cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Factors affecting injury severity in motorcycle crashes: Different age groups analysis using Catboost and SHAP techniques
Creators: name: Zahid, Muhammad
name: Habib, Muhammad Faisal
name: Ijaz, Muhammad
name: Ameer, Iqra
name: Ullah, Irfan
name: Ahmed, Tufail
name: He, Zhengbing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Motorcycle crashes often result in severe injuries on roads that affect people’s lives physically, financially, and psychologically. These injuries could be notably harmful to drivers of all age groups. The main objective of this study is to investigate the risk factors contributing to the severity of crash injuries in different age groups. This Objective is achieved by developing accurate machine learning (ML) based prediction models. This research examines the relationship between potential risk factors of motorcycle-associated crashes using (ML) and Shapley Additive explanations (SHAP) technique. The SHAP technique further helped interpreting ML methods for traffic injury severity prediction. It indicates the significant non-linear interactions between dependent and independent variables. The data for this study was collected from the Provincial Emergency Response Service RESCUE 1122 for the Rawalpindi region (Pakistan) over three years (from 2017 to 2020). The Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) is employed to balance injury severity classes in the pre-processing phase. The results demonstrate that age, gender, posted speed limit, the number of lanes, and month of the year are positively associated with severe and fatal injuries. This research also assesses how the modeling framework varies between the ML and classical statistical methods. The predictive performance of proposed ML models was assessed using several evaluation metrics, and it is found that Catboost outperformed the XGBoost, Random Forest (RF) and Multinomial Logit (MNL) model. The findings of this study will assist road users, road safety authorities, stakeholders, policymakers, and decision-makers in obtaining substantial and essential guidance for reducing the severity of crash injuries in Pakistan and other countries with prevailing conditions.
Fuchsia: a tool for reducing differential equations for Feynman master integrals to epsilon form
Creators: name: Gituliar, O.
name: Magerya, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present $\text{Fuchsia}$ $-$ an implementation of the Lee algorithm, which for a given system of ordinary differential equations with rational coefficients $\partial_x\,\mathbf{f}(x,ε) = \mathbb{A}(x,ε)\,\mathbf{f}(x,ε)$ finds a basis transformation $\mathbb{T}(x,ε)$, i.e., $\mathbf{f}(x,ε) = \mathbb{T}(x,ε)\,\mathbf{g}(x,ε)$, such that the system turns into the epsilon form: $\partial_x\, \mathbf{g}(x,ε) = ε\,\mathbb{S}(x)\,\mathbf{g}(x,ε)$, where $\mathbb{S}(x)$ is a Fuchsian matrix. A system of this form can be trivially solved in terms of polylogarithms as a Laurent series in the dimensional regulator $ε$. That makes the construction of the transformation $\mathbb{T}(x,ε)$ crucial for obtaining solutions of the initial equations. In principle, $\text{Fuchsia}$ can deal with any regular systems, however its primary task is to reduce differential equations for Feynman master integrals. It ensures that solutions contain only regular singularities due to the properties of Feynman integrals.
description: 20 pages
Joint Elastic Side-Scattering Lidar and Raman Lidar Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties in South East Colorado
Creators: name: Wiencke, L.
name: Rizi, V.
name: Will, M.
name: Allen, C.
name: Botts, A.
name: Calhoun, M.
name: Carande, B.
name: Claus, J.
name: Coco, M.
name: Emmert, L.
name: Esquibel, S.
name: Grillo, A. F.
name: Hamilton, L.
name: Heid, T. J.
name: Iarlori, M.
name: Klages, H. -O.
name: Kleifges, M.
name: Knoll, B.
name: Koop, J.
name: Mathes, H. -J.
name: Menshikov, A.
name: Morgan, S.
name: Patterson, L.
name: Petrera, S.
name: Robinson, S.
name: Runyan, C.
name: Sherman, J.
name: Starbuck, D.
name: Wakin, M.
name: Wolf, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe an experiment, located in south-east Colorado, USA, that measured aerosol optical depth profiles using two Lidar techniques. Two independent detectors measured scattered light from a vertical UV laser beam. One detector, located at the laser site, measured light via the inelastic Raman backscattering process. This is a common method used in atmospheric science for measuring aerosol optical depth profiles. The other detector, located approximately 40km distant, viewed the laser beam from the side. This detector featured a 3.5m2 mirror and measured elastically scattered light in a bistatic Lidar configuration following the method used at the Pierre Auger cosmic ray observatory. The goal of this experiment was to assess and improve methods to measure atmospheric clarity, specifically aerosol optical depth profiles, for cosmic ray UV fluorescence detectors that use the atmosphere as a giant calorimeter. The experiment collected data from September 2010 to July 2011 under varying conditions of aerosol loading. We describe the instruments and techniques and compare the aerosol optical depth profiles measured by the Raman and bistatic Lidar detectors.
