cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Naked Ambitions: Undressed To Impress Nudism & Identity In Nigeria
Creators: name: James, Nahna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: nudism
naturism
nigeria

description: This study explores the relationship between identity and nudism in Nigeria, a phenomenon often associated with Western civilizations. It examines the complexities of nudism and its impact on identity in Nigeria, focusing on social media, cultural views, community dynamics, and legal frameworks. The research uses qualitative methods like thematic analysis and interviews to reveal the complexity of nudist activities and the challenges faced by Nigerian nudist groups. The findings reveal that freedom of expression, cultural, religious, and personal convictions influence nudism in Nigeria. Lobbying for legal recognition and preservation of nudist rights, breaking social taboos, and fostering inclusivity is crucial. The study also highlights the intersection of gender, sexual orientation, and spirituality with nudism. The findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of nudism and its role in defining identity within Nigerian society.
Diffractive shear interferometry for extreme ultraviolet high-resolution lensless imaging
Creators: name: Jansen, G. S. M.
name: de Beurs, A. C. C.
name: Liu, X.
name: Eikema, K. S. E.
name: Witte, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a novel imaging approach and associated reconstruction algorithm for far-field coherent diffractive imaging, based on the measurement of a pair of laterally sheared diffraction patterns. The differential phase profile retrieved from such a measurement leads to improved reconstruction accuracy, increased robustness against noise, and faster convergence compared to traditional coherent diffractive imaging methods. We measure laterally sheared diffraction patterns using Fourier-transform spectroscopy with two phase-locked pulse pairs from a high harmonic source. Using this approach, we demonstrate spectrally resolved imaging at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths between 28 and 35 nm.
Historical sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon and the northwest
Creators: name: Blanchet, Francis Norbert, 1795-1883
Publisher: name: Ferndale : [publisher not identified]
Year: 2015

description: "Cover title. Caption title: Historical sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon during the past forty years, 1831-1878. This edition first published in Glad tidings by Fr. J.B. Boulet. 'This second edition has been corrected by the author, the most Rev. Francis Norbert Blanchet, D.D., first Archbishop of Oregon, before his death' : - p[I]." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 25.
title: A simple one-step procedure to synthesise gold nanostars in concentrated aqueous surfactant solutions
Creators: name: Liebig, Ferenc
name: Henning, Ricky
name: Sarhan, Radwan M.
name: Prietzel, Claudia
name: Schmitt, Clemens N. Z.
name: Bargheer, Matias
name: Koetz, Joachim
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2019

description: Due to the enhanced electromagnetic field at the tips of metal nanoparticles, the spiked structure of gold nanostars (AuNSs) is promising for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Therefore, the challenge is the synthesis of well designed particles with sharp tips. The influence of different surfactants, i.e., dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (AOT), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and benzylhexadecyldimethylammonium chloride (BDAC), as well as the combination of surfactant mixtures on the formation of nanostars in the presence of Ag⁺ ions and ascorbic acid was investigated. By varying the amount of BDAC in mixed micelles the core/spike-shell morphology of the resulting AuNSs can be tuned from small cores to large ones with sharp and large spikes. The concomitant red-shift in the absorption toward the NIR region without losing the SERS enhancement enables their use for biological applications and for time-resolved spectroscopic studies of chemical reactions, which require a permanent supply with a fresh and homogeneous solution. HRTEM micrographs and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) experiments allow us to verify the mechanism of nanostar formation according to the silver underpotential deposition on the spike surface in combination with micelle adsorption.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 769
Quantum Group Structure and Local Fields in the Algebraic Approach to 2D Gravity
Creators: name: Schnittger, Jens
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This review contains a summary of work by J.-L. Gervais and the author on the operator approach to 2d gravity. Special emphasis is placed on the construction of local observables -the Liouville exponentials and the Liouville field itself - and the underlying algebra of chiral vertex operators. The double quantum group structure arising from the presence of two screening charges is discussed and the generalized algebra and field operators are derived. In the last part, we show that our construction gives rise to a natural definition of a quantum tau function, which is a noncommutative version of the classical group-theoretic representation of the Liouville fields by Leznov and Saveliev.
description: 38 pages, LaTex file. Proceedings of the Vth International Conference on Mathematical Physics, Strings and Quantum gravity, Alushta, Ukraine 1994
The remarkable history of the Hudson's Bay Company including that of the French traders of north-western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor fur companies
Creators: name: Bryce, George, 1844-1931
Publisher: name: Toronto : William Briggs
Year: 2015

description: "Preface dated August 19, 1910. Also published in Toronto by William Briggs in 1910 and in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1911, both from the English printing." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 37.
SERIES EXPANSION FOR NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCES IN LARGE-AMPLITUDE OSCILLATORY SHEAR FLOW FROM OLDROYD 8-CONSTANT FRAMEWORK: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Creators: name: Pongthep Poungthong
name: Giacomin, Alan Jeffrey
name: Chaimongkol Saengow
name: Chanyut Kolitawong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90408 Rheology
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: In this supplementary material, we show how we arrive at the starting eqautions before grouping and rearanging it into our main results. We begin with the exact solution for first and second normal stress difference responses for any special cases of the Oldroyd 8-constant framework, Eqs. (50) and (51) with, Eqs. (52) through (58)] of [Physics of fluid 29, 121601 (2017)], in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow (LAOS). We then expand the exact solutions in Taylor series about Wi=0 (in even powers up to Wi^16) to get the starting eqautions.
The Northwest fur trade, and the Indians of the Oregon country. 1788-1830
Creators: name: Sturgis, William, 1782-1863
Publisher: name: Boston : The Old South Association
Year: 2015

description: "Caption title. 'The Lecture on the Northwest Fur Trade is reprinted from Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, XIV, 533-38 (1846). The extracts from Sturgis's journal and from the second lecture, as well as the facts regarding the author's life, are from Charles C. Loring 'Memoir of William Sturgis' [no.32IJ in 'Proceedings of Massachusetts Historical Society', 1863-64, VII, 420-73' :, p.20." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 280.

 "Old South Leaflets. No. 219." -- p. 1.
Implications of Higgs Discovery for the Strong CP Problem and Unification
Creators: name: Hall, Lawrence J.
name: Harigaya, Keisuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A $Z_2$ symmetry that extends the weak interaction, $SU(2)_L \rightarrow SU(2)_L \times SU(2)'$, and the Higgs sector, $H(2) \rightarrow H(2,1) + H'(1,2)$, yields a Standard Model quartic coupling that vanishes at scale $v' = ~\gg~$. Near $v'$, theories either have a "prime" sector, or possess "Left-Right" (LR) symmetry with $SU(2)' = SU(2)_R$. If the $Z_2$ symmetry incorporates spacetime parity, these theories can solve the strong CP problem. The LR theories have all quark and lepton masses arising from operators of dimension 5 or more, requiring Froggatt-Nielsen structures. Two-loop contributions to $\barθ$ are estimated and typically lead to a neutron electric dipole moment of order $10^{-27}$e cm that can be observed in future experiments. Minimal models, with gauge group $SU(3) \times SU(2)_L \times SU(2)_L \times U(1)_{B-L}$, have precise gauge coupling unification for $v' = 10^{10\pm1}$ GeV, successfully correlating gauge unification with the observed Higgs mass of $125$ GeV. With $SU(3) \times U(1)_{B-L}$ embedded in $SU(4)$, the central value of the unification scale is reduced from $10^{16-17}$ GeV to below $10^{16}$ GeV, improving the likelihood of proton decay discovery. Unified theories based on $SO(10) \times CP$ are constructed that have $H+H'$ in a ${\bf 16}$ or ${\bf 144}$ and generate higher-dimensional flavor operators, while maintaining perturbative gauge couplings.
description: 36 pages, 5 figures
Bulletin of the Natural History Society of B.C. Our timber wealth and its conservation
Creators: name: Sutton, William J.
Publisher: name: [Victoria] : [Richard Wolfenden]
Year: 2015

description: "Bulletin. no.[1]-[3]; 1893-1910" -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 119. "Read before the Society, Victoria, January 10th, 1910" -- Front cover.
The Distribution of Non-Commutative Rademacher Series
Creators: name: Montgomery-Smith, Stephen J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60G50

description: We give a formula for the tail of the distribution of the non-commutative Rademacher series, which generalizes the result that is already available in the commutative case. As a result, we are able to calculate the norm of these series in many rearrangement invariant spaces, generalizing work of Pisier and Rodin and Semyonov.
Swarm robotics in wireless distributed protocol design for coordinating robots involved in cooperative tasks
Creators: name: De Rango, F.
name: Palmieri, N.
name: Yang, X. S.
name: Marano, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 90C30, 68T40

description: The mine detection in an unexplored area is an optimization problem where multiple mines, randomly distributed throughout an area, need to be discovered and disarmed in a minimum amount of time. We propose a strategy to explore an unknown area, using a stigmergy approach based on ants behavior, and a novel swarm based protocol to recruit and coordinate robots for disarming the mines cooperatively. Simulation tests are presented to show the effectiveness of our proposed Ant-based Task Robot Coordination (ATRC) with only the exploration task and with both exploration and recruiting strategies. Multiple minimization objectives have been considered: the robots' recruiting time and the overall area exploration time. We discuss, through simulation, different cases under different network and field conditions, performed by the robots. The results have shown that the proposed decentralized approaches enable the swarm of robots to perform cooperative tasks intelligently without any central control.
description: Soft Computing, 2017
Topological Approach to Alice Electrodynamics
Creators: name: Bucher, Martin
name: Lo, Hoi-Kwong
name: Preskill, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the unlocalized ``Cheshire charge'' carried by ``Alice strings.'' The magnetic charge on a string loop is carefully defined, and the transfer of magnetic charge from a monopole to a string loop is analyzed using global topological methods. A semiclassical theory of electric charge transfer is also described.
description: (26 pp)
AfriNames: Most ASR models "butcher" African Names.
Creators: name: Olatunji, Tobi
name: Afonja, Tejumade
name: Dossou, Bonaventure FP
name: Tonja, Atnafu Lambebo
name: Emezue, Chris Chinenye
name: Rufai, Amina Mardiyyah
name: Singh, Sahib
Publisher: name: CISPA
Year: 2024

description: Useful conversational agents must accurately capture named entities to minimize error for downstream tasks, for example, asking a voice assistant to play a track from a certain artist, initiating navigation to a specific location, or documenting a diagnosis result for a specific patient. However, where named entities such as "Ukachukwu" (Igbo), "Lakicia" (Swahili), or "Ingabire" (Rwandan) are spoken, automatic speech recognition (ASR) models' performance degrades significantly, propagating errors to downstream systems. We model this problem as a distribution shift and demonstrate that such model bias can be mitigated through multilingual pre-training, intelligent data augmentation strategies to increase the representation of African named entities, and fine-tuning multilingual ASR models on multiple African accents. The resulting fine-tuned models show an 86.4% relative improvement compared with the baseline on samples with African named entities.
State of the world 2017: autocratization and exclusion?
Creators: name: Lührmann, Anna
name: Mechkova, Valeriya
name: Sirianne Dahlum
name: Maxwell, Laura
name: Moa Olin
name: Petrarca, Constanza Sanhueza
name: Sigman, Rachel
name: Wilson, Matthew C.
name: Lindberg, Staffan I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This article presents evidence of a global trend of autocratization. The most visible feature of democracy – elections – remains strong and is even improving in some places. Autocratization mainly affects non-electoral aspects of democracy such as media freedom, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, yet these in turn threaten to undermine the meaningfulness of elections. While the majority of the world’s population lives under democratic rule, 2.5 billion people were subjected to autocratization in 2017. Last year, democratic qualities were in decline in 24 countries across the world, many of which are populous such as India and the United States. This article also presents evidence testifying that men and wealthy groups tend to have a strong hold on political power in countries where 86% of the world population reside. Further, we show that political exclusion based on socio-economic status in particular is becoming increasingly severe. For instance, the wealthy have gained significantly more power in countries home to 1.9 billion of the world’s population over the past decade.
Analysis of the structure of $Ξ(1690)$ through its decays
Creators: name: Aliev, T. M.
name: Azizi, K.
name: Sundu, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mass and pole residue of the first orbitally and radially excited $ Ξ$ state as well as the ground state residue are calculated by means of the two-point QCD sum rules. Using the obtained results for the spectroscopic parameters, the strong coupling constants relevant to the decays $Ξ(1690)\rightarrow ΣK$ and $Ξ(1690) \rightarrow ΛK$ are calculated within the light-cone QCD sum rules and width of these decay channels are estimated. The obtained results for the mass of $ \widetildeΞ $ and ratio of the $Br\Big(\widetildeΞ\rightarrow ΣK\Big)/Br\Big(\widetildeΞ\rightarrow ΛK\Big)$, with $ \widetildeΞ $ representing the orbitally excited state in $ Ξ$ channel, are in nice agreement with the experimental data of the Belle Collaboration. This allows us to conclude that the $Ξ(1690)$ state, most probably, has negative parity.
description: 9 Pages, 5 Figures and 3 Tables. Some typos have been corrected and some new references have been added
Akt poświęcenia narodu polskiego Niepokalanemu Sercu Maryi według Sługi Bożego Kardynała Augusta Hlonda
Creators: name: Bachanek, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Religious Studies

description: Act of Entrustment of the Nation to the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady according to A. Hlond
Studia Theologica Varsaviensia LV(2017)2, 159-174

In 1946, after the end of the II World War, in view of the menaces linked to communist atheism an act of entrustment of the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady was performed on the initiative of the Primate of Poland August Hlond. Looking at the origins of the event, on the one hand we can see the reference to the oath of King John II Casimir Vasa, and on the other hand to the revelations of Fatima, which are an encouragement to entrust humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. A. Hlond sees the urgency of moral and religious renewal of the nation in the times of damages caused by war and new dangers linked to communist atheism. Choices made by Poland and Poles have a particular meaning for our Slavic neighbours and the whole world. In the period of violent political changes, A. Hlond looks at the future of the Church, Poland and the world with hope. It is Mary who can secure the future and protect the Church from the powers of darkness and bring victory.
On Detecting Discrete Cheshire Charge
Creators: name: Bucher, Martin
name: Lee, Kai-Ming
name: Preskill, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the charges carried by loops of string in models with non-abelian local discrete symmetry. The charge on a loop has no localized source, but can be detected by means of the Aharonov--Bohm interaction of the loop with another string. We describe the process of charge detection, and the transfer of charge between point particles and string loops, in terms of gauge--invariant correlation functions.
description: (17 pp)
History of the Catholic Church in Western Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific, 1659-1895 with maps and illustrations Volume II
Creators: name: Morice, A. G. (Adrien Gabriel), 1859-1938
Publisher: name: Toronto : Musson Book Company
Year: 2016

description: "Much of this valuable history refers to the development of the church west of the Rocky Mountains. It includes local historical information as well as extensive biographical details of numerous people." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 172.

 "Chapters 37-38 concern the history of the church in British Columbia, from 1774-1861." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 207.
title: ADCO, Ordre cistercien : comptes (1403-1423) (11 H 1161), f. 00128
Creators: name: de la Côte-d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CBMA/CG21/F.PETOT/2019
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: comptes
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Ordre cistercien : comptes (1403-1423), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1161). Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Ordre cistercien : comptes (1403-1423), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1161), f. 00128, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi \[Ressource en ligne\], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
Readout Of Singlet-Triplet Qubits At Large Magnetic Field Gradients
Creators: name: Orona, Lucas A.
name: Nichol, John M.
name: Harvey, Shannon P.
name: Bøttcher, Charlotte G. L.
name: Fallahi, Saeed
name: Gardner, Geoffrey C.
name: Manfra, Michael J.
name: Yacoby, Amir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Visibility of singlet-triplet qubit readout is reduced to almost zero in large magnetic field gradients due to relaxation processes. Here we present a new readout technique that is robust against relaxation and allows for measurement when previously studied methods fail. This technique maps the qubit onto spin states that are immune to relaxation using a spin dependent electron tunneling process between the qubit and the lead. We probe this readout's performance as a function of magnetic field gradient and applied magnetic field, and optimize the pulse applied to the qubit through experiment and simulation.
dendritic mixed-metal hydroxide nanosheets@N-doped carbon nanotube array electrode.pdf
Creators: name: Wu, Hong-Hui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 30304 Physical Chemistry of Materials
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Design and fabrication of supercapacitors (SCs) with high energy density, fast discharge rate, and long cycle life is of great importance; however, the performances of SCs depend critically on advances in materials development. Here we report the development of a high-performance electrode material composed of hierarchical, porous interlaced ultrathin Zn and Ni co-substituted Co carbonate hydroxides (ZnNiCo-CHs) nanosheets branched on N-doped carbon nanotube arrays (C@ZnNiCo-CHs), which were grown directly on a nickel foam current collector. The mesoporous features and large open spaces of the interlaced ultrathin ZnNiCo-CHs nanosheets provide more active sites for redox reactions and facilitate fast mass transport; the self-standing N-doped carbon nanotube arrays offer large surface area, promote fast electron transport, and enhance structure stability, resulting in outstanding rate capability and long-term stability. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the ZnNiCo-CHs nanosheets have low deprotonation energy, greatly facilitating the rate of redox reactions. Further, an asymmetric SC constructed from a C@ZnNiCo-CHs positive electrode and an N-, S-codoped rGOs negative electrode demonstrates a high energy density of 70.9 W h kg−1 at a power density of 966 W kg−1 while maintaining a capacity retention of 91% even after 20,000 cycles at 20 A g−1. The findings provide some important insight into rational design of transition metal compounds based materials for fast energy storage, which may be applicable to creating efficient and robust electrode materials for other energy-related devices.
History of the Catholic Church in Western Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific, 1659-1895 with maps and illustrations Volume I
Creators: name: Morice, A. G. (Adrien Gabriel), 1859-1938
Publisher: name: Toronto : Musson Book Company
Year: 2016

description: "Much of this valuable history refers to the development of the church west of the Rocky Mountains. It includes local historical information as well as extensive biographical details of numerous people." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 172.

 "Chapters 37-38 concern the history of the church in British Columbia, from 1774-1861." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 207.
Vanishing Theorems for the Self-Dual N=2 String
Creators: name: Berkovits, Nathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is proven that up to possible surface terms, the only non-vanishing momentum-dependent amplitudes for the self-dual N=2 string in $R^{2,2}$ are the tree-level two and three-point functions, and the only non-vanishing momentum-independent amplitudes are the one-loop partition function and the tree-level two and four-point functions. The calculations are performed using the topological prescription developed in an earlier paper with Vafa. As in supersymmetric non-renormalization theorems, the vanishing proof is based on a relationship between the zero-momentum dilaton and axion.
description: 8 pages tex
Gravitational Interactions of Finite Thickness Global Topological Defects with Black Holes
Creators: name: Perivolaropoulos, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is well known that global topological defects induce a repulsive gravitational potential for test particles. 'What is the gravitational potential induced by black holes with a cosmological constant (Schwarzschild-de Sitter (S-dS) metric) on finite thickness global topological defects?'. This is the main question addressed in the present analysis. We also discuss the validity of Derrick's theorem when scalar fields are embedded in non-trivial gravitational backgrounds. In the context of the above question, we consider three global defect configurations: a finite thickness spherical domain wall with a central S-dS black hole, a global string loop with a S-dS black hole in the center and a global monopole near a S-dS black hole. Using an analytical model and numerical simulations of the evolving spherical wall we show that the spherical wall experiences a repelling gravitational potential due to the mass of the central black hole. This potential is further amplified by the presence of a cosmological constant. For initial domain wall radius larger than a critical value, the repulsive potential dominates over the wall tension and the wall expands towards the cosmological horizon of the S-dS metric where it develops ghost instabilities. For smaller initial radius, tension dominates and the wall contracts towards the black hole horizon where it also develops ghost instabilities. We also show, using the same analytical model and energetic arguments that a global monopole is gravitationally attracted by a black hole while a cosmological constant induces a repulsive gravitational potential as in the case of test particles. Finally we show that a global string loop with finite thickness experiences gravitational repulsion due to the cosmological constant which dominates over its tension for a radius larger than a critical radius leading to an expanding rather than contracting loop.
description: 13 pages, 9 Figures. The Mathematica file used for the numericala analysis and the construction of the Figures of the paper may be downloaded from http://leandros.physics.uoi.gr/defects-gravity/
Statistical diagonalization of a random biased Hamiltonian: the case of the eigenvectors
Creators: name: Ithier, Grégoire
name: Ascroft, Saeed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a non perturbative calculation technique providing the mixed moments of the overlaps between the eigenvectors of two large quantum Hamiltonians: $\hat{H}_0$ and $\hat{H}_0+\hat{W}$, where $\hat{H}_0$ is deterministic and $\hat{W}$ is random. We apply this method to recover the second order moments or Local Density Of States in the case of an arbitrary fixed $\hat{H}_0$ and a Gaussian $\hat{W}$. Then we calculate the fourth order moments of the overlaps in the same setting. Such quantities are crucial for understanding the local dynamics of a large composite quantum system. In this case, $\hat{H}_0$ is the sum of the Hamiltonians of the system subparts and $\hat{W}$ is an interaction term. We test our predictions with numerical simulations.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures
Giant negative electrocaloric effect in (Pb,La)(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 antiferroelectrics near room temperature.pdf
Creators: name: Wu, Hong-Hui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (Pb0.97La0.02)(ZrxSn0.94–xTi0.06)O3 (PLZST) antiferroelectric ceramics with x = 0.75–0.90 have been fabricated and found to be a novel electrocaloric material system with a giant negative electrocaloric effect (ΔT = −11.5 K) and a large electrocaloric strength (|ΔT/ΔE| = 0.105 K cm kV–1) near room temperature. Additionally, the PLZST antiferroelectric ceramic also exhibits a large positive electrocaloric effect around the Curie temperature. The giant negative effect and the coexistence of both positive and negative electrocaloric effects in one material indicate a promising possibility to develop mid- to large-scale solid-state cooling devices with high efficiency.
Quantum Conserved Charges and S-matrices in N=2 Supersymmetric Sine-Gordon Theory
Creators: name: Kobayashi, Ken-ichiro
name: Uematsu, Tsuneo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the quantum conserved charges and S-matrices of N=2 supersymmetric sine-Gordon theory in the framework of perturbation theory formulated in N=2 superspace. The quantum affine algebras ${\widehat {sl_{q}(2)}}$ and super topological charges play important roles in determining the N=2 soliton structure and S-matrices of soliton-(anti)soliton as well as soliton-breather scattering.
description: 22 pages
The renormalization group flow of the dilaton potential
Creators: name: Floreanini, R.
name: Percacci, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a scalar-metric gauge theory of gravity with independent metric, connection and dilaton. The role of the dilaton is to provide the scale of all masses, via its vacuum expectation value. In this theory, we study the renormalization group flow of the dilaton potential, taking into account threshold effects at the Planck scale. Due to the running of the VEV of the dilaton all particles that would naively seem to have masses larger than Planck's mass, may actually not propagate. This could solve the problem of unitarity in these theories.
description: 27 pages, plain-Tex
Henderson's British Columbia gazetteer and directory for 1910 : including condensed business directories of the cities of Vancouver and Victoria and a complete classified business directory : Vol. XIII
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: Vancouver : Henderson Publishing Company
Year: 2015

description: annual (irregular)

"Henderson's Victoria City and Vancouver Island gazetteer and directory, 1910-1911, numbered as v. 14, but gives narrower coverage. Incorporated William's official British Columbia directory in 1900. Superseded by Wrigley's British Columbia directory, 1918-23; by Wrigley-Henderson's British Columbia directory, 1924-25; and by Wrigley's British Columbia directory, 1926-32, which was incorporated into the Sun British Columbia directory, 1934-48. Current directories (1950+) published by B.C. Directories Ltd." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 93.
Laser frequency stabilization using a transfer interferometer
Creators: name: Jackson, Shira
name: Sawaoka, Hiromitsu
name: Bhatt, Nishant
name: Potnis, Shreyas
name: Vutha, Amar C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a laser frequency stabilization system that uses a transfer interferometer to stabilize slave lasers to a reference laser. Our implementation uses off-the-shelf optical components along with microcontroller-based digital feedback, and offers a simple, flexible and robust way to stabilize multiple laser frequencies to better than 1 MHz.
description: 4 figures
The impact of Stieltjes' work on continued fractions and orthogonal polynomials
Creators: name: Van Assche, Walter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Stieltjes' work on continued fractions and the orthogonal polynomials related to continued fraction expansions is summarized and an attempt is made to describe the influence of Stieltjes' ideas and work in research done after his death, with an emphasis on the theory of orthogonal polynomials.
$O(d,d)$-Covariant String Cosmology
Creators: name: Gasperini, M.
name: Veneziano, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently discovered $O(d,d)$ symmetry of the space of slowly varying cosmological string vacua in $d+1$ dimensions is shown to be preserved in the presence of bulk string matter. The existence of $O(d,d)$ conserved currents allows all the equations of string cosmology to be reduced to first-order differential equations. The perfect-fluid approximation is not $O(d,d)$-invariant, implying that stringy fluids possess in general a non-vanishing viscosity.
description: 13 pages
title: 02_1518
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Simplicial Chiral Models
Creators: name: Rossi, Paolo
name: Tan, Chung-I
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Principal chiral models on a d-1 dimensional simplex are introduced and studied analytically in the large $N$ limit. The $d = 0, 2, 4$ and $\infty$ models are explicitly solved. Relationship with standard lattice models and with few-matrix systems in the double scaling limit are discussed.
description: 6 pages, PHYZZX
title: Appel à projet ATED 2014-2015
Creators: name: LabexMed
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019

description: Appels à projet pour la création d'écoles d'été, dans le cadre du programme ATED, initié par le LabexMed.
Quadrature formulas based on rational interpolation
Creators: name: Van Assche, Walter
name: Vanherwegen, Ingrid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider quadrature formulas based on interpolation using the basis functions $1/(1+t_kx)$ $(k=1,2,3,\ldots)$ on $[-1,1]$, where $t_k$ are parameters on the interval $(-1,1)$. We investigate two types of quadratures: quadrature formulas of maximum accuracy which correctly integrate as many basis functions as possible (Gaussian quadrature), and quadrature formulas whose nodes are the zeros of the orthogonal functions obtained by orthogonalizing the system of basis functions (orthogonal quadrature). We show that both approaches involve orthogonal polynomials with modified (or varying) weights which depend on the number of quadrature nodes. The asymptotic distribution of the nodes is obtained as well as various interlacing properties and monotonicity results for the nodes.
Report of the work of the Archives Branch for the year 1909
Creators: name: Public Archives Of Canada
name: Doughty, Arthur G. (Arthur George), Sir, 1860-1936
Publisher: name: Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
Year: 2016

description: "Title varies: 1881-1905, Report on Canadian Archives; 1908-1912, Report of the work of the Archives Branch; 1913-1914/15, Report of the work of the Public Archives. No reports issued for 1906-1907, 1911, 1916, 1927. Also found in Canada. Parliament. Sessional Papers, 1873-1924, and in the Annual Departmental Reports, 1925-1929/30. Reports for 1872-1880 were not issued separately but included in the Reports of the Minister of Agriculture. Some reports reprint the text of newly acquired documents. 1886, 1889, 1890 and especially 1892, contain material found significant by Hume Wrong for his biography of Alexander Mackenzie (no.623); 1891 contains important documents concerning Beckwith's secret mission to the U.S.A. re Nootka; 1928 has a copy of Duncan McGiIIivray's Some account of the trade carried on by the North West Company, first published in 1811 as On the origin and progress of the North-West Company (no.421)." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 47.

 "Being an appendix to Report of the Minister of Agriculture." --title page.
title: ADCO, Cinquième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1664), Cart. 28 (G 132), 258 folios, f. 00507
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Cinquième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1664), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 28 (G 132), 258 folios, f. 00507, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cinquième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1664), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 28 (G 132), 258 folios, f. 00507, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
Monitoring and evaluating Multi-Actor Platforms: Brief step-by-step guide
Creators: name: Smyrniotopoulou, Alexandra
name: Vlahos, George
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Monitoring and evaluating stakeholder engagement and operation of the Multi-Actor Platforms gains insight to the effectiveness of these forms of engagement, to learn lessons, and to adapt the processes used in a project, on how to integrate knowledges from across the science-policy-practice nexus fostering colearning and co-construction of transitions to sustainable farming systems. UNISECO is a European research project aiming to develop innovative approaches to enhance the understanding of socio-economic and policy drivers and barriers for further development and implementation of agro-ecological practices in EU farming systems. Learn more about the project: https://uniseco-project.eu/ This project has received funding from the European Union's H2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 773901. This publication reflects only the authors' view and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
Dual Shapiro steps of a phase-slip junction in the presence of a parasitic capacitance
Creators: name: Arndt, Lisa
name: Roy, Ananda
name: Hassler, Fabian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bloch oscillations in a single Josephson junction in the phase-slip regime relate current to frequency. They can be measured by applying a periodic drive to a DC-biased, small Josephson junction. Phase-locking between the periodic drive and the Bloch oscillations then gives rise to steps at constant current in the I-V curves, also known as dual Shapiro steps. Unlike conventional Shapiro steps, a measurement of these dual Shapiro steps is impeded by the presence of a parasitic capacitance. This capacitance shunts the junction resulting in a suppression of the amplitude of the Bloch oscillations. This detrimental effect of the parasitic capacitance can be remedied by an on-chip superinductance. Additionally, we introduce a large off-chip resistance to provide the necessary dissipation. We investigate the resulting system by a set of analytical and numerical methods. In particular, we obtain an explicit analytical expression for the height of dual Shapiro steps as a function of the ratio of the parasitic capacitance to the superinductance. Using this result, we provide a quantitative estimate of the dual Shapiro step height. Our calculations reveal that even in the presence of a parasitic capacitance, it should be possible to observe Bloch oscillations with realistic experimental parameters.
description: 5+3 pages; 3 figures
The quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society. Volume XI. [March, 1910 - December, 1910]
Creators: name: Oregon Historical Society
Publisher: name: Portland : The Ivy Press
Year: 2016

description: "Title varies: v. 1-26 (March 1900-June 1926) as Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society. Supersedes the society's Sources of the history of Oregon. Indexed in International index. Table of contents for each issue; index for annual bound volumes. A cumulative index for v. 1-40 (1900-1939) was published in 1941. Cumulative index for v. 41-60 in process." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 160.

 "Title varies. To vol.26, December, 1925, as Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society. Superseded the Society's Sources of the history of the Oregon. Indexes for annual bound volumes; cumulative indexes for vols. 1-40, 1900-1939, and vols.41-60, 1940-1960. Also indexed in the International Index. Includes articles and reviews of importance for the pre-colonial period of British Columbia." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 230.
Semiclassical Approach to Finite-N Matrix Models
Creators: name: Lechtenfeld, Olaf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We reformulate the zero-dimensional hermitean one-matrix model as a (nonlocal) collective field theory, for finite~$N$. The Jacobian arising by changing variables from matrix eigenvalues to their density distribution is treated {\it exactly\/}. The semiclassical loop expansion turns out {\it not\/} to coincide with the (topological) ${1\over N}$~expansion, because the classical background has a non-trivial $N$-dependence. We derive a simple integral equation for the classical eigenvalue density, which displays strong non-perturbative behavior around $N\!=\!\infty$. This leads to IR singularities in the large-$N$ expansion, but UV divergencies appear as well, despite remarkable cancellations among the Feynman diagrams. We evaluate the free energy at the two-loop level and discuss its regularization. A simple example serves to illustrate the problems and admits explicit comparison with orthogonal polynomial results.
description: 27 pages / 3 figures (ps file fixed)
Automated Knowledge Base Management: A Survey
Creators: name: Lectures Hagenberg
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80604 Database Management
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 80105 Expert Systems
subject: 80606 Global Information Systems
subject: 80704 Information Retrieval and Web Search
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: Information Systems
subject: 80609 Information Systems Management
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: A fundamental challenge in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Databases consists of developing methods to automatically manage Knowledge Bases which can serve as a knowledge source for computer systems trying to replicate the decision-making ability of human experts. Despite of most of the tasks involved in the building, exploitation and maintenance of KBs are far from being trivial, and significant progress has been made during the last years. However, there are still a number of challenges that remain open. In fact, there are some issues to be addressed in order to empirically prove the technology for systems of this kind to be mature and reliable.