cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Large-Scale CO Maps of the Lupus Molecular Cloud Complex
Creators: name: Tothill, N. F. H.
name: Löhr, A.
name: Parshley, S. C.
name: Stark, A. A.
name: Lane, A. P.
name: Harnett, J. I.
name: Wright, G. A.
name: Walker, C. K.
name: Bourke, T. L.
name: Myers, P. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fully sampled degree-scale maps of the 13CO 2-1 and CO 4-3 transitions toward three members of the Lupus Molecular Cloud Complex - Lupus I, III, and IV - trace the column density and temperature of the molecular gas. Comparison with IR extinction maps from the c2d project requires most of the gas to have a temperature of 8-10 K. Estimates of the cloud mass from 13CO emission are roughly consistent with most previous estimates, while the line widths are higher, around 2 km/s. CO 4-3 emission is found throughout Lupus I, indicating widespread dense gas, and toward Lupus III and IV. Enhanced line widths at the NW end and along the edge of the B228 ridge in Lupus I, and a coherent velocity gradient across the ridge, are consistent with interaction between the molecular cloud and an expanding HI shell from the Upper-Scorpius subgroup of the Sco-Cen OB Association. Lupus III is dominated by the effects of two HAe/Be stars, and shows no sign of external influence. Slightly warmer gas around the core of Lupus IV and a low line width suggest heating by the Upper-Centaurus-Lupus subgroup of Sco-Cen, without the effects of an HI shell.
description: 54 pages, 27 figures, 5 tables. To appear in ApJS. Preprint also available (with full-size figures) from http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/people/nfht/publications.html Datacubes available from http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/people/nfht/resources.html
title: Extruded Polystyrene Foams with Enhanced Insulation and Mechanical Properties by a Benzene-Trisamide-Based Additive
Creators: name: Aksit, Merve
name: Zhao, Chunjing
name: Klose, Bastian
name: Kreger, Klaus
name: Schmidt, Hans-Werner
name: Altstädt, Volker
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 540

description: Low thermal conductivity and adequate mechanical strength are desired for extruded polystyrene foams when they are applied as insulation materials. In this study, we improved the thermal insulation behavior and mechanical properties of extruded polystyrene foams through morphology control with the foam nucleating agent 1,3,5-benzene-trisamide. Furthermore, the structure–property relationships of extruded polystyrene foams were established. Extruded polystyrene foams with selected concentrations of benzene-trisamide were used to evaluate the influence of cell size and foam density on the thermal conductivity. It was shown that the addition of benzene-trisamide reduces the thermal conductivity by up to 17. An increase in foam density led to a higher compression modulus of the foams. With 0.2 wt benzene-trisamide, the compression modulus increased by a factor of 4 from 11.7 ± 2.7 MPa for the neat polystyrene (PS) to 46.3 ± 4.3 MPa with 0.2 wt benzene-trisamide. The increase in modulus was found to follow a power law relationship with respect to the foam density. Furthermore, the compression moduli were normalized by the foam density in order to evaluate the effect of benzene-trisamide alone. A 0.2 wt benzene-trisamide increased the normalized compression modulus by about 23, which could be attributed to the additional stress contribution of nanofibers, and might also retard the face stretching and edge bending of the foams.
title: Multi-Objective Optimization of Urban Air Transportation Networks Under Social Considerations
Creators: name: Hohmann, Nikolas
name: Brulin, Sebastian
name: Adamy, Jürgen
name: Olhofer, Markus
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024

description: This work proposes and investigates a solution approach to the urban air transportation
network optimization problem, considering the perspectives of different stakeholders, including societal
interests. Given logistic hub positions and a set of optimized paths connecting them pairwise, we aim for
a Pareto-optimal and three-dimensional air corridor network structure. This work demonstrates a way to
merge the given paths into a network and provides a framework to optimize the network further regarding
multiple objectives. It proposes three objective functions that evaluate the network from the economic
perspectives of network providers and users and the city residents’ social point of view. Using geospatial
data from Frankfurt, Germany, we conducted different experiments including and excluding the social
objective function under a varying input set of pre-optimized paths. Our analysis showed that taking social
aspects into account results in traffic networks whose increase in social acceptance far outweighs the extra
monetary costs. We conclude that it is beneficial to integrate social criteria into optimization problems
when the solutions obtained are the basis for decisions in the area of conflict between the economy and
human welfare.
Possible indication to the QCD evolution of double parton distributions?
Creators: name: Snigirev, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For the first time the process-independent parameter of double parton scattering, $σ_{\rm eff}^{\rm exp}$, has been measured newly in the D0 experiment at the three different resolution scales.If we interpret the measurement as a decrease of the effective cross section with a growth of the resolution scale it can indicate the QCD evolution of double parton distributions.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure, revtex4, Clarifications, Ref. added, Fig. redrawn, accepted in Phys. Rev. D
Regional and Ethnic Minorities
Creators: name: Ruedin, Didier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: descriptive representation
ethnic minorities
regional minorities
substantive representation
institutions

description: While members of regional and ethnic minorities can reach the highest echelons of power, in most contexts they remain politically marginalized and under-represented in formal politics. The heterogeneity of regional and ethnic minority groups creates a challenge for the study of representation if one wants to avoid the traps of essentialism and unrealistic assumptions. The inclusion of regional and ethnic minorities in legislatures and government can increase trust, alleviate conflict, and provide substantive representation. Much evidence shows that, on average, representatives of regional and ethnic minorities work in the name of their respective groups, especially in ‘low-cost’ activities like asking parliamentary questions. Such substantive representation should be the guiding principle, but the relationship between descriptive and substantive representation seems moderated by the context in which legislators operate.
Beam dynamics and wake-field simulations for high gradient ILC linacs
Creators: name: Glasman, C.
name: Jones, R. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Higher order modes (HOMs) are simulated with finite element and finite difference computer codes for the ILC superconducting cavities. In particular, HOMs in KEK's Ichiro type of cavity and Cornell University's Reentrant design are focused on in this work. The aim, at these universities and laboratories, is to achieve an accelerating gradient in excess of 50 MV/m in 9-cell superconducting cavities whilst maintaining a high quality and stable electron beam. At these gradients, electrical breakdown is an important cause for concern and the wakefields excited by the energetic electron beams are also potentially damaging to the beam's emittance. Here we restrict the analysis to performing detailed simulations, on emittance dilution due to beams initially injected with realistic offsets from the electrical centre of the cavities. We take advantage of the latest beam dynamics codes in order to perform these simulations.
description: 3 pages. To be published in LINAC 2008, Victoria, Canada
Entanglement localization after a coupling to incoherent noisy system
Creators: name: Sciarrino, Fabio
name: Nagali, Eleonora
name: De Martini, Francesco
name: Gavenda, Miroslav
name: Filip, Radim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the experimental realization of entanglement localization which restores polarization entanglement completely redirected after a linear coupling with incoherent and noisy surrounding photon. The method, based only on measurements of the surrounding photon after the coupling and on post-selection, can localize the entanglement back to original systems for any linear coupling.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Hydrogen Balmer Emission Lines and the Complex Broad Line Region Structure
Creators: name: La Mura, G.
name: Di Mille, F.
name: Popović, L. Č.
name: Ciroi, S.
name: Rafanelli, P.
name: Ilić, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we investigate the properties of the broad emission line components in the Balmer series of a sample of Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Using the Boltzmann Plot method as a diagnostic tool for physical conditions in the plasma, we detect a relationship among the kinematical and thermo-dynamical properties of these objects. In order to further clarify the influence of the central engines on the surrounding material, we look for signatures of structure in the broad line emitting regions, that could affect the optical domain of the observed spectra. Using a combination of line profile analysis and kinematical modeling of the emitting plasma, we study how the emission line broadening functions are influenced by different structural configurations. The observed profiles are consistent with flattened structures seen at quite low inclinations, typically smaller than 20 degrees. Since this result is in good agreement with some independent observations at radio frequencies, we apply a new formalism to study the properties of AGN central engines.
description: 8 pages, 11 figures. Proceedings of the VII Serbian Conference on Spectral Line Shapes in Astrophysics. Accepted by New Astronomy Reviews
Singularities in Horava-Lifshitz theory
Creators: name: Cai, Rong-Gen
name: Wang, Anzhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
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: Singularities in $(3+1)$-dimensional Horava-Lifshitz (HL) theory of gravity are studied. These singularities can be divided into scalar, non-scalar curvature, and coordinate singularities. Because of the foliation-preserving diffeomorphisms of the theory, the number of scalars that can be constructed from the extrinsic curvature tensor $K_{ij}$, the 3-dimensional Riemann tensor and their derivatives is much large than that constructed from the 4-dimesnional Riemann tensor and its derivatives in general relativity (GR). As a result, even for the same spacetime, it may be singular in the HL theory but not in GR. Two representative families of solutions with projectability condition are studied, one is the (anti-) de Sitter Schwarzschild solutions, and the other is the Lu-Mei-Pope (LMP) solutions written in a form satisfying the projectability condition - the generalized LMP solutions. The (anti-) de Sitter Schwarzschild solutions are vacuum solutions of both HL theory and GR, while the LMP solutions with projectability condition satisfy the HL equations coupled with an anisotropic fluid with heat flow. It is found that the scalars $K$ and $K_{ij}K^{ij}$ are singular only at the center for the de Sitter Schwarzschild solution, but singular at both the center and $ r = (3M/|Λ|)^{1/3}$ for the anti-de Sitter Schwarzschild solution. The singularity at $ r = (3M/|Λ|)^{1/3}$ is absent in GR. In addition, all the generalized LMP solutions have two scalar curvature singularities, located at either $r = 0$ and $r=r_{s} > 0$, or $r=r_{1}$ and $r= r_{2}$ with $r_{2} > r_{1} > 0$, or $r=r_{s} > 0$ and $r = \infty$, depending on the choice of the free parameter $λ$.
description: Revtex4, six figures. Version to appear in Phys. Lett. B
The role of bicarbonate ion in the mechanism of photosynthesis
Creators: name: Jolliffe, Ethel Ann
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Three aspects of the role of HCO[sup -/sub 3] ion in photosynthesis were studied. The first part of the investigation involved the study of HCO[sup -/sub 3] ion as a substrate for photosynthesis in marine benthic algae. Net inorganic carbon assimilation by Sargassum muticum was recorded in the light up to pH 9.9 and at pCO₂ down to less than 5 ppm. Carbon uptake was measured on the basis of changes in the CO₂released by acid from 1 ml samples of the experimental sea water, and also calculated from pCO₂ and pH according to standard tables. The pCO₂ was monitored by infrared gas analysis. This alga assimilated HCO[sup -/sub 3] ion directly in photosynthesis. In a continuing study, carbon uptake was recorded in the light for the following marine algae: Alaria, Costaria, Desmarestia, Enteromorpha, Gigartina, Nereocystis, Porphyra, and Ulva. The change in total inorganic carbon in the experimental water was again determined by acid release. With the exceptions of Porphyra and Desmarestia, the algae used HCO[sup -/sub 3] ion as a substrate for photosynthesis. The relationship of rate of photosynthesis to total inorganic carbon present in seawater was determined for Ulva fenestrata, Iridaea cordata, and Sargassum mutlcum. The naturally occurring carbon concentration was found to be limiting for photosynthesis . In part two, the role of carbonic anhydrase and carbonic ;acid as a proton generating, system for. photophosphorylation was investigated. The compound Diamox (5-acetamido-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2- sulphonamide) is a specific inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase. Diamox inhibits carbon fixation in the light in whole plants and isolated chloroplasts. It also inhibits photosynthetic electron transport, both cyclic and non-cyclic. It was found that the light-induced pH shift in unbuffered chloroplasts was also affected, but that ATP-supported ¹⁴CO₂ fixation by isolated chloroplasts in the dark was not inhibited. These facts led to the conclusion that carbonic anhydrase plays its role in photosynthesis as a supplier of protons (from carbonic acid) to the hydrogen ion pump. Antimycin A stimulates ¹⁴CO₂ fixation by chloroplasts in saturating light. Diamox inhibition of ¹⁴CO₂ fixation in the light is overcome by Antimycin A at both saturating and non-saturating light. This interaction suggests that Antimycin A stimulates ¹⁴CO₂ fixation by changing the "energy charge" status of the chloroplast. During the first seconds of illumination and up to four or five minutes thereafter, the O₂ evolution associated with the beginning of photosynthesis shows a number of transients. The third part of this investigation describes some studies of these transients and the interaction of O₂ and inorganic carbon with regard to the various components. The results are discussed in relation to O₂ effects on photosynthesis in higher plants. A transient heretofore unknown in red algae is also reported.
PEDAGOGICAL MODEL OF THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES OF LAWYERS: UKRAINIAN REALITY
Creators: name: Kostruba, Anatoliy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: legal education
competent approach
higher education pedagogy
pedagogical didactics
legal clinic

description: Rapid development of information technologies has led to the global computerization of society. As a result of this phenomenon in the field of education, the developed data processing environment, modular assembly of information systems (combination of different types of architectural solutions within the same complex) were formed. Consequently, the process of knowledge accumulation for the development of professional competence skills gradually changes the form of implementation. Well-known goals of higher education that are discovered in such elements as knowledge, understanding, forms of their gaining are subject to changes. The foregoing calls for the change in the educational paradigm one of the components of which, in our opinion, should be the transition to educational goals of another qualitative type in the cognitive field, including the development of applied professional legal skills, development of critical thinking, etc. This study contains the formed algorithm of professional training of the future lawyer which provides for the production of a model for the formation of professional competences of the lawyer as the basic element. Such a pedagogical model shall be based on the organic unity of theoretical, practical, psychophysical training, which in turn will provide the level of professional socialization. The model is based on four segments: target, meaningful, didactic and evaluation and productive. The study of the process of the formation of professional competences of the lawyer using the established model has made it possible to identify shortcomings in the content and didactic segments, which consist in overload of curricula with unnecessary disciplines of humanitarian content and lack of applied component in the educational process.
description: https://youtu.be/ogKkL2KvWPY
The Cosmological constant and the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation
Creators: name: Garattini, Remo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss how to extract information about the cosmological constant from the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, considered as an eigenvalue of a Sturm-Liouville problem. The equation is approximated to one loop with the help of a variational approach with Gaussian trial wave functionals. A canonical decomposition of modes is used to separate transverse-traceless tensors (graviton) from ghosts and scalar. We show that no ghosts appear in the final evaluation of the cosmological constant. A zeta function regularization is used to handle with divergences. A renormalization procedure is introduced to remove the infinities together with a renormalization group equation. A brief discussion on the extension to a $f(R)$ theory is considered.
description: Some misprints corrected. LaTeX 9 pages. Contribution given for the Workshop on Continuum and Lattice Approaches to Quantum Gravity. Sept. 2008, Brighton UK. To appear in the Proceedings
Speeding up disease extinction with a limited amount of vaccine
Creators: name: Khasin, M.
name: Dykman, M. I.
name: Meerson, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider optimal vaccination protocol where the vaccine is in short supply. In this case, disease extinction results from a large and rare fluctuation. We show that the probability of such fluctuation can be exponentially increased by vaccination. For periodic vaccination with fixed average rate, the optimal vaccination protocol is model independent and presents a sequence of short pulses. The effect of vaccination can be resonantly enhanced if the pulse period coincides with the characteristic period of the disease dynamics or its multiples. This resonant effect is illustrated using a simple epidemic model. If the system is periodically modulated, the pulses must be synchronized with the modulation, whereas in the case of a wrong phase the vaccination can lead to a negative result. The analysis is based on the theory of fluctuation-induced population extinction in periodically modulated systems that we develop.
