cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Data from: Opposing effects of competition and selection on macroevolutionary dynamics
Creators: name: Slavenko, Alex
name: Thomas, Gavin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: The diversity of species and traits is the outcome of multiple evolutionary processes operating over millions of years. These processes affect rates of trait evolution, speciation, and extinction. A key problem is identifying the relative importance of distinct processes in driving observed patterns in species traits and phylogenetic trees. Here, we show how two processes, competition and stabilising selection, can act opposingly but still leave identifiable traces in macroevolutionary data. Building on previous simulation studies, we model the joint influence of competition and stabilising selection on rates of trait evolution, speciation completion, and extinction. We find that opposing effects result in nuanced patterns of trait evolution and diversification dynamics that, when considered in isolation, could easily lead to misinterpretation. In particular, while the best fitting likelihood model of trait evolution is typically Brownian motion when competition and stabilising selection act simultaneously, we find stronger phylogenetic signal than expected under BM and trait distributions that are distinctly platykurtic. Under the same modelling scenarios diversification is often best characterised by a pure birth model coupled with strongly suppressed species richness. Taken together, we suggest that by considering multiple simple metrics measuring trait evolution and diversification dynamics it is possible to distinguish between competition or stabilising selection as single dominant processes from the opposing effects of the two processes operating together in macroevolutionary data.
description: The simulations zipped file contains the outputs of simulations run under the CAMPSITE model. Each .rds file is a list of 100 simulations run under different parameter values - the titles of the different .rds files reflect the different parameters used. Each simulation (out of 100) is an output of the CAMPSITE model, and thus is a list containing the following three lists: 1. all: containing tree (the full phylogeny), tips (a vector of trait values at the tips), trait_mat (a list of vectors, each one the trait values of the lineage in each time step. NA if lineage did not exist at that time step), lin_mat (matrix of data on each lineage, including speciation and extinction times). 2. gsp_fossil: containing tree (the phylogeny with extant and extinct good species), tips (a vector of trait values at the tips). 3. gsp_extant: containing tree (the phylogeny with extant only good species), tips (a vector of trait values at the tips).
description: The included R package contains all the code necessary to run the CAMPSITE model, as well as to run the simulations and generate the visualisations described in the manuscript. The attached data includes the output from all simulations described in the manuscript.
Quantum walk on a chimera graph
Creators: name: Xu, Shu
name: Sun, Xiangxiang
name: Wu, Jizhou
name: Zhang, Wei-Wei
name: Arshed, Nigum
name: Sanders, Barry C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze a continuous-time quantum walk on a chimera graph, which is a graph of choice for designing quantum annealers, and we discover beautiful quantum-walk features such as localization that starkly distinguishes classical from quantum behavior. Motivated by technological thrusts, we study continuous-time quantum walks on enhanced variants of the chimera graph and on a diminished chimera graph with a random removal of sites. We explain the quantum walk by constructing a generating set for a suitable subgroup of graph isomorphisms and corresponding symmetry operators that commute with the quantum-walk Hamiltonian; the Hamiltonian and these symmetry operators provide a complete set of labels for the spectrum and the stationary states. Our quantum-walk characterization of the chimera graph and its variants yields valuable insights into graphs used for designing quantum-annealers.
On perpetuities with gamma-like tails
Creators: name: Buraczewski, Dariusz
name: Dyszewski, Piotr
name: Iksanov, Alexander
name: Marynych, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: An infinite convergent sum of independent and identically distributed random variables discounted by a multiplicative random walk is called perpetuity, because of a possible actuarial application. We give three disjoint groups of sufficient conditions which ensure that the distribution right tail of a perpetuity $\mathbb{P}\{X>x\}$ is asymptotic to $ax^ce^{-bx}$ as $x\to\infty$ for some $a,b>0$ and $c\in\mathbb{R}$. Our results complement those of Denisov and Zwart [J. Appl. Probab. 44 (2007), 1031--1046]. As an auxiliary tool we provide criteria for the finiteness of the one-sided exponential moments of perpetuities. Several examples are given in which the distributions of perpetuities are explicitly identified.
description: To appear in Journal of Applied Probability, 55, no. 2, 2018
Diagonal forms of higher degree over function fields of $p$-adic curves
Creators: name: Pumpluen, Susanne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We investigate diagonal forms of degree $d$ over the function field $F$ of a smooth projective $p$-adic curve: if a form is isotropic over the completion of $F$ with respect to each discrete valuation of $F$, then it is isotropic over certain fields $F_U$, $F_P$ and $F_p$. These fields appear naturally when applying the methodology of patching; $F$ is the inverse limit of the finite inverse system of fields $\{F_U,F_P,F_p\}$. Our observations complement some known bounds on the higher $u$-invariant of diagonal forms of degree $d$. We only consider diagonal forms of degree $d$ over fields of characteristic not dividing $d!$.
description: Some small corrections/changes have been done with respect to the first version
Increasing stripe-type fluctuations in $A$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ ($A$ = K, Rb, Cs) superconductors probed by $^{75}$As NMR spectroscopy
Creators: name: Zhang, Z. T.
name: Dmytriieva, D.
name: Molatta, S.
name: Wosnitza, J.
name: Khim, S.
name: Gass, S.
name: Wolter, A. U. B.
name: Wurmehl, S.
name: Grafe, H. -J.
name: Kühne, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report $^{75}$As nuclear magnetic resonance measurements on single crystals of RbFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ and CsFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$. Taking previously reported results for KFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ into account, we find that the anisotropic electronic correlations evolve towards a magnetic instability in the $A$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ series (with $A$ = K, Rb, Cs). Upon isovalent substitution with larger alkali ions, a drastic enhancement of the anisotropic nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate and decreasing Knight shift reveal the formation of pronounced spin fluctuations with stripe-type modulation. Furthermore, a decreasing power-law exponent of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate $(1/T_{1})_{H\parallel{ab}}$, probing the in-plane spin fluctuations, evidences an emergent deviation from Fermi-liquid behavior. All these findings clearly indicate that the expansion of the lattice in the $A$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ series tunes the electronic correlations towards a quantum critical point at the transition to a yet unobserved, ordered phase.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
A comparative analysis of object-relational database systems and distributed systems issues
Creators: name: Sri Nanthakumar, Chuppramaniam.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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A Numerical Algorithm for C2-splines on Symmetric Spaces
Creators: name: Bogfjellmo, Geir
name: Modin, Klas
name: Verdier, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 41A15, 65D07, 65D05, 53C35, 53B20, 14M17

description: Cubic spline interpolation on Euclidean space is a standard topic in numerical analysis, with countless applications in science and technology. In several emerging fields, for example computer vision and quantum control, there is a growing need for spline interpolation on curved, non-Euclidean space. The generalization of cubic splines to manifolds is not self-evident, with several distinct approaches. One possibility is to mimic the acceleration minimizing property, which leads to Riemannian cubics. This, however, require the solution of a coupled set of non-linear boundary value problems that cannot be integrated explicitly, even if formulae for geodesics are available. Another possibility is to mimic De~Casteljau's algorithm, which leads to generalized Bézier curves. To construct C2-splines from such curves is a complicated non-linear problem, until now lacking numerical methods. Here we provide an iterative algorithm for C2-splines on Riemannian symmetric spaces, and we prove convergence of linear order. In terms of numerical tractability and computational efficiency, the new method surpasses those based on Riemannian cubics. Each iteration is parallel, thus suitable for multi-core implementation. We demonstrate the algorithm for three geometries of interest: the $n$-sphere, complex projective space, and the real Grassmannian.
MML segmentation-based image coding
Creators: name: Lindarto, Tetra.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Single-gap superconductivity and dome of superfluid density in Nb-doped SrTiO3
Creators: name: Thiemann, Markus
name: Beutel, Manfred H.
name: Dressel, Martin
name: Lee-Hone, Nicholas R.
name: Broun, David M.
name: Fillis-Tsirakis, Evangelos
name: Boschker, Hans
name: Mannhart, Jochen
name: Scheffler, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: SrTiO$_3$ exhibits a superconducting dome upon doping with Nb, with a maximum critical temperature \mbox{$T_\mathrm{c} \approx 0.4$~K}. Using microwave stripline resonators at frequencies from 2 to 23~GHz and temperatures down to 0.02~K, we probe the low-energy optical response of superconducting SrTiO$_3$ with charge carrier concentration from 0.3 to $2.2\times 10^{20}$~cm$^{-3}$, covering the majority of the superconducting dome. We find single-gap electrodynamics even though several electronic bands are superconducting. This is explained by a single energy gap $2Δ$ due to gap homogenization over the Fermi surface consistent with the low level of defect scattering in Nb-doped SrTiO$_3$. Furthermore, we determine $T_\mathrm{c}$, $2Δ$, and the superfluid density as a function of charge carrier concentration, and all three quantities exhibit the characteristic dome shape.
description: 4 Figures
Distance between configurations in Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations
Creators: name: Fukuma, Masafumi
name: Matsumoto, Nobuyuki
name: Umeda, Naoya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For a given Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm we introduce a distance between two configurations that quantifies the difficulty of transition from one configuration to the other configuration. We argue that the distance takes a universal form for the class of algorithms which generate local moves in the configuration space. We explicitly calculate the distance for the Langevin algorithm, and show that it certainly has desired and expected properties as distance. We further show that the distance for a multimodal distribution gets dramatically reduced from a large value by the introduction of a tempering method. We also argue that, when the original distribution is highly multimodal with large number of degenerate vacua, an anti-de Sitter-like geometry naturally emerges in the extended configuration space.
description: 20 pages, 3 figures. v2: typos corrected, references and a figure added, a few additional explanations made. v3: discussions in section 4 improved
Interval observer for uncertain time-varying SIR-SI epidemiological model of vector-borne disease
Creators: name: Aronna, Maria Soledad
name: Bliman, Pierre-Alexandre
name: Aronna, Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The issue of state estimation is considered for an SIR-SI epidemiological model describing a vector-borne disease such as dengue fever, subject to seasonal variations. Assuming continuous measurement of the incidence rate (that is the number of new infectives in the host population per unit time), a class of interval observers with estimate-dependent gain is constructed, and asymptotic error bounds are provided. The synthesis method is based on the search for a common linear Lyapunov function for monotone systems that represent the evolution of the estimation errors.
Orthogonal free quantum group factors are strongly 1-bounded
Creators: name: Brannan, Michael
name: Vergnioux, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove that the orthogonal free quantum group factors $\mathcal{L}(\mathbb{F}O_N)$ are strongly $1$-bounded in the sense of Jung. In particular, they are not isomorphic to free group factors. This result is obtained by establishing a spectral regularity result for the edge reversing operator on the quantum Cayley tree associated to $\mathbb{F}O_N$, and combining this result with a recent free entropy dimension rank theorem of Jung and Shlyakhtenko.
description: v3: accepted version
Integrating the user interface, the inheritance scheme and the knowledge base system : a case study of an intelligent schedule planning
Creators: name: Shou, Brenda.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Dipolar spin ice states with fast monopole hopping rate in CdEr$_2$X$_4$ (X = Se, S)
Creators: name: Gao, Shang
name: Zaharko, Oksana
name: Tsurkan, Vladimir
name: Prodan, Lilian
name: Riordan, Edward
name: Lago, Jorge
name: Fåk, Björn
name: Wildes, Andrew
name: Koza, Marek M.
name: Ritter, Clemens
name: Fouquet, Peter
name: Keller, Lukas
name: Canévet, Emmanuel
name: Medarde, Marisa
name: Blomgren, Jakob
name: Johansson, Christer
name: Giblin, Sean R.
name: Vrtnik, Stanislav
name: Luzar, Jože
name: Loidl, Alois
name: Rüegg, Christian
name: Fennell, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Excitations in a spin ice behave as magnetic monopoles, and their population and mobility control the dynamics of a spin ice at low temperature. CdEr$_2$Se$_4$ is reported to have the Pauling entropy characteristic of a spin ice, but its dynamics are three-orders of magnitude faster than the canonical spin ice Dy$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$. In this letter we use diffuse neutron scattering to show that both CdEr$_2$Se$_4$ and CdEr$_2$S$_4$ support a dipolar spin ice state -- the host phase for a Coulomb gas of emergent magnetic monopoles. These Coulomb gases have similar parameters to that in Dy$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$, i.e. dilute and uncorrelated, so cannot provide three-orders faster dynamics through a larger monopole population alone. We investigate the monopole dynamics using ac susceptometry and neutron spin echo spectroscopy, and verify the crystal electric field Hamiltonian of the Er$^{3+}$ ions using inelastic neutron scattering. A quantitative calculation of the monopole hopping rate using our Coulomb gas and crystal electric field parameters shows that the fast dynamics in CdEr$_2$X$_4$ (X = Se, S) are primarily due to much faster monopole hopping. Our work suggests that CdEr$_2$X$_4$ offer the possibility to study alternative spin ice ground states and dynamics, with equilibration possible at much lower temperatures than the rare earth pyrochlore examples.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
SR-tree : an efficient indexing technique for multidimensional databases
Creators: name: Tran, Nguyen.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the relation between future thoughts and personal goals: A longitudinal study
Creators: name: Watson, Lynn Ann
name: Roderer, Ayleen
name: Bohn, Annette
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: COVID-19
subject: Episodic future thinking
subject: Personal goals

description: A longitudinal project that aims to investigate how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affects the relation between episodic future thoughts and personal goals.
Inertialess systems : a component-driven approach to data exploration and extension
Creators: name: Stevenson, Anthony Christopher.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Transcriptome of Syntrichia caninervis Mitt.
Creators: name: 杨瑞瑞(Yang Ruirui)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2022
Subjects: Transcriptome or Gene expression
Monoisolate

description: Transcriptome sequencing during different time points of desiccation and rehydration of the extremely desication tolerance bryophyte erythritum dentatum in Gurbantonggute desert, Xinjiang
AI face hyper-realism
Creators: name: Sutherland, Clare
name: Steward, Ben
name: Witkower, Zachary
name: Krumhuber, Eva
name: Dawel, Amy
name: Miller, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Computer Sciences
subject: Cognition and Perception
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
subject: AI hyper-realism
subject: Dunning-Kruger effect
subject: StyleGAN2
subject: artificial intelligence
subject: face perception
subject: face space theory
subject: generative adversarial network
subject: machine learning

description: This project contains the survey materials, data, and analysis scripts for "AI Hyper-realism: Why AI Faces Are Perceived As More Real Than Human Ones" by Miller, E. J., Steward, B. A., Witkower, Z., Sutherland, C. A. M., Krumhuber, E., & Dawel, A.
Simultaneous Thermoregulated and Sensorial effect of Smart Textiles with Artificial Composite Phase Change Materials (CPCM) incorporated with Carbon Nano Conductive Materials for special workers and extreme weather conditions
Creators: name: Anowar,
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Thermoregulated Textiles, Sensorial Textiles, Composite Phase Change Materials (CPCM), Carbon Nano Particles, polymerization, Smart Textiles.

description: Simultaneous thermoregulated and sensorial effect of smart textiles can be developed by Composite Phase Change Materials (CPCM) by the polymerized combination of carbon nano particles and synthetic polymer like polyurethane, ammonia formaldehyde with the electrospraying coating process for functioning protection and performance of thermoregulated CPCM coated textiles can be performed higher latent heat with durability of maximum number of heating and cooling cycle of wearers like sports, space, undersea low temperature rescue, automobile, medical application, military application, extreme weather and special health & safety users etc as well as provide sensorial effect due to having electrical conductivity of carbon nano particles without hampering physical and chemical properties of fabric structure and the expected smart textiles will perform special properties like breathability, water repellency, soil resistance, wrinkle free property, flame retardency, antistatic property, UV protection and wicking properties where as the earlier development of PCM textiles are performing lower latent heat with lower durability and minimum number of heating and cooling cycle as well as obstructing the common properties of fabric which is not fulfilling the accurate objects of thermoregulated fabric and research on simultaneous thermoregulated and sensorial effect of smart textiles with carbon nano conductive materials for special workers and extreme weather conditions may provide higher latent heat due to using carbon nano particle with electrospraying method, the structural platform of fabric will be stable and such way the performance of thermoregulation and protection properties in CPCM smart textiles will enhance which is the technical beauty and proposed invention of proposed research work on smart textiles.
