cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ludesia Noyes 2023
Creators: name: Noyes, John Stuart
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Ludesia

description: Key to Costa Rican species of Ludesia
(Females and males)
1. Wings reduced (Figs 457, 464), fore wing not reaching half way along gaster (females)...............................................................................................................................2
- Wings fully developed (Fig. 462), fore wing exceeding apex of gaster (males).............3
 2 (1) Head and thorax largely black or very dark brown with a weak metallic sheen; frontovertex and posterior part of mesoscutum (Fig. 455) completely smooth and shiny.................................................................................................... hemera sp.nov. (p. 180)
 - Head and thorax largely orange or orange-brown; frontovertex with distinct punctate-reticulate sculpture and virtually matt; mesoscutum (Fig. 463) with distinct polygonally reticulate sculpture in posterior half or so............................................................................................................................... amalthea sp. nov. (p. 183)
 3 (1) Frontovertex with relatively shallow imbricate-reticulate to polygonally reticulate sculpture that is about as deep as that on mesoscutum (Fig. 456)................................................................................................................... hemera sp.nov. (p. 180)
 - Frontovertex (Fig. 468) with punctate-reticulate sculpture that is clearly deeper than sculpture on mesoscutum (Fig. 470)............................. amalthea sp.nov. (p. 183)
description: Published as part of Noyes, John Stuart, 2023, ENCYRTIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 4 Subfamily Encyrtinae: tribes Arrhenophagini, Habrolepidini, Cerapterocerini, Cheiloneurini, Trechnitini, Cercobelini, Polaszekiini, Protyndarichoidini, Gahaniellini and Syrphophagini (part), mainly primary parasitoids and hyperparasitoids of Coccoidea and Psylloidea (Hemiptera), pp. 1-921 in Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 2 (11) on page 180, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8074943
Neostethus lankesteri Regan 1916
Creators: name: Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz
name: Lavoué, Sébastien
name: Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani
name: Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah
name: A. Rahim, Masazurah
name: Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Phallostethidae
Neostethus
Neostethus lankesteri

description: Neostethus lankesteri Regan, 1916 Material examined. MALAYSIA • 3, 27– 35 mm TL; Kedah State, Semeling, Semeling Bridge; 5.680°N, 100.470°E; 17 Jul. 2019; Sébastien Lavoué leg.; USMFC (108) 00001.
description: Published as part of Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz, Lavoué, Sébastien, Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani, Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah, A. Rahim, Masazurah & Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna, 2021, Ichthyofauna of Sungai Merbok Mangrove Forest Reserve, northwest Peninsular Malaysia, and its adjacent marine waters, pp. 601-631 in Check List 17 (2) on page 619, DOI: 10.15560/17.2.601
Adaptive approximation of nonlinear eigenproblems by minimal rational interpolation
Creators: name: Pradovera, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65H17, 41A20, 30D30, 35P15, 35J05

description: We describe a strategy for solving nonlinear eigenproblems numerically. Our approach is based on the approximation of a vector-valued function, defined as solution of a non-homogeneous version of the eigenproblem. This approximation step is carried out via the minimal rational interpolation method. Notably, an adaptive sampling approach is employed: the expensive data needed for the approximation is gathered at locations that are optimally chosen by following a greedy error indicator. This allows the algorithm to employ computational resources only where "most of the information" on not-yet-approximated eigenvalues can be found. Then, through a post-processing of the surrogate, the sought-after eigenvalues and eigenvectors are recovered. Numerical examples are used to showcase the effectiveness of the method.
title: Typology of Performance in Teams: The Structure of Team Effectiveness and Dysfunction
Creators: name: Pezer, Leah
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: field research
subject: latent profile analysis
subject: multiple logistic regression
subject: organizational research
subject: organizational teams
subject: teams
subject: person-centered research
subject: performance
subject: team-centered research
subject: team dynamics
subject: team effectiveness
subject: team profiles
subject: viability
subject: well-being
subject: Business Administration--Management
subject: Psychology--Industrial

description: Effective team effectiveness is critical for organizations seeking to thrive in a competitive and dynamic environment, where collaborative efforts are increasingly integral to achieving strategic goals. While it is commonly believed that teamwork is on a spectrum of good to bad in team effectiveness criteria such as performance, viability, and well-being, this assumption has not been thoroughly tested. Questions remain about how these three outcomes interact and relate to each other, and whether there are trade-offs among these outcomes, such as high team performance at the cost of individual well-being. This study was conducted to explore these complexities by shifting the focus from viewing team effectiveness as a single, continuous outcome to examining distinct patterns of effectiveness within teams, where various outcomes coexist and influence each other. Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to test five hypothesized team effectiveness profiles, followed by Multiple Logistic Regression (MLR) to examine how team conditions relate to profile membership. The analysis identified five distinct profiles: Thriving, Striving, Mediocre, Groupy, and Surviving, each showing unique patterns in Performance, Viability, and Well-being. The MLR results had one significant result, indicating 'Purpose' was more likely to belong to the highly effective (i.e., Thriving) profile compared to Mediocre teams. This research contributes to our understanding of team effectiveness by 1) challenging the traditional approach of examining team outcomes separately, proposing instead that these outcomes are multidimensional and interconnected, 2) building on the growing body of person-centered research in the teams literature, and 3) introducing a new taxonomy of team types, offering a practical framework for organizations to classify teams and enhance team effectiveness through targeted strategies.
title: Symmetry Protected Topological Order As A Requirement for Measurement-Based Quantum Gate Teleportation
Creators: name: Liu, Zhuohao
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Quantum computing
subject: Measurement-based quantum computing
subject: Symmetry protected topological order
subject: Physics--Theory

description: All known resource states for measurement-based quantum teleportation in correlation space possess symmetry protected topological order, but is this a sufficient or even necessary condition? This work considers two families of one-dimensional qubit states to answer this question in the negative. The first is a family of matrix-product states with bond dimension two that includes the cluster state as a special case, protected by a global non-onsite symmetry, which is unable to deterministically teleport gates and which is characterized by a finite correlation length and a degenerate entanglement spectrum in the thermodynamic limit. The second are states with bond dimension four that are a resource for deterministic universal teleportation of finite single-qubit gates, but which possess no symmetry.
Bandlimited Intensity Modulation
Creators: name: Tavan, Mehrnaz
name: Agrell, Erik
name: Karout, Johnny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, the design and analysis of a new bandwidth-efficient signaling method over the bandlimited intensity-modulated direct-detection (IM/DD) channel is presented. The channel can be modeled as a bandlimited channel with nonnegative input and additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). Due to the nonnegativity constraint, standard methods for coherent bandlimited channels cannot be applied here. Previously established techniques for the IM/DD channel require bandwidth twice the required bandwidth over the conventional coherent channel. We propose a method to transmit without intersymbol interference in a bandwidth no larger than the bit rate. This is done by combining Nyquist or root-Nyquist pulses with a constant bias and using higher-order modulation formats. In fact, we can transmit with a bandwidth equal to that of coherent transmission. A trade-off between the required average optical power and the bandwidth is investigated. Depending on the bandwidth required, the most power-efficient transmission is obtained by the parametric linear pulse, the so-called "better than Nyquist" pulse, or the root-raised cosine pulse.
description: 28 pages 10 Figures
The role of vitamin D and adiponectin in ethnic-specific differences in body fat distribution and risk for cardiovascular disease
Creators: name: Sulistyoningrum, Dian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Background: Body fat distribution, in particular visceral adipose tissue (VAT), contributes to risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The Multicultural-Community Health Assessment Trial (M-CHAT) reported that South Asians have greater VAT than Europeans despite similar BMIs, putting them at greater risk of CVD. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying ethnic-specific differences in body fat distribution are unclear. Low circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and adiponectin concentrations are prevalent in individuals with obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²), and are associated with increased risk of CVD. Furthermore, 25OHD is inversely associated with blood pressure. Adiponectin is an adipokine that has insulin-sensitizing, anti-inflammatory, and anti-atherogenic properties. Adiponectin circulates as isoforms low (LMW), medium (MMW), and the reported most biologically active isoform, high (HMW) molecular weight. This thesis aims to investigate ethnic-specific differences in the relationship between plasma 25OHD and adiponectin concentrations with body fat distribution and CVD risk factors. Methods/Results: Europeans (n=171) and South Asians (n=176) from the M-CHAT cohort were assessed for demographics, plasma 25OHD, total and HMW adiponectin concentrations, and CVD risk factors. A computed tomography (CT) scan was used to quantify VAT and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) deposition. South Asians had lower (p < 0.001) 25OHD in comparison to the Europeans (63.0 nmol/L vs. 39 nmol/L, respectively). VAT was inversely associated (p < 0.05) with 25OHD even after adjustment for age, sex, BMI, season of blood collection, SAT and total body fat (%). This suggests that VAT mediates the relationship between plasma 25OHD and CVD risk. Furthermore, the inverse association between systolic and diastolic blood pressure and 25OHD was no longer significant after adjustment for VAT. However, circulating plasma adiponectin concentrations remained strongly associated with fasting plasma HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, and HOMA-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), even after adjustment for VAT. Interestingly, South Asians also had lower (p<0.001) total and HMW adiponectin concentrations compared to Europeans. Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that plasma 25OHD and total and HMW adiponectin concentrations are associated with VAT deposition in Europeans and South Asians. Furthermore, plasma 25OHD and total and HMW adiponectin concentrations are lower in South Asians than the Europeans, which may contribute to elevated CVD risk in South Asians.
title: Analyzing The Extent and Nature of Unhealthy Food Marketing to Children on YouTube in Canada Using Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: Al Sharani, Sara
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Unhealthy food marketing
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: YouTube
subject: Children
subject: Digital media exposure
subject: Public Health

description: Background: Unhealthy food marketing to children negatively affects their dietary intake and health. However, little is known about the extent and nature of unhealthy food marketing on YouTube and other digital media due to reliance on manual methods. Objectives: The first aim was to use an AI system to examine the extent and nature of unhealthy food marketing instances shown on YouTube videos suggested to children under the age of 13 years based on age and gender. The second aim was to quantify performance of the AI system. Methods: Over 2 months of continuous monitoring, an AI system was used to collect video marketing instances played before, during, and after videos suggested by YouTube’s algorithm to 6 child and 2 adult accounts from 4 major cities in Canada. The extent and nature of monthly child-targeted unhealthy food marketing were characterized during a 24-hour daily viewing period and children’s typical 2-hour daily viewing period. To quantify the performance of the AI system, two raters manually analyzed random samples of 647 marketing instances and 615 food marketing instances. Results: In total, 60,633 marketing instances were collected. On average, child accounts (5-12 years) were shown 25 monthly unhealthy food marketing instances during a 2-hour daily viewing period. The boy’s account (9-12 years) was shown a higher monthly frequency of child-targeted unhealthy food marketing instances (340, 70.2%) than the girl’s (9-12 years; 289, 59.5%) and man’s account (224, 79.9%) during a 24-hour but not a 2-hour daily viewing period. The nature of marketing instances shown to all 8 accounts did not differ by age or gender. The AI system performed well in identifying food marketing instances and classifying unhealthy foods, moderately in classifying core child-targeted and non-specific marketing techniques but was less accurate in identifying healthy food marketing instances and broad child-targeted marketing techniques. Conclusion: Findings suggest that children's potential exposure to unhealthy food marketing on YouTube may be minimal. Food marketers may target a general audience, rather than children based on age and gender. This study demonstrates AI’s potential in monitoring unhealthy food marketing to children.
On the dynamics of a dark sector coupling
Creators: name: Yang, Weiqiang
name: Pan, Supriya
name: Mena, Olga
name: Di Valentino, Eleonora
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interacting dark energy models may play a crucial role in explaining several important observational issues in modern cosmology and also may provide a solution to current cosmological tensions. Since the phenomenology of the dark sector could be extremely rich, one should not restrict the interacting models to have a coupling parameter which is constant in cosmic time, rather allow for its dynamical behavior, as it is common practice in the literature when dealing with other dark energy properties, as the dark energy equation of state. We present here a compendium of the current cosmological constraints on a large variety of interacting models, investigating scenarios where the coupling parameter of the interaction function and the dark energy equation of state can be either constant or dynamical. For the most general schemes, in which both the coupling parameter of the interaction function and the dark energy equation of state are dynamical, we find $95\%$~CL evidence for a dark energy component at early times and slightly milder evidence for a dynamical dark coupling for the most complete observational data set exploited here, which includes CMB, BAO and Supernova Ia measurements. Interestingly, there are some cases where a dark energy component different from the cosmological constant case at early times together with a coupling different from zero today, can alleviate both the $H_0$ and $S_8$ tension for the full dataset combination considered here. Due to the energy exchange among the dark sectors, the current values of the matter energy density and of the clustering parameter $σ_8$ are shifted from their $Λ$CDM-like values. This fact makes future surveys, especially those focused on weak lensing measurements, unique tools to test the nature and the couplings of the dark energy sector.
description: 28 pages, 23 tables and 8 figures; published version in JHEAp
Swift follow-up observations of unclassified ASCA sources
Creators: name: Degenaar, N.
name: Starling, R. L. C.
name: Evans, P. A.
name: Beardmore, A. P.
name: Burrows, D. N.
name: Cackett, E. M.
name: Campana, S.
name: Grupe, D.
name: Kennea, J.
name: Moretti, A.
name: Pagani, C.
name: Page, K. L.
name: La Parola, V.
name: Wijnands, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present Swift follow-up observations of a sample of 35 unclassified faint X-ray sources drawn from the ASCA Galactic centre and plane surveys. Our short pointed XRT observations allow detections down to a limiting 0.3-10 keV flux of ~1E-13 erg cm-2 s-1, which translates into a luminosity of ~1E33 erg s-1 for an assumed distance of D=8 kpc. The brightest source in our sample reaches a maximum 0.3-10 keV luminosity of ~2E36 (D/8kpc)^2 erg s-1 during our observations. We detect 16 (46%) of the ASCA sources with the XRT, while 19 were not detected during our program. Since we are probing the faint end of the ASCA source populations, we expect a large fraction of the non-detections to be due to the Eddington bias. This is strengthened by the fact that we find the observed XRT count rates to be predominantly lower than expected based on the reported ASCA intensities. Investigation of the ASCA properties and long-term X-ray variability leads us to conclude that the non-detections likely include two spurious ASCA detections and three objects that are variable or transient X-ray sources. For the 16 XRT-detected sources we obtain positional accuracies of ~2-4", which significantly improves upon their ASCA uncertainties of ~1'. We use the X-ray spectra and variability to characterise these objects. Most appear to be faint, persistent X-ray emitters that have highly absorbed spectra. Based on their X-ray properties we identify three accreting compact objects: one confirmed (AX J1754.2-2754) and one candidate (AX J1538.3-5541) X-ray binary, and one possible magnetically accreting white dwarf (AX J1620.1-5002). Furthermore, we use the improved positions of XRT-detected sources to search for counterparts in simultaneously obtained Swift/UVOT images and possible associations with cataloged sources at various wavelengths. This reveals three possible main sequence stars amongst our sample.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A without revision. Updated a few references
A Case for Open Science Hardware
Creators: name: Havemann, Johanna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Open Science Hardware
Open Source Hardware

description: Presentation about Open Science Hardware held at the Berlin Open Science - Reproducible Research - Meetup on Feb 06, 2019.
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Electronic correlations and crystal structure distortions in BaBiO3
Creators: name: Korotin, Dm.
name: Kukolev, V.
name: Kozhevnikov, A. V.
name: Novoselov, D.
name: Anisimov, V. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: BaBiO3 is a material where formally Bi4+ ions with the half-filled 6s-states form the alternating set of Bi3+ and Bi5+ ions resulting in a charge ordered insulator. The charge ordering is accompanied by the breathing distortion of the BiO6 octahedra (extension and contraction of the Bi-O bond lengths). Standard Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations fail to obtain the crystal structure instability caused by the pure breathing distortions. Combining effects of the breathing distortions and tilting of the BiO6 octahedra allows DFT to reproduce qualitatively experimentally observed insulator with monoclinic crystal structure but gives strongly underestimate breathing distortion parameter and energy gap values. In the present work we reexamine the BaBiO3 problem within the GGA+U method using a Wannier functions basis set for the Bi 6s-band. Due to high oxidation state of bismuth in this material the Bi 6s-symmetry Wannier function is predominantly extended spatially on surrounding oxygen ions and hence differs strongly from a pure atomic 6s-orbital. That is in sharp contrast to transition metal oxides (with exclusion of high oxidation state compounds) where the major part a of d-band Wannier function is concentrated on metal ion and a pure atomic d-orbital can serve as a good approximation. The GGA+U calculation results agree well with experimental data, in particular with experimental crystal structure parameters and energy gap values. Moreover, the GGA+U method allows one to reproduce the crystal structure instability due to the pure breathing distortions without octahedra tilting.
Physical Human-Robot Interaction Control of an Upper Limb Exoskeleton with a Decentralized Neuro-Adaptive Control Scheme
Creators: name: Hejrati, Mahdi
name: Mattila, Jouni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Within the concept of physical human-robot interaction (pHRI), the most important criterion is the safety of the human operator interacting with a high degree of freedom (DoF) robot. Therefore, a robust control scheme is in high demand to establish safe pHRI and stabilize nonlinear, high DoF systems. In this paper, an adaptive decentralized control strategy is designed to accomplish the abovementioned objectives. To do so, a human upper limb model and an exoskeleton model are decentralized and augmented at the subsystem level to enable a decentralized control action design. Moreover, human exogenous force (HEF) that can resist exoskeleton motion is estimated using radial basis function neural networks (RBFNNs). Estimating both human upper limb and robot rigid body parameters, along with HEF estimation, makes the controller adaptable to different operators, ensuring their physical safety. The barrier Lyapunov function (BLF) is employed to guarantee that the robot can operate in a safe workspace while ensuring stability by adjusting the control law. Unknown actuator uncertainty and constraints are also considered in this study to ensure a smooth and safe pHRI. Then, the asymptotic stability of the whole system is established by means of the virtual stability concept and virtual power flows (VPFs) under the proposed robust controller. The experimental results are presented and compared to proportional-derivative (PD) and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers. To show the robustness of the designed controller and its good performance, experiments are performed at different velocities, with different human users, and in the presence of unknown disturbances. The proposed controller showed perfect performance in controlling the robot, whereas PD and PID controllers could not even ensure stable motion in the wrist joints of the robot.
description: This work has been accepted for publication by the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Additional file 17 of Physiological, metabolomic, and transcriptomic reveal metabolic pathway alterations in Gymnocypris przewalskii due to cold exposure
Creators: name: Liu, Sijia
name: Tian, Fei
name: Qi, Delin
name: Qi, Hongfang
name: Wang, Yang
name: Xu, Shixiao
name: Zhao, Kai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 17.
Untyping Typed Algebras and Colouring Cyclic Linear Logic
Creators: name: Pous, Damien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.1, F.4.3