IEC 61400-15 Working Group Update 2
Creators: name: Fields, M Jason
name: Sherwin, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Wind Resource
Wind Energy
Energy Yield
Energy Yield Assessment
Uncertainty
Wind Resource Assessment
Site Suitability

description: This document is a consensus update on the general progress and outputs from the IEC 61400-15 working group.
Fusion rules and four-point functions in the AdS3 WZNW model
Creators: name: Baron, Walter H.
name: Núñez, Carmen A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the operator product expansion in the AdS$_3$ WZNW model. The OPE of primary fields and their spectral flow images is computed from the analytic continuation of the expressions in the H$_3^+$ WZNW model, adding spectral flow. We argue that the symmetries of the affine algebra require a truncation which establishes the closure of the fusion rules on the Hilbert space of the theory. Although the physical mechanism determining the decoupling is not completely understood, we present several consistency checks on the results. A preliminary analysis of factorization allows to obtain some properties of four-point functions involving fields in generic sectors of the theory, to verify that they agree with the spectral flow selection rules and to show that the truncation must be realized in physical amplitudes for consistency.
description: 37 pages, 5 figures, version to appear in Physical Review D
IEC 61400-15 Working Group Update 1
Creators: name: Fields, M Jason
name: Sherwin, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Wind Resource
Wind Energy
Energy Yield
Energy Yield Assessment
Uncertainty
Wind Resource Assessment
Site Suitability

description: This document is a consensus update on the general progress and outputs from the IEC 61400-15 working group.
title: Πολυμορφισμοί της δυσανεξίας στην λακτόζη
title: Polymorphisms of lactose intolerance
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Ίλι, Κωνσταντίνα-Λορεντάνα
name: Καμπούτση, Δημητρούλα
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: Δυσανεξία στην λακτόζη
Λακτόζη
Λακτάση
Γενετικοί πολυμορφισμοί
Απομόνωση DNA
Real time PCR

description: Η λακτόζη είναι ένας δισακχαρίτης, ο οποίος αποτελείται από την γλυκόζη και την γαλακτόζη, βρίσκεται στο γάλα των θηλαστικών και χαρακτηρίζεται ως ένα σημαντι- κός δισακχαρίτης για τον άνθρωπο. Η λακτόζη υδρολύεται από ένα ένζυμο, την λα- κτάση. Η δραστηριότητα της είναι σημαντική, καθώς το γάλα αποτελεί κύρια πηγή διατροφής από την βρεφική ηλικία, και στους υγιείς ανθρώπους βοηθά να αφομοιώ- σουν τον δισακχαρίτη. Ωστόσο, μερικοί άνθρωποι δεν εμφανίζουν το ένζυμο με απο- τέλεσμα να έχουν χαμηλότερη ικανότητα πέψης της λακτόζης και να περιορίζονται στην κατανάλωση γαλακτοκομικών προϊόντων. Αυτή η ανικανότητα πέψης και έλ- λειψης της λακτάσης χαρακτηρίζεται ως δυσανεξία στην λακτόζη και χωρίζεται σε τέσσερις κατηγορίες, στην συγγενή ανεπάρκεια της λακτάσης, αναπτυξιακή, πρωτο- γενής ανεπάρκεια ή υπολακτασία αλλά και δευτερογενής ανεπάρκεια. Είναι αντιλη- πτό ότι οι διαφορές στην λακτάση οφείλονται σε γεντικούς πολυμορφισμούς και υ- πάρχουν τρία είδη, ο ομόζυγος, ο ετερόζυγος αλλά και ο ομόζυγος για την ανεκτικό- τητα στην λακτόζη. Στην παρούσα πτυχιακή, η ανίχνευση της δυσανεξίας έγινε με το τεστ gb GENETIC LACTO, και λήφθηκαν 30 δείγματα, των οποίων η καταγωγή ήταν από βαλκάνια. Οι εθελοντές επίσης, απάντησαν σε ένα ερωτηματολόγιο σχετικά με τα προσωπικά τους στοιχεία, τα συμπτώματα, και την συχνότητα κατανάλωσης των γαλακτοκομικών. Για την επίτευξη της διαδικασίας λήφθηκαν δείγματα σάλιου, αίματος, έγινε απομόνωση DNA από αυτά και στην συνέχεια εξετάστηκε εάν έχουν δυσανεξία με Real Time PCR. Τα αποτελέσματα έδειξαν, πως τα περισσότερα άτομα είναι ετεροζυγωτικά ως προς το μεταλλαγμένο γονίδιο, και λίγα ομοζυγωτικά. Επίσης, το μεταλλαγμένο γονί- διο είναι επικρατέστερο σε σχέση με το φυσιολογικό. Τέλος, οι περισσότεροι σύμ- φωνα με τις απαντήσεις στο ερωτηματολόγιο εμφανίζουν συμπτώματα, κάποιοι ηπιό- τερα και κάποιοι εντονότερα, ωστόσο, μερικοί βρέθηκαν αρνητικοί ενώ παρουσίαζαν τα ίδια συμπτώματα κατά την κατανάλωση γαλακτοκομικών.
