons.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures
Australian and New Zealand B Corps and Their Use of Social Media
Creators: name: Reynolds, Giao
name: Lambert, Susan
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150307 Innovation and Technology Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: B Corp certification originated in the United States (U.S.) but firms in other countries including Australia and New Zealand are increasingly seeking certification. B Corps are for-profit companies that voluntarily agree to meet high standards of social and environmental performance and commitment. Proponents of B Corps believe that an increasing number of customers, investors and other stakeholders favor firms that have a strong commitment to corporate social and environmental responsibility and therefore favor firms that have B Corp certification. This research seeks to contribute to the knowledge about B Corps and their use of social media to disseminate information regarding their social and environmental activities including their B Corp status. The Facebook and Twitter posts of the 30 top ranking Australian and New Zealand B Corps over the calendar year of 2016 are reviewed and subjected to quantitative and qualitative analysis. This exploratory study reveals that even though all B Corps in the sample have a clear commitment to social and environmental responsibility, the majority made very few social media postings that communicate the commitment. The firms’ promotion of their B Corp status is generally modest. The study does not explore the reasons for the behavior but proffers this for future research.Reynolds G., Lambert S., Podder J. (2019) Australian and New Zealand B Corps and Their Use of Social Media. In: Bilgin M., Danis H., Demir E., Can U. (eds) Eurasian Business Perspectives. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 11/2. Springer, Cham
Space-VLBI phase-reference mapping and astrometry
Creators: name: Guirado, J. C.
name: Ros, E.
name: Jones, D. L.
name: Lestrade, J. F.
name: Marcaide, J. M.
name: Perez-Torres, M. A.
name: Preston, R. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present 5 GHz space-VLBI observations of the quasar pair B1342+662/B1342+663 that demonstrate the feasibility of phase-reference techniques using an antenna in space. The space-based data were taken by the satellite HALCA, of the space-VLBI mission VSOP. From residual (referenced) phases we derive an upper bound of 10 meters to the uncertainty of the spacecraft orbit reconstruction. An analysis of the phase-reference maps of the sources additionally suggests that the above mentioned uncertaintyis likely not larger than 3 meters. With errors of this magnitude, HALCA is a useful tool for astrometric studies of close pairs of radio sources.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A, 5 pages, 5 figures, needs aa.cls
The Systems of Domination and Hegemony: Reimagining Resistance – Vol. 1
Creators: name: Ekhvaia, Luka
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 160609 Political Theory and Political Philosophy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 160603 Comparative Government and Politics
subject: 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
subject: 200206 Globalisation and Culture
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 80606 Global Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: 220319 Social Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 160806 Social Theory
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies
subject: 200211 Postcolonial Studies
subject: 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
subject: 160808 Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology

description: In the epoch of total deception, moral and ethical dilemmas, ideological diversity, and confusion when the crisis is becoming a permanent state, it's getting more and more challenging to define such phenomena as hegemony and resistance, then to explain their quintessence. As more transnational networks and actors are appearing in the global landscape international political order is becoming more entangled. Some of the transnational ties are formal but there is an informal web of connections that are much difficult to discern. In this context of the accelerated transfiguration of the global system, it is crucial to make sense of how hegemony and resistance are functioning. In the following article, I will rely on philosophical works of Alain Badiou, Jean Baudrillard, Gilles Deleuze, also works of Russian author Leo Tolstoy and modern tv series such as The Leftovers, Fight Club, and Black Mirror to get the picture of how hegemony and resistance adjusted to the rapid change
Equalization of pulse timings in an excitable microlaser system with delay
Creators: name: Terrien, Soizic
name: Pammi, V. Anirudh
name: Broderick, Neil G. R.
name: Braive, Rémy
name: Beaudoin, Grégoire
name: Sagnes, Isabelle
name: Krauskopf, Bernd
name: Barbay, Sylvain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An excitable semiconductor micropillar laser with delayed optical feedback is able to regenerate pulses by the excitable response of the laser. It has been shown that almost any pulse sequence can, in principle, be excited and regenerated by this system over short periods of time. We show experimentally and numerically that this is not true anymore in the long term: rather, the system settles down to a stable periodic orbit with equalized timing between pulses. Several such attracting periodic regimes with different numbers of equalized pulse timing may coexist and we study how they can be accessed with single external optical pulses of sufficient strength that need to be timed appropriately. Since the observed timing equalization and switching characteristics are generated by excitability in combination with delayed feedback, our results will be of relevance beyond the particular case of photonics, especially in neuroscience.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, 41 references
Burnaia Miller 2001, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Miller, M. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Nudibranchia
Facelinidae
Burnaia

description: Genus Burnaia gen. nov.
 Diagnosis
Body long, narrow, oral tentacles moderately long, tapered, rhinophores longish, lamellate almost to base; cerata cylindrical, long, mobile (diverticula loosely spiralled), arranged in horseshoe shaped arches, in single rows; cleioproctic, anus in centre of second arch, renal pore abanal, immediately in front of arch, reproductive apertures at tip of rear limb of ®rst arch; foot narrow, rounded at front end extending as short, blunt lobes; oral glands small, club-shaped; radular tooth a very low, wide arch, blade narrowish, denticles almost uniform; jaw masticatory process complexly denticulate.
 Type species. Aeolidia helicochorda Miller, 1988.
 Etymology. Named after Robert`Bob’ Burn who has contributed much to our knowledge of opisthobranch molluscs, especially those of Australia. Burnaia is the Latinized form of the Old English noun burna meaning spring, fountain, stream or river.
 A decade ago I described a new aeolidiid species, Aeolidia helicochorda Miller, 1988. At that time I assigned this species to Aeolidia on the grounds that it seemed to ®t this genus well enough. My appraisal of the aeolidiid genera here has caused me to change my original view. I feel now that there is indeed su cient diOEerence, and, as a consequence, I have created a new genus for this species. In terms of the principal feature used by me to separate the aeolid genera, the arrangement of the cerata, the horseshoe pattern shown by A. helicochorda is su ciently distinct. This feature certainly separates the new genus from the other two slender-bodied aeolidiid species, Limenandra nodosa Haefel ®nger and Stamm, 1959, and Baeolidia fusiformis Baba, 1949. In the ®rst species there are two short vertical rows in the pre-cardiac group, in the second species three vertical rows (Gosliner, 1979,198 5), the remaining rows being single in both. Gosliner (1979) transferred L. nodosa to the genus Baeolidia. However, on the arrangement of the cerata I return it to its original genus. It is possible too that B. fusiformis has only two pre-cardiac rows, but this needs to be con®rmed by an examination of the branching of the digestive gland. If there are only two rows, then this species could be transferred to Limenandra as had been done by Haefel®nger and Stamm (1959).
description: Published as part of Miller, M. C., 2001, Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Aeolidiidae from New Zealand waters, pp. 629-662 in Journal of Natural History 35 (5) on page 659, DOI: 10.1080/00222930152023081, http://zenodo.org/record/5276901
A Revised Parallax and its Implications for RX J185635-3754
Creators: name: Walter, Frederick M.
name: Lattimer, James
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New astrometric analysis of four WFPC2 images of the isolated neutron star RX J185635-3754 show that its distance is 117 +/- 12 pc, nearly double the originally published distance. At the revised distance, the star's age is 5 x 10^5 years, its space velocity is about 185 km/s, and its radiation radius inferred from thermal emission is approximately 15 km, in the range of many equations of state both with and without exotic matter. These measurements remove observational support for an extremely soft equation of state. The star's birthplace is still likely to be in the Upper Sco association, but a connection with zeta Oph is now unlikely.
description: submitted to ApJ Letters
Excess GeV radiation and cosmic ray origin
Creators: name: Büsching, I.
name: Pohl, M.
name: Schlickeiser, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent EGRET observations of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission reveal a spectrum which is incompatible with the assumption that the cosmic ray spectra measured locally hold throughout the Galaxy: the spectrum above 1 GeV, where the emission is supposedly dominated by pi^0-decay, is harder than that derived from the local cosmic ray proton spectrum. We demonstrate that in case of a SNR origin of cosmic ray nucleons part of this gamma-ray excess may be attributed to the dispersion of the spectral indices in these objects. In global averages, as are gamma-ray line-of-sight integrals, this dispersion leads to a positive curvature in the composite spectrum, and hence to modified pi^0-decay gamma-ray spectra.
description: accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics