cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Physico-chemical characterization and mass closure of size-segregated atmospheric aerosols in Hyytiälä, Finland
Creators: name: Saarikoski, S.
name: Mäkelä, T.
name: Hillamo, R.
name: Aalto, P. P.
name: Kerminen, V.-M.
name: Kulmala, M.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2005

description: A size-segregated chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols was investigated in May 2004 at the SMEAR II station, southern Finland. Aerosols were collected using two 12-stage low pressure impactors (SDI) and two virtual impactors (VI). The samples were analyzed for mass, inorganic ions and organic (OC) and elemental carbon (EC). By comparing the gravimetric mass and the results from the chemical analyses, a chemical mass closure was constructed. In addition to the impactors an Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI), Differential Mobility Particle Sizer (DMPS) and Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS) were used to measure the mass size distribution continuously. The chemical composition of fine particles (particle diameter %X 1 um) was very similar over the whole measurement campaign with 40% of mass composed of ammonium sulfate, 35% of OC and 5% of EC. In the submicron range the chemical mass closure of the collected samples was reached within a few percent on average. The chemical mass to gravimetric mass ratio was 0.98 ± 0.10 and 1.05 ± 0.13 (average ± S.D.) for the VI and SDI, respectively. Also, quite a good agreement was obtained between the mass size distributions measured with the ELPI and that measured with the DMPS-APS combination. When the total mass concentration of the fine particles was calculated, the mass concentration of the ELPI was found to be larger than that of the SDI and VI (ELPI/VI ratio 1.11 ± 0.13). This may be due to the semivolatile components lost in impactors. For the SDI and DMPS-APS the concentration of the fine particles was smaller than that of the VI with the SDI/VI and DMPS-APS/VI ratios of 0.70 ± 0.11 and 0.92 ± 0.08, respectively. For the DMPS and APS the mass concentration was calculated from the number concentration by estimating the particle density. The particle density was assessed in two ways; from the chemical composition of the particles (composite density) and by comparing the mass obtained from the DMPS-APS combination with the VI mass concentration (gravimetric density). The densities obtained for fine particles were 1.49 ± 0.03 and 1.66 ± 0.13 g cm–3 for the composite and gravimetric density, respectively.
High tolerance of a high-arctic willow and graminoid to simulated ice encasement
Creators: name: Bjerke, J.W.
name: Elverland, E.
name: Jaakola, L.
name: Lund, L.
name: Zagajewski, B.
name: Bochenek, Z.
name: Kłos, A.
name: Tømmervik, H.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2018

description: Climate change-induced snow thaw and subsequent accumulation of ice on the ground is a potential, major threat to snow-dominated ecosystems. While impacts of ground-ice on arctic wildlife are well explored, the impacts on tundra vegetation is far from understood. We therefore tested the vulnerability of two high-arctic plants, the prostrate shrub Salix polaris and the graminoid Luzula confusa, to ice encasement for 60 days under full environmental control. Both species were tolerant, showing only minor negative responses to the treatment. Subsequent exposure to simulated late spring frost increased the amount of damaged tissue, particularly in S. polaris, compared to the pre-frost situation. Wilting shoot tips of S. polaris increased nearly tenfold, while the proportion of wilted leaves of L. confusa increased by 15%. During recovery, damaged plants of S. polaris responded by extensive compensatory growth of new leaves that were much smaller than leaves of non-damaged shoots. The results suggest that S. polaris and L. confusa are rather tolerant to arctic winter-spring climate change, and this may be part of the reason for their wide distribution range and abundance in the Arctic.
title: Pomme de Terre :
title: Principes directeurs pour la conduite de l’examen de la distinction, de l’homogénéité et de la stabilité.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022

description: Ces principes directeurs (“principes directeurs d’examen”) visent à approfondir les principes énoncés dans l’introduction générale (document TG/1/3) et dans les documents TGP qui s’y rapportent afin de donner des indications concrètes détaillées pour l’harmonisation de l’examen de la distinction, de l’homogénéité et de la stabilité (DHS) et, en particulier, à identifier des caractères convenant à l’examen DHS et à la production de descriptions variétales harmonisées.
Wind wave statistics in Tallinn Bay
Creators: name: Soomere, T.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2005

description: The wind wave regime of Tallinn Bay, Gulf of Finland, is analysed with the use of a simplified method of long-term computations of wave fields based on a high-resolution nested WAM model and Kalbådagrund (1991–2000) wind data. The distributions of probabilities for wave heights, annual and seasonal mean wave heights, density of wave energy and its flux (wave power), and 1-year return wave heights as well as the wave field properties in extreme storms are computed. The mainland and surrounding islands together with numerous shallow areas shelter the bay from waves coming from the dominating strong wind directions. The average wave properties exhibit a significant seasonal and spatial variability. The highest waves occur in the vicinity of the Tallinn–Helsinki ship lane where the significant wave height exceeds 2 m each year and may reach 4 m in extreme NNW storms.
Hindcasting baseline values for water colour and total phosphorus concentration in lakes using sedimentary diatoms — implications for lake typology in Finland
Creators: name: Miettinen, J. O.
name: Kukkonen, M.
name: Simola, H.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2005

description: Background and present total phosphorus (TP) concentrations and water colour have been assessed with palaeolimnological methods in 27 lakes in eastern Finland. Sediment samples from core bottoms (sediment depth 29–185 cm) and core tops (sediment depth 0–1 cm) were analysed for diatom assemblages, and TP and water colour were estimated by weighted averaging methods. Changes in DI-TP and water colour between the core bottom and top samples were used for identification of potential reference lakes, as defined by the EU Water Framework Directive. In addition, implications for lake typology in Finland are discussed. Our results suggest that naturally eutrophic lakes may be more common in Finland than previously thought. Water colour, as well as TP, seems to have been subject to considerable changes in many lakes. According to our results, oligotrophic clearwater lakes appear to be little changed from their pre-disturbance conditions, but most of the presently highly coloured lakes have developed towards increasing water colour.
Empirical biomass models of understorey vegetation in boreal forests according to stand and site attributes
Creators: name: Muukkonen, P.
name: Mäkipää, R.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2006

description: In the early phases of succession, the proportion of biomass comprising understorey vegetation may be considerable and, therefore, it plays a significant role in the annual nutrient and carbon cycling of forest ecosystems. The aim of our study was to identify the most significant forest-site attributes affecting the above-ground biomass of understorey vegetation and to develop models that can be used to predict this biomass in the boreal zone using readily available variables. The study was based on vegetation data consisted of percentage coverage observations collected from a network of permanent sample plots established by the National Forest Inventory in Finland. The coverage data were transformed to biomass with previously published models. According to our results, above-ground biomass can be predicted by such forest stand and site attributes as stand age and site nutrient level. In Scots pine, Norway spruce and broad-leaved forests growing on upland soil, the relative RMSE of predicted above-ground biomass of all understorey vegetation was 16.6%, 22.3% and 31.6%, respectively. In hardwood–spruce mires and paludified forests, the relative RMSE predicted above-ground biomass of all understorey vegetation was 12.2%. In pine mires it was 9.9%. The modelled relationship between biomass and forest site attributes can be used in ecosystem and carbon cycle modelling as a rapid non-destructive method to predict the above-ground biomass of understorey vegetation.
Capturing and Detecting of Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Single Escherichia coli Mother Cells
Creators: name: Yokoyama, Fumiaki
name: Kling, André
name: Dittrich, Petra S.
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Extracellular vesicles
subject: Microfluidics
subject: Mother Machine
subject: Single-cell analysis
subject: Single-cell isolation culture

description: Cells have a phenotypic heterogeneity even in isogeneic populations. Differences in secretion of substances have been well-investigated with single mammalian cells. However, studies on the heterogeneity of secreted substances at the single-bacterial-cell level are challenging due to the small size, motility, and rapid proliferation of bacterial cells such as Escherichia coli. Here, we propose a microfluidic device to achieve an isolated culture of single bacterial cells and capture of extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted from individuals. The device has winding channels to trap single rod-shaped E. coli cells at their entrances. Isolated single mother cells grew constantly up to 24 h, while their daughter cells were removed by flow. The flow carried EVs of the trapped cells along the channel, whose surface was rendered positively charged to electrostatically capture negatively charged EVs, followed by staining with a lipophilic dye to detect EVs by microscopy. Our results underline that the amounts of segregated EVs vary among cells. Moreover, individual responses to perturbation using a membrane-perturbing antibiotic were observed in growth dynamics and EV secretion of living-alone bacteria. The proposed method can be applied to detect other secreted substances of interest, possibly paving the way for elucidating unknown heterogeneities in bacteria.
description: bioRxiv
Beyond Concept Bottleneck Models: How to Make Black Boxes Intervenable?
Creators: name: Marcinkevičs, Ričards
name: Laguna, Sonia
name: Vandenhirtz, Moritz
name: Vogt, Julia E.
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2024
Subjects: Interpretability
Explainability
Concepts
Machine learning

description: Recently, interpretable machine learning has re-explored concept bottleneck models (CBM), comprising step-by-step prediction of the high-level concepts from the raw features and the target variable from the predicted concepts. A compelling advantage of this model class is the user's ability to intervene on the predicted concept values, affecting the model's downstream output. In this work, we introduce a method to perform such concept-based interventions on already-trained neural networks, which are not interpretable by design, given an annotated validation set. Furthermore, we formalise the model's intervenability as a measure of the effectiveness of concept-based interventions and leverage this definition to fine-tune black-box models. Empirically, we explore the intervenability of black-box classifiers on synthetic tabular and natural image benchmarks.  We demonstrate that fine-tuning improves intervention effectiveness and often yields better-calibrated predictions. To showcase the practical utility of the proposed techniques, we apply them to deep chest X-ray classifiers and show that fine-tuned black boxes can be as intervenable and more performant than CBMs.
description: arXiv
The nature of silicon PN junction impedance at high frequency
Creators: name: van Nijen, David A.
name: Procel, Paul
name: van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M.
name: Zeman, Miro
name: Isabella, Olindo
name: Manganiello, Patrizio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A thorough understanding of the small-signal response of solar cells can reveal intrinsic device characteristics and pave the way for innovations. This study investigates the impedance of crystalline silicon PN junction devices using TCAD simulations, focusing on the impact of frequency, bias voltage, and the presence of a low-high (LH) junction. It is shown that the PN junction exhibits a fixed $RC$-loop behavior at low frequencies, but undergoes relaxation in both resistance $R_j$ and capacitance $C_j$ as frequency increases. Moreover, it is revealed that the addition of a LH junction impacts the impedance by altering $R_j$, $C_j$, and the series resistance $R_s$. Contrary to conventional modeling approaches, which often include an additional $RC$-loop to represent the LH junction, this study suggests that such a representation does not represent the underlying physics, particularly the frequency-dependent behavior of $R_j$ and $C_j$.
title: Hybrid compliance compensation for path accuracy enhancement in robot machining
Creators: name: Hähn, Felix
name: Weigold, Matthias
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2024

description: Robot machining processes with high material removal rates lack of high path accuracy mainly due to the low stiffness of industrial robots. The low stiffness leads to process forces caused deviations of the tool center point (TCP) from the planned position of more than 1 mm in industrial applications. To enhance the path accuracy a novel hybrid compliance compensation is developed. It combines a force sensor and model based online compensation with forces of an offline simulation to instantly react to predictable high force changes e.g. at a milling cutter exit from the work piece. The method is applied to a KUKA KR 300 robot. A compliance model based on a forward kinematic with virtual joints is implemented on an external controller. Cartesian or axis specific compensation values are calculated and transferred to the robot via a control circuit. A compliance measurement method is developed and a force torque sensor is mounted to the flange of the robot. The system is validated in with Cartesian and axis specific compensation values as well as with and without pilot control.
Contributions of short-term flow regulation patterns to trout habitats in a boreal river
Creators: name: Yrjänä, T.
name: van der Meer, O.
name: Riihimäki, J.
name: Sinisalmi, T.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2002

description: Physical habitat simulation modelling was used to evaluate the effects of flow regulation on the Siikajoki, a boreal river in Central Finland. In the modelling, the “natural flow” regime, the “implemented regulation” pattern and two alternative patterns of regulation were compared by using brown trout (Salmo trutta) as a test fish and by analysing example periods in winter and in summer. The availability of suitable habitats for brown trout (Weighted Usable Area, WUA) was clearly dependent on the flow rate. The fewest usable habitats were available for the size class “fry” (< 15 cm). We found only minor differences between the compared regulation patterns in terms of riverine habitats. A side channel in the test area proved to be good “buffer area” against flow changes, highlighting the importance of habitat diversity. In a sensitivity analysis of habitat modelling, modifications of the depth preference curve seemed to have a major influence on the WUA for young brown trout.
No evidence for a significant evolution of $M_{\bullet}$-$M_*$ relation in massive galaxies up to z$\sim$4
Creators: name: Sun, Yang
name: Lyu, Jianwei
name: Rieke, George H.
name: Ji, Zhiyuan
name: Sun, Fengwu
name: Zhu, Yongda
name: Bunker, Andrew J.
name: Cargile, Phillip A.
name: Circosta, Chiara
name: D'Eugenio, Francesco
name: Egami, Eiichi
name: Hainline, Kevin
name: Helton, Jakob M.
name: Rinaldi, Pierluigi
name: Robertson, Brant E.
name: Scholtz, Jan
name: Shivaei, Irene
name: Stone, Meredith A.
name: Tacchella, Sandro
name: Williams, Christina C.
name: Willmer, Christopher N. A.
name: Willott, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Over the past two decades, tight correlations between black hole masses ($M_\bullet$) and their host galaxy properties have been firmly established for massive galaxies ($\log(M_*/M_{\odot})\gtrsim10$) at low-$z$ ($z<1$), indicating coevolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies. However, the situation at high-$z$, especially beyond cosmic noon ($z\gtrsim2.5$), is controversial. With a combination of \emph{JWST} NIRCam/wide field slitless spectroscopy (WFSS) from FRESCO, CONGRESS and deep multi-band NIRCam/image data from JADES in the GOODS fields, we study the black hole to galaxy mass relation at z$\sim$1--4. After identifying 18 broad-line active galactic nuclei (BL AGNs) at $12.5$) from the WFSS data, we measure their black hole masses based on broad near-infrared lines (Pa $α$, Pa $β$, and He\,I $λ$10833\,Å), and constrain their stellar masses ($M_{*}$) from AGN-galaxy image decomposition or SED decomposition. Taking account of the observational biases, the intrinsic scatter of the $M_{\bullet}-M_{*}$ relation, and the errors in mass measurements, we find no significant difference in the $M_{\bullet}/M_{*}$ ratio for 2.5 $< $ z $ <$ 4 compared to that at lower redshifts ($1 < z < 2.5$), suggesting no evolution of the $M_{\bullet} - M_{*}$ relation at $\log(M_*/M_{\odot})\gtrsim10$ up to z$\sim$4.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures, submitted to AAS Journals
A Mendelian randomization study on the causal role of immune cells in chronic pancreatitis
Creators: name: Yang, Si-Qi
name: Xu, Yu
name: Li, Yu-ying
name: Shi, Qiao
name: Wang, Wei-xing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310507
subject: Genetic immunology
classificationCode: 320213
subject: Medical genetics (excl. cancer genetics)
classificationCode: 420204
subject: Epidemiological methods
classificationCode: 310902
subject: Animal cell and molecular biology

description: Background:Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is recognized as a risk factor for pancreatic tumors. The diagnostic difficulty of this disease is due to unclear pathological features and a lack of clinically recognized disease staging.The immune system, playing a crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis, may exert its influence from the early to late stages of the condition.Method: This study delves into the causal relationship between immune cell characteristics (such as median fluorescence intensity (MFI), relative cell (RC), absolute cell (AC), and morphological parameters (MP)) and chronic pancreatitis using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. A comprehensive sensitivity analysis has been applied to ensure the robustness, heterogeneity, and absence of horizontal pleiotropy in the results.Result: A total of 30 suggestive immune phenotypes were identified in the MR analysis of two samples. We found that the onset of CP can increase the level of IgD+AC on B cells, CD25hi CD45RA CD4 not Treg AC on Treg cells, CD14+CD16+monocyte AC on monocyte, CD4+% T cells increase in TBNK, DP (CD4+CD8+)% Leukocyte in TBNK, IgD+CD24+levels on B cells, CD20 on IgD+CD38dim levels in B cells, CD24 on transient levels in B cells, CD25 on IgD+CD38 naive in B cells, CD25 on IgD CD38- on B cells, IgD on transient levels, CD28 on CD28+DN (CD4-CD8-) in Treg. IgD CD38dim% B cellreduction, CM DN (CD4-CD8-)% DN levels on Matura stages of T cells, CD8br AC in TBNK, CD4+CD8 dim% lymphocyte ratio in TBNK, Granuloceyte% leukoceyte in TBNK, CD39+CD8br% T cell in Treg, CD38 on IgD CD38br levels on B cells, CD62L on CD62L+myoid DC in cDC cells, HVEM on EM CD4+in Matura stages of T cells and CD28 on CD28+and CD4+in Treg were significantly reduced in CP patients.Conclusion: Through a bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, we have substantiated the causal relationship between various immune phenotypes and chronic pancreatitis (CP).
Reducing Bias in Pre-trained Models by Tuning while Penalizing Change
Creators: name: Penzel, Niklas
name: Stein, Gideon
name: Denzler, Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep models trained on large amounts of data often incorporate implicit biases present during training time. If later such a bias is discovered during inference or deployment, it is often necessary to acquire new data and retrain the model. This behavior is especially problematic in critical areas such as autonomous driving or medical decision-making. In these scenarios, new data is often expensive and hard to come by. In this work, we present a method based on change penalization that takes a pre-trained model and adapts the weights to mitigate a previously detected bias. We achieve this by tuning a zero-initialized copy of a frozen pre-trained network. Our method needs very few, in extreme cases only a single, examples that contradict the bias to increase performance. Additionally, we propose an early stopping criterion to modify baselines and reduce overfitting. We evaluate our approach on a well-known bias in skin lesion classification and three other datasets from the domain shift literature. We find that our approach works especially well with very few images. Simple fine-tuning combined with our early stopping also leads to performance benefits for a larger number of tuning samples.
description: 12 pages, 12 figures, presented at VISAPP 2024
Roepkiella rufidorsia
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Roepkiella
Roepkiella rufidorsia

description: 11. Roepkiella rufidorsia (Hampson, 1904: 194)
(Cossus)
Type locality: Sikkim [E. India, Sikkim prov.].
Distribution in India: Sikkim, Assam. Global records: India and Indochina (Arora 1976; Yakovlev 2011).
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
Forschungsdaten am Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie
Creators: name: Fortmann-Grote, Carsten
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: research data management
data policy
electronic lab notebook
omero
life science

description: This poster was presented at the Digitale Woche Kiel 2024 at the Forschungsdaten Marktplatz event
Vartiania Yakovlev 2004
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Vartiania

description: Genus Vartiania Yakovlev, 2004: 365
Type species: Vartiania zaratustra Yakovlev, 2004: 367.
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
Διαχείριση Έργων Λογισμικού - Σύγχρονες Μεθοδολογίες
Creators: name: Georgiou, Harris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine learning
subject: Data Analytics
subject: Data science
subject: Artificial intelligence

description: Περιεχόμενα: Τι είναι η διαχείριση έργων λογισμικού (SPM), διαφορές με άλλα είδη έργων, συνήθη προβλήματα & λύσεις, σύγχρονες μεθοδολογίες, στοιχεία διασφάλισης ποιότητας λογισμικού (SQA), πρακτικά παραδείγματα.Keywords: Software Engineering, Project Management, Software Developer, Project Manager, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, debugging, testing, Software Quality, SQA, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, estimation, Lines Of Code, LOC, KLOC, SPM, programming, lectureVideo: https://youtu.be/TgXFKahW158
Does the use of riparian buffer zones in forest drainage sites to reduce the transport of solids simultaneously increase the export of solutes?
Creators: name: Nieminen, M.
name: Ahti, E.
name: Nousiainen, H.
name: Joensuu, S.
name: Vuollekoski, M.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2005

description: Riparian buffer zone areas (BZAs) effectively reduce sediment transport and are considered as the most important water protection method in forest drainage sites in Finland. However, it has been questioned whether BZAs are a significant source of nutrients and other dissolved constituents to water-courses. At seven locations in south-central Finland a buffer zone was created below a drainage site and the effects on the concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved P, Fe and Al in through-flow were studied for 4–7 years. The effect of the two smallest BZAs (%X 0.1% of watershed area) on through-flow quality was negligible. The three medium-sized BZAs (0.15%–0.23% of watershed area) either had no effect on through-flow quality or slightly increased solute concentrations (3%–30%). At the two largest BZAs (> 1% of watershed area) the concentrations of Fe either increased or decreased and the concentrations of DOC, Al and P were either unaffected or decreased (15%–27%). It was concluded that, although increased leaching may occur from some individual sites, BZAs are unlikely to act as a general source of P, Al, Fe, or DOC to water courses.
Vartiania belli Yakovlev 2021
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Vartiania
Vartiania belli

description: 12. Vartiania belli Yakovlev, 2021: 3
Type locality: Kanara [?Karwar, Karnataka State] [India].
Distribution in India: Karnataka (South India) (Yakovlev 2021). Global records: endemic of India.
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
FIZIOTERAPIYA APPARATLARINING ISHLASH PRINSIPINI O'RGANISH VA TAHLIL QILISH
Creators: name: Mo'minova, Madinabonu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Fizioterapiya protseduralari tiklanishni tezlashtirish, uzoq vaqt og’riqli davrdan so’ng tanani tiklash, normal hayotiy jarayonlarni tiklash, jarohatlarni davolash va tana ohangini tiklash uchun buyuriladi. Surunkali sharoitlarda fizioterapiya alevlenme xavfini kamaytirishga yoki bunday holatlardan xalos bo’lishga yordam beradi. Fizioterapiya davolash dori terapiyasini muvaffaqiyatli to’ldiradi.
Gravitational wave polarizations in nonminimally coupled gravity
Creators: name: Varela, Miguel Barroso
name: Bertolami, Orfeu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The properties of metric perturbations are determined in the context of an expanding Universe governed by a modified theory of gravity with a non-minimal coupling between curvature and matter. We analyse the dynamics of the 6 components of a general helicity decomposition of the metric and stress-energy perturbations, consisting of scalar, vector and tensor sectors. The tensor polarisations are shown to still propagate luminally, in agreement with recent data from gravitational interferometry experiments, while their magnitude decays with an additional factor sourced by the nonminimal coupling. We show that the production of these modes is associated with a modified quadrupole formula at leading order. The vector perturbations still exhibit no radiative behaviour, although their temporal evolution is found to be modified, with spatial dependence remaining unaffected. We establish that the scalar perturbations can no longer be treated as identical. We investigate the scalar sector by writing the modified model as an equivalent two-field scalar-tensor theory and find the same scalar degrees of freedom as in previous literature. The different sectors are paired with the corresponding polarisation modes, which can be observationally measured by their effects on the relative motion of test particles, thus providing the possibility of testing the modified theory and constraining its parameters.
description: 22 pages, 3 figures, Physical Review D accepted version with corrections
Vartiania sapho Yakovlev 2007
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Vartiania
Vartiania sapho

