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From elitist to plebeian: cosmopolitanism in V.S. Naipaul's fiction
Creators: name: Xu, Weiwei
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis examines how V. S. Naipaul alters his elitist stance and consciously reorients his understanding of cosmopolitanism toward a plebeian direction represented in his fiction. It relies on new theories, critiques and empirical analyses of cosmopolitanism that have emerged and developed in cultural studies, sociology and anthropology in the past fifteen years or so. The most prominent feature of the new cosmopolitanism is its response to diversity in the increasingly hybridised global context in a counter-elitist trend. This thesis argues that the contemporary re-conceptualisation of cosmopolitanism in the cultural dimension necessitates a rereading of Naipaul's works. It seeks to challenge the simplistic generalisation of Naipaul's cosmopolitanism as an elitist mode of being and his advocacy of a homogenising drive toward universality, and rejects both those readings of his fiction that adopt a universalist cosmopolitan lens and those that look at them from a purely postcolonial perspective. It divides Naipaul's fiction writing into four phases, and eight of his novels--Miguel Street, Mr Stone and the Knights Companion, The Mimic Men, In a Free State, A Bend in the River, The Enigma of Arrival, Half a Life and Magic Seeds--are examined in the chronological order. In doing so, this thesis shows how Naipaul's textualisation of cosmopolitanism has evolved from the elitist to plebeian slant in changing historical conditions. By exploring the plebeian transnational's homelessness or rootlessness as a consequence of the (post)colonial experience, Naipaul questions the feasibility of elitist cosmopolitanism, and finally embraces plebeian cosmopolitanism. The continual, long process of his conscious correction responsive to contemporary cultural, economic, political and social changes exemplifies a kind of new cosmopolitanism. This thesis highlights that Naipaul's incorporation of the tension between particularism and universalism existing in the real world into his thought and outlook extends the theoretical premises of cosmopolitan discourses.
Proposal for midinfrared light--induced ferroelectricity in oxide paraelectrics
Creators: name: Subedi, Alaska
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I show that a nonequilibrium paraelectric to ferroelectric transition can be induced using midinfrared pulses. This relies on a quartic $lQ_{\textrm{l$_z$}}^2Q_{\textrm{h$_x$}}^2$ coupling between the lowest ($Q_{\textrm{l$_z$}}$) and highest ($Q_{\textrm{h$_x$}}$) frequency infrared-active phonon modes of a paraelectric material. Density functional calculations show that the coupling constant $l$ is negative, which causes a softening of the $Q_{\textrm{l$_z$}}$ mode when the $Q_{\textrm{h$_x$}}$ mode is externally pumped. A rectification along the $Q_{\textrm{l$_z$}}$ coordinate that stabilizes the nonequilibrium ferroelectric state occurs only above a critical threshold for the electric field of the pump pulse, demonstrating that this is a nonperturbative phenomenon. A first principles calculation of the coupling between light and the $Q_{\textrm{h$_x$}}$ mode shows that ferroelectricity can be induced in the representative case of strained KTaO$_3$ by a midinfrared pulse with a peak electric field of 17 MV cm$^{-1}$ and duration of 2 ps. Furthermore, other odd-order nonlinear couplings make it possible to arbitrarily switch off the light-induced ferroelectric state, making this technique feasible for all-optic devices.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
Carbon, oxygen and strontium isotopes of the Mesoproterozoic Jixian System （1.6-1.4 Ga）in the southern margin of the North China Craton and the geological implications
Creators: name: Tan, Cong
name: Lu, Yuanzheng
name: Li, Xin
name: Song, Haonan
name: Lv, Dan
name: Ma, Xueying
name: Fan, Ru
name: Deng, Shenghui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: The Mesoproterozoic Jixian System (1.6–1.4 Ga) in the Luonan area, southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC), is characterized by complete development, continuous sedimentation and a low degree of structural deformation, resulting in well-preserved palaeontological and paleoenvironmental records. Carbon, oxygen and strontium isotopes of 382 dolostone samples from the Jixian System in Xiong’er Rift, southern margin of the NCC are analysed for the restoration of paleoenvironment and stratigraphic correlation. The results show that the δ13C values of these samples mainly concentrate between −1.8‰ and 2.0‰, and the values can be divided into three segments. The δ18O values are mainly between −6.5‰ and −3.5‰, with frequent fluctuations and weak regularity. The 87Sr/86Sr ratio ranges from 0.7051 to 0.7139, with an average value of 0.7085. Its fluctuations have certain regularity and are negatively correlated with the carbon isotopes, indicating that the sea-level changes during the Jixian period in the southern margin of the NCC. The carbon isotope curve of the samples from the study section is very similar to those of the Xiong’er Rift and the Yanliao Rift of the NCC. The −3.2‰ δ13C negative excursion in the middle and upper parts of the Xunjiansi Formation corresponds to the δ13C negative excursion from the top of the Wumishan Formation to the bottom of the Tieling Formation in the Yanliao Rift. Combined with previous research data, the Jixian System that deposited in the Xiong’er Rift and the Yanliao Rift can be approximately correlated with each other. In addition, the carbon isotope data obtained from this study is comparable to global carbon isotope values during the same period. The rise and oscillation of carbon and strontium isotope values during this period may be a response to the break-up of the Colombian supercontinent.
Effect of carbon source on the glycosylation pathway of Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30
Creators: name: Ashwood, Chris
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Trichoderma reesei has been of industrial interest for several decades for the production of cellulases, resulting in the development of hypercellulolytic strains such as RUT-C30. High protein production and secretion, and eukaryotic glycosylation machinery, make T. reesei RUT-C30 a suitable expression host for recombinant proteins. The glycosylation of secreted proteins of RUT-C30 is known to vary depending on culture nutrients. However, the impact of media on the intracellular precursors of glycosylation and on the secreted protein glycosylation has received little attention, and techniques for their analysis in fungi are lacking. This study investigated the effect of carbon source on nucleotide sugars of RUT-C30, important precursors of glycosylation. Methods were developed to extract and analyse these metabolites from mycelia grown on glucose or lactose. In parallel, the glycosylation profile of secreted protein was monitored. Differences were found in the abundance of nucleotide sugars depending on carbon source, not directly reflected in secreted protein glycosylation. In addition, previously uncharacterised O-glycan structures on the total secreted protein were identified. The work provides insight into the effect of carbon sources on the glycosylation and protein secretion pathways in Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30, with the long term aim of regulating the production of recombinant secreted proteins.
Characterization of gas diffusion electrodes for metal-air batteries
Creators: name: Danner, Timo
name: Eswara, Santhana
name: Schulz, Volker P.
name: Latz, Arnulf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gas diffusion electrodes are commonly used in high energy density metal-air batteries for the supply of oxygen. Hydrophobic binder materials ensure the coexistence of gas and liquid phase in the pore network. The phase distribution has a strong influence on transport processes and electrochemical reactions. In this article we present 2D and 3D Rothman-Keller type multiphase Lattice-Boltzmann models which take into account the heterogeneous wetting behavior of gas diffusion electrodes. The simulations are performed on FIB-SEM 3D reconstructions of an Ag model electrode for predefined saturation of the pore space with the liquid phase. The resulting pressure-saturation characteristics and transport correlations are important input parameters for modeling approaches on the continuum scale and allow for an efficient development of improved gas diffusion electrodes.
Ketamine Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Kelson, Michael
name: Burnett, Justin
name: Matthews, Amy
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: Alcohol use disorder is a chronic, recurrent condition which demonstrates significant heterogeneity in treatment response to first-line agents. Ketamine may have a therapeutic role in substance use disorders, however the research on this topic is limited. The objective of this systematic review is to qualitatively synthesize the current evidence of ketamine treatment for alcohol use disorder and evaluate its efficacy. A systematic review of Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar was performed to identify completed human studies in English or Spanish. Data was descriptively summarized and presented in tables and text via narrative synthesis methodology. Risk of bias was measured with Cochrane Collaboration tools and a case series quality assessment tool.
Additional file 2: Table S2. of Variations in visceral leishmaniasis burden, mortality and the pathway to care within Bihar, India
Creators: name: Jervis, Sarah
name: Chapman, Lloyd
name: Dwivedi, Shweta
name: Morchan Karthick
name: Aritra Das
name: Rutte, Epke Le
name: Courtenay, Orin
name: Medley, Graham
name: Indranath Banerjee
name: Tanmay Mahapatra
name: Indrajit Chaudhuri
name: Sridhar Srikantiah
name: T. Hollingsworth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Distribution of continuous variables (age, waiting times and house size) for the eight study districts. (DOCX 15Â kb)
Clathrate formation in the systems Sr-Cu-Ge and {Ba,Sr}-Cu-Ge
Creators: name: Zeiringer, I.
name: Grytsiv, A.
name: Kneidinger, F.
name: Royanian, E.
name: Bauer, E.
name: Giester, G.
name: Falmbigl, M.
name: Rogl, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the ternary system Sr-Cu-Ge, a clathrate type-I phase, Sr8Cu5.3Ge40.7 (a = 1.06311(3), exists close to the Zintl limit in a small temperature interval. Sr8Cu5.3Ge40.7 decomposes eutectoidally on cooling at 730°C into (Ge), SrGe2 and tau1-SrCu2-xGe2+x. Phase equilibria at 700°C have been established for the Ge rich part and are characterized by the appearance of only one ternary compound, tau1-SrCu2-xGe2+x, which crystallizes with the ThCr2Si2 structure type and forms a homogeneity range up to x=0.4 (a = 0.42850(4), c = 1.0370(1) nm). Additionally, the extent of the clathrate type-I solid solution Ba8-xSrxCuyGe46-y (5.2 < y < 5.4) has been studied at various temperatures. The clathrate type-I crystal structure (space group ) has been proven by X-ray single crystal diffraction on two single crystals with composition Sr8Cu5.3Ge40.7 (a = 1.06368(2) nm) and Ba4.9Sr3.1Cu5.3Ge40.7 (a = 1.06748(2) nm) measured at 300, 200 and 100 K. From the temperature dependency of the lattice parameters and the atomic displacement parameters, the thermal expansion coefficients, the Debye- and Einstein-temperatures and the speed of sound have been determined. From heat capacity measurements of Sr8Cu5.3Ge40.7 at low temperatures, the Sommerfeld coefficient and the Debye temperature have been extracted, whereas from a detailed analysis of these data at higher temperatures, Einstein branches of the phonon dispersion relation have been derived and compared with those obtained from the atomic displacement parameters. Electrical resistivity measurements of Sr8Cu5.3Ge40.7 reveal a rather metallic behaviour in the low temperature range (< 300 K).
description: 22 pages, 7 figures
ГЛОБАЛ ИҚЛИМ ЎЗГАРИШЛАРИ ФОНИДА ЛАЛМИ ЕРЛАР УЧУН ЮМШОҚ БУҒДОЙНИНГ ЯНГИ БОШЛАНҒИЧ МАНБАЛАРИ ВА НАВЛАРИНИ ЯРАТИШДАГИ ИЛМИЙ ТАДҚИҚОТ НАТИЖАЛАРИ
Creators: name: Жўраев, Маматқул
name: Амиров, Отабек
name: Аманов, Амир
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Иқлимнинг глобал исиши таъсирида қурғоқчиликнинг такрорланиши тезлашганлиги кузатилмоқда, Марказий Осиёда 2010 йилларгача кучли қурғоқчилик йиллари ҳар 8-10 йилда такрорланган. Сўнгги йилларда ғалла экинларининг дон тўлишиш-сут пишиш даврида қурғоқчиликнинг кучли аномал иссиқлик билан бирга рўй бериши кузатилмоқда. Мақолада лалми ерлар учун юмшоқ буғдойнинг аномал иссиқликка ва қурғоқчиликка чидамли бўлган янги навларини яратиш бўйича илмий тадқиқот натижалари келтирилган.
On thermodynamic self-consistency of generic axiomatic-nonextensive statistics
Creators: name: Tawfik, Abdel Nasser
name: Yassin, Hayam
name: Elyazeed, Eman R. Abo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generic axiomatic-nonextensive statistics characterized by two asymptotic properties, to each of them a scaling function is assigned, characterized by c and d for first and second scaling property, respectively, is formulated in a grand-canonical ensemble with finite volume in the thermodynamic limit. The thermodynamic properties of a relativistic ideal gas of hadron resonances are studied. It is found that this generic statistics satisfies the requirements of the equilibrium thermodynamics. Essential aspects of thermodynamic self-consistency are clarified. Analytical expressions are proposed for the statistical fits of various transverse momentum distributions measured in most-central collisions at different collision energies and colliding systems. Estimations for the freezeout temperature and chemical potential and both c and d are determined. The earlier are found compatible with the parameters deduced from Boltzmann-Gibbs (BG) statistics (extensive), while the latter refer to generic nonextensivity. The resulting equivalence class (c,d) is associated to stretched exponentials, where Lambert function reaches its asymptotic stability. In some measurements, the resulting nonextensive entropy is linearly composed of extensive entropies. Apart from power-scaling, the particle ratios and yields are excellent quantities to highlighting whether the particle production takes place, (non)extensively. Various particle ratios and yields measured by the STAR experiment in central collisions at 200, 62.4 and 7.7 GeV are fitted to this novel approach. We found that both c and d<1, i.e. referring to neither BG- nor Tsallis-type statistics, but to (c,d)-entropy, where Lambert functions exponentially raise. We conclude that the particle production at STAR energies is likely a nonextensive process but not necessarily BG or Tsallis type.
description: 20 pages, 4 figures, 2 Tables, accepted for publication in Chinese Phys. C
Crashing through the glass ceiling: neoliberal hegemony and the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act
Creators: name: Nepal, Abhishek
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This paper explores whether the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act can be characterized as demonstrating a new form of Gramsci’s theory of hegemony. Since this theory has been popular in explaining neoliberalism, with the hypotheses that the Glass-Steagall Act was a part of the continuous process of the neoliberal hegemony, I used the theory to explain the long and slow demise of the Glass-Steagall Act. I employed Antonio Gramsci's theory of hegemony by paying particular attention to the relevance of intellectuals. I tested the theory against the long erosion of the depression-era banking act that had separated commercial banks and investment banks in the US. Since hegemony is a long and continuous process, my analysis is structured in such a way that made it suitable to the study of the erosion of the Glass- Steagall Act over the long period. The study covers its enactment and provisions, its contradiction with the financialization process, its repeal efforts and reinforcement for its repeal by the intellectuals from the academic sector and from within the political system in the US. The results demonstrate that Gramsci’s notion of hegemony explains the gradual erosion of the Act. Moreover, it demonstrates that the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act is part of the long and continuous neoliberal process.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Variations in visceral leishmaniasis burden, mortality and the pathway to care within Bihar, India
Creators: name: Jervis, Sarah
name: Chapman, Lloyd
name: Dwivedi, Shweta
name: Morchan Karthick
name: Aritra Das
name: Rutte, Epke Le
name: Courtenay, Orin
name: Medley, Graham
name: Indranath Banerjee
name: Tanmay Mahapatra
name: Indrajit Chaudhuri
name: Sridhar Srikantiah
name: T. Hollingsworth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Distribution of socio-economic factors across the eight study districts. (DOCX 30Â kb)
Young Australian accountants as ‘gold collar' migrants: class, professional socialisation and the life course
Creators: name: Hart, Carina Louise
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: In the developing field focusing on young, highly-skilled migrants, much research continues to focus on individuals whose migration is facilitated though intra-corporate transfers (ICT) rather than those who self-initiate. This study asks, how do young elite professionals engage with international labour mobility as self-initiated migrants, and how is this labour migration intertwined with their life course plans and practice? Drawing on semi-structured interviews with young Australian accountants who have recently worked for a year or more in London, this thesis investigates how the socialisation of young accountants throughout university and graduate employment at top global firms influences the role that migration plays in individual’s life plans. I argue that migration timing, attitudes and experiences of these professionals are significantly informed by their class backgrounds and socialisation at elite firms. Interviewees conceptualised their migration as a two-year holiday whilst simultaneously emphasising personal and career ambitions, using cost-benefit language to justify past and future life decisions. These findings highlight the ways in which formal and informal corporate training provides graduates with future advantages such as accelerated careers and access to overseas job markets, whilst informing their professional identities, attitudes to work and approach to life course planning long after leaving graduate employment.
Investigation of a novel host-directed therapy for malaria through ENU mutagenesis
Creators: name: Greth, Andreas
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Malaria, caused by the Plasmodium parasite, remains one of the top deadly infectious diseases worldwide. Currently the only way to treat malaria is with drugs that are directed against the parasite. However, the development of resistant parasites to all these antimalarials is a growing concern. Therefore, new strategies are needed for drugs that are not affected by resistant parasites. A clue has been provided by so called “natural genetic antimalarials”. Over millennia, exposure to the parasite has led to the evolution of several genetic mutations in the human genome that offer stable protection against infection. Unfortunately many of these gene polymorphisms have been associated with other, often lethal, side-effects. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to identify novel protective genes and biochemical pathways that may be targeted to provide a novel and more lasting host-directed therapy (HDT) for malaria. We employed a large scale ENU (N-Ethyl-N-Nitrosourea) based gene-driven mutagenesis screen in a mouse model to assist in the discovery of potential new drug targets for an HDT. Several novel single point mutations in a number of gene candidates were identified and experiments conducted to reveal the associated phenotype highlighting the biological function behind the affected gene. Further, the mode of action of the acquired resistance was examined and demonstrated. Overall, the work presented here contributes to a better understanding of host-parasite interactions in malaria. Further, this thesis offers proof of the principle that targeting the host is an effective strategy in the discovery of a new generation of antimalarials that may not be limited by drug resistant parasites.
Dynamics of magnetic nano particles in a viscous fluid driven by rotating magnetic fields
Creators: name: Usadel, Klaus D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rotational dynamics of magnetic nano particles in rotating magnetic fields in the presence of thermal noise is studied both theoretically and by performing numerical calculations. Kinetic equations for the dynamics of particles with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy are studied and the phase lag between the rotating magnetic moment and the driving field is obtained. It is shown that for large enough anisotropy energy the magnetic moment is locked to the anisotropy axis so that the particle behaves like a rotating magnetic dipole. The corresponding rigid dipole model is analyzed both numerically by solving the appropriate Fokker-Planck equation and analytically by applying an effective field method. In the special case of a rotating magnetic field applied analytic results are obtained in perfect agreement with numerical results based on the Fokker-Planck equation. The analytic formulas derived are not restricted to small magnetic fields or low frequencies and are therefore important for applications. The illustrative numerical calculations presented are performed for magnetic parameters typical for iron oxide.
Australians in a corporate culture: the national characteristics, are they intrinsic? : a study of cultural behaviour of Australian employees in a multi national [sic] corporation : a measure of change of national culture over time and it's relevance to corporate culture in Australia
Creators: name: Hall, Frederick Leonard
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The idea that collective characteristics or cultural traits exist and that it is convenient to categorise these by national boundaries is reflected in the common beliefs and attitudes held by groups tribes, regions or nations. Environmental conditioning over many years in education, language, geographic and economic circumstances create differences that are not easily changed. Dominant values and beliefs inculcated over lifetimes often are exhibited as national characteristics. With the explosive growth of communications - Tattler's global village1 - and the pervasive expansion of transnational corporations then strong organisational cultures, if such exist, may have eroded national beliefs and attitudes. Edgar H Schein2 remarked on this phenomenon suggesting that Companies with cultures of their own were sometimes strong enough to override or at least modify local cultures. A visit by Schein to Australia (and Singapore) reinforced this observation.
Inverse Design of Perfectly Transmitting Eigenchannels in Scattering Media
Creators: name: Koirala, M.
name: Sarma, R.
name: Cao, H.
name: Yamilov, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Light-matter interactions inside turbid medium can be controlled by tailoring the spatial distribution of energy density throughout the system. Wavefront shaping allows selective coupling of incident light to different transmission eigenchannels, producing dramatically different spatial intensity profiles. In contrast to the density of transmission eigenvalues that is dictated by the universal bimodal distribution, the spatial structures of the eigenchannels are not universal and depend on the confinement geometry of the system. Here, we develop and verify a model for the transmission eigenchannel with the corresponding eigenvalue close to unity. By projecting the original problem of two-dimensional diffusion in a homogeneous scattering medium onto a one-dimensional inhomogeneous diffusion, we obtain an analytical expression relating the intensity profile to the shape of the confining waveguide. Inverting this relationship enables the inverse design of the waveguide shape to achieve the desired energy distribution for the perfectly transmitting eigenchannel. Our approach also allows to predict the intensity profile of such channel in a disordered slab with open boundaries, pointing to the possibility of controllable delivery of light to different depths with local illumination.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
Properties and uses of factorial cumulants in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Creators: name: Kitazawa, Masakiyo
name: Luo, Xiaofeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss properties and applications of factorial cumulants of various particle numbers and for their mixed channels measured by the event-by-event analysis in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. After defining the factorial cumulants for systems with multi-particle species, their properties are elucidated. The uses of the factorial cumulants in the study of critical fluctuations are discussed. We point out that factorial cumulants play useful roles in understanding fluctuation observables when they have underlying physics approximately described by the binomial distribution. As examples, we suggest novel utilization methods of the factorial cumulants in the study of the momentum cut and rapidity window dependences of fluctuation observables.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures
Additional file 9: of Comparative genomic analysis of Brevibacterium strains: insights into key genetic determinants involved in adaptation to the cheese habitat
Creators: name: Nguyen-Phuong Pham
name: SĂŠverine Layec
name: Dugat-Bony, Eric
name: Vidal, Marie
name: FranĂ§Oise Irlinger
name: Monnet, Christophe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Iron (Fig). (PDF 98 kb)
Quintic quasi-topological gravity
Creators: name: Cisterna, Adolfo
name: Guajardo, Luis
name: Hassaine, Mokhtar
name: Oliva, Julio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a quintic quasi-topological gravity in five dimensions, i.e. a theory with a Lagrangian containing $\mathcal{R}^5$ terms and whose field equations are of second order on spherically (hyperbolic or planar) symmetric spacetimes. These theories have recently received attention since when formulated on asymptotically AdS spacetimes might provide for gravity duals of a broad class of CFTs. For simplicity we focus on five dimensions. We show that this theory fulfils a Birkhoff's Theorem as it is the case in Lovelock gravity and therefore, for generic values of the couplings, there is no s-wave propagating mode. We prove that the spherically symmetric solution is determined by a quintic algebraic polynomial equation which resembles Wheeler's polynomial of Lovelock gravity. For the black hole solutions we compute the temperature, mass and entropy and show that the first law of black holes thermodynamics is fulfilled. Besides of being of fourth order in general, we show that the field equations, when linearized around AdS are of second order, and therefore the theory does not propagate ghosts around this background. Besides the class of theories originally introduced in arXiv:1003.4773 [gr-qc], the general geometric structure of these Lagrangians remains an open problem.
description: 20 pages, no figures
Design and analysis of routing and associated transmission schemes in cognitive radio networks
Creators: name: Zheng, Changliang
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) have emerged as an exciting technology to improve spectrum utilization and provide more available bandwidth. In CRNs, cognitive radio (CR) users dynamically access the unused spectrum granted to primary users. Such an opportunistic manner of spectrum access brings unique challenges for efficient communications between CR users. Much of the work on CRNs has focused on the PHY and MAC layer. However, routing design, as a key aspect of networking technologies, plays an important role in improving end-to-end performance for efficient communications between CR users in multi-hop CRNs. In CRNs, primary users' activities result in varying available channel sets for different CR users. Such spatial and temporal variations of channel (spectrum) availability have large impacts on routing design. In this thesis, we first propose a multi-channel spectrum aware opportunistic routing algorithm for multi-radio CRNs with fast varying spectrum availability. In the proposed algorithm transmitters broadcast packets on multiple channels of CR links in order to reduce link delay and end-to-end delay. Additionally, the algorithm does not need a pre-setup route, and takes advantages of the broadcast nature of wireless transmission to overcome the unreliable link due to radio fading. The proposed algorithm delivers low delay and is able to support high traffic load. We then propose a random linear coded scheme for efficient batch transmission over multiple channels between a single-hop communication pair in CRNs. The proposed scheme represents a key component in the network coding based opportunistic routing architecture of this thesis. We develop theoretical analysis and derive batch delays for the proposed scheme and two multi-channel ARQ based schemes. We further extend the analysis to different batch transmission schemes, combined with different routing strategies, in a two-hop CRN. We derive network performance measures of the schemes in terms of batch delay, which provide in-sights into the data transmission capability in multi-channel CRN environment. The proposed scheme is less dependent on feedback channel and reduces batch delay significantly. Finally, we consider a single transceiver multi-channel multi-hop CRN, which is a more practical scenario for low cost implementation. We propose a channel assignment and routing scheme, which minimizes the number of channel switches along a ow. We derive an efficient channel information dissemination algorithm that integrates the channel assignment scheme into the on-demand routing protocol and reduces the routing overhead. The proposed scheme achieves lower end-to-end delay, and higher and more stable throughput.
ОПРЕДЕЛЕНЫЕ ПАРАМЕТРОВ УСТРОЙСТВА ДЛЯ ПОДГОТОВКИ ПОСЕВ ОДНОВРЕМЕННО С ПОСЕВОМ СЕМЯН ХОПЧАТНИКА
Creators: name: Доцент А.А.Исаков Ассистент  Ф.Н.Чимпайизов Джизакского политехнического института
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Обоснованы параметры блока конических звездочек. Найдены основные его параметры и на их базе изготовлены  макетные образцы устройства. На их базе проведены лабораторные исследования которые показании высокого эффективность подготовки семенного ложа одновременно с посевом.
Additional file 2: of Low level laser therapy (Photobiomodulation therapy) for breast cancer-related lymphedema: a systematic review
Creators: name: G. Baxter
name: Lizhou Liu
name: Petrich, Simone
name: Gisselman, Angela
name: Chapple, Cathy
name: Anders, Juanita
name: Tumilty, Steve
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Excluded articles after duplicates removal (nâ =â 66) (PDF). This file presents references of the 66 articles that were excluded after duplicates removed. (DOCX 23 kb)
A pragmatic multi-site clinical trial of chiropractic treatment for asthma
Creators: name: McKelvey, Sue-Ellen
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 300 million people suffer from asthma. The prevalence of asthma in Australia is one of the highest in the world, according to population studies. -- It is a fact that health consumers consult chiropractors for treatment of asthma; and report beneficial outcomes. It is also the fact that research studies into the potential benefits of chiropractic in the treatment of asthma have been inconclusive. The thesis reports on a clinical trial, the research methodology of which was designed by the Macquarie University multidisciplinary team of researchers with specific regard for those seemingly contradictory facts. -- The focus of this thesis is to review particular evidence of efficacy in chiropractic as a treatment for improving the health of the individual asthma sufferer and to consider the applicability of research methods that may be adopted to evidence any such benefits from chiropractic treatments. The nature of chiropractic treatment is reviewed through research to date and with identification of current topics of research significance in chiropractic healthcare. -- The complex condition of asthma as a chronic multi-factorial condition is reviewed, as is the pathophysiological nature of asthma as a potential factor of influence itself. Chiropractic healthcare is discussed in its context as a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) healthcare service. -- The thesis identifies strengths and weaknesses in research methods of chiropractic and CAM healthcare approaches that are non-pharmaceutical by nature. It is recognised that in CAM there are therapeutic mechanisms of health change that are yet to be understood. A pragmatic research trial within an asthma management plan offered a patient-centric model for examining the health of the individual asthma sufferer, with the inclusion of a nonpharmaceutical treatment program. The thesis acknowledges the importance of emerging trends in issues such as consumer health demand and clinical co-management, and offers observations on the place of a patient outcome-centric model of health delivery in particular in the context of CAM. -- There is background to the research design of the clinical trial. The research design was informed by preliminary studies and constructed by the multi-disciplinary team. The clinical trial then proceeded. -- The clinical trial was undertaken to examine whether there are any therapeutic benefits for the individual with asthma from chiropractic treatment; the trial is discussed in terms of its findings and also in terms of its implications on the question of research design in the context of medical and alternative healthcare.
Are simultaneous interpreters subject to the central processing bottleneck during language production?
Creators: name: Sui, Longjiao
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Simultaneous interpreting (SI), the mode of interpreting generally used at international conferences, is an exceptionally complex language-processing task, which requires interpreters to continuously receive source language (SL) utterances, store the information in memory, transcode utterances into the target language (TL), and articulate the previous segments. What makes SI particularly difficult to perform is that all the above processes are carried out in real time. Almost all models of cognitive processing during SI share the assumption that cognitive resources are limited and shared by all the components of processing that need to occur concurrently (Gerver, 1976; Gile, 1997; Liu et al., 2004; Christoffels & De Groot, 2004; Padilla, Bajo & Macizo, 2005). This assumption has gone largely unchallenged, and yet psycholinguistic research on language performance has suggested that language production is subject to a central processing bottleneck (Welford, 1952) which allows only one task to be performed at a time. This raises the as-yet-unanswered question of whether interpreters, despite their professional experience, are also subject to the central processing bottleneck during language production, or whether interpreters’ extensive experience leads to more efficient lemma and phonological word-form selection than is the case for bilinguals and monolinguals, alleviating the bottleneck. In this study, I investigate these questions using an experiment in the dual-task paradigm. The results suggest that even language experts such as simultaneous interpreters are subject to the central processing bottleneck during word production. No significant difference was found between the three matched groups of professional interpreters, bilinguals and monolinguals on the duration of the bottleneck stage during word production. In addition, the results indicate that interpreters are as good at anticipating the upcoming word as monolinguals, and better than proficient bilinguals.
Additional file 1: of Low level laser therapy (Photobiomodulation therapy) for breast cancer-related lymphedema: a systematic review
Creators: name: G. Baxter
name: Lizhou Liu
name: Petrich, Simone
name: Gisselman, Angela
name: Chapple, Cathy
name: Anders, Juanita
name: Tumilty, Steve
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Search strategy (PDF). This file presents the search strategy used in this systematic review in four databases (PubMed, AMED, Web of Science and CNKI). (PDF 193 kb)
Dawn-dusk asymmetries in the coupled solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system: a review
Creators: name: Walsh, A. P.
name: Haaland, S.
name: Forsyth, C.
name: Keesee, A. M.
name: Kissinger, J.
name: Li, K.
name: Runov, A.
name: Soucek, J.
name: Walsh, B. M.
name: Wing, S.
name: Taylor, M. G. G. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dawn-dusk asymmetries are ubiquitous features of the coupled solar-wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system. During the last decades, increasing availability of satellite and ground-based measurements has made it possible to study these phenomena in more detail. Numerous publications have documented the existence of persistent asymmetries in processes, properties and topology of plasma structures in various regions of geospace. In this paper, we present a review of our present knowledge of some of the most pronounced dawn-dusk asymmetries. We focus on four key aspects: (1) the role of external influences such as the solar wind and its interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere; (2) properties of the magnetosphere itself; (3) the role of the ionosphere and (4) feedback and coupling between regions. We have also identified potential inconsistencies and gaps in our understanding of dawn-dusk asymmetries in the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.
Collisional Dynamics of Solitons in the Coupled PT symmetric Nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger equations
Creators: name: Vinayagam, P. S.
name: Radha, R.
name: Khawaja, U. Al
name: Ling, Liming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the focusing coupled PT-symmetric nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger equation employing Darboux transformation approach. We find a family of exact solutions including pairs of Bright-Bright, Dark-Dark and Bright-Dark solitons in addition to solitary waves. We show that one can convert bright bound state onto a dark bound state in a two-soliton solution by selectively fine tuning the amplitude dependent parameter. We also show that the energy in each mode remains conserved unlike the celebrated Manakov model. We also characterize the behaviour of the soliton solutions in detail. We emphasize that the above phenomenon occurs due to the nonlocality of the model.
description: Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, In Press
Accounting for Pilot Study Uncertainty in Sample Size Determination of Randomized Controlled Trials
Creators: name: Shi, Yaru
name: Liu, Fang
name: Li, Se
name: Chen, Jie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A confirmatory randomized controlled trial can be severely underpowered if the variability and/or effect size estimated from a small-scale pilot study is not taken into account in the sample size calculation. This paper reviews and summarizes four existing methods and proposes five new approaches, namely a tolerance probability (TP) based approach and four expected power (EP) based approaches. While the TP-based approach takes into account only sampling variability, the four EP-based approaches incorporate both sampling variability and effect size estimates from external pilot studies. Formulas for power and sample size determination of the proposed approaches are first derived for normally distributed response variables and then extended to binary and time-to-event outcome variables. Simulations are conducted to compare the performance of the proposed methods with two existing methods in terms of sample size inflation and total costs (assuming a fixed cost ratio per subject between external pilot and confirmatory trials). The proposed methods are illustrated in two examples, one with binary endpoint and another with time-to-event endpoint, in terms of study sample size and power. Finally, some recommendations are made based on the degree of uncertainty of sampling variance and effect size and the performance of the methods.
Flavour breaking effects in the pseudoscalar meson decay constants
Creators: name: Bornyakov, V. G.
name: Horsley, R.
name: Nakamura, Y.
name: Perlt, H.
name: Pleiter, D.
name: Rakow, P. E. L.
name: Schierholz, G.
name: Schiller, A.
name: Stüben, H.
name: Zanotti, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The SU(3) flavour symmetry breaking expansion in up, down and strange quark masses is extended from hadron masses to meson decay constants. This allows a determination of the ratio of kaon to pion decay constants in QCD. Furthermore when using partially quenched valence quarks the expansion is such that SU(2) isospin breaking effects can also be determined. It is found that the lowest order SU(3) flavour symmetry breaking expansion (or Gell-Mann-Okubo expansion) works very well. Simulations are performed for 2+1 flavours of clover fermions at four lattice spacings.
description: 16 pages, 15 figures
"Her accomplice in much evil-doing": the role of emotion in violent female responses to anger, disrespect, grief, and jealousy in Gregory of Tours' Libri historiarum, and their impact on gendered representations
Creators: name: Maxwell, Julia
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis investigates whether certain emotions experienced by women in Gregory of Tours' Libri historiarum contribute to a gendered construction of their identity. Focusing upon the responses to anger, disrespect, grief and jealousy, the research determines whether these emotions, or the violent acts which occur as a consequence of them, are deliberately conveyed by Gregory with regards to the individuals’ gender. A utilisation of Emotional History and Gender Studies to analyse certain scenes and events within Gregory’s narrative, suggests that the emotions do not seek to cast judgements on the women because of their gender, but does vilify (or praise) emotions because of the social, moral and political factors influencing Gregory's literary purpose, and his personal motivations. The impact of emotions on the identity and representation of Late Antique women, particularly Merovingian women, is a field in which much research is needed. This dissertation determines whether the way in which emotions and gender function in accordance with one another in the literature reflects the author and the social world in which they were written.
title: ADCO, Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d'Aloxe (XVe siècle), Cart. 182 (11 H 233), 105 folios, f. 0105
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2017
name: Petot, Frédéric
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire

description: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d'Aloxe (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 182 (11 H 233), 105 folios, f. 0105, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d'Aloxe (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 182 (11 H 233), 105 folios, f. 0105, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261