cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Seaport adaptation to climate change-related disasters: terminal operator market structure and inter- and intra-port coopetition
Creators: name: Wang, Kun
name: Yang, Hangjun
name: Zhang, Anming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: With the prevalence of global terminal operators in port operation, the market structure of terminal operator companies (TOCs) becomes more important in shaping intra- and inter-port competition and cooperation (i.e., coopetition). The port adaptation investment to climate change-related disaster might also be affected by such TOC intra- and inter-port coopetition. This paper examines analytically how the TOC market structure could affect ports’ adaptation investment. More specifically, it considers two landlord-type ports within a region that compete with each other. The two ports are subject to uncertain disaster threats and have an asymmetric number of TOCs. The analytical and numerical results suggest that more TOCs at the own port and the competing port have opposite impacts on the port's adaptation investment. An inter-port TOC joint venture would decrease the adaptation at both ports. Moreover, the TOC market structure is found to moderate the effect of disaster uncertainty on port adaptation. That is, TOC intra- and inter-port coopetition can strengthen or weaken ports’ sensitivity to disaster occurrence uncertainty. Finally, the regional welfare is found to increase monotonely with the two ports’ total adaptation. It is suggested that the regulators encourage new TOC entries while restricting inter-port TOC joint ventures. The cases with heterogeneous disaster uncertainties at the two ports are also examined.
title: Does subsidized care for toddlers increase maternal labor supply?
title: Evidence from a large-scale expansion of early childcare
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Müller, Kai-Uwe
name: Wrohlich, Katharina
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2019

description: Expanding public or publicly subsidized childcare has been a top social policy priority in many industrialized countries. It is supposed to increase fertility, promote children’s development and enhance mothers’ labor market attachment. In this paper, we analyze the causal effect of one of the largest expansions of subsidized childcare for children up to three years among industrialized countries on the employment of mothers in Germany. Identification is based on spatial and temporal variation in the expansion of publicly subsidized childcare triggered by two comprehensive childcare policy reforms. The empirical analysis is based on the German Microcensus that is matched to county level data on childcare availability. Based on our preferred specification which includes time and county fixed effects we find that an increase in childcare slots by one percentage point increases mothers’ labor market participation rate by 0.2 percentage points. The overall increase in employment is explained by the rise in part-time employment with relatively long hours (20-35 hours per week). We do not find a change in full-time employment or lower part-time employment that is causally related to the childcare expansion. The effect is almost entirely driven by mothers with medium-level qualifications. Mothers with low education levels do not profit from this reform calling for a stronger policy focus on particularly disadvantaged groups in coming years.
description: CEPA Discussion Papers, 9
Library Professional's Resistance to Innovation: An Empirical Examination of Technostress in Punjab's University Libraries
Creators: name: Abida Hanif, Salman Bin Naeem
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Pakistani university libraries
Information technology
Library professionals
Technology adoption resistance
Libralian technostress
Library innovation technology.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 12, 1, 12A1I: 1-8
Traffic Simulation Analysis for Depot Construction Period of BangkokNakhon Ratchasima High-Speed Train
Creators: name: Juraluk Thinphowong, Boonsap Witchayangkoon
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Aimsun traffic modeling
High-speed train
Microscopic traffic simulation modeling
Traffic management
Depot construction traffic
High-speed railway
Traffic analysis.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 12, 1, 12A1J: 1-7
State Of The Art In Digital Steganography Focusing ASCII Text Documents
Creators: name: Rafat, Khan Farhan
name: Sher, Muhammad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Digitization of analogue signals has opened up new avenues for information hiding and the recent advancements in the telecommunication field has taken up this desire even further. From copper wire to fiber optics, technology has evolved and so are ways of covert channel communication. By "Covert" we mean "anything not meant for the purpose for which it is being used". Investigation and detection of existence of such cover channel communication has always remained a serious concern of information security professionals which has now been evolved into a motivating source of an adversary to communicate secretly in "open" without being allegedly caught or noticed. This paper presents a survey report on steganographic techniques which have been evolved over the years to hide the existence of secret information inside some cover (Text) object. The introduction of the subject is followed by the discussion which is narrowed down to the area where digital ASCII Text documents are being used as cover. Finally, the conclusion sums up the proceedings.
