cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Orthostatic Tremor: A Spectrum of Fast and Slow Frequencies or Distinct Entities?
Creators: name: Rigby, Heather B.
name: Rigby, Matthew H.
name: Caviness, John N.
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2015

description: Background: Orthostatic tremor (OT) is defined by the presence of a high-frequency (13–18 Hz) tremor of the legs upon standing associated with a feeling of unsteadiness. However, some patients have discharge frequencies of <13 Hz, so-called “slow OT”. The aim of this study was to characterize patients with unsteadiness upon standing found to have <13 Hz tremor discharges on neurophysiologic testing. Methods: A retrospective review was performed on all subjects with a diagnosis of OT who were referred to the Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, between 1999 and 2013 for confirmation using neurophysiology. Results: Fourteen of 28 subjects (50%) had OT discharges of <13 Hz, of whom eight had frequencies of <10 Hz and six had frequencies of 10–13 Hz. Lower frequency discharges tended to have a broader spectral peak, greater variability in discharge duration, and lower inter-muscular coherence. Subjects with <13 Hz OT had shorter mean disease duration at time of neurophysiology testing (2.00 years in <10 Hz group, 7.96 years 10–13 Hz group, and 11.43 years >13 Hz; p = 0.002). The proportion of subjects who experienced gait unsteadiness (85.7% vs. 66.6% vs. 21.4%; p = 0.016), falls (37.5% vs. 50% vs. 0%; p = 0.010), and had abnormal gait on examination (71.4% vs. 66.0% vs. 14.3%; p = 0.017) was greater in those with low and intermediate frequencies. Discussion: Slow tremor electromyography frequencies (<13 Hz) may characterize a substantial proportion of patients labeled as OT. These subjects may have greater gait involvement and higher likelihood of falls leading to earlier presentation to subspecialty care.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Ανίχνευση χρονικώς ολοκληρωμένων χαμηλών δόσεων με τη μέθοδο της θερμοφωταύγειας και της οπτικώς προτεπόμενης φωταύγειας
Creators: name: Πολυμέρης, Γεώργιος Σ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2006
Subjects: Οπτικώς προτρεπόμενη φωταύγεια
Οπισθοβατική δοσιμετρία
Optically stimulated luminescence
Retrospective dosimetry

description: Στην παρούσα διατριβή επιχειρείται η διερεύνηση της μεθοδολογίας, μέσω της οποίας συγκεκριμένα γεωλογικά ορυκτά φυσικής προέλευσης μπορούν να συμβάλλουν στην ανίχνευση χαμηλών δόσεων, πέραν αυτών που οφείλονται στα φυσικά ραδιενεργά και στην κοσμική ακτινοβολία και που μπορεί να οδηγήσει στην οριοθέτηση των δυνατών ή πιθανών τιμών των βασικών παραμέτρων αλληλεπίδρασης των σωματιδίων της σκοτεινής με συμβατική ύλη. Συγκεκριμένα, το ενδιαφέρον επικεντρώνεται σε δοσίμετρα φωταύγειας φυσικής προέλευσης, όπως ο χαλαζίας(SiO2) και το φθοριούχο ασβέστιο φυσικής προέλευσης(CaF2:N), ενώ μελετάται και το κατά πόσο αυτά μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθούν στον υπολογισμό χρονικά ολοκληρωμένων δόσεων που προέρχονται από την αλληλεπίδρασή τους με την σκοτεινή ύλη. Η μελέτη των ιδιοτήτων οπτικά προτρεπόμενης φωταύγειας του φθοριούχου ασβεστίου που πραγματοποιήθηκε, το καθιστά το πλέον ικανό, επί του παρόντος, φωταυγεικό δοσίμετρο φυσικής προέλευσης στα πλαίσια της προτεινόμενης μεθόδου, εξαιτίας κυρίως του ιδιαίτερα χαμηλού κατωφλίου ανιχνεύσιμης δόσης που παρουσιάζει. Εναλλακτικά. προτείνεται η χρήση χαλαζία που προέρχεται από υποθαλάσσιους πυρήνες ιζήματος(καρότα) ιδιαίτερα μεγάλου βάθους από την επιφάνεια της θάλασσας, λόγω της ισχυρής θωράκισης που ο υδάτινος όγκος προσφέρει από τις κοσμικές ακτίνες. Στην παρούσα εργασία καταδεικνύεται η επιτυχής εφαρμογή της αρχής λειτουργίας της οπισθοβατικής δοσιμερίας σε δείγματα παρόμοιας προέλευσης. Τέλος, προτείνεται η χρήση της δεύτερης συνιστώσας του σήματος της οπτικά προτρεπόμενης φωταύγειας του χαλαζία στα πλαίσια ενός πρωτοκόλλου καταγραφής του φαινομένου της προδόσης με σκοπό την ανίχνευση ιδιαίτερα χαμηλών δόσεων
description: The present thesis investigates whether certain geological natural minerals, such as quartz(SiO2) and/or natural calcium fluoride(CaF2:N), could be effectively used as Time-Integrating Luminescence Detectors for setting bounds on interaction's strength of dark matter particles with ordinary matter. The Optical Stimulated Luminescence(OSL) properties of the latter are studied, indicating it as the most suitable phosphor, for the proposed method, mainly due to its extremely low detectable dose threshold. The effective application of the retrospective dosimetry's working principle in deep sea proposed as well, mainly due to the shielding provided by water from cosmic rays. Finally, the possibility of using the pre-dose technique protocol in the OSL signal is studied by taking advantage of the sensitization of its second component
Neuroacanthocytosis: Observations, Theories and Perspectives on the Origin and Significance of Acanthocytes
Creators: name: Adjobo-Hermans, Merel J. W.
name: Cluitmans, Judith C. A.
name: Bosman, Giel J. C. G. M.
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2015

