cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Author_Response – Supplemental material for The clinical value of suPAR in diagnosis and prediction for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Huang, Qiangru
name: Xiong, Huaiyu
name: Shuai, Tiankui
name: Wang, Yalei
name: Zhang, Chuchu
name: Zhang, Meng
name: Zhu, Lei
name: Lu, Jiaju
name: Liu, Jian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Aged Health Care
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Author_Response for The clinical value of suPAR in diagnosis and prediction for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Qiangru Huang, Huaiyu Xiong, Tiankui Shuai, Yalei Wang, Chuchu Zhang, Meng Zhang, Lei Zhu, Jiaju Lu and Jian Liu in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Supplemental_material – Supplemental material for The clinical value of suPAR in diagnosis and prediction for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Huang, Qiangru
name: Xiong, Huaiyu
name: Shuai, Tiankui
name: Wang, Yalei
name: Zhang, Chuchu
name: Zhang, Meng
name: Zhu, Lei
name: Lu, Jiaju
name: Liu, Jian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Aged Health Care
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental_material for The clinical value of suPAR in diagnosis and prediction for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Qiangru Huang, Huaiyu Xiong, Tiankui Shuai, Yalei Wang, Chuchu Zhang, Meng Zhang, Lei Zhu, Jiaju Lu and Jian Liu in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Hilbert Direct Integrals of Monotone Operators
Creators: name: Bùi, Minh N.
name: Combettes, Patrick L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49J53, 46G10, 58E30

description: Finite Cartesian products of operators play a central role in monotone operator theory and its applications. Extending such products to arbitrary families of operators acting on different Hilbert spaces is an open problem, which we address by introducing the Hilbert direct integral of a family of monotone operators. The properties of this construct are studied and conditions under which the direct integral inherits the properties of the factor operators are provided. The question of determining whether the Hilbert direct integral of a family of subdifferentials of convex functions is itself a subdifferential leads us to introducing the Hilbert direct integral of a family of functions. We establish explicit expressions for evaluating the Legendre conjugate, subdifferential, recession function, Moreau envelope, and proximity operator of such integrals. Next, we propose a duality framework for monotone inclusion problems involving integrals of linearly composed monotone operators and show its pertinence towards the development of numerical solution methods. Applications to inclusion and variational problems are discussed.
title: The Administration and Economy of the Banaras Region, 1738-1795.
Creators: name: Mishra, Kamala Prasad
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1970

description: In this thesis an attempt has been made to describe and analyse some main features in the development of the administration and economy of the Banaras region during the period 1738 to 1795. The introductory chapter discusses earlier work done in this field, the purpose of the study and the sources used. The second chapter is devoted to examining the changing status of the raja of Banaras first under the nawabs of Awadh and then under the English East India Company, the types of officials who served the raja in the revenue and judicial departments and the changes made in the administrative structure of the region under the British. Chapter three deals with the system of land control under the rajas of Banaras, with special reference to the changing position of the landed classes and notes the changes introduced by the British in the land system. Chapter four reviews the organization of the village economy - the main elements composing the village - and the impact of the fiscal policies both of the rajas and of the British upon the villagers and cultivators. Chapter five concentrates attention on the trade and commerce of the region, paying particular attention to the merchants, the internal customs system, and the patterns of Banaras trade, export, import and transit. The sixth chapter is devoted to a study of the banking and currency systems of the region with special reference to the role of the Banaras bankers in the economy. The conclusion briefly reviews the changing political and economic structures of the region and ends with a picture of the position of the Banaras region at the turn of the century.
Supplemental_material_A – Supplemental material for Experiences of current and former members of self-managed superannuation funds
Creators: name: Thorp, Susan
name: Bird, Ron
name: F. Douglas Foster
name: Gray, Jack
name: Raftery, Adrian
name: Yeung, Danny C. S.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental_material_A for Experiences of current and former members of self-managed superannuation funds by Susan Thorp, Ron Bird, F. Douglas Foster, Jack Gray, Adrian Raftery and Danny C. S. Yeung in Australian Journal of Management
Electrically induced angular momentum flow between separated ferromagnets
Creators: name: Schlitz, Richard
name: Grammer, Matthias
name: Wimmer, Tobias
name: Gückelhorn, Janine
name: Flacke, Luis
name: Goennenwein, Sebastian T. B.
name: Gross, Rudolf
name: Huebl, Hans
name: Kamra, Akashdeep
name: Althammer, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Converting angular momentum between different degrees of freedom within a magnetic material results from a dynamic interplay between electrons, magnons and phonons. This interplay is pivotal to implementing spintronic device concepts that rely on spin angular momentum transport. We establish a new concept for long-range angular momentum transport that further allows to address and isolate the magnonic contribution to angular momentum transport in a nanostructured metallic ferromagnet. To this end, we electrically excite and detect spin transport between two parallel and electrically insulated ferromagnetic metal strips on top of a diamagnetic substrate. Charge-to-spin current conversion within the ferromagnetic strip generates electronic spin angular momentum that is transferred to magnons via electron-magnon coupling. We observe a finite angular momentum flow to the second ferromagnetic strip across a diamagnetic substrate over micron distances, which is electrically detected in the second strip by the inverse charge-to-spin current conversion process. We discuss phononic and dipolar interactions as the likely cause to transfer angular momentum between the two strips. Moreover, our work provides the experimental basis to separate the electronic and magnonic spin transport and thereby paves the way towards magnonic device concepts that do not rely on magnetic insulators.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, see ancillary filles for supplemental material
title: The Factional Struggle of China, 820-850 A.D.
Creators: name: Kwan, Lai-Hung
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1972

description: The T'ang factional struggle was not self-contained, nor independent of external circumstances. The activities of factions were interwoven with those of the military governors and the eunuchs, and each party could affect, or be affected by, others. Factionalism was not directly responsible for the fall of the T'ang empire, but too often its degenerating power which ravaged the central administration is under-estimated. This thesis attempts to bring to surface the undercurrents of factional struggle that prevailed in the former half of the ninth century. While each of the theories advanced in the past does subscribe to the promotion of the knowledge of the T'ang's factional struggle, a comprehensive understanding of the whole matter could best be achieved by making a study of the wide spectrum of causes and results covering the political, social, academic, historical and geographical aspects. By this thesis I also attempt to correct the common concept of two contending factions having identical set-ups, headed by Niu Seng-ju and Li Te-yu (Niu-Li) respectively. The political group led by the former and his associates had all the essential attributes of a faction; whereas the opposite camp was ascribed to the latter who appeared to be an isolated character throughout. T'ang's factional struggle roughly covered the period 820 - 850 A.D., which tallied with the reigns of Mu-tsung, Ching-tsung, Wen-tsung, Wu-tsung, and the early years of Hsuan-tsung. The first two were pleasure-seekers; the third, though pious in thinking, was irresolute; Wu-tsung co-operated flawlessly with the superior statesman Li Te-yu for over five years and left no room for opposition political factions; Hsuan-tsung, like his father Hsien-tsung, was able to master the court and purged it of factions by virtue of his strong character and shrewdness, particularly at a time when the factional leaders were either dead or ageing.
title: A Critical Study of Early Tamil Saiva Bhakti Literature With Special Reference to Tevaram.
Creators: name: Kandiah, Arumugam
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1973

description: This thesis is a critical study of early Tamil Saiva bhakti literature: Paripatal, Tirumurukarruppatai and the Tevaram. The thesis begins with a brief survey of the extant sources for the study of these works. This is followed in the Second Chapter by a detailed analyssis of Pari. and TMP. Here a general assessment of the extent of the influence of the 'Aryan' god Skanda on the 'Tamil' god Murukan is made. Some important references to Murukan which are found in cankam literature are also used in this analysis. Special reference is made to Tevaram, and this is discussed jln Charters Three to Seven. In Chapter Three, an attempt is nada to enumerate Siva shrines and estimate the extent of Siva worship in the Tamil country during the Tevaram period. This is followed by the analysis of akam hymns in the Tevaram in Chapter Four basei on the conventions observed in early love poetry. The significance of the common hymns in the Sixth Chapter and the critical analysis of the 'last verses' in Chapter Seven help to a great extent in making a comparative study of the work of the three saints, and explo img salient features of Saivism. The Fifth Chapter deals with illusions to puranic stories. Many of the detailed conclusions of this thesis are contained in the chapter on Pari. and TMP, and the ones on Tevaram the last chapter consists of general conclusions about these works.
751126 – Supplemental material for “It Was . . . the Word ‘Scrotum’ on the First Page”: Educators’ Perspectives of Controversial Literature
Creators: name: Kimmel, Sue C.
name: Hartsfield, Danielle E.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, 751126 for “It Was . . . the Word ‘Scrotum’ on the First Page”: Educators’ Perspectives of Controversial Literature by Sue C. Kimmel and Danielle E. Hartsfield in Journal of Teacher Education
Institutional Complicity in the So-Called ReceptioGate Affair: 1. The Role of the Società Internazionale di Storia della Miniatura – Napoli
Creators: name: Puig, Jordi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article examines the passive complicity of the Società Internazionale di Storia della Miniatura – Napoli (International Society for the History of Miniature Painting) in the reputational attack against Prof. Carla Rossi, which unfolded between December 2022 and 2024. Based on archived emails, institutional communications, and a chronology of public actions, it documents how the Society's name and infrastructure were used—at times without authorisation, at times with institutional silence—to circulate defamatory content.The study also presents evidence of prior academic collaboration between RECEPTIO and several SISM members, including seminars co-organised with the University of Cassino. The contrast between this documented cooperation and the subsequent inaction of the Society raises broader ethical questions about academic responsibility and institutional accountability.
MRX776322_Supplemental_Material - What Do You Fear? Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Latin America
Creators: name: Covadonga Meseguer
name: Kemmerling, Achim
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: MRX776322_Supplemental_Material for What Do You Fear? Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Latin America by Covadonga Meseguer and Achim Kemmerling in International Migration Review
Probing the CP Structure of the Top Quark Yukawa at the Future Muon Collider
Creators: name: Cassidy, Morgan E.
name: Dong, Zhongtian
name: Kong, Kyoungchul
name: Lewis, Ian M.
name: Zhang, Yanzhe
name: Zheng, Ya-Juan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the top-Higgs coupling with a CP violating phase $ξ$ at a future multi-TeV muon collider. We focus on processes that are directly sensitive to the top quark Yukawa coupling: $t\bar{t}h$, $tbhμν$, and $t\bar{t}hν\barν$ with $h\rightarrow b\bar{b}$ and semileptonic top decays. At different energies, different processes dominate the cross section, providing complementary information. At and above an energy of $\mathcal{O}(10)$ TeV, vector boson fusion processes dominate. As we show, in the Standard Model there is destructive interference in the vector boson fusion processes $t\bar{t}hν\barν$ and $tbhμν$ between the top quark Yukawa and Higgs-gauge boson couplings. A CP-violating phase changes this interference, and the cross section measurement is very sensitive to the size of the CP-violating angle. Although we find that the cross sections are measured to $\mathcal{O}(50\%)$ statistical uncertainty at $1σ$, a 10 and 30 TeV muon collider can bound the CP-violating angle $|ξ|\lesssim9.0^\circ$ and $|ξ|\lesssim5.4^\circ$, respectively. However, cross section measurements are insensitive to the sign of the CP-violating angle. To determine that the coupling is truly CP violating, observables sensitive to CP-violation must be measured. We find in the $t\bar{t}h$ process the azimuthal angle between the $t+\bar{t}$ plane and the initial state muon+Higgs plane shows good discrimination for $ξ=\pm0.1π$. For the $tbhμν$ and $t\bar{t}hν\barν$ processes, the operator proportional to $\left(\vec{p}_μ\times\vec{p}_h\right)\cdot \vec{p}_t$ is sensitive to the sign of CP phase $ξ$. From these observables, we construct asymmetry parameters that show good distinction between different values and signs of the CP violating angle.
description: v2: Matches published version, 33 pages, 11 figures, typos fixed, references added, discussion expanded, results unchanged; v1: 32 pages, 11 figures
Universal Impurity-Induced Bound State in Topological Superfluids
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Jiang, Lei
name: Pu, Han
name: Chen, Yan
name: Liu, Xiaji
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We predict a universal mid-gap bound state in topological superfluids, induced by either non-magnetic or magnetic impurities in the strong scattering limit. This universal state is similar to the lowest-energy Caroli-de Gennes-Martricon bound state in a vortex core, but is bound to localized impurities. We argue that the observation of such a universal bound state can be a clear signature for identifying topological superfluids. We theoretically examine our argument for a spin-orbit coupled ultracold atomic Fermi gas trapped in a two-dimensional harmonic potential, by performing extensive self-consistent calculations within the mean-field Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory. A realistic scenario for observing universal bound state in ultracold 40K atoms is proposed.
Undesignable RNA Structure Identification via Rival Structure Generation and Structure Decomposition
Creators: name: Zhou, Tianshuo
name: Tang, Wei Yu
name: Mathews, David H.
name: Huang, Liang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: RNA design is the search for a sequence or set of sequences that will fold into predefined structures, also known as the inverse problem of RNA folding. While numerous RNA design methods have been invented to find sequences capable of folding into a target structure, little attention has been given to the identification of undesignable structures according to the minimum free energy (MFE) criterion under the Turner model. In this paper, we address this gap by first introducing mathematical theorems outlining sufficient conditions for recognizing undesignable structures, then proposing efficient algorithms, guided by these theorems, to verify the undesignability of RNA structures. Through the application of these theorems and algorithms to the Eterna100 puzzles, we demonstrate the ability to efficiently establish that 15 of the puzzles indeed fall within the category of undesignable structures. In addition, we provide specific insights from the study of undesignability, in the hope that it will enable more understanding of RNA folding and RNA design.
title: The Yin Wenzi and the Renaissance of Philosophy in Wei-Jin China.
Creators: name: Daor, Dan
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1974

description: This thesis is an attempt to bring together three main themes: 1. The authorship of the YWz. 2. The renaissance of philosophical activity in Wei-Jin China. And 3. Problems related to the Chinese view of "naming" and the relation of words to things. The first part deals exclusively with the dating of the YWz and reaches the conclusion that the beginning of the third century A.D. is the most likely date; Seen against the philosophical background of the period the importance of the YWz is made clear, and the book id shown to be the work of an original and independent philosopher.A comparison is drawn with other books of the time, mainly Wang Bi's LWL, and its theory of "names and shapes" is discussed". This is shown to be a major step in the elucidation of the Confucian dictum on the "correct use of names" and the articulation of the pre-Han "names and actualities" problem.Together with the distinction between names and referers serves to clarify the question of "words and meanings" which leads to an interpretation of Wang Bi's LWL. The third and fourth chapters are translations of the YWz and the LWL respectively.
title: A New Edition of the Ethiopic Enoch - In the Light of the Aramaic Dead Sea Fragments.
Creators: name: Knibb, Michael Anthony
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1974

description: This new edition of the Ethiopic text of Enoch is based on Rylands Ethiopic MS 23, and takes full account of the Aramaic fragments of Enoch that were discovered at Qumran. The Introduction provides a short account of previous editions of Enoch, and then a comprehensive survey of all the evidence (Aramaic, Greek and Ethiopic currently) available for the text. It is argued that the discovery of the Aramaic fragments renders plausible the view that the Book of Enoch was composed in Aramaic, but that uncertainty remains about the original language of the second section of Enoch, the Parables, since no fragments corresponding to this section have yet been found. It is further maintained that - apart from the third section of Enoch, the Book of Astronomy - the Aramaic text known to us from the Qumran fragments agrees in general terms with the Ethiopic and Greek texts. The Aramaic evidence is held to cast an important light on the value of the fragments of Enoch in Syncellus; whereas in the past these fragments were thought to offer a better Greek text than the Akhmim manuscript, the Aramaic evidence now indicates that the text of Syncellus has been extensively revised. With regard to the commonly accepted division of the Ethiopic manuscripts into two groups (called here Eth I and. Eth II) , it is argued. that although the gradual emergence of a standard revised text of Enoch can be seen within the Eth II manuscripts, these manuscripts by no means offer a uniform text; further that the value of the Eth I manuscripts has to some extent been over-exaggerated. Finally, new evidence is offered for the view that those who translated Enoch into Ethiopic made use not only of a Greek, but also of an Aramaic text.
Transparent gold nano-membranes for the enhanced light trapping of the indium tin oxide films
Creators: name: Xie, Shouyi
name: Chen, Yi
name: Ouyang, Zi
name: Jia, Baohua
name: Cheng, Wenlong
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A facile and scalable method for enhancing the light trapping effect of indium tin oxide films on photovoltaic devices is demonstrated. The Langmiur Blodgett technique is introduced to fabricate gold nano-membranes on the photovoltaic solar cells. Textured structures on the indium tin oxide films are created with the nano-membrane, producing effective surface roughness for significantly improved light trapping. As a result, the quantum efficiency of the solar cell integrated with the nano-membrane textured indium tin oxide film is enhanced over a broadband wavelength range, which leads to a 13% enhancement on the photocurrent density and an 8% efficiency enhancement.
A comparative study of micromorphic gradient-extensions for anisotropic damage at finite strains
Creators: name: van der Velden, Tim
name: Brepols, Tim
name: Reese, Stefanie
name: Holthusen, Hagen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Modern inelastic material model formulations rely on the use of tensor-valued internal variables. When inelastic phenomena include softening, simulations of the former are prone to localization. Thus, an accurate regularization of the tensor-valued internal variables is essential to obtain physically correct results. Here, we focus on the regularization of anisotropic damage at finite strains. Thus, a flexible anisotropic damage model with isotropic, kinematic, and distortional hardening is equipped with three gradient-extensions using a full and two reduced regularizations of the damage tensor. Theoretical and numerical comparisons of the three gradient-extensions yield excellent agreement between the full and the reduced regularization based on a volumetric-deviatoric regularization using only two nonlocal degrees of freedom.
Context-Aware Indoor Point Cloud Object Generation through User Instructions
Creators: name: Luo, Yiyang
name: Lin, Ke
name: Gu, Chao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.10

description: Indoor scene modification has emerged as a prominent area within computer vision, particularly for its applications in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). Traditional methods often rely on pre-existing object databases and predetermined object positions, limiting their flexibility and adaptability to new scenarios. In response to this challenge, we present a novel end-to-end multi-modal deep neural network capable of generating point cloud objects seamlessly integrated with their surroundings, driven by textual instructions. Our model revolutionizes scene modification by enabling the creation of new environments with previously unseen object layouts, eliminating the need for pre-stored CAD models. Leveraging Point-E as our generative model, we introduce innovative techniques such as quantized position prediction and Top-K estimation to address the issue of false negatives resulting from ambiguous language descriptions. Furthermore, we conduct comprehensive evaluations to showcase the diversity of generated objects, the efficacy of textual instructions, and the quantitative metrics, affirming the realism and versatility of our model in generating indoor objects. To provide a holistic assessment, we incorporate visual grounding as an additional metric, ensuring the quality and coherence of the scenes produced by our model. Through these advancements, our approach not only advances the state-of-the-art in indoor scene modification but also lays the foundation for future innovations in immersive computing and digital environment creation.
description: Accepted by ACMMM'24
Unfolder: Fast localization and image rectification of a document with a crease from folding in half
Creators: name: Ershov, A. M.
name: Tropin, D. V.
name: Limonova, E. E.
name: Nikolaev, D. P.
name: Arlazarov, V. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Presentation of folded documents is not an uncommon case in modern society. Digitizing such documents by capturing them with a smartphone camera can be tricky since a crease can divide the document contents into separate planes. To unfold the document, one could hold the edges potentially obscuring it in a captured image. While there are many geometrical rectification methods, they were usually developed for arbitrary bends and folds. We consider such algorithms and propose a novel approach Unfolder developed specifically for images of documents with a crease from folding in half. Unfolder is robust to projective distortions of the document image and does not fragment the image in the vicinity of a crease after rectification. A new Folded Document Images dataset was created to investigate the rectification accuracy of folded (2, 3, 4, and 8 folds) documents. The dataset includes 1600 images captured when document placed on a table and when held in hand. The Unfolder algorithm allowed for a recognition error rate of 0.33, which is better than the advanced neural network methods DocTr (0.44) and DewarpNet (0.57). The average runtime for Unfolder was only 0.25 s/image on an iPhone XR.
description: This is a preprint of the article accepted for publication in the journal "Computer Optics"
title: Judicial Process in the Primary Courts of Kenya.
Creators: name: Abel, Richard Lawrence
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1974

description: The objective of this thesis is to understand the judicial process in the primary courts of Kenya. The first chapter is a synthetic essay which explains how I originally framed the questions to be asked, how I came to change those questions, how I conducted the research, and how the succeeding chapters were written. The second chapter presents my research method, and seeks to justify it. I then offer an exposition of the judicial system of Kenya, and turn to an analysis of cases handled by the primary courts of that system. I place the analysis of specific cases in perspective by means of a statistical study of behavior in the primary courts. Finally, I offer comparative data on judicial process in the appellate hierarchy, and on the dispute process outside of the official court structure. In the third chapter, I build upon this exposition with an attempt to construct a theory of the dispute process which will explain what I have observed in the institutions of Kenya, as well as what has been described for dispute processes elsewhere. After locating my endeavor within the traditions, and contemporary literature, of legal and social scientific scholarship, I offer two theories. The first, a microsocial theory, explains process in dispute institutions (of which the primary courts of Kenya are an example) in terms of the structure of those institutions, using such variables as specialization, differentiation, and bureaucratization. The second, a macrosocial theory, explains the variety of dispute institutions we may expect to find in a society such as Kenya, and offers some tentative predictions about the future of those institutions. Chapter four contains a comprehensive bibliography of published and unpublished materials concerning the customary law of Kenya. The appendix consists of published articles and reviews on African law and the social theory of law.
Adjoint-Based Enforcement of State Constraints in PDE Optimization Problems
Creators: name: Matharu, Pritpal
name: Protas, Bartosz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This study demonstrates how the adjoint-based framework traditionally used to compute gradients in PDE optimization problems can be extended to handle general constraints on the state variables. This is accomplished by constructing a projection of the gradient of the objective functional onto a subspace tangent to the manifold defined by the constraint. This projection is realized by solving an adjoint problem defined in terms of the same adjoint operator as used in the system employed to determine the gradient, but with a different forcing. We focus on the "optimize-then-discretize" paradigm in the infinite-dimensional setting where the required regularity of both the gradient and of the projection is ensured. The proposed approach is illustrated with two examples: a simple test problem describing optimization of heat transfer in one direction and a more involved problem where an optimal closure is found for a turbulent flow described by the Navier-Stokes system in two dimensions, both considered subject to different state constraints. The accuracy of the gradients and projections computed by solving suitable adjoint systems is carefully verified and the presented computational results show that the solutions of the optimization problems obtained with the proposed approach satisfy the state constraints with a good accuracy, although not exactly.
description: 43 pages, 12 figures, code available on Github (see https://github.com/pipmath/HeatOptConstr.git)
Robust UAV Position and Attitude Estimation using Multiple GNSS Receivers for Laser-based 3D Mapping
Creators: name: Suzuki, Taro
name: Inoue, Daichi
name: Amano, Yoshiharu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Small-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely investigated for use in a variety of applications such as remote sensing and aerial surveying. Direct three-dimensional (3D) mapping using a small-sized UAV equipped with a laser scanner is required for numerous remote sensing applications. In direct 3D mapping, the precise information about the position and attitude of the UAV is necessary for constructing 3D maps. In this study, we propose a novel and robust technique for estimating the position and attitude of small-sized UAVs by employing multiple low-cost and light-weight global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antennas/receivers. Using the "redundancy" of multiple GNSS receivers, we enhance the performance of real-time kinematic (RTK)-GNSS by employing single-frequency GNSS receivers. This method consists of two approaches: hybrid GNSS fix solutions and consistency examination of the GNSS signal strength. The fix rate of RTK-GNSS using single-frequency GNSS receivers can be highly enhanced to combine multiple RTK-GNSS to fix solutions in the multiple antennas. In addition, positioning accuracy and fix rate can be further enhanced to detect multipath signals by using multiple GNSS antennas. In this study, we developed a prototype UAV that is equipped with six GNSS antennas/receivers. From the static test results, we conclude that the proposed technique can enhance the accuracy of the position and attitude estimation in multipath environments. From the flight test, the proposed system could generate a 3D map with an accuracy of 5 cm.
description: Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2019
title: The Rajas and Nawabs of Bengal 1911-1919.
Creators: name: Mahtab, Pronoy Chand
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1973

description: It is attempted in this thesis to analyse the aspirations, attitudes and activities of the rajas and nawabs during the second decade of the twentieth century. It was the decade which experienced the effects of the Morley-Minto reforms on the one hand and the Delhi Darbar proclamations on the other. Within this political framework the functions of these territorial magnates are examined. At the outset the question whether the 'nobles' formed a distinct social group which could be called a nobility or, as an alternative, could be identified as a status group, is analysed. Simultaneously, the secondary question of how far their ideology was a reflection of their social position is examined. The next issue discussed is their claim to be the 'natural leaders' of the province. 'natural leader' would find it impossible to justify his claim without some basic links of communication with the local people. What were the socio-economic links which had evolved over the centuries and which made it possible for them to influence a large section of the population? That is the theme of the second chapter. Having examined these channels of influence, it is assessed in the following chapter how far such links provided them with the basis for acting as intermediaries in public affairs through. political associations and as eminent individuals, and how far their attitudes and aspirations differed from those of the 'nationalists' of the time. Their capacity to provide an alternative indigenous leadership and their distinctive approach to political issues was put to the test by the framers of the 1909 reforms in the enlarged Executive and Legislative Councils. Their efforts to become an effective counterpoise to the 'nationalists' in the Councils is the question analysed in the fourth chapter. Alongside formalised politics a series of inter-connected extra-constitutional movements - Congress, Swadeshi, Terrorist, Muslim separatist - dominated the contemporary Bengal scene. The thesis is concluded with an examination of their attitude and activities in relation to these movements. Having examined their activities from social, economic and political viewpoints, it is ultimately attempted in the thesis to draw conclusions regarding their functions and effectiveness in Bengal during the decade under review.
title: The Phonological System of the Berber Dialect of Ajdir (Rif Area of Morocco).
