cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Supernatural Teen Television: Antecedents, Influences, Characters and Meanings
Creators: name: DIVINY, CLARE MAJELLA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 470107
subject: Media studies

description: In the mid-1990s, a collection of American supernatural programs appeared and were applauded for their presentation of positive and empowered teen identity. Previous teen characters explored social concerns surrounding teens and the supernatural and were represented teens in negative ways. The arrival of these supernatural teen television (STT) programs coincided with a series of socio-cultural changes in American culture which raises a series of questions: why did these programs appear at this point in time? What possible factors contributed to these empowered teen characters? This genre analysis explores the historical and cultural elements that have informed the STT genre.
Antonio Grossich. Un medico alla corte del Vate
Creators: name: Patriarca, Carlo
Publisher: name: Nuova Rivista di Storia della Medicina
Year: 2023

description: Antonio Grossich (1849-1926) è stato un medico istriano che ha introdotto nella pratica chirurgica e nella disinfezione delle ferite l’uso sistematico della tintura di iodio. Il suo nome è anche legato all’impresa fiumana di Gabriele D’Annunzio (1919-1920). Il medico, orami anziano, visse da fervente irredentista i cinquecento giorni dell’avventura a fianco del poeta, ricoprendo una posizione politica preminente e mantenendo un rapporto saldo con il Vate fino alla fine. Il suo carattere di medico affiora in ogni momento dell’impresa di Fiume/Rijeka.
description: Nuova Rivista di Storia della Medicina, Vol. 4 Núm. 2 (2023)
Clusters in the critical branching Brownian motion
Creators: name: Ferté, Benoît
name: Doussal, Pierre Le
name: Rosso, Alberto
name: Cao, Xiangyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Brownian particles that are replicated and annihilated at equal rate have strongly correlated positions, forming a few compact clusters separated by large gaps. We characterize the distribution of the particles at a given time, using a definition of clusters in terms a coarse-graining length recently introduced by some of us. We show that, in a non-extinct realization, the average number of clusters grows as $\sim t^{D_{\mathrm{f}}/2}$ where $D_{\mathrm{f}} \approx 0.22$ is the Haussdoff dimension of the boundary of the super-Brownian motion, found by Mueller, Mytnik, and Perkins. We also compute the distribution of gaps between consecutive particles. We find two regimes separated by the characteristic length scale $\ell = \sqrt{D/β}$ where $D$ is the diffusion constant and $β$ the branching rate. The average number of gaps greater than $g$ decays as $\sim g^{D_{\mathrm{f}}-2}$ for $g\ll \ell$ and $\sim g^{-D_{\mathrm{f}}}$ for $g \gg \ell$. Finally, conditioned on the number of particles $n$, the above distributions are valid for $g \ll \sqrt{n}$; the average number of gaps greater than $g \gg \sqrt{n}$ is much less than one, and decays as $\simeq 4 (g/\sqrt{n})^{-2}$, in agreement with the universal gap distribution predicted by Ramola, Majumdar, and Schehr. Our results interpolate between a dense super-Brownian motion regime and a large-gap regime, unifying two previously independent approaches.
description: 20 pages, 9 figure; v2, minor revisions, accepted version
Epitopes on the beta subunit of human muscle acetylcholine receptor recognized by CD4+ cells of myasthenia gravis patients and healthy subjects.
Creators: name: Karachunski, P
name: Protti, M P
name: Conti-Tronconi, B M
name: Howard, J F
name: Moiola, L
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1994

description: We investigated the sequence regions of the human muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) beta subunit forming epitopes recognized by T helper cells in myasthenia gravis (MG), using overlapping synthetic peptides, 20 residues long, which screened the sequence of the AChR beta subunit. Since CD4+ lymphocytes from MG patients' blood did not respond to the peptides, we attempted propagation of beta subunit-specific T lines from six MG patients and seven healthy controls by cycles of stimulation of blood lymphocytes with the pooled peptides corresponding to the beta subunit sequence. CD4+ T lines were obtained from four patients and three controls. They secreted IL-2, not IL-4, suggesting that they comprised T helper type 1 cells. The T lines from MG patients could be propagated for several months. Three lines were tested with purified bovine muscle AChR and cross-reacted well with this antigen. All T lines were tested with the individual synthetic peptides present in the pool corresponding to the beta subunit sequence. Several beta subunit peptide sequences were recognized. Each line had an individual pattern of peptides recognition, but three sequence regions (peptides beta 181-200, beta 271-290, and the overlapping peptides beta 316-335 and beta 331-350) were recognized by most MG lines. The beta subunit-specific T lines from controls could be propagated for < 5 wk. Each line recognized several peptides, which frequently included the immunodominant regions listed above.
Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. IV. HD 61859, HD 89822, HD 109510, and HD 191692
Creators: name: Lester, Kathryn V.
name: Schaefer, Gail H.
name: Fekel, Francis C.
name: Gies, Douglas R.
name: Henry, Todd J.
name: Jao, Wei-Chun
name: Paredes, Leonardo A.
name: Hubbard-James, Hodari-Sadiki
name: Farrington, Christopher D.
name: Gordon, Kathryn D.
name: Chojnowski, S. Drew
name: Monnier, John D.
name: Kraus, Stefan
name: Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste Le
name: Anugu, Narsireddy
name: Brummelaar, Theo ten
name: Davies, Claire L.
name: Gardner, Tyler
name: Labdon, Aaron
name: Lanthermann, Cyprien
name: Setterholm, Benjamin R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the visual orbits of four spectroscopic binary stars, HD 61859, HD 89822, HD 109510, and HD 191692, using long baseline interferometry with the CHARA Array. We also obtained new radial velocities from echelle spectra using the APO 3.5 m, CTIO 1.5 m, and Fairborn Observatory 2.0 m telescopes. By combining the astrometric and spectroscopic observations, we solve for the full, three-dimensional orbits and determine the stellar masses to 1-12% uncertainty and distances to 0.4-6% uncertainty. We then estimate the effective temperature and radius of each component star through Doppler tomography and spectral energy distribution analyses. We found masses of 1.4-3.5 Msun, radii of 1.5-4.7 Rsun, and temperatures of 6400-10300K. We then compare the observed stellar parameters to the predictions of the stellar evolution models, but found that only one of our systems fits well with the evolutionary models.
description: Accepted for publication in AJ. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2005.00546
Limiting current distribution for a two species asymmetric exclusion process
Creators: name: Chen, Zeying
name: de Gier, Jan
name: Hiki, Iori
name: Sasamoto, Tomohiro
name: Usui, Masato
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study current fluctuations of a two-species asymmetric exclusion process, known as the Arndt-Heinzel-Rittenberg model. For a step-Bernoulli initial condition with finite number of particles, we provide an explicit multiple integral expression for a certain joint current probability distribution. By performing an asymptotic analysis we prove that the joint current distribution is given by a product of a Gaussian and a GUE Tracy-Widom distribution in the long time limit, as predicted by non-linear fluctuating hydrodynamics.
description: 65 pages, 12 figures
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 4 (49)]
Creators: name: Guillelma
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1312
Subjects: subject: Sonstige geistliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Guillelma de Zurlis, Äbtissin des Klosters St. Radegondae [in Mailand], bestätigt im Namen des Konvents dem Jacobus Musonus, genannt Menanus, Sohn des Leonis, die Investitur mit Gütern, die dem Kloster zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt verkauft worden sind.
Energy exchanges in a damped Langevin-like system with two thermal baths and an athermal reservoir
Creators: name: Nascimento, E. S.
name: Morgado, W. A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a Langevin-like model which describes an inertial particle in a one-dimensional harmonic potential and subjected to two heat baths and one athermal environment. The thermal noises are white and Gaussian, and the temperatures of heat reservoirs are different. The athermal medium act through an external non-Gaussian noise of Poisson type. We calculate exactly the time-dependent cumulant-generating function of position and velocity of the particle, as well as an expression of this generating function for stationary states. We discuss the long-time behavior of first cumulants of the energy injected by the athermal reservoir and the heat exchanged with thermal baths. In particular, we find that the covariance of stochastic heat due to distinct thermal baths exhibits a complex dependence on properties of athermal noise.
description: 28 pages, 5 figures, many changes to the manuscript
Fermi Monitoring of Radio-loud Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies
Creators: name: Paliya, Vaidehi S.
name: Stalin, C. S.
name: Ravikumar, C. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present detailed analysis of the gamma-ray flux variability and spectral properties of the five radio-loud narrow line Seyfert 1 (RL-NLSy1) galaxies, detected by the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, namely 1H 0323+342, SBS 0846+513, PMN J0948+0022, PKS 1502+036, and PKS 2004$-$447. The first three sources show significant flux variations including the rapid variability of a few hours by 1H 0323+342. The average gamma-ray spectrum of 1H 0323+342 and PMN J0948+0022 shows deviation from a simple power law (PL) behavior, whereas for other three sources, PL model gives better fit. The spectra of 1H 0323+342, SBS 0846+513, and PMN J0948+0022, respectively in low, flaring, and moderately active states, show significant curvature. Such curvature in the gamma-ray spectrum of 1H 0323+342 and PMN J0948+0022 can be due to emission region located inside the broad line region (BLR) where the primary mechanism of the gamma-ray emission is inverse-Compton (IC) scattering of BLR photons occurring in the Klein-Nishina regime. The gamma-ray emission of SBS 0846+513 is explained by IC scattering of dusty torus photons which puts the emission region to be outside the BLR and thus under the Thomson regime. Therefore, the observed curvature of SBS 0846+513 could be intrinsic to the particle energy distribution. The presence of curvature in the gamma-ray spectrum and flux variability amplitudes of some of the RL-NLSy1 galaxies suggest that these sources could be akin to low/moderate jet power flat spectrum radio quasars.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables, to appear in the Astronomical journal
Quantum fields, strings, and physical mathematics
Creators: name: Sułkowski, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I briefly review several important formal theory developments in quantum field theory and string theory that were reported at ICHEP conferences in past decades, and explain how they underlie a new research area referred to as physical or quantum mathematics. To illustrate these ideas in some specific context, I discuss certain aspects of topological string theory and a recently discovered knots-quivers correspondence.
description: 10 pages, plenary talk at the 40th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2020)
Novelty Search in Competitive Coevolution
Creators: name: Gomes, Jorge
name: Mariano, Pedro
name: Christensen, Anders Lyhne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: One of the main motivations for the use of competitive coevolution systems is their ability to capitalise on arms races between competing species to evolve increasingly sophisticated solutions. Such arms races can, however, be hard to sustain, and it has been shown that the competing species often converge prematurely to certain classes of behaviours. In this paper, we investigate if and how novelty search, an evolutionary technique driven by behavioural novelty, can overcome convergence in coevolution. We propose three methods for applying novelty search to coevolutionary systems with two species: (i) score both populations according to behavioural novelty; (ii) score one population according to novelty, and the other according to fitness; and (iii) score both populations with a combination of novelty and fitness. We evaluate the methods in a predator-prey pursuit task. Our results show that novelty-based approaches can evolve a significantly more diverse set of solutions, when compared to traditional fitness-based coevolution.
description: To appear in 13th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN 2014)
Cosmicflows-4
Creators: name: Tully, R. Brent
name: Kourkchi, Ehsan
name: Courtois, Hélène M.
name: Anand, Gagandeep S.
name: Blakeslee, John P.
name: Brout, Dillon
name: de Jaeger, Thomas
name: Dupuy, Alexandra
name: Guinet, Daniel
name: Howlett, Cullan
name: Jensen, Joseph B.
name: Pomarède, Daniel
name: Rizzi, Luca
name: Rubin, David
name: Said, Khaled
name: Scolnic, Daniel
name: Stahl, Benjamin E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With Cosmicflows-4, distances are compiled for 55,877 galaxies gathered into 38,065 groups. Eight methodologies are employed, with the largest numbers coming from the correlations between the photometric and kinematic properties of spiral galaxies (TF) and elliptical galaxies (FP). Supernovae that arise from degenerate progenitors (type Ia Sne) are an important overlapping component. Smaller contributions come from distance estimates from the surface brightness fluctuations of elliptical galaxies and the luminosities and expansion rates of core collapse supernovae (SNII). Cepheid period-luminosity relation and tip of the red giant branch observations founded on local stellar parallax measurements along with the geometric maser distance to NGC 4258 provide the absolute scaling of distances. The assembly of galaxies into groups is an important feature of the study in facilitating overlaps between methodologies. Merging between multiple contributions within a methodology and between methodologies is carried out with Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo procedures. The final assembly of distances is compatible with a value of the Hubble constant of $H_0=74.6$ km s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-1}$ with the small statistical error of $\pm 0.8$ km s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-1}$ but a large potential systematic error of ~3 km s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-1}$. Peculiar velocities can be inferred from the measured distances. The interpretation of the field of peculiar velocities is complex because of large errors on individual components and invites analyses beyond the scope of this study.
description: 38 pages, 24 figures. catalogs available at edd.ifa.hawaii.edu. Revised version, accepted to ApJ
Volatile-rich comets ejected early on during Solar System formation
Creators: name: Anderson, S. E.
name: Petit, J. -M.
name: Noyelles, B.
name: Mousis, O.
name: Rousselot, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Comet C/2016 R2 PanSTARRS (hereafter C/2016 R2) presents an unusually high N2/CO abundance ratio, as well as a heavy depletion in H2O, making it the only known comet of its kind. Understanding its dynamical history is therefore of essential importance as it would allow us to gain a clearer understanding of the evolution of planetesimal formation in our Solar System. Two studies have independently estimated the possible origin of this comet from building blocks formed in a peculiar region of the protoplanetary disk, near the ice line of CO and N2. We intend to investigate the fates of objects formed from the building blocks in these regions. We hope to find a possible explanation for the lack of C/2016 R2-like comets in our Solar System. Using a numerical simulation of the early stages of Solar System formation, we track the dynamics of these objects in the Jumping Neptune scenario based on five different initial conditions for the protosolar disk. We integrate the positions of 250 000 planetesimals over time in order to analyze the evolution of their orbits and create a statistical profile of their expected permanent orbit. Results. We find that objects formed in the region of the CO- and N2- ice lines are highly likely to be sent towards the Oort Cloud or possibly ejected from the Solar System altogether on a relatively short timescale. In all our simulations, over 90% of clones formed in this region evolved into a hyperbolic trajectory, and between 1% and 10% were potentially captured by the Oort Cloud. The handful of comets that remained were either on long-period, highly eccentric orbits like C/2016 R2, or absorbed into the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. Comets formed <15 au were predominantly ejected early in the formation timeline. As this is the formation zone likely to produce comets of this composition, this process could explain the lack of similar comets observed in the Solar System
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Sensitivity of Halo Shape Measurements
Creators: name: Fischer, Moritz S.
name: Valenzuela, Lucas M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shape measurements of galaxies and galaxy clusters are widespread in the analysis of cosmological simulations. But the limitations of those measurements have been poorly investigated. In this paper, we explain why the quality of the shape measurement does not only depend on the numerical resolution, but also on the density gradient. In particular, this can limit the quality of measurements in the central regions of haloes. We propose a criterion to estimate the sensitivity of the measured shapes based on the density gradient of the halo and to apply it to cosmological simulations of collisionless and self-interacting dark matter. By this, we demonstrate where reliable measurements of the halo shape are possible and how cored density profiles limit their applicability.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures + appendices, accepted for publication in A&A
“Salvate la razza dalla tubercolosi!” La lotta antitubercolare nei giovani in epoca fascista a Parma: dalla prevenzione alla propaganda
Creators: name: Piazza, Nicoletta
Publisher: name: Nuova Rivista di Storia della Medicina
Year: 2023

description: Il regime fascista dedicò un impegno massiccio alla lotta contro la tubercolosi. Oltre agli elevati tassi di mortalità, vi erano altri risvolti sgraditi: l’immagine del tisico pallido, gracile e potenziale corruttore della razza, contrastava troppo con l’ideale fascista dell’uomo forte e muscoloso e con la necessità di preparare “la grande Italia di domani”. Gli sforzi di prevenzione si concentrarono soprattutto sui giovani, i più colpiti: nonostante le rassicurazioni fornite dalla scienza sulla non trasmissibilità della malattia alle generazioni successive, la razza andava fortificata, cancellando le funeste conseguenze della Grande Guerra e per questo in molte immagini di propaganda comparivano bambini dall’aspetto florido, con il motto “Salvate la razza dalla tubercolosi”. Dalla scuola elementare all’università, i ragazzi venivano istruiti a tenere comportamenti sani, a riconoscere i sintomi precoci della malattia ed erano visitati periodicamente dall’ufficiale sanitario. A Parma, oltre a queste attività preventive, nel 1922 venne inaugurata la stazione elioterapica dove i fanciulli provenienti dai quartieri poveri, predisposti ma non ammalati, nei mesi estivi trascorrevano la giornata al sole e mangiavano tre pasti. Nel 1924 venne istituita anche una colonia parascolastica o “campo solare”, con finalità simili. In seguito, nel 1936 a Marina di Massa entrò in attività anche una colonia estiva che ospitò, nel corso degli anni, migliaia di bambini della provincia di Parma, bisognosi di cure solari e marine. Ogni azione di prevenzione della malattia era comunque utilizzata anche per propagandare il regime, ma va riconosciuto che all’epoca vennero poste le basi per tutte quelle azioni di sanità pubblica che nel dopoguerra, unitamente all’utilizzo degli antibiotici, permisero il controllo della malattia.
description: Nuova Rivista di Storia della Medicina, Vol. 4 Núm. 2 (2023)
Hamiltonian structure of scalar-tensor theories beyond Horndeski
Creators: name: Lin, Chunshan
name: Mukohyama, Shinji
name: Namba, Ryo
name: Saitou, Rio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the nature of constraints and the Hamiltonian structure in a scalar-tensor theory of gravity recently proposed by Gleyzes, Langlois, Piazza and Vernizzi (GLPV). For the simple case with A_5 = 0, namely when the canonical momenta conjugate to the spatial metric are linear in the extrinsic curvature, we prove that the number of physical degrees of freedom is three at fully nonlinear level, as claimed by GLPV. Therefore, while this theory extends Horndeski's scalar-tensor gravity theory, it is protected against additional degrees of freedom.
description: 11 pages
Multiple gonococcal pilin antigenic variants are produced during experimental human infections.
Creators: name: Wright, C J
name: Jerse, A E
name: Seifert, H S
name: Cohen, M S
name: Cannon, J G
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1994

description: Gonococcal pilin variation is thought to allow immune evasion and change the adherence properties of the pilus. We have examined the process of pilin antigenic variation in human volunteers inoculated with strain FA1090. Our data show that pilin variation occurred throughout the process of infection, that at each time sampled after inoculation multiple pilin variants were present, and that later pilin variants appear to be recombinants between previously expressed genes and the silent storage pilin copies. Thus, during infection a large repertoire of proteins are available to the population to help avoid immune responses, to provide pili with varying functions, and to transmit to a new host.
On Saint-Venant compatibility and stress potentials in manifolds with boundary and constant sectional curvature
Creators: name: Kupferman, Raz
name: Leder, Roee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We address three related problems in the theory of elasticity, formulated in the framework of double forms: the Saint-Venant compatibility condition, the existence and uniqueness of solutions for equations arising in incompatible elasticity, and the existence of stress potentials. The scope of this work is for manifolds with boundary of arbitrary dimension, having constant sectional curvature. The central analytical machinery is the regular ellipticity of a boundary-value problem for a bilaplacian operator, and its consequences, which were developed in [KL21]. One of the novelties of this work is that stress potentials can be used in non-Euclidean geometries, and that the gauge freedom can be exploited to obtain a generalization for the biharmonic equation for the stress potential in dimensions greater than two.
description: 40 pages
Predictability of IL-28B-polymorphism on protease-inhibitor-based triple-therapy in chronic HCV-genotype-1 patients: A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Mechie, Nicolae-Catalin
name: Röver, Christian
name: Cameron, Silke
name: Amanzada, Ahmad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: AIM: To investigate the predictability of interleukin-28B single nucleotide polymorphism rs12979860 with respect to sustained virological response (SVR) in chronically hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype-1 patients treated with a protease-inhibitor and pegylated interferon-$α$ (Peg-INF-$α$) based triple-therapy. METHODS: We searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library and Web of Knowledge for studies regarding the interleukin 28B (IL-28B)-genotype and protease-inhibitor based triple-therapy. Ten studies with 2707 patients were included into this meta-analysis. We used regression methods in order to investigate determinants of SVR. RESULTS: IL-28B-CC-genotype patients achieved higher SVR rates (odds 5.34, CI: 3.81-7.49) than IL-28B-non-CC-genotype patients (1.88, CI: 1.43-2.48) receiving triple-therapy. The line of therapy (treatment-naïve or -experienced for Peg-INF-$α$) did not affect the predictive value of IL-28B (p=0.1). IL-28B-CC-genotype patients treated with protease inhibitor-based triple-therapy consisting of Boceprevir, Simeprevir, Telaprevir or Vaniprevir showed odds of 1.86, 9.77, 4.51 and 0.89, respectively. The odds for CC genotype patients treated with Faldaprevir cannot be quantified, as only a single study with a 100% SVR rate was available. CONCLUSION: IL-28B-SNP predicts the outcome for chronic HCV genotype-1 patients receiving protease inhibitor-based triple-therapy. The predictive value varies between the different protease inhibitors.
description: 21 pages, 3 figures, 1 table
Supersymmetric theories and graphene
Creators: name: Gallerati, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a 1+2 dimensional model with unconventional supersymmetry at the boundary of an AdS${}_4$, \,$\mathcal{N}$-extended supergravity. The resulting features of the supersymmetric boundary open the possibility of describing the electronic properties of graphene-like 2D materials at the Dirac points \textbf{K} and \textbf{K'}, exploiting a top-down approach. The Semenoff and Haldane-type masses entering the corresponding Dirac equations can be then extrapolated from the geometric parameters of the model describing the substrate.
description: 6 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1910.03508
Symmetry fractionalization in the gauge mean-field theory of quantum spin ice
Creators: name: Desrochers, Félix
name: Chern, Li Ern
name: Kim, Yong Baek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Symmetry fractionalization is a ubiquitous feature of topologically ordered states that can be used to classify different symmetry-enriched topological phases and reveal some of their unique experimental signatures. Despite its vast popularity, there is currently no available framework to study symmetry fractionalization of quantum spin ice (QSI) -- a $U(1)$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) on the pyrochlore lattice supporting emergent photons -- within the most widely used theoretical framework to describe it, gauge mean-field theory (GMFT). In this work, we provide an extension of GMFT that allows for the classification of space-time symmetry fractionalization. The construction classifies all GMFT Ansätze that yield physical wavefunctions invariant under given symmetries and a specific low-energy gauge structure. As an application of the framework, we first show that the only two Ansätze with emergent $U(1)$ gauge fields that respect all space-group symmetries are the well-known 0- and $π$-flux states. We then showcase how the framework may describe QSLs beyond the currently known ones by classifying chiral $U(1)$ QSI. We find two new states described by $π/2$- and $3π/2$-fluxes of the emergent gauge field threading the hexagonal plaquettes of the pyrochlore lattice. We finally discuss how the different ways translation symmetries fractionalize for all these states lead to unique experimentally relevant signatures and compute their respective inelastic neutron scattering cross-section to illustrate the argument.
description: 12+10 pages, 4+1 figures
Activation of Jun kinase is an early event in hepatic regeneration.
