cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Rate of Convergence to the Circular Law via Smoothing Inequalities for Log-Potentials
Creators: name: Götze, Friedrich
name: Jalowy, Jonas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60B20 (Primary), 41A25, 60E15 (Secondary)

description: The aim of this note is to investigate the Kolmogorov distance of the Circular Law to the empirical spectral distribution of non-Hermitian random matrices with independent entries. The optimal rate of convergence is determined by the Ginibre ensemble and is given by $n^{-1/2}$. A smoothing inequality for complex measures that quantitatively relates the uniform Kolmogorov-like distance to the concentration of logarithmic potentials is shown. Combining it with results from Local Circular Laws, we apply it to prove nearly optimal rate of convergence to the Circular Law in Kolmogorov distance. Furthermore we show that the same rate of convergence holds for the empirical measure of the roots of Weyl random polynomials.
description: 23 pages, 1 figure. Updated conditions, Final Version published in RMTA
X-ray Imaging Using a Hybrid Photon Counting GaAs Pixel Detector
Creators: name: Schwarz, C.
name: Campbell, M.
name: Goeppert, R.
name: Heijne, E. H. M.
name: Ludwig, J.
name: Meddeler, G.
name: Mikulec, B.
name: Pernigotti, E.
name: Rogalla, M.
name: Runge, K.
name: Soldner-Rembold, A.
name: Smith, K. M.
name: Snoeys, W.
name: Watt, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The performance of hybrid GaAs pixel detectors as X-ray imaging sensors were investigated at room temperature. These hybrids consist of 300 mu-m thick GaAs pixel detectors, flip-chip bonded to a CMOS Single Photon Counting Chip (PCC). This chip consists of a matrix of 64 x 64 identical square pixels (170 mu-m x 170 mu-m) and covers a total area of 1.2 cm**2. The electronics in each cell comprises a preamplifier, a discriminator with a 3-bit threshold adjust and a 15-bit counter. The detector is realized by an array of Schottky diodes processed on semi-insulating LEC-GaAs bulk material. An IV-charcteristic and a detector bias voltage scan showed that the detector can be operated with voltages around 200 V. Images of various objects were taken by using a standard X-ray tube for dental diagnostics. The signal to noise ratio (SNR) was also determined. The applications of these imaging systems range from medical applications like digital mammography or dental X-ray diagnostics to non destructive material testing (NDT). Because of the separation of detector and readout chip, different materials can be investigated and compared.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures, uses espcrc2.sty, submitted to Proc. of 6th Int. Conference on Advanced Technology, and Particle Physics, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, 5-9 October 1998, to be published in Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Supplements)
Fractional Dp-Branes with Transverse and Tangential Dynamics in the Presence of Background Fluxes
Creators: name: Heidarian, Shiva
name: Kamani, Davoud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We shall construct two boundary states which are corresponding to a dynamical fractional D$p$-brane in the presence of the fluxes of the Kalb-Ramond field and a $U(1)$ gauge potential, in the partially orbifold spacetime $\mathbb{R}^{1, 5}\times\mathbb{C}^{2}/\mathbb{Z}_{2}$. These states accurately describe the D$p$-brane in the twisted and untwisted sectors under the orbifold projection. We use them to compute the interaction of two parallel fractional D$p$-branes with the transverse velocities, tangential rotations and tangential linear motions. Various properties of the interaction, such as its long-range force, will be discussed.
description: 24 pages, Latex, no figure
A Class III Inventory of Antelope Springs East Seeps, Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada
Creators: name: Hatzenbuehler, Lynn
Year: 1998
Subjects: Clark (County)
Roller Coaster Knob QUAD 7.5'
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Cactus Flat
Trappman's Hills
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
26NY1524
26NY1522
26NY364
26NY1525
Records Search / Inventory Checking

description: The Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) Natural Resources Manager proposes to surround Antelope Springs east seeps with wildlife fencing to protect the fragile riparian environment from wild horse impacts. Access to the springs wIII be gained through existing dirt roads. Disturbance within the project area wIII be limited to post holes, 18 inches in diameter by three feet deep, spaced at intervals of 10 to 12 feet. Thus, the APE is defined as the project area.
The role of cellular contact and TGF-beta signaling in the activation of the epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT)
Creators: name: Gasior, Kelsey
name: Wagner, Nikki J.
name: Jhon Cores
name: Caspar, Rose
name: Wilson, Alyson
name: Sudin Bhattacharya
name: Hauck, Marlene L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: The epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is one step in the process through which carcinoma cells metastasize by gaining the cellular mobility associated with mesenchymal cells. This work examines the dual influence of the TGF-β pathway and intercellular contact on the activation of EMT in colon (SW480) and breast (MCF7) carcinoma cells. While the SW480 population revealed an intermediate state between the epithelial and mesenchymal states, the MC7 cells exhibited highly adhesive behavior. However, for both cell lines, an exogenous TGF-β signal and a reduction in cellular confluence can push a subgroup of the population towards the mesenchymal phenotype. Together, these results highlight that, while EMT is induced by the synergy of multiple signals, this activation varies across cell types.
Galumna acutirostrum Ermilov & Anichkin 2010
Creators: name: LIU, DONG
name: YI, TIAN-CI
name: XU, YUN
name: ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Galumnidae
Galumna
Galumna acutirostrum

description: Galumna acutirostrum Ermilov & Anichkin, 2010: 21
— Holotype (ZIRAS), sandy soil of dipterocarp forest, Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam (11º26'N, 107º26'E, 13 7 m).
description: Published as part of LIU, DONG, YI, TIAN-CI, XU, YUN & ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG, 2013, Hotspots of new species discovery: new mite species described during 2007 to 2012, pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 3663 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3663.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5630595
Functional studies of the ‘GAFTGA’ motif of Escherichia coli Phage Shock Protein F
Creators: name: Zhang, Nan
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2010

description: In the archetypal bacterial transcription, the multi-subunit core RNA polymerase (RNAP) is specifically bound to the promoter through the sigma factor (σ), forming a closed complex where DNA remains double-stranded. The promoter DNA is initially spontaneously melted by the σ factor within the core enzyme and subsequently loaded into the active channel of the holoenzyme. However, a major alternative transcription paradigm that depends on the sigma factor σ54 also exists in bacteria and controls pathogenicity, biofilm formation, bioluminescence, nitrogen fixation and stress responses. σ54 forms inhibitory interactions with DNA in the closed complex, which can only be alleviated by ATP hydrolysis-driven remodelling catalysed by bacterial enhancer binding proteins (bEBPs). In this regard, σ54- dependent transcription can be viewed analogous to the eukaryotic RNA Pol II system. This study was initiated to advance the understanding of: (i) how the ATP hydrolysis energy is relayed from the ATPase catalytic site to the closed complex for remodelling, (ii) the hexameric interface organisation of bEBPs for ATP hydrolysis, and (iii) the role of core RNAP in σ54-dependent transcription. A newly devised cross-linking technique combined with the DNA footprinting methods provided new insights of the organisation of each transcription component. The data gathered from this study updated the current working model for ATPdependent transcription. In addition, the cross-linking method proved to be an excellent tool to study protein-protein and nucleo-protein interactions.
Telehealth use for OB services in rural North America: A scoping review
Creators: name: Khare, Manorama
name: Ford, Chloe
name: Orr, Emily
name: Hudson, Holly
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Maternal and Child Health
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Family Medicine
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: obstetrics
subject: rural
subject: telehealth

description: The purpose of this scoping review is to assess telehealth initiatives and interventions used by perinatal care providers to provide OB care in rural areas. The result of this review will aid researchers and practitioners in creating and promoting higher quality and capacity building obstetric care provided for pregnant individuals in rural communities. Information about the implementation of telehealth for rural obstetric providers can inform and guide best practices to improve access to quality obstetrics care in rural areas.
Vortex Instability and Transient Growth
Creators: name: Mao, Xuerui
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2010

description: The dynamics of vortex flow is studied theoretically and numerically. Starting from a local analysis, where the perturbation in the vortex flow is Fourier decomposed in both radial and azimuthal directions, a modified Chebyshev polynomial method is used to discretize the linearized governing operator. The spectrum of the operator is divided into three groups: discrete spectrum, free-stream spectrum and potential spectrum. The first can be unstable while the latter two are always stable but highly non-normal. The non-normality of the spectra is quantitatively investigated by calculating the transient growth via singular value decomposition of the operator. It is observed that there is significant transient energy growth induced by the non-normality of continuous spectra. The non-normality study is then extended to a global analysis, in which the perturbation is decomposed in the radial or azimuthal direction. The governing equations are discretized through a spectral/hp element method and the maximum energy growth is calculated via an Arnoldi method. In the azimuthally-decomposed case, the development of the optimal perturbation drives the vortex to vibrate while in the stream-wise-decomposed case, the transient effects induce a string of bubbles along the axis of the vortex. A further transient growth study is conducted in the context of a co-rotating vortex pair. It is noted that the development of optimal perturbations accelerates the vortex merging process. Finally, the transient growth study is extended to a sensitivity analysis of the vortex flow to inflow perturbations. An augmented Lagrangian function is built to optimize the inflow perturbations which maximize the energy inside the domain over a fixed time interval.
Russia's Long-Ignored History of Colonialism, Its Contemporary Standing, and Why It Should Concern the International Order
Creators: name: Whitehouse, Chase
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
classificationCode: 440803
subject: Comparative government and politics
classificationCode: 440808
subject: International relations

description: Article discusses the history of Russian colonialism and how Russia still operates as a colonial power today with its invasion of Ukraine and the "new scramble for Africa." Article focuses on how the U.S. should counter this narrative of Russia being an anti-colonial power.
Promotion of Chondrocyte-specific Function by Inhibition of HIF-targeting Hydroxylases
Creators: name: Thoms, Brendan Lawless
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: Human articular cartilage is an avascular tissue, and therefore functions in a hypoxic environment. Cartilage cells, the chondrocytes, have adapted to this and actually use hypoxia to drive tissue-specific functions. Previous work in our laboratory has shown that human chondrocytes enhance cartilage matrix synthesis in response to hypoxia specifically through Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2alpha (HIF-2α) mediated upregulation of master regulator transcription factor SOX9, which in turn drives expression of the main cartilage-specific extracellular matrix genes. HIF-α isoforms are themselves regulated by specific prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs) which target them for proteosomal degradation. In fact, the PHDs are the true direct oxygen sensors since they require molecular oxygen as a co-substrate. Here we show that PHD2 is the dominant isoenzyme regulating HIF-2α (and HIF-1α) stability in human chondrocytes. Moreover, specific inhibition of PHD2 using RNAi-mediated depletion caused an upregulation of SOX9 and enhanced extracellular matrix protein production. Depletion of PHD2 resulted in greater HIF-2α levels, and therefore enhanced SOX9-induced matrix cartilage matrix production, even when performed in hypoxia (1% oxygen) implying that PHD2 inhibition offers a novel means to enhance cartilage repair. The need for HIF-specific hydroxylase inhibitors was highlighted as treatment with the oxoglutarate analogue dimethyloxalylglycine (which also inhibits the collagen prolyl hydroxylases) resulted in reduced secretion of type II collagen, a critical matrix component. Complimentary to these anabolic effects, hypoxia was found to mediate anti-catabolic effects, suppressing aggrecan degradation in human cartilage explants. In isolated chondrocytes hypoxia downregulates key matrix metalloproteinases (ADAMTS5 and MMP13) and upregulates metalloproteinase inhibitor (TIMP3). Unlike the anabolic effects (HIF-2α-dependent), these hypoxia induced anti-catabolic chondrocyte responses were predominantly HIF-1α dependent. Both anabolic and anti-catabolic hypoxia-induced responses were further enhanced by depletion of PHD2, whose inhibition thus offers a novel means to induce cartilage repair.
How Saudi Skepticism of U.S. Missile Strikes Signals Beijing's Diplomatic Success
Creators: name: Nelson, Callum
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
classificationCode: 440808
subject: International relations

