cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Disk Heating, Galactoseismology, and the Formation of Stellar Halos
Creators: name: Johnston, Kathryn V.
name: Price-Whelan, Adrian Michael
name: Bergemann, Maria
name: Laporte, Chervin
name: Li, Ting
name: Sheffield, Allyson A.
name: Majewski, Steven R.
name: Beaton, Rachael S.
name: Sesar, Branimir
name: Sharma, Sanjib
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Galaxies--Formation
Galactic halos
Astronomy

description: Deep photometric surveys of the Milky Way have revealed diffuse structures encircling our Galaxy far beyond the “classical” limits of the stellar disk. This paper reviews results from our own and other observational programs, which together suggest that, despite their extreme positions, the stars in these structures were formed in our Galactic disk. Mounting evidence from recent observations and simulations implies kinematic connections between several of these distinct structures. This suggests the existence of collective disk oscillations that can plausibly be traced all the way to asymmetries seen in the stellar velocity distribution around the Sun. There are multiple interesting implications of these findings: they promise new perspectives on the process of disk heating; they provide direct evidence for a stellar halo formation mechanism in addition to the accretion and disruption of satellite galaxies; and, they motivate searches of current and near-future surveys to trace these oscillations across the Galaxy. Such maps could be used as dynamical diagnostics in the emerging field of “Galactoseismology”, which promises to model the history of interactions between the Milky Way and its entourage of satellites, as well examine the density of our dark matter halo. As sensitivity to very low surface brightness features around external galaxies increases, many more examples of such disk oscillations will likely be identified. Statistical samples of such features not only encode detailed information about interaction rates and mergers, but also about long sought-after dark matter halo densities and shapes. Models for the Milky Way’s own Galactoseismic history will therefore serve as a critical foundation for studying the weak dynamical interactions of galaxies across the universe.
Johnstonsonius phalarosus Menard & Schuh 2011, new species
Creators: name: Menard, Katrina L.
name: Schuh, Randall T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Johnstonsonius
Johnstonsonius phalarosus

description: Johnstonsonius phalarosus, new species Figures 23–24; plate 6 DIAGNOSIS: See generic diagnosis. DESCRIPTION: See generic description. ETYMOLOGY: Named after the Greek phalaros for the white patch on the anterior of the cuneus; masculine. HOSTS: Canopy fogging; one specimen found with fogging of Castanopsis (Fagacaceae). DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea. HOLOTYPE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta, 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 1995, O. Missa. 18 (00302025) (ISNB). PARATYPES: Madang Province: Baiteta, 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 12 May 1993, O. Missa, 28 (00302023, 00302024) (ISNB); 13 Jul 1995, O. Missa, 28 (00302028, 00302029), 2♀ (00302030, 00302031) (ISNB); 04 Aug 1995, O. Missa, 18 (00302026), 1♀ (00302027) (ISNB). Morobe Province: Wau: Namie Road, 7.33845 ° S 146.73412 ° E, 1240 m, 23 Jun 1984, W.C. Gagne and UREP III, Castanopsis acuminatissima (Blume) A.DC. (Fagaceae), 18 (00318973) (BPBM).
description: Published as part of Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), pp. 1-159 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361) on page 104, DOI: 10.1206/361.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5410834
Can the viscosity in astrophysical black hole accretion disks be close to its string theory bound?
Creators: name: Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: String theory and gauge/gravity duality suggest the lower bound of shear viscosity (eta) to entropy density (s) for any matter to be ~ mu hbar/4pi k_B, when hbar and k_B are reduced Planck and Boltzmann constants respectively and mu <= 1. Motivated by this, we explore eta/s in black hole accretion flows, in order to understand if such exotic flows could be a natural site for the lowest eta/s. Accretion flow plays an important role in black hole physics in identifying the existence of the underlying black hole. This is a rotating shear flow with insignificant molecular viscosity, which could however have a significant turbulent viscosity, generating transport, heat and hence entropy in the flow. However, in presence of strong magnetic field, magnetic stresses can help in transporting matter independent of viscosity, via celebrated Blandford-Payne mechanism. In such cases, energy and then entropy produces via Ohmic dissipation. In addition, certain optically thin, hot, accretion flows, of temperature >~ 10^9K, may be favourable for nuclear burning which could generate/absorb huge energy, much higher than that in a star. We find that eta/s in accretion flows appears to be close to the lower bound suggested by theory, if they are embedded by strong magnetic field or producing nuclear energy, when the source of energy is not viscous effects. A lower bound on eta/s also leads to an upper bound on the Reynolds number of the flow.
description: 16 pages including 4 figures; version modified substantially including new figures (removing some old figures) and effects of magnetic field; to appear in Physics Letters B
Echelon modification of vector bundles
Creators: name: Ran, Ziv
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14f05