Creators: name: Chtatou, Mohamed
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1980

description: The purpose of this thesis is to carry out a phonemic analysis of a specific Berber dialect so as to be able to commit spoken material from this dialect to written form. The main aim therefore was to lay the foundations for a practical orthography for synchronic purposes. The dialect chosen for study is that of the investigator, namely of the village of Ajdir in the igyzannayan tribal area of North Eastern Morocco. In addition to the main body of lexical items based on the investigator's own experience as a native speaker, a quantity of taped material was also collected in the field and subjected to phonemic analysis in terms of the investigator's own idiolect. A description of the system was then carried out on the basis of minimal pairs. All lexical items used for the description of the sounds and for the establishment of minimal oppositions were tape-recorded and are reproduced on a cassette which accompanies the thesis.
Decision support for project rescheduling to reduce software development delays based on ant colony optimization
Creators: name: Zhang, Wei
name: Yang, Yun
name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Zhang, Cheng
name: Li, Xuejun
name: Xu, Rongbin
name: Wang, Feng
name: Ali Babar, Muhammad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3509
subject: Transportation, logistics and supply chains

description: Delays often occur during some activities in software development projects. Without handling of project delays effectively, many software development projects fail to meet their deadlines. If extra employees with same or similar skills and domain knowledge can be rescheduled for the remaining activities of the delayed projects, it can be possible to reduce or even eliminate existing delays in concurrent software development projects of similar nature. However, it is evident that employee rescheduling may result in delaying other activities, which may lead to the problem of delay propagation. Hence, it is important to investigate how to reduce or even eliminate the delay in one project without impacting other projects. By nature this is an NP-hard problem. Therefore, we propose a novel generic rescheduling strategy based on adaptive ant colony optimization algorithm to provide decision support for software project managers to select appropriate employees to deal with project delays. We have carried out a set of comprehensive experiments to evaluate the performance of the proposed strategy. In addition, three real world software project instances are also utilized to evaluate our strategy. The results show that our strategy is effective, efficient and able to outperform its representative counterparts significantly.
A discontinuous Galerkin / cohesive zone model approach for the computational modeling of fracture in geometrically exact slender beams
Creators: name: Kota, Sai Kubair
name: Kumar, Siddhant
name: Giovanardi, Bianca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Slender beams are often employed as constituents in engineering materials and structures. Prior experiments on lattices of slender beams have highlighted their complex failure response, where the interplay between buckling and fracture plays a critical role. In this paper, we introduce a novel computational approach for modeling fracture in slender beams subjected to large deformations. We adopt a state-of-the-art geometrically exact Kirchhoff beam formulation to describe the finite deformations of beams in three-dimensions. We develop a discontinuous Galerkin finite element discretization of the beam governing equations, incorporating discontinuities in the position and tangent degrees of freedom at the inter-element boundaries of the finite elements. Before fracture initiation, we enforce compatibility of nodal positions and tangents weakly, via the exchange of variationally-consistent forces and moments at the interfaces between adjacent elements. At the onset of fracture, these forces and moments transition to cohesive laws modeling interface failure. We conduct a series of numerical tests to verify our computational framework against a set of benchmarks and we demonstrate its ability to capture the tensile and bending fracture modes in beams exhibiting large deformations. Finally, we present the validation of our framework against fracture experiments of dry spaghetti rods subjected to sudden relaxation of curvature.
Majorana modes in striped two-dimensional inhomogeneous topological superconductors
Creators: name: Marra, Pasquale
name: Inotani, Daisuke
name: Mizushima, Takeshi
name: Nitta, Muneto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Majorana zero modes have gained significant interest due to their potential applications in topological quantum computing and in the realization of exotic quantum phases. These zero-energy quasiparticle excitations localize at the vortex cores of two-dimensional topological superconductors or at the ends of one-dimensional topological superconductors. Here we describe an alternative platform: a two-dimensional topological superconductor with inhomogeneous superconductivity, where Majorana modes localize at the ends of topologically nontrivial one-dimensional stripes induced by the spatial variations of the order parameter phase. In certain regimes, these Majorana modes hybridize into a single highly nonlocal state delocalized over spatially separated points, with exactly zero energy at finite system sizes and with emergent quantum-mechanical supersymmetry. We then present detailed descriptions of braiding and fusion protocols and showcase the versatility of our proposal by suggesting possible setups that can potentially lead to the realization of Yang-Lee anyons and the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model.
description: 10 pages and 3 figures (14 pages and 9 figures in the supplemental material), accepted on npj Quantum Materials
Designing Gram-Scale Resonators for Precision Inertial Sensors
Creators: name: Carter, Jonathan J.
name: Birckigt, Pascal
name: Gerberding, Oliver
name: Koehlenbeck, Sina M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent advances in glass fabrication technology have allowed for the development of high-precision inertial sensors in devices weighing in the order of grams. Gram-scale inertial sensors can be used in many applications with tight space or weight requirements. A key element of these devices' performance is the behaviour of a mechanical resonator. We present a detailed study on the design of resonators for such sensors. First, we consider how the mechanical parameters of a resonator couple with an inertial sensor's performance. Then, we look at how to geometrically design resonators to achieve specific mechanical behaviour without undergoing brittle failure. Both analytic tools and finite element analysis are used to this end. We then derive expressions that can be used to optimise the performance of an inertial sensor for a specific sensitive bandwidth. A simple geometry used throughout the field is studied as an example. However, the results are presented in a general form so they can easily be adapted to any required geometry and use case. Ultimately, the results presented here guide the design of gram-scale inertial sensors and will improve the performance of devices that follow them.
description: Submitted to Physical Review Applied
Deep Representation Learning for Open Vocabulary Electroencephalography-to-Text Decoding
Creators: name: Amrani, Hamza
name: Micucci, Daniela
name: Napoletano, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Previous research has demonstrated the potential of using pre-trained language models for decoding open vocabulary Electroencephalography (EEG) signals captured through a non-invasive Brain-Computer Interface (BCI). However, the impact of embedding EEG signals in the context of language models and the effect of subjectivity, remain unexplored, leading to uncertainty about the best approach to enhance decoding performance. Additionally, current evaluation metrics used to assess decoding effectiveness are predominantly syntactic and do not provide insights into the comprehensibility of the decoded output for human understanding. We present an end-to-end deep learning framework for non-invasive brain recordings that brings modern representational learning approaches to neuroscience. Our proposal introduces the following innovations: 1) an end-to-end deep learning architecture for open vocabulary EEG decoding, incorporating a subject-dependent representation learning module for raw EEG encoding, a BART language model, and a GPT-4 sentence refinement module; 2) a more comprehensive sentence-level evaluation metric based on the BERTScore; 3) an ablation study that analyses the contributions of each module within our proposal, providing valuable insights for future research. We evaluate our approach on two publicly available datasets, ZuCo v1.0 and v2.0, comprising EEG recordings of 30 subjects engaged in natural reading tasks. Our model achieves a BLEU-1 score of 42.75%, a ROUGE-1-F of 33.28%, and a BERTScore-F of 53.86%, outperforming the previous state-of-the-art methods by 3.38%, 8.43%, and 6.31%, respectively.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, preprint
The 95 GeV Excess in the Georgi-Machacek Model: Single or Twin Peak Resonance
Creators: name: Ahriche, Amine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we investigate the possibility to address the excess observed around 95 GeV in the $γγ$, $ττ$, and $b\bar{b}$ channels as a scalar resonance(s) within the Georgi-Machacek (GM) model. In our analysis, we find that the excess can be easily accommodated in the channels ($γγ$ and $b\bar{b}$) simultaneously, where the 95 GeV candidate is a single peak resonance (SPR) due to a light CP-even scalar. We found that the excess in the $ττ$ channel can be addressed simultaneously with $γγ$ and $b\bar{b}$ only if the 95 GeV candidate is a twin peak resonance (TPR), i.e., another CP-odd scalar in addition to the CP-even scalar. We demonstrate that the nature of the 95 GeV scalar resonance candidate (SPR or TPR) can be probed via the properties of its di-$τ$ decay.
description: 12 pages & 4 figures. Published version