description: We prove "untyping" theorems: in some typed theories (semirings, Kleene algebras, residuated lattices, involutive residuated lattices), typed equations can be derived from the underlying untyped equations. As a consequence, the corresponding untyped decision procedures can be extended for free to the typed settings. Some of these theorems are obtained via a detour through fragments of cyclic linear logic, and give rise to a substantial optimisation of standard proof search algorithms.
description: 21p
title: AI and Ethics: Considerations for Information Professionals
Creators: name: Reiche, Ingrid
name: Ruddock, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Libraries & Cultural Resources
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: artificial intelligence
subject: libraries
subject: ethics

description: The topic of artificial intelligence is inescapable in many spheres, and libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions are no exception. As organizations incorporate AI into their policies and strategic plans—and as the question “what if we used AI?” increases in frequency during our conversations with colleagues—it is becoming increasingly important for information professionals to be able to discern when and how to use AI, if at all, in our work. Additionally, amidst genuine interest in learning new technology and the frequent discussions of the boundless potential of AI, the inherent ethical considerations are often either downplayed or ignored completely. In this program, three speakers will present their own experiences working with AI for various library projects. They will share both the benefits and challenges of incorporating such technologies into their work, as well as considerations for mitigating potential harm and biases that the use of AI may introduce or proliferate in our systems, applications, and shared information landscape. In the University of Calgary, Digital Services case, we discuss our local context, how we're building an ethical space to use AI tools from a manager and team perspective, and illustrate this context using four examples.
Nonadiabatic pumping in classical and quantum chaotic scatterers
Creators: name: Castañeda, A.
name: Dittrich, T.
name: Sinuco, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study directed transport in periodically forced scattering systems in the regime of fast and strong driving where the dynamics is mixed to chaotic and adiabatic approximations do not apply. The model employed is a square potential well undergoing lateral oscillations, alternatively as two- or single-parameter driving. Mechanisms of directed transport are analyzed in terms of asymmetric irregular scattering processes. Quantizing the system in the framework of Floquet scattering theory, we calculate directed currents on basis of transmission and reflection probabilities obtained by numerical wavepacket scattering. We observe classical as well as quantum transport beyond linear response, manifest in particular in a non-zero current for single-parameter driving where according to adiabatic theory, it should vanish identically.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
Restricted Secant Varieties of Grassmannians
Creators: name: Bidleman, Dalton
name: Oeding, Luke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14N07, 14G50

description: Restricted secant varieties of Grassmannians are constructed from sums of points corresponding to $k$-planes with the restriction that their intersection has a prescribed dimension. We study dimensions of restricted secant of Grassmannians and relate them to the analogous question for secants of Grassmannians via an incidence variety construction. We define a notion of expected dimension and give a formula for the dimension of all restricted secant varieties of Grassmannians that holds if the Baur-Draisma-deGraaf Conjecture on non-defectivity of Grassmannians is true. We also demonstrate example calculations in Macaulay2, and point out ways to make these calculations more efficient. We also show a potential application to coding theory.
description: 19 pages
title: Wearable Measurement of Breathing for Music Performance
Creators: name: Jones, Lucie Florence
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Fine Arts
subject: Music
subject: Education
subject: Education--Technology

description: Research confirms that wearable technology has a positive impact on athletes’ performance. Musicians and athletes share similar physical demands, including musculoskeletal stresses caused by frequent and repetitive usage. Despite sharing similar physical demands, wearable technology is not yet an integral part of the musician’s training environment. In response to this lack of technology use by musicians, we designed, developed, and gamified a low-cost, easy-to-use, and meaningful wearable device for wind players, the Abdominal Thoracic Expansion Measurement Prototype wearable device (ATEMP). The ATEMP measures wind players’ breathing-induced abdominal and ribcage expansion and contraction while they are playing, and provides real-time biofeedback on players’ breathing technique. We ran studies to validate the device and establish the value of such wearable technology use as part of the musician’s training environment with regard to performance optimization. The results of the studies were positive and underlined the need and relevance of this research. A Validation study confirmed that data generated by the ATEMP compares favourably with that of the industry’s gold standard. An Observational study showed there is a correlation between a musician’s breathing technique and their quality of performance. The gamification of the ATEMP and the subsequent Gamification study, show promising results and provide motivation for further investigation. The feedback of the participants throughout the three studies indicated the relevance and need for this research.
Strongylura strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt 1823
Creators: name: Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz
name: Lavoué, Sébastien
name: Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani
name: Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah
name: A. Rahim, Masazurah
name: Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Beloniformes
Belonidae
Strongylura
Strongylura strongylura

