cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On Interference Alignment with Imperfect CSI: Characterizations of Outage Probability, Ergodic Rate and SER
Creators: name: Chen, Xiaoming
name: Yuen, Chau
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we give a unified performance analysis of interference alignment (IA) over MIMO interference channels. Rather than the asymptotic characterization, i.e. degree of freedom (DOF) at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), we focus on the other practical performance metrics, namely outage probability, ergodic rate and symbol error rate (SER). In particular, we consider imperfect IA due to the fact that the transmitters usually have only imperfect channel state information (CSI) in practical scenario. By characterizing the impact of imperfect CSI, we derive the exact closed-form expressions of outage probability, ergodic rate and SER in terms of CSI accuracy, transmit SNR, channel condition, number of antennas, and the number of data streams of each communication pair. Furthermore, we obtain some important guidelines for performance optimization of IA under imperfect CSI by minimizing the performance loss over IA with perfect CSI. Finally, our theoretical claims are validated by simulation results.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2015
A supersymmetric AKNS problem and its Darboux-Bäcklund transformations and discrete systems
Creators: name: Xue, Lingling
name: Liu, Q. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we consider a supersymmetric AKNS spectral problem. Two elementary and a binary Darboux transformations are constructed. By means of reductions, Darboux and Bäcklund transformations are given for the supersymmetric modified Korteweg-de Vries, sinh-Gordon and nonlinear Schrödinger equations. These Darboux and Bäcklund transformations are adopted for the constructions of integrable discrete super systems, and both semi-discrete and fully discrete systems are presented. Also, the continuum limits of the relevant discrete systems are worked out.
description: 27 pages, Studies in Applied Mathematics (to appear)
Mechanism for the decomposition of lithium borohydride
Creators: name: Hoang, Khang
name: Van de Walle, Chris G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report first-principles density functional theory studies of native defects in lithium borohydride (LiBH$_{4}$), a potential material for hydrogen storage. Based on our detailed analysis of the structure, energetics, and migration of lithium-, boron-, and hydrogen-related defects, we propose a specific mechanism for the decomposition and dehydrogenation of LiBH$_{4}$ that involves mass transport mediated by native defects. In this mechanism, LiBH$_{4}$ releases borane (BH$_{3}$) at the surface or interface, leaving the negatively charged hydrogen interstitial (H$_{i}^{-}$) in the material, which then acts as the nucleation site for LiH formation. The diffusion of H$_{i}^{-}$ in the bulk LiBH$_{4}$ is the rate-limiting step in the decomposition kinetics. Lithium vacancies and interstitials have low formation energies and are highly mobile. These defects are responsible for maintaining local charge neutrality as other charged defects migrating along the material, and assisting in the formation of LiH. In light of this mechanism, we discuss the effects of metal additives on hydrogen desorption kinetics.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Accuracy of the electronic health record’s problem list in describing multimorbidity in patients with heart failure in the emergency department
Creators: name: Meyer, M.L.
name: Rodgers, J.E.
name: King, B.L.
name: Chang, P.P.
name: Casey, M.F.
name: Bohrmann, T.
name: Chari, S.V.
name: Busby-Whitehead, J.
name: Hurka-Richardson, K.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2022

description: Patients with heart failure (HF) often suffer from multimorbidity. Rapid assessment of multimorbidity is important for minimizing the risk of harmful drug-disease and drug-drug interactions. We assessed the accuracy of using the electronic health record (EHR) problem list to identify comorbid conditions among patients with chronic HF in the emergency department (ED). A retrospective chart review study was performed on a random sample of 200 patients age ≥65 years with a diagnosis of HF presenting to an academic ED in 2019. We assessed participant chronic conditions using: (1) structured chart review (gold standard) and (2) an EHR-based algorithm using the problem list. Chronic conditions were classified into 37 disease domains using the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality’s Elixhauser Comorbidity Software. For each disease domain, we report the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive of using an EHR-based algorithm. We calculated the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) to assess overall agreement on Elixhauser domain count between chart review and problem list. Patients with HF had a mean of 5.4 chronic conditions (SD 2.1) in the chart review and a mean of 4.1 chronic conditions (SD 2.1) in the EHR-based problem list. The five most prevalent domains were uncomplicated hypertension (90%), obesity (42%), chronic pulmonary disease (38%), deficiency anemias (33%), and diabetes with chronic complications (30.5%). The positive predictive value and negative predictive value of using the EHR-based problem list was greater than 90% for 24/37 and 32/37 disease domains, respectively. The EHR-based problem list correctly identified 3.7 domains per patient and misclassified 2.0 domains per patient. Overall, the ICC in comparing Elixhauser domain count was 0.77 (95% CI: 0.71-0.82). The EHR-based problem list captures multimorbidity with moderate-to-good accuracy in patient with HF in the ED.
Ergebnisse eines universitären Kleinprojekts: Anwenderakzeptanz von finger(kuppen)losen Unterziehhandschuhen im Friseurgewerbe
Creators: name: Heichel, Theres
name: Mertens, Carina
name: Wernitz, Jennifer
name: John, Swen Malte
Publisher: name: Universität Osnabrück
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Unterziehhandschuhe
subject: Handschuhe
subject: Baumwolle
subject: Anwenderakzeptanz
subject: Okklusion
subject: 500 - Naturwissenschaften