description: We study a filtered generalization of the operation of elementary modification of vector bundles. The generalization is motivated by applications to the degeneration theory of linear systems.
Observability of Light Charged Higgs Decay to Muon in Top Quark Pair Events at LHC
Creators: name: Hashemi, Majid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper the charged Higgs signal through the decay to a pair of muon and neutrino (H -> mu nu) is analyzed. The analysis attempts to estimate the amount of muonic signal of the charged Higgs at LHC at a center of mass energy of 14 TeV. The signal process is the top quark pair production with one of the top quarks decaying to a charged Higgs (non SM anomalous top quark decay) and the other decaying to a W boson which is assumed to decay hadronically to two light jets. Due to the small branching ratio of charged Higgs decay to muon, results are quoted for data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 300 fb^-1 which is expected to be collected at the LHC high luminosity regime. It is shown that a signal significance close to 5 down to below 1 is achievable for a charged Higgs mass in the range 80 GeV < m(H \pm) < 150 GeV taking the top quark pair production with both top quarks decaying to W bosons as the main irreducible background.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures
The Prior Can Often Only Be Understood in the Context of the Likelihood
Creators: name: Gelman, Andrew E.
name: Simpson, Daniel
name: Betancourt, Michael Joseph
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Bayesian statistical decision theory
subject: Distribution (Probability theory)
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A key sticking point of Bayesian analysis is the choice of prior distribution, and there is a vast literature on potential defaults including uniform priors, Jeffreys’ priors, reference priors, maximum entropy priors, and weakly informative priors. These methods, however, often manifest a key conceptual tension in prior modeling: a model encoding true prior information should be chosen without reference to the model of the measurement process, but almost all common prior modeling techniques are implicitly motivated by a reference likelihood. In this paper we resolve this apparent paradox by placing the choice of prior into the context of the entire Bayesian analysis, from inference to prediction to model evaluation.
de.NBI/ELIXIR-DE Guidelines for Node Services Selection Process and Quality Management
Creators: name: De.NBI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: de.NBI
de.NBI Service
ELIXIR-DE

description: The de.NBI network is a bioinformatics service provider that serves life science research community nationally and all across Europe. The de.NBI service portfolio contains over 100 bioinformatics tools and several internationally renowned databases, two of which are ELIXIR Core Data Resources. To ensure excellence and maximum benefit to life science researchers, de.NBI services need to be dynamic, relevant, up-to-date, and reflect the ever changing needs of the users and the community they serve. To ensure these requirements, services that are a part of the existing service portfolio need to be continually assessed and maintained in order to guarantee active and satisfactory performance in compliance with excellent scientific standards.
 The de.NBI network aims at stablishing a set of quality assurance criteria for the assessment and maintenance of its service portfolio. The procedure is set to facilitate the monitoring and constant evaluation of the existing services, as well as help in the process of endorsing new ones.
$B^{\ast}_{s1}B^{\ast}K$ form factor from QCD sum rules
Creators: name: Cui, Chun-Yu
name: Liu, Yong-Lu
name: Huang, Ming-Qiu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, we calculate the form factors and the coupling constant of the $g_{B^{\ast}_{s1}B^{\ast} K}$ vertex in the framework of the three-point QCD sum rules. Three point correlation functions responsible for the vertex are evaluated by considering both $B^{\ast}$ and $K$ mesons as off-shell states. The form factors obtained are different if the $B^{\ast}$ or the $K$ meson is off-shell but give the same coupling constant.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1009.5320 by other authors
Missanos gulafuscos Menard & Schuh 2011, new species
Creators: name: Menard, Katrina L.
name: Schuh, Randall T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Missanos
Missanos gulafuscos

description: Missanos gulafuscos, new species Figure 27; plate 6 Diagnosis: See generic diagnosis. DESCRIPTION: See generic description. ETYMOLOGY: Named for the long, dark brownish-gray setae on the gula and ventral surface of the head. HOSTS: Unknown; collected in light traps and by canopy fogging. DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea. HOLOTYPE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta, 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 11 Jun 1996, O. Missa, Light Trap, 18 (00302042) (ISNB). PARATYPES: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta, 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 27 Jun 1995, O. Missa, 1♀ (00302043) (ISNB); 10 Jun 1996, O. Missa, Light Trap, 18 (00302040) (ISNB); 11 Jun 1996, O. Missa, 18 (00302041) (ISNB).
description: Published as part of Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), pp. 1-159 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361) on page 114, DOI: 10.1206/361.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5410834
A thermodynamic measure of the Magneto-electric coupling in the 3D topological insulator
Creators: name: Bergman, Doron L.
name: Refael, Gil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the magneto-electric coupling in 3D (strong) topological insulators is related to a second derivative of the bulk magnetization. The formula we derive is the non-linear response analog of the Streda formula for Hall conductivity (P. Streda, J. Phys. C: Solid State Physics, 15, 22 (1982)), which relates the Hall conductivity to the derivative of the magnetization with respect to chemical potential. Our finding allows one to extract the magneto-electric coefficient by measuring the magnetization, while varying the chemical potential and one more perturbing field. Such an experimental setup could circumvent many of the current difficulties with measuring the magneto-electric response in 3D topological insulators. The relation we find also makes transparent the effect of disorder on the magneto-electric response, which occurs only through the density of states, and has no effect when the system is gapped.
de.NBI/ELIXIR-DE Guidelines for Node Services Selection Process and Quality Management
Creators: name: de.NBI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: de.NBI
de.NBI Service
ELIXIR-DE

description: The de.NBI network is a bioinformatics service provider that serves life science research community nationally and all across Europe. The de.NBI service portfolio contains over 100 bioinformatics tools and several internationally renowned databases, two of which are ELIXIR Core Data Resources. To ensure excellence and maximum benefit to life science researchers, de.NBI services need to be dynamic, relevant, up-to-date, and reflect the ever changing needs of the users and the community they serve. To ensure these requirements, services that are a part of the existing service portfolio need to be continually assessed and maintained in order to guarantee active and satisfactory performance in compliance with excellent scientific standards.
The de.NBI network aims at stablishing a set of quality assurance criteria for the assessment and maintenance of its service portfolio. The procedure is set to facilitate the monitoring and constant evaluation of the existing services, as well as help in the process of endorsing new ones.
Dynamic interference of photoelectrons produced by high-frequency laser pulses
Creators: name: Demekhin, Philipp V
name: Cederbaum, Lorenz S
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ionization of an atom by a high-frequency intense laser pulse, where the energy of a single-photon is sufficient to ionize the system, is investigated from first principles. It is shown that as a consequence of an AC Stark effect in the continuum, the energy of the photoelectron follows the envelope of the laser pulse. This is demonstrated to result in strong dynamic interference of the photoelectrons of the same kinetic energy emitted at different times. Numerically exact computations on the hydrogen atom demonstrate that the dynamic interference spectacularly modifies the photoionization process and is prominently manifested in the photoelectron spectrum by the appearance of a distinct multi-peak pattern. The general theory is shown to be well approximated by explicit analytical expressions which allow for a transparent understanding of the discovered phenomena and for making predictions on the dependence of the measured spectrum on the properties of the pulse.
description: 5 figures
Papuamiroides elongatus Menard & Schuh 2011, new species
Creators: name: Menard, Katrina L.
name: Schuh, Randall T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Papuamiroides
Papuamiroides elongatus

description: Papuamiroides elongatus, new species Figures 31–32; plate 7 DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the generic diagnosis. DESCRIPTION: See generic description. ETYMOLOGY: Named for the elongate antennal segment 2. HOSTS: Unknown. DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea. DISCUSSION: There is some variability in the width of the vertex relative to the total width of the head in both sexes of this species, but other aspects of external morphology, genitalia, and the presence of the long narrow antennae unite them as a single taxon. HOLOTYPE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta, 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 15 May 1996, O. Missa, 18 (00302049) (ISNB). PARATYPES: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta, 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 17 Apr 1996, O. Missa, 3♀ (00302055, 00302063– 00302064) (ISNB); 15 May 1996, O. Missa, 38 (00302047– 00302048, 00302050), 7♀ (00302052– 00302054, 00302062, 00302065– 00302067) (ISNB); 18 Jun 1996, O. Missa, 1♀ (00302061) (ISNB).
description: Published as part of Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), pp. 1-159 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361) on page 123, DOI: 10.1206/361.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5410834
Aspects of magnetic fields in the late stages of stellar evolution
Creators: name: Thirumalai, Anand
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: We investigate the implications of a magnetic field in the late stages of stellar evolution, in relation to the process of mass-loss via a stellar wind. We develop the very first hybrid magnetohydrodynamic-dust-driven wind model for intermediate-mass Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. This model consists of incorporating a canonical Weber-Davis magneto-centrifugal scenario with the effects of radiation pressure on dust grains in the envelope of an AGB star. This results in a dual-fluid description, the solution of which is seen to possess traits of both types of winds. In this context, we additionally investigate the implications of spots on the photosphere that alter the location of dust formation and hence the wind solutions. This model is adapted to tackle the case of the red supergiant Betelgeuse. The underlying motivation is to delineate a new mechanism for solving the problem of transport of stellar material from the photosphere out to the dust formation radius, many stellar radii away. Various dust formation scenarios are investigated and it is concluded that the simplest of such scenarios, with silicate dust forming at a large distance, is the most viable one as well. This theory is also applied to the low-mass end of AGB stars; the star Mira. By applying a modified wind model we solve for a hybrid MHD-dust-driven wind solution and find that the magnetic field required to model the observed wind is about 4 G, well within the range of current estimates for AGB stars. We also formulate a hot-spot model to rationalise dust shells at a distance of several stellar radii. Finally, we study the effects of a strong magnetic field in post-AGB compact objects; magnetised white dwarfs and neutron stars. We develop a fast and efficient solution for Hartree-Fock atoms in strong magnetic fields using pseudospectral methods. The atomic structure package developed for this purpose is seen to be many orders of magnitude faster than finite-element based methods. We also obtain for the first time, estimates for the binding energies of certain low-lying states of the lithium atom, that have not been reported thus far in the literature.
Fatal Pediatric Motor Vehicle Crashes on U.S. Native American Indian Lands Compared to Adjacent Non-Indian Lands: Restraint Use and Injury by Driver, Vehicle, Roadway and Crash Characteristics
Creators: name: Oh, Shin Ah
name: Liu, Chang
name: Pressley, Joyce C.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Traffic fatalities
Indian reservations
Automobiles--Seat belts
Public health

description: There are large disparities in American Indian pediatric motor vehicle (MV) mortality with reports that several factors may contribute. The Fatality Analysis Reporting System for 2000–2014 was used to examine restraint use for occupants aged 0–19 years involved in fatal MV crashes on Indian lands (n = 1667) and non-Indian lands in adjacent states (n = 126,080). SAS GLIMMIX logistic regression with random effects was used to generate odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Restraint use increased in both areas over the study period with restraint use on Indian lands being just over half that of non-Indian lands for drivers (36.8% vs. 67.8%, p < 0.0001) and for pediatric passengers (33.1% vs. 59.3%, p < 0.0001). Driver restraint was the strongest predictor of passenger restraint on both Indian and non-Indian lands exerting a stronger effect in ages 13–19 than in 0–12 year olds. Valid licensed driver was a significant predictor of restraint use in ages 0–12 years. Passengers in non-cars (SUVs, vans and pickup trucks) were less likely to be restrained. Restraint use improved over the study period in both areas, but disparities failed to narrow as restraint use remains lower and driver, vehicle and crash risk factors higher for MV mortality on Indian lands.
Additional file 1 of Inflammation associated with lung function abnormalities in COVID-19 survivors
Creators: name: Mancilla-Ceballos, Roberto
name: Milne, Kathryn M.
name: Guenette, Jordan A.
name: Cortes-Telles, Arturo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
classificationCode: 111714
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file1: Supplementary Table 1. Comparative analysis of abnormalities in participants with and without a restrictive spirometric pattern.
A framework for deflated and augmented Krylov subspace methods
Creators: name: Gaul, André
name: Gutknecht, Martin H.
name: Liesen, Jörg
name: Nabben, Reinhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65F10, 65F08

description: We consider deflation and augmentation techniques for accelerating the convergence of Krylov subspace methods for the solution of nonsingular linear algebraic systems. Despite some formal similarity, the two techniques are conceptually different from preconditioning. Deflation (in the sense the term is used here) "removes" certain parts from the operator making it singular, while augmentation adds a subspace to the Krylov subspace (often the one that is generated by the singular operator); in contrast, preconditioning changes the spectrum of the operator without making it singular. Deflation and augmentation have been used in a variety of methods and settings. Typically, deflation is combined with augmentation to compensate for the singularity of the operator, but both techniques can be applied separately. We introduce a framework of Krylov subspace methods that satisfy a Galerkin condition. It includes the families of orthogonal residual (OR) and minimal residual (MR) methods. We show that in this framework augmentation can be achieved either explicitly or, equivalently, implicitly by projecting the residuals appropriately and correcting the approximate solutions in a final step. We study conditions for a breakdown of the deflated methods, and we show several possibilities to avoid such breakdowns for the deflated MINRES method. Numerical experiments illustrate properties of different variants of deflated MINRES analyzed in this paper.
description: 24 pages, 3 figures
Sejanus interruptus
Creators: name: Menard, Katrina L.
name: Schuh, Randall T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Sejanus
Sejanus interruptus