description: 13. Vartiania sapho Yakovlev, 2007: 4
Type Locality: Pakistan, Prov. Jammu & Kashmir, Khirim Valley, 8 km NW of Chilim Chauki [NW India].
Distribution in India: Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) (Yakovlev 2007). Global records: not known.
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
Hub stability in the calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.
Creators: name: Chien, Chih-Ta
name: Puhl, Henry
name: Vogel, Steven S
name: Molloy, Justin E
name: Chiu, Wah
name: Khan, Shahid
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: Neurosciences
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: Human Biology & Physiology
subject: Human Biology & Physiology
classificationCode: Biochemistry & Proteomics
subject: Biochemistry & Proteomics
classificationCode: Structural Biology & Biophysics
subject: Structural Biology & Biophysics
classificationCode: Cell Biology
subject: Cell Biology
classificationCode: Imaging
subject: Imaging

description: The calcium calmodulin protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a multi-subunit ring assembly with a central hub formed by the association domains. There is evidence for hub polymorphism between and within CaMKII isoforms, but the link between polymorphism and subunit exchange has not been resolved. Here, we present near-atomic resolution cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures revealing that hubs from the α and β isoforms, either standalone or within an β holoenzyme, coexist as 12 and 14 subunit assemblies. Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy of Venus-tagged holoenzymes detects intermediate assemblies and progressive dimer loss due to intrinsic holoenzyme lability, and holoenzyme disassembly into dimers upon mutagenesis of a conserved inter-domain contact. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations show the flexibility of 4-subunit precursors, extracted in-silico from the β hub polymorphs, encompassing the curvature of both polymorphs. The MD explains how an open hub structure also obtained from the β holoenzyme sample could be created by dimer loss and analysis of its cryo-EM dataset reveals how the gap could open further. An assembly model, considering dimer concentration dependence and strain differences between polymorphs, proposes a mechanism for intrinsic hub lability to fine-tune the stoichiometry of αβ heterooligomers for their dynamic localization within synapses in neurons.
The use of cellulose strips to study organic matter decomposition in boreal forested soils
Creators: name: Kurka, A.-M.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2001

description: This paper addresses the use of cellulose strips (softwood pulp) as a method for studying the decomposition of soil organic matter. The eight study sites were located in four forested catchments in Finland (between 61°–69°N). The sites comprised mineral soil and peat soil plots subjected to minimal anthropogenic influence. The cellulose strips were placed on the soil surface, on the surface and covered with litter, and in the subsurface (0–5 cm) for 49 weeks and the weight loss measured. Significant, positive correlations were found between the weight loss of cellulose strips and the weight loss of local Scots pine needle litter (up to r = 0.98, p < 0.001), and between the weight loss of cellulose strips and basal respiration (up to r = 0.65, p = 0.007). The cellulose strip method can be easily and successfully used to measure cumulative decomposition activity over a period of time.
Azygophleps Hampson 1892
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Azygophleps

description: Genus Azygophleps Hampson, 1892: 309
Type species: Phalaena (Hepialus) scalaris Fabricius, 1775: 509.
=? Rhizona Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]: 35 (TS: Rhizona pallens Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]: 79.
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
Effects of soil quality and air pollution on the rooting and survival of Salix borealis cuttings
Creators: name: Kozlov, M.V.
name: Zvereva, E.L.
name: Niemelä, P.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 1999