description: Hintergrund: Das Friseurhandwerk ist durch einen hohen Anteil an Feuchtarbeit und Kosmetika-/Chemikalienkontakt gekennzeichnet und gilt daher im Hinblick auf die Entwicklung berufsbedingter irritativer und/oder allergischer Kontaktekzeme als Hauptrisikoberuf. Impermeable Handschuhe dienen dem Schutz vor exogenen Noxen, begünstigen jedoch das Auftreten von Okklusionseffekten an der Haut. Bisher werden zur Minderung dieser Effekte Baumwoll-Unterziehhandschuhe empfohlen, welche jedoch je nach Tätigkeitsspektrum eine Verminderung der Taktilität zur Folge haben können. Untersuchungsziel und Methodik: Die Studie zielte darauf ab, die Anwenderakzeptanz von finger(kuppen)losen Unterziehhandschuhen an Beschäftigten des Friseurgewerbes zu evaluieren. Insgesamt erprobten 15 Personen jeweils drei verschiedene Unterziehhandschuhe: (a) Fingerloser Baumwollhandschuh „Glove Mate“, Fa. BM Polyco Ltd.; b) Fingerkuppenloser „ABO Baumwollhandschuh“, Fa. Brickwedde Technischer Handel GmbH & Co. KG; c) Fingerkuppenloser Nylonhandschuh, Fa. Sänger) unter Nitril-Einmalhandschuhen („Nitril 300“, Fa. New Gloves) anwendungsorientiert im Rahmen einer Haarfärbebehandlung. Der jeweils einmaligen Anwendung folgte eine Bewertung der erprobten Handschuhkombination mittels standardisierter Fragebögen. Ergebnisse: Die Kriterien Schwitzempfinden, Tastgefühl, Passform sowie An-und Ausziehen wurden unter Anwendung der fingerlosen Baumwollhandschuhe im Vergleich zu den bisher verwendeten Handschuhen (singuläre Schutzhandschuhe unterschiedlicher Materialien) durchweg besser bewertet. Die bisher verwendeten Handschuhe schnitten ggü. den beiden fingerkuppenfreien Kombinationen besser ab. Die „Tätigkeitsdurchführung“ wurde unter der fingerlosen Kombination besser/leichter und unter den fingerkuppenlosen Varianten schlechter/schwieriger als mit den bisher verwendeten Handschuhen beurteilt. Das „Hautgefühl nach Anwendung“ wurde für alle Kombinationen als gut/besser als zuvor angegeben. Fazit: Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Verwendung fingerkuppenloser Unterziehhandschuhe Einschränkungen in der Taktilität der Anwender zur Folge haben kann. Der Einsatz fingerfreier Varianten in feinmotorischen Tätigkeitsbereichen stellt hierbei eine mögliche Alternativlösung dar.
Additional file 5 of Exploring the potential effects of forest urbanization on the interplay between small mammal communities and their gut microbiota
Creators: name: Bouilloud, Marie
name: Galan, Maxime
name: Pradel, Julien
name: Loiseau, Anne
name: Ferrero, Julien
name: Gallet, Romain
name: Roche, Benjamin
name: Charbonnel, Nathalie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 5. Fig. S3. Barplot of relative abundance of gut microbiota at phylum and family levels.
Moments of Coinless Quantum Walks on Lattices
Creators: name: Santos, Raqueline A. M.
name: Portugal, Renato
name: Boettcher, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The properties of the coinless quantum walk model have not been as thoroughly analyzed as those of the coined model. Both evolve in discrete time steps but the former uses a smaller Hilbert space, which is spanned merely by the site basis. Besides, the evolution operator can be obtained using a process of lattice tessellation, which is very appealing. The moments of the probability distribution play an important role in the context of quantum walks. The ballistic behavior of the mean square displacement indicates that quantum-walk-based algorithms are faster than random-walk-based ones. In this paper, we obtain analytical expressions for the moments of the coinless model on $d$-dimensional lattices. The mean square displacement for large times is explicitly calculated for the one- and two-dimensional lattices and, using optimization methods, the parameter values that give the largest spread are calculated and compared with the equivalent ones of the coined model. Although we have employed asymptotic methods, our approximations are accurate even for small numbers of time steps.
description: 13 pages, 1 figure
Nacimiento de un gremio
Creators: name: Pérez Caballero, Jesús
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: México
Jalisco
Guadalajara
taxis
transporte
piratería
gremio
mafia
plataforma digital de transporte
DiDi
Uber
protección privada
aeropuerto
ensayo
Milenio Monterrey
prensa de México