Creators: name: Leffert, H L
name: Brenner, D A
name: Westwick, J K
name: Weitzel, C
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: Compensatory hepatic regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH) is dependent upon the extent of resection. This study analyzes the regulation of the AP-1 transcription factor c-Jun during hepatic regeneration. There is a progressive increase in c-jun mRNA levels after sham operation, one-third PH, and two-thirds PH. A concomitant increase in AP-1 binding activity is also observed. The c-Jun protein is a major constituent of the AP-1 complex in quiescent and early regenerating liver. The activity of c-Jun nuclear kinase (JNK), which phosphorylates the activation domain of the c-Jun protein, is markedly stimulated after one-third PH. JNK1 or an immunologically related kinase is a constituent of this stimulated JNK activity after PH. When primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes are incubated with epidermal growth factor or transforming growth factor-alpha, AP-1 transcriptional activity is increased and the activation domain of the c-Jun protein is further potentiated. Phosphopeptide mapping of the endogenous c-Jun protein in proliferating cultured hepatocytes demonstrates phosphorylation of the c-Jun activation domain. Combining the results of these in vivo and culture studies, we conclude that the minimal stimulation of one-third PH activates JNK, which phosphorylates the c-Jun activation domain in hepatocytes, resulting in enhanced transcription of AP-1-dependent genes.
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 6 (113)]
Creators: name: Francischinus De Benceuenis
name: , Paris
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1444
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Francischinus de Benceuenis aus Cotignola, Sohn des verstorbenen Blasius, seinerseits genannt Pilatus, wohnhaft in Ferrara im Stadtteil St. Georgii, und Paris, genannt Eticius, Stallmeister des Markgrafen Leonello d'Este, Sohn des verstorbenen Ostalius, wohnhaft bislang im Stadtteil St. Mariae de Vado [in Ferrara] und nun im Begriff, sich in Bagnacavallo niederzulassen, vereinbaren, ihre Grundstücke mit einer Mauer von ausreichender Höhe zu umgeben.
The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey XII : Optically dark HI clouds in the Leo I Group
Creators: name: Taylor, Rhys
name: Koppen, Joachim
name: Jachym, Pavel
name: Minchin, Robert
name: Palous, Jan
name: Rosenberg, Jessica
name: Schneider, Steven
name: Wunsch, Richard
name: Deshev, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using data from the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey, we report the discovery of five HI clouds in the Leo I group without detected optical counterparts. Three of the clouds are found midway between M96 and M95, one is only 10$^{\prime}$ from the south-east side of the well-known Leo Ring, and the fifth is relatively isolated. HI masses range from 2.6$\times$10$^{6}$ - 9.0$\times$10$^{6}$M$_{\odot}$ and velocity widths (W50) from 16 - 42 km/s. Although a tidal origin is the most obvious explanation, this formation mechanism faces several challenges. For the most isolated cloud, the difficulties are its distance from neighbouring galaxies and the lack of any signs of disturbance in the HI discs of those systems. Some of the clouds also appear to follow the baryonic Tully-Fisher relation between mass and velocity width for normal, stable galaxies which is not expected if they are tidal in origin. Three clouds are found between M96 and M95 which have no optical counterparts, but have otherwise similar properties and location to the optically detected galaxy LeG 13. While overall we favour a tidal debris scenario to explain the clouds, we cannot rule out a primordial origin. If the clouds were produced in the same event that gave rise to the Leo Ring, they may provide important constraints on any model attempting to explain that structure
description: 16 pages (plus 4 page appendix), 1 table, 7 figures, accepted for publication in AJ
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 4 (51)]
Creators: name: , Philippus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1313
Subjects: subject: Sonstige geistliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Philippus, Abt des Klosters St. Petri in Celo Aureo in Pavia, versichert mit Zustimmung des Konvents gegenüber Manuel, Abt des Klosters St. Sepulcri, die Pacht für ein Jahr erhalten zu haben.
Apolipoprotein E deficiency in mice: gene replacement and prevention of atherosclerosis using adenovirus vectors.
Creators: name: Brown, D R
name: Meyn, S
name: Applebaum-Bowden, D
name: Paigen, B
name: Kashyap, V S
name: Brewer, H B
name: Talley, G
name: Santamarina-Fojo, S
name: Maeda, N
name: Parrott, C L
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: Apolipoprotein E (apoE)-deficient mice develop marked hyperlipidemia as well as atherosclerosis and thus are an excellent animal model for evaluating the potential for gene therapy in human genetic dyslipoproteinemias. Recombinant adenovirus containing either human apoE (rAdv.apoE) or the reporter gene luciferase (rAdv.luc) were generated and infused intravenously in apoE-deficient mice with preinfusion plasma total cholesterol of 644 +/- 149 mg/dl an cholesterol rich VLDL/IDL. After a single infusion of rAdv.apoE, plasma concentrations of human apoE ranging from 1.5 to 650 mg/dl were achieved. Adenovirus-mediated apoE replacement resulted in normalization of the lipid and lipoprotein profile with markedly decreased total cholesterol (103 +/- 18mg/dl), VLDL, IDL, and LDL, as well as increased HDL. Measurement of aortic atherosclerosis 1 mo after adenoviral infusion demonstrated a marked reduction in the mean lesion area of mice infused with rAdv.apoE (58 +/- 8 x 10(3) microns2) when compared with control mice infused with rAdv.luc (161 +/- 10 x 10(3) microns2; P < 0.0001). Thus, apoE expression for 4 wk was sufficient to markedly reduce atherosclerosis, demonstrating the feasibility of gene therapy for correction of genetic hyperlipidemias resulting in atherosclerosis. The combined use of adenovirus vectors and the apoE-deficient mouse represents a new in vivo approach that will permit rapid screening of candidate genes for the prevention of atherosclerosis.