description: Article discusses the recent U.S.-Anglo missile strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen and the sudden change in Saudi Arabian policy that urged caution and restraint following the events early 2024. Article places some of this shift on Chinese diplomatic pressure in the Middle East and discusses this as well.
Temporal behavior of quantum mechanical systems
Creators: name: Nakazato, Hiromichi
name: Namiki, Mikio
name: Pascazio, Saverio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The temporal behavior of quantum mechanical systems is reviewed. We study the so-called quantum Zeno effect, that arises from the quadratic short-time behavior, and the analytic properties of the ``survival" amplitude. It is shown that the exponential behavior is due to the presence of a simple pole in the second Riemannian sheet, while the contribution of the branch point yields a power behavior for the amplitude. The exponential decay form is cancelled at short times and dominated at very long times by the branch-point contributions, which give a Gaussian behavior for the former and a power behavior for the latter. In order to realize the exponential law in quantum theory, it is essential to take into account a certain kind of macroscopic nature of the total system. Some attempts at extracting the exponential decay law from quantum theory, aiming at the master equation, are briefly reviewed, including van Hove's pioneering work and his well-known ``$λ^2T$" limit. We clarify these general arguments by introducing and studying a solvable dynamical model. Some implications for the quantum measurement problem are also discussed, in particular in connection with dissipation.
description: 48 pages, LaTeX, uuencoded file with 7 figures included
Forkhead transcription factors in the regulation of VEGF in breast cancer
Creators: name: Karadedou, Christina Theano
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: High levels of the major angiogenic factor VEGF, have been reported in a number of cancer cell lines and in clinical specimens derived from breast. The forkhead transcription factors important for the regulation of many different physiological processes have been implicated in VEGF regulation in breast cancer. In this study, we have shown the interplay between FOXO3a and FOXM1 in breast cancer, with FOXO3a acting as a direct transcriptional repressor of VEGF. The mode of action of FOXO3a on the promoter of VEGF is dictated by events such as the competition with the VEGF transcriptional activator FOXM1, and the subsequent recruitment of a FOXO3a/HDAC2 complex on the exact binding site. This action results in the repression of VEGF transcription and the decrease of VEGF expression and cell migration. Mutating the putative forkhead responsive element affects promoter activity, and silencing FOXO3a results in up-regulation of VEGF expression. Apart overexpression of FOXO3a also results in the repression of FOXM1 expression, by its direct binding to the FOXM1 promoter. This event is also involved, indirectly, in the regulation of VEGF repression. Apart from FOXO3a and FOXM1, two other forkhead transcription factors that are implicated in breast cancer, FOXA1 and FOXC2, are also involved in the regulation of VEGF. FOXA1, a good prognosis factor in breast cancer, seems to inhibit the expression of FOXC2, a poor prognosis factor. FOXA1 is directly recruited on its binding site of the FOXC2 promoter, affecting its transcription and conferring a significantly low expression. Silencing FOXA1 results in high FOXC2 protein levels. The mode of action of these two factors between them affects the expression of VEGF. These findings provide information on the cross-talk between different forkhead transcription factors and a crucial factor of tumour migration, invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis.
Sphalerons, Merons and Unstable Branes in AdS
Creators: name: Drukker, Nadav
name: Gross, David J.
name: Itzhaki, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct unstable classical solutions of Yang-Mills theories and their dual unstable states of type IIB on AdS_5. An example is the unstable D0-brane of type IIB located at the center of AdS. This has a field theory dual which is a sphaleron in gauge theories on S^3 x R. We argue that the two are dual because both are sphalerons associated to the topology of the instanton/D-instanton. This agreement provides a non-supersymmetric test of the AdS/CFT duality. As an illustration, many aspects of Sen's hypothesis regarding the unstable branes can be seen easily in the weakly coupled dual field theory description. In Euclidean AdS the D0-branes are dual to gauge theory merons. This implies that the two ends of a D0-brane world-line carry half the charge of a D-instanton. Other examples involve unstable strings in the Coulomb phase.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures
Functional analysis of tumour specific effector and regulatory T cells in vivo: Implications for cancer immunotherapy
Creators: name: Coe, David John
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: MB49, an H2b+ murine bladder carcinoma cell line, naturally expresses the male-specific minor histocompatibility antigen, HY, which can be used as a proxy tumour associated antigen. The MB49 cell line, together with two HY-specific TCR-transgenic mouse strains (as sources of tumour-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells), form a unique system in which anti-tumour T cell responses can be manipulated and analysed. I have studied some basic but critical immunological aspects of MB49 cells, adoptively transferred T cells and an immunotherapeutic antibody. I confirmed that MB49 cells express all three defined HY genes (Dby, Uty and Smcy), and demonstrated that cultured and freshly isolated tumour cells display a distinct phenotype. I found that MB49 tumours are very aggressive even though they are clearly immunogenic. Female B6 mice are more efficient than males at controlling MB49 tumours, especially when inoculated with a low tumour dose, suggesting that HY-specific T cell responses make a significant contribution to immune control of MB49 tumours. I evaluated three different immunotherapies for treating MB49 tumours: Whole body irradiation followed by the adoptive transfer of Tumour Associated Antigen specific CD4 T cells, or IL-15 expressing CD8 T cells, were found to inhibit the growth of MB49 tumours. Administration of anti-GITR mAbs was found to be very effective at eliminating established MB49 tumours. I observed a novel role for IL-2 in immunoregulation; by the suppression of the differentiation of IL-17-producing Th17 cells. Finally, I demonstrated that Transforming Growth Factor β is essential for the tumour-induced expansion of natural regulatory T cells. This study not only extends the current knowledge of the immunobiology of MB49 tumours but also lays a foundation for further investigation with respect to designing rational T cell cancer immunotherapy using genetically manipulated, tumour-specific T cells.
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of a Proposed Fiber Optic System for Tolicha Peak, Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada
Creators: name: Drollinger, Harold
Publisher: name: Desert Research Institute, Quaternary Sciences Center
Year: 1995
Subjects: Clark (County)
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pahute Mesa
Quartz Mountain QUAD
Tolicha Peak QUAD 7.5'
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Black Mountain 7.5' quad
26NY9129
26NY9128
26NY9132
26NY9130
26NY9134
26NY9133
26NY9136
26NY9135
26NY9138
26NY9137
26NY9126
26NY9127
26NY9131
26NY9115
26NY9114
26NY9117
26NY9116
26NY9119
26NY9118
26NY9121
26NY9120
26NY9123
26NY9122
26NY9125
26NY9124
Reconnaissance / Survey