description: Sejanus interruptus (Reuter) Sthenarus interruptus Reuter, 1906: 79 (n. sp.); Carvalho, 1958: 145 (cat.). Sejanus interruptus: Kerzhner and Schuh, 1995: 5 (n. comb). DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by completely dark coloration, all femora distally golden, completely yellow metatibia and tarsus, yellow antennal segments 1 and 3, paler brown coloration for basal half of antennal segment 2, and two white spots on anterior margin of cuneus. DESCRIPTION: See Reuter (1906). HOSTS: Unknown. DISTRIBUTION: China. DISCUSSION: We were able to view images of a male syntype of this species. The coloration, shape of the head, and weakly convex lateral margins of the corium confirm that it belongs in Sejanus. HOLOTYPE: CHINA: Sichuan Prov.: [Fubyankho River, Between Fubyan and Shintyan], 31.28668 ° N 102.47937 ° E, 2716 m, 05 Aug 1893, Potanin,18 (ZISP) [not examined].
description: Published as part of Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), pp. 1-159 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361) on page 137, DOI: 10.1206/361.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5410834
description: {"references": ["Reuter, O. M. 1906. Capside in Prov. Sz'tschwan Chinae a DD. G. Potanin et M. Beresowski collectae. Extrait de l'Annuaire du Musee zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg 9: 1 - 81.", "Carvalho, J. C. M. 1958. A catalogue of the Miridae of the world: Part II. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 45: 216 pp.", "Kerzhner, I. M., and R. T. Schuh. 1995. Homonymy, synonymy, and new combinations in the Miridae (Heteroptera). American Museum Novitates 3137: 1 - 11."]}
Seniors' perceptions around driving cessation : a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural perspective
Creators: name: Curro, Maria
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: For the great majority of Canadian seniors the private automobile is the primary form of mobility, providing seniors accessibility, freedom and independence. The aging process often leads to a decline and/or compromises the ability to safely drive, resulting in the cessation of driving and/or need to cease driving. Given the importance of the private automobile and the negative consequences associated with driving cessation, a vast literature base exists examining seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation. Past literature has not examined ethnic seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation in later years. The premise of this thesis is to document ethnic seniors’ perceptions on the subject of driving cessation, drawing out ethnic differences in perceptions and highlighting where the information revealed within this thesis extends the current understanding on the topic of seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation. The researcher worked with seniors from the Asian, South Asian, Caucasian and Caribbean/African communities. A total of 351 seniors participated within the study, and the researcher conducted one-on-one interviews with each senior. Thematic analysis was used to code all interview data and the 6 overarching categories encapsulate ethnic seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation in the following ways: an individual perspective; a social perspective; an instrumental perspective; changing familial interactions post-cessation; public transit, transportation alternatives and transit accessible locations; provincial driving legislation and driving programs. Results demonstrate that seniors’ perceptions differ and/or coincide across ethnic groups, depending upon the category. Results demonstrate that ethnic seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation differ from those expressed in past literature on the topic, thereby adding and expanding the broader understanding regarding seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation. This thesis may be used by academics, health care professionals, government agencies, transit authorities, senior caregivers and seniors themselves to better understand seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation and to better develop strategies to work with seniors from different ethnic backgrounds in order to aid in a safe and supported transition from driver to non-driver.
Vacuum encapsulated synthesis of 11.5 K NbC superconductor
Creators: name: Jha, Rajveer
name: Awana, V. P. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bulk polycrystalline NbC samples are synthesized through solid state reaction route in an evacuated sealed quartz tube. Studied NbC samples are crystallized in NaCl-type cubic structure with space group Fm-3m. To control cell parameters and minute un-reacted phases, different samples are synthesized with various heat treatments. Finally phase pure NbC is achieved. The grain size of the as systemized material being seen from SEM (scanning electron microscopy) is non-uniform of around 3-10μm size. Crystal structure and lattice parameters of samples have been calculated by Rietveld analysis of room temperature X-ray powder diffraction data. The lattice parameter increases with synthesis temperature and scales with superconducting transition temperature (Tc). Both AC and DC magnetization exhibited highest Tc at around 11.5 K for an NbC sample with lattice parameter a = 4.471 Å. The lower critical field (Hc1) and irreversibility field (Hirr) measured at 3 K are around 250 Oe and 4.5 kOe respectively. The upper critical field (Hc2) being determined from in-field AC susceptibility measurements is 7.8 kOe and 11.7 kOe with 50% and 90% diamagnetism criteria, respectively.
description: 11 pages text + figs: comments/queries(awana@mail.nplindia.ernet.in)
On the Migration of Jupiter and Saturn: Constraints from Linear Models of Secular Resonant Coupling with the Terrestrial Planets
Creators: name: Agnor, Craig B.
name: Lin, D. N. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine how the late divergent migration of Jupiter and Saturn may have perturbed the terrestrial planets. We identify six secular resonances between the nu_5 apsidal eigenfrequency of Jupiter and Saturn and the four eigenfrequencies of the terrestrial planets (g_{1-4}). We derive analytic upper limits on the eccentricity and orbital migration timescale of Jupiter and Saturn when these resonances were encountered to avoid perturbing the eccentricities of the terrestrial planets to values larger than the observed ones. If Jupiter and Saturn migrated with eccentricities comparable to their present day values, smooth migration with exponential timescales characteristic of planetesimal-driven migration (τ~5-10 Myr) would have perturbed the eccentricities of the terrestrial planets to values greatly exceeding the observed ones. This excitation may be mitigated if the eccentricity of Jupiter was small during the migration epoch, migration was very rapid (e.g. τ
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Social Finance and Financing Social Enterprises: An Islamic Finance Prospective
Creators: name: Biancone, Paolo Pietro
name: Radwan, Maha
Publisher: name: European Journal of Islamic Finance
Year: 2019

description: Enterprises that have a dual objective of generating positive social impact and financial economic benefit turned to be vital with the increased level of poverty and other major social problems accompanied with limited public spending. The growth and development of social impact enterprises is fundamental for all economies and financing them is a challenging issue where they struggle to accessing finance. Traditional financial instruments are difficult to access especially after the recent financial crisis due to that social enterprises face high risk regarding generating profit, problems of governance model, and lacks of performance measurement valuations especially when it comes to measuring social value. On the other hand, Islamic finance has experienced progressive growth in the last years and could play significant role not only limited to Muslims but also for Non-Muslim countries. Advances in Islamic Finance and Social Finance demonstrate an increasing global attention for finding alternative ways of financing and creating value in the society since both of them have similar ethical dictates. Sharia that regulates all Islamic financial instruments and investments and its screening methodology prohibits unethical businesses and practices that are similar to the negative screening methodology adopted by the socially responsible investment which make both of them connected to Social Finance. This paper is exploratory in nature and argues that Islamic finance could be a viable potential alternative with its diversified instruments for financing social impact enterprises. The paper provides insights for researchers, decision makers, and practitioners of how Islamic finance provide valid financing tools for social finance through mobilizing private funds allocated from investors who seeks investments that generate both social and economic value.
description: European Journal of Islamic Finance, Special Issue Islamic and Social Finance: Comparing Policies and Solutions for Funding Public Infrastructures and Social Services  at Global Level
Measurement of the WW cross section in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous gauge couplings
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This Letter reports a measurement of the WW production cross section in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.02/fb collected with the ATLAS detector. Using leptonic decays of oppositely charged W bosons, the total measured cross section is sigma(pp -> WW) = 54.4 +/- 4.0 (stat.) +/- 3.9 (syst.) +/- 2.0 (lumi.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model prediction of sigma(pp -> WW) = 44.4 +/- 2.8 pb. Limits on anomalous electroweak triple-gauge couplings are extracted from a fit to the transverse-momentum distribution of the leading charged lepton in the event.
description: 11 pages plus author list (25 pages total), 5 figures, 5 tables, revised author list, final version to appear in Physics Letters B
Sejanus umi Schuh 1984
Creators: name: Menard, Katrina L.
name: Schuh, Randall T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Sejanus
Sejanus umi

description: Sejanus umi Schuh Figure 37 Sejanus umi Schuh, 1984: 186, figs. 500, 612–621 (diag., descr., disc., n. sp., diag., descr., DV, MG, SEM). DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by black dorsum and yellowish ventral surface of head, prosternal xyphus, and appendages, lateral surface of eyes parallel to anterior margin of pronotum, relatively flat dorsal surface of hemelytron relative to rest of body, and secondary gonopore reduced to two subapical, lateral processes. DESCRIPTION: See Schuh (1984). HOSTS: Unknown. DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea. DISCUSSION: This species is unique in having yellowish coloration on the venter, whereas in all other Sejanus species the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the head, pronotum, and thorax are unicolorous dark. HOLOTYPE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Prov.: Umi river, Markham Valley, 480 m, November 23, 1959, L.J. Brass 18 (AMNH). SPECIMENS EXAMINED: INDONESIA: Papua: Central Mountains, Archbold Lake, 3.41 ° S 138.53 ° E, 760 m, 26 Nov 1961 – 03 Dec 1961, S. Quate & L. Quate, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00321114) (BPBM). PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Province: No.14, Umi River, Markham Valley, 6.45746 ° S 146.4- 7425 ° E, 480 m, 17 Nov 1959, L.J. Brass, paratype, 18 (00196418) (AMNH); 20 Nov 1959, L.J. Brass, paratype, 18 (00196419) (AMNH); 23 Nov 1959, L.J. Brass, 18 (00196420) (AMNH). Wau, 7.33333 ° S 146.71- 667 ° E, 11 Aug 1972, G.G.E. Scudder, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00321113) (BPBM). Sandaun aka West Sepik Province: Torricelli Mits, Mokai Village, 3.3667 ° S 141.9667 ° E, 750 m, 08 Dec 1958 – 15 Dec 1958, W.W. Brandt, paratype, 18 (00321115) (BPBM). Western Highlands: Korop, 1300 m, 12 Jul 1955, J.L. Gressitt, 18 (00196423) (AMNH). Prov. unknown: Biniguni, Gwariu River, 150 m, 27 Jul 1953 – 14 Aug 1973, G.M. Tate, paratype, 28 (00196421, 00196422) (AMNH). Karop, Upper Jimmi, 6.433 ° S 145.083 ° E, 1300 m, 12 Jul 1955, J.L. Gressitt, Light Trap, paratype, 28 (00321111, 00321112) (BPBM).
description: Published as part of Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), pp. 1-159 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361) on page 143, DOI: 10.1206/361.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5410834
description: {"references": ["Schuh, R. T. 1984. Revision of the Phylinae (Hemiptera, Miridae) of the Indo-Pacific. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 177 (1): 1 - 476."]}
Biophysical Properties and Antiviral Activities of Measles Fusion Protein Derived Peptide Conjugated with 25-Hydroxycholesterol
Creators: name: Gomes, Bárbara
name: Santos, Nuno C.
name: Porotto, Matteo
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biophysics
Measles virus
Peptides
Molecular biology

description: Measles virus (MV) infection is re-emerging, despite the availability of an effective vaccine. The mechanism of MV entry into a target cell relies on coordinated action between the MV hemagglutinin (H) receptor binding protein and the fusion envelope glycoprotein (F) which mediates fusion between the viral and cell membranes. Peptides derived from the C-terminal heptad repeat (HRC) of F can interfere with this process, blocking MV infection. As previously described, biophysical properties of HRC-derived peptides modulate their antiviral potency. In this work, we characterized a MV peptide fusion inhibitor conjugated to 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC), a cholesterol derivative with intrinsic antiviral activity, and evaluated its interaction with membrane model systems and human blood cells. The peptide (MV–HC) has a 90% inhibitory concentration (IC90) several logs more advantageous than the equivalent peptide bearing a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-cholesterol moiety. In membrane interaction studies, MV–HC shows a preference for pure 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) monolayers and membranes rich in sphingomyelin, and interacts less with POPC:cholesterol membranes. MV–HC tends to self-aggregate in aqueous solution, in a concentration-dependent manner. Our results suggest that increased membrane interaction dynamicity results from 25HC conjugation, with a concomitant increase in peptide antiviral efficacy.
Bouncing Galileon Cosmologies
Creators: name: Qiu, Taotao
name: Evslin, Jarah
name: Cai, Yi-Fu
name: Li, Mingzhe
name: Zhang, Xinmin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present nonsingular, homogeneous and isotropic bouncing solutions of the conformal Galileon model. We show that such solutions necessarily begin with a radiation-dominated contracting phase. This is followed by a quintom scenario in which the background equation of state crosses the cosmological constant boundary allowing for a nonsingular bounce which in turn is followed by Galilean Genesis. We analyze the spectrum of cosmological perturbations in this background. Our results show that the fluctuations evolve smoothly and without any pathology, but the adiabatic modes form a blue tilted spectrum. In order to achieve a scale-invariant primordial power spectrum as required by current observations, we introduce a light scalar field coupling to the Galileon kinetically. We find two couplings which yield a scale-invariant spectrum, one of which requires a fine tuning of the initial conditions. This model also predicts a blue tilted spectrum of gravitational waves stemming from quantum vacuum fluctuations in the contracting phase.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures, accepted by JCAP
On the Bel radiative gravitational fields
Creators: name: Ferrando, Joan Josep
name: Sáez, Juan Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the concept of intrinsic radiative gravitational fields defined by Bel and we show that the three radiative types, N, III and II, correspond with the three following different physical situations: {\it pure radiation}, {\it asymptotic pure radiation} and {\it generic} (non pure, non asymptotic pure) {\it radiation}. We introduce the concept of {\em observer at rest} with respect to the gravitational field and that of {\em proper super-energy} of the gravitational field and we show that, for non radiative fields, the minimum value of the relative super-energy density is the proper super-energy density, which is acquired by the observers at rest with respect to the field. Several {\it super-energy inequalities} are also examined.
description: 15 pages; no figures; v2: minor changes
Micronutrient Dietary Intake in Latina Pregnant Adolescents and Its Association with Level of Depression, Stress, and Social Support
Creators: name: Singh, Angelie
name: Trumpff, Caroline
name: Genkinger, Jeanine M.
name: Davis, Alida
name: Spann, Marisa
name: Werner, Elizabeth A.
name: Monk, Catherine E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Teenage pregnancy
Trace elements in nutrition
Pregnancy--Nutritional aspects
Teenage pregnancy--Social aspects
Pregnant women--Mental health