To Rain or Not to Rain: Correlating GOES Flare Class and Coronal Rain Statistics
Creators: name: Mason, Emily I.
name: Kniezewski, Kara L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Post-flare arcades are well-known components of solar flare evolution, which have been observed for several decades. Coronal rain, cascades of catastrophically-cooled plasma, outline the loops and provide eye-catching evidence of the recent flare. These events are acknowledged to be common, but the scientific literature does not include any statistical overview documenting just how common the phenomenon actually is. This study reviews Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO AIA) observations of 241 flares collected from the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) database between 2011 and 2018. The flares cover the entire strength range of the C, M, and X GOES classes, and are distributed evenly across the SDO-observed majority of Solar Cycle 24. We find that post-flare arcade rain occurs for nearly all X and most M-class flares, but that it tapers off rapidly within C-class flares. There appears to be a cut-off point around C5, below which the occurrence of post-flare arcade rain drops significantly. There is also a general positive correlation between GOES class and the average duration of post-flare rain events. Post-flare arcade rain events in C-class flares appear to track with the sunspot number, providing a potential new tool for estimating, if not predicting, solar cycle strength. Furthermore, condensations appear to be suppressed in the shortest-length arcade loops of any class observed, suggesting that active region heating is height-constrained. These results open up further avenues for future research, including new methods to estimate energy deposition and to gain greater insight into steady active region heating.
Systematic Derivation of Behaviour Characterisations in Evolutionary Robotics
Creators: name: Gomes, Jorge
name: Mariano, Pedro
name: Christensen, Anders Lyhne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Evolutionary techniques driven by behavioural diversity, such as novelty search, have shown significant potential in evolutionary robotics. These techniques rely on priorly specified behaviour characterisations to estimate the similarity between individuals. Characterisations are typically defined in an ad hoc manner based on the experimenter's intuition and knowledge about the task. Alternatively, generic characterisations based on the sensor-effector values of the agents are used. In this paper, we propose a novel approach that allows for systematic derivation of behaviour characterisations for evolutionary robotics, based on a formal description of the agents and their environment. Systematically derived behaviour characterisations (SDBCs) go beyond generic characterisations in that they can contain task-specific features related to the internal state of the agents, environmental features, and relations between them. We evaluate SDBCs with novelty search in three simulated collective robotics tasks. Our results show that SDBCs yield a performance comparable to the task-specific characterisations, in terms of both solution quality and behaviour space exploration.
description: To appear in 14th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALife 14)
David Gentilcore and Egidio Priani, Pellagra and Pellagrous Insanity during the Long Nineteenth century
Creators: name: Cerasoli, Giancarlo
Publisher: name: Nuova Rivista di Storia della Medicina
Year: 2023

description: Nuova Rivista di Storia della Medicina, Vol. 4 Núm. 2 (2023)
Constant primary operators and where to find them: The strange case of BPS defects in ABJ(M) theory
Creators: name: Gorini, Nicola
name: Griguolo, Luca
name: Guerrini, Luigi
name: Penati, Silvia
name: Seminara, Domenico
name: Soresina, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the one-dimensional defect SCFT defined on the $1/2$ BPS Wilson line/loop in ABJ(M) theory. We show that the supermatrix structure of the defect imposes a covariant supermatrix representation of the supercharges. Exploiting this covariant formulation, we prove the existence of a long multiplet whose highest weight state is a constant supermatrix operator. At weak coupling, we study this operator in perturbation theory and confirm that it acquires a non-trivial anomalous dimension. At strong coupling, we conjecture that this operator is dual to the lowest bound state of fluctuations of the fundamental open string in AdS$_4\times \mathbb{CP}_3$ around the classical $1/2$ BPS solution. Quite unexpectedly, this operator also arises in the cohomological equivalence between bosonic and fermionic Wilson loops. We also discuss some regularization subtleties arising in perturbative calculations on the infinite Wilson line.
