cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1: of Exercise and reproductive function in polycystic ovary syndrome: protocol of a systematic review
Creators: name: Santos, Isis Dos
name: Romilson De Lima Nunes
name: Soares, Gustavo
name: Tecia De Oliveira MaranhĂŁo
name: Dantas, Paulo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: PRISMAâ P 2015 Checklist. (PDF 338Â kb)
ALMA CO Clouds and Young Star Complexes in the Interacting Galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207
Creators: name: Elmegreen, Debra Meloy
name: Elmegreen, Bruce G.
name: Kaufman, Michele
name: Brinks, Elias
name: Struck, Curtis
name: Bournaud, Frederic
name: Sheth, Kartik
name: Juneau, Stephanie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: ALMA observations of CO(1-0) emission in the interacting galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 are used to determine the properties of molecular clouds and their association with star-forming regions observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. Half of the CO mass is in 249 clouds each more massive than 4.0x10^5Mo. The mass distribution functions for the CO clouds and star complexes in a galactic-scale shock front in IC 2163 both have a slope on a log-log plot of -0.7, similar to what is observed in Milky Way clouds. The molecular cloud mass function is steeper in NGC 2207. The CO distribution in NGC 2207 also includes a nuclear ring, a mini-bar, and a mini-starburst region that dominates the 24micron, radio, and Halpha emission in both galaxies. The ratio of the sum of the masses of star complexes younger than 30 Myr to the associated molecular cloud masses is ~4%. The maximum age of star complexes in the galactic-scale shock front in IC 2163 is about 200 Myr, the same as the interaction time of the two galaxies, suggesting the destruction of older complexes in the eyelids.
description: 11 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Phytoplankton and oceanography of the Coffs Harbour region, Eastern Australia
Creators: name: Armbrecht, Linda Hanna
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The East Australian Current (EAC) is the Western Boundary Current (WBC) of the South Pacific Gyre, transporting warm water from tropical to temperate latitudes along Eastern Australia. Due to climate change, the EAC is warming and strengthening, which is expected to impact on phytoplankton abundance, distribution and composition. This thesis aims at providing the first taxonomic phytoplankton time-series survey (May 2011 - September 2012) in the tropical-temperate transition zone of Eastern Australia (~30°S, Coffs Harbour). An interdisciplinary approach of oceanography, microscopy, phytoplankton pigment analysis through CHEMTAX and statistics was used. By applying this approach, the phytoplankton community was estimated and investigated under contrasting oceanographic conditions, along crossshelf gradients of environmental variables and throughout one annual cycle. The influence of the EAC on the shelf-scale and seasonal phytoplankton variability was examined in detail. Microscopy analysis revealed the abundance of 137 microphytoplankton taxa within 74 genera, including diatoms, dinoflagellates, silicoflagellates and Trichodesmium erythraeum. In addition, CHEMTAX determined the presence of pico- and nanophytoplankton, including cyanobacteria, cryptophytes, euglenophytes, haptophytes, pelagophytes and prasinophytes. Both microscopy and CHEMTAX revealed diatoms as being the most abundant phytoplankton taxon off Coffs Harbour. Shelf-scale phytoplankton abundance, distribution and composition were found to be driven by the highly variable oceanographic environment, and, on a seasonal scale, by the combination of the EAC and intrinsic seasonal cycles. Upwelling triggered two diatom blooms during December 2011 (Pseudo-nitzschia spp.) and September 2012 (Leptocylindrus danicus). This thesis has provided baseline information on interactions between oceanography and phytoplankton dynamics at ~30°S, Eastern Australia. The results from this survey are a key reference for future studies investigating changes in phytoplankton communities along the east Australian coast as a consequence of the strengthening EAC. Furthermore, the findings of this thesis find applicability in globally changing subtropical WBC systems. All of these systems are currently undergoing long-term changes, particularly in tropicalisation evidenced by poleward species shifts.
Variational bounds and nonlinear stability of an active nematic suspension
Creators: name: Weady, Scott
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the entropy method to analyze the nonlinear dynamics and stability of a continuum kinetic model of an active nematic suspension. From the time evolution of the relative entropy -- an energy-like quantity in the kinetic model -- we derive a variational bound on relative entropy fluctuations that can be expressed in terms of orientational order parameters. From this bound we show isotropic suspensions are nonlinearly stable for sufficiently low activity, and derive upper bounds on spatiotemporal averages in the unstable regime that are consistent with fully nonlinear simulations. This work highlights the self-organizing role of activity in particle suspensions, and places limits on how organized such systems can be.