Two-photon speckle as a probe of multi-dimensional entanglement
Creators: name: Beenakker, C. W. J.
name: Venderbos, J. W. F.
name: van Exter, M. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the statistical distribution P_2(I_2) of the speckle pattern produced by a photon pair current I_2 transmitted through a random medium, and compare with the single-photon speckle distribution P_1(I_1). We show that the purity Tr rho^2 of a two-photon density matrix rho can be directly extracted from the first two moments of P_1 and P_2. A one-to-one relationship is derived between P_1 and P_2 if the photon pair is in an M-dimensional entangled pure state. For M>>1 the single-photon speckle disappears, while the two-photon speckle acquires an exponential distribution. The exponential distribution transforms into a Gaussian if the quantum entanglement is degraded to a classical correlation of M>>1 two-photon states. Two-photon speckle can therefore discriminate between multi-dimensional quantum and classical correlations.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Scope of work: IEC 61400-15 Assessment of Wind Resource, Energy Yield and site suitability input conditions for wind power plants.
Creators: name: Fields, M Jason
name: Sherwin, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Wind Resource
Wind Energy
Energy Yield
Energy Yield Assessment
Uncertainty
Wind Resource Assessment
Site Suitability

description: This document describes the official work scope for the IEC 61400-15 working group for the Assessment of Wind Resource, Energy Yield and site suitability input conditions for wind power plants
Arginine-rich peptides destabilize the plasma membrane, consistent with a pore formation translocation mechanism of cell penetrating peptides
Creators: name: Herce, H. D.
name: Garcia, A. E.
name: Litt, J.
name: Kane, R. S.
name: Martin, P.
name: Enrique, N.
name: Rebolledo, A.
name: Milesi, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Recent molecular dynamics simulations (Herce and Garcia, PNAS, 104: 20805 (2007)) have suggested that the arginine-rich HIV Tat peptides might be able to translocate by destabilizing and inducing transient pores in phospholipid bilayers. In this pathway for peptide translocation, arginine residues play a fundamental role not only in the binding of the peptide to the surface of the membrane but also in the destabilization and nucleation of transient pores across the bilayer, despite being charged and highly hydrophilic. Here we present a molecular dynamics simulation of a peptide composed of nine arginines (Arg-9) that shows that this peptide follows the same translocation pathway previously found for the Tat peptide. We test this hypothesis experimentally by measuring ionic currents across phospholipid bilayers and cell membranes through the pores induced by Arg-9 peptides. We find that Arg-9 peptides, in the presence of an electrostatic potential gradient, induce ionic currents across planar phospholipid bilayers, as well as in cultured osteosarcoma cells and human smooth muscle cells freshly isolated from the umbilical artery. Our results suggest that the mechanism of action of Arg-9 peptide involves the creation of transient pores in lipid bilayers and cell membranes.
description: This is an extended version of the published manuscript, which had to be shortened before publication to fit within the number of pages required by the journal
Non-linear Elastic Response in Solid Helium: critical velocity or strain
Creators: name: Day, James
name: Syshchenko, Oleksandr
name: Beamish, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Torsional oscillator experiments show evidence of mass decoupling in solid 4He. This decoupling is amplitude dependent, suggesting a critical velocity for supersolidity. We observe similar behavior in the elastic shear modulus. By measuring the shear modulus over a wide frequency range, we can distinguish between an amplitude dependence which depends on velocity and one which depends on some other parameter like displacement. In contrast to the torsional oscillator behavior, the modulus depends on the magnitude of stress, not velocity. We interpret our results in terms of the motion of dislocations which are weakly pinned by 3He impurities but which break away when large stresses are applied.
A feedlot replacement model
Creators: name: Freding, William Karl
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of the study was to develop a realistic method of determining the optimum replacement time of steers in a feedlot in which there are sequential feeding cycles. There are two models for steers developed and discussed in this paper. The first model optimizes the length of stay in the feedlot assuming that feedlot capacity is the limiting constraint. The second model optimizes the length of stay in the feedlot when working capital is the limiting constraint. A third model is developed to determine the optimum length of feeding time for market hogs in a feeding barn. An evaluation of each model is made. It is concluded that the cattle models have a limited use because of the high variability in performance. The hog replacement model is quite valid and can be used in a modern hog feeding enterprise.
A new extended discrete KP hierarchy and generalized dressing method
Creators: name: Yao, Yuqin
name: Liu, Xiaojun
name: Zeng, Yunbo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inspired by the squared eigenfunction symmetry constraint, we introduce a new $\ta_k$-flow by ``extending'' a specific $t_n$-flow of discrete KP hierarchy (DKPH). We construct extended discrete KPH (exDKPH), which consists of $t_n$-flow, $\ta_k$-flow and $t_n$ evolution of eigenfunction and adjoin eigenfunctions, and its Lax representation. The exDKPH contains two types of discrete KP equation with self-consistent sources (DKPESCS). Two reductions of exDKPH are obtained. The generalized dressing approach for solving the exDKPH is proposed and the N-soliton solutions of two types of the DKPESCS are presented.
description: 12 pages, to appear in J. Phys. A
Magnetic susceptibility and magnetization fluctuation measurements of mixed Gadolinium-Yttrium Iron Garnets
Creators: name: Eckel, S.
name: Sushkov, A. O.
name: Lamoreaux, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the magnetic properties of Gadolinium-Yttrium Iron Garnet ($\text{Gd}_{x}\text{Y}_{3-x}\text{Fe}_5\text{0}_{12}$, $x=3,1.8$) ferrite ceramics. The complex initial permeability is measured in the temperature range 2 K to 295 K at frequency of 1 kHz, and in the frequency range 100 Hz to 200 MHz at temperatures 4 K, 77 K, and 295 K. The magnetic viscosity-induced imaginary part of the permeability is observed at low frequencies. Measurements of the magnetization noise are made at 4 K. Using the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, we find that the observed magnetization fluctuations are consistent with our measurements of the low-frequency imaginary part of permeability. We discuss some implications for proposed precision measurements as well as other possible applications.
Improving citizen engagement : community conversations and collaboration on ABC local radio
Creators: name: Nettlefold, Jocelyn
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Public broadcasting radio now operates at a time of political disengagement, media consolidation and digital fragmentation. The basis of this thesis is that new empirical research is essential to assess the significance of these latest developments that shape public broadcasting and to explore the possibilities for radio broadcasters to expand engagement with their audiences. Through an industry-informed and focused inquiry into local radio, this thesis advances an understanding of journalism 'as conversation', specifically those professional practices that attend to improving the diversity and depth of discourse and civic engagement. The research data collection methods for the investigation include: observation and discourse analysis of a series of radio forums covering contentious local issues in Tasmania and long qualitative interviews with journalists, participants- and leaders of public broadcasting. It finds that an active commitment to collaboration, voice and diversity in conversational radio journalism practice can facilitate citizen engagement and public trust, as long as sufficient time and resources support such activity. Creating a space for intense focus on local issues, with debate framed transparently, not only produces opportunities for citizens to participate more fully in their communities, but creates empathy and builds consensus. This suggests that a wider function for local journalism is to not only inform the public, but also to pursue collaborative practices which empower citizens and foster social inclusion. As such, the thesis contributes to scholarship about the changing values of news and journalism, public broadcasting, journalism-as-conversation, and radio, and contributes insight to inform contemporary practice.
Sparse Causal Discovery in Multivariate Time Series
Creators: name: Haufe, Stefan
name: Nolte, Guido
name: Mueller, Klaus-Robert
name: Kraemer, Nicole
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Our goal is to estimate causal interactions in multivariate time series. Using vector autoregressive (VAR) models, these can be defined based on non-vanishing coefficients belonging to respective time-lagged instances. As in most cases a parsimonious causality structure is assumed, a promising approach to causal discovery consists in fitting VAR models with an additional sparsity-promoting regularization. Along this line we here propose that sparsity should be enforced for the subgroups of coefficients that belong to each pair of time series, as the absence of a causal relation requires the coefficients for all time-lags to become jointly zero. Such behavior can be achieved by means of l1-l2-norm regularized regression, for which an efficient active set solver has been proposed recently. Our method is shown to outperform standard methods in recovering simulated causality graphs. The results are on par with a second novel approach which uses multiple statistical testing.
description: to appear in Journal of Machine Learning Research, Proceedings of the NIPS'08 workshop on Causality
Give us a hearing! :a straightforward answer to foul calumny and slander. by Bishop Schrembs of Toledo.
Creators: name: Schrembs, Joseph
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description:
 In four lectures: 1. The Catholic Church and morality. 2. The celibacy of the priesthood. 3. The truth about convents. 4. The Church and civil liberty.
Large-scale simulations of fluctuating biological membranes
Creators: name: Pasqua, Andrea
name: Maibaum, Lutz
name: Oster, George
name: Fletcher, Daniel A.
name: Geissler, Phillip L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a simple, and physically motivated, coarse-grained model of a lipid bilayer, suited for micron scale computer simulations. Each ~25 nm^2 patch of bilayer is represented by a spherical particle. Mimicking forces of hydrophobic association, multi-particle interactions suppress the exposure of each sphere's equator to its implicit solvent surroundings. The requirement of high equatorial density stabilizes two-dimensional structures without necessitating crystalline order, allowing us to match both the elasticity and fluidity of natural lipid membranes. We illustrate the model's versatility and realism by characterizing membrane response to a prodding nanorod.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
title: Brokkoli :
title: Richtlinien für die Durchführung der Prüfung auf Unterscheidbarkeit, Homogenität und Beständigkeit.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants,
Year: 0
Subjects: Group identity.