description: The presence of acanthocytes in the blood is characteristic of patients suffering from neuroacanthocytosis (NA). Recent studies have described abnormal phosphorylation of the proteins involved in connecting the membrane and cytoskeleton in patient-derived erythrocytes. The involvement of lipids in the underlying signaling pathways and recent reports on in vitro disease-associated lipid alterations support renewed research into lipid composition, signal transduction, and metabolism in patient erythrocytes. In addition to morphology, changes in membrane organization affect erythrocyte function and survival. Patient erythrocytes may have a decreased ability to deform, and this may contribute to accelerated erythrocyte removal and a decreased oxygen supply, especially in vulnerable brain regions. The presently available data indicate that acanthocytes are likely to originate in the bone marrow, making erythropoiesis an obvious new focus in NA research. Moreover, new, detailed morphological observations indicate that acanthocytes may be the tip of the iceberg with regard to misshapen erythrocytes in the circulation of patients with NA. A systematic assessment of patient erythrocyte morphology, deformability, oxygen delivery, and metabolism will be instrumental in determining the putative contribution of erythrocyte function to NA clinical symptoms.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
The First Appearance of the Red Sequence of Galaxies in Proto-Clusters at 2
Creators: name: Kodama, T.
name: Tanaka, I.
name: Kajisawa, M.
name: Kurk, J.
name: Venemans, B.
name: De Breuck, C.
name: Vernet, J.
name: Lidman, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the evolved galaxy population in the proto-clusters around four high-z radio galaxies at 22. To the 5sigma limiting magnitudes, we see a significant excess of NIR selected galaxies by a factor of two to three compared to those found in the field of GOODS-South. The spatial distribution of these NIR selected galaxies is not uniform and traces structures similar to those of emission line galaxies, although the samples of NIR selected galaxies and emitters show little overlap. We focus on the NIR colour-magnitude sequence of the evolved population and find that the bright-end (M_{stars}>10^{11}Msun) of the red sequence is well populated by z~2 but much less so in the z~3 proto-clusters. This may imply that the bright-end of the colour-magnitude sequence first appeared between z=3 and 2, an era coinciding with the appearance of submm galaxies and the peak of the cosmic star formation rate. Our observations show that during the same epoch, massive galaxies are forming in high density environments by vigorous star formation and assembly.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 10 pages, 16 postscript figures, uses mn2e.cls
Specific heat and electronic states of superconducting boron-doped silicon carbide
Creators: name: Kriener, M.
name: Maeno, Y.
name: Oguchi, T.
name: Ren, Z. -A.
name: Kato, J.
name: Muranaka, T.
name: Akimitsu, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discoveries of superconductivity in the heavily-boron doped semiconductors diamond (C:B) in 2004 and silicon (Si:B) in 2006 have renewed the interest in the physics of the superconducting state of doped semiconductors. Recently, we discovered superconductivity in the closely related ''mixed'' system heavily boron-doped silcon carbide (SiC:B). Interestingly, the latter compound is a type-I superconductor whereas the two aforementioned materials are type-II. In this paper we present an extensive analysis of our recent specific-heat study, as well as the band structure and expected Fermi surfaces. We observe an apparent quadratic temperature dependence of the electronic specific heat in the superconducting state. Possible reasons are a nodal gap structure or a residual density of states due to non-superconducting parts of the sample. The basic superconducting parameters are estimated in a Ginzburg-Landau framework. We compare and discuss our results with those reported for C:B and Si:B. Finally, we comment on possible origins of the difference in the superconductivity of SiC:B compared to the two ''parent'' materials C:B and Si:B.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific art : the tetralogy of John Banville
Creators: name: McIlroy, Brian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The main thesis of this study is that John Banville's fictional scientific tetralogy makes an aesthetically challenging attempt to fuse renewed popular notions of science and scientific figures with renewed artistic forms. Banville is most interested in the creative mind of the scientist, astronomer, or mathematician, his life and times in Doctor Copernicus (1976) and Kepler (1981), and his modern day influence in The Newton Letter (1982) and Mefisto (1986). The novelist's writing is a movement of the subjective into what has normally been regarded as the objective domain of science. Chapter one gives a critical overview of the present state of Banville scholarship. It reveals that despite his focus on scientists, the novelist rarely invites more than narrow literary approaches. Chapter two discusses the cultural context of relations between science and literature. The theories of Gerald Holton on scientific history, of Arthur Koestler on creativity, and of Thomas Kuhn on paradigm change are shown to be germane to Banville's tetralogy. These theories support the general methodology throughout the dissertation. Chapter three examines the creation of the scientific genius Doctor Copernicus. In particular, the following areas are examined: the scientist's boyhood; the influences of his family, friends and colleagues; the link between science and public policy; the scientist's living and working conditions; and the scientist's thematic presuppositions. Chapter four continues the exploration of the social and artistic process of science with regard to the astronomer Kepler. This chapter's discussion of the brotherhood of science, astrology, physicalization, religion and dreams inevitably raises questions about the role of the scientist in society and how his ideas are developed. Chapter five reveals the importance of the extra—scientific factors that go into the composition of any purportedly objective science. In The Newton Letter, both the great English scientist and his Irish biographer seem to suffer from similar paradigm shifts. Chapter six on Mefisto argues that recent scientific theory, including the science of chaos, informs the work, particularly with regard to the notions of symmetry and asymmetry. Chapter seven concludes by advancing the argument that Banville's work is a much needed contribution to Irish culture, which has tended to ignore the social potential of science.
Hysteresis behavior of the random-field Ising model with 2-spin-flip dynamics: Exact results on a Bethe lattice
Creators: name: Illa, Xavier
name: Rosinberg, Martin-Luc
name: Tarjus, Gilles
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an exact treatment of the hysteresis behavior of the zero-temperature random-field Ising model on a Bethe lattice when it is driven by an external field and evolved according to a 2-spin-flip dynamics. We focus on lattice connectivities z=2 (the one-dimensional chain) and z=3. For the latter case, we demonstrate the existence of an out-of-equilibrium phase transition, in contrast with the situation found with the standard 1-spin-flip dynamics. We discuss the influence of the degree of cooperativity of the (local) spin dynamics of the nonequilibrium response on the system.
description: 18 pages, 13 figures, submitted to EPJB
Αναγνώριση προσώπου από τρισδιάστατη έγχρωμη εγγραφή
Creators: name: Τσαλακανίδου, Φιλαρέτη Θ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2006
Subjects: Αναγνώριση προσώπου
Χάρτης βάθους
Face recognition
Depth map

description: Στην παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή μελετάται το πρόβλημα της αναγνώρισης προσώπου από 2Δ και 3Δ εικόνες(πολυτροπική αναγνώριση) και προτείνονται νέες μέθοδοι για την ανίχνευση του προσώπου και των χαρακτηριστικών του, για την κανονικοποίηση και την αναγνώριση του προσώπου, καθώς και για την αντιμετώπιση των παραλλαγών της εμφάνισης που προκαλούνται από τις στροφές του κεφαλιού και τις μεταβολές του φωτισμού. Πιο συγκεκριμένα προτείνονται νέες τεχνικές ανίχνευσης του προσώπου και εντοπισμού χαρακτηριστικών όπως η μύτη, οι οποίες στηρίζονται στη χρήση της 3Δ πληροφορίας του προσώπου και στην εκ των προτέρων γνώση για τη γεωμετρία και τη συμμετρία του προσώπου. Μελετώνται επίσης δύο διαφορετικές προσεγγίσεις για την αντιμετώπιση των παραλλαγών της πόζας και του φωτισμού. Η πρώτη βασίζεται στη στατιστική μοντελοποίηση των παραλλαγών αυτών χρησιμοποιώντας ένα εκτεταμένο σύνολο εκμάθησης που περιέχει συνθετικές 2Δ και 3Δ εικόνες που προσομοιώνουν διάφορες στροφές του κεφαλιού και συνθήκες φωτισμού. Η δεύτερη στηρίζεται στην αντιστάθμιση των παραλλαγών αυτών πριν τη διαδικασία της αναγνώρισης και στη δημιουργία κανονικοποιημένων εικόνων με πρόσθια όψη και συγκεκριμένο φωτισμό. Τέλος, προτείνεται ένα πλήρως αυτοματοποιημένο σύστημα αναγνώρισης προσώπου, το οποίο χρησιμοποιεί την 3Δ πληροφορία σε κάθε βήμα της συνολικής διαδικασίας : κατά την ανίχνευση του προσώπου, τον εντοπισμό συγκεκριμένων χαρακτηριστικών, την κανονικοποίηση και τελικά την αναγνώρισή του, και όχι μόνο στο τελικό βήμα της κατάταξης, όπως η πλειοψηφία των συστημάτων 3Δ αναγνώρισης προσώπου της βιβλιογραφίας
description: In the present thesis, we study two-and three-dimensional face recognition. Novel methods for face and feature detection, face normalization and recognition, as well as for coping with pose and illumination variations are proposed. More specifically, novel tecchniques for face detection and feature localization based on 3D structure of the human face and prior knowledge of face geometry and summetry are presented. Two different approaches for handling pose and illumination variations are also examined. The first one is based on statistical modeling of these variations using an extended training set composed of novel synthetic 2D and 3D views simulating several head poses and lighting conditions. The other uses novel algorithms to compensate for these variations and create normalized frontal images with frontal illumination. Finally, a fully automated face recognition system using 3D information in every step of the overall process(face detection, feature localization, face normalization and face classification) and not only for face classification as the vast majority of existing 3D recignition systems is developed
PseudoAugment: Learning to Use Unlabeled Data for Data Augmentation in Point Clouds
Creators: name: Leng, Zhaoqi
name: Cheng, Shuyang
name: Caine, Benjamin
name: Wang, Weiyue
name: Zhang, Xiao
name: Shlens, Jonathon
name: Tan, Mingxing
name: Anguelov, Dragomir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Data augmentation is an important technique to improve data efficiency and save labeling cost for 3D detection in point clouds. Yet, existing augmentation policies have so far been designed to only utilize labeled data, which limits the data diversity. In this paper, we recognize that pseudo labeling and data augmentation are complementary, thus propose to leverage unlabeled data for data augmentation to enrich the training data. In particular, we design three novel pseudo-label based data augmentation policies (PseudoAugments) to fuse both labeled and pseudo-labeled scenes, including frames (PseudoFrame), objecta (PseudoBBox), and background (PseudoBackground). PseudoAugments outperforms pseudo labeling by mitigating pseudo labeling errors and generating diverse fused training scenes. We demonstrate PseudoAugments generalize across point-based and voxel-based architectures, different model capacity and both KITTI and Waymo Open Dataset. To alleviate the cost of hyperparameter tuning and iterative pseudo labeling, we develop a population-based data augmentation framework for 3D detection, named AutoPseudoAugment. Unlike previous works that perform pseudo-labeling offline, our framework performs PseudoAugments and hyperparameter tuning in one shot to reduce computational cost. Experimental results on the large-scale Waymo Open Dataset show our method outperforms state-of-the-art auto data augmentation method (PPBA) and self-training method (pseudo labeling). In particular, AutoPseudoAugment is about 3X and 2X data efficient on vehicle and pedestrian tasks compared to prior arts. Notably, AutoPseudoAugment nearly matches the full dataset training results, with just 10% of the labeled run segments on the vehicle detection task.
Defects in Conformal Crystals: Discrete vs. Continuous Disclination Models
Creators: name: Meng, Qingyou
name: Grason, Gregory M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the relationship between topological defect formation and ground-state packings in a model of repulsions in external confining potentials. Specifically we consider screened 2D Coulombic repulsions, which conveniently parameterizes the effects of interaction range, but also serves as simple physical model of confined, parallel arrays of polyelectrolyte filaments or vortices in type-II superconductors. The countervailing tendencies of repulsions and confinement to, respectively, spread and concentrate particle density leads to an energetic preference for non-uniform densities in the clusters. Ground states in such systems have previously been modeled as {\it conformal crystals}, which are composed of locally equitriangular packings whose local areal densities exhibit long range gradients. Here, we assess two theoretical models that connect the preference for non-uniform density to the formation of disclination defects, one of which assumes a continuum distributions of defect, while the second considers the quantized and localized nature of disclinations in hexagonal conformal crystals. Comparing both models to numerical simulations of discrete particles clusters, we study the influence of interaction range and confining potential on defects in ground states. We show that treating disclinations as continuously distributable well-captures the number of topological defects in the ground state in the regime of long-range interactions, while as interactions become shorter range, it dramatically overpredicts the to growth in total defect charge. Analysis of the discretized defect theory suggests that limitations of the continuous defect theory can be attributed to the asymmetry in the placement of positive vs. negative disclinations in the conformal crystal ground states, as well as a strongly asymmetric dependence of self-energy of disclinations on sign of topological charge.
description: 21 pages, 16 figures, 4 appendices
Motor and Non-motor Features: Differences between Patients with Isolated Essential Tremor and Patients with Both Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease
Creators: name: Ghika, Apostolia
name: Kyrozis, Andreas
name: Potagas, Constantinos
name: Louis, Elan D
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2015

description: Background: Patients with essential tremor (ET) who develop Parkinson’s disease (ET->PD) may differ with respect to motor features (MFs) and non-motor features (NMFs) from patients with isolated ET. Few studies have assessed this issue. Methods: In this retrospective chart review, we analyzed data on MFs and NMFs of 175 patients, including 54 ET->PD and 121 ET, actively followed in the Athens University 1st Neurology Department. Results: Significantly more ET->PD than ET patients reported asymmetric tremor at ET onset (68.5% vs. 14.9%, p<0.001). Significantly more ET than ET->PD patients had head tremor (43.5% vs. 13.2%, p<0.001) and cerebellar signs (41.3% vs. 9.3%, p<0.001). More ET than ET->PD patients reported hearing impairment (65.3% vs. 28.3%, p<0.001) and restless legs syndrome (34.8% vs. 3.7%, p<0.001). Conversely, a larger proportion of ET->PD than ET patients reported rapid eye movement behavior disorder (51.9% vs. 10.0%, p<0.001), constipation (67.9% vs. 36.4%, p<0.001), and olfactory dysfunction (83.3% vs. 36.4%, p<0.001). Discussion: The subset of ET->PD patients may have distinct MFs and NMFs that should be assessed further for the possible predictive value for the emergence of PD.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Open Data in EU-Projekten
Creators: name: Dreher, Lena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: open science
open data

description: Präsentation im Rahmen der Reihe "Open Access Talk" des Projekts open-access.network am 11.02.2021. Eine Aufzeichnung des Vortrags finden Sie im AV-Portal. In dem halbstündigen Vortrag "Open Data in EU-Projekten" beleuchtet die Referentin die rechtlichen Vorgaben der EU-Kommission für Forschungsdaten in von ihr geförderten Projekten. Der rechtlich relevante Text wird auf einfache Bausteine heruntergebrochen, so dass Projektkoordinator*innen wissen, was zu welchem Zeitpunkt gefordert wird. Im Vortrag werden u.a. folgende Fragen beantwortet: Was fordert die EU-Kommission in Bezug auf Forschungsdaten, welche Mandate gibt es? Was erwartet oder empfiehlt der Forschungsförderer außerhalb der Mandate? Was haben faire Daten damit zu tun und wo bekomme ich Hilfe zur fairen Datenhaltung? Den Vortrag hielt Lena Dreher. Sie ist im National Open Access Desk Germany für das Projekt OpenAIRE beschäftigt, das im Auftrag der EU-Kommission alle EU-geförderten Projekte für sie kostenlos in Open-Science-Fragen berät.
Additional file 1 of LINC00240 in the 6p22.1 risk locus promotes gastric cancer progression through USP10-mediated DDX21 stabilization
Creators: name: Zhang, Nasha
name: Wang, Bowen
name: Ma, Chi
name: Zeng, Jiajia
name: Wang, Teng
name: Han, Linyu
name: Yang, Ming
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Primers for RT-qPCR. Supplementary Table 2. Sequences of shRNAs and siRNAs. Supplementary Table 3. Antibodies used in the study. Supplementary Table 4. Mass spectrometry of proteins pulled-down by LINC00240 in MGC80-3 cells
Regular Polytope Networks
Creators: name: Pernici, Federico
name: Bruni, Matteo
name: Baecchi, Claudio
name: Del Bimbo, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Neural networks are widely used as a model for classification in a large variety of tasks. Typically, a learnable transformation (i.e. the classifier) is placed at the end of such models returning a value for each class used for classification. This transformation plays an important role in determining how the generated features change during the learning process. In this work, we argue that this transformation not only can be fixed (i.e. set as non-trainable) with no loss of accuracy and with a reduction in memory usage, but it can also be used to learn stationary and maximally separated embeddings. We show that the stationarity of the embedding and its maximal separated representation can be theoretically justified by setting the weights of the fixed classifier to values taken from the coordinate vertices of the three regular polytopes available in $\mathbb{R}^d$, namely: the $d$-Simplex, the $d$-Cube and the $d$-Orthoplex. These regular polytopes have the maximal amount of symmetry that can be exploited to generate stationary features angularly centered around their corresponding fixed weights. Our approach improves and broadens the concept of a fixed classifier, recently proposed in \cite{hoffer2018fix}, to a larger class of fixed classifier models. Experimental results confirm the theoretical analysis, the generalization capability, the faster convergence and the improved performance of the proposed method. Code will be publicly available.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1902.10441
Defining the Treatment Gap: What Essential Tremor Patients Want That They Are Not Getting
Creators: name: Louis, Elan Daniel
name: Rohl, Brittany
name: Rice, Catherine
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2015

description: Background: Patient-centeredness (i.e., providing care that is responsive to individual patient preferences) is increasingly recognized as a crucial element of quality of care. Methods: A six-item patient-centeredness questionnaire was devised to assess the self-perceived needs of ET patients. A link to the questionnaire was included in the monthly e-newsletter of the International Essential Tremor Foundation. The questionnaires were completed online and data were available in electronic format. Results: There were 1,418 respondents. One in three respondents (i.e., 31.4%) indicated that the doctor was not even “moderately well-educated” about ET. Only 11.8% of respondents were satisfied with their care. Respondents raised a multiplicity of issues that were not being addressed in their current care. The top items were: psychological services and support (33.9%), physical or occupational therapy (28.6%), handling embarrassment and social effects of tremor (15.8%), feelings of not being in control (13.7%), a detailed report and a more quantitative way of assessing tremor and tracking progression (12.7%), better counseling about current treatment and medications (11.9%), empathy, compassion and a feeling of being heard (11.6%), a treatment approach other than just medications and surgery (11.2%), a discussion of all of symptoms aside from tremor (e.g., cognition, balance). Conclusions: Patients with ET identified a broad range of issues that they felt were not addressed in their treatment; indeed, only one-in-ten patients reporting that they were satisfied with their care. It is hoped that patient-centered approaches such as this will lead to improved models for the care of patients with this common chronic disease.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Hadis'te İ'tibâr ve el-Câmi'u's-Sahîh'te Mütâbaat Uygulaması
Creators: name: Eren, İsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Muhaddisler, hadislerin sahih olup olmadığına karar vermek için farklı ilmi yöntemlere başvurmuşlardır. Muhaddislerin hadislerin sahihine ulaşabilmeleri için kullandıkları ilmi yöntemlerden birisi de i‘tibâr'dır. İ‘tibâr, ferd olarak bilinen bir hadisin aynı ya da farklı lafızlarla başka bir râvinin de rivâyet edip etmediğini araştırmak üzere yapılan çalışmalara denir. İ‘tibâr sonucunda elde edilen hadis, lafız ya da mana itibariyle aynı sahâbîden rivâyet edilmişse mütâbaat, farklı bir sahâbî tarafından rivâyet edilmişse şâhid olarak adlandırılmaktadır. İ‘tibâr çalışmalarının faydası, hadislerin mütâbaatına ya da şevâhidine ulaşılması ile sünnetin korunması, hadislerin daha doğru anlaşılması ve hadislerin derecesinin yükselmesidir. Tüm muhaddisler gibi Buhârî de elde ettiği hadislerin güvenilirliğini teyit ettirmek ve sahihlik derecesini artırmak için gerek bulunduğu şehirde gerekse farklı şehirlere, ülkelere yaptığı ilmi yolculuklarla İ‘tibâr yapmıştır. Buhârî, i‘tibâr sonucu elde ettiği hadisleri, diğer hadis eserlerinde görülmeyecek derecede el-Câmi‘u’s-sahîh’te zikretmiştir. Buhârî, mütâbaatlar ile ya hadisi kuvvetlendirmek ya hadisin başka bir rivâyetinin olmadığını zannedenlere cevap vermek ya da herhangi bir kişiye cevap verme amacı olmaksızın, sadece hadisin başka bir rivâyetinin de var olduğunu göstermek için getirmiştir. Buhârî'nin zikrettiği mütâbaatlarda manayı değiştirmeyecek lafzi farklılıklar bulunmaktadır.
Memantine-induced Myoclonus in a Patient with Alzheimer Disease
Creators: name: Murgai, Aditya A.
name: LeDoux, Mark Steven
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2015

description: Background: Myoclonus can be a clinical manifestation of numerous neurodegenerative disorders and an adverse drug reaction to medications used in their treatment. Case report: Herein, we report memantine-induced myoclonus in a patient with Alzheimer disease. The myoclonus seen in our patient was generalized (proximal limbs and trunk), present at rest and with action, and stimulus sensitive. A structured evaluation with the Unified Myoclonus Rating Scale showed that that myoclonus had no significant effect on functional capacity. After discontinuation of memantine, myoclonus slowly resolved over the course of several weeks. Discussion: Memantine may cause myoclonus in susceptible individuals.
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Nilpotent polynomials approach to four-qubit entanglement
Creators: name: Mandilara, A.
name: Viola, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply the general formalism of nilpotent polynomials [Mandilara et al, Phys. Rev. A 74, 022331 (2006)] to the problem of pure-state multipartite entanglement classification in four qubits. In addition to establishing contact with existing results, we explicitly show how the nilpotent formalism naturally suggests constructions of entanglement measures invariant under the required unitary or invertible class of local operations. A candidate measure of fourpartite entanglement is also suggested, and its behavior numerically tested on random pure states.
description: 11 pages, 1 figure. Finalised version
Lidocaine loaded nanostructured lipid carriers for prolonged local anesthesia: in vitro and in vivo studies
Creators: name: Suo, Meng
name: Zhao, Xu
name: Yu, Guanling
name: Zhang, Wenjia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Lidocaine is widely used to manage local pain. The marketed dosage forms including gels, injections and ointments showed short duration of action (< 2 h). In this paper, the efforts have being made to develop lidocaine loaded nanostructured lipid carrier (NLCs), which on penetration in the skin layer showed prolong local anesthesia. The NLCs was formulated using gelucire (solid-lipid), capryol (liquid-lipid) and Tween 80. The scanning electron microscopy showed smooth and spherical NLCs. The particle size data indicate the size in the range of 98-221 nm. The ex vivo permeation data of lidocaine from the NLCs showed sustain release up to 10 h in comparison to the marketed ointment (up to 4 h). The high lidocaine retention in the skin tissue was observed with NLCs batches. The NLCs was safe in the skin irritation study. The radiant heat tail flick and sciatic nerve block model showed prolong local anesthesia in comparison to the marketed ointment. The study demonstrate the potential of nanostructured lipid carriers for prolong the local anesthesia for the effective management of local pain.
Erratum for Vinuela A, Kang UJ. Reversibility of tardive dyskinesia syndrome. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov. 2014; 4. doi: 10.7916/D86Q1VXZ
Creators: name: Louis, Elan D.
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2011

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The role of women’s networks in the German energy transformation
Creators: name: Eberhöfer, Laura
Publisher: name: Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Energy System
subject: Woman
subject: Network
subject: System
subject: Transformation
subject: Sustainability
subject: Transition
classificationCode: 333.7
subject: 333.7 Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt
classificationCode: 305.4
subject: 305.4

description: In light of the ever-more present climate crisis and increased efforts to decarbonize the energy sector, it is important to pay attention to the intersection of gender and energy, that feminist energy literature describes, in order to create a truly sustainable energy system. One proposed tool to enhance women’s participation are women’s networks, however, literature on their work and impact remains limited. This thesis thus aims to analyse the role of women’s networks in the German energy transformation. For this purpose, the following research questions were developed: 1.1. Which women’s networks are active in the German energy sector?; 1.2. How do those women’s networks function?; 1.3. What are they working for?; 1.4. Do they have an impact on the German energy transformation? And if yes, which impact do they have and how do they achieve it? To answer those questions a content structuring qualitative content analysis was applied to data collected from the websites of selected women’s networks and from five semi-structured interviews. Results revealed that the fourteen identified women’s networks collectively achieved their main impact on the energy transformation indirectly through their members and by increasing the share of women in the sector. Through a variety of tools, women’s networks challenge stereotypes and traditional gender roles, achieving an impact beyond the realm of the energy workforce. More research is needed to assess how important their influence is and which individual networks and specific tools are most impactful.
Inhomogeneous quantum antiferromagnetism on periodic lattices
Creators: name: Jagannathan, A.
name: Moessner, R.
name: Wessel, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study quantum antiferromagnets on two-dimensional bipartite lattices. We focus on local variations in the properties of the ordered phase which arise due to the presence of inequivalent sites or bonds in the lattice structure, using linear spin wave theory and quantum Monte Carlo methods. Our primary finding is that sites with a high coordination tend to have a low ordered moment, at odds with the simple intuition of high coordination favoring more robust Neel ordering. The lattices considered are the dice lattice, which is dual to the kagome, the CaVO lattice, an Archimedean lattice with two inequivalent bonds, and the crown lattice, a tiling of squares and rhombi with a greater variety of local environments. We present results for the onsite magnetizations and local bond expectation values for the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model on these lattices, and discuss the exactly soluble model of a Heisenberg star, which provides a simple analytical framework for understanding our lattice studies.
description: 7 pages with 10 figures
A Formal Proof of the Independence of the Continuum Hypothesis
Creators: name: Han, Jesse Michael
name: van Doorn, Floris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03E35, 03E40