description: The investigation recorded 25 archaeological sites and 14 isolated artifacts. Eight of the sites are recommended to be considered eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The routes of the fiber lines and facility locations would be changed to avoid each of these sites, or placed in already disturbed areas within the sites. In this manner potential adverse effects from construction activities to these historic properties would be avoided.
Off-Diagonal Long-Range Order, Restricted Gauge Transformations, and Aharonov-Bohm Effect in Conductors
Creators: name: Peshkin, Murray
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Hamiltonian describing a conductor surrounding an external magnetic field contains a nonvanishing vector potential in the volume accessible to the electrons and nuclei of which the conductor is made. That vector potential cannot be removed by a gauge transformation. Nevertheless, a macroscopic normal conductor can experience no Aharonov-Bohm effect. That is proved by assuming only that a normal conductor lacks off-diagonal long-range order (ODLRO). Then by restricting the Hilbert space to density matrices which lack ODLRO, it is possible to introduce a restricted gauge transformation that removes the interaction of the conductor with the vector potential.
description: Editing errors are corrected. One was slightly misleading
International Portfolio Management under Uncertainty
Creators: name: Fonseca, Raquel João
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: Although the consideration of foreign investments may have a positive impact on the overall market risk of the portfolio through diversi cation, it also adds a new source of uncertainty due to changes in the value of the currency. We investigate portfolio optimization models that account separately for the local asset returns and the currency returns, providing the investor with a full investment strategy. We tackle the uncertainty inherent to the estimation of the parameters with the aid of robust optimization techniques. We show how, by using appropriate assumptions regarding the formulation of the uncertainty sets, the original non-linear and non-convex models may be reformulated as second order cone or as semide nite programs. Additionally to the guarantees provided by robust optimization, we consider the use of hedging instruments such as forward contracts and options. The proposed hedging strategies are implemented from a portfolio perspective, and therefore do not depend on the individual value or behavior of any particular asset or currency. Hedging decisions are taken at the same time as investment decisions in a holistic approach to portfolio management. While dynamic decision making has traditionally been represented as scenario trees, these may become severely intractable and di cult to compute with an increasing number of time periods. We present an alternative approach to multiperiod international portfolio optimization based on an a ne dependence between the decision variables and the past returns. We add to our formulation the minimization of the worst case value-at-risk and show the close relationship with robust optimization. The proposed theoretical framework is supported by various numerical experiments with simulated and historical market data demonstrating its potential bene ts.
Supranational Dynamics: Shaping America’s Global Role
Creators: name: Caruso, Jude
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
classificationCode: 440808
subject: International relations

description: Article discusses the formation of supranational organizations such as the European Union and the varied types of supranational organizations that exist, such as USMCA, NATO, and more. Article also discusses the role of such organizations in what author calls a "second cold war" and the role they may play in the future.
A Class III Cultural Resource Reconnaissance of Two Aggregate Pits at the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada
Creators: name: Reno, Ron
name: Henton, Gregory
name: Morgan, Vera
name: Brantly Jackson
name: Pippin, Lonnie
Year: 1984
Subjects: Clark (County)
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Tonopah Range
SR032784-1
Reconnaissance / Survey

description: The expansion of these aggregate pits will be gradual and when completed will involve considerable area (160 hectares). The purpose of this reconnaissance was to inspect enough of the proposed expansion area to insure adequate supplies of aggregate are available for several years of construction.
Ageing@Work Dissemination, Awareness raising and Communication Plan
Creators: name: Balla, Christina
name: Tsagaraki, Evangelia
name: Bougiouklis, Kostas
name: Papadionisiou, Petros
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This document constitutes the first version of the Dissemination, Awareness raising and Communication Plan (DACP) of the Ageing@Work project. Ageing@Work has received funding from the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under Grant Agreement No 826299
Building Resilient Communities: Investigating Adaptive Solutions to Urban Flooding in Global Megacities
Creators: name: OConnell, John
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences
classificationCode: 4101
subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation
classificationCode: 410103
subject: Human impacts of climate change and human adaptation

description: Urban flooding is one of the most pressing challenges facing megacities of the Global South this century due to rising sea levels and the increasing intensity of disasters from climate change. The rising urban population of these centers from migration, particularly in unplanned informal communities located in flood-prone areas, further propels the problem and risks associated with urban flooding unless policy actions are taken. This paper discusses the context behind this issue and looks how three adaptive policies – use of secondary cities, relocation, and resilient home construction – can potentially create positive outcomes for low-income and marginalized communities in the flood-prone megacities of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Lagos, Nigeria. This discussion of policies concludes that to create resilient and adaptive policy, global megacities need to induce participation from marginalized and low-income communities in the planning process, establish trust in government and other institutions, and aid families that do have to be relocated to avoid escalating a crisis of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Lessons learned from these two case studies can be applied to other global megacities as well.
Capillary Zone Electrophoresis–Based Protein Size Determination and Development of an Offline CZE/EVV-2DIR Interface Platform for Proteome-on-Chip Applications
Creators: name: Loeffeld, Christian B
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2012

description: The development of an offline interface platform for continuous fraction collection from capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) is presented. The platform is specified for Proteome-On-Chip applications that employ the protein quantification and differentiation technology Electron-Vibration-Vibration Two-Dimensional Infrared (EVV-2DIR) spectroscopy as the primary protein analysis tool. It is demonstrated that the interface platform facilitates preservation of an initial CZE separation effort and enables generation of single and multi-component tracks that are accessible to examination using EVV-2DIR spectroscopy and intrinsic fluorescence imaging (IFI) microscopy. With the introduction of a novel signal detection substrate, it is shown that EVV-2DIR spectroscopy facilitates detection and differentiation of post-translational modifications, and in particular phosphorylations of tyrosine moieties in polypeptides. The results of analytical and bioinformatical procedures performed on data generated with the interface platform-connected tool set suggest that a continued development of this modular proteomics-driven strategy may offer potential to successfully engage in proteomics projects. Furthermore, it was found that CZE, in addition to electrophoretic separation, also facilitates molecular sizing of the components constituting a complex mixture in a single process step. Despite the absence of an externally applied hydrodynamic flow field, a direct proportionality between protein molecular weight and dispersion coefficient is observed. This qualitative resemblance to the phenomenology of Taylor-Aris dispersion, together with a derived radial temperature gradient (dT)R > 103 K/m and resulting Peclet numbers Pe > 102, is interpreted to be due to Joule heating-induced Taylor-Aris dispersion. For single, as well as for multi-protein solutions, the employed experimental conditions facilitate a mean accuracy of the method of 70 %. The method is independent of the type of solvent or buffer systems employed, and thus experimental parameter optimisation may enhance the accuracy to a degree in order to be useful in the application of proteomics strategies as stated above.
3D Reconstruction from Stereo and Photometric Cues in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Creators: name: Visentini Scarzanella, Marco
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2012