Wirtinger systems of generators of knot groups
Creators: name: Blair, Ryan
name: Kjuchukova, Alexandra
name: Velazquez, Roman
name: Villanueva, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25, 57M27, 57M05

description: We define the {\it Wirtinger number} of a link, an invariant closely related to the meridional rank. The Wirtinger number is the minimum number of generators of the fundamental group of the link complement over all meridional presentations in which every relation is an iterated Wirtinger relation arising in a diagram. We prove that the Wirtinger number of a link equals its bridge number. This equality can be viewed as establishing a weak version of Cappell and Shaneson's Meridional Rank Conjecture, and suggests a new approach to this conjecture. Our result also leads to a combinatorial technique for obtaining strong upper bounds on bridge numbers. This technique has so far allowed us to add the bridge numbers of approximately 50,000 prime knots of up to 14 crossings to the knot table. As another application, we use the Wirtinger number to show there exists a universal constant $C$ with the property that the hyperbolic volume of a prime alternating link $L$ is bounded below by $C$ times the bridge number of $L$.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures, 1 footnote
Spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of urban landscape forms on PM2.5 in China from 2001 to 2020
Creators: name: Zhu, Shoutao
name: Tang, Jiayi
name: Zhou, Xiaolu
name: Li, Peng
name: Liu, Zelin
name: Zhang, Cicheng
name: Zou, Ziying
name: Li, Tong
name: Peng, Changhui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Urban landscape forms can be effective in reducing increasing PM2.5 concentrations due to urbanization in China, making it crucially important to accurately quantify the spatiotemporal impact of urban landscape forms on PM2.5 variations. Three landscape indices and six control variables were selected to assess these impacts in 362 Chinese cities during different time scales from 2001 to 2020, using a spatiotemporal geographically weighted regression model, random forest models and partial dependence plots. The results show that there are spatiotemporal differences in the impacts of landscape indices on PM2.5. the proportion of urban green infrastructure (PLAND-UGI) and the fractal dimension of urban green infrastructure (FRACT-UGI) exacerbate PM2.5 concentrations in the northwest, the proportion of impervious surfaces (PLAND-Impervious) mitigates air pollution in northwest and southwest China, and shannon’s diversity index (SHDI) has seasonal differences in the northwest. PLAND-UGI is the landscape index with the largest contribution (30%) and interpretable range. The relationship between FRACT and PM2.5 was more complex than for other landscape indices. The results of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of the spatial and temporal differences in the impact of urban landscape patterns on PM2.5, contributing to clean urban development and sustainable development.
MOESM1 of Estimating species pools for a single ecological assemblage
Creators: name: Tsung-Jen Shen
name: Youhua Chen
name: Chen, You-Fang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Additional methods, figures and tables.
Effect of strigolactone on growth, photosynthetic efficiency, antioxidant activity, and osmolytes accumulation in different maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids grown under drought stress
Creators: name: Luqman, Muhammad
name: Shahbaz, Muhammad
name: Maqsood, Muhammad Faisal
name: Farhat, Fozia
name: Zulfiqar, Usman
name: Siddiqui, Manzer H.
name: Masood, Atifa
name: Aqeel, Muhammad
name: Haider, Fasih Ullah
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Drought alters plant physiology, morphology, and biochemical pathways, necessitating effective mitigation strategies. Strigolactones (SLs) are phytohormones known to enhance plant growth under abiotic stress. However, their specific impact on drought stress in maize remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the optimal SL concentration for mitigating drought stress in two maize hybrids (HY-1898, FH-1046). Maize plants were subjected to 60% field capacity drought stress in a pot experiment. After 40 d, different concentrations (0, 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1 mg L−1) of the synthetic SL analogue GR24 were applied to evaluate their effects on growth features, photosynthesis attributes, and osmolyte accumulation in the maize hybrids. Results showed that exogenous SL application significantly increased photosynthetic pigments in maize hybrids under drought stress. Chlorophyll content, gas exchange characteristics, net CO2 assimilation rate, stomatal conductance, water use efficiency, and antioxidant activities were enhanced by GR24. Leaf ascorbic acid and total phenolics also increased with SL application. Organic osmolytes, such as glycine betaine and free proline, were elevated in both maize hybrids under drought stress. Yield-related parameters, including cob diameter, cob weight, number of seeds per cob, and number of seeds per plant, were significantly increased by GR24 under drought stress. Our findings highlight the potential of GR24 foliar application to mitigate drought stress and promote maize growth and grain yield in a concentration-dependent manner. The minimum effective SL concentration against drought stress was determined to be 0.01 mg L−1. Overall, foliar application of GR24 could serve as a sustainable approach for drought tolerance in agriculture.
title: ADCO, Sixième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1662), Cart. 30 (G 133), 441 folios, f. 860
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Sixième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1662), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 30 (G 133), 441 folios, f. 860, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Sixième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1662), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 30 (G 133), 441 folios, f. 860, 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
Surface charge induced $sp^3$-$sp^2$ transformation: new energy optimization universal mechanism of (4x4) reconstruction of stoichiometric GaN(0001) surface
Creators: name: Strak, Paweł
name: Miller, Wolfram
name: Krukowski, Stanisław
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ab initio calculations were applied to large size slabs simulations for determination of the properties of the principal structures of the stoichiometric GaN(0001) surface. The results are different from published previously: stoichiometric GaN(0001) surface structure is characterized by mixed structure in which 3/8 top layer Ga atoms remain in standard position with $sp^3$ hybridized bonding while the remaining 5/8 top layer Ga atoms is located in plane of N atoms with $sp^2$ hybridized bonding. This involves charge transfer to the previous one, entailing energy optimization, therefore Ga-s and Ga-p energy difference is driving force for the transition. In large size surfaces Ga atoms create (4 x 4) reconstruction which is additionally stabilized by strain optimization. Heavy doping in the bulk changes $sp^3$ to $sp^2$ ratio thus confirming the charge transfer mechanism of the reconstruction. The charge transfer energy optimization is universal for all surfaces terminated by $sp^3$ bonded atoms.
description: 16pages, 5 figures
Efficient photochemistry of coronene: water complexes
Creators: name: Noble, J. A.
name: Jouvet, C.
name: Aupetit, C.
name: Moudens, A.
name: Mascetti, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The photochemistry of ices with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been extensively studied, but to date no investigation has been made of PAHs in interaction with low numbers (n < 4) of molecules of water. We performed photochemical matrix isolation studies of coronene:water complexes, probing the argon matrix with FTIR spectroscopy. We find that coronene readily reacts with water upon irradiation with a mercury vapour lamp to produce oxygenated PAH photoproducts, and we postulate a reaction mechanism via a charge transfer Rydberg state. This result suggests that oxygenated PAHs should be widely observed in regions of the ISM with sufficiently high water abundances, for example near the edges of molecular clouds where water molecules begin to form, but before icy layers are observed, that is at AV <3. In order to explain the low derived observational abundances of oxygenated PAHs, additional destruction routes must be invoked.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Design, modelling and control of slider: an ultra-lightweight, knee-less, low-cost bipedal walking robot
Creators: name: Wang, Ke
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2022

description: Robots can improve the world we live in by replacing humans in dangerous and tedious tasks. More specifically, bipedal robots can navigate complex and unstructured environments designed for humans which may not be possible for their wheeled counterparts. This thesis presents a comprehensive study on the design, modelling, control and motion planning for a novel ultra-lightweight, knee-less, low-cost bipedal walking robot called SLIDER. Although many bipedal robots exist, it is still a big challenge to design and build a bipedal robot that is lightweight, able to perform agile motions while keeping the cost low. The first part of the thesis aims to tackle this challenge by proposing a novel knee-less robot design. Unlike most bipedal robots which have knees, SLIDER has no knees. Instead it has prismatic sliding joints at the hip that replace the functionality of knees. This design results in lightweight legs which in turn bring advantages for agile control and improved energy efficiency. This thesis presents the details of the design and modelling of SLIDER, a comparison between knee-less and anthropomorphic bipedal robot design as well as real robot experiments. Furthermore, lessons learned through multiple iterations of the design and modelling of SLIDER are summarized. Besides the design and modelling, the control and motion planning algorithms are another key part for achieving bipedal locomotion. The second half of the thesis presents contributions to the walking controller, footstep planning and dynamic motion generation for bipedal robots. Three algorithms are proposed. The first algorithm enables bipedal robots to blindly walk over uneven terrains by decoupling the aSLIP model and formulating the footstep planning as a linear MPC. The second proposed algorithm enables bipedal robots to adapt step location and timing by solving a nonlinear MPC. The nonlinear MPC can be solved with a frequency of 200Hz by an asynchronous framework. The third proposed algorithm generates highly dynamic jumping motions for bipedal and quadrupedal robots. A new model called LL-SRBM approximately models the centroidal inertia and improves the jumping performance in terms of jumping speed and distance. The final contribution of the thesis is a novel proposed walking gait called RotoGait. Thanks to the unique design of SLIDER, the legs can continuously rotate while walking, instead of accelerating and decelerating each swing leg as in the normal gait. Trajectory optimization is used to generate the optimal energy-efficient swing leg trajectory for RotoGait. Compared with the normal walking gait, RotoGait proves to be more energy efficient at high walking speeds. RotoGait represents a new class of walking gaits that opens the possibility of improved locomotion performance. Looking ahead, the novel insights shown in this thesis open up future research avenues for the design of bipedal robots and performance improvement of bipedal locomotion.
Gasotransmitter ammonia accelerates seed germination, seedling growth, and thermotolerance acquirement in maize
Creators: name: Li, Zhong-Guang
name: Lu, Xiao-Qiong
name: Chen, Ji
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Ammonia (NH3), as an intermediate product of nitrogen metabolism, is recognized as a novel gasotransmitter (namely gaseous signaling molecule), its signaling role being revealed in plants. NH3 exists in two different chemical forms, namely the weak base (free molecule: NH3) and the weak acid (ammonium: NH4+), which are generally in equilibrium with each other in plants. However, the effect of NH3 on seed germination, seedling growth, and thermotolerance acquirement in maize remains unclear. Here, maize seeds were imbibed in the different concentrations of NH3·H2O (NH3 donor), and then germinated and calculated seed germination rate at the various time points. Also, the 60-h-old seedlings were irrigated in the different concentrations of NH3·H2O, and then subjected to heat stress and counted survival rate. The data implied that the appropriate concentrations (6, 9, and 12 mM) of NH3·H2O accelerated seed germination as well as increased seedling height and root length compared with the control without NH3 treatment. Also, the suitable concentrations (2 and 4 mM) of NH3·H2O improved tissue vitality, relieved an increase in malondialdehyde content, and enhanced survival rate of maize seedlings under heat stress compared with the control. These results firstly suggest that NH3 could accelerate seed germination, seedling growth, and thermotolerance acquirement in maize.
Nandi/Kupunn/Broadwater: the background, establishment, rise and decline of one rural community within the Darling Downs area of Queensland
Creators: name: Lehner, Dale
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Whilst the fortunes of wealthy squatters and politicians have been traced in detail through official sources, the fate of ‘ordinary’ settlers on the Darling Downs has been somewhat overlooked. The concerns of one small community are addressed here, mainly through the ‘unofficial’ sources of knowledge that were identified by the British historian, Raphael Samuel. These include oral accounts and written memoirs from former residents, placename origins and family and community histories. An analysis of the placenames given by explorers, squatters, surveyors and ordinary settlers during the 19th century sheds new light on the concerns of the first Europeans on the Darling Downs, and provides a background to the study of the Nandi/Kupunn/Broadwater district and its community. The residents themselves describe life during the early days of the 20th century, on both the dominant freehold estate, Loudoun, and on the small selections nearby. Struggles with the environment, and the hardships of two World Wars and the Great Depression are recounted from the viewpoint of the ordinary resident in a close-knit and interdependent farming community. The effects of the post World War II era, which saw extensive land clearing, the fragmentation of the community and the intrusion of agribusiness interests, are also outlined. The personal accounts are enhanced by a collection of photographs from the 1870s through to the present day, and a selection of maps. The memoirs of ordinary people are underpinned by official records and newspaper accounts, and can be set in the established historical framework. The personal experiences of settlers in that one small community help to facilitate a deeper understanding of rural Australia, as it is today, and its development through many generations.
Additional file 3: of Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of secukinumab in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis: a randomized, double-blind phase 3 study, MEASURE 3
Creators: name: Pavelka, Karel
name: Kivitz, Alan
name: Dokoupilova, Eva
name: Blanco, Ricardo
name: Maradiaga, Marco
name: Tahir, Hasan
name: Luminita Pricop
name: Andersson, Mats
name: Readie, Aimee
name: Porter, Brian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Efficacy endpoints at week 52 for placebo patients re-randomized to secukinumab using non-responder imputation and observed data. (DOCX 16 kb)
High-resolution transport of regional level sets for evolving complex interface networks
Creators: name: Pan, Shucheng
name: Hu, Xiangyu
name: Adams, Nikolaus A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we describe a high-resolution transport formulation of the regional level-set approach for an improved prediction of the evolution of complex interface networks. The novelty of this method is twofold: (i) construction of local level sets and reconstruction of a global regional level sets, (ii) locally transporting the interface network by employing high-order spatial discretization schemes for improved representation of complex topologies. Various numerical test cases of multi-region flow problems, including triple-point advection, single vortex flow, mean curvature flow, normal driven flow and dry foam dynamics, show that the method is accurate and suitable for a wide range of complex interface-network evolutions. Its overall computational cost is comparable to the Semi-Lagrangian regional level-set method while the prediction accuracy is significantly improved. The approach thus offers a \textbf{viable} alternative to previous interface-network level-set method.
description: 44 pages, 16 figures
Decoy Effect in Search Interaction: A Pilot Study
Creators: name: Chen, Nuo
name: Liu, Jiqun
name: Sakai, Tetsuya
name: Wu, Xiao-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In recent years, the influence of cognitive effects and biases on users' thinking, behaving, and decision-making has garnered increasing attention in the field of interactive information retrieval. The decoy effect, one of the main empirically confirmed cognitive biases, refers to the shift in preference between two choices when a third option (the decoy) which is inferior to one of the initial choices is introduced. However, it is not clear how the decoy effect influences user interactions with and evaluations on Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). To bridge this gap, our study seeks to understand how the decoy effect at the document level influences users' interaction behaviors on SERPs, such as clicks, dwell time, and usefulness perceptions. We conducted experiments on two publicly available user behavior datasets and the findings reveal that, compared to cases where no decoy is present, the probability of a document being clicked could be improved and its usefulness score could be higher, should there be a decoy associated with the document.
Local climate zone mapping using remote sensing: a synergetic use of daytime multi-view Ziyuan-3 stereo imageries and Luojia-1 nighttime light data
Creators: name: Liang, Ying
name: Cao, Shisong
name: Du, Mingyi
name: Lu, Linlin
name: Jiang, Jie
name: Quan, Jinling
name: Yang, Meizi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: The local climate zone (LCZ) scheme has been widely utilized in regional climate modeling, urban planning, and thermal comfort investigations. However, existing LCZ classification methods face challenges in characterizing complex urban structures and human activities involving local climatic environments. In this study, we proposed a novel LCZ mapping method that fully uses space-borne multi-view and diurnal observations, i.e. daytime Ziyuan-3 stereo imageries (2.1 m) and Luojia-1 nighttime light (NTL) data (130 m). Firstly, we performed land cover classification using multiple machine learning methods (i.e. random forest (RF) and XGBoost algorithms) and various features (i.e. spectral, textural, multi-view features, 3D urban structure parameters (USPs), and NTL). In addition, we developed a set of new cumulative elevation indexes to improve building roughness assessments. The indexes can estimate building roughness directly from fused point clouds generated by both along- and across-track modes. Finally, based on the land cover and building roughness results, we extracted 2D and 3D USPs for different land covers and used multi-classifiers to perform LCZ mapping. The results for Beijing, China, show that our method yielded satisfactory accuracy for LCZ mapping, with an overall accuracy (OA) of 90.46%. The overall accuracy of land cover classification using 3D USPs generated from both along- and across-track modes increased by 4.66%, compared to that of using the single along-track mode. Additionally, the OA value of LCZ mapping using 2D and 3D USPs (88.18%) achieved a better result than using only 2D USPs (83.83%). The use of NTL data increased the classification accuracy of LCZs E (bare rock or paved) and F (bare soil or sand) by 6.54% and 3.94%, respectively. The refined LCZ classification achieved through this study will not only contribute to more accurate regional climate modeling but also provide valuable guidance for urban planning initiatives aimed at enhancing thermal comfort and overall livability in urban areas. Ultimately, this study paves the way for more comprehensive and effective strategies in addressing the challenges posed by urban microclimates.
Diffusion on dynamic contact networks with indirect transmission links
Creators: name: Shahzamal, Md
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Modelling diffusion processes on dynamic contact networks is an important research area for epidemiology, marketing, cybersecurity, and ecology. For these diffusion processes, the interactions among individuals build a transmission network of contagious items that spread out over the contact network. The diffusion dynamics of contagious items on dynamic contact networks are strongly determined by the underlying interaction mechanism between individuals. Thus, various research has been conducted to understand the correlation between diffusion dynamics and interaction patterns. However, current diffusion models only assume that contagious items transmit through interactions where both infected and susceptible individuals are present at a physical space together (e.g. visiting a location at the same time) or active in virtual space at the same time (e.g. friendship in online social networks). The focus on concurrent presence (real or virtual), however, is not sufficiently representative of a class of diffusion scenarios where transmissions can occur with indirect interactions, i.e. where susceptible individuals receive contagious items even if the infected individuals have left the interaction space. For example, an individual infected by the airborne disease can release infectious particles in the air through coughing or sneezing. The particles are then suspended in the air so that a susceptible individual arriving after the departure of the infected individual can still get infected. In this scenario, current diffusion models can miss significant spreading events during delayed indirect interactions. In this thesis, a novel diffusion model called the same place different time transmission based diffusion (SPDT) is introduced to take into account the transmissions through indirect interactions. The behaviour of SPDT diffusion is analysed on real dynamic contact networks and a significant amplification in diffusion dynamics is observed. The SPDT model also introduces some novel behaviours different to current diffusion models. In this work, a new SPDT graph model is also developed to generate synthetic traces to explore SPDT diffusion in several scenarios. The analysis shows that the emergence of new diffusion becomes common thanks to the inclusion of indirect transmissions within the SPDT model. This work finally investigates how diffusion can be controlled and develops new methods to hinder diffusion.This study undertakes infectious diseases spreading as a case study as it captures all aspects of SPDT diffusion processes. The real co-location contact networks constructed by users of a location based social networking application are used for this study. All results are compared with the current diffusion models which are based on direct transmission links.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, FOL-H-920, fol. 53v-57v, transcription normalisée (Gregorius Digital F4-1)
Creators: name: Andersen, Peter
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Ce fichier PDF contient une transcription normalisée de l'exemplaire Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, FOL-H-920, fol. 53v-57v, de l'édition « Le Violier », Paris, Jean de La Garde, 1521, avec le récit du Bon Pécheur et est édité dans le cadre du projet Gregorius Digital sous le sigle F4-1 (dir. Peter Andersen – ARCHE UMR 3400 – Université de Strasbourg)
Algorithmic characterization results for the Kerr-NUT-(A)dS space-time. I. A space-time approach
Creators: name: Paetz, Tim-Torben
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide an algorithm to check whether a given vacuum space-time $(\mathcal{M},g)$ admits a Killing vector field w.r.t. which the Mars-Simon tensor vanishes. In particular, we obtain an algorithmic procedure to check whether $(\mathcal{M},g)$ is locally isometric to a member of the Kerr-NUT-(A)dS family. A particular emphasis will be devoted to the Kerr-(A)dS case.
description: 35 pages
Probing emergent geometry through phase transitions in free vector and matrix models
Creators: name: Amado, Irene
name: Sundborg, Bo
name: Thorlacius, Larus
name: Wintergerst, Nico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Boundary correlation functions provide insight into the emergence of an effective geometry in higher spin gravity duals of O(N) or U(N) symmetric field theories. On a compact manifold, the singlet constraint leads to nontrivial dynamics at finite temperature and large N phase transitions even at vanishing 't Hooft coupling. At low temperature, the leading behavior of boundary two-point functions is consistent with propagation through a bulk thermal anti de Sitter space. Above the phase transition, the two-point function shows significant departure from thermal AdS space and the emergence of localized black hole like objects in the bulk. In adjoint models, these objects appear at length scales of order of the AdS radius, consistent with a Hawking-Page transition, but in vector models they are parametrically larger than the AdS scale. In low dimensions, we find another crossover at large distances beyond which the correlation function again takes a thermal AdS form, albeit with a temperature dependent normalization factor.
description: 24 pages, 1 table, 3 figures
MOESM1 of Goats in the city: prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in extensively reared goats in northern India
Creators: name: Utaaker, Kjersti
name: Myhr, Nina
name: Bajwa, Rajinder
name: Himanshu Joshi
name: Kumar, Anil
name: Robertson, Lucy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Polymerase chain reaction conditions for detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium.
Measurement of 1323 and 1487 keV resonances in 15N(α, γ)19F with the recoil separator ERNA
Creators: name: Di Leva, A.
name: Imbriani, G.
name: Buompane, R.
name: Gialanella, L.
name: Best, A.
name: Cristallo, S.
name: De Cesare, M.
name: D'Onofrio, A.
name: Duarte, J. G.
name: Gasques, L. R.
name: Morales-Gallegos, L.
name: Pezzella, A.
name: Porzio, G.
name: Rapagnani, D.
name: Roca, V.
name: Romoli, M.
name: Schürmann, D.
name: Straniero, O.
name: Terrasi, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The origin of fluorine is a widely debated issue. Nevertheless, the ^{15}N(α,γ)^{19}F reaction is a common feature among the various production channels so far proposed. Its reaction rate at relevant temperatures is determined by a number of narrow resonances together with the DC component and the tails of the two broad resonances at E_{c.m.} = 1323 and 1487 keV. Measurement through the direct detection of the 19F recoil ions with the European Recoil separator for Nuclear Astrophysics (ERNA) were performed. The reaction was initiated by a 15N beam impinging onto a 4He windowless gas target. The observed yield of the resonances at Ec.m. = 1323 and 1487 keV is used to determine their widths in the α and γ channels. We show that a direct measurement of the cross section of the ^{15}N(α,γ)^{19}F reaction can be successfully obtained with the Recoil Separator ERNA, and the widths Γ_γ and Γ_α of the two broad resonances have been determined. While a fair agreement is found with earlier determination of the widths of the 1487 keV resonance, a significant difference is found for the 1323 keV resonance Γ_α . The revision of the widths of the two more relevant broad resonances in the 15N(α,γ)19F reaction presented in this work is the first step toward a more firm determination of the reaction rate. At present, the residual uncertainty at the temperatures of the ^{19}F stellar nucleosynthesis is dominated by the uncertainties affecting the Direct Capture component and the 364 keV narrow resonance, both so far investigated only through indirect experiments.
description: 8 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in PRC
Internal categories
Creators: name: Miranda, Adrian Toshar
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: In our first chapter, we will define categories, functors, and natural transformations internally to any category with pullbacks ε, and we will prove in detail that they form a Cat-enriched category, or 2-category Cat (ε), with powers by 2 and any conical limits that ε also has. Along the way we will describe how certain familiar notions of category theory can be made sense of internally. In Chapter Two we will explore how some properties of ε are inherited by, or give rise to other properties in Cat (ε). In Chapter Three we will investigate the extension of the assignment ε -> Cat (ε) to various 2-functors, and in particular equip one of them with various monad-like structures. One of these was remarked upon in [6], but to our knowledge the other two have not appeared elsewhere in the literature. Chapter Four will be an intermezzo on the Grothendieck Construction in preparation for Chapter Five, where we will explore factorisations of internal functors, including in particular the comprehensive factorisation.
Coordinated recruitment of conserved defense-signaling pathways in PVYO-Infected Nicotiana benthamiana
Creators: name: Kim, Won-Jin
name: Kim, Woong
name: Kim, Youngsoon
name: Cheong, Hyeonsook
name: Kim, Seok-Jun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Potato virus Y (PVY) is an aphid-transmitted potyvirus that affects economically important solanaceous species. In this study, the phenomena and mechanisms following infection with PVY were investigated in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana). In tobacco plants, infection with a mild strain of PVY (PVYO) induced stunted growth in the first two leaves at the shoot apex starting 7 days post-infection (dpi), and mosaic symptoms began to appear on newly developing young leaves at 14 dpi. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and ultrastructure analysis, we confirmed that viral particles accumulated only in the upper developing leaves of infected plants. We analyzed reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in leaves from the bottom to the top of the plants to investigate whether delayed symptom development in leaves was associated with a defense response to the virus. In addition, the ultrastructural analysis confirmed the increase of ATG4 and ATG8, which are autophagy markers by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and the expression of genes involved in viral RNA suppression. Overall, our results suggested that viral RNA silencing and induced autophagy may play a role in the inhibition of viral symptom development in host plants in response to PVYO infection.
Global primary productivity and the role of climate modes of variability
Creators: name: do Couto, André David Belo
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Phytoplankton are a unique group of organisms, mostly due to their exclusive capacity to photosynthesise inorganic matter into highly energetic organic compounds. Consequently phytoplankton growth, i.e., primary productivity, fuels almost all life in the global ocean and plays a crucial role in biogeochemical cycles and climate processes. Although it is commonly known that phytoplankton primary productivity is highly variable at intra-annual scales, inter-annual patterns of variability have only relatively recently been observed with the advent of remote sensing technology. Satellite instruments detect and estimate chlorophyll, a molecule present in all phytoplankton, and primary productivity rates, at a global scale. Here, we use remote sensing products to assess net primary productivity and surface chlorophyll-a patterns of variability from intra- to multi-annual, and global to regional scales, and evaluate its physical forcing mechanisms. We aim to assess the connections between large-scale climate variability and inter- and multi-annual phytoplankton patterns of variability via empirical analysis of satellite derived Chl and various geophysical parameters. The main methodology utilised to this end is the Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) for detecting standing signals and its extended form to isolate propagating features. Our findings include a much higher percentage of NPP variability at seasonal scales (~90%) than previously acknowledged, an anomalous change of 90 Pg.C (Pg = 1015g) in the last decade coupled to the classic El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) regional climate phenomenon, and an extra 18 Pg.C fixed in the ocean which can be attributed to the influence of the past decade's trend found in a controversial second main mode of variability. Further, we use extended EOF (EEOF) to isolate and analyse propagating features of surface chlorophyll-a across the global ocean and link them to regional climate modes of variability. We then focus on the Tropical and South Pacific regions, characterizing the seasonal atmosphere and ocean dynamics and isolating the regional propagating inter-annual features. Finally, we assess the influence of the East Australian Current on regional remotely sensed chlorophyll, and investigate the role of large-scale regional climate modes of variability on chlorophyll patterns.
The effect of ISM absorption on stellar activity measurements and its relevance for exoplanet studies
Creators: name: Fossati, L.
name: Marcelja, S. E.
name: Staab, D.
name: Cubillos, P. E.
name: France, K.
name: Haswell, C. A.
name: Ingrassia, S.
name: Jenkins, J. S.
name: Koskinen, T.
name: Lanza, A. F.
name: Redfield, S.
name: Youngblood, A.
name: Pelzmann, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Past UV and optical observations of stars hosting hot Jupiters have shown that some of these stars present an anomalously low chromospheric activity, significantly below the basal level. For WASP-13, observations have shown that the apparent lack of activity is possibly caused by absorption from the intervening ISM. Inspired by this result, we study the effect of ISM absorption on activity measurements (S and logR'$_{\rm HK}$ indices) for main-sequence late-type stars. To this end, we employ synthetic stellar photospheric spectra combined with varying amounts of chromospheric emission and ISM absorption. We present the effect of ISM absorption on activity measurements by varying several instrumental, stellar, and ISM parameters. We find that for relative velocities between the stellar and ISM lines smaller than 30-40 km/s and for ISM CaII column densities logN$_{\rm CaII}$>12, the ISM absorption has a significant influence on activity measurements. Direct measurements and three dimensional maps of the Galactic ISM absorption indicate that an ISM CaII column density of logN$_{\rm CaII}$=12 is typically reached by a distance of about 100 pc along most sight lines. In particular, for a Sun-like star lying at a distance greater than 100 pc, we expect a depression (bias) in the logR'$_{\rm HK}$ value larger than 0.05-0.1 dex, about the same size as the typical measurement and calibration uncertainties on this parameter. This work shows that the bias introduced by ISM absorption must always be considered when measuring activity for stars lying beyond 100 pc. We also consider the effect of multiple ISM absorption components. We discuss the relevance of this result for exoplanet studies.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A
MOESM6 of CENP-B protects centromere chromatin integrity by facilitating histone deposition via the H3.3-specific chaperone Daxx
Creators: name: Morozov, Viacheslav
name: Giovinazzi, Serena
name: Ishov, Alexander
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology

description: Additional file 6: Fig. S6. CENP-B and Daxx knockout reduce HP1α accumulation at centromeres. Representative images of MCF7 control (left column) and CENP-B knockout (right column). Top row and ROI-1/-2: knockout of CENP-B (right) reduced accumulation of key heterochromatin protein HP1α (green) at centromeres (CREST, blue). Bottom row and ROI-4: knockout of CENP-B (right) reduced co-localization of HP1α (green) and ATRX (red) at centromeres (CREST, blue). PML nuclear bodies marked with arrows.