New Varieties of Plants
Broccoli

description: Zweck dieser Richtlinien („Prüfungsrichtlinien“) ist es, die in der Allgemeinen Einführung (Dokument TG/1/3) und deren verbundenen TGP-Dokumenten enthaltenen Grundsätze in detaillierte praktische Anleitung für die harmonisierte Prüfung der Unterscheidbarkeit, der Homogenität und der Beständigkeit (DUS) umzusetzen und insbesondere geeignete Merkmale für die DUS-Prüfung und die Erstellung harmonisierter Sortenbeschreibungen auszuweisen.
The Fermi/LAT sky as seen by INTEGRAL/IBIS
Creators: name: Ubertini, P.
name: Sguera, V.
name: Stephen, J. B.
name: Bassani, L.
name: Bazzano, A.
name: Bird, A. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this letter we present the result of the cross correlation between the 4th INTEGRAL/IBIS soft gamma-ray catalog, in the range 20-100 keV, and the Fermi LAT bright source list of objects emitting in the 100 MeV - 100 GeV range. The main result is that only a minuscule part of the more than 720 sources detected by INTEGRAL and the population of 205 Fermi LAT sources are detected in both spectral regimes. This is in spite of the mCrab INTEGRAL sensitivity for both galactic and extragalactic sources and the breakthrough, in terms of sensitivity, achieved by Fermi at MeV-GeV energies. The majority of the 14 Fermi LAT sources clearly detected in the 4th INTEGRAL/IBIS catalog are optically identified AGNs (10) complemented by 2 isolated pulsars (Crab and Vela) and 2 High Mass X-Ray Binaries (HMXB, LS I +61 303 and LS 5039). Two more possible associations have been found: one is 0FGL J1045.6-5937, possibly the counterpart at high energy of the massive colliding wind binary system Eta Carinae, discovered to be a soft gamma ray emitter by recent INTEGRAL observations and 0FGL J1746.0-2900 coincident with IGR J17459-2902, but still not identified with any known object at lower energy. For the remaining 189 Fermi LAT sources no INTEGRAL counterpart was found and we report the 2 sigma upper limit in the energy band 20-40 keV.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJL, 3 figures, 2 tables
MOESM3 of Population-based surveys and interventions for mental health literacy in China during 1997â 2018: a scoping review
Creators: name: Lu, Shurong
name: Oldenburg, Brian
name: Li, Wenjing
name: He, Yanling
name: Reavley, Nicola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Medicine
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. List of included papers.
A new approach to urban planning. A reiterable model of co-housing
Creators: name: Buglione, Francesca
Publisher: name: UPLanD - Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape & environmental Design
Year: 2020

description: The discussion on the territorial planning tools and on their reform has emerged in the Italian urban planning culture in the last thirty years, that is, since the old regulatory model of the 1942 law no. 1150 showed insurmountable limits which led to its crisis. This study presents a new approach to urban planning based on hierarchical levels, with the aim of modifying the entire Italian planning system and radically simplifying it. This research, in particular, focuses on the last level of advanced planning. In relation to this level, a practical application of the Implementation Urban Plan is shown, in support of the indicated methodology. The proposal is carried out on a sample level, in the municipality of Pomigliano d'Arco, presenting a model that can be considered a tool for the regeneration of the territory based on the use of inclusive and sustainable dynamics. This plan, inserted in the logic of experimenting with efficient settlement models from the urban, social and economic point of view, is only a model that, by way of example, can be replicated in several territorial areas, with due diversifications depending on the context considered. The decision to present a small-scale operational example derives from the need to show an application of the method presented, with the desirability of intervening on contiguous singular qualities which can contribute together to the regeneration of the entire municipal and supra-municipal territory.
description: UPLanD - Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape & environmental Design, Vol 5 No 1: Density
Quasi-isometric classification of non-geometric 3-manifold groups
Creators: name: Behrstock, Jason
name: Neumann, Walter D
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F65, 57N10, 20F36

description: We describe the quasi-isometric classification of fundamental groups of irreducible non-geometric 3-manifolds which do not have "too many" arithmetic hyperbolic geometric components, thus completing the quasi-isometric classification of 3--manifold groups in all but a few exceptional cases.