description: Adolescent pregnant women are at greater risk for nutritional deficits, stress, and depression than their adult counterparts, and these risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes are likely interrelated. This study evaluated the prevalence of nutritional deficits in pregnant teenagers and assessed the associations among micronutrient dietary intake, stress, and depression. One hundred and eight pregnant Latina adolescents completed an Automated Self-Administered 24-hour dietary recall (ASA24) in the 2nd trimester. Stress was measured using the Perceived Stress Scale and the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were evaluated with the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale. Social support satisfaction was measured using the Social Support Questionnaire. More than 50% of pregnant teenagers had an inadequate intake (excluding dietary supplement) of folate, vitamin A, vitamin E, iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous. Additionally, >20% of participants had an inadequate intake of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, copper, and selenium. Prenatal supplement inclusion improved dietary intake for most micronutrients except for calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous, (>50% below the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)) and for copper and selenium (>20% below the EAR). Higher depressive symptoms were associated with higher energy, carbohydrates, and fats, and lower magnesium intake. Higher social support satisfaction was positively associated with dietary intake of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin E, iron, and zinc. The findings suggest that mood and dietary factors are associated and should be considered together for health interventions during adolescent pregnancy for the young woman and her future child.
Additional file 2 of Molecular network of the oil palm root response to aluminum stress
Creators: name: Mejia-Alvarado, Fernan Santiago
name: Botero-Rozo, David
name: Araque, Leonardo
name: Bayona, Cristihian
name: Herrera-Corzo, Mariana
name: Montoya, Carmenza
name: Ayala-Díaz, Iván
name: Romero, Hernán Mauricio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Material 2
The roles of radiation and ram pressure in driving galactic winds
Creators: name: Sharma, Mahavir
name: Nath, Biman B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study gaseous outflows from disk galaxies driven by the combined effects of ram pressure on cold gas clouds and radiation pressure on dust grains. Taking into account the gravity due to disk, bulge and dark matter halo, and assuming continuous star formation in the disk, we show that radiation or ram pressure alone is not sufficient to drive escaping winds from disk galaxies, and that both processes contribute. We show that in the parameter space of star formation rate (SFR) and rotation speed of galaxies, the wind speed in galaxies with rotation speed $v_c\le 200$ km s$^{-1}$ and SFR $\le 100$ M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$, has a larger contribution from ram pressure, and that in high mass galaxies with large SFR, radiation from the disk has a greater role in driving galactic winds. The ratio of wind speed to circular speed can be approximated as ${v_w \over v_c} \sim 10^{0.7} \, [{\rm SFR\over 50 \, {\rm M}_{\odot} \, {\rm yr}^{-1}}] ^{0.4} \ [{v_c\over 120\, km/s}]^ {-1.25}$. We show that this conclusion is borne out by observations of galactic winds at low and high redshift and also of circumgalactic gas. We also estimate the mass loading factors under the combined effect of ram and radiation pressure, and show that the ratio of mass loss rate to SFR scales roughly as $v_c^{-1} Σ_g^{-1}$, where $Σ_g$ is the gas column density in the disk.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
A recursive construction of t-wise uniform permutations
Creators: name: Finucane, Hilary
name: Peled, Ron
name: Yaari, Yariv
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present a recursive construction of a (2t + 1)-wise uniform set of permutations on 2n objects using a (2t + 1) - (2n, n, \cdot) combinatorial design, a t-wise uniform set of permutations on n objects and a (2t+1)-wise uniform set of permutations on n objects. Using the complete design in this procedure gives a t-wise uniform set of permutations on n objects whose size is at most t^2n, the first non-trivial construction of an infinite family of t-wise uniform sets for t \geq 4. If a non-trivial design with suitable parameters is found, it will imply a corresponding improvement in the construction.
Community Foudations: main characteristics and trends – A comparison between Islamic Republic of Iran and Italy
Creators: name: Maggi, Davide
name: Rossi, Noemi
name: Faiznia, Mazdak
name: Houshmand, Hirad
Publisher: name: European Journal of Islamic Finance
Year: 2019

description: The following document presents the ethical, cultural roots of Community Foundations. The paper starts from a historical framework of the word foundation. Understanding the etymology of the word foundations, one understands his mission and his philosophy.

This document takes the example of the Italian Community Foundations and explains the origin of it, how they were born in Italy, which fields are covered and the dynamics between the various actors.
The same analysis is made for the non-governmental and non-profit organisations in Iran. To fully comprehend the Iranian reality an analysis is necessary to describe the two different periods, before and after the 1979 revolution.
In conclusion, the paper demonstrates how important community foundations are to be tested, especially in this period of great economic difficulty.
description: European Journal of Islamic Finance, Special Issue Islamic and Social Finance: Comparing Policies and Solutions for Funding Public Infrastructures and Social Services  at Global Level