description: Pages IEEE format, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, IJCSIS February 2010, ISSN 1947 5500, http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/
Soft and Collinear Functions for the Standard Model
Creators: name: Chiu, Jui-yu
name: Fuhrer, Andreas
name: Kelley, Randall
name: Manohar, Aneesh V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radiative corrections to high energy scattering processes were given previously in terms of universal soft and collinear functions. This paper gives the collinear functions for all standard model particles, the general form of the soft function, and explicit expressions for the soft functions for fermion-fermion scattering, longitudinal and transverse gauge boson production, single W/Z production, and associated Higgs production. An interesting subtlety in the use of the Goldstone boson equivalence theorem for longitudinal W+ production is discussed.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures. Typos fixed. Lepton collinear function plot included
HIV_optimized_test_code
Creators: name: Shihao He
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The code in MATLAB for our manuscript "Optimizing health resource allocation for improving timely HIV diagnosis in China." The main optimized modeling codes: "HIV_confun_test.m", HIV_optimal_test.m", "optimal_test.m", please run "HIV_optimal_test.m" first. Code for Figure 1 and Figure S5 was "Figure_optimized_test_rate.m" and Figure 2 and Figure S6 was Figure_optimized_per_cost.m; The code for Figure 3 and Figure S7 was "proportion_cost_figure.m" The code for Figure S1 and S2 was "heatmap_dis.m" The code for Figure S3 and S4 was "Incidence_figure.m" and "link_to_test_cost.m"
HIV_optimized_test_code
Creators: name: Shihao He
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The code in MATLAB for  our manuscript "Optimizing health resource allocation for improving timely HIV diagnosis in China."

The main optimized modeling codes: "HIV_confun_test.m", HIV_optimal_test.m", "optimal_test.m", please run "HIV_optimal_test.m" first. 

Code for Figure 1 and Figure S5 was "Figure_optimized_test_rate.m" and Figure 2 and Figure S6 was Figure_optimized_per_cost.m; 

The code for Figure 3 and Figure S7 was "proportion_cost_figure.m"

The code for Figure S1 and S2 was "heatmap_dis.m"

The code for Figure S3 and S4 was "Incidence_figure.m" and "link_to_test_cost.m"
Additional file 5 of Association between PPARγ, PPARGC1A, and PPARGC1B genetic variants and susceptibility of gastric cancer in an Eastern Chinese population
Creators: name: Chen, Boyang
name: Wang, Yafeng
name: Tang, Weifeng
name: Chen, Yu
name: Liu, Chao
name: Kang, Mingqiang
name: Xie, Jinbiao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 5. Supplementary Table S5.
Tidal decay and circularization of the orbits of short-period planets
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Adrian
name: Ferraz-Mello, Sylvio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the long-term tidal evolution of a single-planet system through the use of numerical simulations and averaged equations giving the variations of semi-major axis and eccentricity of the relative orbit. For different types of planets, we compute the variations due to the planetary and stellar tides. Then, we calculate the critical value of the eccentricity for which the stellar tide becomes dominant over the planetary tide. The timescales for orbital decay and circularization are also discussed and compared.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, corrected typos
Probing Internal Stress and Crystallinity in Wet Foam via Raman Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Barik, T. K.
name: Bandyopadhyay, P.
name: Roy, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, we correlate the internal stress and the characteristics of a vibrational mode in wet foam. Using microscope images, we estimate the average size of the bubbles in wet foam, at specific time intervals, over a duration of twenty four hours. Raman spectra are also recorded at the same time intervals, over the same time frame. We show that the internal stress, originated from the macroscopic structural change of foam with ageing, can be related to the observed Raman shift of the low frequency methylene rocking mode of the constituent surfactant molecules in foam. In this report we also show the capability of the Raman spectroscopy to reveal the crystallinity in foamy materials, when studied for a longer period of time.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures
Large jets from small-scale magnetic fields
Creators: name: Moll, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the conditions under which a rotating magnetic object can produce a magnetically powered outflow in an initially unmagnetized medium stratified under gravity. 3D MHD simulations are presented in which the footpoints of localized, arcade-shaped magnetic fields are put into rotation. It is shown how the effectiveness in producing a collimated magnetically powered outflow depends on the rotation rate, the strength and the geometry of the field. The flows produced by uniformly rotating, non-axisymmetric fields are found to consist mainly of buoyant plumes heated by dissipation of rotational energy. Collimated magnetically powered flows are formed if the field and the rotating surface are arranged such that a toroidal magnetic field is produced. This requires a differential rotation of the arcades' footpoints. Such jets are well-collimated; we follow their propagation through the stratified atmosphere over 100 times the source size. The magnetic field is tightly wound and its propagation is dominated by the development of non-axisymmetric instabilities. We observe a Poynting flux conversion efficiency of over 75% in the longest simulations. Applications to the collapsar model and protostellar jets are discussed.
description: 9 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in A&A, complementary movies at http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~rmo/pap3/index.html
Asymptotic properties of the C-Metric
Creators: name: Sladek, Pavel
name: Finley, Daniel J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The aim of this article is to analyze the asymptotic properties of the C-metric, using a general method specified in work of Tafel and coworkers, [1], [2], [3]. By finding an appropriate conformal factor $Ω$, it allows the investigation of the asymptotic properties of a given asymptotically flat spacetime. The news function and Bondi mass aspect are computed, their general properties are analyzed, as well as the small mass, small acceleration, small and large Bondi time limits.
description: 28 pages, 11 figures
Nonhomogeneous parking functions and noncrossing partitions
Creators: name: Armstrong, Drew
name: Eu, Sen-Peng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05A15, 05E05

description: For each skew shape we define a nonhomogeneous symmetric function, generalizing a construction of Pak and Postnikov. In two special cases, we show that the coefficients of this function when expanded in the complete homogeneous basis are given in terms of the (reduced) type of $k$-divisible noncrossing partitions. Our work extends Haiman's notion of a parking function symmetric function.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
The chemical composition of the Sun
Creators: name: Asplund, Martin
name: Grevesse, Nicolas
name: Sauval, A. Jacques
name: Scott, Pat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The solar chemical composition is an important ingredient in our understanding of the formation, structure and evolution of both the Sun and our solar system. Furthermore, it is an essential reference standard against which the elemental contents of other astronomical objects are compared. In this review we evaluate the current understanding of the solar photospheric composition. In particular, we present a re-determination of the abundances of nearly all available elements, using a realistic new 3-dimensional (3D), time-dependent hydrodynamical model of the solar atmosphere. We have carefully considered the atomic input data and selection of spectral lines, and accounted for departures from LTE whenever possible. The end result is a comprehensive and homogeneous compilation of the solar elemental abundances. Particularly noteworthy findings are significantly lower abundances of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and neon compared with the widely-used values of a decade ago. The new solar chemical composition is supported by a high degree of internal consistency between available abundance indicators, and by agreement with values obtained in the solar neighborhood and from the most pristine meteorites. There is, however, a stark conflict with standard models of the solar interior according to helioseismology, a discrepancy that has yet to find a satisfactory resolution.
description: Due to ARAA rules, the actual published version is not allowed to be placed on arxiv.org. We recommend the interested reader to download the article from ARAA at http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.astro.46.060407.145222 rather than using the arxiv.org version
Metabolic treatments in murine models of multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Alaeiilkhchi, Nima
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disorder characterized by autoimmune-driven demyelination within the central nervous system (CNS). Impaired remyelination contributes to the progressive stage of MS, ultimately leading to axonal and neuronal degeneration, exacerbating disability. Currently, no remyelination treatments exist for MS, and therapeutic options for progressive MS are limited. Furthermore, the impact of metabolism and dietary interventions on MS prevention and treatment remains unclear. Recent evidence suggests that ketogenic diet (KD) may offer potential benefits for individuals with MS, though its restrictive nature poses compliance challenges. To facilitate the development of targeted pharmacological treatments, this dissertation investigates the mechanisms underpinning KD benefits in preclinical murine models of MS, hypothesizing that ketone body production mediates these effects. In Chapter 2, I administered KD and intraperitoneal ketone esters (iKE) in a murine cuprizone/rapamycin (Cup/R) demyelination model, and observed enhanced myelin debris clearance, oligodendrocyte lineage cell differentiation, and remyelination. In Chapter 3, I utilized the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) preclinical model of MS and administered dietary ketone esters (KED) and found that KED conferred prophylactic and therapeutic benefits comparable to KD. Mechanisms behind KED's efficacy were explored, showing that KED can promote proliferation, recruitment, and differentiation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells by targeting the hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCAR2). In Chapter 4, I combined KED with metformin to synergistically augment KED's benefits, observing a significantly enhanced prophylactic effect in the KED + Metformin combination. Overall, this dissertation demonstrates that ketone esters can effectively substitute KD in providing benefits in murine models of MS. Moreover, combining ketone esters with metformin results in a synergistic accumulation of benefits, offering potential avenues for future MS treatment strategies.
Lyriocephalus scutatus Gü. R. b. J.