Lifshits tails for randomly twisted quantum waveguides
Creators: name: Kirsch, Werner
name: Krejcirik, David
name: Raikov, Georgi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82B44, 35R60, 47B80, 81Q10

description: We consider the Dirichlet Laplacian $H_γ$ on a 3D twisted waveguide with random Anderson-type twisting $γ$. We introduce the integrated density of states $N_γ$ for the operator $H_γ$, and investigate the Lifshits tails of $N_γ$, i.e. the asymptotic behavior of $N_γ(E)$ as $E \downarrow \inf {\rm supp}\, dN_γ$. In particular, we study the dependence of the Lifshits exponent on the decay rate of the single-site twisting at infinity.
description: 18 pages, introduction modified, typos corrected
Constraining $Z^\prime$ widths from $p_T$ measurements in Drell-Yan processes
Creators: name: Accomando, Elena
name: Fiaschi, Juri
name: Moretti, Stefano
name: Shepherd-Themistocleous, Claire H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We define a Focus Point (FP) Asymmetry, $A_{\rm FP}$, obtained by integrating the normalised transverse momentum distribution of either lepton produced in the Drell-Yan (DY) process below and above a point where a variety of popular $Z^\prime$ models all have the same magnitude. For a given $Z^\prime$ mass the position of this FP is predictable, depending only on the collider energy and on the low transverse momentum cut chosen in the normalisation procedure. The resulting $A_{\rm FP}$ is very sensitive to the $Z^\prime$ width, and can be used to constrain this parameter in experimental fits.
description: 13 pages, 15 figures
The application of total quality management to information systems
Creators: name: Carroll, Jennifer Mary.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Quenching and ram pressure stripping of simulated Milky Way satellite galaxies
Creators: name: Simpson, Christine M.
name: Grand, Robert J. J.
name: Gómez, Facundo A.
name: Marinacci, Federico
name: Pakmor, Rüdiger
name: Springel, Volker
name: Campbell, David J. R.
name: Frenk, Carlos S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present predictions for the quenching of star formation in satellite galaxies of the Local Group from a suite of 30 cosmological zoom simulations of Milky Way-like host galaxies. The Auriga simulations resolve satellites down to the luminosity of the classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Milky Way. We find strong mass-dependent and distance-dependent quenching signals, where dwarf systems beyond 600 kpc are only strongly quenched below a stellar mass of $10^7$ M$_\odot$. Ram pressure stripping appears to be the dominant quenching mechanism and 50% of quenched systems cease star formation within 1 Gyr of first infall. We demonstrate that systems within a host galaxy's $R_{200}$ radius are comprised of two populations: (i) a first infall population that has entered the host halo within the past few Gyrs and (ii) a population of returning `backsplash' systems that have had a much more extended interaction with the host. Backsplash galaxies that do not return to the host galaxy by redshift zero exhibit quenching properties similar to galaxies within $R_{200}$ and are distinct from other external systems. The simulated quenching trend with stellar mass has some tension with observations, but our simulations are able reproduce the range of quenching times measured from resolved stellar populations of Local Group dwarf galaxies.
description: 22 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Using Engagement to Prevent Dropout on Long Web Surveys
Creators: name: Gadiraju, Ujwal
name: Allen, Garrett
name: Van Tussenbroek, Thomas
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Sciences
subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Computer Sciences
subject: achievement primes
subject: crowdsourcing
subject: dropout
subject: motivation

description: We describe a planned study which aims to investigate the effects of achievement primes on motivation to complete web surveys. This preregistration contains research questions, hypotheses, method, materials, procedure, and statistical analyses of the planned study.
Modeling Cosmic Expansion, and Possible Inflation, As a Thermodynamic Heat Engine
Creators: name: Pilot, Christopher
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Assuming a closed universe with slight positive curvature, cosmic expansion is modeled as a heat engine where the '"system'" is defined collectively as those regions of space within the observable universe which will later evolve into voids or empty space, and the '"surroundings'" are identified collectively as those pockets of space which will eventually develop into matter filled galaxies, clusters, super-clusters and filament walls. Using this model, we show that the energy needed for cosmic expansion can be found using basic thermodynamic principles, and that cosmic expansion had as its origin, a finite initial energy density, pressure, volume, and temperature. Inflation in the traditional sense, with the inflaton field, may also not be required as it can be argued that homogeneities and in-homogeneities in the WMAP temperature profile can be attributed to quantum mechanical fluctuations about a fixed background temperature in the initial isothermal expansion phase. Fluctuations in temperature can cause certain regions of space to lose heat to other pockets producing voids forcing, i.e., fueling expansion of the latter and creating slightly cooler temperatures in the former, where matter will later congregate. Upon freeze-out, this could produce the observed WMAP signature with its associated CBR fluctuation in magnitude. Finally, we estimate that the freeze-out temperature and time for WMAP in-homogeneities occurred at roughly 3.02 * 1027 K and 2.54 * 10-35 s, respectively, after first initiation of volume expansion, in line with current estimates for the end of the inflationary epoch. The heat absorbed in the inflationary phase is estimated to be Q = 1.81 * 1094 J, and the system volume increases by a factor of only 5.65. The bubble voids in the observable universe increase, collectively, in volume from about .046 m3 to .262 m3 within this time.
description: 19 pages
Performance analysis of local ensemble Kalman filter
Creators: name: Tong, Xin T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is an important data assimilation method for high dimensional geophysical systems. Efficient implementation of EnKF in practice often involves the localization technique, which updates each component using only information within a local radius. This paper rigorously analyzes the local EnKF (LEnKF) for linear systems, and shows that the filter error can be dominated by the ensemble covariance, as long as 1) the sample size exceeds the logarithmic of state dimension and a constant that depends only on the local radius; 2) the forecast covariance matrix admits a stable localized structure. In particular, this indicates that with small system and observation noises, the filter error will be accurate in long time even if the initialization is not. The analysis also reveals an intrinsic inconsistency caused by the localization technique, and a stable localized structure is necessary to control this inconsistency. While this structure is usually taken for granted for the operation of LEnKF, it can also be rigorously proved for linear systems with sparse local observations and weak local interactions. These theoretical results are also validated by numerical implementation of LEnKF on a simple stochastic turbulence in two dynamical regimes.
description: 40 pages, 3 figures
Bounds for fidelity of semiclassical Lagrangian states in K{ä}hler quantization
Creators: name: Floch, Yohann Le
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We define mixed states associated with submanifolds with probability densities in quantizable closed K{ä}hler manifolds. Then, we address the problem of comparing two such states via their fidelity. Firstly, we estimate the sub-fidelity and super-fidelity of two such states, giving lower and upper bounds for their fidelity, when the underlying submanifolds are two Lagrangian submanifolds intersecting transversally at a finite number of points, in the semiclassical limit. Secondly, we investigate a family of examples on the sphere, for which we manage to obtain a better upper bound for the fidelity. We conclude by stating a conjecture regarding the fidelity in the general case.
description: Structure of the paper revised to improve exposition
A synthesis of clinical guidelines for treatment of eating disorders: A scoping review
Creators: name: Johnson, Catherine
name: North, Madelon
name: Wade, Tracey
name: Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: A scoping review that examines clinical guidelines and their recommendations for treating eating disorders including; anorexia nervosa (AN), avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED) and other specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED).
Charmonium ground and excited states at finite temperature from complex Borel sum rules
Creators: name: Araki, Ken-Ji
name: Suzuki, Kei
name: Gubler, Philipp
name: Oka, Makoto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charmonium spectral functions in vector and pseudoscalar channels at finite temperature are investigated through the complex Borel sum rules and the maximum entropy method. Our approach enables us to extract the peaks corresponding to the excited charmonia, $ψ^\prime$ and $η_c^\prime$, as well as those of the ground states, $J/ψ$ and $η_c$, which has never been achieved in usual QCD sum rule analyses. We show the spectral functions in vacuum and their thermal modification around the critical temperature, which leads to the almost simultaneous melting (or peak disappearance) of the ground and excited states.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures; published version
Assessing working memory implementation options in Prolog
Creators: name: Shahul, Fakir Mohideen.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Dichotomy of CASE in supporting production software development
Creators: name: Eng, Nancy Ah Boey.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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EATRIS Certificate of Commitment to Quality - Eligibility Criteria
Creators: name: Scherer, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: quality, research infrastructure, quality standards, quality assessment, quality assurance, ring-testing, rigor, data traceability, data storage, best practice, benchmarking, re-use of data, EQIPD, ISO, self-assessment, H2020

description: The EATRIS-Plus project emphasizes the importance of research quality and scientific rigor. This
 deliverable establishes criteria for awarding EATRIS Certificate of Commitment to Quality (ECCQ). and
 the process of issuing the award. The criteria will also play an important role for the process of applying
 for membership to the EATRIS ERIC infrastructure, as they will provide additional ways of evaluating
 the commitment to quality of the applicant. As users of the infrastructure are more likely to select
 EATRIS sites with demonstrated efforts in the field of quality assurance, an incentive for application is
 increased project provision and thereby financial benefit.
Hierarchical data structures for hyperimages (manuscript)
Creators: name: Wilson, Campbell.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Modelling and simulating temporal aspects of complex systems : modelling biological systems with Petri nets
Creators: name: Komleva, Nina.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Practical cryptographic strategies in the post-quantum era
Creators: name: Kabanov, I. S.
name: Yunusov, R. R.
name: Kurochkin, Y. V.
name: Fedorov, A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We review new frontiers in information security technologies in communications and distributed storage technologies with the use of classical, quantum, hybrid classical-quantum, and post-quantum cryptography. We analyze the current state-of-the-art, critical characteristics, development trends, and limitations of these techniques for application in enterprise information protection systems. An approach concerning the selection of practical encryption technologies for enterprises with branched communication networks is introduced.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures; review paper
A knowledge acquisition method for building a case-base for intelligent decision support
Creators: name: Sowunmi, Adedayo.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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BIODIESEL: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR MARINE POWER SYSTEMS
Creators: name: Matveev, A.
Publisher: name: Вестник науки
Year: 2023
Subjects: BIODIESEL
SHIPPING INDUSTRY
DECARBONIZATION
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS

description: This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of biodiesel in the decarbonization of the shipping industry. Acknowledging the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the predicted growth in freight volume, the adoption of biofuels such as biodiesel is discussed
Studying improvements to programming environment error message quality
Creators: name: Marks, Andrew J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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A system for online beam emittance measurements and proton beam characterization
Creators: name: Nesteruk, K. P.
name: Auger, M.
name: Braccini, S.
name: Carzaniga, T. S.
name: Ereditato, A.
name: Scampoli, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A system for online measurement of the transverse beam emittance was developed. It is named $^{4}$PrOB$\varepsilon$aM (4-Profiler Online Beam Emittance Measurement) and was conceived to measure the emittance in a fast and efficient way using the multiple beam profiler method. The core of the system is constituted by four consecutive UniBEaM profilers, which are based on silica fibers passing across the beam. The $^{4}$PrOB$\varepsilon$aM system was deployed for characterization studies of the 18~MeV proton beam produced by the IBA Cyclone 18 MeV cyclotron at Bern University Hospital (Inselspital). The machine serves daily radioisotope production and multi-disciplinary research, which is carried out with a specifically conceived Beam Transport Line (BTL). The transverse RMS beam emittance of the cyclotron was measured as a function of several machine parameters, such as the magnetic field, RF peak voltage, and azimuthal angle of the stripper. The beam emittance was also measured using the method based on the quadrupole strength variation. The results obtained with both techniques were compared and a good agreement was found. In order to characterize the longitudinal dynamics, the proton energy distribution was measured. For this purpose, a method was developed based on aluminum absorbers of different thicknesses, a UniBEaM detector, and a Faraday cup. The results were an input for a simulation of the BTL developed in the MAD-X software. This tool allows machine parameters to be tuned online and the beam characteristics to be optimized for specific applications.
description: published in Journal of Instrumentation
An evaluation of the use of Arnott's decision support systems debiasing method
Creators: name: Lee, Terence To.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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BoxCars: Improving Fine-Grained Recognition of Vehicles using 3-D Bounding Boxes in Traffic Surveillance
Creators: name: Sochor, Jakub
name: Špaňhel, Jakub
name: Herout, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we focus on fine-grained recognition of vehicles mainly in traffic surveillance applications. We propose an approach that is orthogonal to recent advancements in fine-grained recognition (automatic part discovery and bilinear pooling). In addition, in contrast to other methods focused on fine-grained recognition of vehicles, we do not limit ourselves to a frontal/rear viewpoint, but allow the vehicles to be seen from any viewpoint. Our approach is based on 3-D bounding boxes built around the vehicles. The bounding box can be automatically constructed from traffic surveillance data. For scenarios where it is not possible to use precise construction, we propose a method for an estimation of the 3-D bounding box. The 3-D bounding box is used to normalize the image viewpoint by "unpacking" the image into a plane. We also propose to randomly alter the color of the image and add a rectangle with random noise to a random position in the image during the training of convolutional neural networks (CNNs). We have collected a large fine-grained vehicle data set BoxCars116k, with 116k images of vehicles from various viewpoints taken by numerous surveillance cameras. We performed a number of experiments, which show that our proposed method significantly improves CNN classification accuracy (the accuracy is increased by up to 12% points and the error is reduced by up to 50% compared with CNNs without the proposed modifications). We also show that our method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods for fine-grained recognition.
Local and semilocal Poincaré inequalities on metric spaces
Creators: name: Björn, Anders
name: Björn, Jana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 31E05 (Primary), 30L99, 31C45, 35J60, 46E35 (Secondary)

description: We consider several local versions of the doubling condition and Poincaré inequalities on metric spaces. Our first result is that in proper connected spaces, the weakest local assumptions self-improve to semilocal ones, i.e. holding within every ball. We then study various geometrical and analytical consequences of such local assumptions, such as local quasiconvexity, self-improvement of Poincaré inequalities, existence of Lebesgue points, density of Lipschitz functions and quasicontinuity of Sobolev functions. It turns out that local versions of these properties hold under local assumptions, even though they are not always straightforward. We also conclude that many qualitative, as well as quantitative, properties of p-harmonic functions on metric spaces can be proved in various forms under such local assumptions, with the main exception being the Liouville theorem, which fails without global assumptions.
An investigation into the suitability of spread spectrum technology to the campus environment
Creators: name: Kerr, John R. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Performance analysis of channel allocation schemes for half and full rate calls in GSM
Creators: name: Ivanovich, Milosh V. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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REVEALING EMPEROR DRAGONFLY: NIGHT SKY & CHEERSCRYPT - A SINGLE RANSOMWARE GROUP
Creators: name: Kalman, Erez
name: Biderman, Oren
name: Kushnir, Amnon
name: Lifshitz, Noam
name: Porag, Ori
name: Mazor, Yoav
name: Nachmias, Haim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: https://blog.sygnia.co/revealing-emperor-dragonfly-a-chinese-ransomware-group

description: REVEALING EMPEROR DRAGONFLY: NIGHT SKY AND CHEERSCRYPT - A SINGLE RANSOMWARE GROUP October 3, 2022 KEY TAKEAWAYS Sygnia recently investigated a Cheerscrypt ransomware attack which utilized Night Sky ransomware TTPs. Further analysis revealed that Cheerscrypt and Night Sky are both rebrands of the same threat group, dubbed ‘Emperor Dragonfly’ by Sygnia. ‘Emperor Dragonfly’ (A.K.A. DEV-0401 / BRONZE STARLIGHT) deployed open-source tools that were written by Chinese developers for Chinese users. This reinforces claims that the ‘Emperor Dragonfly’ ransomware operators are based in China. Contrary to publicly available information, Cheerscrypt ransomware makes use of payloads that target both Windows and ESXi environments. INTRODUCTION Sygnia recently investigated an incident involving Cheerscrypt ransomware. As the investigation progressed, it became clear that the threat actors had successfully maintained their presence inside the compromised network for several months. During the investigation, our incident response team made a significant discovery: the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) that were used in this attack strongly resemble those used by another ransomware group – Night Sky. The publicly-available information on Cheerscrypt is sparse and focuses on the final payload – the ransomware itself – and the subsequent encryption of ESXi servers. However, in this incident, Windows servers were also encrypted by Cheerscrypt’s ransomware encryptor. Sygnia decided to investigate the threat actors behind this attack, in an attempt to attribute the group to a known actor. Although Night Sky was previously identified as being associated with another threat group, Cheerscrypt was unknown. The only clue to their identity was that the threat actors behind Cheerscrypt present themselves as pro-Ukrainian, indicated by the phrase "Слава Україні!" ("Glory to Ukraine!") and the Ukrainian flag that can be found on their dark web leak site.