description: The rooting and survival of Salix borealis cuttings were studied in the surroundings of the Severonikel smelter (Kola Peninsula, NW Russia). In favourable habitats (birch and willow-dominated secondary communities), 22% of the 120 cuttings were successfully established, and 89% of the established cuttings survived up to the fourth year after planting. Cutting survival and vigour were affected by both soil quality and air pollution level. Cutting mortality during the two first weeks after planting depended on soil contamination; in metal-polluted soils it was seven times as high as in clean soils. The detrimental effects of ambient sulphur dioxide became visible after four weeks, whereas survival at the end of the growing season was almost exclusively determined by the nutritional quality of the soil. Cuttings from female genets were more resistant to pollutants than cuttings from male genets; cuttings from the unpolluted site were more tolerant of metals than cuttings from the heavily polluted site. The leaf size of the surviving cuttings was independent of soil, water or air contamination. These preliminary findings seem to indicate that cuttings of S. borealis can be used for the partial revegetation of industrial barrens even at high emission levels.
When Medical Imaging Met Self-Attention: A Love Story That Didn't Quite Work Out
Creators: name: Piater, Tristan
name: Penzel, Niklas
name: Stein, Gideon
name: Denzler, Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A substantial body of research has focused on developing systems that assist medical professionals during labor-intensive early screening processes, many based on convolutional deep-learning architectures. Recently, multiple studies explored the application of so-called self-attention mechanisms in the vision domain. These studies often report empirical improvements over fully convolutional approaches on various datasets and tasks. To evaluate this trend for medical imaging, we extend two widely adopted convolutional architectures with different self-attention variants on two different medical datasets. With this, we aim to specifically evaluate the possible advantages of additional self-attention. We compare our models with similarly sized convolutional and attention-based baselines and evaluate performance gains statistically. Additionally, we investigate how including such layers changes the features learned by these models during the training. Following a hyperparameter search, and contrary to our expectations, we observe no significant improvement in balanced accuracy over fully convolutional models. We also find that important features, such as dermoscopic structures in skin lesion images, are still not learned by employing self-attention. Finally, analyzing local explanations, we confirm biased feature usage. We conclude that merely incorporating attention is insufficient to surpass the performance of existing fully convolutional methods.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables, presented at VISAPP 2024
Azygophleps albofasciata Moore 1879
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Azygophleps
Azygophleps albofasciata

description: 14. Azygophleps albofasciata (Moore, 1879: 87b)
Zeuzera
Type locality: Darjeeling [India].
Distribution in India: Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Punjab, West Bengal (Darjeeling) and Sikkim. Global records: Pakistan (Arora 1976; Yakovlev 2011; Yakovlev & Witt 2016).
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
Optimal discrimination of quantum sequences
Creators: name: Gupta, Tathagata
name: Murshid, Shayeef
name: Russo, Vincent
name: Bandyopadhyay, Somshubhro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A key concept of quantum information theory is that accessing information encoded in a quantum system requires us to discriminate between several possible states the system could be in. A natural generalization of this problem, namely, quantum sequence discrimination, appears in various quantum information processing tasks, the objective being to determine the state of a finite sequence of quantum states. Since such a sequence is a composite quantum system, the fundamental question is whether an optimal measurement is local, i.e., comprising measurements on the individual members, or collective, i.e. requiring joint measurement(s). In some known instances of this problem, the optimal measurement is local, whereas in others, it is collective. But, so far, a definite prescription based solely on the problem description has been lacking. In this paper, we prove that if the members of a given sequence are drawn secretly and independently from an ensemble or even from different ensembles, the optimum success probability is achievable by fixed local measurements on the individual members of the sequence, and no collective measurement is necessary. This holds for both minimum-error and unambiguous state discrimination paradigms.
description: published version
Annual variability of biomass and heterocysts of the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae in the Baltic Sea with reference to Anabaena spp. and Nodularia spumigena
Creators: name: Laamanen, M.
name: Kuosa, H.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2005

description: The biomass, abundance of heterocysts and heterocyst frequencies of the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae and the corresponding environmental parameters were monitored during two separate years near the entrance of the Gulf of Finland. For reference, data on two other N2-fixing cyanobacteria, Anabaena spp. and Nodularia spumigena were collected as well. A. flos-aquae was observed throughout the year, being most abundant in the summer, while Anabaena spp. and N. spumigena were found only during the warmest summer period. A biomass increase of A. flos-aquae was positively associated with temperature and negatively with the DIN:DIP ratio; the highest biomasses were found at temperatures above 10 °C and in molar DIN:DIP ratios less than 10. According to the changes in the heterocyst frequencies, A. flos-aquae had a seasonal N2 fixation strategy in which the maximum frequencies of heterocysts preceded the annual biomass peak.
Azygophleps pusilla
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Azygophleps
Azygophleps pusilla