description: Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823) Figure 2H Material examined. MALAYSIA • 3, 245– 255 mm TL; Kedah State, Kuala Kedah, Kuala Muda Whispering Market; 05.578°N, 100.341°E; 7.12.2018; Danial H. Zainal Abidin, Norli F.M.A.H. Alshari leg.; USMFC (89) 00002. Identification. Maximum TL about 400 mm. Body very elongate (not eel-like) and cylindrical; elongated upper and lower jaws forming pointed snout; sharp teeth in both jaws; caudal fin rounded; dorsal-fin rays 12–15; anal-fin rays 15–18; body flanks and belly silver whitish, dorsally greenish; a distinct large (its diameter roughly equal to eye diameter) black spot on caudal fin, distal part of caudal fin yellowish. Strongylura strongylura is easily recognizable in the Merbok river estuary by its elongated upper and lower jaws and the presence of a distinct large black spot on caudal fin. Strongylura strongylura is a common coastal species which is often encountered in brackish mangrove ecosystems. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region.
description: Published as part of Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz, Lavoué, Sébastien, Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani, Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah, A. Rahim, Masazurah & Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna, 2021, Ichthyofauna of Sungai Merbok Mangrove Forest Reserve, northwest Peninsular Malaysia, and its adjacent marine waters, pp. 601-631 in Check List 17 (2) on page 619, DOI: 10.15560/17.2.601
Empowering EDIHs: Exploring AgrifoodTEF Services, Infrastructure & Collaboration in Sweden, Spain & Belgium
Creators: name: Rydberg, Anna
name: García, Roberto
name: van Langenhove, Liam
name: Hunninck, Marijke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Agriculture
agritech
ai
agrifood
agrifoodTEF
farmimg
futurefarming

description: This session takes the opportunity to delve deeper into the services provided by agrifoodTEF. During the event, the attendees can learn more about the organisation and role of the nodes that bring the agrifoodTEF mission to reality. More specifically, the participants can take a look at the nodes located in Sweden, Spain and Belgium, explaining their capabilities, services and contact options. At the end of the session, participants have an understanding of the network of physical and digital facilities across Europe that make up the agrifoodTEF project, which not only stand out because of the help they provide to assess and validate third-party Al and Robotics solutions in real-world conditions, but also because they are renowned for their excellence and expertise in digital innovation applied to the agrifood sector.
Solving the Complex Phase Problem in a QCD Related Model
Creators: name: Delgado, Ydalia
name: Evertz, Hans Gerd
name: Gattringer, Christof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss an effective theory for QCD at finite chemical potential and non-zero temperature, where QCD is reduced to its center degrees of freedom. The effective action can be mapped to a flux representation, where the complex phase problem is solved and the theory accessible to Monte Carlo techniques. In this work, we use a generalized Prokof'ev-Svistunov worm algorithm to perform the simulations and determine the phase diagram as a function of temperature, quark mass and chemical potential. It turns out that the transition is qualitatively as expected for QCD.
description: 6 pages and 3 figures, proceedings for "Excited QCD", Les Houches, France, 20 - 25 February, 2011
Spin squeezed GKP codes for quantum error correction in atomic ensembles
Creators: name: Omanakuttan, Sivaprasad
name: Volkoff, T. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: GKP codes encode a qubit in displaced phase space combs of a continuous-variable (CV) quantum system and are useful for correcting a variety of high-weight photonic errors. Here we propose atomic ensemble analogues of the single-mode CV GKP code by using the quantum central limit theorem to pull back the phase space structure of a CV system to the compact phase space of a quantum spin system. We study the optimal recovery performance of these codes under error channels described by stochastic relaxation and isotropic ballistic dephasing processes using the diversity combining approach for calculating channel fidelity. We find that the spin GKP codes outperform other spin system codes such as cat codes or binomial codes. Our spin GKP codes based on the two-axis countertwisting interaction and superpositions of SU(2) coherent states are direct spin analogues of the finite-energy CV GKP codes, whereas our codes based on one-axis twisting do not yet have well-studied CV analogues. An implementation of the spin GKP codes is proposed which uses the linear combination of unitaries method, applicable to both the CV and spin GKP settings. Finally, we discuss a fault-tolerant approximate gate set for quantum computing with spin GKP-encoded qubits, obtained by translating gates from the CV GKP setting using quantum central limit theorem.
description: More details added to the previous versions with more figures
Jex: High Performance Computing at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Creators: name: Young, George
name: Coktas, Adil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: HPC
High Performance Computing
Cluster Computing
Linux

