cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Factors associated with the rate of FEV1 decline in a primary care COPD population
Creators: name: Whittaker, Hannah Rose
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2021

description: The purpose of this thesis was to describe the rate of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) decline in COPD patients seen in primary care and investigate factors associated with the rate to help identify COPD patients who might decline faster and who may benefit from interventions to slow the rate of FEV1 decline. The aims of this research were: i. To describe and explore the rate of FEV1 decline in a primary care COPD population, ii. To investigate the relationship between inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and rate of FEV1 decline in a primary care COPD population, and iii. To investigate the relationship between the rate of FEV1 decline and future risk of CVD in a primary care COPD population. Firstly, other than increasing age, COPD patients who were current smokers, had low BMI, high mMRC dyspnoea, low baseline FEV1 percent predicted, and more frequent or severe AECOPD were more likely to have accelerated FEV1 decline. Secondly, a systematic review revealed that COPD patients enrolled in randomised control trials (RCTs) treated with ICS had reduced rates of FEV1 decline compared to patients not treated with ICS over short follow-up periods. However, over longer follow-up periods the rate of FEV1 decline in patients in ICS and non-ICS trial arms were similar. In addition, using primary care data, COPD patients who initiated ICS showed an increase in FEV1, notably in patients with high blood eosinophils, compared to patients who were not prescribed ICS however, prevalent ICS users had a clinically similar rate of FEV1 decline compared to those not prescribed ICS, regardless of blood eosinophil level, echoing the findings of the systematic review. Similarly, COPD patients who withdrew from ICS (from triple therapy) showed a similar mean rate of FEV1 decline compared to patients who remained on triple therapy. Thirdly, the rate of FEV1 decline, including accelerated FEV1 decline, was not associated with future risk of CVD disease and mortality in CVD naïve COPD patients. These results suggest that rate of FEV1 decline is heterogeneous and both patient related and disease related characteristics should be monitored to identify COPD patients with faster disease progression earlier. Whilst these patients may not have an increased risk of CVD, it is still important to identify these patients to intervene with better treatments or other possible interventions to reduce the risk of all-cause mortality and other potential morbidities. ICS treatment is a common intervention used to slow the progression of COPD however, results suggest that its long-term use does not significantly slow down the rate of FEV1 decline compared to non-ICS medications, but initiation of ICS treatment does improve FEV1 in the short-term. Proactive identification of fast FEV1 decliners and the implementation of effective interventions in COPD patients by primary care providers may help to improve patient outcomes.
Additional file 15 of Phylogenetic signal from rearrangements in 18 Anopheles species by joint scaffolding extant and ancestral genomes
Creators: name: Anselmetti, Yoann
name: Duchemin, Wandrille
name: Tannier, Eric
name: Chauve, Cedric
name: SĂ¨Verine BĂŠrard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S14. Similar to Additional fileÂ 14: Figure S13 with WG species tree phylogeny. (PDF 56 kb)
ФИЛОСОФИЯ-НАУКА-РЕЛИГИЯ: ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ДИАЛОГА
Creators: name: Роман Владимирович Сорокин
name: Елена Вадимовна Суханова
Publisher: name: Революция и эволюция: модели развития в науке, культуре, обществе
Year: 2019
Subjects: техногенная цивилизация
посттехногенная цивилизация
научно-технический прогресс
постнеклассическая рациональность
междисциплинарная интеграция
«будущее религии»
коммуникация
диалог
«зона обмена»
медиация

description: Фундаментальной актуальной философской целью является раскрытие и нейтрализация опасных тенденций современного научно-технического развития. Системным центром дости-жения этой цели можно считать формирование новых ценностей, воодушевляющих и удержи-вающих человечество (совокупность свободных людей, которым нельзя приказывать, но кото-рых нужно убеждать) от дальнейшего продвижения в зону риска уничтожения, завершения своей истории (в частности, в ходе интенсивного, демократически необдуманного развития по-стчеловеческих тенденций). Сомневаемся, что искомыми новыми ценностями человечества мо-гут быть ценности луддизма или разрушения, запрета и отказа от множества наличных и даль-нейших научно-технических достижений, изменяющих жизнь людей к лучшему. Речь должна идти о тонко выверенном, перманентном влиянии на происходящие количественные изменения в научно-техническом развитии, гарантированно избегающего непредсказуемых, опасных ка-чественных скачков. Успешность этого проекта может быть отражена формой перехода от тех-ногенной цивилизации к посттехногенной. Задача формирования новых посттехногенных цен-ностей должна активизировать на родственные аксиологические достижения. В этом плане ре-лигия выступает важнейшей составляющей намечающегося диалога внетехногенных форм жизни с наукой, современной техногенной цивилизацией. Это говорит о необходимости созда-ния теоретико-методологических оснований построения проектной модели будущего развития «религиозного». Существующие мировоззренческие, этические, экологические, антропологи-ческие и методологические точки соприкосновения, изменения в сфере научной рационально-сти создают благоприятные основания и условия диалога науки и религии в рамках философ-ского знания. Соответственно, обсуждается проблема специфики медиаторства философии как средства построения и развития диалога науки и религии.
The physical driver of the optical Eigenvector 1 in Quasar Main Sequence
Creators: name: Panda, Swayamtrupta
name: Czerny, Bozena
name: Wildy, Conor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quasars are complex sources, characterized by broad band spectra from radio through optical to X-ray band, with numerous emission and absorption features. However, Boroson & Green (1992) used Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and with this analysis they were able to show significant correlations between the measured parameters. The leading component, related to Eigenvector 1 (EV1) was dominated by the anticorrelation between the Fe${\mathrm{II}}$ optical emission and [OIII] line and EV1 alone contained 30% of the total variance. It opened a way in defining a quasar main sequence, in close analogy to the stellar main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram (Sulentic et al. 2001). The question still remains which of the basic theoretically motivated parameters of an active nucleus (Eddington ratio, black hole mass, accretion rate, spin, and viewing angle) is the main driver behind the EV1. Here we limit ourselves to the optical waveband, and concentrate on theoretical modelling the Fe${\mathrm{II}}$ to H$\mathrmβ$ ratio, and we test the hypothesis that the physical driver of EV1 is the maximum of the accretion disk temperature, reflected in the shape of the spectral energy distribution (SED). We performed computations of the H$\mathrmβ$ and optical Fe${\mathrm{II}}$ for a broad range of SED peak position using CLOUDY photoionisation code. We assumed that both H$\mathrmβ$ and Fe${\mathrm{II}}$ emission come from the Broad Line Region represented as a constant density cloud in a plane-parallel geometry. We expected that a hotter disk continuum will lead to more efficient production of Fe${\mathrm{II}}$ but our computations show that the Fe${\mathrm{II}}$ to H$\mathrmβ$ ratio actually drops with the rise of the disk temperature. Thus either hypothesis is incorrect, or approximations used in our paper for the description of the line emissivity is inadequate.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in the Journal Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Reconstruction of SU(1,1) States
Creators: name: Agarwal, G. S.
name: Banerji, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how group symmetries can be used to reconstruct quantum states. In our scheme for SU(1,1) states, the input field passes through a non-degenerate parametric amplifier and one measures the probability of finding the output state with a certain number (usually zero) of photons in each mode. The density matrix in the Fock basis is retrieved from the measured data by least squares method after singular value decomposition of the design matrix. Several illustrative examples involving the reconstruction of a pair coherent state, a Perelomov coherent state, and a coherent superposition of pair coherent states are considered.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRA
Loop quantum gravity effects on inflation and the CMB
Creators: name: Tsujikawa, Shinji
name: Singh, Parampreet
name: Maartens, Roy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In loop quantum cosmology, the universe avoids a big bang singularity and undergoes an early and short super-inflation phase. During super-inflation, non-perturbative quantum corrections to the dynamics drive an inflaton field up its potential hill, thus setting the initial conditions for standard inflation. We show that this effect can raise the inflaton high enough to achieve sufficient e-foldings in the standard inflation era. We analyze the cosmological perturbations generated when slow-roll is violated after super-inflation, and show that loop quantum effects can in principle leave an indirect signature on the largest scales in the CMB, with some loss of power and running of the spectral index.
description: revtex4, 5 pages, 3 figures, significant improvements in explanation of quantization and perturbation issues; version to appear Classical and Quantum Gravity
Local existence of dynamical and trapping horizons
Creators: name: Andersson, Lars
name: Mars, Marc
name: Simon, Walter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Given a spacelike foliation of a spacetime and a marginally outer trapped surface S on some initial leaf, we prove that under a suitable stability condition S is contained in a ``horizon'', i.e. a smooth 3-surface foliated by marginally outer trapped slices which lie in the leaves of the given foliation. We also show that under rather weak energy conditions this horizon must be either achronal or spacelike everywhere. Furthermore, we discuss the relation between ``bounding'' and ``stability'' properties of marginally outer trapped surfaces.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, minor changes
ПО ДРУГУЮ СТОРОНУ ВИДИМОЙ ЦИФРОВОЙ РЕАЛЬНОСТИ
Creators: name: Александра Александровна Аргамакова
Publisher: name: Революция и эволюция: модели развития в науке, культуре, обществе
Year: 2019
Subjects: автоматизация
системы управления обществом
хактивизм
биополитика
большие данные
социальные технологии
социальная инженерия

description: Распределение или исчезновение субъекта действия представляет особое свойство циф-рового пространства. Благодаря чему появилось множество конспирологических теорий управления обществом на основе безличных алгоритмов и больших данных. Однако представления о невидимом управлении обществом не лишены своего основания. Виртуальная реальность яв-ляется благоприятной средой для деперсонифицированных стратегий действий. Вполне реали-стична и подкрепляется практикой готовность делегировать привилегии осуществления власти и контроля анонимным группам и автоматизированным системам управления. Нейрогаджеты, биометрия, VR симуляции, компьютерное зрение или распознавание голоса потенциально представляют собой инструментарий биополитики, т.е. системы контроля человеческих дейст-вий и тел, только на высокотехнологичной основе. Закономерно цифровые данные стали пред-метом социального и политического напряжения. Государственные сервисы, городские прило-жения и бизнес платформы делегируют рутину, а также ответственность компьютерным алго-ритмам и системам менеджмента. Автоматизированные машины и умный софт управляют процессами через анонимные алгоритмы и интерактивные механики. Смогут ли автоматизиро-ванные системы заменить человека как субъекта власти и принятия решений – конфликт вла-сти между человеком и безличной машиной уже реализует себя в реальности.
Conditional quantum state engineering in repeated 2-photon down conversion
Creators: name: Clausen, J.
name: Hansen, H.
name: Knoll, L.
name: Mlynek, J.
name: Welsch, D. -G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The U(1,1) and U(2) transformations realized by three-mode interaction in the respective parametric approximations are studied in conditional measurement, and the corresponding non-unitary transformation operators are derived. As an application, the preparation of single-mode quantum states using an optical feedback loop is discussed, with special emphasis of Fock state preparation. For that example, the influence of non-perfect detection and feedback is also considered.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures, using a4.sty
Exploring LHC Run 1 and 2 data using the Madala hypothesis
Creators: name: von Buddenbrock, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson, with its experimental discovery in 2012, has long been an interesting particle to study with the intention of exploring new physics ideas beyond the SM (BSM). Its properties are still not well understood, and there are several features in LHC Run 1 and Run 2 data which point at the possibility of extensions to the SM Higgs sector. This work explores the Madala hypothesis, which is the introduction of a heavy scalar (the Madala boson) to the SM, in addition to a real scalar $S$ and dark matter (DM) candidate $χ$. This hypothesis has previously been used to explain several anomalous features observe in the LHC Run 1 data. This work extends the study to Run 2 data, and shows that the particle spectrum predicted in the Madala hypothesis is indeed compatible with LHC data. Further study prospects and striking signatures for searches are presented.
Birkhoff for Lovelock Redux
Creators: name: Deser, S.
name: Franklin, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show succinctly that all metric theories with second order field equations obey Birkhoff's theorem: their spherically symmetric solutions are static.
description: Submitted to CQG
Additional file 4: of Effects of vitamin D supplementation on the outcomes of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Wu, Hong-xia
name: Xiong, Xiao-feng
name: Zhu, Min
name: Wei, Jia
name: Zhuo, Kai-quan
name: Cheng, De-yun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Figure S4. Change of CRP after vitamin D supplementation. CI, confidence interval; SD, standard derivation; IV, Inverse Variance. (PDF 311 kb)
The scaling of the X-ray variability with black hole mass in AGN
Creators: name: Papadakis, I. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The relation between the 2-10 keV, long term, excess variance and AGN black hole mass is considered in this work. A significant anti-correlation is found between these two quantities in the sense that the excess variance decreases with increasing black hole mass. This anti-correlation is consistent with the hypothesis that the 2-10 keV power spectrum in AGN follows a power law of slope -2 at high frequencies. It then flattens to a slope of -1 below a break frequency until a second break frequency below which it flattens to a slope of zero. The ratio of the two break frequencies is equal to 10-30, similar to the ratio of the respective frequencies in Cyg X-1. The power spectrum amplitude in the "frequency x power" space does not depend on black hole mass. Instead it is roughly equal to 0.02 in all objects. The high frequency break decreases with increasing black hole mass according to the relation 1.5x(10^-6)/(BHmass/(10^7) solar masses) Hz, in the case of "classical" Seyfert 1 galaxies. The excess variance of NGC4051, a Narrow Line Seyfert 1 object, is larger than what is expected for its black hole mass and X-ray luminosity. This can be explained if its high frequency break is 20 times larger than the value expected in the case of a "classical" Seyfert 1 with the same black hole mass. Finally, the excess variance vs X-ray luminosity correlation is a byproduct of the excess variance vs black hole mass correlation, with AGN accreting at ~ 0.1-0.15 the Eddington limit. These results are consistent with recent results from the power spectral analysis of AGN.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Antonina graminis
Creators: name: Evans, Gregory A.
name: Abd-Rabou, Shaaban
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Antonina
Antonina graminis

description: Antonina graminis (Maskell, 1897)
(Figure 2, after Williams 2004).
 Taxonomy. Sphaerococcus graminis Maskell 1897 a: 244. Type data. HONG KONG: on grass.
 Antonina graminis (Maskell); Fernald 1903: 121.
 Hosts in Egypt. Cynodon sp. ( Takahashi 1928).
 Distribution in Egypt. Giza (Mohammed et al. 1995).
 Remarks. This species is worldwide in distribution and has been found on many hosts, most of which are in the families Poaceae or Cyperaceae. It was first reported in Egypt by Takahashi (1928). Mohammed et al. (1995) provided a redescription and illustration of the species. Williams (2001) provided descriptions, illustrations and a key to the African species of Antonina that included this species. This species is known as the “rhodesgrass scale” and is the most widespread and injurious species of the genus. It has been reported from most tropical and temperate areas, often causing damage to pasture and lawn grasses, and is often reported from bamboo species.
description: Published as part of Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (999) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10832115
Decoherence and the rate of entropy production in chaotic quantum systems
Creators: name: Monteoliva, Diana
name: Paz, Juan Pablo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that for an open quantum system which is classically chaotic (a quartic double well with harmonic driving coupled to a sea of harmonic oscillators) the rate of entropy production has, as a function of time, two relevant regimes: For short times it is proportional to the diffusion coefficient (fixed by the system--environment coupling strength). For longer times (but before equilibration) there is a regime where the entropy production rate is fixed by the Lyapunov exponent. The nature of the transition time between both regimes is investigated.
description: Revtex, 4 pages, 3 figures included
Content analysis and drug safety evaluation of four furanocoumarins in six pomelos produced in China
Creators: name: Chen, Weiling
name: Li, Zeqi
name: Cheng, Yujiao
name: Li, Guijie
name: Li, Jiaqi
name: Huang, Linhua
name: Gu, Qiuming
name: Wu, Houjiu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer

description: The content of 4 6',7'-dihydroxybergamottin (DHB), bergamottin, isoimperatorin and epoxybergamottin of six pomelos produced in China were detected by High-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection and their safety of related medicines was evaluated by inhibition of medium concentration (IC50) of cytochrome oxidases CYP450-like. The results showed that the total content of the four furanocoumarins in these pomelo juices from high to low in order was Guanximi pomelo > Liangping pomelo > Pinghemi pomelo > grapefruit > Huyou > Shatian pomelo. The concentration of isoimperatorin in grapefruit, DHB, bergamottinand and isoimperatorin in Liangping, bergamottin and epoxybergamottin in Pinghemi and all the four furanocoumarins in Guanximi were exceeded the corresponding IC50; although Huyou and Shatian contained some furanocoumarins, they did not exceed IC50. Therefore, when taking drugs metabolised by CYP450-like enzymes, Guanximi, Liangping, Pinghemi, and grapefruit should be avoided to consume, but it is relatively safe to eat Huyou and Shatian.
Antonina natalensis Brain 1915
Creators: name: Evans, Gregory A.
name: Abd-Rabou, Shaaban
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Antonina
Antonina natalensis

description: Antonina natalensis Brain, 1915
(Figure 3, after Mohammed et al. 1995).
 Taxonomy. Antonina natalensis Brain 1915: 86. Type data. SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, on grass; Mohammed et al. 1995: 491.
 Erium natalense (Brain, 1915); Lindinger 1935: 122. change of combination.
 Antonina natalensis Brain, not a synonym of A. panica according to Mohammed et al. 1995.
 Hosts in Egypt. Cynodon sp. (Takahashi 1928), Panicum turgidum (Hall 1925), Mohammed et al. (1995).
 Distribution in Egypt. Hamet el Abeed (Hall 1925); Geneifa (Mohammed et al. 1995); Suez Road (Mohammed et al. 1995).
 Remarks. De Lotto (1958) synonymized this species with Antonina indica panica Hall, 1925 and Antonina transvaalensis Brain, 1915; the former was removed from synonymy by (Mohammed et al. 1995: 491) who also provided a redescription and illustration of the species. Yang and Kosztarab (1967) found distinct morphological differences between the first instar nymphs of Antonina transvaalensis and Antonina natalensis to justify their treatment as distinct species. Williams (2001) provided descriptions, illustrations and a key to the African species of Antonina that included this species.
description: Published as part of Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (999) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10832115
НОВАЯ ФИЛОСОФИЯ ПОДГОТОВКИ УЧИТЕЛЯ: ОТКРЫТОЕ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ БУДУЩЕГО
Creators: name: Александр Александрович Федоров
Publisher: name: Революция и эволюция: модели развития в науке, культуре, обществе
Year: 2019
Subjects: открытое педагогическое образование будущего
новая философия подготовки учителя
конвенция поколений
жизненный цикл педагогической профессии
региональный социально-педагогический кластер

description: Современная система образования характеризуется потребностью в качественных изме-нениях, предполагающих создание фундамента для стабильного развития и функционирования педагогического сообщества на основе потребностей сегодняшнего и завтрашнего дня. В ста-тье рассматривается новая философия подготовки учителя в рамках концепции открытого пе-дагогического образования будущего. Модель открытого педагогического образования буду-щего представляет собой выражение нового средового решения подготовки и профессиональ-ного развития педагога и аккумулирует шесть ключевых элементов: программа сопровождения жизненного цикла педагогической профессии, новое разделение педагогического труда, персо-нально ориентированная программа обучения в течении всей жизни, цифровая педагогика, когнитивные технологии и «конвенция поколений». Основополагающим элементом, опреде-ляющим методологию открытого педагогического образования будущего, является конвенция поколений, рассматриваемая автором как конструктивное многовекторное взаимодействие по-колений в образовании. Основой механизмов реализации модели открытого педагогического образования будущего является региональный социально-педагогический кластер, позволяю-щий осуществить запуск сетевых форм взаимодействия, транслирующих эффективные образо-вательные практики и влияющих на развитие академической мобильности обучающихся. Кон-цепция открытого педагогического образования будущего призвана обеспечить новые контуры развития образования в регионе – от преобразования образовательной среды и нового образо-вательного результата к созданию условий профессионального роста молодого специалиста на основе проектирования успешных персональных карьерных траекторий в профессии.
Models of Random Knots
Creators: name: Even-Zohar, Chaim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The study of knots and links from a probabilistic viewpoint provides insight into the behavior of "typical" knots, and opens avenues for new constructions of knots and other topological objects with interesting properties. The knotting of random curves arises also in applications to the natural sciences, such as in the context of the structure of polymers. We present here several known and new randomized models of knots and links. We review the main known results on the knot distribution in each model. We discuss the nature of these models and the properties of the knots they produce. Of particular interest to us are finite type invariants of random knots, and the recently studied Petaluma model. We report on rigorous results and numerical experiments concerning the asymptotic distribution of such knot invariants. Our approach raises questions of universality and classification of the various random knot models.
Beyond LISA: Exploring Future Gravitational Wave Missions
Creators: name: Crowder, Jeff
name: Cornish, Neil J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Advanced Laser Interferometer Antenna (ALIA) and the Big Bang Observer (BBO) have been proposed as follow on missions to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Here we study the capabilities of these observatories, and how they relate to the science goals of the missions. We find that the Advanced Laser Interferometer Antenna in Stereo (ALIAS), our proposed extension to the ALIA mission, will go considerably further toward meeting ALIA's main scientific goal of studying intermediate mass black holes. We also compare the capabilities of LISA to a related extension of the LISA mission, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna in Stereo (LISAS). Additionally, we find that the initial deployment phase of the BBO would be sufficient to address the BBO's key scientific goal of detecting the Gravitational Wave Background, while still providing detailed information about foreground sources.
description: 9 pages, 10 figures, published version
ИНДИВИДУАЛИЗАЦИЯ ЯЗЫКОВОГО ОБУЧЕНИЯ В СИСТЕМЕ ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
Creators: name: Елена Валентиновна Ганюшкина
name: Марина Вианоровна Золотова
Publisher: name: Революция и эволюция: модели развития в науке, культуре, обществе
Year: 2019
Subjects: информационные технологии
информационная образовательная среда
массовые открытые онлайн курсы (МООК)
индивидуализация образования
индивидуальная стратегия обучения
языковое образование

description: В статье рассматривается потенциал информационной образовательной среды для по-вышения качества языкового образования. Информационные образовательные ресурсы, такие как массовые открытые онлайн курсы (МООК), становятся средством индивидуализации выс-шего профессионального образования. На примере двух онлайн курсов «Critical thinking at University» и «Causes of Human Disease: Transmitting and Fighting Infection» показана целесооб-разность их включения в образовательные программы по английскому языку. Благодаря дос-тупному и качественному контенту, они могут эффективно дополнить языковую программу обучения. Онлайн курсы могут быть использованы как дополнительный инструмент в органи-зации самостоятельной работы студентов. МООК способствуют реализации индивидуальных стратегий обучения, учитывают индивидуальные особенности и образовательные потребности своих слушателей. МООК создают развивающую образовательную среду, при которой обуче-ние сопровождает специалиста всю его жизнь и помогает его самореализации. МООК являются эффективным средством формирования коммуникативной компетенции в сфере иноязычного профессионального общения.
Electromagnetic energy stored in inhomogeneous scattering systems
Creators: name: Arruda, Tiago J.
name: Pinheiro, Felipe A.
name: Martinez, Alexandre S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analytically study the time-averaged electromagnetic energy stored inside scatterers containing inclusions of arbitrary shapes. Assuming the low density of inclusions, we derive the expression for the energy-transport velocity through disordered media without relying on the radiative transfer equation. Moreover, this expression is independent of the shape of scatterers. In addition, we obtain a relation between the dwell and absorption times associated with inclusions by considering the relationship between internal energy and absorption cross-section. An approximation for the electromagnetic energy stored inside a disordered medium in terms of the transport mean free path and the packing fraction is also derived. This expression suggests that the enhanced electromagnetic energy within the host medium is achieved for inclusions exhibiting negative scattering asymmetry parameters. As a result, disordered media with enhanced backscattering is expected to exhibit large quality factors.
Antonina panica Hall 1925
Creators: name: Evans, Gregory A.
name: Abd-Rabou, Shaaban
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Antonina
Antonina panica

description: Antonina panica Hall, 1925
(Figure 52C, after Hall 1925)
 Taxonomy. Antonina indica panica Hall 1925: 6. Type data. EGYPT: Hamet el Abeed, on Panicum turgidum.
 Hosts in Egypt. Panicum turgidum (Hall 1925).
 Distribution in Egypt. Hamet el Abeed (Hall 1925).
 Remarks. Hall (1925) stated that this species was usually found in the fork at the branching of the stem. It has also been found in Algeria, Israel and Jordan. Williams (2001) provided descriptions, illustrations and a key to the African species of Antonina that included this species.
description: Published as part of Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (999) on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10832115
Additional file 7: of Predicting response to checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma beyond PD-L1 and mutational burden
Creators: name: Morrison, Carl
name: Sarabjot Pabla
name: Conroy, Jeffrey
name: Nesline, Mary
name: Glenn, Sean
name: Dressman, Devin
name: Papanicolau-Sengos, Antonios
name: Burgher, Blake
name: Andreas, Jonathan
name: Giamo, Vincent
name: Moachun Qin
name: Yirong Wang
name: Lenzo, Felicia
name: Omilian, Angela
name: Wiam Bshara
name: Zibelman, Matthew
name: Ghatalia, Pooja
name: Dragnev, Konstantin
name: Shirai, Keisuke
name: Madden, Katherine
name: Tafe, Laura
name: Shah, Neel
name: Kasuganti, Deepa
name: Cruz-Merino, Luis De La
name: Araujo, Isabel
name: Saenger, Yvonne
name: Bogardus, Margaret
name: Villalona-Calero, Miguel
name: Zuanel Diaz
name: Day, Roger
name: Eisenberg, Marcia
name: Anderson, Steven
name: Puzanov, Igor
name: Galluzzi, Lorenzo
name: Gardner, Mark
name: Ernstoff, Marc
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Supplementary appendix including additional methods and results. (DOCX 40 kb)
Additional file 17 of An integrated study of Violae Herba (Viola philippica) and five adulterants by morphology, chemical compositions and chloroplast genomes: insights into its certified plant origin
Creators: name: Lu, Gengyu
name: Qiao, Juanjuan
name: Wang, Long
name: Liu, Hui
name: Wu, Gang
name: Zhu, Yan
name: Zhao, Yucheng
name: Xie, Guoyong
name: Qin, Minjian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 17: Figure S7. NJ trees constructed by 7 variable regions and 2 universal barcodes.
«РЕВОЛЮЦИОННЫЕ» ТЕНДЕНЦИИ В СИСТЕМЕ ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ В КОНТЕКСТЕ АСТ
Creators: name: Наира Владимировна Даниелян
Publisher: name: Революция и эволюция: модели развития в науке, культуре, обществе
Year: 2019
Subjects: высшее образование
специалист
«позитивное мышление»
мысленный эксперимент
акторно-сетевая теория
актант
субъективность
«живое» знание

description: В статье рассматриваются современные тенденции, преобладающие в системе высшего образования при подготовке специалистов технических направлений. Автор полагает, что ис-ключение гуманитарной составляющей из учебных планов ведет к исчезновению субъективно-сти в безликом мире, лишенном «живого» знания, то есть «конкретного» знания «конкретной» личности. В качестве иллюстрации применения подобного подхода приводится акторно-сетевая теория (АСТ), согласно которой происходит полное растворение субъекта с его нравст-венными ценностями и императивами в системе акторов и сетей, представляющих собой соци-ально-технологическое единство материального и нематериального компонентов. Автор пола-гает, что подобное обезличивание и обездушивание характерно и для современного технологи-зированного и компьютеризированного образования. В ходе рассмотрения ряда работ теорети-ков АСТ становится явным, что при таком подходе исчезает различие между естественнонауч-ным и гуманитарным, инженерным и философским знанием, то есть появляется сеть, состоя-щая из множества актантов и характеризуемая коллективным действием, что ведет к полному растворению субъективности в сетевом взаимодействии, требующем от каждого участника «встраивания» в некоторую модель с выполнением заранее отведенной ему функции. В статье делается вывод, что живой компонент практически исчезает, все больший акцент делается на априорное, а не апостериорное знание. Поэтому самое время задуматься о качестве реализуе-мой сегодня системы подготовки специалистов узкой квалификации, являющихся «винтиками» в механизме акторно-сетевых моделей, утративших свою индивидуальность и способность к рефлексии.
Additional file 18 of An integrated study of Violae Herba (Viola philippica) and five adulterants by morphology, chemical compositions and chloroplast genomes: insights into its certified plant origin
Creators: name: Lu, Gengyu
name: Qiao, Juanjuan
name: Wang, Long
name: Liu, Hui
name: Wu, Gang
name: Zhu, Yan
name: Zhao, Yucheng
name: Xie, Guoyong
name: Qin, Minjian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 18: Figure S8. NJ trees constructed by the two-locus universal barcode and three-locus specific barcode.
Testing Circuit Models for the Energies of Coronal Magnetic Field Configurations
Creators: name: Wheatland, M. S.
name: Farvis, F. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Circuit models involving bulk currents and inductances are often used to estimate the energies of coronal magnetic field configurations, in particular configurations associated with solar flares. The accuracy of circuit models is tested by comparing calculated energies of linear force-free fields with specified boundary conditions with corresponding circuit estimates. The circuit models are found to provide reasonable (order of magnitude) estimates for the energies of the non-potential components of the fields, and to reproduce observed functional dependences of the energies. However, substantial departure from the circuit estimates is observed for large values of the force-free parameter, and this is attributed to the influence of the non-potential component of the field on the path taken by the current.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Solar Physics
Radiative spacetimes approaching the Vaidya metric
Creators: name: Podolsky, Jiri
name: Svitek, Otakar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze a class of exact type II solutions of the Robinson-Trautman family which contain pure radiation and (possibly) a cosmological constant. It is shown that these spacetimes exist for any sufficiently smooth initial data, and that they approach the spherically symmetric Vaidya-(anti-)de Sitter metric. We also investigate extensions of the metric, and we demonstrate that their order of smoothness is in general only finite. Some applications of the results are outlined.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures
Remarks on 2-q-bit states
Creators: name: Englert, Berthold-Georg
name: Metwally, Nasser
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We distinguish six classes of families of locally equivalent states in a straightforward scheme for classifying all 2-q-bit states; four of the classes consist of two subclasses each. The simple criteria that we stated recently for checking a given state's positivity and separability are justified, and we discuss some important properties of Lewenstein-Sanpera decompositions. An upper bound is conjectured for the sum of the degree of separability of a 2-q-bit state and its concurrence.
description: 17 pages
Brevennia rehi
Creators: name: Evans, Gregory A.
name: Abd-Rabou, Shaaban
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pseudococcidae
Brevennia
Brevennia rehi

description: Brevennia rehi (Lindinger, 1943)
(Figure 5, after Williams 2004)
 Taxonomy. Ripersia rehi Lindinger 1943: 152. replacement name for Ripersia sacchari oryzae Fletcher, 1917. Type data. INDIA: Tirhut and Bihar, on rice.
 Host plants in Egypt. Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Abd-Rabou 2001).
 Distribution in Egypt. (Abd-Rabou 2001).
 Remarks. This is a cosmopolitan species known from many species of Poaceae and Cyperaceae with one record on a palm (Arecaceae).
description: Published as part of Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (999) on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10832115
The First Stars
Creators: name: Bromm, Volker
name: Larson, Richard B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review recent theoretical results on the formation of the first stars in the universe, and emphasize related open questions. In particular, we discuss the initial conditions for Population III star formation, as given by variants of the cold dark matter cosmology. Numerical simulations have investigated the collapse and the fragmentation of metal-free gas, showing that the first stars were predominantly very massive. The exact determination of the stellar masses, and the precise form of the primordial initial mass function, is still hampered by our limited understanding of the accretion physics and the protostellar feedback effects. We address the importance of heavy elements in bringing about the transition from an early star formation mode dominated by massive stars, to the familiar mode dominated by low mass stars, at later times. We show how complementary observations, both at high redshifts and in our local cosmic neighborhood, can be utilized to probe the first epoch of star formation.
description: 38 pages, 10 figures, draft version for 2004 Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics, high-resolution version available at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~vbromm/
Additional file 14 of Phylogenetic signal from rearrangements in 18 Anopheles species by joint scaffolding extant and ancestral genomes
Creators: name: Anselmetti, Yoann
name: Duchemin, Wandrille
name: Tannier, Eric
name: Chauve, Cedric
name: Sèverine Bérard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S13. Scatter plot exhibiting scaffolding improvement of the 18 Anopheles genomes by ADseq with X species tree phylogeny. Right plot is a zoom of a small part of the left graph. Each color corresponds to one species. For each species, upper part of vertical line corresponds to number of segments in initial genome assembly and lower part the number of segments after scaffolding improvement by ADseq. Circle diameter is proportional to the % of scaffolding improvement of the genome where scale is displayed in lower right part of the graphs. The X axis represent the sum of a posteriori scores of discarded adjacencies during linearization step representing the degree of syntenic conflicts in adjacencies prediction of ADseq (see paragraph “Conflict” in section “Results”). (PDF 56 kb)
Elements Shaping the South African Education System of the Future
Creators: name: Barends, Heidi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: South African Education System
South African Education
Future Study
Foresight Study
Future Trends
Basic Education
Education System

description: A poster summarising the findings of the dissertation titles 'Elements Shaping the South African Education System of the Future' (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3370973)
Chaetococcus phragmitis
Creators: name: Evans, Gregory A.
name: Abd-Rabou, Shaaban
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pseudococcidae
Chaetococcus
Chaetococcus phragmitis

description: Chaetococcus phragmitis (Marchal, 1909)
(Figure 62, after Kosztarab 1996: 80.)
 Taxonomy. Antonina phragmitis Marchal 1909: 872. Type data. FRANCE: Agay (Var), on Phragmites gigantea.
 Hosts in Egypt. Arundo donax (Hall 1926a); Phragmites communis (Mohammed et al. 1995).
 Distribution in Egypt. Giza (Hall 1923), Helwan (Mohammed et al. 1995), Alexandria (Mohammed et al. 1995).
 Remarks. Hall (1923) stated that this species was found between the leaf sheaths and the parent stem of Phragmites communis. It is known from many countries in Europe and several states in the United States and is only known to attack Arundo and Phragmites (Poaceae). Mohammed et al. (1995) provided a redescription of the species.
description: Published as part of Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (999) on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10832115
The revised distance of supernova remnant G15.4+0.1
Creators: name: Su, H.
name: Zhang, M. F.
name: Zhu, H.
name: Wu, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the distance to the supernova remnant G15.4+0.1 which is likely associated with TeV source HESS J1818-154. We build the neutral hydrogen (HI) absorption and 13CO spectra to supernova remnant G15.4+0.1 by employing the data from the Southern Galactic Plane Survey (SGPS) and the HI/OH/Recombination line survey (THOR). The maximum absorption velocity of about 140 km/s constrains its lower limit distance of about 8.0 kpc. Further, the fact that the HI emission feature at about 95 km/s seems no corresponding absorption suggests that G15.4+0.1 has likely an upper limit distance of about 10.5 kpc. 13CO spectrum to the remnant supports our measurement. The new distance revises parameters on its associated pulsar wind nebula and TeV source.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA)
Additional file 1 of Innovative computational approaches shed light on genetic mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment among children born extremely preterm
Creators: name: Liu, Weifang
name: Sun, Quan
name: Huang, Le
name: Bhattacharya, Arjun
name: Wang, Geoffery W.
name: Tan, Xianming
name: Kuban, Karl C. K.
name: Joseph, Robert M.
name: O’Shea, T. Michael
name: Fry, Rebecca C.
name: Li, Yun
name: Santos, Hudson P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. SNP-heritability estimation with GCTA, Fig. S1, and Fig. S2.
Spin precession in the Schwarzschild spacetime: circular orbits
Creators: name: Bini, Donato
name: de Felice, Fernando
name: Geralico, Andrea
name: Jantzen, Robert T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the behavior of nonzero rest mass spinning test particles moving along circular orbits in the Schwarzschild spacetime in the case in which the components of the spin tensor are allowed to vary along the orbit, generalizing some previous work.
description: To appear on Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2005
Massive gravity and the suppression of anisotropies and gravitational waves in a matter-dominated contracting universe
Creators: name: Lin, Chunshan
name: Quintin, Jerome
name: Brandenberger, Robert H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a modified gravity model with a massive graviton, but which nevertheless only propagates two gravitational degrees of freedom and which is free of ghosts. We show that non-singular bouncing cosmological background solutions can be generated. In addition, the mass term for the graviton prevents anisotropies from blowing up in the contracting phase and also suppresses the spectrum of gravitational waves compared to that of the scalar cosmological perturbations. This addresses two of the main problems of the matter bounce scenario.
description: 20 pages, 2 figures