description: 15. Azygophleps pusilla (Walker, 1856a: 1538)
Zeuzera
Type locality: N. India [India].
Distribution in India: North India, West Bengal, Bihar, Karnataka (Mysore), Tamil Nadu.
Global records: S. Africa (Arora 1976; Yakovlev 2011).
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
A Fiber-pigtailed Quantum Dot Device Generating Indistinguishable Photons at GHz Clock-rates
Creators: name: Rickert, Lucas
name: Żołnacz, Kinga
name: Vajner, Daniel A.
name: von Helversen, Martin
name: Rodt, Sven
name: Reitzenstein, Stephan
name: Liu, Hanqing
name: Li, Shulun
name: Ni, Haiqiao
name: Wyborski, Paweł
name: Sęk, Grzegorz
name: Musiał, Anna
name: Niu, Zhichuan
name: Heindel, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solid-state quantum light sources based on semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are increasingly employed in photonic quantum information applications. Especially when moving towards real-world scenarios outside shielded lab environments, the efficient and robust coupling of nanophotonic devices to single-mode optical fibers offers substantial advantage by enabling "plug-and-play" operation. In this work we present a fiber-pigtailed cavity-enhanced source of flying qubits emitting single indistinguishable photons at clock-rates exceeding 1 GHz. This is achieved by employing a fully deterministic technique for fiber-pigtailing optimized QD-devices based on hybrid circular Bragg grating (hCBG) micro-cavities. The fabricated fiber-pigtailed hCBGs feature radiative emission lifetimes of $<$80 ps, corresponding to a Purcell factor of $\sim$9, a suppression of multiphoton emission events with $g^{(2)}$(0) $<$1%, a photon-indistinguishability >80% and a measured single-photon coupling efficiency of 53% in a high numerical aperture single-mode fiber, corresponding to 1.2 Megaclicks per second at the single-photon detectors. Our results show that fiber-pigtailed quantum light sources based on hCBG cavities are a prime candidate for applications of quantum information science.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures. The current v1 version of the manuscript referes to a Supplementary Information (S.I.) for further experimental details. This S.I. will be provided attached to a v2-Version of the manuscript that incoorperates potential revisions for a related journal submission
Microbial activity and biomass in four Finnish coniferous forest soils — spatial variability and effect of heavy metals
Creators: name: Vanhala, P.
name: Kapanen, A.
name: Fritze, H.
name: Niemi, R. M.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 1998

description: In the long-term monitoring of forested areas, there is a need for reference values for soil microbiological variables in different types of forest ecosystem under different pollution loads. Owing to the high spatial variation in microbial flora in the soil and to the uncertainty in the measurements, several replicate samples are needed to give a representative estimate of a study site. Four different soil microbiological variables, soil respiration rate, ATP content, ergosterol content and acid phosphatase activity, were measured in four monitoring areas belonging to the Finnish Integrated Monitoring programme. The inhibitory effect of Cd, Cu, and Ni on the soil respiration rate was investigated in a laboratory experiment. The biomass-dependent variables correlated very well with each other, but differed from the variables representing microbial activities. The number of replicate humus samples needed to accurately describe the microbiological status of a study area is clearly site dependent. In general, less than 15 replicates were sufficient to give results with 20% precision at the 5% significance level. The soil respiration rate clearly decreased in response to the experimental heavy metal addition at all four sites. The EC20 values of soil respiration for Cd, Cu, and Ni were 100–1070, 100–700 and 20–510 mg kg–1 , respectively.
Azygophleps scalaris
Creators: name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Azygophleps
Azygophleps scalaris

description: 16. Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775: 586)
Phalaena
= Zeuzera bivittata Walker, 1865b: 590 (TL: North Hindostan).
Type locality: China.
Distribution in India: Punjab, Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Praesh. Global records: Pakistan, India, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Somali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Kenya, Angola, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan (Arora 1976; Yakovlev 2011; Yakovlev & Murphey 2013; Yakovlev et al. 2019).
description: Published as part of Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5330 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8254738
Impact of radical bike lane allocation on bi-modal urban network traffic performance: A simulation case study
Creators: name: Fulton, Ellen J.
name: Ni, Ying-Chuan
name: Kouvelas, Anastasios
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2025
Subjects: Bike lane allocation
Origin-destination travel time
Microscopic traffic simulation
Modal shift
Network fundamental diagram
Traffic-actuated signal control

description: SVT Working Papers
Actinobacterial communities of boreal forest soil and lake water are rich in mycobacteria
Creators: name: Niva, M.
name: Hernesmaa, A.
name: Haahtela, K.
name: Salkinoja-Salonen, M.
name: Sivonen, K.
name: Haukka, K.
Publisher: name: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board
Year: 2006

description: The actinobacterial communities present in two Finnish lakes and in the surrounding conifer forest soil were investigated using DNA based methods. The dominant actinobacteria in the soil were found to belong to genus Mycobacterium. Therefore specific primers were designed and tested to study the mycobacterial communities in boreal environment more closely. The denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and sequencing analysis showed that the microbial populations in lakes were different from those in the surrounding soil. Thus, each of the environments had their own actinobacterial and mycobacterial populations. The majority of the obtained mycobacterial sequences were closely related to the described species of environmental mycobacteria, some of which are pathogenic. However, several sequences were not closely related to any presently known species. The chemical characteristics of boreal forest soil seem to favour proliferation of mycobacteria, many of which still remain to be isolated.