description: Minor revision (added footnote in the Introduction)
title: Τεχνικές μοριακής γαστρονομίας στην ανάπτυξη τροφίμων για άτομα με δυσφαγία
title: Molecular techniques in the production of food for dysphagia patients
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Λυράκου, Δανάη Μαρία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: Δυσφαγία
Μοριακή γαστρονομία
Τροποποίηση υφής
Καινοτομία τροφίμων
Διατροφολογία
3D εκτύπωση τροφίμου
Dysphagia
Molecular gastronomy
Texture modification
Food innovation
Nutritional science
3D food printing

description: Η παρούσα πτυχιακή εργασία διερευνά την ενσωμάτωση τεχνικών μοριακής γαστρονομίας στην ανάπτυξη προϊόντων διατροφής προσαρμοσμένων σε ασθενείς που πάσχουν από δυσφαγία. Η δυσφαγία αποτελεί μια παθολογική κατάσταση που επηρεάζει την ικανότητα μάσησης και κατάποσης της τροφής των ατόμων ανεξαρτήτου ηλικίας, θέτοντας σημαντικές προκλήσεις για την επίτευξη τόσο της διατροφικής επάρκειας σε θερμιδικό περιεχόμενο όσο και της γευστικότητας (απόλαυσης σε επίπεδο γεύσης και αρώματος) σε τροποποιημένες δίαιτες, διατροφικών δηλαδή αλλαγών που ικανοποιούν ιατρικές ανάγκες. Βασιζόμενη σε μια ολοκληρωμένη ανασκόπηση της βιβλιογραφίας που αφορά τη μοριακή γαστρονομία και τη διαχείριση της δυσφαγίας, η παρούσα εργασία διερευνά τις δυνατότητες εφαρμογής καινοτόμων μαγειρικών τεχνικών για την αντιμετώπιση των παραπάνω προκλήσεων. Η εργασία εξετάζει τις βασικές αρχές της μοριακής γαστρονομίας, τον αντίκτυπό της στην Επιστήμη των Τροφίμων και τις εφαρμογές της σε διαφορετικά πολιτιστικά πλαίσια. Εμβαθύνει στις τρέχουσες προσεγγίσεις για τη διατροφή ατόμων με δυσφαγία, δίνοντας έμφαση στους περιορισμούς των μεθόδων που εφαρμόζονται σήμερα. Μοριακές τεχνικές όπως η αντίστροφη σφαιροποίηση, η γαλακτωματοποίηση και η τριδιάστατη εκτύπωση διερευνώνται λεπτομερώς, υποστηριζόμενες από μελέτες περιπτώσεων που υπογραμμίζουν επιτυχημένες εφαρμογές στην τροποποίηση της υφής προϊόντων τροφίμων. Η εργασία αξιολογεί κριτικά τις τεχνικές, αισθητηριακές και ρυθμιστικές προκλήσεις που σχετίζονται με την εφαρμογή μοριακών τεχνικών στη διατροφή ατόμων με δυσφαγία. Επιπλέον, μελετά τη διατροφική επίδραση των μοριακά τροποποιημένων διατροφών και τις προοπτικές των καταναλωτών για την ενίσχυση της αποδοχής τους. Τα ευρήματα όχι μόνο συμβάλλουν στην πρόοδο της διατροφής ατόμων με δυσφαγία, αλλά προσφέρουν επίσης πληροφορίες για τις ηθικές, κοινωνικές και ρυθμιστικές επιπτώσεις της χρήσης της μοριακής γαστρονομίας στην υγειονομική περίθαλψη. Η μελέτη ολοκληρώνεται περιγράφοντας μελλοντικές κατευθύνσεις, δίνοντας έμφαση στη δυνατότητα συνεργασίας μεταξύ της μοριακής γαστρονομίας και της Επιστήμης των Τροφίμων για την εφαρμογή καινοτόμων διατροφικών λύσεων για άτομα που πάσχουν από δυσφαγία.
MOESM1 of The anti-phytoalexin gene Bx-cathepsin W supports the survival of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus under Pinus massoniana phytoalexin stress
Creators: name: Wang, Feng
name: Chen, Qiaoli
name: Zhang, Ruizhi
name: Li, Danlei
name: Ling, Yaming
name: Song, Ruiqing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Statistical analysis of the RNA sequencing data. Table S2. Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme genes. Table S3. Results of KEGG enrichment. Table S4. Anti-phytoalexin genes related to the Lysosome pathway. Table S5. The number of genes in the 25 modules. Table S6. Bx-cathepsin W-correlated anti-phytoalexin genes. Table S7. Identification of B. xylophilus xenobiotic metabolism genes. Text S1. Transcriptome library preparation and sequencing. Text S2. Data analysis of reads. Text S3. Transcriptome assembly. Text S4. The differential gene expression analysis. Text S5. The WGCNA algorithm.
The momentum flux probability distribution function for ion-temperature-gradient turbulence
Creators: name: Anderson, Johan
name: Kim, Eun-jin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There has been overwhelming evidence that coherent structures play a critical role in determining the overall transport in a variety of systems. We compute the probability distribution function (PDF) tails of momentum flux and heat flux in ion-temperature-gradient turbulence, by taking into account the interaction among modons, which are assumed to be coherent structures responsible for bursty and intermittent events, contributing to the PDF tails. The tail of PDF of momentum flux $R = < v_x v_y>$ is shown to be exponential with the form $\exp{\{-ξR^{3/2}\}}$, which is broader than a Gaussian, similarly to what was found in the previous local studies. An analogous expression with the same functional dependence is found for the PDF tails of heat flux. Furthermore, we present a detailed numerical study of the dependence of the PDF tail on the temperature and density scale lengths and other physical parameters through the coefficient $ξ$.
description: 23 pages, 2 figures
Weak vector and axial-vector form factors in the chiral constituent quark model with configuration mixing
Creators: name: Sharma, Neetika
name: Dahiya, Harleen
name: Chatley, P. K.
name: Gupta, Manmohan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effects of SU(3) symmetry breaking and configuration mixing have been investigated for the weak vector and axial-vector form factors in the chiral constituent quark model (χCQM) for the strangeness changing as well as strangeness conserving semi-leptonic octet baryon decays in the nonperturbative regime. The results are in good agreement with existing experimental data and also show improvement over other phenomenological models.
description: 11 pages, 3 Tables. To appear in Phys. Rev. D