description: 34 pages, 16 figures
Additional file 1: of An optimized protocol for the preparation of oxygen-evolving thylakoid membranes from Cyclotella meneghiniana provides a tool for the investigation of diatom plastidic electron transport
Creators: name: Kansy, Marcel
name: Gurowietz, Alexandra
name: Wilhelm, Christian
name: Goss, Reimund
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Original traces of oxygen evolution/consumption of the isolated thylakoids of C. meneghiniana. To test for the presence of intact cells in the thylakoid preparation the thylakoids were illuminated in the absence of artificial electron acceptors (black curve). To detect contamination with mitochondria the thylakoids were kept in the dark. NADH (1 mM) was then added as electron donor of the respiratory electron transport chain (green curve). Measurements were performed at room temperature, the thylakoid concentration was 10 μg Chl mL−1, the actinic light intensity was 300 μmol m−2 s−1. Arrows indicate different events, FeCN and DCBQ were added at final concentrations similar to oxygen evolution measurements. Additional file 2 Original traces of oxygen evolution/consumption during actinic illumination (300 μmol m−2 s−1) of the isolated thylakoids of C. meneghiniana in the presence of DCBQ (0.5 mM) or FeCN (2 mM). The uncoupler NH4Cl was used at a concentration of 10 mM. Thylakoids were used with a Chl concentration of 10 μg mL−1. (PDF 125 kb)
title: ADCO, Ordre cistercien : comptes (1403-1423) (11 H 1161), f. 00150
Creators: name: de la Côte-d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CBMA/CG21/F.PETOT/2019
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: comptes
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Ordre cistercien : comptes (1403-1423), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1161). Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Ordre cistercien : comptes (1403-1423), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1161), f. 00150, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi \[Ressource en ligne\], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
Are front crash prevention systems less effective at preventing rear-end crashes where trucks and motorcycles are struck?
Creators: name: Cicchino, Jessica B.
name: Kidd, David G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Automatic emergency braking (AEB) and forward collision warning (FCW) are effective at preventing rear-end crashes, but they may perform better in some rear-end crash scenarios than others. The goal of this study was to estimate the effects of front crash prevention systems equipped to passenger vehicles in crashes where another passenger vehicle, a medium/heavy truck, or a motorcycle is struck and compare effectiveness by struck vehicle type. More than 160,000 two-vehicle rear-end crashes were identified where a passenger vehicle with or without FCW and AEB was the striking vehicle and another passenger vehicle, medium/heavy truck, or motorcycle was the struck vehicle. Poisson regression was used to estimate the effect of front crash prevention by struck vehicle type on rear-end crash rates per registered vehicle year, accounting for the state and year of the crash and the make, model year, class, and engine type of the striking vehicle. Front crash prevention was associated with a 53% reduction in rear-end crash rates when striking another passenger vehicle, which was significantly larger than the reductions of 38% when striking a medium/heavy truck and 41% when striking a motorcycle. Reductions in rear-end injury crash rates when striking a passenger vehicle also were larger than when striking a medium/heavy truck and when striking a motorcycle. If all passenger vehicles were equipped with FCW and AEB that were as effective in crashes striking a truck or motorcycle as they are in crashes with another passenger vehicle, over 5,500 additional crashes with medium/heavy trucks and 500 with motorcycles could potentially be prevented annually in the United States above what would be expected from current front crash prevention systems. Extending front crash prevention testing in consumer information programs to include motorcycle and truck targets could encourage auto manufacturers to improve performance in these crash scenarios.
На пересечении научных стратегий
Creators: name: Вирен Денис Георгиевич
Publisher: name: Художественная культура
Year: 2019
Subjects: новые медиа
наука о культуре
социология культуры
эстетика телевидения
проблемы киноязыка
рок-музыка.

description: К 75-летию Государственного института искусствознания коллективом искусствоведов и культурологов выпущен объемный труд «Старые и новые медиа: формы, подходы, тенденции XXI века». Данная коллективная монография преследует несколько целей: подвести некоторые итоги деятельности сектора художественных проблем массмедиа, продемонстрировать результаты актуальных исследований сотрудников и обрисовать перспективы для последующего расширения и развития обозначенных научных вопросов. Проблемный и тематический охват книги необычайно широк: здесь есть статьи о кино, телевидении, музыке, развлекательной культуре, литературе. Столь большое разнообразие сразу подкупает читателя. Несмотря на различия в исследовательских подходах, между текстами не единожды возникают переклички, они взаимно дополняют друг друга, составляя целостную картину. Не ставя перед собой цели рецензировать каждую статью, автор останавливается на наиболее заинтересовавших его материалах. Все вошедшие в состав книги исследования обладают высокими научными качествами, в то же время некоторые вызывают желание поспорить или точнее – вступить в дискуссию, вдохновляют на встречные размышления.
The efficacy and safety of Nivolumab combined with Ipilimumab in the immunotherapy of cancer: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Xu, Yao
name: Hezam, Kamal
name: Ali, Manasik Gumah
name: Wang, Yang
name: Zhang, Juan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Background and Objective: Nivolumab and Ipilimumab are immune checkpoint inhibitors. The combination of Nivolumab and Ipilimumab has been reported to have complementary effects in the treatment of metastatic melanoma. The combination therapy of Nivolumab and Ipilimumab (N+I) has shown synergistic effects in cancer immunotherapy but this is still controversial due to the higher incidence of toxicity. Hence, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of Nivolumab combined with Ipilimumab and compared the different dosing schedules of the N+I combination. Methods: By searching in PubMed, PMC, Cochrane library and major conference abstracts, eligible sixteen studies including N+I therapy and Nivolumab monotherapy were selected to analyze overall response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and high-grade (3-4) adverse effects (AEs). Results: Compared with monotherapy of Nivolumab, N+I significantly improved ORR (RR=1.40 [95% CI 1.27, 1.54], P<0.00001) and PFS (Hazard Ratio (HR)=0.83 [95% CI 0.77, 0.90], P<0.00001), but not OS (HR=0.93 [95% CI 0.84, 1.03], P=0.16). In a sub-analysis, the combination of Nivolumab 1mg/kg plus Ipilimumab 3mg/kg (N1I3) and Nivolumab 3mg/kg plus Ipilimumab 1mg/kg (N3I1) achieved better ORR and PFS than Nivolumab 3mg/kg (N3) alone. Remarkably, OS was also prolonged with the N1I3 combination compared with the N3I1 combination or N3. Furthermore, a higher incidence of high-grade AEs also occurred with the combination therapy of N1I3. Conclusions: N+I combination therapy showed greater ORR and PFS compared with Nivolumab monotherapy. N1I3 combination provided the benefit of ORR, PFS and OS but was associated with a higher incidence of toxicity.
Художник Карел Шкрета
Creators: name: Тананаева Лариса Ивановна
Publisher: name: Художественная культура
Year: 2019
Subjects: живопись
Карел Шкрета
барокко
стиль
коллегия иезуитов
Прага
Италия
Тридцатилетняя война
миссионеры
реалистичность.

description: Статья посвящена творчеству чешского художника XVII века Карела Шкреты, которого некоторые называли «чешским Рафаэлем». Вместе с подробностями творческого пути в поле зрения автора попадает и сама противоречивая эпоха начала Нового времени. Сочетание средневекового аллегоризма и барочной декоративности, влияние выдающихся мастеров Западной Европы и конфликтное сосуществование разных религиозных направлений, опыт жизни в Италии и атмосфера родной Праги – это и многое другое так или иначе повлияло на развитие неповторимой стилистики художника. Автор отмечает, что великолепное владение барочной риторикой не отрицает тяготения Шкреты к достоверной передаче жестокости и прозаизма жизни, делая его весьма многоплановым художником. Такие сцены, как казнь на эшафоте, пытка на дыбе «под протокол», нападение на миссионера крестьян, вооруженных вилами, ставят зарисовки Шкреты в один ряд с немецкой графикой времен Тридцатилетней войны.
Carnet nº 5, commencé à Nijneoudinsk (p. 5)
Creators: name: Péraire, Lucien
name: CNRS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023

description: created: 8-10-1929
Investigating mental workload caused by NDRTs in highly automated driving with deep learning
Creators: name: Hu, Xintao
name: Hu, Jing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This study aimed to examine the impact of non-driving-related tasks (NDRTs) on drivers in highly automated driving scenarios and sought to develop a deep learning model for classifying mental workload using electroencephalography (EEG) signals. The experiment involved recruiting 28 participants who engaged in simulations within a driving simulator while exposed to 4 distinct NDRTs: (1) reading, (2) listening to radio news, (3) watching videos, and (4) texting. EEG data collected during NDRTs were categorized into 3 levels of mental workload, high, medium, and low, based on the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) scores. Two deep learning methods, namely, long short-term memory (LSTM) and bidirectional long short-term memory (BLSTM), were employed to develop the classification model. A series of correlation analyses revealed that the channels and frequency bands are linearly correlated with mental workload. The comparative analysis of classification results demonstrates that EEG data featuring significantly correlated frequency bands exhibit superior classification accuracy compared to the raw EEG data. This research offers a reference for assessing mental workload resulting from NDRTs in the context of highly automated driving. Additionally, it delves into the development of deep learning classifiers for EEG signals with heightened accuracy.