description: 36 pages plus appendices, 5 figures, 5 tables
Hadronization studies at the LHC with ALICE
Creators: name: Zhu, Jianhui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Studies of the production of heavy-flavour baryons are of prominent importance to investigate hadronization mechanisms at the LHC, in particular through the study of the evolution of the baryon-over-meson production ratio. Measurements performed in pp and p--Pb collisions at the LHC have revealed unexpected features, qualitatively similar to what was observed in heavy-ion collisions and, in the charm sector, not in line with the expectations based on previous measurements from $\rm e^+e^-$ colliders and in ep collisions. These results suggest that charmed baryon formation might not be universal and that the baryon-over-meson ratio depends on the collision system or multiplicity. A review of ALICE measurements of charmed baryons, including $\rm Λ_c^+/D^0$ as a function of charged-particle multiplicity in pp, p--Pb and Pb--Pb collisions, $\rm Σ_c^{0, +, ++}/D^0$ and $\rm Ξ_c^{0, +}/D^0$ as a function of $p_{\rm T}$ in pp collisions and $\rm Γ(Ξ_c^0\rightarrowΞ^-e^+ν_e)/Γ(Ξ_c^0\rightarrowΞ^-π^+)$, will be presented. Comparison to phenomenological models will be also discussed. Emphasis will be given to the discussion of the impact of these studies on the understanding of hadronization processes.
description: Proceedings of 40th International Conference on High Energy physics, July 28 - August 6, 2020. 6 pages, 3 figures
Influence of the defect density on the ordering of an NHC monolayer on a silicon surface
Creators: name: Zielinski, Robert
name: Das, Mowpriya
name: Kosbab, Canan
name: Nehring, Mike Thomas
name: Dähne, Mario
name: Esser, Norbert
name: Franz, Martin
name: Glorius, Frank
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::541 Physikalische Chemie
subject: semiconductor
subject: N-Heterocyclic carbenes
subject: scanning tunnel microscopy
subject: work funktion
subject: defect density
subject: Halbleiter
subject: N-Heterocyclische Carbene
subject: Rastertunnelmikroskopie
subject: Austrittsarbeit
subject: Defektdichte

description: Silicon is the element of choice in semiconductor devices and the functionalization of silicon surfaces is highly desirable for electronic industries. N-Heterocyclic carbenes have been demonstrated to be promising modifiers and anchors for surface functionalization, but so far mainly on metal surfaces. Here, the adsorption behavior of cyclohexyl cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene molecules on a silicon surface is investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy. Surprisingly and quite unexpected on semiconductors, we find a self-limited, well ordered growth of a stable monolayer with large domains. The overlayer is characterized by a 3 × 3 periodicity and an upright adsorption geometry of the molecules leading to a strong work function reduction. Moreover, we find that the surface defect density strongly influences the grade of ordering, as the initial adsorption of the molecules takes place on a defect site. Thus, in the studied material system, the defect density of the substrate directly determines the domain sizes.
Stellar neutron capture reactions at low and high temperature
Creators: name: Rauscher, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The determination of astrophysical reaction rates requires different approaches depending on the conditions in hydrostatic and explosive burning. The focus here is on astrophysical reaction rates for radiative neutron capture reactions. Relevant nucleosynthesis processes not only involve the s-process but also the i-, r- and $γ$-processes, which from the nuclear perspective mainly differ in the relative interaction energies of neutrons and nuclei, and in the nuclear level densities of the involved nuclei. Emphasis is put on the difference between reactions at low and high temperature. Possible complications in the prediction and measurement of these reaction rates are illustrated and the connection between theory and experiment is addressed.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures; to be published in the EPJA Special Issue "From reactors to Stars, in memoriam Franz K\"appeler"; v2: typos corrected
Characterization of the deoxycytidine kinase promoter in human lymphoblast cell lines.
Creators: name: Vetter, S M
name: Chen, E H
name: Johnson, E E
name: Mitchell, B S
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: Deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) phosphorylates 2'-deoxycytidine, as well as the purine deoxyribonucleosides and a number of nucleoside analogues that are important in the chemotherapy of leukemias. The enzyme is highly expressed in the thymus relative to other tissues and may play an important role in the T cell depletion associated with adenosine deaminase and purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiencies. To characterize the dCK promoter region and to determine whether it mediates higher levels of gene expression in T lymphoblasts, we have analyzed a 700-bp genomic fragment encompassing 548 bp of 5' flanking region for functional activity and for transcription factor binding using T and B lymphoblast cell lines and nuclear extracts. The regions of the promoter that were defined as important to its function include a 5' GC box, and E box, a 3' GC box, and an E2F site. The transcription factor Sp1 binds to both GC boxes, activating at the 5' site but repressing at the 3' site. MLTF/USF activates transcription through the E box, whereas E2F activates through the E2F site, but binds weakly to this site in vitro and does not appear to mediate cell cycle-specific expression of dCK in vivo. No significant differences in promoter activity or transcription factor binding were observed between Jurkat T and Raji B lymphoblasts. The promoter of the dCK gene is thus regulated by a number of ubiquitously expressed transcription factors. DCK expression in cultured lymphoblast cell lines is not solely a function of the T or B lineage derivation.