description: Jex is a high performance computing cluster at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences. This report details information about the cluster, the user base, and its intended usage.
Semaphorin 5B functions as a diffusible guidance cue to regulate sensory axon pathfinding during development
Creators: name: Liu, Rachel Qian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The centrally projecting sensory axons of the dorsal root ganglia follow a well established pattern that is conserved across many species and offers a robust model for the study of axonal guidance. When primary sensory axons leave the sensory ganglia and project to the embryonic spinal cord, they do not immediately extend into the spinal cord dorsal horn, but bifurcate and travel long the rostrocaudal axis of the animal to form the dorsal funiculus and Lissaur’s tract. At a later stage they extend collateral fibres that enter the dorsal horn and target to specific laminae according to their sensory modality. The factors that prevent immediate entry into the dorsal horn or regulate the timing of sensory collateral formation and specificity of lamina innervation have not been clearly identified. Our lab previously showed that Semaphorin5B (Sema5B), a member of the semaphorin family of guidance molecules, is dynamically expressed in the embryonic spinal cord and correlates with these sensory axon targeting events. Using in vitro assays, I show systematically that Sema5B inhibits growth of both nerve growth factor-responsive and neurotrophin-3-responsive dorsal root ganglion neurites and that this inhibitory effect on the former is mediated in part through the cell adhesion molecule TAG-1. Using the technique of RNA interference, I show in vivo that a reduction-of-function of Sema5B in the spinal cord leads to cutaneous axons not only projecting prematurely into, but to erroneous targets within the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, while proprioceptive axons continued to pathfind correctly. Together, these results suggest that Sema5B acts as a repulsive barrier for centrally projecting primary sensory axons that first reach the spinal cord, and once collaterals form, Sema5B exerts a differential function on different types of sensory fibres to regulate their pathfinding. This is the first study to identify the specific cue that regulates sensory neuron entry and guidance into the spinal cord dorsal horn grey matter.
The boy from Bundaberg: Studies in Melanesian linguistics in honour of Tom Dutton
Creators: name: Pawley, Andrew (Ed.)
name: Ross, Malcolm (Ed.)
name: Tryon, Darrell (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 2001