description: «“Desde hace un par de meses no podemos recoger a nadie en el aeropuerto”, me comentaba, a finales de octubre, el conductor –lo llamaré D– de una plataforma digital de transporte, originaria de China que, con otra estadunidense, se reparten el mercado del área metropolitana de Guadalajara. Desde la terminal caminé cinco minutos, hasta afuera de una empresa de paquetería, donde sí podía subirme. Según D, pasó esto: Unos carros comenzaron a circular por el aeropuerto. No estaban dados de alta en ninguna plataforma, ni vinculados a taxistas clásicos, aunque a D le consta que gentes de unos y de otros, aunque no únicamente, manejan esos coches piratas. Llegaban en grupos de veinte o treinta, con una mera pegatina identificativa, y abordaban a los pasajeros presentándose –falsamente– como de esas plataformas digitales. [...]»
description: Milenio Monterrey (en línea)
High-Speed Electro-Optic Modulator Integrated with Graphene-Boron Nitride Heterostructure and Photonic Crystal Nanocavity
Creators: name: Gao, Yuanda
name: Shiue, Ren-Jye
name: Gan, Xuetao
name: Li, Luozhou
name: Peng, Cheng
name: Meric, Inanc
name: Wang, Lei
name: Szep, Attila
name: Walker, Dennis
name: Hone, James
name: Englund, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanoscale and power-efficient electro-optic (EO) modulators are essential components for optical interconnects that are beginning to replace electrical wiring for intra- and inter-chip communications. Silicon-based EO modulators show sufficient figures of merits regarding device footprint, speed, power consumption and modulation depth. However, the weak electro-optic effect of silicon still sets a technical bottleneck for these devices, motivating the development of modulators based on new materials. Graphene, a two-dimensional carbon allotrope, has emerged as an alternative active material for optoelectronic applications owing to its exceptional optical and electronic properties. Here, we demonstrate a high-speed graphene electro-optic modulator based on a graphene-boron nitride (BN) heterostructure integrated with a silicon photonic crystal nanocavity. Strongly enhanced light-matter interaction of graphene in a submicron cavity enables efficient electrical tuning of the cavity reflection. We observe a modulation depth of 3.2 dB and a cut-off frequency of 1.2 GHz.
sDEM
Creators: name: Sanchez-Fernandez, A.J.
name: Romero, L.F.
name: Bandera, G.
name: Tabik, S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Applied Computer Science

description: New methodology called skewed Digital Elevation Model (sDEM), which substantially improves the locality of memory accesses and increases the inherent parallelism involved in the computation of rotational sweep-based algorithms. In particular, sDEM applies a data restructuring technique before accessing the memory and performing the computation. To demonstrate the high efficiency of sDEM, we use the problem of total viewshed computation as a case study considering different implementations for single-core, multi-core, single-GPU and multi-GPU platforms.
Role of Metadata in CNSTAT Panel Report: Transparency in Statistical Information for NCSES and All Federal Statistical Agencies
Creators: name: Gillman, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: statistics
transparency
reproducibility

description: The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics tasked the Committee on National Statistics to undertake a consensus panel study to examine the degree of transparency and reproducibility of federal statistics. The principal questions were: what should an agency should do to make available, both internally and externally, archives of the input data sets used to generate sets of official statistics; documentation of the treatments done to the raw data prior to the computation of the final estimates (for treatment of failed edits, nonresponse, etc.); and documentation of what goes into the computation of the final published estimates. Presented at IASSIST Professional Development Webinar..
Constraining the bulk Lorentz factor from the photosphere emission
Creators: name: Zou, Yuan-Chuan
name: Cheng, K. S.
name: Wang, F. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a direct and model-independent method to constrain the Lorentz factor of a relativistically expanding object, like gamma-ray bursts. Only the measurements, such as thermal component of the emission, the distance and the variable time scale of the light curve, are used. If the uncertainties are considered, we will obtain lower limits of the Lorentz factor instead. We apply this method to GRB 090618 and get a lower limit of the Lorentz factor to be 22. The method can be used to any relativistically moving object, such as gamma-ray bursts, blazars, and soft gamma-ray repeaters, providing the thermal component of the emission being observed.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure
The analysis of arabidopsis nicotianamine synthase mutants reveals functions for nicotianamine in seed iron loading and iron deficiency responses
Creators: name: Fink-Straube, Claudia
name: Klatte, Marco
name: Schuler, Mara
name: Wirtz, Markus
name: Hell, Rüdiger
name: Bauer, Petra
Publisher: name: Rockville, MD : American Society of Plant Biologists
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 570

description: Nicotianamine chelates and transports micronutrient metal ions in plants. It has been speculated that nicotianamine is involved in seed loading with micronutrients. A tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) mutant (chloronerva) and a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) transgenic line have been utilized to analyze the effects of nicotianamine loss. These mutants showed early leaf chlorosis and had sterile flowers. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) has four NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE (NAS) genes. We constructed two quadruple nas mutants: one had full loss of NAS function, was sterile, and showed a chloronerva-like phenotype (nas4x-2); another mutant, with intermediate phenotype (nas4x-1), developed chlorotic leaves, which became severe upon transition from the vegetative to the reproductive phase and upon iron (Fe) deficiency. Residual nicotianamine levels were sufficient to sustain the life cycle. Therefore, the nas4x-1 mutant enabled us to study late nicotianamine functions. This mutant had no detectable nicotianamine in rosette leaves of the reproductive stage but low nicotianamine levels in vegetative rosette leaves and seeds. Fe accumulated in the rosette leaves, while less Fe was present in flowers and seeds. Leaves, roots, and flowers showed symptoms of Fe deficiency, whereas leaves also showed signs of sufficient Fe supply, as revealed by molecular-physiological analysis. The mutant was not able to fully mobilize Fe to sustain Fe supply of flowers and seeds in the normal way. Thus, nicotianamine is needed for correct supply of seeds with Fe. These results are fundamental for plant manipulation approaches to modify Fe homeostasis regulation through alterations of NAS genes.
Le traité de Verdun (843)
Creators: name: Moeglin, Jean-Marie
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2025

description: Le traité de Verdun conclu en 843 entre les trois fils de l’empereur Louis le Pieux n’a retenu l’attention, contrairement à la bataille de Fontenoy, que d’un petit nombre d’auteurs contemporains. Il paraît par la suite disparaître largement des chroniques et annales. Seuls quelques auteurs jugent bon d’évoquer le partage de l’empire de Louis le Pieux parce qu’il permettait de remonter à l’origine du mouvement de séparation entre la Francie de l’ouest/France et la Francie de l’est/Allemagne. À partir de la deuxième moitié du XIe siècle toutefois, un nouvel essor de l’histoire universelle conduit à identifier la bataille de Fontenoy et surtout le partage de Verdun comme les dates-clefs marquant la fin de l’unité de l’Empire franc/romain après la mort de Louis le Pieux. Ce retour du traité de Verdun prend un sens différent en France et en Alle- magne. En Allemagne, l’on considérait que le royaume des Allemands né lors du partage de Verdun avait rempli sa vocation en étant réuni avec l’Empire romain. En France, l’on devait constater que certes le royaume de France était l’héritier direct du regnum Francorum mais, après le partage de Verdun, un royaume allemand s’en était émancipé et avait même réussi à capter la dignité d’empereur romain que Charlemagne avait acquise aux rois de France; la Francia mentionnée par Sigebert de Gembloux comme part de Charles le Chauve n’était plus que le petit royaume de France des quatre rivières. Dans la continuité des chroniqueurs médiévaux, les historiens de l’époque moderne assignent au traité de Verdun un rôle central dans la naissance des grands États de l’Europe. Mais tandis qu’en Allemagne, on célèbre la naissance d’un royaume proprement allemand, l’on déplore en France la ruine de l’ancien empire françois. Rebondissant sur ces considérations, les historiens libéraux du XIXe siècle, Augustin Thierry en France, Georg Waitz en Allemagne, font du traité de Verdun l’acte de naissance des nations française et allemande; ce sont eux qui l’érigent en lieu de mémoire de l’histoire allemande et française.
description: Francia, Bd. 50 (2023)
Antibiotic treatment failure in children aged 1 to 59 months with World Health Organization-defined severe pneumonia in Malawi: A CPAP IMPACT trial secondary analysis
Creators: name: Vaidya, D.
name: Liu, Y.
name: Eckerle, M.
name: Smith, A.G.
name: Hosseinipour, M.C.
name: Lufesi, N.
name: Mvalo, T.
name: Corbett, K.
name: McCollum, E.D.
name: Nansongole, D.
name: Kondowe, D.
name: Mtimaukanena, T.A.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2022

description: Background Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality in children <5 years globally. Early identification of hospitalized children with pneumonia who may fail antibiotics could improve outcomes. We conducted a secondary analysis from the Malawi CPAP IMPACT trial evaluating risk factors for antibiotic failure among children hospitalized with pneumonia. Methods Participants were 1–59 months old with World Health Organization-defined severe pneumonia and hypoxemia, severe malnutrition, and/or HIV exposure/infection. All participants received intravenous antibiotics per standard care. First-line antibiotics were benzylpenicillin and gentamicin for five days. Study staff assessed patients for first-line antibiotic failure daily between days 3–6. When identified, patients failing antibiotics were switched to second-line ceftriaxone. Analyses excluded children receiving ceftriaxone and/or deceased by hospital day two. We compared characteristics between patients with and without treatment failure and fit multivariable logistic regression models to evaluate associations between treatment failure and admission characteristics. Results From June 2015–March 2018, 644 children were enrolled and 538 analyzed. Antibiotic failure was identified in 251 (46.7%) participants, and 19/251 (7.6%) died. Treatment failure occurred more frequently with severe malnutrition (50.2% (126/251) vs 28.2% (81/287), p<0.001) and amongst those dwelling 10km from a health facility (22.3% (56/251) vs 15.3% (44/287), p = 0.026). Severe malnutrition occurred more frequently among children living 10km from a health facility than those living <10km (49.0% (49/100) vs 35.7% (275/ 428), p = 0.014). Children with severe malnutrition (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.2 (95% CI 1.52, 3.24), p<0.001) and pre-hospital antibiotics ((aOR 1.47, 95% CI 1.01, 2.14), p = 0.043) had an elevated aOR for antibiotic treatment failure. Conclusion Severe malnutrition and pre-hospital antibiotic use predicted antibiotic treatment failure in this high-risk severe pneumonia pediatric population in Malawi. Our findings suggest addressing complex sociomedical conditions like severe malnutrition and improving pneumonia etiology diagnostics will be key for better targeting interventions to improve childhood pneumonia outcomes.
A benchmark for toxic comment classification on Civil Comments dataset
Creators: name: Duchene, Corentin
name: Jamet, Henri
name: Guillaume, Pierre
name: Dehak, Reda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Toxic comment detection on social media has proven to be essential for content moderation. This paper compares a wide set of different models on a highly skewed multi-label hate speech dataset. We consider inference time and several metrics to measure performance and bias in our comparison. We show that all BERTs have similar performance regardless of the size, optimizations or language used to pre-train the models. RNNs are much faster at inference than any of the BERT. BiLSTM remains a good compromise between performance and inference time. RoBERTa with Focal Loss offers the best performance on biases and AUROC. However, DistilBERT combines both good AUROC and a low inference time. All models are affected by the bias of associating identities. BERT, RNN, and XLNet are less sensitive than the CNN and Compact Convolutional Transformers.
Additional file 8 of Exploring the potential effects of forest urbanization on the interplay between small mammal communities and their gut microbiota
Creators: name: Bouilloud, Marie
name: Galan, Maxime
name: Pradel, Julien
name: Loiseau, Anne
name: Ferrero, Julien
name: Gallet, Romain
name: Roche, Benjamin
name: Charbonnel, Nathalie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 8. Fig.  S4. Distance-based redundancy analysis (db-RDA) based on the composition of the gut microbiota of small mammal species.
The Bain library: A Cu-Au buffer template for a continuous variation of lattice parameters in epitaxial films
Creators: name: Kauffmann-Weiss, S.
name: Hamann, S.
name: Reichel, L.
name: Siegel, A.
name: Alexandrakis, V.
name: Heller, R.
name: Schultz, L.
name: Ludwig, A.
name: Fähler, S.
Publisher: name: New York : American Institute of Physics
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials properties
subject: Rutherford backscattering
subject: Buffer layers
subject: Lattice constants
subject: Copper
subject: Gold
subject: X-ray diffraction
subject: Thin film growth
subject: Epitaxy
subject: Sputter deposition
subject: 620

description: Smallest variations of the lattice parameter result in significant changes in material properties. Whereas in bulk, lattice parameters can only be changed by composition or temperature, coherent epitaxial growth of thin films on single crystals allows adjusting the lattice parameters independently. Up to now only discrete values were accessible by using different buffer or substrate materials. We realize a lateral variation of in-plane lattice parameters using combinatorial film deposition of epitaxial Cu-Au on a 4-in. Si wafer. This template gives the possibility to adjust the in-plane lattice parameter over a wide range from 0.365 nm up to 0.382 nm.
Tuning the optical forces on- and off-resonance in microspherical photonics
Creators: name: Li, Yangcheng
name: Maslov, Alexey V.
name: Jofre, Ana
name: Astratov, Vasily N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Light pressure effect has been discovered long ago and has been used as an optical method to manipulate microand nanoparticles. It is usually considered as a nonresonant effect determined by the transfer of the momentum of light. However, recently we have observed that large polystyrene microspheres of 15-20 μm diameters supporting high quality whispering gallery resonances can be optically propelled in water at an extraordinary high velocity along tapered fibers under resonant conditions. In this work we compare on- and off-resonant optical forces in microspherical photonics by controlling the detuning between the laser emission line and whispering gallery resonances. Our approach involves manipulation with microspheres using conventional optical tweezers and their advanced spectroscopic characterization in fiber-integrated setups. We demonstrate dramatic difference in the optical forces exerted on microspheres in the on-resonant and off-resonant cases. This method can be used to study spectral properties of the resonantly enhanced forces in microspherical photonics.
description: IEEE 2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), June 2013, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6602702&queryText%3D10.1109%2FICTON.2013.6602702
Modelling sample-to-sample fluctuations of the gap ratio in finite disordered spin chains
Creators: name: Krajewski, Bartosz
name: Mierzejewski, Marcin
name: Bonča, Janez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study sample-to-sample fluctuations of the gap ratio in the energy spectra in finite disordered spin chains. The chains are described by the random-field Ising model and the Heisenberg model. We show that away from the ergodic/nonergodic crossover, the fluctuations are correctly captured by the Rosenzweig-Porter (RP) model. However, fluctuations in the microscopic models significantly exceed those in the RP model in the vicinity of the crossover. We show that upon introducing an extension to the RP model, one correctly reproduces the fluctuations in all regimes, i.e., in the ergodic and nonergodic regimes as well as at the crossover between them. Finally, we demonstrate how to reduce the sample-to-sample fluctuations in both studied microscopic models.
Spatial separation of the conformers of methyl vinyl ketone
Creators: name: Kilaj, Ardita
name: He, Lanhai
name: Długołęcki, Karol
name: Willitsch, Stefan
name: Küpper, Jochen
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2020

description: Methyl vinyl ketone (C$_4$H$_6$O) is a volatile, labile organic compound of importance in atmospheric chemistry. We prepared a molecular beam of methyl vinyl ketone with a rotational temperature of 1.2(2)~K and demonstrated the spatial separation of the \emph{s-cis} and \emph{s-trans} conformers of methyl vinyl ketone using the electrostatic deflector. The resulting sample density was $1.1\times10^{8}~\text{cm}^{-3}$ for the direct beam in the laser ionization region. These conformer-selected methyl vinyl ketone samples are well suited for conformer specific chemical reactivity studies such as in Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions.
Self-assembly of gold nanoparticles at the oil-vapor interface: from mono- to multilayers
Creators: name: Born, Philip
name: Schön, Volker
name: Blum, Susanne
name: Gerstner, Dominik
name: Huber, Patrick
name: Kraus, Tobias
Publisher: name: Washington D.C. : American Chemical Society
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Alkylthiol-coated gold nanoparticles spontaneously segregate from dispersion in toluene to the toluene-vapor interface. We show that surface tension drops during segregation with a rate that depends on particle concentration. Mono- and multilayers of particles form depending on particle concentration, time, and temperature. X-ray reflectometry indicates fast monolayer formation and slow multilayer formation. A model that combines diffusion-limited segregation driven by surface energy and heterogeneous agglomeration driven by dispersive van der Waals particle interactions is proposed to describe film formation.
»Natio«, Gemeinschaft, Kult und Nation
Creators: name: Krah, Adelheid
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2025

description: Die Studie behandelt die enge Kohäsion der historischen Phänomene »natio, Gemeinschaft, Kult und Nation« in den sozialen Gemeinschaften Europas im Früh- und Hochmittelalter. Dabei werden sowohl die sozialen Mechanismen des Zusammenschlusses als auch die der Ausgrenzung anderer sozialer Gruppen untersucht. Leitend wirkten bei diesen sozialen Prozessen autoritative Texte von Theologen und Rechtsgelehrten. Eine starke gentile Trennung nach dem Prinzip der Religionszugehörigkeit nahm mit dem Siegeszug der christlichen, an Rom orientierten Religion ihren Lauf. Allerdings ist eine nachhaltige Wirkung der Rechtstheorie Bischof Isidors von Sevilla (um 555–636) während der späteren Phase der Verschriftlichung der gentilen Rechte im Karolingerreich feststellbar. Die in dem Beitrag vorgestellten Gemeinschaftskonzepte implizieren in jeder Form eine dynamische Perspektive des Lebens und zeigen das Bild einer menschlichen Gemeinschaft, die sich stets erneuert. Insofern wird in dieser Studie auch von der Hermeneutik der Begriffe natio und Nation ausgegangen. Dabei werden die Phänomene des Rückgriffs auf kulturhistorisch bedeutende politische und kulturelle Erscheinungsformen von Gemeinschaft und deren Renaissance ebenso thematisiert wie das theologische Prinzip der Unvergänglichkeit und damit ein Gemeinschaftskonzept mit einer zweiten Perspektive, nämlich auf ein Fortleben nach dem Tod.
description: Francia, Bd. 50 (2023)
Association of Severe Bronchiolitis during Infancy with Childhood Asthma Development: An Analysis of the ECHO Consortium
Creators: name: Dabelea, Dana
name: Zhao, Qi
name: Hasegawa, Kohei
name: Paneth, Nigel
name: Gern, James E.
name: Hartert, Tina
name: Litonjua, Augusto A.
name: Weiss, Scott T.
name: Oken, Emily
name: Karr, Catherine J.
name: Leve, Leslie D.
name: McEvoy, Cindy T.
name: Wright, Rosalind J.
name: O'Shea, T. Michael
name: Alshawabkeh, Akram N.
name: Aschner, Judy L.
name: Zhang, Xueying
name: Khurana Hershey, Gurjit K.
name: Camargo, Carlos A.
name: Carroll, Kecia N.
name: Elliott, Amy J.
name: Miller, Rachel L.
name: Karagas, Margaret R.
name: Dunlop, Anne L.
name: Hipwell, Alison E.
name: Wright, Robert O.
name: Herbstman, Julie
name: Li, Xiuhong
name: Stanford, Joseph B.
name: Zoratti, Edward
name: Nanishi, Makiko
name: Chandran, Aruna
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2023

description: Objective: Many studies have shown that severe (hospitalized) bronchiolitis during infancy is a risk factor for developing childhood asthma. However, the population subgroups at the highest risk remain unclear. Using large nationwide pediatric cohort data, namely the NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, we aimed to quantify the longitudinal relationship of bronchiolitis hospitalization during infancy with asthma in a generalizable dataset and to examine potential heterogeneity in terms of major demographics and clinical factors. Methods: We analyzed data from infants (age <12 months) enrolled in one of the 53 prospective cohort studies in the ECHO Program during 2001–2021. The exposure was bronchiolitis hospitalization during infancy. The outcome was a diagnosis of asthma by a physician by age 12 years. We examined their longitudinal association and determined the potential effect modifications of major demographic factors. Results: The analytic cohort consisted of 11,762 infants, 10% of whom had bronchiolitis hospitalization. Overall, 15% subsequently developed asthma. In the Cox proportional hazards model adjusting for 10 patient-level factors, compared with the no-bronchiolitis hospitalization group, the bronchiolitis hospitalization group had a significantly higher rate of asthma (14% vs. 24%, HR = 2.77, 95%CI = 2.24–3.43, p < 0.001). There was significant heterogeneity by race and ethnicity (Pinteraction = 0.02). The magnitude of the association was greater in non-Hispanic White (HR = 3.77, 95%CI = 2.74–5.18, p < 0.001) and non-Hispanic Black (HR = 2.39, 95%CI = 1.60–3.56; p < 0.001) infants, compared with Hispanic infants (HR = 1.51, 95%CI = 0.77–2.95, p = 0.23). Conclusions: According to the nationwide cohort data, infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis are at a higher risk for asthma, with quantitative heterogeneity in different racial and ethnic groups.
A uniform construction of smooth integral models and a recipe for computing local densities
Creators: name: Cho, Sungmun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11E41, 14L15, 20G25 (primary), 11E95, 11E08, 11E39, 11E57 (secondary)

description: In this paper, we explain a simple and uniform construction of a smooth integral model associated to a quadratic, (anti)-hermitian, and (anti)-quaternionic hermitian lattice defined over an arbitrary local field. As one major application, we explain a recipe for computing local densities case by case, which is an essential factor in the classification of forms as above over the ring of integers of a number field, by introducing one conjecture about the number of rational points of the special fiber of a smooth integral model.
description: 18 pages
Palenque profundo
Creators: name: Pérez Caballero, Jesús
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: pelea de gallos
palenque
México
juego profundo
numinosidad animal
Tamaulipas
ensayo
Milenio Monterrey
prensa de México
Clifford Geertz
Bernardo Vargas Machuca
palenque profundo

description: "Al gallo de pelea lo descrestan (pierde funciones hormonales, termorreguladoras e inmunitarias) y lo desbarban, si bien puede haber peleas de “gallos crestones” (“cresta y barba sin plaquiar”). Lo desorejan, las crestas colgantes de los oídos u orejillas arrancadas. Se vuelve esfera dentada. Esfera: la sangre que manaría de la cresta se contiene y no le tapará ya los ojos. Dentada: ave más ligera y de difícil agarre, con una cabeza, punto crítico, que maniobrará mejor. Con instintos reforzados, se eleva y el rival cae en un minuto, si el gallo está bien puesto (postura: “llevar un gallo en su máximo nivel combativo y concentración mental al ruedo”, según el pastor de gallos A. Santillán)".
description: Milenio Monterrey (en línea)
Waldwüstenwirtschaft
Creators: name: Berger, Maximiliane
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2025

description: Auch mittelalterliche Eremiten brauchten ein Mindestmaß an materiellen Ressourcen. Wovon sie lebten und wie sie beschafften, wovon sie lebten, musste zwar nicht, konnte aber in über sie erzählenden Heiligenviten seinen Niederschlag finden. Eine Gruppe von fünf Viten des Ebrulfus, der Gründerfigur des ursprünglich merowingerzeitlichen, um 1050 neugegründeten normannischen Klosters Saint-Évroult, verfasst zwischen dem 8. und dem späten 12. Jahrhundert, befasst sich besonders intensiv mit den wirtschaftlichen Aspekten eremitischer und klösterlicher Existenz in einer nordwesteuropäischen Waldwüste. Ihnen wird in diesem Aufsatz auch im diachronen Vergleich nachgegangen. Im Medium der Lebensgeschichte des heiligen Ebrulfus zeigt sich, dass in Saint-Évroult eine bewusste, jeweils zeitgenössisch aktualisierte Auseinandersetzung mit den wirtschaftlichen Existenzgrundlagen des Klosters stattfand. Dabei wurde »Wirtschaft« nicht nur als naturgegeben, sondern primär als sozial gestaltbar aufgefasst: In der Abwägung zwischen produktions- und tauschbasierter klösterlicher Wirtschaft zeichnen die »Vitae Ebrulfi« des 12. Jahrhunderts – als Zisterzienser und erneuerte Debatten um die Auslegung der Benediktsregel Agrarproduktion und Landesausbau als Signa guter Klosterwirtschaft propagierten – ein positives Bild einer Tauschwirtschaft, in der Saint-Évroult durch das Angebot seines charakteristischen spirituellen Gutes regionale Spillover-Effekte generiert.
description: Francia, Bd. 50 (2023)
Availability of Readable Online Spanish Rhinosinusitis Outcome Measures
Creators: name: Thorp, B.D.
name: Lee, S.E.
name: Moreno-Luna, R.
name: Ebert, C.S.
name: Farzal, Z.
name: Senior, B.A.
name: Kimple, A.J.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are useful instruments that give providers insight into patients’ experiences with disease by quantifying the symptoms that matter most to patients. Results of these questionnaires can help guide management in chronic rhinosinusitis. However, these tools are often developed for native English speakers, which disadvantages others, who already have a language barrier to care. The aim of this study is to evaluate accessibility and readability of Spanish PROMs used to evaluate rhinosinusitis. Methods: Three Spanish readability measures, Gilliam, Peña & Mountain; SOL; and Fernandez-Huerta were used to evaluate PROMs utilized for rhinosinusitis. PROMs with sixth-grade readability level or easier were considered to meet health literacy recommendations. Results: Four Spanish PROMs utilized in assessment of rhinosinusitis were identified and evaluated. Cuestionario Español de Calidad de Vida en Rinitis (ESPRINT-15) was the most readable PROM and met readability recommendations in two of three measures. Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation met suggested levels in one measure. The remainder of readability scores were more difficult than recommended. Conclusion: PROMs are powerful clinical tools that help patients communicate their symptoms and self-advocate. For providers to gain accurate and useful information, these measures should be written at appropriate readability levels. Most Spanish PROMs used for assessment of rhinosinusitis were above recommended readability. Development of future PROMs should ensure appropriate readability levels to provide good patient-centered care for our primarily Spanish speaking patients.
Sainte-Glossinde, Saint-Mihiel und der Streit um Lacroix-sur-Meuse (ca. 1187– 1210)
Creators: name: Engl, Hannes
name: Moens, Robin
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2025

description: In den Jahren zwischen 1187 und 1210 standen sich die Äbtissin von Sainte-Glossinde in Metz und der Abt von Saint-Mihiel (Diözese Verdun) in einem äußerst langwierigen Rechtsstreit gegenüber. Verhandelt wurde er überwiegend vor päpstlich delegierten Richtern, doch traten daneben auch lokale Schiedsgerichte, die den Prozessverlauf entscheidend beeinflussten. Die außergewöhnliche und für diese Zeit einzigartige Überlieferungsdichte des Rechtsstreits, dessen Akten sich in den Beständen der Abtei von Sainte-Glossinde finden, erlaubt es, die praktische Umsetzung und Reichweite der päpstlichen Delegationsgerichtsbarkeit im regionalen Kontext anhand eines konkreten Einzelfalls zu untersuchen. Näher beleuchtet werden in diesem Bei- trag zum einen einzelne Abläufe des Verfahrens (Auswahl der Delegaten und Verhandlungsorte; Übergänge zwischen den Prozessphasen) und zum anderen das Zusammenspiel zwischen delegierten Richtern und lokalen Instanzen. Dabei wird unter anderem gezeigt, dass die Kurie den Streitenden angesichts der sich abzeichnenden Ausweglosigkeit des Konflikts zusehends weniger Spielraum bei der Auswahl der Delegaten ließ. Des Weiteren wird deutlich, dass sich in diesem Fall die Reichweite des Handelns delegierter Richter nicht allein anhand der Anerkennung ihrer Urteile durch die Streitparteien ermessen lässt. Sie manifestiert sich vielmehr in einem breiten Spektrum an Reaktionen verschiedener regionaler Akteure, welche die Anweisungen der Delegaten in unterschiedlicher Weise aufgriffen und so ihrerseits das Prozessgeschehen beeinflussten.
description: Francia, Bd. 50 (2023)
Local positivity of linear series on surfaces
Creators: name: Küronya, Alex
name: Lozovanu, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14C20, 14J99 (primary), 52B99, 32Q15 (secondary)

description: We study asymptotic invariants of linear series on surfaces with the help of Newton-Okounkov polygons. Our primary aim is to understand local positivity of line bundles in terms of convex geometry. We work out characterizations of ample and nef line bundles in terms of their Newton-Okounkov bodies, treating the infinitesimal case as well. One of the main results is a description of moving Seshadri constants via infinitesimal Newton-Okounkov polygons. As an illustration of our ideas we reprove results of Ein-Lazarsfeld on Seshadri constants on surfaces.
description: 29 pages
CISUFLO presentation to MMFA members
Creators: name: Gardner, Jane
name: Faelens, Femke
name: Buyle, Guy
name: De Vilder, Ine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: modular flooring
suppliers

description: An overview of the CISUFLO project has been provided to Multilayer Modular Flooring Association (MMFA) members, representing the leading flooring producers in Europe and their suppliers. It has also explored the challenges tackled by CISUFLO.
Imaging Stacking-Dependent Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Trilayer Graphene
Creators: name: Luan, Yilong
name: Qian, Jun
name: Kim, Minsung
name: Ho, Kai-Ming
name: Shi, Yi
name: Li, Yun
name: Wang, Cai-Zhuang
name: Tringides, Michael C.
name: Fei, Zhe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a nano-infrared (IR) imaging study of trilayer graphene (TLG) with both ABA (Bernal) and ABC (rhombohedral) stacking orders using the scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM). With s-SNOM operating in the mid-IR region, we mapped in real space the surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) of ABA-TLG and ABC-TLG, which are tunable with electrical gating. Through quantitative modeling of the plasmonic imaging data, we found that the plasmon wavelength of ABA-TLG is significantly larger than that of ABC-TLG, resulting in a sizable impedance mismatch and hence a strong plasmon reflection at the ABA/ABC lateral junction. Further analysis indicates that the different plasmonic responses of the two types of TLG are directly linked to their electronic structures and carrier properties. Our work uncovers the physics behind the stacking-dependent plasmonic responses of TLG and sheds light on future applications of TLG and the ABA/ABC junctions in IR plasmonics and planar nano-optics.
description: 11 pages
Ein Hamburger Kaufmann auf Etablierungsreise in Frankreich
Creators: name: Haasis, Lucas
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2025

description: Im August 1745 finden englische Offiziere ein verstecktes Reisearchiv auf einem gekaperten Schiff. Es handelt sich um das Geschäfts- und Briefarchiv des Hamburger Fernhandelskaufmanns Nicolaus Gottlieb Luetkens (1716–1788). Luetkens hatte die vorangegangenen beiden Jahre damit verbracht, Frankreich zu bereisen, um seine kaufmännische Etablierungsphase zu vollziehen. Im Zentrum des Artikels stehen die Fragen, warum er für diese so wichtige Phase im Leben eines Kaufmanns Frankreich wählte, welche Etappen er auf dem Weg zum niedergelassenen Fernhandelskaufmann absolvierte, wie er von der französischen Kolonialwirtschaft profitierte und diese als Hamburger Kaufmann aktiv unterstützte. Grundlage des Artikels sind die Briefe und Unterlagen, die damals von den Offizieren aus dem Reisearchiv sichergestellt wurden und heute in den National Archives London, als Teil des Prize Papers Bestands verwahrt werden. Sämtliche Unterlagen aus dem Luetkens-Archiv stehen seit Anfang 2023 zudem im Prize Papers Portal digitalisiert zur Verfügung. Das Luetkens-Archiv ist ein eindrückliches Zeugnis deutsch-französischer Wirtschaftsbeziehungen. Der Aufsatz widmet sich den Geschäftspraktiken junger Hamburger Kaufleute in Frankreich, den rechtlichen Privilegien und Grauzonen im französischen Wirtschaftssystem, Luetkens’ Reiseroute, seinem Handelsnetz- werk und seiner Korrespondenzaktivität in Frankreich und fragt schließlich nach seiner konkreten Rolle als Mittelsmann im atlantischen Kolonialhandel.
description: Francia, Bd. 50 (2023)
Additional file 9 of Exploring the potential effects of forest urbanization on the interplay between small mammal communities and their gut microbiota
Creators: name: Bouilloud, Marie
name: Galan, Maxime
name: Pradel, Julien
name: Loiseau, Anne
name: Ferrero, Julien
name: Gallet, Romain
name: Roche, Benjamin
name: Charbonnel, Nathalie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 9. Fig. S5. Tanglegrams.