Creators: name: Müller, F
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1885
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Squamata
Sauria
Agamidae
Lyriocephalus
Lyriocephalus scutatus

description: Lyriocephalus scutatus Gü. R. b. J.
Peradenia v. d. Hh. Dr. Sarasin. [1]
description: Published as part of Müller, F, 1885, Vierter Nachtrag zum Katalogder herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums, pp. 668-717 in Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 7 (3) on page 712, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.2388, http://zenodo.org/record/15183591
Outflows at the Edges of an Active Region in a Coronal Hole: A Signature of Active Region Expansion?
Creators: name: Murray, M. J.
name: Baker, D.
name: van Driel-Gesztelyi, L.
name: Sun, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Outflows of plasma at the edges of active regions surrounded by quiet Sun are now a common observation with the Hinode satellite. While there is observational evidence to suggest that the outflows are originating in the magnetic field surrounding the active regions, there is no conclusive evidence that reveals how they are driven. Motivated by observations of outflows at the periphery of a mature active region embedded in a coronal hole, we have used a three-dimensional simulation to emulate the active region's development in order to investigate the origin and driver of these outflows. We find outflows are accelerated from a site in the coronal hole magnetic field immediately surrounding the active region and are channelled along the coronal hole field as they rise through the atmosphere. The plasma is accelerated simply as a result of the active region expanding horizontally as it develops. Many of the characteristics of the outflows generated in the simulation are consistent with those of observed outflows: velocities up to 45 km per sec, properties akin to the coronal hole, proximity to the active region's draining loops, expansion with height, and projection over monopolar photospheric magnetic concentrations. Although the horizontal expansion occurs as a consequence of the active region's development in the simulation, expansion is also a general feature of established active regions. Hence, it is entirely possible and plausible that the expansion acceleration mechanism displayed in the simulation is occurring in active regions on the Sun and, in addition to reconnection, is driving the outflows observed at their edges.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures
Imagining Javaneseness in contemporary Indonesian socio-cultural documentaries
Creators: name: Adhyanggono, Gerardus
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2019

description: This thesis explores imagination of Javaneseness, from a selection of
      contemporary Indonesian socio-cultural-themed documentaries in the first
      decade of the Indonesian reform period. The 1998 political change of
      Indonesia, from the authoritarian regime of the New Order to a more
      democratic one, rendered significant impacts in many aspects of
      Indonesians’ lives. Personal attempts to reinterpret ethnic identities was
      one of them. These were captured in the documentary filmmaking practices
      of the period where imagining Javaneseness had been hardly problematised
      before. Such attempts matter as in the New Order period, the regime had
      developed its Java-centric state culture that was aristocratic,
      moralistic, and capitalistic. The examined documentaries of this
      post-authoritarian period suggests that Javaneseness is not a homogeneous
      construct, but heterogeneous, amorphous, and transient one. I make use of
      a hermeneutic constructionism to analyse Javaneseness in the films. As a
      result, three models of Javaneseness projected in the documentaries of
      diverse topics demonstrate the fluid nature of what it means to be
      Javanese. The first is an imagined Javaneseness based on some
      interpretations of traditional Javanese

      values in their representational links to the Javanese courts. The second
      is an

      imagined Javaneseness critical to some traditional values and unrelated to
      the courts. And the third is a projected Javaneseness resulted from a
      negotiation with a political history. By examining the imagined
      Javaneseness of the documentary films of the period, this thesis not only
      provides how Javaneseness is understood and represented in the
      post-authoritarian Indonesia but also a piece of evidence of the revival
      of documentary movement in the country. At the same time, there is a shift
      from the previously state-dominated documentary production to a more
      democratised, civic and liberal one.
New clustering method to decrease probability of failure nodes and increasing the lifetime in WSNs
Creators: name: Babaie, Shahram
name: Zade, Ahmad Khadem
name: Hosseinalipour, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Clustering in wireless sensor networks is one of the crucial methods for increasing of network lifetime. There are many algorithms for clustering. One of the important cluster based algorithm in wireless sensor networks is LEACH algorithm. In this paper we proposed a new clustering method for increasing of network lifetime. We distribute several sensors with a high-energy for managing the cluster head and to decrease their responsibilities in network. The performance of the proposed algorithm via computer simulation was evaluated and compared with other clustering algorithms. The simulation results show the high performance of the proposed clustering algorithm.
description: Pages IEEE format, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, IJCSIS February 2010, ISSN 1947 5500, http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/
Spectrum of Light in a Quantum Fluctuating Periodic Structure
Creators: name: Antezza, Mauro
name: Castin, Yvan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the general problem of the excitation spectrum for light coupled to scatterers having quantum fluctuating positions around the sites of a periodic lattice. In addition to providing an imaginary part to the spectrum, we show that these quantum fluctuations affect the real part of the spectrum, in a way that we determine analytically. Our predictions may be observed with ultracold atoms in an optical lattice, on a J=0->J'=1 narrow atomic transition. As a side result, we resolve a controversy for the occurrence of a spectral gap in a fcc lattice.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure; introduction, conclusion and title changed
Kinematic distributions and nuclear effects of $J/ψ$ production in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions
Creators: name: B Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurements of the kinematic distributions of $J/ψ$ mesons produced in $p-$C, $p-$Ti and $p-$W collisions at $\sqrt{s}=41.6 \mathrm{GeV}$ in the Feynman-$x$ region $-0.34 < x_{F} < 0.14$ and for transverse momentum up to $p_T = 5.4 \mathrm{GeV}/c$ are presented. The $x_F$ and $p_T$ dependencies of the nuclear suppression parameter, $α$, are also given. The results are based on $2.4 \cdot 10^{5}$ $J/ψ$ mesons in both the $e^+ e^-$ and $μ^{+}μ^{-}$ decay channels. The data have been collected by the HERA-B experiment at the HERA proton ring of the DESY laboratory. The measurement explores the negative region of $x_{F}$ for the first time. The average value of $α$ in the measured $x_{F}$ region is $0.981 \pm 0.015$. The data suggest that the strong nuclear suppression of $J/ψ$ production previously observed at high $x_F$ turns into an enhancement at negative $x_F$.
description: 19 pages, 11 figures, 6 tables
A Note on the Stability of Exponential Dichotomy of Linear Differential Equations
Creators: name: Mendez, Osvaldo
name: Hanna, Nada al
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present an elementary Functional Analytic proof of the roughness of Exponential Dichotomy of Ordinary Differential Equations (with exponential growth) on an arbitrary Banach Space.
description: 10 pages, exposed on 5th International Conference "Actualities and Perspectives on Hardware and Software" - APHS2009, Timisoara, Romania
Dark matter axions
Creators: name: Sikivie, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hypothesis of an `invisible' axion was made by Misha Shifman and others, approximately thirty years ago. It has turned out to be an unusually fruitful idea, crossing boundaries between particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. An axion with mass of order $10^{-5}$ eV (with large uncertainties) is one of the leading candidates for the dark matter of the universe. It was found recently that dark matter axions thermalize and form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). Because they form a BEC, axions differ from ordinary cold dark matter (CDM) in the non-linear regime of structure formation and upon entering the horizon. Axion BEC provides a mechanism for the production of net overall rotation in dark matter halos, and for the alignment of cosmic microwave anisotropy multipoles. Because there is evidence for these phenomena, unexplained with ordinary CDM, an argument can be made that the dark matter is axions.
description: 12 pages, invited talk at the Workshop `Crossing the Boundaries: Gauge Dynamics at Strong Coupling' in honor of Misha Shifman's 60th birthday, March 14-17, 2009, in Minneapolis, MN
The interpersonal effects of distinct emotions in online reviews
Creators: name: Lelieveld, Gert-Jan
name: Hendriks, Hanneke
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Emotional expressions in online reviews affect reviews’ informative value. By comparing high and low arousal emotions with a negative and positive valence, the current research demonstrates that the effects of emotional expressions in online reviews are determined not by the level of arousal, but by the perceived rationality of the reviewer and the perceived appropriateness of the emotional expression. In a lab experiment (N = 242) among university students, and an online experiment (N = 252) on Prolific Academic involving native English speakers, participants read an online restaurant review with the negative emotions anger, disappointment, or disgust, or with the positive emotions happiness, excitement, or contentment. Results showed that readers of online reviews considered expressions of anger more inappropriate than expressions of disappointment or disgust; this led them to judge the reviewer as more irrational, which decreased the informative value of the review. As a consequence, angry reviews led to less negative restaurant evaluations and stronger intentions to visit the restaurant than reviews expressing disappointment or disgust. We found no differences between contentment and happiness (Study 1), or between contentment and excitement (Study 2). Our findings underscore the importance of studying the effects of discrete emotions in online reviews.
"You can tell me anything" : the role of caregivers in obtaining and maintaining support for children after receiving a disclosure of physical or sexual abuse
Creators: name: Biener, Cassidy
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Child abuse is a severely underreported crime (7 – 15%; General Social Survey, 2019; Winters et al., 2020). Reporting is crucial to seeking and obtaining formal support for those impacted. Before a report can be made, the abuse must be discovered through the presence of evidence or disclosure. Study 1 focused on exploring differences in disclosure and related factors between child sexual abuse (CSA) and child physical abuse (CPA). Study 2 investigated the responses of prominent disclosure recipients. Through the analysis of n = 466 RCMP files, Study 1 revealed significant differences in CSA and CPA along disclosure-relevant dimensions (e.g., child’s age, gender, severity and frequency of abuse, and relation to perpetrator (p < .001)). Disclosures were more crucial to the discovery of CSA but were delayed longer than CPA. Non-offending caregivers were the largest group of disclosure recipients. Study 2 utilized a subset of data from Study 1 n = 258, those where non-offending caregivers were aware of the abuse and able to respond. The MDS configurations were different across abuse types. Non-offending caregivers generally responded to disclosures with support. However, only 54% of caregivers reported it. Abuse type was a significant predictor of support, with more blame and less interruption of contact between the perpetrator and child in cases of CPA. Further, being related was a significant predictor of reporting CSA, while frequency of abuse predicted reporting of CPA. Overall, these studies contribute to a deeper understanding of the complexities involved in disclosing and responding to disclosures of abuse.
Recent discoveries of supersoft X-ray sources in M 31
Creators: name: Henze, M.
name: Pietsch, W.
name: Haberl, F.
name: Sala, G.
name: Hernanz, M.
name: Hatzidimitriou, D.
name: Rau, A.
name: Hartmann, D. H.
name: Greiner, J.
name: Orio, M.
name: Stiele, H.
name: Freyberg, M. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Classical novae (CNe) have recently been reported to represent the major class of supersoft X-ray sources (SSSs) in the central area of our neighbouring galaxy M 31. This paper presents a review of results from recent X-ray observations of M 31 with XMM-Newton and Chandra. We carried out a dedicated optical and X-ray monitoring program of CNe and SSSs in the central area of M 31. We discovered the first SSSs in M 31 globular clusters (GCs) and their connection to the very first discovered CN in a M 31 GC. This result may have an impact on the CN rate in GCs. Furthermore, in our optical and X-ray monitoring data we discovered the CN M31N 2007-11a, which shows a very short SSS phase of 29 - 52 days. Short SSS states (durations < 100 days) of CNe indicate massive white dwarfs (WDs) that are candidate progenitors of supernovae type Ia. In the case of M31N 2007-11a, the optical and X-ray light curves suggest a binary containing a WD with M_WD > 1.0 M_sun. Finally, we present the discovery of the SSS counterpart of the CN M31N 2006-04a. The X-ray light curve of M31N 2006-04a shows short-time variability, which might indicate an orbital period of about 2 hours.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure; Proc. of workshop "Supersoft X-ray Sources - New Developments", ESAC, May 2009; accepted for publication in Astronomische Nachrichten
MASOFADAN TURIB ISHLASHDA HAMKORLIK QILISH TARTIBI
Creators: name: Jo'raev, Islombek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: mazkur maqolada masofadan turib ishlashda ish beruvchi va xodim o‘rtasidagi o‘zaro aloqalarni o‘rnatish va olib borishga oid hamkorlik qilish tartibi bilan bog‘liq qoidalar tahlil qilingan.
The effect of self-referential processing on anxiety in response to naturalistic and laboratory stressors
Creators: name: Tracy, Alison
name: Jopling, Ellen
name: LeMoult, Joelle
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Although stressful life events increase risk for symptoms of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), we know little about mechanisms that increase GAD symptoms during times of stress. Despite evidence that self-referential processing contributes to other forms of psychopathology, namely depression, it is unknown whether self-referential processing also contributes to symptoms of GAD. Thus, we examined the association of self-referential processing with GAD symptoms in response to a naturalistic stressor (Study 1; n=135) and with anxiety-tension in response to a laboratory stressor (Study 2; n=56). In Study 1, participants completed the self-referential encoding task (SRET) in their initial weeks of university, and we assessed GAD symptoms four times across the semester. In Study 2, participants completed the SRET immediately before a laboratory stressor, and we assessed moment-to-moment changes in anxiety-tension. Greater negatively biased self-referential processing was associated with higher GAD symptoms at the start of university and greater reactivity to the laboratory stressor. In contrast, greater positively biased self-referential processing served as a protective factor associated with greater decline in symptoms over time. This study is the first to demonstrate that there are valence-specific effects of self-referential processing on anxiety, suggesting that self-referential processing may be relevant to GAD.
Etude expérimentale et numérique des transferts de chaleur en convection naturelle le long de parois verticales épaisses rayonnantes fortement chauffées
Creators: name: De Larochelambert, Thierry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Thermal balances and complete investigation of air flow along a uniformly heated vertical black thick steel plate (1000 to 8000 W/m\^2) have been obtained by means of a thermoanemometric method and infrared pyrometry. Several physical models have been solved with a commercial CFD (FLUENT) and the numerical results are compared with the experimental values.
New analytic unitarization schemes
Creators: name: Cudell, J. -R.
name: Predazzi, E.
name: Selyugin, O. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider two well-known classes of unitarization of Born amplitudes of hadron elastic scattering. The standard class, which saturates at the black disk limit includes the standard eikonal representation, while the other class, which goes beyond the black-disk limit to reach the full unitarity circle, includes the U matrix. It is shown that the basic properties of these schemes are independent of the functional form used for the unitarisation, and that U matrix and eikonal schemes can be extended to have similar properties. A common form of unitarisation is proposed interpolating between both classes. The correspondence with different nonlinear equations are also briefly examined.
description: 6 pages, 10 figures, corrected typos, 1 fig. redrow
The effect of momentary mood on appraisal of facial affect and distrust: an experimental approach using ambulatory assessment
Creators: name: Schmitz, Sara E.
name: Hepp, Johanna
name: Lane, Sean P.
name: Niedtfeld, Inga
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Previous laboratory studies have demonstrated that an observer’s current mood can influence their processing of facial stimuli, for instance, the appraisal of facial affect. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between current mood and face processing in participants’ daily lives, thereby making use of naturally occurring affective states. We employed Ambulatory Assessment (AA) and included two experimental tasks to test whether current mood predicts how participants evaluate (i) the valence of emotional faces and (ii) facial trustworthiness. We hypothesised a mood-congruent processing, such that individuals would rate pictures of faces more negatively and less trustworthy, the more negative their current mood was. We recruited 42 participants who completed a 7-day AA study with six random prompts per day. At each prompt, participants provided self-reports on momentary mood and completed an emotion rating task and a hypothetical distrust game. Results show that negative momentary mood was significantly associated with higher levels of distrust, but was not significantly associated with more negative emotion ratings. We discuss the incremental value and feasibility of implementing experimental tasks in AA contexts and the opportunities this opens for assessing affective and cognitive processes in natural environments.
Integrating fluctuations into distribution of resources in transportation networks
Creators: name: He, Shan
name: Li, Sheng
name: Ma, Hongru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a resource distribution strategy to reduce the average travel time in a transportation network given a fixed generation rate. Suppose that there are essential resources to avoid congestion in the network as well as some extra resources. The strategy distributes the essential resources by the average loads on the vertices and integrates the fluctuations of the instantaneous loads into the distribution of the extra resources. The fluctuations are calculated with the assumption of unlimited resources, where the calculation is incorporated into the calculation of the average loads without adding to the time complexity. Simulation results show that the fluctuation-integrated strategy provides shorter average travel time than a previous distribution strategy while keeping similar robustness. The strategy is especially beneficial when the extra resources are scarce and the network is heterogeneous and lowly loaded.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Age-related differences in how negative emotions influence arithmetic performance
Creators: name: Lallement, Camille
name: Lemaire, Patrick
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: In this study, we investigated the role of negative emotions on arithmetic and whether this role changes with aging during adulthood. Young and older adults were asked to verify one-digit addition problems (Experiment 1) and to estimate the results of two-digit multiplication problems (Experiment 2). In both experiments, easier and harder problems were displayed superimposed on emotionally neutral (e.g. mushrooms) or emotionally negative (e.g. a corpse) pictures. In both simple and complex arithmetic, young and older adults obtained poorer arithmetic performance under negative emotion conditions, especially while solving harder problems. Most interesting, deleterious effects of negative emotions on arithmetic performance were larger in young than in older adults. These findings have important implications for further our understanding of the role of negative emotions in the domain of arithmetic and age-related differences in this role.
On the chemical bonding effects in the Raman response: Benzenethiol adsorbed on silver clusters
Creators: name: Saikin, Semion K.
name: Olivares-Amaya, Roberto
name: Rappoport, Dmitrij
name: Stopa, Michael
name: Aspuru-Guzik, Alán
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of chemical bonding on Raman scattering from benzenethiol chemisorbed on silver clusters using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). Raman scattering cross sections are computed using a formalism that employs analytical derivatives of frequency-dependent electronic polarizabilities, which treats both off-resonant and resonant enhancement within the same scheme. In the off-resonant regime, Raman scattering into molecular vibrational modes is enhanced by one order of magnitude and shows pronounced dependence on the orientation and the local symmetry of the molecule. Additional strong enhancement of the order of $10^2$ arises from resonant transitions to mixed metal--molecular electronic states. The Raman enhancement is analyzed using Raman excitation profiles (REPs) for the range of excitation energies $1.6-3.0$ eV, in which isolated benzenethiol does not have electronic transitions. The computed vibrational frequency shifts and relative Raman scattering cross sections of the metal--molecular complexes are in good agreement with experimental data on surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for benzenethiol adsorbed on silver surfaces. Characterization and understanding of these effects, associated with chemical enhancement mechanism, may be used to improve the detection sensitivity in molecular Raman scattering.
description: 25 pages, 14 figures. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. in press
Imagining futures through graphic storytelling : a Qazaq dystopia in Orda and an Indigenous utopia in kitaskinaw 2350
Creators: name: Kanasheva, Malika
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Imagining and visualizing futures through graphic storytelling, Indigenous comics writers and illustrators create alternative possibilities that inherently reject colonial narratives that do not envision Indigenous cultures surviving into the future. Deliberately centering Indigenous Peoples in the story in various ways, they represent utopian and dystopian scenarios that serve as not the destruction of Indigenous worlds but instead catalysts of decolonization. This thesis analyzes the futures imagined in a Qazaq comic series, Orda, written by Orazkhan Jakup and featuring different illustrators for each issue, and an Indigenous comic from Canada, kitaskinaw 2350, written by a Métis writer Chelsea Vowel, illustrated by a Wolastoqiyik artist Tara Audibert, and coloured by Donovan Yaciuk. Engaging the dynamic critical conversations about Indigenous Futurism and comics as a form, I draw on Chadwick Allen’s trans-Indigenous reading methodology and his arguments about “legitimiz[ing] our expanding archive for inclusion within formal scholarship.” I propose inviting Qazaq texts into a dialogue with diverse works to argue for the possibility of a productive conversation between the works of Indigenous artists from Central Asia and North America. This thesis positions the two comics in the contexts of Qazaqstan and Canada and engages close readings of the central texts to analyze the ways Orda creates a Qazaq dystopia and kitaskinaw 2350 creates an Indigenous utopia. I argue that even though the texts are from vastly different settings, and present seemingly opposing strategies for imagining Indigenous futures, Orda and kitaskinaw 2350 both challenge conventional colonial views about the central themes of many futurist writings such as language, apocalypse, progress, and time. Ultimately, these analyses suggest that Allen’s proposition is not only possible but also effective in expanding the conversation to Central Asian cultures and the discussion of graphic storytelling forms that often center children and young adult readers.
Nanobodies as allosteric modulators of Parkinson's disease-associated LRRK2
Creators: name: Soliman, Ahmed
name: Singh, Ranjan
name: Versées, Wim
name: Kortholt, Arjan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: 1. Unzip the file (you can use winRAR, 7-zip (https://www.7-zip.org/download.html) , or any other similar software) 2. Micrographs are to be visualized by ZEN software or ImageJ (with suitable plugin)
 (Zen lite is available via Zeiss official website, https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/int/products/microscope-software/zen-lite.html)
 (ImageJ is available via NIH, https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/download.html) 3. GFP.Nanbodies were visualized at EGFP channel (488 nm), and mScarlet.LRRK2 at dodec-t (582 nm)
Adultification, anger bias, and adults’ different perceptions of Black and White children
Creators: name: Cooke, Alison N.
name: Halberstadt, Amy G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Adultification, perceiving a child as older and more mature, and anger bias, perceiving anger where it does not exist, are two phenomena disproportionally imposed on Black children compared to White children. The current study assessed whether perceiving a Black child as older increases the odds of mistakenly perceiving anger. Participating were 152 parents who viewed video representations of 40 children in an emotion understanding paradigm. Black children were not seen as older than White children but they did have 1.27 higher odds of being misperceived as angry (p p