description: PL-514
description: Contents vContributors to this volume vii{Andrew Pawley} 1 1 Tom Dutton: linguist.{Lois Carrington} 13 2 T.E. Dutton: a personal bibliography.{Robert A. Blust} 23 3 Reduplicated colour terms in Oceanic languages.{Joel Bradshaw} 51 4 Iwal grammar essentials, with comparative notes.{Ann Chowning} 75 5 Proto Melanesian plant names reconsidered.{Bernard Comrie} 89 6 Haruai kin terms.{Mark Donohue} 97 7 Animacy, class and gender in Burmeso.{Cynthia J.M. Farr} 117 8 Idioms: the darndest things that people say.{Karl J. Franklin} 143 9 Kutubuan (Foe and Fasu) and Proto Engan.{Volker Heeschen} 155 10 Event-formulas: sentences as minimal narratives.{Susanne Holzknecht} 175 11 Number and person in the Duwet language of Papua New Guinea: the obsessive case of number.{John Lynch} 193 12 Passive and food possession in Oceanic languages.{Francesca Merlan and Alan Rumsey} 215 13 Aspects of ergativity and reported speech in Ku Waru.{Peter Mühlhäusler} 233 14 Tang bilong bulmakau long aspik: talking about food in Tok Pisin.{Otto I.M.S. Nekitel} 241 15 The functions of -i in Abu' Arapesh.{Meredith Osmond} 251 16 The semantics of moŋ in the Chimbu-Wahgi languages of the Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea.{Andrew Pawley} 261 17 The Proto Trans New Guinea obstruents: arguments from top-down reconstruction.{Malcolm Ross} 301 18 Is there an East Papuan phylum? Evidence from pronouns.{Gunter Senft} 323 19 'Kevalikuliku': earthquake magic from the Trobriand Islands (for unshakeables).{Evelyn M. Todd} 333 20 Subject agreement with Bilua infinitives.{Darrell Tryon} 345 21 Ngatikese Men's Language.{C.L. Voorhoeve} 361 22 Proto Awyu-Dumut phonology II.{Stephen A. Wurm} 383 23 Language endangerment in the insular Greater Pacific area, and the New Guinea area in particular.{Apoi Yarapea} 399 24 On interclausal reference in Kewa.
Leggett-Garg violations for continuous variable systems with gaussian states
Creators: name: Mawby, Clement
name: Halliwell, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Macrorealism (MR) is the world view that certain quantities may take definite values at all times irrespective of past or future measurements and may be experimentally falsified via the Leggett-Garg (LG) inequalities. We put this world view to the test for systems described by a continuous variable $x$ by seeking LG violations for measurements of a dichotomic variable $Q = \textrm{sign}(x)$, in the case of gaussian initial states in a quantum harmonic oscillator. Extending our earlier analysis [C. Mawby and J. J. Halliwell, Phys. Rev. A 105, 022221 (2022)] we find analytic expressions for the temporal correlators. An exploration of parameter space reveals significant regimes in which the two-time LG inequalities are violated, and likewise at three and four times. To obtain a physical picture of the LG violations, we exploit the continuous nature of the underlying position variable and analyse the relevant quantum-mechanical currents, Bohm trajectories, and Wigner function. Further, we extend the analysis LG tests using coherent state projectors, thermal coherent states, and squeezed states.
Additional file 1 of Analysis of bZIP gene family in lotus (Nelumbo) and functional study of NnbZIP36 in regulating anthocyanin synthesis
Creators: name: Zhou, Ping
name: Li, Jingwen
name: Jiang, Huiyan
name: Jin, Qijiang
name: Wang, Yanjie
name: Xu, Yingchun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Localization of the bZIP genes in the lotus genome. A: N. nucifera. B: N. lutea. Fig. S2. Distribution of cis-acting elements in the promoter region of bZIP genes in lotus. Fig. S3. The heat map of NnbZIPs and NlbZIPs protein sequence alignment rates. The different colored circles indicate the degree of protein sequence similarity. Fig. S4. Sequence alignment analysis of NnbZIP36 and NlbZIP38. Table S1. Sources of transcriptome data used in this study. Table S2. List of primers used in this study.
Lorentz-breaking Rarita-Schwinger model
Creators: name: Gomes, M.
name: Mariz, T.
name: Nascimento, J. R.
name: Petrov, A. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we formulate the Lorentz-breaking extension for the spin-3/2 field theory and couple it to the Abelian gauge field in a Lorentz violating (LV) manner. Next, we calculate the lower LV quantum corrections, that is, the Carroll-Field-Jackiw (CFJ) term, which, being superficially divergent, turns out to be finite but ambiguous, and also the higher-derivative CFJ term. Besides, we compute the aether term, being the lowest CPT-even LV term, involving the second order in the LV vector.
description: 10 pages, minor corrections
Hyporhamphus quoyi
Creators: name: Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz
name: Lavoué, Sébastien
name: Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani
name: Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah
name: A. Rahim, Masazurah
name: Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Beloniformes
Hemiramphidae
Hyporhamphus
Hyporhamphus quoyi

description: Hyporhamphus quoyi (Valenciennes, 1847) Figure 2I Material examined. MALAYSIA • 3, 125– 136 mm TL; Kedah State, Kuala Kedah, Kuala Muda Whispering Market; 05.578°N, 100.341°E; 6 Dec. 2018; Danial H. Zainal Abidin, Norli F.M.A.H. Alshari leg.; USMFC (105) 00001. • 1, 151 mm TL; Kedah State, Kampung Batu Lintang, Pompang Batu Lintang; 05.625°N, 100.394°E; 17 Jul. 2019; Sébastien Lavoué leg.; USMFC (105) 00005. Identification. Maximum TL (from the upper jaw tip) reported about 300 mm. Body elongate and rounded in cross section, with elongated lower jaw, about twice longer than head length; short round upper jaw with rounded tip; caudal fin unevenly forked (lower lobe about 25% longer than upper lobe); gill rakers on first gill arch 26– 34; body flanks and ventral part silver, dorsum greenish/ greyish; yellowish silver stripe on mid-lateral body. Hyporhamphus quoyi is distinguished from H. dussumieri by its proportionally shorter lower jaw (contained>6 times in SL) and the rounded tip of its upper jaw. Hyporhamphus quoyi is a common coastal species in this region regularly frequenting estuary. This species was not reported in the mangrove estuary of Sikao Creek (Tongnunui et al. 2002).
description: Published as part of Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz, Lavoué, Sébastien, Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani, Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah, A. Rahim, Masazurah & Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna, 2021, Ichthyofauna of Sungai Merbok Mangrove Forest Reserve, northwest Peninsular Malaysia, and its adjacent marine waters, pp. 601-631 in Check List 17 (2) on page 620, DOI: 10.15560/17.2.601
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