На подступах к исследованию «кино морального беспокойства»
Creators: name: Вирен Денис Георгиевич
Publisher: name: Художественная культура
Year: 2019
Subjects: польское кино
кино морального беспокойства
Анджей Вайда
Кшиштоф Кесьлёвский
история кино

description: Несмотря на то что «кино морального беспокойства» считается в Польше явлением хорошо исследованным, а в нашей стране известным и понятым, при ближайшем рассмотрении оказывается, что все далеко не так просто и очевидно. Статья намечает пути изучения «кино морального беспокойства» на новом этапе и в известной степени корректирует его место в истории польского кино. Не умаляя социально-эстетического значения, необходимо осознавать, что это было лишь одно из течений в польском кинематографе 1970-х годов. Его выдвижение на первый план связано с широким общественным резонансом, вызванным этими картинами, а также тем, что в рамках «кино морального беспокойства» работали лучшие представители нового поколения кинематографистов, позднее составившие славу польского кино. Историки по-прежнему ведут споры о генезисе названия: при каких обстоятельствах оно родилось, кто был автором яркой прижившейся формулировки. В то же время по сей день многих исследователей не устраивает это словосочетание, поэтому периодически возникают новые варианты. Сложность представляет и необходимость классификации фильмов, принадлежащих к «кино морального беспокойства». Также вызывают вопросы хронологические рамки, точнее, момент возникновения. Наконец, очень важен вопрос, можно ли считать «кино морального беспокойства» сугубо национальным явлением.
The relationship between systemic inflammatory biomarkers, lung function and exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Creators: name: Beaumont, Sheridan
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The aim of this thesis was to evaluate CRP, leukocytes and exercise capacity in determining current FEV₁, in order to identify appropriate potential determinants for use in developing a predictive diagnostic model for people at risk of developing COPD. As much of the literature on systemic inflammatory biomarkers relates to the more advanced stages of COPD, assessing these levels across mild to severe COPD will establish whether systemic inflammation is lower for milder stages of the disease. This may provide new information about the value of using a combination of these assessments as an indicator of people at risk of developing COPD.
Existence of connected and autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic: Impacts on safety and environment
Creators: name: Wei, Shanshan
name: Shao, Minhua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: With the growing market penetration of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), the interaction between conventional human-driven vehicles (HDVs) and CAVs will be inevitable. However, the effects of CAVs in mixed traffic streams have not been extensively studied in China. This study aims to quantify the changes in driving characteristics of an HDV while following a CAV compared to following another HDV and investigate the corresponding impact on traffic safety and the environment caused by these changes. Firstly, two scenarios were built on a driving simulation platform. In scenario 1, the driver follows a vehicle programmed to execute the speed profile of the HDV obtained from the Shanghai Naturalistic Driving Study (SH-NDS) project. In scenario 2, the driver follows a vehicle whose speed profile is calibrated according to the Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) follow-along theory. Secondly, the speed, acceleration, and headway of 30 individuals in each following scenario were analyzed. Speed and acceleration volatility (standard deviation, deviation rate) and time-to-collision (TTC) were selected as indexes to assess the safety impact. The emission and fuel consumption models were used to determine the environmental impact after being localized by the parameters. HDVs following CAVs exhibit less driving volatility in speed and acceleration, show remarkable improvements in TTC, consume less fuel, and produce fewer emissions on average. By introducing CAVs into the road traffic system, traffic operation safety and environmental quality will be improved, with a more stable flow status, lower collision risk, and less air pollution.
Direct photon production at next-to-next-to-leading order
Creators: name: Campbell, John M.
name: Ellis, R. Keith
name: Williams, Ciaran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first calculation of direct photon production at next-to-next-to leading order (NNLO) accuracy in QCD. For this process, although the final state cuts mandate only the presence of a single electroweak boson, the underlying kinematics resembles that of a generic vector boson plus jet topology. In order to regulate the infrared singularities present at this order we use the $N$-jettiness slicing procedure, applied for the first time to a final state that at Born level includes colored partons but no required jet. We compare our predictions to ATLAS 8 TeV data and find that the inclusion of the NNLO terms in the perturbative expansion, supplemented by electroweak corrections, provides an excellent description of the data with greatly reduced theoretical uncertainties.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Метатекст и диаграмматология: характер визуальной силы книжной иллюстрации
Creators: name: Шукуров Шариф Мухаммадович
Publisher: name: Художественная культура
Year: 2019
Subjects: диаграмматология
метатекст
текст и иллюстрация
визуальная риторика
глубинная риторика

description: В работе рассматривается теоретическая проблема взаимодействия текста и иллюстрации как метатекста. В статье обсуждается термин «визуальная риторика», она нацелена на обследование процесса становления визуального объекта во времени и пространстве, а также перспектив изучения визуальной информации – значения целостности объекта и иерархии его составных частей. Диаграмматологию характеризуют видоизменения изображения, в особенности на границе с текстом, пограничная область между текстом и изображением, которая является постоянным источником визуальных метаморфоз. Проблема взаимоотношения иллюстрации и текста в средневековой персидской рукописи обсуждается в рамках введенной глубинной риторики, одним из центральных задач которой является вопрос о том, что иллюстрирует и что интерпретирует рукописная миниатюра
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Discovering the potential of S. clavuligerus for bioactive compound production: cross-talk between the chromosome and the pSCL4 megaplasmid
Creators: name: Álvarez-Álvarez, Rubén
name: Martínez-Burgo, Yolanda
name: Rodríguez-García, Antonio
name: Liras, Paloma
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Intergenic region from SCLAV_5488 to SCLAV_5489. Possible hairpin loop formed (ΔG = −85.98 kcal/mol) in the 294 nt excision region. The hairpin loop were predicted according to the M. Zuker’s DNA Fold Server http://unafold. rna.albany.edu/). Figure S2. Antibiotics production. S. clavuligerus ATCC27064 (white circles) and S. clavuligerus pSCL4− (black circles) were grown in SA medium, and production of clavulanic acid (left panel), cephamycin C (central panel) and holomycin (right panel) was quantified. Figure S3. RT-qPCR validation of the microarray data. (A) Genes tested: comparison of the data obtained for each gene analyzed in microarrays experiment (Mc values) and by RT-qPCR [log2 -2E(ΔΔCt)]. (B) Representation of the correlation between the results showed in panel A. Figure S4. MS and UV absortion spectra of the compounds detected in S. clavuligerus and the pSCL4− mutant. Only holomycin and N-propionyl holothin, detected in the mutant, have been described previously. Figure S5. Transcriptomic data of Methionine and Cysteine Metabolism Genes. A) Change of expression level of genes related to methionine or cysteine metabolism in S. clavuligerus pSCL4-. Genes not present in S. clavuligerus pSCL4− since they are in the megaplasmid are indicated with double asterisk (**); those genes present among the 231 CDS absent at the right arm of the chromosome are indicated with single asterisk (*). B) Pathways of methionine and cysteine metabolism in Streptomyces. Open arrows indicated upregulated genes in the pSCL4- strain. Steps carried by enzymes encoded by genes not present are marked with a black circle. Table S1. Effect of lack of pSCL4− in genes involved in cell envelope formation and morphological differentiation. Table S2. Oligonucleotides used in this work. (PDF 2056 kb)
Doubly imaged quasar SDSS J1515+1511: time delay and lensing galaxies
Creators: name: Shalyapin, Vyacheslav N.
name: Goicoechea, Luis J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse new optical observations of the gravitational lens system SDSS J1515+1511. These include a 2.6-year photometric monitoring with the Liverpool Telescope (LT) in the $r$ band, as well as a spectroscopic follow-up with the LT and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Our $r$-band LT light curves cover a quiescent microlensing period of the doubly imaged quasar at $z_{\rm s}$ = 2.049, which permits us to robustly estimate the time delay between the two images A and B: 211 $\pm$ 5 days (1$σ$ confidence interval; A is leading). Unfortunately, the main lensing galaxy (G1) is so faint and close to the bright quasar that it is not feasible to accurately extract its spectrum through the GTC data. However, assuming the putative redshift $z_{\rm G1}$ = 0.742, the GTC and LT spectra of the distant quasar are used to discuss the macrolens magnification, and the extinction and microlensing effects in G1. The new constraints on the time delay and macrolens magnification ratio essentially do not change previous findings on the mass scale of G1 and external shear, while the redshift of the lensing mass is found to be consistent with the assumed value of $z_{\rm G1}$. This is a clear evidence that G1 is indeed located at $z_{\rm G1}$ = 0.742. From the GTC data we also obtain the redshift of two additional objects (the secondary galaxy G2 and a new absorption system) and discuss their possible role in the lens scenario.
description: Accepted to ApJ; 19 pages, 5 long tables (Tables 1-5). Tables 1-5 are available at http://grupos.unican.es/glendama/q1515.htm
The impact of indirect benefits (reduced travel time, fuel use and emissions) in cost benefit analysis of road safety countermeasures
Creators: name: Byaruhanga, Chris Bic
name: Evdorides, Harry
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: In cost benefit analysis of road safety countermeasures, all relevant effects on safety, travel time and environment have a substantial impact during economic appraisal. However, in the most widely used road safety appraisal tools such as SafetyAnalyst and International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), indirect effects related to travel time and environment are not considered. Most economic appraisal studies conducted for road safety countermeasures consider only the safety benefits and ignore the indirect benefits due to lack of models to evaluate them. This study attempts to document the quantitative impact of indirect benefits during economic appraisal of road safety infrastructure investments particularly from the angle of reduced crashes. To this effect, data from 9 European countries and the 20-year infrastructure improvement programme developed for the Netherlands are applied to demonstrate the impact of these indirect benefits through a quantitative study. The results show that indirect benefits increase the value of benefits by 7%, which improves the cost effectiveness of countermeasures. Consequently, the number of countermeasures selected for implementation are increased due to addition of these benefits. Travel time benefits constitute the largest share of indirect benefits with a contribution of 6% to the overall benefits due to countermeasure implementation. In conclusion, indirect benefits have a substantial impact on the computation of benefits and countermeasure selection process. In order to present improved business cases for road safety infrastructure investments, there is need to include these benefits during economic appraisal process. Travel time benefits have the highest portion of all indirect benefits compared to vehicle operating costs (VOCs) and emission benefits. The study recommends conducting more research related to travel time benefits due to countermeasure implementation.
Об орнаменте на своде галереи Успенского собора во Владимире
Creators: name: Орлова Мария Алексеевна
Publisher: name: Художественная культура
Year: 2019
Subjects: монументальная живопись
орнаментальная композиция
галерея
Успенский собор
Владимир
датировка
дискуссия.

description: Статья посвящена рассмотрению орнаментальной композиции на своде галереи Успенского собора во Владимире, созданной Всеволодом в конце 1180-х. Время ее появления остается дискуссионным. Фрагменты этой фрески традиционно принято относить ко второму этапу декорации собора. Он датируется временем достройки собора в конце 1180-х гг. Однако возможны и другие даты. В 1212 году в галерее рядом с алтарем был захоронен прах Всеволода ровно напротив гробницы Андрея Боголюбского, первого строителя Успенского собора. Тем самым этот храм, помимо основных его функций, превращался в усыпальницу князей владимирского дома. Декорация галереи могла отвечать этому предназначению и быть созданной вскоре после кончины Всеволода. Возможен и еще один временной рубеж. Согласно летописи, роспись «притвора» (скорее всего, галереи) была предпринята в 1237 году, то есть за год до татарского разгрома. И эта дата представляется наиболее вероятной. Мотивы и характер композиции на своде галереи Успенского собора позволяют сопоставить ее не столько с росписью Рождественского собора в Суздале (1222–1225), сколько с орнаментальной декорацией Георгиевского собора в Юрьеве Польском (1230–1234).
Discussion: Formations of Gendered Labor in Postwar Japan: Perspectives from Cultural Studies, Economic History, and Labor Studies
Creators: name: Jenkins, Kana
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023

description: The author was invited as a discussant to the panel "Formations of Gendered Labor in Postwar Japan: Perspectives from Cultural Studies, Economic History, and Labor Studies," held at the annual conference of Association for Asian Studies. This is a PDF version of the power point presentation slides that were shared at the panel.
Study of the accretion torque during the 2014 outburst of the X-ray pulsar GRO J1744-28
Creators: name: Sanna, A.
name: Riggio, A.
name: Burderi, L.
name: Pintore, F.
name: Di Salvo, T.
name: D'Ai, A.
name: Bozzo, E.
name: Esposito, P.
name: Segreto, A.
name: Scarano, F.
name: Iaria, R.
name: Gambino, A. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the spectral and timing analysis of the X-ray pulsar GRO J1744-28 during its 2014 outburst using data collected with the X-ray satellites Swift, INTEGRAL, Chandra, and XMM-Newton. We derived, by phase-connected timing analysis of the observed pulses, an updated set of the source ephemeris. We were also able to investigate the spin-up of the X-ray pulsar as a consequence of the accretion torque during the outburst. Relating the spin-up rate and the mass accretion rate as $\dotν\propto\dot{M}^β$, we fitted the pulse phase delays obtaining a value of $β=0.96(3)$. Combining the results from the source spin-up frequency derivative and the flux estimation, we constrained the source distance to be between 3.4-4.1 kpc, assuming a disc viscous parameter $α$ to be in the range 0.1-1. Finally, we investigated the presence of a possible spin-down torque by adding a quadratic component to the pulse phase delay model. The marginal statistical improvement of the updated model does not allow us to firmly confirm the presence of this component.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
From the “Battle of the Books” to Internationally Known Special Collections
Creators: name: Jenkins, Kana
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024

description: The Baltimore Bibliophiles is a group of book enthusiasts based in Baltimore, Maryland. The author was invited as a guest speaker to introduce the Gordon W. Prange Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland Libraries. This is a PDF version of the power point presentation slides that were shared with the group.
Overview of the Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland Libraries
Creators: name: Jenkins, Kana
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2022

description: The National Japan Bowl is a Japanese-language competition, hosted by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC. The author was invited as one of the workshop hosts to introduce the Gordon W. Prange Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland Libraries. This is a PDF version of the power point presentation slides that were shared at the workshop.
UNVEILING DYSPHEMISM: EXPLORING NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS IN LITERARY LANGUAGE
Creators: name: Baxronova, Matluba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article delves into the intricate realm of dysphemism within literature, shedding light on the phenomenon wherein words and phrases acquire derogatory or offensive connotations over time. Dysphemism, the antithesis of euphemism, reveals the dynamic nature of language and its reflection of societal attitudes, historical contexts, and cultural shifts. Through an extensive review of literary works spanning different genres and time periods, this study examines how certain terms evolve from neutral or clinical descriptors to loaded markers of scorn or ridicule. By analyzing the linguistic strategies employed by authors to convey dysphemic expressions, this research seeks to elucidate the underlying social, political, and psychological dynamics that contribute to the dysphemization process. Furthermore, this article explores the implications of dysphemism for literary interpretation, highlighting its role in shaping reader perceptions, reinforcing stereotypes, or challenging prevailing norms. Ultimately, this study offers a nuanced understanding of dysphemism as a multifaceted phenomenon that intersects with broader issues of power, identity, and discourse within literary discourse.
A Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of 8 Clear Sky Models
Creators: name: Bruneton, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We provide a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of 8 clear sky models used in Computer Graphics. We compare the models with each other as well as with measurements and with a reference model from the physics community. After a short summary of the physics of the problem, we present the measurements and the reference model, and how we "invert" it to get the model parameters. We then give an overview of each CG model, and detail its scope, its algorithmic complexity, and its results using the same parameters as in the reference model. We also compare the models with a perceptual study. Our quantitative results confirm that the less simplifications and approximations are used to solve the physical equations, the more accurate are the results. We conclude with a discussion of the advantages and drawbacks of each model, and how to further improve their accuracy.
Constructing women's identities in self-writing and online diaries in Taiwan
Creators: name: Chou, Yu-Ling
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis examines online self-writing as social action that provides a means for women to find their own ‘space’. The emergence of virtual spaces has transformed practices of self-representation and associated constructions of identity. It has also changed the nature of personal expression and the substance of social narratives. In this regard, the personal blog (a shortening of the term ‘weblog’), represents one of the most important forms of online presence, facilitating the building and communication of identity for women in new media, particularly in Taiwan. The workings of women’s diaristic blogs, as on-going autobiographies, and as centres of online communities, are presented as integral to new media self-expression, and filtered through the relationship between the diary and its ‘writing self’, the narrative identity. This research speaks to an absence in critical work on women’s blog-based negotiations of everyday activities, pressures and identity-based dilemmas, arguing that women write to work through experiences and to forge connections with other women. Where women’s life writing has been linked historically to feminist struggles against repression under patriarchy, the assertion here is that personal writing is especially important for women’s self-awareness, and that writing online is vital to the assertion of female subjectivity in public space. This research connects the historical significance of the diary for women with the evolution of the diary’s function as it has moved to online platforms. The relationship between the online diary and identity formation for writers and readers in investigated in ‘cyber ethnographies’ of two popular female bloggers in Taiwan, Wealthy Lady Nana and Indoors Woman Showon, as they create their own media networks and communities through blogging. These two case studies build on the critical framing of the diary as a ‘feminine’ genre, wrought through personal narratives of identity, and on constructions of blogging as a form of ‘empowering exhibitionism’. This thesis navigates the discursive and genealogical aspects of women’s online writing in Taiwan, and gendered ‘web-ethnography’ more broadly, concluding that in its mediation of women’s self-awareness and social contexts, the very act of women’s diary writing constitutes an act of feminist practice.
Spin dynamics of close-in planets exhibiting large TTVs
Creators: name: Delisle, J. -B.
name: Correia, A. C. M.
name: Leleu, A.
name: Robutel, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the spin evolution of close-in planets in compact multi-planetary systems. The rotation period of these planets is often assumed to be synchronous with the orbital period due to tidal dissipation. Here we show that planet-planet perturbations can drive the spin of these planets into non-synchronous or even chaotic states. In particular, we show that the transit timing variation (TTV) is a very good probe to study the spin dynamics, since both are dominated by the perturbations of the mean longitude of the planet. We apply our model to KOI-227b and Kepler-88b, which are both observed undergoing strong TTVs. We also perform numerical simulations of the spin evolution of these two planets. We show that for KOI-227b non-synchronous rotation is possible, while for Kepler-88b the rotation can be chaotic.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A
Predictions for the isolated prompt photon production at the LHC at $ \sqrt s= $13 TeV
Creators: name: Goharipour, Muhammad
name: Mehraban, Hossein
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The prompt photon production in hadronic collisions has a long history of providing information on the substructure of hadrons and testing the perturbative techniques of QCD. Some valuable information about the parton densities in the nucleon and nuclei, especially of the gluon, can also be achieved by analysing the measurements of the prompt photon production cross section whether inclusively or in association with heavy quarks or jets. In this work, we present predictions for the inclusive isolated prompt photon production in $ pp $ collisions at center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV using various modern PDF sets. The calculations are presented both as a function of photon transverse energy $ E_\textrm{T}^γ$ and pseudorapidity $ η^γ$ for the ATLAS kinematic coverage. We also study in detail the theoretical uncertainty in the cross sections due to the variation of the renormalization, factorization and fragmentation scales. Moreover, we introduce and calculate the ratios of photon momenta for different rapidity regions and study the impact of various input PDFs on such quantity.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Prediction of driving stress on high-altitude expressway using driving environment features: A naturalistic driving study in Tibet
Creators: name: Qin, Pengcheng
name: He, Jie
name: Sun, Shuang
name: Yan, Xintong
name: Wang, Chenwei
name: Ye, Yuntao
name: Yan, Guanfeng
name: Yan, Tao
name: Wang, Mingnian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Owing to the harsh environment in high-altitude areas, drivers experience significant driving stress. Compared with urban roads or expressways in low-altitude areas, the driving environment in high-altitude areas has distinct features, including mountainous environments and a higher proportion of trucks and buses. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of predicting stress levels through elements in the driving environment. Naturalistic driving tests were conducted on an expressway in Tibet. Driving stress was assessed using heart rate variability (HRV)-based indicators and classified using K-means clustering. A DeepLabv3 model was built to conduct semantic segmentation and extract environment elements from the driving scenarios recorded through a camera next to the driver’s eyes. A decision tree and 4 other ensemble learning models based on decision trees were built to predict driving stress levels using the environment elements. Fifty-six indicators were extracted from the driving environment. Results of the prediction models demonstrate that extreme gradient boosting has the best overall performance with the F1 score (harmonic mean of the precision and recall) and G-mean (geometric mean of sensitivity and specificity) reaching 0.855 and 0.890, respectively. Indicators based on the variation rate of trucks and buses have high feature importance and exhibit positive effects on driving stress. Indicators reflecting the proportion of mountain, road, and sky features negatively affect the expected levels of driving stress. Additionally, the mountain feature demonstrates multidimensional effects, because driving stress is positively affected by indicators of the variation rate for mountain elements. This study validates the prediction of driving stress using environment elements in the driver’s field of view and extends its application to high-altitude expressways with distinct environmental characteristics. This method provides a real-time, less intrusive, and safer method of driving stress assessment and prediction and also enhances the understanding of the environmental determinants of driving stress. The results hold promising applications, including the development of a driving state assessment and warning module as well as the identification of high-risk road sections and implementation of control measures.