description: We describe a formal proof of the independence of the continuum hypothesis ($\mathsf{CH}$) in the Lean theorem prover. We use Boolean-valued models to give forcing arguments for both directions, using Cohen forcing for the consistency of $\neg \mathsf{CH}$ and a $σ$-closed forcing for the consistency of $\mathsf{CH}$.
description: 14 pages, CPP 2020 (pp. 353-366)
Quantum interference with slits
Creators: name: Marcella, Thomas V
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the experiments considered here, we measure the y-component of momentum for a particle passing through a system of slits. The source-slit system is the preparation apparatus that determines the state vector. Recognizing that a system of slits is a position-measuring device allows us to ascertain that the state vector is a position state. Then, writing the state vector in momentum space provides a straightforward calculation for the probability amplitude and its corresponding probability function. Interference effects, if any, are inherent in the probability function We determine the statistical distribution of scattered particles for four different slit systems. The results are in agreement with the well-known interference patterns obtained in classical wave optics.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
Αναπνευστικό και αναπαραγωγικό σύνδρομο του χοίρου (ΑΑΣΧ): μελέτη των μακροχρόνιων επιπτώσεων στην υγεία των κάπρων, συών και χοιριδίων μετά τον εμβολιασμό τους με νεκρό εμβόλιο του υπεύθυνου ιού
Creators: name: Παπατσίρος, Βασίλειος Γ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2006
Subjects: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)
Αναπαραγωγικό και Αναπνευστικό Σύνδρομο

description: Η παρούσα πειραματική μελέτη αναφέρεται στη χορήγηση ενός νεκρού(αδρανοποιημένου) εμβολίου κατά του Αναπνευστικού και Αναπαραγωγικού Συνδρόμου του χοίρου(ΑΑΣΧ), σε όλες τις σύες και στους σπερματοδότες κάπρους μιας εκτροφής για διάστημα 18 μηνών. Σκοπός της παρούσας έρευνας ήταν η διερεύνηση, υπό συνθήκες εκτροφής, των επιπτώσεων του εμβολιασμού στην υγεία και στις αποδόσεις των συών και των χοιριδίων τους καθώς και στα χαρακτηριστικά και στη γονιμοποιητική ικανότητα του σπέρματος των΄κάπρων. Επιπλέον, με ορολογικές εξετάσεις διερευνήθηκε η παρουσία αντισωμάτων κατά του ιού του ΑΑΣΧ στα ανεμβολίαστα ζώα διαφόρων ηλικιών, ώστε να διερευνηθεί η πιθανότητα μείωσης της "κυκλοφορίας" του ιού με την πάροδο του χρόνου μετά την έναρξη των εμβολιασμών σε ανεμβολίαστα ζώα, που συνοικούν συνήθως στις εκτροφές με τα ζώα αναπαραγωγής. Ορολογικές εξετάσεις πραγματοποιήθηκαν επιπρόσθετα και σε εμβολιασμένες κυοφορούσες σύες, προκειμένου να εκτιμηθεί ο βαθμός προστασίας των νεογέννητων χοιριδίων μέσω τηε εμβολιακής μητρικής ανοσίας καθώς και ο βαθμός και η διάρκεια του επιπέδου ανοσίας που εξασφαλίζεται στα εμβολιασμένα ζώα. Τέλος, σε δείγματα από το γεννητικό σύστημα των συών, που οδηγήθηκαν στο σφαγείο, πραγματοποιήθηκαν μακροσκοπικές και ιστοπαθολογικές εκετάσεις, ώστε να διερευνηθεί αν ο εμβολιασμός των συών είχε θετικές επιδράσεις στο ενδομήτριο ή/και στις ωοθήκες, μειώνοντας το ποσοστό των συών που εμφάνιζαν κύστεις ωοθυλακίων στο σφαγείο
description: This study refers to the month-use on gilts/sows and boars of an European-inactivated vaccine. The purpose of this study was to investigate, under field conditions, the effect of vaccination on sow reproductive performance and their litters, the effect on health status of boars as well as the characteristics and fertilizing capacity of their semen. Furthermore, the presence of antibodies against PRRS virus(PRRSV) in non vaccinated animals of different ages was investigated with serological tests, in order the circulation of PRRSV at farm level monts after the start of vaccinations to be evaluated. Serological test were also performed in vaccinated pregnant sows, in order the seroconversion of sows, the level and degree of maternal immunity in newborn piglets after sows vaccination to be evaluated. During this study, cross and histopathological tests were performed on samples from the reproductive system(horns of uterus and ovaries) of culled aows at slaughter-house, in order to investigate the possibility of positive effects of vaccination, expressed as a decrease of the percentage of culled sows with cysts
Did the “Woman in the Attic” in Jane Eyre Have Huntington Disease?
Creators: name: Coon, Elizabeth A.
name: Hassan, Anhar
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2015

