cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CoastObs D3.8: Higher level products report
Creators: name: Peters, Steef
name: Poser, Kathrin
name: Hommersom, Annelies
name: Spaias, Lazaros
name: Yuting Lin
name: Anne-Laure Barillé
name: Harin, Nicolas
name: Gernez, Pierre
name: Barillé, Laurent
name: Zoffoli, Laura
name: Hiele, Tony Van Der
name: Houcke, Jasper Van
name: Vilas, Luis Gonzalez
name: Palenzuela, Jesus Torres
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: remote sensing, Phytoplankton bloom phenology, Sediment plume morphology, Coastal erosion, Water Framework Directive reporting, Mussel culture potential, Harmful algae bloom forecasting

description: CoastObs is an EU H2020 funded project that aims at using satellite remote sensing to monitor coastal water environments and to develop a user-relevant platform that can offer validated products to users This report will present in subsequent chapters the main types of higher level products that are being developed in CoastObs. Ch 3: Phytoplankton bloom phenology CH 4: Sediment plume morphology CH 5: Coastal erosion and accretion CH 6: Water Framework Directive reporting CH 7: Integration with modelling: mussel culture potential CH 8: Integration with modelling: harmful algae bloom forecasting Each chapter will present a rationale and background, the input data for the product generation, main methods used and examples of results so far.
Robust and autonomous multi-robot cooperation using an artificial immune system
Creators: name: Khan, Muhammad Tahir
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis investigates autonomous and fault-tolerant cooperative operation and intelligent control of multi-robot systems in a dynamic, unstructured, and unknown environment. It makes significant original contributions pertaining to autonomous robot cooperation, dynamic task allocation, system robustness, and real-time performance. The thesis develops a fully autonomous and fault tolerant distributed control system framework based on an artificial immune system for cooperative multi-robot systems. The multi-robot system consists of a team of heterogeneous mobile robots which cooperate with each other to achieve a global goal while resolving conflicts and accommodating full and partial failures in the robots. In this framework, the system autonomously chooses the appropriate number of robots required for carrying out the task in an unknown and unpredictable environment. An artificial immune system (AIS) approach is incorporated into the multi-robot system framework, which will provide robust performance, self-deterministic cooperation, and coping with an inhospitable environment. Based on the structure of the human immune system, immune response, immune network theory, and the mechanisms of interaction among antibody molecules, the robots in the team make independent decisions, coordinate, and if required cooperate with each other to accomplish a common goal. As needed for application in cooperative object transportation by mobile robots, the thesis develops a new method of object pose estimation. In this method, a CCD camera, optical encoders, and a laser range finder are the sensors used by the robots to estimate the pose of the detected object. The thesis also develops a market-based algorithm for autonomous multi-robot cooperation, which is then used for comparative evaluation of the performance of the developed AIS-based system framework. In order to validate the developed techniques, a Java-based simulation system and a physical multi-robot experimental system are developed. This practical system is intended to transport multiple objects of interest to a goal location in a dynamic and unknown environment with complex static and dynamic obstacle distributions. The approaches developed in this thesis are implemented in the prototype system in our laboratory and rigorously tested and validated through both computer simulation and physical experimentation.
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Creators: name: Khujaniyazov Sherjon Bekboevich Urgench branch of Tashkent Medical Academy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Modern methods of teaching bioorganic chemistry (working with a textbook, reproductive, heuristic, problem situation, research, project method, case-study method, lecture, story, interview methods, practical training, laboratory work), methods of drawing conclusions ( induction, deduction and analytical method) Due to the 2 hours allocated to the lesson, special individual skills are required to deliver complete information. The use of the "Case-study" method in the training opens up a number of opportunities for delivering the information available in the database to students.
Key words: reproductive, heuristic, problem situation, research, project method, case-study method
Identification and Cultivation of Exopolysaccharide-Degrading Bacteria in Two Soils
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoqing
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In this study, we hypothesized that bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) may serve as energy substrates for K-selected bacteria in soils, and we would be able to identify and culture previously uncultured species using various EPS as growth substrates. The exopolysaccharides gellan, indican_2, and cellulose were produced by the bacteria Sphingomonas elodea (ATCC 31461), Beijerinckia indica (ATCC 9039) and Gluconacetobacter xylinus (ATCC 53524) respectively. Two experiments were performed using these exopolysaccharides (EPS) as growth substrates. The first experiment involved detecting EPS-degrading bacteria by using a stable isotope probing technique. 13C labeled EPS were used as growth substrates for Big Hill Spring (BHS) and Paint Pots mound (PP) soil samples. EPS-degrading bacteria were identified using DNA density ultracentrifugation coupled with 454-pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA genes recovered from 13C-labelled DNA fractions. Several uncultured Xanthomonadaceae sp. were enriched on cellulose (produced by G. xylinus) during incubation from BHS soil and several previously uncultured Planctomycetes were highly enriched on indican_2 (produced by B. indica) incubation from PP soil. The second experiment was to isolate novel bacteria by using gellan or indican_2 as sole carbon sources. Based on cultivation results, we found several previously uncultured bacteria could be identified and isolated from our gellan (produced by S. elodea) and indican_2 plates. For instance, we successfully isolated previous uncultured Acidobacteria by using gellan and indican_2 as our carbon source. All in all, in this study, we found some previously uncultured bacteria belonging to the groups of Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Planctomycetes, Chloroﬂexi, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Armatimonadetes and Candidate division OD1, which are readily enriched or cultured using these EPS substrates. These poorly understood groups, especially some members of Planctomycetes, showed preference for our EPS indican_2. The research results indicate that using novel EPS as carbon sources might be a new way to improve current cultivation techniques.
Superconductivity and Rattling under High Pressure in the beta-Pyrochlore Oxide RbOs2O6
Creators: name: Takeshita, Nao
name: Ogusu, Hiroki
name: Yamaura, Jun-ichi
name: Okamoto, Yoshihiko
name: Hiroi, Zenji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rattling-induced superconductivity in the beta-pyrochlore oxide RbOs2O6 is investigated under high pressures up to 6 GPa. Resistivity measurements in a high-quality single crystal show that the superconducting transition temperature Tc increases gradually from 6.3 K at ambient pressure to 8.8 K at 3.5 GPa, surprisingly remains almost constant at 8.8 \pm 0.1 K in a wide pressure range between 3.5 (Po) and 4.8 GPa, and suddenly drops to 6.3 K at Ps = 4.9 GPa, followed by a gradual decrease with further pressure increase. Two anomalies in the temperature dependence of the normal-state resistivity are observed at Po < P < Ps and P > Ps, revealing the presence of two high-pressure phases corresponding to the changes in Tc. The rattling of the Rb ion inside a cage made of Os and O atoms may be slightly and seriously modified in these high-pressure phases that probably have cages of reduced symmetry, respectively, so that electron-rattler interactions that govern the superconducting and transport properties of beta-RbOs2O6 are significantly affected.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1009.0355
Imagination in Exemplary Religious Narratives: An Examination of a Saint, a Goddess, and the work of Paul Ricoeur
Creators: name: Gallant, Sarah
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Philosophy of
subject: Imagination
subject: Narrative
subject: Exemplarity
subject: Paul Ricoeur
subject: Hagiography

description: This thesis examines the imaginary process employed in the construction of exemplary religious narratives. Exemplary narratives present figures that demonstrate specific virtues or ideals to be imitated, such as the saint in Christian hagiography. Hagiographical scholars, like Peter Brown, have alluded to the fact that the imagination plays a significant role in the construction and reception of these narratives, but have not, thus far, rigorously defined the imagination or its role in narrative construction. Similarly, contemporary writers, like Carol P. Christ, who are presently engaged in the construction of exemplary narratives in order to provide alternative role models and figures, openly acknowledge that they are employing their imaginations during this narrative process. However, they, too, have not presented a clear definition of the imagination nor adequately explained how it is being employed. This thesis proposes one possible approach to imagination and narrative construction based on the work of Paul Ricoeur. Ricoeur asserts that the imagination is a crucial component in narrative construction, which he refers to as “emplotment.” However, he does not take these constructions at face value. Ricoeur’s “hermeneutics of suspicion” requires that a distanced evaluation of these narrative proposals be undertaken, which helps to discern biases and other distortions that may be introduced during this imaginative process. He identifies certain forms of ideology and utopia as possible distortions, thereby establishing a template by which imaginary constructions may be examined. This thesis utilizes Ricoeur’s approach to narrative construction to examine two exemplary narratives that present particular models of conduct for women, “The Life of Umiliana de’ Cerchi,” written by Vito of Cortona, a Franciscan friar in the thirteenth century, and the contemporary Goddess narrative presented by spiritual feminist Carol P. Christ. Although these two narratives present extremely different types of figures, a humble saint and a confident goddess, the imagination is employed by both authors. The “emplotted” nature of these exemplary narratives and the possible distortive tendencies of the exemplary models constructed in this imaginary process are examined.