description: During the last decade, an increasing number of advanced platforms for robotic assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) have been translated from research concepts to practical systems used in routine clinical settings. Such systems have defined their own niche in the market place and are gaining increasing acceptance by the surgical community. More importantly, they improve surgeons' dexterity and intra-operative visualisation together with the benefits of improved procedural time, safety, consistency and patient outcome. Some of the new technical features integrated within current robotic systems include higher degrees of freedom for more agile manoeuvring, tremor filtering and haptic feedback. Where the next frontier lies in terms of novel means of surgical assistance is in navigation systems that would enable intra-operative surgical guidance, imposing dynamic active constraints and high fidelity augmented reality environments. At the foundation of all navigation systems lies an accurate 3D reconstruction algorithm. To overcome the current limitations of feature-based matching and reconstruction systems, this thesis investigates a method to integrate depth information from conventional stereo 3D reconstruction with photometric cues from Shape-from-Shading techniques. This is further enhanced with a gaze-contingent framework suitable for intra-operative navigation during MIS. The resulting system is suitable for applications with existing MIS platforms without the need of additional hardware, ensuring increased accuracy in areas without salient anatomical landmarks or artificially introduced fiducials. Furthermore, a multi-scale feature detector is proposed for intra-operative stereo telestration required for telementoring and remote collaboration of robotic assisted MIS. An improved formulation of the current state-of-the-art in Shape-from-Shading is integrated with intra-operative scenes for accurate metric depth recovery. The potential clinical application of the technique is demonstrated for autonomous navigation of wireless capsule endoscopes. Future research directions and preliminary results of integrating photometric stereo constraints for reliable reconstruction of featureless, non- Lambertian deforming tissue surfaces are provided and all methods proposed have been validated with either in vivo or phantom experiments to justify their potential clinical values in MIS.
Additional file 1 of Huanglian Jiedu decoction remodels the periphery microenvironment to inhibit Alzheimer’s disease progression based on the “brain-gut” axis through multiple integrated omics
Creators: name: Gu, Xinru
name: Zhou, Junyi
name: Zhou, Yanyan
name: Wang, Hongjie
name: Si, Nan
name: Ren, Wei
name: Zhao, Wei
name: Fan, Xiaorui
name: Gao, Wenya
name: Wei, Xiaolu
name: Yang, Jian
name: Bian, Baolin
name: Zhao, Haiyu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Materials and Methods.
Fluctuating work in coherent quantum systems: proposals and limitations
Creators: name: Bäumer, Elisa
name: Lostaglio, Matteo
name: Perarnau-Llobet, Martí
name: Sampaio, Rui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the most important goals in quantum thermodynamics is to demonstrate advantages of thermodynamic protocols over their classical counterparts. For that, it is necessary to (i) develop theoretical tools and experimental set-ups to deal with quantum coherence in thermodynamic contexts, and to (ii) elucidate which properties are genuinely quantum in a thermodynamic process. In this short review, we discuss proposals to define and measure work fluctuations that allow to capture quantum interference phenomena. We also discuss fundamental limitations arising due to measurement back-action, as well as connections between work distributions and quantum contextuality. We hope the different results summarised here motivate further research on the role of quantum phenomena in thermodynamics.
description: As a chapter of: F. Binder, L. A. Correa, C. Gogolin, J. Anders, and G. Adesso (eds.), "Thermodynamics in the quantum regime - Recent Progress and Outlook", (Springer International Publishing). Second version: Misspell in the title corrected
title: ADCO, Huitième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1667), Cart. 31 (G 135), 549 folios, f. 0504
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire

description: Huitième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1667), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 31 (G 135), 549 folios, f. 0504, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Huitième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1667), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 31 (G 135), 549 folios, f. 0504, 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
MPEC 2024-E114 : 2022 LW13
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Relativistic corrections to vacuum polarization contributions in muonic hydrogen
Creators: name: Repko, Wayne W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The method proposed by Kinoshita and Nio to compute higher order vacuum polarization contributions to the Coulomb potential in muonic hydrogen is generalized to obtain relativistic corrections to their results.
description: 4 pages
Class III Cultural Resources Survey of a Commercial Power Line from the Tolicha Peak Road to Site 2-Tl in Range EC South, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada
Creators: name: Pippin, Lonnie C.
Publisher: name: Desert Research Institute
Year: 2004
Subjects: Clark (County)
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Oasis Valley
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Sarcobatus Flat
Springdale QUAD
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Thirsty Canyon NW QUAD 7.5'
26NY12145
26NY12147
26NY12146
26NY12148
Artifact Scatter
Quarry
Reconnaissance / Survey

description: The Desert Research Institute conducted a pedestrian survey of this proposed route between May 24 and May 27, 2004, to assess the potential effects of this proposed undertaking on historic properties. That survey revealed 4 cultural resources, 10 isolated artifacts and 9 rock features in the area of potential affect (Table 1). The assemblage of isolated artifacts includes 4 beverage cans, a meat can, a practice bomb and 4 prehistoric age stone flakes. The isolated features include 7 rock cairns, a historic-age stone lined hearth, and ring of painted rocks.
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of Drill Associated Borrow Pit, Pahute Mesa, Nye County, Nevada
Creators: name: Henton, Gregory H.
name: Livingston, Ramona M.
Year: 1985
Subjects: Clark (County)
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pahute Mesa
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
SR051185-1
Reconnaissance / Survey

description: The Department of Energy wishes to conduct an underground nuclear test at location U20aq on Pahute Mesa (915335N, 548700E, NCS:CZ). This project will entail the detonation of a nuclear device in a hole to be drilled.
QED in external field with space-time uniform invariants. Exact solutions
Creators: name: Gavrilov, S. P.
name: Gitman, D. M.
name: Goncalves, A. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study exact solutions of Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations and Green functions in d-dimensional QED and in an external electromagnetic field with constant and homogeneous field invariants. The cases of even and odd dimensions are considered separately, they are essentially different. We direct attention to the asymmetry of the quasienergy spectrum, which appears in odd dimensions. The in and out classification of the exact solutions as well as the completeness and orthogonality relations is strictly proven. Different Green functions in the form of sums over the exact solutions are constructed. The Fock-Schwinger proper time integral representations of these Green functions are found. As physical applications we consider the calculations of different quantum effects related to the vacuum instability in the external field. For example, we present mean values of particles created from the vacuum, the probability of the vacuum remaining a vacuum, the effective action, and the expectation values of the current and energy-momentum tensor.
description: 32 pages
Oral history interview with Johan Kaufmann, 1999
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Ambassadors--Netherlands
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World politics--1933-1945
World politics--1945-1989
International agencies
Diplomacy
Non-governmental organizations

description: Born 1918 in the Netherlands; Career: economic counselor, Netherlands representative to the UN, representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), visiting Scholar at Columbia University, Dutch Ambassador to Japan. Themes: Personal experience of the Holocaust, intellectual heritage of the Great Depression, impact of the Marshall Plan, General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), effects of the Cold War on American and Dutch bilateral relations, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), work on the Institute for Social Development, role of Non-Governmental Organizations in negotiation, American position in the UN, Israeli-Egyptian dynamics, evolution of the UN over time, role of global conferences in intellectual development, introduction of ideas into the UN
Symmetry and Codon Usage Correlations in the Genetic Code
Creators: name: Frappat, L.
name: Sciarrino, A.
name: Sorba, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Quantitative Biology (q-bio)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ratios of the codon usage in the quartets and sextets for the vertebrate series exhibit a correlated behaviour which fits naturally in the framework of the crystal basis model of the genetic code. Moreover the observed universal behaviour of these suitably normalized ratios can be easily explained.
description: 6 figures, document
Oral history interview with Joffre Lamar Stewart, 2000
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Civil rights movements--History--20th century.--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Anarchists
Pacifism
Peace movements--History--20th century.--United States
African American soldiers--History--20th century

description: In this interview with Sheila Michaels, Joffre Stewart discusses his family, military service, and involvement with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Stewart provides information on his parents and grandparents and discusses growing up on Chicago's West Side and South Side. He discusses his experiences in the Army during World War II, with an emphasis on his resistance. He discusses going AWOL multiple times, punishment for these absences, the white leadership of his all-Black unit, his decision to stop speaking while onboard a ship to Europe, and his discharge from the Army. He also discusses the theoretical underpinnings of his pacifism, religion and atheism, the influence of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, and his pacifist activism following the war. Stewart discusses his activity with CORE’s Chicago Chapter and CORE’s efforts in Washington, DC and elsewhere. With CORE, Stewart participated in pickets, sit-ins, and other efforts to desegregate housing, barber shops, cafeterias, restaurants, ballrooms, swimming pools, a roller skating rink, and a bowling alley. Stewart also discusses the relationship between the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and CORE and his work with James Farmer. He describes CORE's interracial workshops in 1947, 1949 and 1953 and the loss of CORE files in a fire in FOR's Harlem office. He also discusses the death of Dorothy Wetzel Hunt, wife of Howard Hunt, and Michelle Clark in an airplane crash on December 8, 1972 at Chicago Midway Airport and activites of the CIA
A Note on Schoen's Calabi--Yau Threefolds
Creators: name: Argüz, Hülya
name: Prince, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D12, 13P20, 14J33

description: We study the topology of a real Lagrangian in Schoen's Calabi--Yau threefold $X$ and compute its mod $2$ cohomology using two methods; first via a concrete Mayer--Vietoris calculation, then by an exact sequence relating the mod $2$ cohomology of the real Lagrangian to the cohomology of $X$. We conclude that these two methods agree. This in particular corrects a previous computation made by Castaño-Bernard--Matessi.
description: 6 pages
The Swarm Telescope Concept
Creators: name: Dowell, Jayce
name: Taylor, Gregory B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As telescope facilities become increasingly more capable they also become increasingly complex and require additional resources to operate. This is particularly true for the current and future generations of "software defined telescopes" that can support a variety of observing programs simultaneously, either through commensal observations or through support for multiple pointing centers as in the case of dipole arrays or dishes equipped with phased array feeds. At the same time, many current and future facilities are also distributed over large geographic areas, making monitoring and maintenance more difficult and costly. For these reasons we have developed a new paradigm for telescope operations called the "swarm telescope" that breaks large, single facilities into smaller groups of independent systems that can collaboratively work together to function as a single facility but with much less operational overhead. In this paper we outline the swarm telescope concept and an example of its implementation at the Long Wavelength Array. We also discuss potential advantages of using this approach for other facilities, in particular the Next Generation Very Large Array.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures, JAI accepted