description: Background: References to neurologic disorders are frequently found in fictional literature and may precede description in the medical literature. Aim: Our aim was to compare Charlotte Brontë’s depiction of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre to the tenets set forth in George Huntington’s original essay “On chorea” with the hypothesis that Mason was displaying features of Huntington disease. Results: Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 Victorian novel Jane Eyre features the character Bertha Mason, who is portrayed with a progressive psychiatric illness, violent movements, and possible cognitive decline. Similar to Huntington’s tenets, Mason has a disorder with a strong family history suggestive of autosomal dominant inheritance with onset in adulthood, and culminating in suicide. Conclusion: Brontë’s character had features of Huntington disease as originally described by Huntington. Brontë’s keen characterization may have increased awareness of treatment of neuropsychiatric patients in the Victorian era.
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App-Supported Vocabulary Learning for Young EFL Learners - An Analysis of the Interactive Game and Learning World Niki in Edurino
Creators: name: Friedrich, Melina Serena
Publisher: name: Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: English
subject: Foreign Language
subject: Language Learning
subject: E-Learning
subject: Learning Software
classificationCode: 400
subject: 400 Sprache

description: This master’s thesis aims to evaluate the implementation of app-supported vocabulary learning for young learners of English as a foreign language in the interactive game and learning world Niki in the Edurino app. For this purpose, a structuring qualitative content analysis was conducted, based on categories derived from theories of early foreign language learning, vocabulary acquisition, mobile-assisted and digital game-based language learning, as well as forms of feedback. Findings and analysis categories from previous studies were further considered in this process, which led to identifying a research void regarding studies that evaluate the quality of a specific language learning programme and focus on the previously mentioned dimensions. The findings of this study suggest that the learning world Niki implements a number of essential criteria and principles, such as using multimodal representations, embedding educational content into a coherent narrative, and focusing on oral communication. However, the analysis also identified potential challenges that may hinder vocabulary learning processes. These relate, in particular, to the learning world’s ability to support productive language use, the limited use of the Niki figurine, and the restriction to standardised feedback responses. In addition to analysing the learning world Niki, this thesis introduced a comprehensive analytical tool that may prove valuable for future studies in this research area.
Three-Body Recombination in One Dimension
Creators: name: Mehta, N. P.
name: Esry, B. D.
name: Greene, C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the three-body problem in one dimension for both zero and finite range interactions using the adiabatic hyperspherical approach. Particular emphasis is placed on the threshold laws for recombination, which are derived for all combinations of the parity and exchange symmetries. For bosons, we provide a numerical demonstration of several universal features that appear in the three-body system, and discuss how certain universal features in three dimensions are different in one dimension. We show that the probability for inelastic processes vanishes as the range of the pair-wise interaction is taken to zero and demonstrate numerically that the recombination threshold law manifests itself for large scattering length.
description: 15 pages 7 figures Submitted to Physical Review A
Search for top squarks in final states with two top quarks and several light-flavor jets in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2021
Subjects: * Automatic Keywords *
squark: mass
transverse momentum: missing-energy
p p: scattering
top: pair production
new physics: search for
up: mass
supersymmetry
GeV
TeV
hidden sector
CERN LHC Coll
mass spectrum
electron
quark
gluon
muon
CMS

description: Many new physics models, including versions of supersymmetry characterized by $R$-parity violation (RPV), compressed mass spectra, long decay chains, or additional hidden sectors, predict the production of events with top quarks, low missing transverse momentum, and many additional quarks or gluons. The results of a search for new physics in events with two top quarks and additional jets are reported. The search is performed using events with at least seven jets and exactly one electron or muon. No requirement on missing transverse momentum is imposed. The study is based on a sample of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV corresponding to 137 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016-2018. The data are used to determine best fit values and upper limits on the cross section for pair production of top squarks in scenarios of RPV and stealth supersymmetry. Top squark masses up to 670 (870) GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for the RPV (stealth) scenario, and the maximum observed local significance is 2.8 standard deviations for the RPV scenario with top squark mass of 400 GeV.
PLA2G6-associated Dystonia-Parkinsonism: Case Report and Literature Review
Creators: name: Karkheiran, Siamak
name: Shahidi, Gholam Ali
name: Walker, Ruth Helen
name: Paisan-Ruiz, Coro
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2015

description: Background:Phospholipase-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN) caused by PLA2G6 mutations is a recessively inherited disorder with three known phenotypes: the typical infantile onset neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD); an atypical later onset form (atypical NAD); and the more recently recognized young-onset dystonia–parkinsonism (PLAN-DP). Case Report: We report the clinical, radiological, and genetic findings of a young Pakistani male with PLAN-DP. We review 11 previously published case reports cited in PubMed, and summarize the demographic, clinical, genetic, and radiological data of the 23 patients described in those articles. Discussion: PLAN-DP presents with diverse motor, autonomic, and neuropsychiatric features and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with young-onset neurodegenerative disorders.
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