cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Theory of channel simulation and bounds for private communication
Creators: name: Pirandola, Stefano
name: Braunstein, Samuel L.
name: Laurenza, Riccardo
name: Ottaviani, Carlo
name: Cope, Thomas P. W.
name: Spedalieri, Gaetana
name: Banchi, Leonardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review recent results on the simulation of quantum channels, the reduction of adaptive protocols (teleportation stretching), and the derivation of converse bounds for quantum and private communication, as established in PLOB [Pirandola, Laurenza, Ottaviani, Banchi, arXiv:1510.08863]. We start by introducing a general weak converse bound for private communication based on the relative entropy of entanglement. We discuss how combining this bound with channel simulation and teleportation stretching, PLOB established the two-way quantum and private capacities of several fundamental channels, including the bosonic lossy channel. We then provide a rigorous proof of the strong converse property of these bounds by adopting a correct use of the Braunstein-Kimble teleportation protocol for the simulation of bosonic Gaussian channels. This analysis provides a full justification of claims presented in the follow-up paper WTB [Wilde, Tomamichel, Berta, arXiv:1602.08898] whose upper bounds for Gaussian channels would be otherwise infinitely large. Besides clarifying contributions in the area of channel simulation and protocol reduction, we also present some generalizations of the tools to other entanglement measures and novel results on the maximum excess noise which is tolerable in quantum key distribution.
description: Review paper which also contains new results. Published version. REVTeX. 28 pages. 2 tables and 4 figures
Galaxy-cluster associations from gravitational lensing
Creators: name: Wu, Xiang-Ping
name: Hammer, Francois
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the associations between background galaxies and foreground clusters of galaxies due to the effect of gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies. Similar to the well-known quasar-galaxy ones, these associations depend sensitively on the shape of galaxy number-magnitude or number-flux relation, and both positive and ``negative" associations are found to be possible, depending on the limiting magnitude and/or the flux threshold in the surveys. We calculate the enhancement factors assuming a singular isothermal sphere model for clusters of galaxies and a pointlike model for background sources selected in three different wavelengths, $B$, $K$ and radio. Our results show that $K-$ selected galaxies might constitute the best sample to test the ``negative" associations while it is unlikely that one can actually observe any association for blue galaxies. We also point out that bright radio sources ($S>1$ Jy) can provide strong positive associations, which may have been already detected in 3CR sample.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures (not included) by fax, A&A submitted, DAEC-OPM-94
AIVIO: Closed-loop, Object-relative Navigation of UAVs with AI-aided Visual Inertial Odometry
Creators: name: Jantos, Thomas
name: Scheiber, Martin
name: Brommer, Christian
name: Allak, Eren
name: Weiss, Stephan
name: Steinbrener, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Object-relative mobile robot navigation is essential for a variety of tasks, e.g. autonomous critical infrastructure inspection, but requires the capability to extract semantic information about the objects of interest from raw sensory data. While deep learning-based (DL) methods excel at inferring semantic object information from images, such as class and relative 6 degree of freedom (6-DoF) pose, they are computationally demanding and thus often not suitable for payload constrained mobile robots. In this letter we present a real-time capable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system for object-relative, closed-loop navigation with a minimal sensor configuration consisting of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and RGB camera. Utilizing a DL-based object pose estimator, solely trained on synthetic data and optimized for companion board deployment, the object-relative pose measurements are fused with the IMU data to perform object-relative localization. We conduct multiple real-world experiments to validate the performance of our system for the challenging use case of power pole inspection. An example closed-loop flight is presented in the supplementary video.
description: Accepted for publication in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024
No evidence of disease activity in patients receiving fingolimod at private or academic centers in clinical practice: a retrospective analysis of the multiple sclerosis, clinical, and magnetic resonance imaging outcomes in the USA (MS-MRIUS) study
Creators: name: Zivadinov, Robert
name: Khan, Nasreen
name: Korn, Jonathan R.
name: Lathi, Ellen
name: Silversteen, Jason
name: Calkwood, Jonathan
name: Kolodny, Scott
name: Silva, Diego
name: Medin, Jennie
name: Weinstock-Guttman, Bianca
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: The impact of multiple sclerosis (MS) center type on outcomes has not been investigated. This study aimed to evaluate baseline characteristics and clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes in patients with MS receiving fingolimod over 16 months’ follow-up at private or academic centers in the USA. Methods: Clinical and MRI data collected in clinical practice from patients initiating fingolimod were stratified by center type and retrospectively analyzed. No evidence of disease activity (NEDA-3) was defined as patients with no new/enlarged T2/gadolinium-enhancing lesions, no relapses, and no disability progression (Expanded Disability Status Scale scores). Results: Data were collected for 398 patients from 25 private centers and 192 patients from eight academic centers. Patients were older (median age = 43 vs 41 years; p = .0047) and had a numerically shorter median disease duration (7.0 vs 8.5 years; p = .0985) at private vs academic centers. Annualized relapse rate (ARR) was higher in patients at private than academic centers in the pre-index (0.40 vs 0.29; p = .0127) and post-index (0.16 vs 0.08; p = .0334) periods. The opposite was true for T2 lesion volume in the pre-index (2.86 vs 5.23 mL; p = .0002) and post-index (2.86 vs 5.11 mL; p = .0016) periods; other MRI outcomes were similar between center types. After initiating fingolimod, ARRs were reduced, disability and most MRI outcomes remained stable, and a similar proportion of patients achieved NEDA-3 at private and academic centers (64.1% vs 56.1%; p = .0659). Conclusion: Patient characteristics differ between private and academic centers. Over 55% of patients achieved NEDA-3 during fingolimod treatment at both center types.
Crystal structure, vibrational studies, optical properties, and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (C5H6N5)2[Cr2O7]
Creators: name: Meriem Hadhri
name: Hammouda Chebbi
name: Haddad, Amor
name: Ayed, Brahim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Single crystals of a new organic–inorganic compound, (C5H6N5)2Cr2O7 (1), adeninium dichromate, were grown by the slow evaporation technique and characterized by X-ray diffraction, infrared absorption, and the optical properties were also investigated by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic system and P-1 space group with a = 11.6850(2) Å, b = 11.7531(5) Å, c = 14.5603(7) Å, α = 83.956(3)°, β = 70.481(4)°, γ = 61.863(2)°, V = 1658.70(12) Å3. The structure of the compound consists of four adeninium, (C5H5N2)+, cations, and two dichromate dianions with all the atoms situated in general positions. Each dichromate anion is formed by two tetrahedral CrO4 joined through shared O atoms and are linked to the cations with several weak hydrogen bonding interactions resulting in an extended network. 3-D Hirshfeld surface analysis and 2-D fingerprint plots indicate that the packing is dominated by H⋯O/O⋯H and H⋯N/N⋯H contacts.
Ixia africana Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Ixia
Ixia africana

description: Ixia africana, spec. nov.
1. Ixia floribus capitatis, spathis laceris.
 Ixia. Hort. cliff. 490. * Roy. lugdb.20.
 Ixia foliis ad radicem nervosis gramineis, floribus ac fructu convolutis. Burm. afric. 191. t.70. f.2.
 Bermudiana capensis, capitulis lanuginosis. Pet. sicc. 242.
 Gramen eriophorum africanum, flore lanato. Pluk. mant. 98.
 Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei . ♃
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
Search for Dark Matter Effects on Gravitational Signals from Neutron Star Mergers
Creators: name: Ellis, John
name: Hektor, Andi
name: Hütsi, Gert
name: Kannike, Kristjan
name: Marzola, Luca
name: Raidal, Martti
name: Vaskonen, Ville
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent detection of the gravitational wave signal emitted by a binary neutron star merger, we analyse the possible impact of dark matter on such signals. We show that dark matter cores in merging neutron stars may yield an observable supplementary peak in the gravitational wave power spectral density following the merger, which could be distinguished from the features produced by the neutron components.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures; minor changes to match the published version
Preparing midwives for practice in Ireland: midwifery students and preceptor midwives’ experiences of the assessment of clinical practice
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Carmel
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: Clinical placement is a critical component of midwifery programmes, where students develop competence in the care of women and their babies under the supervision of preceptor midwives. Preceptors are responsible for the assessment of competence of these students, whilst simultaneously managing the care of women and babies.Aim: To explore midwifery students and preceptor midwives’ experiences of assessment within clinical practice in a university in the Midwest of Ireland, at a time of significant change in midwifery education and practice.Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used to interview students (n=32) and preceptors (n=29), with the data analysed using content analysis.Findings: Within an overarching theme of the context of assessment in practice, students and preceptors reported some commonalities. A clear process of assessment was valued by preceptors and students, but lack of continuity of preceptor and resource deficits, such as inadequate staffing levels affected this process. All the students and preceptors were challenged with the language of assessment. The importance of support for clinical assessment was highlighted by preceptors and students. Preceptors played a central role in students’ experiences from both a positive and a negative perspective, with unacceptable behaviours perpetrated by a minority of preceptors having a disproportionate effect on students. Students’ vulnerabilities were evident in their reluctance to report these behaviours. Benefits of preceptorship professionally and for the organisation were identified by the preceptors. They felt, however, that their role was unvalued by management, substantiated by inadequate resourcing and the volume and complexity of their caseload. Failing students was challenging, but safety of practice was the key factor underpinning preceptors’ ability to fail students when necessary. Conclusion: The findings highlight the cruciality of the context of the practice environment on these stakeholders’ experiences, with the future safety of practice reliant on robust assessment of students. A model of preceptorship is proposed to address the challenges identified, requiring a collaborative approach from universities and associated healthcare providers. Establishment and maintenance of this model will contribute to enriching the experiences of stakeholders, encourage recruitment and retention and enhance the quality of maternity care for women and their families.
Ixia chinensis Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Ixia
Ixia chinensis

description: Ixia chinensis, spec. nov.
 2. Ixia foliis ensiformibus, floribus remotis. Hort. ups.16.
 Bermudiana, iridis folio majori, flore croceo eleganter punctato. Kraus. hort.25. t.25.
 Balemcanda-Schularmandi. Rheed. mal.11. p.73. t.37.
 Habitat in India . ♃
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
Reflectance Intensity Assisted Automatic and Accurate Extrinsic Calibration of 3D LiDAR and Panoramic Camera Using a Printed Chessboard
Creators: name: Wang, Weimin
name: Sakurada, Ken
name: Kawaguchi, Nobuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a novel method for fully automatic and convenient extrinsic calibration of a 3D LiDAR and a panoramic camera with a normally printed chessboard. The proposed method is based on the 3D corner estimation of the chessboard from the sparse point cloud generated by one frame scan of the LiDAR. To estimate the corners, we formulate a full-scale model of the chessboard and fit it to the segmented 3D points of the chessboard. The model is fitted by optimizing the cost function under constraints of correlation between the reflectance intensity of laser and the color of the chessboard's patterns. Powell's method is introduced for resolving the discontinuity problem in optimization. The corners of the fitted model are considered as the 3D corners of the chessboard. Once the corners of the chessboard in the 3D point cloud are estimated, the extrinsic calibration of the two sensors is converted to a 3D-2D matching problem. The corresponding 3D-2D points are used to calculate the absolute pose of the two sensors with Unified Perspective-n-Point (UPnP). Further, the calculated parameters are regarded as initial values and are refined using the Levenberg-Marquardt method. The performance of the proposed corner detection method from the 3D point cloud is evaluated using simulations. The results of experiments, conducted on a Velodyne HDL-32e LiDAR and a Ladybug3 camera under the proposed re-projection error metric, qualitatively and quantitatively demonstrate the accuracy and stability of the final extrinsic calibration parameters.
description: 20 pages, submitted to the journal of Remote Sensing
Non-symmetric Convex Polytope and Gabor Orthonormal Bases
Creators: name: Chung, Randolf
name: Lai, Chun-Kit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42C15, 52B11

description: In this paper, we show that the non-symmetric convex polytope cannot be served as a window function to produce a Gabor orthonormal basis by any time-frequency sets.
description: In-press for Proc. Amer. Math Soc
Glitches in the X-Ray Pulsar 1e 2259+586
Creators: name: Usov, Vladimir V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Starquakes are considered for fast-rotating magnetic white dwarfs. The X-ray pulsar 1E 2259 + 586 may be such a white dwarf. It is shown that in this case starquakes may be responsible for the decrease of the mean spin-down rate which was observed for 1E 2259 + 586 between 1987 and 1990. The required mass of the white dwarf which is identified with 1E 2259 + 586 is $\sim 1.4 - 1.5 M_\odot$, making this X-ray pulsar the most massive white dwarf known.
description: 5 pages of Tex, accepted for publication in ApJ, WIS-93/77/Aug-PH
System 2 thinking in OpenAI's o1-preview model: Near-perfect performance on a mathematics exam
Creators: name: de Winter, Joost
name: Dodou, Dimitra
name: Eisma, Yke Bauke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The processes underlying human cognition are often divided into System 1, which involves fast, intuitive thinking, and System 2, which involves slow, deliberate reasoning. Previously, large language models were criticized for lacking the deeper, more analytical capabilities of System 2. In September 2024, OpenAI introduced the o1 model series, designed to handle System 2-like reasoning. While OpenAI's benchmarks are promising, independent validation is still needed. In this study, we tested the o1-preview model twice on the Dutch 'Mathematics B' final exam. It scored a near-perfect 76 and 74 out of 76 points. For context, only 24 out of 16,414 students in the Netherlands achieved a perfect score. By comparison, the GPT-4o model scored 66 and 62 out of 76, well above the Dutch students' average of 40.63 points. Neither model had access to the exam figures. Since there was a risk of model contami-nation (i.e., the knowledge cutoff for o1-preview and GPT-4o was after the exam was published online), we repeated the procedure with a new Mathematics B exam that was published after the cutoff date. The results again indicated that o1-preview performed strongly (97.8th percentile), which suggests that contamination was not a factor. We also show that there is some variability in the output of o1-preview, which means that sometimes there is 'luck' (the answer is correct) or 'bad luck' (the output has diverged into something that is incorrect). We demonstrate that the self-consistency approach, where repeated prompts are given and the most common answer is selected, is a useful strategy for identifying the correct answer. It is concluded that while OpenAI's new model series holds great potential, certain risks must be considered.
title: Ciências em Rede
title: Revista Eletrônica
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Manaus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Bem-vindos à "Ciências Em Rede", a revista eletrônica científica dedicada a professores e estudantes, criada pela Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Manaus. Nosso compromisso é fornecer um espaço dinâmico para explorar e compartilhar as experiências inspiradoras e inovadoras que ocorrem nas feiras de ciências da cidade, promovendo uma cultura científica em nossas escolas.

No coração de nossas reportagens, destacamos a grandiosidade da Feira Municipal de Ciências, Tecnologia e Educação Ambiental de Manaus. Este evento é um reflexo do compromisso da comunidade educacional em fomentar a curiosidade científica entre os estudantes. Descubra as últimas tendências, projetos e descobertas surpreendentes que emergem desses encontros, impulsionando o potencial científico dos jovens pesquisadores.

Além disso, não podemos deixar de abordar a participação ativa de estudantes e professores no programa "Ciência na Escola" da FAPEAM. Este programa pioneiro oferece suporte e recursos essenciais, estimulando a prática científica nas instituições de ensino. 

A "Ciências Em Rede" não é apenas uma revista; é um canal de comunicação entre educadores, alunos e entusiastas da ciência em Manaus. Ao navegar por suas páginas, você terá acesso a uma fonte valiosa de informações e inspiração, alimentando a paixão pela aprendizagem e impulsionando a próxima geração de cientistas, inovadores e líderes. Junte-se a nós nesta jornada emocionante rumo a um futuro mais brilhante, onde a ciência se torna um elo essencial na rede do conhecimento.

A coordenação.
Gladiolus communis Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Gladiolus
Gladiolus communis

description: Gladiolus communis, spec. nov.
1. Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, floribus distantibus.
 Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus. Hort. cliff.20. Hort. ups.16.
 Gladiolus caule simplicissimo, foliis ensiformibus. Roy. lugdb.19.
 Gladiolus floribus uno versu dispositis. Bauh. pin.41.
 Habitat in Europa australi. ♃
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
Evidence for two neutrinos bursts from SN1987A
Creators: name: Valentim, R.
name: Horvath, J. E.
name: Rangel, E. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The SN1987A in the Giant Magellanic Cloud was an amazing and extraordinary event because it was detected in real time for different neutrinos experiments ($ν$s) around the world. Approximate $\sim25$ events were observed in three different experiments: Kamiokande II (KII) $\sim 12$, Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven (IMB) $\sim 8$ e Baksan $\sim 5$, plus a contrived burst at Mont Blanc (Liquid Scintillator Detector - LSD) later dismissed because of energetic requirements (Aglietta et al. 1988). The neutrinos have an important play role into the neutron star newborn: at the moment when the supernova explodes the compact object remnant is freezing by neutrinos ($\sim99\%$ energy is lost in the few seconds of the explosion). The work is motivated by neutrinos' event in relation arrival times where there is a temporal gap between set of events ($\sim6\mbox{s}$). The first part of dataset came from the ordinary mechanism of freezing and the second part suggests different mechanism of neutrinos production. We tested two models of cooling for neutrinos from SN1987A: 1st an exponential cooling is an ordinary model of cooling and 2nd a two-step temperature model that it considers two bursts separated with temporal gap. Our analysis was done with Bayesian tools ({\it Bayesian Information Criterion} - BIC) The result showed strong evidence in favor of a two-step model against one single exponential cooling ($\ln\mbox{B}_{ij} > 5.0$), and suggests the existence of two neutrino bursts at the moment the neutron star was born.
description: 4 pages
Deep lensing with a twist: E and B modes in a field with multiple lenses
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Andrew K.
name: Jee, M. James
name: Tyson, J. Anthony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the weak lensing E- and B-mode shear signals of a field of galaxy clusters using both large scale structure N-body simulations and multi-color Suprime-cam & Hubble Space Telescope observations. Using the ray-traced and observed shears along with photometric redshift catalogs, we generate mass maps of the foreground overdensities by optimally filtering the tangential shear that they induce on background galaxies. We then develop and test a method to approximate the foreground structure as a superposition of NFW-like halos by locating these overdensities and determining their mass and redshift, thereby modeling the background correlated shear field as a sum of lensings induced by the foreground clusters. We demonstrate that the B-mode maps and shear correlation functions, which are generated by similarly filtering the cross shear in this method, are in agreement with observations and are related to the estimated cluster masses and locations as well as the distribution of background sources. Using the foreground mass model, we identify several sources of weak lensing B-modes including leakage and edge effects, source clustering, and multiple lensing which can be observed in deep cosmic shear surveys.
description: 15 pages, 13 figures. Accepted to MNRAS
MSSM Predictions of the neutral Higgs boson masses and LEP II production cross sections
Creators: name: Gladyshev, A. V.
name: Kazakov, D. I.
name: de Boer, W.
name: Burkart, G.
name: Ehret, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) the Higgs masses and LEP II production cross sections are calculated for a wide range of the parameter space. In addition, the parameter space restricted by unification, electroweak symmetry breaking and other low energy constraints is considered in detail, in which case the masses of all SUSY partners can be estimated, so that their contributions to the radiative corrections can be calculated. Explicit analytical formulae for these contribution are derived. The radiative corrections from the Yukawa couplings of the third generation are found to dominate over the contributions from charginos and neutralinos. Large Higgs mass uncertainties are due to the top mass uncertainty and the unknown sign of the Higgs mixing parameter. For the low tanb scenario the mass of the lightest Higgs is found to be below 103 GeV for a top mass below 190 GeV. The cross section at a LEP energy of 192 GeV is sufficient to find or exclude this low tanb scenario for a top mass below 180 GeV. For the high tanb scenario only a small fraction of the parameter space can be covered, since the Higgs mass is predicted between 105 and 125 GeV in most cases. At the theoretically possible LEP II energy of 205 GeV part of the parameter space for the large tanb scenario would be accessible.
description: latex + 6 eps figs, 22 pages, final version
Gladiolus imbricatus Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Gladiolus
Gladiolus imbricatus

description: Gladiolus imbricatus, spec. nov.
2. Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, floribus imbricatis.
 Habitat in Russia citeriore. ♃
 Flores parvi versus unum latus imbricati.
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
Competitive Evaluation of Commercially Available Speech Recognizers in Multiple Languages
Creators: name: Sloane, Zachary
name: Burger, Susanne
name: Yang, Jie
Publisher: name: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Year: 2006

description: Recent improvements in speech recognition technology have resulted in products that can now demonstrate commercial value in a variety of applications. Many vendors are marketing products which combine ASR applications including continuous dictation, command-and-control interfaces, and transcription of recorded speech at an accuracy of 98%. In this study, we measured the accuracy of certain commercially available desktop speech recognition engines in multiple languages. Using word error rate as a benchmark, this work compares recognition accuracy across eight languages and the products of three manufacturers. Results show that two systems performed almost the same while a third system recognized at lower accuracy, although none of the systems reached the claimed accuracy. Read speech was recognized better than spontaneous speech. The systems for US-English, Japanese and Spanish showed higher accuracy than the systems for UK-English, German, French and Chinese.
Tensor-based multiscale method for diffusion problems in quasi-periodic heterogeneous media
Creators: name: Ayoul-Guilmard, Quentin
name: Nouy, Anthony
name: Binetruy, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65N30, 65N99, 15A69

description: This paper proposes to address the issue of complexity reduction for the numerical simulation of multiscale media in a quasi-periodic setting. We consider a stationary elliptic diffusion equation defined on a domain $D$ such that $\overline{D}$ is the union of cells $\{\overline{D_i}\}_{i\in I}$ and we introduce a two-scale representation by identifying any function $v(x)$ defined on $D$ with a bi-variate function $v(i,y)$, where $i \in I$ relates to the index of the cell containing the point $x$ and $y \in Y$ relates to a local coordinate in a reference cell $Y$. We introduce a weak formulation of the problem in a broken Sobolev space $V(D)$ using a discontinuous Galerkin framework. The problem is then interpreted as a tensor-structured equation by identifying $V(D)$ with a tensor product space $\mathbb{R}^I \otimes V(Y)$ of functions defined over the product set $I\times Y$. Tensor numerical methods are then used in order to exploit approximability properties of quasi-periodic solutions by low-rank tensors.
description: Changed the choice of test spaces V(D) and X (with regard to regularity) and the argumentation thereof. Corrected proof of proposition 3. Corrected wrong multiplicative factor in proposition 4 and its proof (was 2 instead of 1). Added remark 6 at the end of section 2. Extended remark 7. Added references. Some minor improvements (typos, typesetting)
REAL TIME SPECKLE IMAGE DE-NOISING
Creators: name: D.Sachin Kumar
name: P.R.Seshadri
name: N.Vaishnav
name: Saraswathi Janaki
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90609 Signal Processing
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The paper presents real time speckle de-noising based on activity computation algorithm and wavelet transform. Speckles arise in an image when laser light is reflected from an illuminated surface. The process involves detection of speckles in an image by obtaining a number of frames of the same object under different illumination or angle and comparing the frames for the granular computation and de-noising the same on presence of greater activity index. The project can be implemented in FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technology. The results can be shown that the used activity computation algorithm and wavelet transform has better accuracy in the process of speckle detection and de-noising.
Edgeworth Expansion of the Largest Eigenvalue Distribution Function of GUE and LUE
Creators: name: Choup, Leonard N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive expansions of the Hermite and Laguerre kernels at the edge of the spectrum of the finite n Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (GUEn) and the finite n Laguerre Unitary Ensem- ble (LUEn), respectively. Using these large n kernel expansions, we prove an Edgeworth type theorem for the largest eigenvalue distribution function of GUEn and LUEn. In our Edgeworth expansion, the correction terms are expressed in terms of the same Painleve II function appearing in the leading term, i.e. in the Tracy-Widom distribution. We conclude with a brief discussion of the universality of these results.
Teratomyzidae Colless & McAlpine 1970
Creators: name: Rodrigues, João Paulo Vinicios
name: González, Christian R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Teratomyzidae

description: Family Teratomyzidae Colless & McAlpine   Type genus: Teratomyza Malloch
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, João Paulo Vinicios & González, Christian R., 2022, A catalogue of the Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) and Teratomyzidae (Diptera: Opomyzoidea) of Chile, pp. 1-5 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62 on page 3, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.057, http://zenodo.org/record/10716255
Gladiolus spicatus Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Gladiolus
Gladiolus spicatus

description: Gladiolus spicatus, spec. nov.
 3. Gladiolus foliis linearibus, caule simplicissimo, floribus spicatis. Roy. lugdb.19.
 Habitat in Africa . ♃
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
Einführung in Persistent Identifier - Schulung für niedersächsische Bibliotheksreferendar:innen
Creators: name: Taller, Nelli
name: Ziedorn, Frauke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Einführung zu PIDs im Rahmen einer Schulung für niedersächsische Bibliotheksreferendarinnen und Bibliotheksreferendare.
The Evolution of Non-Linear Sub-Horizon Scale Entropy Fluctuations in the Earlu Universe
Creators: name: Jedamzik, K.
name: Fuller, G. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the damping of non-linear sub-horizon scale entropy fluctuations in early epochs of the universe ($T\approx 100$ GeV to $T\approx 1$keV) by neutrino, baryon, and photon induced dissipative processes. Results of numerical evolution calculations are presented for broad ranges of initial fluctuation amplitudes and length scales. These calculations include a detailed treatment of neutrino inflation, neutron and proton diffusion, photon diffusive heat transport, and hydrodynamic expansion with photon-electron Thomson drag. Neutrino inflation is treated both in the diffusive heat transport regime where neutrinos are optically thick on the length scales of the fluctuations, and in the homogeneous heating regime where neutrinos are optically thin on these scales. We find considerable convergence in amplitude evolution for appreciable ranges in initial fluctuation length scales and amplitudes. Fluctuations produced with the right characteristics at very early times ($T$ $^>_{\sim}$ 100 GeV) are found to survive through the nucleosynthesis epoch.
description: 44 pages in plain Tex, 16 figures (not included) available by fax or mail upon request, ApJ in press
Search for New Neutral Bosons at Future Colliders
Creators: name: del Aguila, F.
name: Masip, M.
name: Perez-Victoria, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is a short review of present and future limits on new neutral gauge bosons, in particular on hadrophilic or leptophobic $Z'$s recently proposed to interpret the observed fluctuations of $Γ_{c,b}$ at LEP. Light gauge bosons coupled to lepton number differences or to baryon number are also examples of the model dependence of these bounds. The mixing between the $U(1)$ factors plays an important role in the phenomenology of these extended electroweak models. Future improvements based on the analysis of precise electroweak data are emphasized.
description: 7 pages, no figures. Full Postscript file available at: http://deneb.ugr.es/preprints/ugft55.ps.gz Three references added
Nobel Nominee Professor Dr. Engr. Md. Anowar Hossain, Scientist is asking 'honorary doctorate degree' to the Vice Chancellor of University of Dhaka for his contribution of PhD harassment at RMIT University
Creators: name: Anowar, Md. Anowar Hossain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Keynote of case letter

Contribution of PhD harassment at RMIT University has been ignited and signified for a quality PhD schooling.
Weighted norm inequalities, off-diagonal estimates and elliptic operators. Part I: General operator theory and weights
Creators: name: Auscher, Pascal
name: Martell, José Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42B20, 42B25

description: This is the first part of a series of four articles. In this work, we are interested in weighted norm estimates. We put the emphasis on two results of different nature: one is based on a good-$λ$ inequality with two-parameters and the other uses Calderón-Zygmund decomposition. These results apply well to singular 'non-integral' operators and their commutators with bounded mean oscillation functions. Singular means that they are of order 0, 'non-integral' that they do not have an integral representation by a kernel with size estimates, even rough, so that they may not be bounded on all $L^p$ spaces for $1 < p < \infty$. Pointwise estimates are then replaced by appropriate localized $L^p-L^q$ estimates. We obtain weighted $L^p$ estimates for a range of $p$ that is different from $(1,\infty)$ and isolate the right class of weights. In particular, we prove an extrapolation theorem ' à la Rubio de Francia' for such a class and thus vector-valued estimates.
description: 43 pages. Series of 4 papers
Weighted norm inequalities, off-diagonal estimates and elliptic operators. Part II: Off-diagonal estimates on spaces of homogeneous type
Creators: name: Auscher, Pascal
name: Martell, José Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47A06 35J15, 42B20

description: This is the second part of a series of four articles on weighted norm inequalities, off-diagonal estimates and elliptic operators. We consider a substitute to the notion of pointwise bounds for kernels of operators which usually is a measure of decay. This substitute is that of off-diagonal estimates expressed in terms of local and scale invariant $L^p-L^q$ estimates. We propose a definition in spaces of homogeneous type that is stable under composition. It is particularly well suited to semigroups. We study the case of semigroups generated by elliptic operators.
description: 40 pages. Second of 4 papers. Can be read independently
Lopsidedness of self-consistent galaxies by the external field effect of clusters
Creators: name: Wu, Xufen
name: Wang, Yougang
name: Feix, Martin
name: Zhao, HongSheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Adopting Schwarzschild's orbit-superposition technique, we construct a series of self-consistent galaxy models, embedded in the external field of galaxy clusters in the framework of Milgrom's MOdified Newtonian Dynamics. These models represent relatively massive ellipticals with a Hernquist radial profile at various distances from the cluster centre. Using $N$-body simulations, we perform a first analysis of these models and their evolution. We find that self-gravitating axisymmetric density models, even under a weak external field, lose their symmetry by instability and generally evolve to triaxial configurations. A kinematic analysis suggests that the instability originates from both box and non-classified orbits with low angular momentum. We also consider a self-consistent isolated system which is then placed in a strong external field and allowed to evolve freely. This model, just as the corresponding equilibrium model in the same external field, eventually settles to a triaxial equilibrium as well, but has a higher velocity radial anisotropy and is rounder. The presence of an external field in MOND universe generically predicts some lopsidedness of galaxy shapes.
description: 24 pages, 20 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Museum specimens indicate genetic erosion in an endangered lizard: Supplementary Material
Creators: name: Cornetti, Luca
name: Girardi, Matteo
name: Ghielmi, Samuele
name: Vernesi, Cristiano
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 60802 Animal Cell and Molecular Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: 60411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

description: Genetic variability, one of the main factors that guarantees species persistence, and species’ conservation status are generally evaluated with indices calculated at the present time. Natural history collections might help compare historical and current genetic diversity so to identify major trends. Here we analysed museum specimens of the lizard Zootoca vivipara carniolica, with a specific and stringent protocol for degraded DNA, in order to contrast its past and current genetic variability, using fragments of one mitochondrial DNA gene. Part of the distributional range of Z. v. carniolica (Po Plain, Italy), heavily impacted by human activities, was investigated. We found two previously unknown haplotypes in populations that are extinct today, suggesting the loss of these haplotypes and thus an overall shrinking of genetic variability. We argue that these results, together with the increasing threats posed by climate and land use changes, suggest that specific conservation measures for the persistence of Z. v. carniolica in Northern Italian lowlands have to be considered.
A Model of Strong Flavor Dynamics for the Top Quark
Creators: name: Malkawi, Ehab
name: Tait, Tim
name: Yuan, C. --P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a model in which the third generation fermions undergo a different $SU(2)$ weak interaction from the first two generation fermions. In general, a flavor changing neutral current interaction is expected. Constrained by the precision low energy data, the mass ($M_{Z'}=M_{W'}$) of the heavy gauge bosons is bounded from below to be about $1.1$ TeV for $α_s=0.125$ and about $1.3$ TeV for $α_s=0.115$, at the $3σ$ level. This model favors a larger $R_b$ and a smaller $R_c$ as compared with the Standard Model, but it does not explain the $R_c$ data. If one takes the $R_b$ data seriously, then $M_{Z'}$ is bounded, at the $3σ$ level, to be $462$ GeV $< M_{Z^{\prime}} \cosϕ< 1481\,\, {\rm{GeV}}$, where $\cosϕ$ is the mixing angle between the two $SU(2)$'s in the model. Effects predicted for high energy experiments at the Tevatron, LEP140, LEP-II, LHC, and future linear colliders are also discussed.
description: 12 pages LaTeX; 2 figures included as separate files in postscript format
Dynamic current susceptibility as a probe of Majorana bound states in nanowire-based Josephson junctions
Creators: name: Trif, Mircea
name: Dmytruk, Olesia
name: Bouchiat, Helene
name: Aguado, Ramon
name: Simon, Pascal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically study a Josephson junction based on a semiconducting nanowire subject to a time-dependent flux bias. We establish a general density matrix approach for the dynamical response of the Majorana junction and calculate the resulting flux-dependent susceptibility using both microscopic and effective low-energy descriptions for the nanowire. We find that the diagonal component of the susceptibility, associated with the dynamics of the Majorana states populations, dominates over the standard Kubo contribution for a wide range of experimentally relevant parameters. The diagonal term, thus far unexplored in the context of Majorana physics, allows to probe accurately the presence of Majorana bound states in the junction.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, 15 pages of supplemental material
The "winds of change": the SPES framework on Sustainable Human Development
Creators: name: BIGGERI, MARIO
name: Ferrannini, Andrea
name: Lodi, Luca
name: Cammeo, Jacopo
name: Francescutto, Adam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: SPES
sustainable human development
social progress
economic progress
theoretical framework
indicators
beyond GDP
sustainability transition
just transition
environmental sustainability
peace
human security
people
planet
partnership
empowerment
participation
academia
business
natural environment
prosperity
productivity
equity
civil society

description: The general objective of this paper is to provide a novel theoretical framework for Sustainable Human Development, offering a clear integrated vision to sustainability transition processes to reconcile potential contradictions between economic, social, and environmental spheres and better identify its pillars, driving actors and triggering factors. This is done by combining the global policy framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the theoretical insights of the Human Development paradigm and other critical perspectives and schools of thought. Taken together, they allow for the integration of the dimensions of social, environmental, and economic sustainability into a new integrated framework – the SPES framework – to consolidate the Sustainable Human Development paradigm for its mainstreaming and uptake at all levels.

Therefore, the ambition of this paper – and the SPES project in general – is to offer a theoreticallygrounded and policy-oriented framework, pointing out that the lives of human beings and the sustainability of our societies should be the ultimate concern for any government intervention at all levels. In this regard, the SPES framework is dynamic and centred on collective action, shaped by a clear attention for the common good and underpinned by a normative position on capitalism and structural change, as well as on objectives and factors shaping transition processes. The SPES framework has relevant implications for academic research on sustainability transition.In particular, it urges the whole global community of scholars to keep the vibrant debate on sustainability at the forefront, to guide measurement systems, research activities and policy discussion in reconciling the multiple facets of sustainability transitions, as well as to support societal actors in the systemic change towards Sustainable Human Development.