Mechanical cat states in graphene resonators
Creators: name: Voje, A.
name: Kinaret, J. M.
name: Isacsson, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the quantum dynamics of a symmetric nanomechanical graphene resonator with degenerate flexural modes. Applying voltage pulses to two back gates, flexural vibrations of the membrane can be selectively actuated and manipulated. For graphene, nonlinear response becomes important already for amplitudes comparable to the magnitude of zero point fluctuations. We show, using analytical and numerical methods, that this allows for creation of cat-like superpositions of coherent states as well as superpositions of coherent cat-like non-product states.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Effective permittivity of random plasmonic composites
Creators: name: Wani, Satvik N.
name: Sangani, Ashok S.
name: Sureshkumar, Radhakrishna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An effective-medium theory (EMT) is developed to predict the effective permittivity ε_eff of dense random dispersions of high optical-conductivity metals such as Ag, Au and Cu. Dependence of ε_eff on the volume fraction ϕ, a microstructure parameter κrelated to the static structure factor and particle radius a is studied. In the electrostatic limit, the upper and lower bounds of κcorrespond to Maxwell-Garnett and Bruggeman EMTs respectively. Finite size effects are significant when |β^2(ka/n)^3| becomes O(1) where β, k, and n denote the nanoparticle polarizability, wavenumber and matrix refractive index respectively. The coupling between the particle and effective medium results in a red-shift in the resonance peak, a non-linear dependence of ε_eff on ϕ, and Fano resonance in ε_eff.
description: Manuscript submitted to J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 33 pages
Устойчивое развитие сахарного производства на основе цифровых двойников
Creators: name: С.М. Петров
name: С.Л. Филатов
name: Н.М. Подгорнова
Publisher: name: Сахар
Year: 2023
Subjects: устойчивое развитие
цифровизация основных процессов
компьютерное моделирование
цифровой двойник
контроль процесса и управление.
sustainable development
digitalization of core processes
computer modelling
digital twin
process control and management.

description: Моделирование процессов в сахарной промышленности достигло значительных результатов в связи с развитием многомасштабных, многофазных и мультифизических подходов. Предложены более эффективные численные инструменты и программные платформы для улучшения понимания и оптимизации основного оборудования и процессов. В условиях четвёртой промышленной революции, появления промышленного интернета вещей в последнее время создана концепция цифрового двойника как средства более гибкого и эффективного управления процессами для реализации устойчивого развития. На технологической основе Индустрии 4.0 происходит трансформация производственных процессов путём значительного сокращения уровня эмиссии в окружающую среду (выбросы загрязняющих веществ в атмосферу, твёрдые и жидкие отходы, шум) и повышения энергоэффективности, перехода к парадигме экономики замкнутого цикла и внедрения высокопроизводительных машин, которые оптимизируют потребление материалов и энергии.
description: Process modeling in the sugar industry has made significant progress with the development of multiscale, multiphase and multiphysics approaches. More efficient numerical tools and software platforms are proposed to improve the understanding and optimization of key equipment and processes. In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, the emergence of the industrial Internet of things, the concept of a digital twin has recently been created as a means of more flexible and efficient process management for the implementation of sustainable development. On the technological basis of Industry 4.0, production processes are being transformed by significantly reducing emissions into the environment (emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, solid and liquid waste, noise) and increasing energy efficiency, transitioning to a circular economy paradigm and introducing high-performance machines that optimize material consumption and energy.
The Role Of The Sodium Calcium Exchanger In Excitation-Contraction Coupling
Creators: name: De Vries, Ewout
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cardiac
subject: Physiology
subject: NCX
subject: Trabeculae

description: Numerous studies on single cardiomyocytes have attempted to charecterize the role of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) in Excitation-Contraction Coupling (ECC). Some reports suggest that sodium accumulation in the dyadic cleft early in the cardiac action potential may allow the NCX work in the reverse mode to allow for calcium entry. In this way the NCX has been suggested to be important in the early triggering of calcium release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR) as well as in frequency-dependent positive inotropy. Contradictory reports, however, have suggested that any calcium-entry through the NCX is of negligible magnitude to influence these properties of ECC. Part of this discrepancy is thought to arise from the sensitivity of the NCX to the surrounding biochemical milieu. The purpose of these studies was to investigate the role of the NCX in ECC in intact muscle preparations to preserve near-in vivo physiological conditions. This was accomplished by using cardiac trabeculae that were excised from the right ventricle of the rat and exposed to the novel NCX inhibitor SEA0400. Parameters such as twitch force, sarcomere length and intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]int) were measured. NCX inhibition was found to increase both the calcium transient amplitude and twitch force, however the kinetics of relaxation for both parameters were unchanged. Furthermore, the fraction of activating calcium that recirculated back into the SR (RF) was found to increase. These results are in accordance with inhibition of sarcolemmal calcium extrusion via the NCX. NCX inhibition had no effect on the latency from stimulus to the onset of calcium release. The latency to sarcomere length shortening and force generation, however, was diminished. In addition, NCX inhibition helped facilitate the early recovery of the cardiac twitch, as assessed by mechanical restitution curves. This suggests that there is no significant calcium entry through the NCX during the early cardiac action potential. Furthermore, inhibition of the NCX enhanced the maximum rate of relaxation of the calcium transient and force production without changing the time course of relaxation or the time constant of the exponential decay. These results suggest cardiac relaxation is not NCX-dependent. Rather, in ECC the NCX works primarily as a calcium extrusion mechanism that helps to set the total amount of calcium stored in the SR.
Проблемы использования свекловичного жома сахарными заводами
Creators: name: А.А. Борзенков
Publisher: name: Сахар
Year: 2023
Subjects: жом-агрохимикат
почвы
подвижный фосфор
калий
кислотность.
pulp agrochemicals
soils
labile phosphorus
potassium
acidity.

description: Рассматривается альтернативный способ использования побочного продукта сахарного производства – жома свекловичного в качестве агрохимиката.
description: An alternative method of using a by-product of sugar production – sugar beet pulp as an agrochemicals is considered.
The British Empire on the Western Front: A Transnational Study of the 62nd West Riding Division and the Canadian 4th Division
Creators: name: Jackson, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Military
subject: Canadian 4th Division
subject: British 62 Division
subject: First World War

description: This dissertation is a detailed transnational comparative analysis focusing on two military units representing notably different societies, though ones steeped in similar military and cultural traditions. This project compared and contrasted training, leadership and battlefield performance of a division from each of the British and Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the First World War. The Canadian division selected was the 4th, formed in April of 1916 from a mix of units already training in England as reserve battalions as well as others sent from Canada. The Canadian 4th Division’s first encounter with the Germans came in the late fall of 1916 on the Somme, and from 1917 until the end of the war it fought continuously with the Canadian Corps in every major operation in which the latter was involved, playing a central role in all of these. The second unit examined was the British 62nd Division, authorized by the War Office in late 1915 to draw upon recruits from northern England. It was part of what was known as the Second Line Territorials. The 62nd Division sailed for France in January 1917, and from the spring onward also fought continuously until the end of the war. The questions underlying this research are twofold: based on the experience of these two infantry divisions, how did the two armies attempt to form effective fighting forces during the war from little more than enthusiastic amateur warriors, and were they successful in doing so. Secondarily, were there significant differences in the processes employed and did these differences manifest themselves in battlefield superiority of one Expeditionary Force over the other. In fact the research clearly indicates that both the Canadians and British ultimately were successful in overcoming the daunting challenge that they faced, and that the keys to doing so were installing capable leadership at the most senior levels of command in combination with thorough training based on an appropriate tactical doctrine. Furthermore, while differences certainly existed in approaches and performance, it was the similarities in how the two Expeditionary Forces prepared for and waged war which predominated. In the end these two divisions embraced similar training and battlefield tactics, benefited from like (and capable) styles of command, and underwent a broadly comparable evolution. Most importantly, after an inevitable – but remarkably brief - period of ‘learning’ at the Front, they became consistently effective combat divisions.
Sub-binomial light
Creators: name: Sperling, J.
name: Vogel, W.
name: Agarwal, G. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The click statistics from on-off detector systems is quite different from the counting statistics of the more traditional detectors. This necessitates introduction of new parameters to characterize the nonclassicality of fields from measurements using on-off detectors. To properly replace the Mandel Q_M parameter, we introduce a parameter Q_B. A negative value represents a sub-binomial statistics. This is possible only for quantum fields, even for super-Poisson light. It eliminates the problems encountered in discerning nonclassicality using Mandel's Q_M for on-off data.
description: 3 figures
The Use of Geometric Algebra in the Analysis of Non-sinusoidal Networks and the Construction of a Unified Power Theory for Single Phase Systems - A Paradigm Shift
Creators: name: Castro-Núñez, Milton
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Electronics and Electrical
subject: power theory
subject: power flow
subject: non-sinusoidal circuit analysis
subject: geometric algebra
subject: reactive power
subject: non-sinusoidal apparent power
subject: harmonics
subject: power factor
subject: power measurement
subject: reactive power compensation
subject: currents physical components (CPC) power theory
subject: non-active power
subject: IEEE standard 1459

description: The electrical engineering scientific community since 1892 is seeking a power theory for interpreting the power flow within electric networks under non-sinusoidal conditions. The proliferation of power electronic devices in electrical systems provides added motivation to find such a theory. Some examples of the effort regarding power definitions and measurements under non-sinusoidal conditions include four international workshops, an IEEE working group and a biannual international conference. Although many power theories have been proposed regarding non-sinusoidal operation, an adequate solution is yet to be found. In contrast to previous investigations, it is suggested here that the framework based on complex number representations in non-sinusoidal circuit analysis may in fact hamper energy flow analysis. Thus, a new circuit analysis approach is developed using geometric algebra. In a new domain – coined as the GN domain – multivectors describe circuit and power quantities, circuit quantities obey Kirchhoff’s circuit laws, it is possible to apply the superposition principle and a better sense of the flow of currents and powers in the examined circuits is shown. The power multivector results from the geometric product of the voltage and current multivectors. The power multivector allows a decomposition that accounts for the total active and non-active power, involves the well-known power terms of the sinusoidal case – reactive and active average power – and two new terms: degrading power and reactive power due to harmonic interactions. Also, the power multivector satisfies both: the principle of conservation of energy and the balance principle of reactive power. The proposed GN domain power theory is able to: 1) reveal flaws in other power theories, 2) undermines the concept that the number of reactive elements required to achieve a near unity power factor is dependent on the number of harmonics in the excitation source, and 3) shows that the traditional non-sinusoidal apparent power definition needs to be revised. Presently, no power theory has these features all together.
Фазовая чувствительность сорняков к гербицидам группы бетанала как индикатор к проведению химической прополки сахарной свёклы
Creators: name: Е.А. Дворянкин
Publisher: name: Сахар
Year: 2023
Subjects: сорняки
гербициды
фаза развития
сахарная свёкла
резистентность
чувствительность.
herbicides
developmental stage
sugar beet
resistance
susceptibility.

description: Установлена длительность формирования ранних фаз сорняков в зависимости от погодных условий, а также изменчивость фазовой чувствительности к гербициду «Бетанал Эксперт ОФ» (БЭОФ) у разных сорняков в процессе их роста и развития. Устойчивость к гербициду особенно быстро развивалась у просвирника приземистого, несколько медленнее – у мари белой, щириц, горцев. Наиболее высокую чувствительность сорняки проявляли к БЭОФ в фазе семядолей – 2 настоящих листев при обработке гербицидом в нормах 1,0–1,25 л/га.
description: Time of weed early stages’ formation depending on weather conditions and change in a stage-dependent susceptibility to Betanal Expert OF (BEOF) herbicide in different weeds during their growth and development were determined. Resistance to the herbicide developed especially rapidly in mallow, and rather more slowly in pigweed, amaranths, and knotweeds. The weeds displayed the greatest susceptibility to BEOF at stages of cotyledon – 2 true leaves when treated with the herbicide, the application rate being 1.0–1.25 l/ha.
The linewidth-size relationship in the dense ISM of the Central Molecular Zone
Creators: name: Shetty, Rahul
name: Beaumont, Christopher N.
name: Burton, Michael G.
name: Kelly, Brandon C.
name: Klessen, Ralf S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The linewidth (sigma) - size (R) relationship has been extensively measured and analysed, in both the local ISM and in nearby normal galaxies. Generally, a power-law describes the relationship well with an index ranging from 0.2-0.6, now referred to as one of "Larson's Relationships." The nature of turbulence and star formation is considered to be intimately related to these relationships, so evaluating the sigma-R correlations in various environments is important for developing a comprehensive understanding of the ISM. We measure the sigma-R relationship in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galactic Centre using spectral line observations of the high density tracers N2H+, HCN, H13CN, and HCO+. We use dendrograms, which map the hierarchical nature of the position-position-velocity (PPV) data, to compute sigma and R of contiguous structures. The dispersions range from ~2-30 km/s in structures spanning sizes 2-40 pc, respectively. By performing Bayesian inference, we show that a power-law with exponent 0.3-1.1 can reasonably describe the sigma-R trend. We demonstrate that the derived sigma-R relationship is independent of the locations in the PPV dataset where sigma and R are measured. The uniformity in the sigma-R relationship suggests turbulence in the CMZ is driven on the large scales beyond >30 pc. We compare the CMZ sigma-R relationship to that measured in the Galactic molecular cloud Perseus. The exponents between the two systems are similar, suggestive of a connection between the turbulent properties within a cloud to its ambient medium. Yet, the velocity dispersion in the CMZ is systematically higher, resulting in a coefficient that is nearly five times larger. The systematic enhancement of turbulent velocities may be due to the combined effects of increased star formation activity, larger densities, and higher pressures relative to the local ISM.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Development of the Patterson Gated Communities in Calgary: Fear of Crime, Security Consumption, Media and Marketing
Creators: name: Detchev, Trista
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Urban and Regional Planning
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography
subject: Gated Communities
subject: Security
subject: Fear of Crime
subject: Calgary
subject: Patterson
subject: Consumption
subject: Media
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Exclusivity
subject: Alberta
subject: Canada

description: How and why people choose and modify their places of residence can be attributed to a number of factors including security. To explore this idea, this study investigates the reasons people move into gated communities as well as how households mitigate their fear of crime through alternative means such as security systems. A case study of Patterson, Calgary, was undertaken which included both gated and ungated communities. Interviews with those associated with the development, building, and sale of homes in the area, current residents, and security personnel were carried out. Additionally, questionnaires were mailed to residents. It was found that feeling safe in the home was positively correlated to feeling safe in the neighbourhood and being a senior. Negatively correlated was watching satellite or cable television news 4-6 times per week. Interviews revealed that there were many motivations for moving into a gated community including, but not limited to, security.
