cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Red Giant Branch Luminosity Function Bump
Creators: name: Riello, M.
name: Cassisi, S.
name: Piotto, G.
name: Recio-Blanco, A.
name: De Angeli, F.
name: Salaris, M.
name: Pietrinferni, A.
name: Bono, G.
name: Zoccali, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present observational estimates of the magnitude difference between the luminosity function RGB bump and the HB (Delta(bump-zahb)), and of star counts in the bump region (R_bump), for a sample of 54 Galactic globular clusters (GCs) observed by the HST. The large sample of stars resolved in each cluster, and the high photometric accuracy of the data allowed us to detect the bump also in a number of metal poor clusters. To reduce the photometric uncertainties, empirical values are compared with theoretical predictions obtained from a set of updated canonical stellar evolution models which have been transformed directly into the HST flight system. We found an overall qualitative agreement between theory and observations. Quantitative estimates of the confidence level are hampered by current uncertainties on the GCs metallicity scale, and by the strong dependence of Delta(bump-zahb) on the cluster metallicity. In case of the R_bump parameter, which is only weakly affected by the metallicity, we find a very good quantitative agreement between theoretical canonical models and observations. For our full cluster sample the average difference between predicted and observed R_bump values is practically negligible, and ranges from -0.002 to -0.028, depending on the employed metallicity scale. The observed dispersion around these values is entirely consistent with the observational errors on R_bump. As a comparison, the value of R_bump predicted by theory in case of spurious bump detections would be \~0.10 smaller than the observed ones. We have also tested the influence on the predicted Delta(bump-zahb) and R_bump values of an He-enriched component in the cluster stellar population. We find that the predicted Delta(bump-zahb) and R_bump values are only marginally affected.
description: 11 pages, accepted for publication in A&A
First principles calculations on theoretical band gap improvement of IIIA-VA zinc-blende semiconductor InAs
Creators: name: Mahmood, Waqas
name: Bukhtiar, Arfan
name: Haroon, Muhammad
name: Dong, Bing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structural, electronic, dielectric and vibrational properties of zinc-blende (ZB) InAs were studied within the framework of density functional theory (DFT) by employing local density approximation and norm-conserving pseudopotentials. The optimal lattice parameter, direct band gap, static dielectric constant, phonon frequencies and Born effective charges calculated by treating In-4d electrons as valence states are in satisfactory agreement with other reported theoretical and experimental findings. The calculated band gap is reasonably accurate and improved in comparison to other findings.
Progress on the synthesis of 1,2,3,5,9-cyclodecapentaen-7-yne and supporting studies
Creators: name: Yang, Maximillian Y.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1992
Subjects: Chemistry

description: Progress on the synthesis of 1,2,3,5,9-cyclodecapentaen-7-yne (1), a compound structurally related to both (Z)-1,2,4-heptatrien-6-yne and the activated
core of neocarzinostatin chromophore, is reported. The novel compound 1 is of theoretical interest as an example of a monocyclic 10-membered ring that fulfills the aromaticity requirements of Hückel's rule. The alcohol 24, envisioned to serve as a possible precursor to 1, has been synthesized.

In related, collaborative studies, 1-bromo-4-trimethylsilylnaphthalene, 1-bromo-5-trimethylsilylnaphthalene, 2-bromo-7-trimethylsilylnaphthalene, 1-chloro-
4-trimethylsilylnaphthalene, 1-chloro-5-trimethylsilylnaphthalene, and 2-chloro-7-
trimethylsilylnaphthalene have been synthesized. These compounds will be used in gas-phase studies as precursors to the corresponding naphthalene biradicals. These studies will determine the heat of formation of each corresponding
naphthalene biradical.
MOESM2 of A pilot summer day camp cooking curriculum to influence family meals
Creators: name: Williams, Lindy
name: Aleshia Magee
name: Kilby, Cameron
name: Maxey, Katherine
name: Skelton, Joseph
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Packing a Balanced Lunch.
Effect of photochemical ageing on the ice nucleation properties of diesel and wood burning particles
Creators: name: Chou, Cédric
name: Kanji, Zamin A.
name: Stetzer, Olaf
name: Tritscher, Torsten
name: Chirico, Roberto
name: Heringa, Maarten F.
name: Weingartner, Ernest
name: Prévôt, André
name: Baltensperger, Urs
name: Lohmann, Ulrike
Publisher: name: Copernicus
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 550 - Geowissenschaften

description: A measurement campaign (IMBALANCE) conducted in 2009 was aimed at characterizing the physical and chemical properties of freshly emitted and photochemically aged combustion particles emitted from a log wood burner and diesel vehicles: a EURO3 Opel Astra with a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) but no particle filter and a EURO2 Volkswagen Transporter TDI Syncro without emission aftertreatment. Ice nucleation experiments in the deposition and condensation freezing modes were conducted with the Portable Ice Nucleation Chamber (PINC) at three nominal temperatures, −30 °C, −35 °C and −40 °C. Freshly emitted diesel particles showed ice formation only at −40 °C in the deposition mode at 137% relative humidity with respect to ice (RHi) and 92% relative humidity with respect to water (RHw), and photochemical ageing did not play a role in modifying their ice nucleation behaviour. Only one diesel experiment where α-pinene was added for the ageing process, showed an ice nucleation enhancement at −35 °C. Wood burning particles also act as ice nuclei (IN) at −40 °C in the deposition mode at the same conditions as for diesel particles and photochemical ageing also did not alter the ice formation properties of the wood burning particles. Unlike diesel particles, wood burning particles form ice via condensation freezing at −35 °C whereas no ice nucleation was observed at −30 °C. Photochemical ageing did not affect the ice nucleation ability of the diesel and wood burning particles at the three different temperatures investigated but a broader range of temperatures below −40 °C need to be investigated in order to draw an overall conclusion on the effect of photochemical ageing on deposition/condensation ice nucleation across the entire temperature range relevant to cold clouds.
Presentation on "Reactivity of functionalized silica surfaces with ozone and hydroxyl radicals" for ESOR 2023
Creators: name: Chechik, Victor
name: Wolstenholme-Hogg, Amy
name: Iqbal, Naeem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: radical
monolayer environment
hydroxyl ions
nanoparticles
h2020
ambipolar
Junctionless Nanowire Transistor
gaseous reactive species

description: Understanding chemical reactivity of surface-attached functional groups with gaseous reactive species is critical for many applications including atmospheric chemistry, paints/coatings and sensors.[2] As contributors to the RADICAL consortium working on atmospheric radical sensors,[1] we have studied reactions of ozone and non-thermal He/H2O/O2 plasma (as a source of hydroxyl radicals) with functionalized self-assembled monolayers on non-porous silica nanoparticles and planar silica substrates. In order to characterize the reaction products on silica nanoparticles, we have developed methodology for removing the monolayer from the surface to yield soluble products that can be analysed by conventional analytical techniques.
We are particularly interested in the effect of monolayer environment (e.g., the presence of adjacent molecules, monolayer thickness, position of the functional group in the monolayer) on the kinetics and chemical reactivity of the monolayers. Initial results suggest that the reactivity follows a similar trend to the bulk condensed phases with higher ozone reactivity for shorter monolayers.
References:
[1] M. Singh, N. Kaur, E. Comini, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 3938.
[2] https://radical-air.eu
Additional information:
Prof. Victor Checik delivered this presentation for the 19th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR2023), whose primary objective this year was the exchange of the latest developments and ideas in the field of physical and theoretical organic chemistry.
RADICAL represents a 'Fundamental Breakthrough in Detection of Atmospheric Free Radicals'.
Find out more on the RADICAL project website: radical-air.eu
The RADICAL project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 899282.
Reactivity of functionalized silica surfaces with ozone and hydroxyl radicals
Creators: name: Chechik, Victor
name: Wolstenholme-Hogg, Amy
name: Iqbal, Naeem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: radical
monolayer environment
hydroxyl ions
nanoparticles
h2020
ambipolar
Junctionless Nanowire Transistor
gaseous reactive species

description: Understanding chemical reactivity of surface-attached functional groups with gaseous reactive species is critical for many applications including atmospheric chemistry, paints/coatings and sensors.[2] As contributors to the RADICAL consortium working on atmospheric radical sensors,[1] we have studied reactions of ozone and non-thermal He/H2O/O2 plasma (as a source of hydroxyl radicals) with functionalized self-assembled monolayers on non-porous silica nanoparticles and planar silica substrates. In order to characterize the reaction products on silica nanoparticles, we have developed methodology for removing the monolayer from the surface to yield soluble products that can be analysed by conventional analytical techniques.
We are particularly interested in the effect of monolayer environment (e.g., the presence of adjacent molecules, monolayer thickness, position of the functional group in the monolayer) on the kinetics and chemical reactivity of the monolayers. Initial results suggest that the reactivity follows a similar trend to the bulk condensed phases with higher ozone reactivity for shorter monolayers.
References:
[1] M. Singh, N. Kaur, E. Comini, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 3938.
[2] https://radical-air.eu
Additional information:
Prof. Victor Checik delivered this presentation for the 19th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR2023), whose primary objective this year was the exchange of the latest developments and ideas in the field of physical and theoretical organic chemistry.
RADICAL represents a 'Fundamental Breakthrough in Detection of Atmospheric Free Radicals'.
Find out more on the RADICAL project website: radical-air.eu
The RADICAL project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 899282.
Effects of relative humidity on aerosol light scattering. results from different European sites
Creators: name: Zieger, Paul
name: Fierz-Schmidhauser, Rahel
name: Weingartner, Ernest
name: Baltensperger, Urs
Publisher: name: Copernicus
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 550 - Geowissenschaften

description: The effect of aerosol water uptake on the aerosol particle light scattering coefficient (σsp) is described in this study by comparing measurements from five European sites: the Jungfraujoch, located in the Swiss Alps at 3580 m a.s.l.; Ny-Ålesund, located on Spitsbergen in the Arctic; Mace Head, a coastal site in Ireland; Cabauw, a rural site in the Netherlands; and Melpitz, a regional background site in Eastern Germany. These sites were selected according to the aerosol type usually encountered at that location. The scattering enhancement factor f(RH, λ) is the key parameter to describe the effect of water uptake on the particle light scattering. It is defined as the σsp(RH) at a certain relative humidity (RH) and wavelength λ divided by its dry value. f(RH) at the five sites varied widely, starting at very low values of f(RH = 85%, λ = 550 nm) around 1.28 for mineral dust, and reaching up to 3.41 for Arctic aerosol. Hysteresis behavior was observed at all sites except at the Jungfraujoch (due to the absence of sea salt). Closure studies and Mie simulations showed that both size and chemical composition determine the magnitude of f(RH). Both parameters are also needed to successfully predict f(RH). Finally, the measurement results were compared to the widely used aerosol model, OPAC (Hess et al., 1998). Significant discrepancies were seen, especially at intermediate RH ranges; these were mainly attributed to inappropriate implementation of hygroscopic growth in the OPAC model. Replacement of the hygroscopic growth with values from the recent literature resulted in a clear improvement of the OPAC model.
title: Investigating DOK7 gene therapy for long-term safety, and efficacy in an hTDP-43 mouse model of ALS
Creators: name: Hannah, Crick
Publisher: name: The University of Edinburgh
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: ALS
subject: gene therapy
subject: motor neuron disease (MND)
subject: DOK7
subject: hTDP-43

description: The synapse between motor neurons and skeletal muscle – the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) – is crucially maintained by the muscle protein Downstream of tyrosine kinase 7 (DOK7). As such, DOK7 has been targeted as a potential therapeutic for treatment of neuromuscular disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a motor neuron disease marked by deterioration of NMJs. Using an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector encoding the human DOK7 gene, we overexpressed DOK7 in wild-type (WT) mice and hTDP-43 ALS models. Immunohistochemistry, imaging, and phenotypic and biochemical analyses revealed that despite high endogenous expression of DOK7 in skeletal muscle and the heart, AAV9 based DOK7 gene therapy is safe and well-tolerated over an extended period. Furthermore, DOK7 overexpression increased the pre- and post-synaptic area of the NMJ in a dose- but also muscle-dependent manner. In contrast we saw no beneficial effects of treatment on hTDP-43 model mice, and instead evidence a muscle-dependent decrease in innervation in the normally protected soleus muscle. This suggests that this DOK7 gene therapy may not be effective in some or all forms of ALS but suggests that further investigation into the mechanisms of DOK7 on the synapse could elucidate muscle-specific factors that contribute to denervation or protection in health and disease.
A Planetary Companion to gamma Cephei A
Creators: name: Hatzes, Artie P.
name: Cochran, William D.
name: Endl, Michael
name: McArthur, Barbara
name: Paulson, Diane B.
name: Walker, Gordon A. H.
name: Campbell, Bruce
name: Yang, Stephenson
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the detection of a planetary companion in orbit around the primary star of the binary system $γ$ Cephei. High precision radial velocity measurements using 4 independent data sets spanning the time interval 1981--2002 reveal long-lived residual radial velocity variations superimposed on the binary orbit that are coherent in phase and amplitude with a period or 2.48 years (906 days) and a semi-amplitude of 27.5 m s$^{-1}$. We performed a careful analysis of our Ca II H & K S-index measurements, spectral line bisectors, and {\it Hipparcos} photometry. We found no significant variations in these quantities with the 906-d period. We also re-analyzed the Ca II $λ$8662 Å measurements of Walker et al. (1992) which showed possible periodic variations with the ``planet'' period when first published. This analysis shows that periodic Ca II equivalent width variations were only present during 1986.5 -- 1992 and absent during 1981--1986.5. Furthermore, a refined period for the Ca II $λ$8662 Å variations is 2.14 yrs, significantly less than residual radial velocity period. The most likely explanation of the residual radial velocity variations is a planetary mass companion with $M$ sin $i$ = 1.7 $M_{Jupiter}$ and an orbital semi-major axis of $a_2$ $=$ 2.13 AU. This supports the planet hypothesis for the residual radial velocity variations for $γ$ Cep first suggested by Walker et al. (1992). With an estimated binary orbital period of 57 years $γ$ Cep is the shortest period binary system in which an extrasolar planet has been found. This system may provide insights into the relationship between planetary and binary star formation.
description: 19 pages, 15 figures, accepted in Ap. J. Includes additional data and improved orbital solution
The Diffuse Ionized Gas Halo of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Smart, Brianna M
name: Haffner, Lawrence M
name: Barger, Kat
name: Hill, Alex
name: Madsen, Greg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observations with the Wisconsin H-alpha Mapper (WHAM) reveal a large, diffuse ionized halo that surrounds the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We present the first kinematic H-alpha survey of an extended region around the galaxy, from (l,b) = (289.5,-35.0) to (315.1,-5.3) and covering +90 <= vLSR <= +210 km s-1. The ionized gas emission extends far beyond the central stellar component of the galaxy, reaching similar distances to that of the diffuse neutral halo traced by 21 cm observations. H-alpha emission extends several degrees beyond the sensitivity of current H I surveys toward smaller Galactic longitudes and more negative Galactic latitudes. The velocity field of the ionized gas near the SMC appears similar to to the neutral halo of the galaxy. Using the observed emission measure as a guide, we estimate the mass of this newly revealed ionized component to be roughly (0.8 - 1.0) x 10^9 M_sun, which is comparable to the total neutral mass in the same region of (0.9 - 1.1) x 10^9 M_sun. We find ratios of the total ionized gas mass divided by the total neutral plus ionized gas mass in three distinct subregions to be: (1) 46%-54% throughout the SMC and its extended halo, (2) 12%-32% in the SMC Tail that extends toward the Magellanic Bridge, and (3) 65%-79% in a filament that extends away from the SMC toward the Magellanic Stream. This newly discovered, coherent H-alpha filament does not appear to have a well-structured neutral component and is also not coincident with two previously identified filaments traced by 21 cm emission within the Stream.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables
title: 03_0227
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Cerenkov's Effect and Neutrino Oscillations in Loop Quantum Gravity
Creators: name: Lambiase, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bounds on the scale parameter {\cal L} arising in loop quantum gravity theory are derived in the framework of Cerenkov's effect and neutrino oscillations. Assuming that {\cal L} is an universal constant, we infer {\cal L}> 10^{-18}eV^{-1}, a bound compatible with ones inferred in different physical context.
description: 6 pages, no figures, in print on MPLA
Co distribution in ferromagnetic rutile Co-doped TiO$_2$ thin films grown by laser ablation on silicon substrates
Creators: name: Hong, Nguyen Hoa
name: Sakai, Joe
name: Prellier, W.
name: Hassini, Awatef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pure rutile Co-doped TiO$_2$ films were fabricated successfully by the conventional pulsed laser deposition technique on silicon substrates from a ceramic target. Under the right fabrication conditions, Co concentration in the films could be almost the same as in the synthesized target, and films under various conditions all are ferromagnetic well above room temperature. Even though Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy measurements show that Co atoms seem to be mostly localized near the surface of the films and less exist in deeper levels, other experimental evidences show that the ferromagnetism does not come from Co segregations but from the Co-doped TiO$_2$ matrix. Rutile Ti$_1-x$Co$_x$O$_2$ thin films grown by a very simple technique on low-price silicon substrates showing Curie temperature (TC) above 400 K appear to be very attractive to applications.
description: 1 file, 13 pages, 4 figures. to be published in Appl. Phys. Lett. (2003)
Additional file 5 of The WUR0000125 PRRS resilience SNP had no apparent effect on pigs’ infectivity and susceptibility in a novel transmission trial
Creators: name: Chase-Topping, Margo
name: Plastow, Graham
name: Dekkers, Jack
name: Li, Yanhua
name: Fang, Ying
name: Gerdts, Volker
name: Van Kessel, Jill
name: Harding, John
name: Opriessnig, Tanja
name: Doeschl-Wilson, Andrea
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5: Figure S6. Shedder pigs—Log10TCID50 results for all shedder pigs used in the transmission experiment.
Nonlinear QED in an ultrastrong rotating electric field: Signatures of the momentum-dependent effective mass
Creators: name: Raicher, Erez
name: Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The specific features of nonlinear pair production and radiation processes in an ultratsrong rotating electric field are investigated, taking into account that this field models the antinodes of counterpropagating laser beams. It is shown that a particle in a rotating electric field acquires an effective mass which depends on its momentum absolute value as well as on its direction with respect to the field plane. This phenomenon has an impact on the nonlinear Breit-Wheeler and nonlinear Compton processes. The spectra of the produced pairs in the first case, and the emitted photon in the second case, are shown to bear signatures of the effective mass. In the first case, the threshold for pair production by a $γ$-photon in the presence of this field varies according to the photon propagation direction. In the second case, varying the energy of the incoming electron allows for the measurement of the momentum dependence of the effective mass. Two corresponding experimental setups are suggested.
Reconfigurable Multi-UAV Formation Using Angle-Encoded PSO
Creators: name: Hoang, V. T.
name: Phung, M. D.
name: Dinh, T. H.
name: Zhu, Q.
name: Ha, Q. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we propose an algorithm for the formation of multiple UAVs used in vision-based inspection of infrastructure. A path planning algorithm is first developed by using a variant of the particle swarm optimisation, named theta-PSO, to generate a feasible path for the overall formation configuration taken into account the constraints for visual inspection. Here, we introduced a cost function that includes various constraints on flight safety and visual inspection. A reconfigurable topology is then added based on the use of intermediate waypoints to allow the formation to avoid collision with obstacles during operation. The planned path and formation are then combined to derive the trajectory and velocity profiles for each UAV. Experiments have been conducted for the task of inspecting a light rail bridge. The results confirmed the validity and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
description: Pages 1670 - 1675
Platynaspis khalaa
Creators: name: Poorani, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Platynaspis
Platynaspis khalaa

description: Platynaspis khalaa (Bielawski)
(Fig. 3)
Phymatosternus khalaus Bielawski, 1979: 112.
Platynaspis khalaa: Dorji et al. 2019: 504.
Diagnosis.­ Length: 3.00 mm. Form (Fig. 3a, b) broad oval, dorsum moderately convex, pubescence yellowish on pale areas and dark brown on darker areas. ­ Dorsal side pale yellowish-testaceous; middle of pronotum slightly darker, each elytron with an ill-defined, elongate oval, median black spot. Genitalia not studied.
Distribution. Bhutan.
Note. Bielawski (1979) described it as Phymatosternus khalaus and illustrated the male genitalia. He remarked about its resemblance with Jauravia assamensis Kapur and Cryptogonus bimaculatus Kapur, both common in north-eastern India. Jauravia assamensis is nearly circular in outline, weakly convex and pale creamy yellow to yellow with a black, curved discal macula of variable size on each elytron. Cryptogonus bimaculatus is reddish brown with a black median spot on each elytron. These two species can be further separated from P. khalaa by the generic characters.
description: Published as part of Poorani, J., 2023, A review of Platynaspini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, including description of a new genus from north-eastern India and Bangladesh, pp. 301-328 in Zootaxa 5256 (4) on page 306, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7755142
Studies in dynamics
Creators: name: Wang, Neng E.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1995
Subjects: Chemistry

description: NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in .pdf document.

In this thesis, three parts of my work are reported. The first part of the work was done with Prof. Rudy Marcus, the second and third parts of the work were done with Prof. Bill Goddard. Here I would like to summarize the results from each part briefly.

In the first part, we propose doing Scanning Tunneling Microscopy(STM) current calculations with a new model in the spheroidal coordinate system. The tip is modeled as a hyperboloid. The electrostatic potential part of this model is solved exactly. The free electron model of the whole system is also solved exactly.

In the second part, we found that the Nose Canonical Molecular Dynamics, the most commonly used CMD method, leads to the wrong heat capacity for the system and hence is inconsistent with the thermodynamics. To solve this problem, we propose Two Nose variable Dynamics by changing the dimensionality of the Nose variable s and its conjugate [...] from one- to two-dimension.

In the third part, The exact expression for the quantum statistical partition function in the canonical ensemble is given. The physical interpretation of each term for N-particle system is discussed. The new formula is applied to the weakly degenerate quantum ideal case. By analyzing each term in the expansion, it is possible that this canonical partition function can be applied to cases where both quantum correlation effects and particle interactions are important.
MOESM1 of Frequency and distribution of neglected tropical diseases in Mozambique: a systematic review
Creators: name: Grau-Pujol, Berta
name: Marilia Massangaie
name: Cano, Jorge
name: Maroto, Carmen
name: Ndeve, Alcino
name: Saute, Francisco
name: MuÃ±Oz, Jose
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Multilingual abstracts in the five official working languages of the United Nations.
Additional file 7 of The WUR0000125 PRRS resilience SNP had no apparent effect on pigs’ infectivity and susceptibility in a novel transmission trial
Creators: name: Chase-Topping, Margo
name: Plastow, Graham
name: Dekkers, Jack
name: Li, Yanhua
name: Fang, Ying
name: Gerdts, Volker
name: Van Kessel, Jill
name: Harding, John
name: Opriessnig, Tanja
name: Doeschl-Wilson, Andrea
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7: Figure S9. Contact Pigs. Log10TCID50 results for the serum and nasal swabs of all contact pigs used in the transmission experiment (n=96) for days 7 and 10 days post contact from the shedder pigs (dpc_C).
On the Number of Bidders and Auction Performance: when More Means Less
Creators: name: Larue, Bruno
name: Jeddy, Mohamed
name: Pouliot, Sébastien
name: Larue, Bruno
name: Jeddy, Mohamed
name: Pouliot, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Auctions
subject: livestock
subject: competition
subject: price

description: We first show in the context of sequential multi-unit auctions under complete information that a seller’s revenue may increase or decrease as the number of buyers increases, even when the additional bidders win an object. We use data from the Quebec daily hog auction to empirically analyze the effect of invitations extended to bidders from Ontario. Our estimation accounts for the endogenous timing of these rare invitations, but we nevertheless uncover a negative “invitation” effect. We attribute this anti-competitive effect to the fact that the addition of bidders increases competition in late rounds, but not necessarily in early ones.
LaserTank is NP-complete
Creators: name: Alexandersson, Per
name: Restadh, Petter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03D15

description: We show that the classical game LaserTank is $\mathrm{NP}$-complete, even when the tank movement is restricted to a single column and the only blocks appearing on the board are mirrors and solid blocks. We show this by reducing $3$-SAT instances to LaserTank puzzles.
description: 5 pages
MOESM1 of A pilot summer day camp cooking curriculum to influence family meals
Creators: name: Williams, Lindy
name: Aleshia Magee
name: Kilby, Cameron
name: Maxey, Katherine
name: Skelton, Joseph
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Pesto Chicken Wrap.
Microwave and RF signal processing based on integrated soliton crystal optical microcombs
Creators: name: Xu, Xingyuan
name: Tan, Mengxi
name: Wu, Jiayang
name: Morandotti, Roberto
name: Mitchell, Arnan
name: Moss, David J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Microcombs are powerful tools as sources of multiple wavelength channels for photonic RF signal processing. They offer a compact device footprint, large numbers of wavelengths, and wide Nyquist bands. Here, we review recent progress on microcomb-based photonic RF signal processors, including true time delays, reconfigurable filters, Hilbert transformers, differentiators, and channelizers. The strong potential of optical micro-combs for RF photonics applications in terms of functions and integrability is also discussed.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, 39 references
Socio-Economic Threat Assessment in Eastern Neighbourhood & Western Balkan Countries
Creators: name: Akhvlediani, Tinatin
name: Balbon, Niklas
name: Stanislav, Ghiletchi,
name: Julia, Friedrich
name: Lebanidze, Bidzina
name: Kandelaki, Salome
name: Osypchuk, Anna
name: Pejić Nikić, Jelena
name: Anton, Suslov
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This Working Paper investigates the most significant socio-economic threats posed by foreign actors to the Eastern Neighbourhood Three (EN3) and Western Balkan Six (WB6), focusing on their implications for the economic progress and EU accession of these candidate countries. The analysis is built upon a comprehensive threat-mapping exercise that incorporates primary sources, such as national security documents, and secondary sources, including academic studies, policy reports, and media coverage. Quantitative data and indicators are also employed to highlight the socio-economic dependencies of these regions on external actors. Expert interviews were conducted to validate and refine the findings.

The Paper presents case studies for each EN3 and WB6 country to examine key malign actors, the instruments of their inference, and the likelihood and impact of the identified threats. The analysis identifies several high-likelihood and high-impact threats from socio-economic perspectives, such as manipulation of energy dependencies, trade embargoes, exploitation of remittance reliance, leveraging investments in strategic sectors and critical infrastructure, fueling corruption, passportisation, borderisation, exacerbating socio-ethnic divisions, fostering socio-economic inequalities, and altering population and labor force structures. The Paper identifies Russia as the key malign actor, mainly in the EN3, while Türkiye, China, and some of the Gulf states are the sources of socio-economic threats mainly in the WB6. The Working Paper shows that the likelihood and impact of these threats vary across the EN3 and WB6 countries, reflecting their differing socio-economic dependencies on identified foreign actors and the geopolitical tensions in the two regions.
Strategies for Cultivating New Peasants Based on Modern Agricultural Development
Creators: name: Meng, Fanxing
name: Zhou, Jianguo
name: Meng, Fanxing
name: Zhou, Jianguo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Modern agriculture
subject: New peasants
subject: Cultivation
subject: Countermeasure

description: Development of modern agriculture has higher and higher requirements on quality of peasants. This study, on the basis of connotations of modern agriculture, current situation and problems of Chinese peasants, and contradictions between modern agricultural development and peasants’ quality, specifies requirements of modern agriculture on new peasants, proposes corresponding suggestions to promote the cultivation of new Chinese peasants.
A Preliminary Study on the Training Model of Incoming Labor Forces by Higher Vocational Colleges
Creators: name: Hao, Fuxing
name: Liu, Li
name: Ding, Lijun
name: Hao, Fuxing
name: Liu, Li
name: Ding, Lijun
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Higher vocational colleges
subject: Incoming labor forces
subject: Training models

description: Based on the characteristics and employment situation of incoming labors, we should attach great importance to their training. With rich teaching resources, the higher vocational colleges should give full play to their advantages, get involved in the training, and enhance their studies of training models.
Killing Tensors and Conformal Killing Tensors from Conformal Killing Vectors
Creators: name: Rani, Raffaele
name: Edgar, S. Brian
name: Barnes, Alan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Koutras has proposed some methods to construct reducible proper conformal Killing tensors and Killing tensors (which are, in general, irreducible) when a pair of orthogonal conformal Killing vectors exist in a given space. We give the completely general result demonstrating that this severe restriction of orthogonality is unnecessary. In addition we correct and extend some results concerning Killing tensors constructed from a single conformal Killing vector. A number of examples demonstrate how it is possible to construct a much larger class of reducible proper conformal Killing tensors and Killing tensors than permitted by the Koutras algorithms. In particular, by showing that all conformal Killing tensors are reducible in conformally flat spaces, we have a method of constructing all conformal Killing tensors (including all the Killing tensors which will in general be irreducible) of conformally flat spaces using their conformal Killing vectors.
description: 18 pages References added. Comments and reference to 2-dim case. Typos corrected
High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy in the uterine fibroid: a clinical case study of poor heating efficacy
Creators: name: Suomi, Visa
name: Viitala, Antti
name: Sainio, Teija
name: Komar, Gaber
name: Sequeiros, Roberto Blanco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A clinical case study of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment in the uterine fibroid was conducted. During the therapy, poor heating efficacy was observed which could be attributed to several factors such as the local perfusion rate, patient-specific anatomy or changes in acoustic parameters of the ultrasound field. In order to determine the cause of the diminished heating, perfusion analyses and ultrasound simulations were conducted using the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from the treatment. The perfusion analysis showed high local perfusion rate in the myoma (301.0 +- 25.6 mL/100 g/min) compared to the surrounding myometrium (233.8 +- 16.2 mL/100 g/min). The ultrasound simulations did not show large differences in the focal point shape or the acoustic pressure (2.07 +- 0.06 MPa) when tilting the transducer. However, a small shift (-2.2 +- 1.3 mm) in the axial location of the focal point was observed. The main causes for the diminished heating were likely the high local perfusion and ultrasound attenuation due to the deep location of the myoma.
description: Conference Proceeding
Platynaspis lewisii Crotch 1874
Creators: name: Poorani, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Platynaspis
Platynaspis lewisii

description: Platynaspis lewisii Crotch
(Fig. 4a, b)
Platynaspis lewisii Crotch, 1874: 198.— Korschefsky 1932; Mader 1955: 813.
Phymatosternus lewisi: Miyatake 1961: 168.— Sasaji 1971: 218–219; Poorani 2002: 314.
Description.­ Length: 3.00– 3.50 mm; width: 2.50–3.00 mm. Form (Fig. 4a, b) almost hemispherical, dorsum strongly convex and pubescent. Ground colour reddish brown, head yellowish in male, piceous to black in female. Pronotum piceous black with an obtriangular spot on the lateral side. Scutellar shield black. Elytra reddish brown, margins more or less black, each elytron with two spots, one placed posterior to humeral callus and transverse, the other one larger, distinctly longer than wide; sutural band starting below scutellar shield, gradually wider up to the basal fourth, then narrowed towards apex, marginal bands broadened around middle. Underside largely black except abdomen reddish brown. Genitalia not studied.
Material­examined.­ NE Laos, Hua Phan Prov., Ban Saleui, Phou Pan (Mt.), N20°12’ E104°01’, 1300-1900m, 11.iv.-15.v.2012 / BMNH {E}, 2012-14, C. Holzschuh, several specimens (BMNH).
­ Distribution. Japan. China. Taiwan. Myanmar. India.
Note. More colour variants were described by Miyatake (1961) with illustrations of the genitalia. Specimens examined in the collections of BMNH are illustrated here (Fig. 4a, b).
Prey­/­associated­habitat. Kaneko (2007) recorded Platynaspis lewisii as feeding on ants tending brown citrus aphids.
description: Published as part of Poorani, J., 2023, A review of Platynaspini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, including description of a new genus from north-eastern India and Bangladesh, pp. 301-328 in Zootaxa 5256 (4) on pages 306-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7755142
Evaluation of Governance Structure of Farmers' Specialized Cooperatives
Creators: name: ZHANG, Juan
name: TANG, Cheng
name: ZHANG, Juan
name: TANG, Cheng
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farmers’ specialized cooperatives.Governance structure. Combination weighting approach
subject: Evaluation research

description: In this paper, from the authority, decision-making body, supervisory body and implementing body, we analyze the governance structure evaluation indicators of farmers' specialized cooperatives, using objective and subjective combination weighting approach. And we draw the following conclusions: the rate of return of profits for membership, frequency of council convened and the number of members of board of supervisors have a great impact on the governance structure of cooperatives; the insider control phenomenon in cooperatives is more serious and the level of incentives is limited. Finally we put forward corresponding policy recommendations.
Investigation of the Development of Farming Professional Cooperatives of Cashmere-goat and Wool-sheep in China
Creators: name: SHI, Jing
name: XIAO, Haifeng
name: SHI, Jing
name: XIAO, Haifeng
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Cashmere-goat and wool-sheep
subject: Cooperative
subject: Problems
subject: Countermeasures

description: Based on the data from the survey of cashmere-goat and wool-sheep in 12 demonstration counties of China’s main producing areas in 2012, the development of farming professional cooperatives of cashmere-goat and wool-sheep was analyzed from aspects of status quo, problems and causes, and some suggestions about cooperation cognition and mode, service capacity, personnel training, system improvement and preferential policies were put forward to promote the development of the farming professional cooperatives.
title: Σχεδιασμός ενός Οικολογικού Φεστιβάλ
title: Design of an Ecological Festival
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Πανδερμαράκη, Βασιλική
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2021
Subjects: Οικολογικό φεστιβάλ
Οικολογικό αποτύπωμα
Ακτιβισμός
No waste

description: Αυτό το έργο περιλαμβάνει ένα σχέδιο για μια εταιρική ταυτότητα ενός οργανισμού που λειτουργεί ως πλατφόρμα για τη διοργάνωση ενός τριήμερου ετήσιου οικολογικού φεστιβάλ. Μέσα από διάφορες δράσεις και συνεργασίες, στοχεύει στη μείωση του οικολογικού μας αποτυπώματος, πρώτα σε ατομικό επίπεδο και ;έπειτα σε συλλογικό επίπεδο.
Additional file 8 of The WUR0000125 PRRS resilience SNP had no apparent effect on pigs’ infectivity and susceptibility in a novel transmission trial
Creators: name: Chase-Topping, Margo
name: Plastow, Graham
name: Dekkers, Jack
name: Li, Yanhua
name: Fang, Ying
name: Gerdts, Volker
name: Van Kessel, Jill
name: Harding, John
name: Opriessnig, Tanja
name: Doeschl-Wilson, Andrea
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8: Figure S10. Contact Pigs. Log10TCID50 results for the serum and nasal swabs of all contact pigs used in the transmission experiment (n=96) for days 7 and 10 days post contact from the shedder pigs (dpc_C).
Physical and theoretical studies of localized organic biradicals
Creators: name: Goldberg, Aaron Henry
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1983
Subjects: Chemistry

description: Section I. Introduction.

Section II. Singlet-triplet energy gaps in localized 1,3-biradicals have been investigated using ab initio electronic structure theory. Analysis of both the molecular orbital and generalized valence bond wavefunctions allows one to follow the complex interplay between through-bond and through-space interactions. When the two effects are of similar magnitude, a triplet ground state is possible. However, when one significantly dominates the other, a singlet ground state is expected. Extension of the analysis to other systems and the implications of the results for experimental studies of localized biradicals are discussed.

Section III. Several unsuccessful attempts to observe the triplet cyclobutane- and cyclohexane-1,3-diyls through low temperature photolysis of the corresponding azo and azoxy compounds are reported. The reasons for these failures are considered together with their implications for the observation of other localized biradicals.

Section IV. Photolysis of either 7-(2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene) spirocyclopropane or 7-(2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene) spiro-5'-bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane in a glassy matrix at 8°K leads to observation of a triplet ESR spectrum.. Both signals exhibit zero-field splitting parameters which are typical of delocalized systems (|D/hc| = 0.0255 and |E/hci| = 0.003
cm^(-1)). In addition, they are stable at temperatures well in excess of 85°K. Several possible sources of the two spectra are discussed.

Section V. A program for the ab initio calculation of zero-field splitting parameters in localized biradicals is developed. The results for several 1,3-biradicals are presented.