Revisiting the 'LSND anomaly' I: impact of new data
Creators: name: CDP Group
name: Bolshakova, A.
name: Boyko, I.
name: Chelkov, G.
name: Dedovitch, D.
name: Elagin, A.
name: Emelyanov, D.
name: Gostkin, M.
name: Guskov, A.
name: Kroumchtein, Z.
name: Nefedov, Y.
name: Nikolaev, K.
name: Zhemchugov, A.
name: Dydak, F.
name: Wotschack, J.
name: De Min, A.
name: Ammosov, V.
name: Gapienko, V.
name: Koreshev, V.
name: Semak, A.
name: Sviridov, Y.
name: Usenko, E.
name: Zaets, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper, together with a subsequent paper, questions the so-called 'LSND anomaly': a 3.8 σ excess of anti-electronneutrino interactions over standard backgrounds, observed by the LSND Collaboration in a beam dump experiment with 800 MeV protons. That excess has been interpreted as evidence for the anti-muonneutrino{\to} anti-electronneutrino oscillation in the Δm2 range from 0.2 eV2 to 2 eV2. Such a Δm2 range is incompatible with the widely accepted model of oscillations between three light neutrino species and would require the existence of at least one light 'sterile' neutrino. In this paper, new data on pion production by protons on nuclei are presented, and four decades old data on pion production by neutrons on nuclei are recalled, that together increase significantly the estimates of standard backgrounds in the LSND experiment, and decrease the significance of the 'LSND anomaly' from 3.8 σ to 2.9 σ. In a subsequent paper, in addition the LSND Collaboration's data analysis will be questioned, rendering a further reduction of the significance of the 'LSND anomaly'.
description: 35 pages, 12 figures
Populismus
Creators: name: Görgen, Benjamin
name: Keck, Max
name: Minas, Tino
name: Rommel, Inken
name: Stockmann, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Institut für Soziologie / Münster (Westf)
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 300 Social sciences, Anthropology

description: In diesem Sammelband geht es darum, sich dem Phänomen des Populismus, das gerade in den letzten Jahren auch in Teilen der Medienöffentlichkeit einen hohen Stellenwert innehatte, aus einer soziologischen Perspektive zu nähern. Dabei werden insbesondere die unterschiedlichen in der Graduiertenschule der Soziologie bestehenden Forschungsperspektiven bedeutsam, die sich in unterschiedlichen Zugriffen auf das Thema Populismus zeigen. Neben begrifflich-theoretischen Annäherungen an Populismus spielen handlungs- und ungleichheitstheoretische sowie methodologische Fragen eine Rolle.
description: Vorwort ..... 4 Populismus : Konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu einem umstrittenen Begriff (Benjamin Görgen) ..... 6 Wo liegt der „(neue)“ Populismus? : Überlegungen vor dem Hintergrund des methodischen Vorschlags einer Hinwendung zur intersubjektiven Sprach- und Handlungspraxis (Tino Minas) ..... 15 Populismus und Sexismus (Sebastian Stockmann) ..... 25 Die „bürgerliche Mitte“ als Resonanzraum für den Populismus der Neuen Rechten (Inken Rommel) ..... 34 Wer wählt die AfD? : Experimente mit einer quasi-qualitativen Analyse quantitativer Mikrodaten des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) (Max Keck) ..... 46
The Life and Death of Dense Molecular Clumps in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Seale, Jonathan P.
name: Looney, Leslie W.
name: Wong, Tony
name: Ott, Juergen
name: Klein, Uli
name: Pineda, Jorge L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of a high spatial (parsec) resolution HCO+ (J = 1-0) and HCN (J = 1-0) emission survey toward the giant molecular clouds of the star formation regions N105, N113, N159, and N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The HCO+ and HCN observations at 89.2 and 88.6 GHz, respectively, were conducted in the compact configuration of the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The emission is imaged into individual clumps with masses between 10^2 and 10^4 solar masses and radii of <1 pc to ~2 pc. Many of the clumps are coincident with indicators of current massive star formation, indicating that many of the clumps are associated with deeply-embedded forming stars and star clusters. We find that massive YSO-bearing clumps tend to be larger (>1 pc), more massive (M > 10^3 solar masses), and have higher surface densities (~1 g cm^-2), while clumps without signs of star formation are smaller (<1 pc), less massive (M < 10^3 solar masses), and have lower surface densities (~0.1 g cm^-2). The dearth of massive (M >10^3 solar masses) clumps not bearing massive YSOs suggests the onset of star formation occurs rapidly once the clump has attained physical properties favorable to massive star formation. Using a large sample of LMC massive YSO mid-IR spectra, we estimate that ~2/3 of the massive YSOs for which there are Spitzer mid-IR spectra are no longer located in molecular clumps; we estimate that these young stars/clusters have destroyed their natal clumps on a time scale of at least 3 x 10^{5}$ yrs.
description: Accepted to ApJ 3-19-2012
Physics and modeling of liquid films in pulsating heat pipes
Creators: name: Zhang, Xiaolong
name: Nikolayev, Vadim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present study reports a novel physical model for simulating Pulsating Heat Pipes (PHP). Their high heat performance is due to the phase change over thin liquid films. The simulation of physically correct film behavior is thus crucial. The model adopts the one-dimensional approach, which is computationally efficient yet still capable of capturing major physical phenomena. The model assumes a spatially uniform film thickness, whereas both the film thickness and length can vary over time; therefore, we call it the oscillating film thickness model. It is based on the physical analysis of liquid film deposition by the receding menisci of Taylor bubbles and of contact line dynamics. Three key phenomena are addressed: (i) film deposition, (ii) contact line receding due to dewetting acceleration by evaporation, and (iii) mass exchange over films and contact lines. The model is evaluated by simulating the simplest, single-branch PHP, for which detailed experimental data are available. A quantitative agreement is reached. As the model includes the wetting properties, their impact on oscillations is analyzed; a qualitative agreement with the experiment is demonstrated.
Structure, Phase Composition and Mechanical Properties for the High-Entropy Solid Solutions Based on MnFeCoNiCu System Versus Collective Behaviour of Their Constituents
Структура, фазовий склад і механічні властивості високоентропійних твердих розчинів на основі системи MnFeCoNiCu відносно колективної поведінки їхніх складових елементів
Creators: name: Kosorukova, T.O.
name: Koval’, Y.M.
name: Odnosum, V.V.
name: Filatova, V.S.
name: Gerstein, G.
name: Mayer, H.J.
name: Firstov, G.S.
Publisher: name: Kyiv : G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: high entropy alloys
subject: martensitic transformation
subject: mechanical properties
subject: solid solutions
subject: structure
subject: високоентропійні стопи
subject: тверді розчини
subject: структура
subject: мартенситне перетво-рення
subject: механічні властивості
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::670 | Industrielle und handwerkliche Fertigung
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::530 | Physik

description: Structure and phase-composition changes of the cast multicomponent alloys based on MnFeCoNiCu are studied depending on variations in the enthalpy and entropy of mixing, the difference in atomic sizes, and the concentration of valence electrons, starting from the medium-entropy TiFeCoNi alloy and approaching the Cantor alloy. Changes in the crystal structure from h.c.p. to f.c.c. one as well as variations in the phase composition are revealed. As shown, the specified changes lead to significant strengthening with significant plasticity. Such plasticity is caused by the f.c.c.–h.c.p. martensitic transformation, which is combined with the plastic deformation of the distorted lattice, which, in its own turn, is characterized by significant strengthening.
description: Досліджено зміни структури та фазового складу литих багатокомпонент-них стопів на основі MnFeCoNiCu в залежності від змін у ентальпії й ент-ропії змішання, ріжниці атомових розмірів і концентрації валентних електронів, починаючи від середньоентропійного стопу TiFeCoNi та на-ближуючись до стопу Кантора. Встановлено зміни у кристалічній струк-турі від ГЩП до ГЦК, а також варіяції фазового складу. Показано, що зазначені зміни приводять до значного зміцнення із істотною пластичніс-тю. Таку пластичність зумовлено ГЦК–ГЩП-мартенситним перетворен-ням, що поєднується з пластичною деформацією спотвореної ґратниці, яка характеризується значним зміцненням.
Radio continuum observations of new radio halos and relics from the NVSS and WENSS surveys
Creators: name: van Weeren, R. J.
name: Bruggen, M.
name: Rottgering, H. J. A.
name: Hoeft, M.
name: Nuza, S. E.
name: Intema, H. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radio halos and relics are diffuse radio sources found in galaxy clusters showing significant substructure at X-ray wavelengths. These sources provide important information about non-thermal processes taking place in the ICM. Until now only a few dozen relics and halos are known, while models predict that a much larger number of these sources exist. In this paper we present the results of an extensive observing campaign to search for new diffuse radio sources in galaxy clusters. We discovered 6 new radio relics, including a probable double relic system, and 2 radio halos. In addition, we confirm the presence of diffuse radio emission in four galaxy clusters. By constructing a sample of 35 radio relics we find that relics are mostly found along the major axis of the X-ray emission from the ICM, while their orientation is perpendicular to this axis. This is consistent with the scenario that relics trace merger shock waves. The major and minor axis ratio distribution of the ICM for clusters with relics is also broader than that of the NORAS-REFLEX sample. We compared the X-ray luminosity and redshift distributions of clusters with relics to an X-ray selected sample from the NORAS and REFLEX surveys. We find tentative evidence for an increase of the cluster's relic fraction with X-ray luminosity and redshift. [abridged]
description: 20 pages, 26 figures, accepted for publication in A\&A on July 14, 2011
In-Silico and In-Vivo Functional Assessment of Cardiovascular Structures
Creators: name: Satriano, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Biomedical
subject: Cardiovascular
subject: Aorta
subject: Atrium
subject: Imaging
subject: Finite Element Method
subject: Feature-Based
subject: Morphing
subject: Optical Flow

description: Understanding the current status and the progression of cardiovascular pathologies is paramount to assess therapeutic effectiveness and the course of action to be taken for a specific patient. The interplay between different physics and cardiovascular structures should not be neglected in a prediction-oriented simulation. Questions arise about the correct level of detail needed,and what interactions need to be reproduced to correctly quantify the physiological and pathological function of an organ. Within the present work we investigated two problems: 1) the adoption of numerical models to study the interaction between mechanical and electrical phenomena across the surface of the left atrium (LA) and their influence on atrial fibrillation; 2) the assessment of strain in-vivo from time-dependent diagnostic imaging in order to evaluate the organ functionality, applied to the case of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). Cardiac muscle cell (cardiomyocyte) orientations contribute significantly to directional stiffness and electrical conductance in the LA. In the first part of the thesis we developed a feature-based algorithm for the application of inhomogeneous tissue properties such as cardiomyocytes directions, obtained through invasive and destructive investigative techniques, to the single patient case. Subsequently, using such cardiomyocyte directions we developed a strongly coupled Mechano-Electric model of the LA, taking into account its interaction with the surrounding structures (pericardium and left ventricle), the directional effect of cardiomyocytes both from an electrical and mechanical point of view, as well as the dependence of LA pressure on the transmitral flow, according to left ventricular pressure and current atrial compliance by means of a 0-D atrio-ventricular flow model.
Do androids dream of fictional references? A bibliographic dialogue with ChatGPT3.5
Creators: name: Vergnas, Olivier Las
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This article focuses on bibliographic references generated by the ChatGPT3.5 tool. Using this tool based on the trained GPT generation model ChatGPT3.5, developed by the company OpenAI, we explored six different themes and analyzed a sample of references generated by the model, in French and English. The results revealed high percentages of fictitious references in several fields, underlining the importance of carefully checking these references before using them in research work. An improvement in results was nevertheless noted between May and July with regard to English references for themes on which ChatGPR3.5 has been particularly trained, but the situation remains unsatisfactory in French, for example. It should also be pointed out that much of the text in this article was generated by ChatGPT in a joint effort with the human author.
Coupling a quantum dot, fermionic leads and a microwave cavity on-chip
Creators: name: Delbecq, M. R.
name: Schmitt, V.
name: Parmentier, F. D.
name: Roch, N.
name: Viennot, J. J.
name: Fève, G.
name: Huard, B.
name: Mora, C.
name: Cottet, A.
name: Kontos, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a hybrid architecture consisting of a quantum dot circuit coupled to a single mode of the electromagnetic field. We use single wall carbon nanotube based circuits inserted in superconducting microwave cavities. By probing the nanotube-dot using a dispersive read-out in the Coulomb blockade and the Kondo regime, we determine an electron-photon coupling strength which should enable circuit QED experiments with more complex quantum dot circuits.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures