cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Oncolytic Adenoviral Treatment of Brain Tumors: A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Horak, Victoria Jane
name: Wescott, Annie B
name: Alleman, Kaitlyn
name: Bae, Gloria
name: Gulsuna, Beste
name: Jimenez, Med Jimson
name: Kucera, Ava
name: Wang, Ryan
name: DeCuypere, Michael George
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Adenoviral therapy
subject: oncolytic virotherapy
subject: oncolytic virus
subject: brain tumor
subject: brain cancer
subject: chemotherapy
subject: Brain Neoplasms
subject: Drug Therapy
subject: Treatment Outcome
subject: Oncolytic Virotherapy

description: Background: Oncolytic virotherapy (OVT) is a relatively new tool in the armament of cancer treatmentchoices. One of the vectors used is the adenovirus (AdV); it has been well-studied in OVT. Through genetic modification, AdVs are adept at targeting tumor cells, causing tumor cell death. These cells then release cytokines that recruit immune cells and amplify the immune response to cancer while continuing to infect adjacent tumor cells due to innate properties of viral replication that are also enhanced by genetic modification. It has also been found that the use of AdV OVT can be used in conjunction with other anti-cancer therapies without added toxicities. In our scoping review, we aim to collect the global literature on adenoviral OVT in the treatment of primary brain cancer  a type of solid cancer - and synthesize the key qualitative and quantitative findings from the included articles.Objectives: This scoping review study aims to identify the types of brain tumors that are being treated with adenoviral oncolytic viral therapy (OVT) as well as the corresponding quantitative and qualitative patient outcomes determined by the included articles. We also hope to identify any gaps in the literature including a lack of research in certain populations, for example.Methods: We will be following the PRISMA-Scr guidelines proposed by Arksey and OMalley to adapt the PRISMA systematic review guidelines to our broader research question.Amendments: Any relevant protocol changes will be documented with date, description, and reasoning forchange as needed throughout the study.
A Note on Moments of Limit Log Infinitely Divisible Stochastic Measures of Bacry and Muzy
Creators: name: Ostrovsky, Dmitry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60E07, 60G57, 05A10, 33F10

description: A multiple integral representation of single and joint moments of the total mass of the limit log-infinitely divisible stochastic measure of Bacry and Muzy [$\textit{Comm. Math. Phys.}$ ${\bf 236}$: 449-475, 2003] is derived. The covariance structure of the total mass of the measure is shown to be logarithmic. A generalization of the Selberg integral corresponding to single moments of the limit measure is proposed and shown to satisfy a recurrence relation. The joint moments of the limit lognormal measure, classical Selberg integral with $λ_1=λ_2=0,$ and Morris integral are represented in the form of multiple binomial sums. For application, low moments of the limit log-Poisson measure are computed exactly and low joint moments of the limit lognormal measure are considered in detail.
description: 19 pages. To appear in Lett. Math. Phys
A Note On The Semiclassical Formulation Of BPS States In Four-Dimensional N=2 Theories
Creators: name: Brennan, T. Daniel
name: Moore, Gregory W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Vector spaces of (framed) BPS states of Lagrangian four-dimensional N=2 field theories can be defined in semiclassical chambers in terms of the $L^2$-cohomology of Dirac-like operators on monopole moduli spaces. This was spelled out previously for theories with only vectormultiplets, taking into account only a subset of the possible half-supersymmetric 't Hooft-Wilson line defects. This note completes the discussion by describing the modifications needed when including matter hypermultiplets together with arbitrary 't Hooft-Wilson line defects. Two applications of this extended discussion are given.
description: 21 pages, 1 figure. Submitted to the PTEP Special Section "Nambu, A Foreteller of Modern Physics III" (Chicago Symposium)
High Thermoelectric Power Factor in Graphene/hBN Devices
Creators: name: Duan, Junxi
name: Wang, Xiaoming
name: Lai, Xinyuan
name: Li, Guohong
name: Watanabe, Kenji
name: Taniguchi, Takashi
name: Zebarjadi, Mona
name: Andrei, Eva Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fast and controllable cooling at nanoscales requires a combination of highly efficient passive cooling and active cooling. While passive cooling in graphene-based devices is quite effective due to graphene's extraordinary heat-conduction, active cooling has not been considered feasible due to graphene's low thermoelectric power factor. Here we show that the thermoelectric performance of graphene can be significantly improved by using hBN substrates instead of SiO2. We find the room temperature efficiency of active cooling, as gauged by the power factor times temperature, reaches values as high as 10.35 W/mK, corresponding to more than doubling the highest reported room temperature bulk power factors, 5 W/mK in YbAl3, and quadrupling the best 2D power factor, 2.5 W/mK, in MoS2. We further show that in these devices the electron-hole puddles region is significantly reduced. This enables fast gate-controlled switching of the Seebeck coefficient polarity for application in n- and p-type integrated active cooling devices.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures, 10 pages supporting information
Forecasting wind power - Modeling periodic and non-linear effects under conditional heteroscedasticity
Creators: name: Ziel, Florian
name: Croonenbroeck, Carsten
name: Ambach, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Other Statistics (stat.OT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: G.3
subject: 62P12, 62M10, 62J07

description: In this article we present an approach that enables joint wind speed and wind power forecasts for a wind park. We combine a multivariate seasonal time varying threshold autoregressive moving average (TVARMA) model with a power threshold generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (power-TGARCH) model. The modeling framework incorporates diurnal and annual periodicity modeling by periodic B-splines, conditional heteroscedasticity and a complex autoregressive structure with non-linear impacts. In contrast to usually time-consuming estimation approaches as likelihood estimation, we apply a high-dimensional shrinkage technique. We utilize an iteratively re-weighted least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (lasso) technique. It allows for conditional heteroscedasticity, provides fast computing times and guarantees a parsimonious and regularized specification, even though the parameter space may be vast. We are able to show that our approach provides accurate forecasts of wind power at a turbine-specific level for forecasting horizons of up to 48 h (short- to medium-term forecasts).
Helical Kink Instability in a Confined Solar Eruption
Creators: name: Hassanin, Alshaimaa
name: Kliem, Bernhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A model for strongly writhing confined solar eruptions suggests an origin in the helical kink instability of a coronal flux rope which remains stable against the torus instability. This model is tested against the well observed filament eruption on 2002 May 27 in a parametric MHD simulation study which comprises all phases of the event. Good agreement with the essential observed properties is obtained. These include the confinement, terminal height, writhing, distortion, and dissolution of the filament, and the flare loops. The agreement is robust against variations in a representative range of parameter space. Careful comparisons with the observation data constrain the ratio of the external toroidal and poloidal field components to $B_\mathrm{et}/B_\mathrm{ep}\approx1$ and the initial flux rope twist to $Φ\approx4π$. Different from ejective eruptions, two distinct phases of strong magnetic reconnection can occur. First, the erupting flux is cut by reconnection with overlying flux in the helical current sheet formed by the instability. If the resulting flux bundles are linked as a consequence of the erupting rope's strong writhing, they subsequently reconnect in the vertical current sheet between them. This reforms the overlying flux and a far less twisted flux rope, offering a pathway to homologous eruptions.
description: Astrophys. J., accepted
The new hybrid COAW method for solving multi-objective problems
Creators: name: Borhanifar, Zeinab
name: Shadkam, Elham
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this article using Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm and simple additive weighting method the hybrid COAW algorithm is presented to solve multi-objective problems. Cuckoo algorithm is an efficient and structured method for solving nonlinear continuous problems. The created Pareto frontiers of the COAW proposed algorithm are exact and have good dispersion. This method has a high speed in finding the Pareto frontiers and identifies the beginning and end points of Pareto frontiers properly. In order to validation the proposed algorithm, several experimental problems were analyzed. The results of which indicate the proper effectiveness of COAW algorithm for solving multi-objective problems.
Linguistique de corpus et pragmatique linguistique : opportunités et difficultés
Creators: name: , Jacquin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Linguistique de corpus
Corpus Linguistics
Pragmatique
Pragmatics

description: Diapositives de la conférence "Linguistique de corpus et pragmatique linguistique : opportunités et difficultés", présentée à l'occasion des 11e Journées Linguistique de Corpus (JLC 2023), Université Grenoble Alpes, le 5 juillet 2023.
Dimensionality reduction based on Distance Preservation to Local Mean (DPLM) for SPD matrices and its application in BCI
Creators: name: Davoudi, Alireza
name: Ghidary, Saeed Shiry
name: Sadatnejad, Khadijeh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: G.1.6; I.5.4

description: In this paper, we propose a nonlinear dimensionality reduction algorithm for the manifold of Symmetric Positive Definite (SPD) matrices that considers the geometry of SPD matrices and provides a low dimensional representation of the manifold with high class discrimination. The proposed algorithm, tries to preserve the local structure of the data by preserving distance to local mean (DPLM) and also provides an implicit projection matrix. DPLM is linear in terms of the number of training samples and may use the label information when they are available in order to performance improvement in classification tasks. We performed several experiments on the multi-class dataset IIa from BCI competition IV. The results show that our approach as dimensionality reduction technique - leads to superior results in comparison with other competitor in the related literature because of its robustness against outliers. The experiments confirm that the combination of DPLM with FGMDM as the classifier leads to the state of the art performance on this dataset.
Limiting empirical distribution of zeros and critical points of random polynomials agree in general
Creators: name: Reddy, Tulasi Ram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30C15, 60G57, 60B10

description: In this article, we study critical points (zeros of derivative) of random polynomials. Take two deterministic sequences $\{a_n\}_{n\geq1}$ and $\{b_n\}_{n\geq1}$ of complex numbers whose limiting empirical measures are same. By choosing $ξ_n = a_n$ or $b_n$ with equal probability, define the sequence of polynomials by $P_n(z)=(z-ξ_1)\dots(z-ξ_n)$. We show that the limiting measure of zeros and critical points agree for this sequence of random polynomials under some assumption. We also prove a similar result for triangular array of numbers. A similar result for zeros of generalized derivative (can be thought as random rational function) is also proved. Pemantle and Rivin initiated the study of critical points of random polynomials. Kabluchko proved the result considering the zeros to be i.i.d. random variables.
description: 17 Pages. Based on author's Ph.D thesis arXiv:1602.05298
Kinematic properties of double-barred galaxies: simulations vs. integral-field observations
Creators: name: Du, Min
name: Debattista, Victor P.
name: Shen, Juntai
name: Cappellari, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using high resolution $N$-body simulations, we recently reported that a dynamically cool inner disk embedded in a hotter outer disk can naturally generate a steady double-barred (S2B) structure. Here we study the kinematics of these S2B simulations, and compare them to integral-field observations from ATLAS$^{3D}$ and SAURON. We show that S2B galaxies exhibit several distinct kinematic features, namely: (1) significantly distorted isovelocity contours at the transition region between the two bars, (2) peaks in $σ_\mathrm{LOS}$ along the minor axis of inner bars, which we term "$σ$-humps", that are often accompanied by ring/spiral-like features of increased $σ_\mathrm{LOS}$, (3) $h_3-\bar{v}$ anti-correlations in the region of the inner bar for certain orientations, and (4) rings of positive $h_4$ when viewed at low inclinations. The most impressive of these features are the $σ$-humps, these evolve with the inner bar, oscillating in strength just as the inner bar does as it rotates relative to the outer bar. We show that, in cylindrical coordinates, the inner bar has similar streaming motions and velocity dispersion properties as normal large-scale bars, except for $σ_z$, which exhibits peaks on the minor axis, i.e., humps. These $σ_z$ humps are responsible for producing the $σ$-humps. For three well-resolved early-type S2Bs (NGC 2859, NGC 2950, and NGC 3941) and a potential S2B candidate (NGC 3384), the S2B model qualitatively matches the integral-field data well, including the "$σ$-hollows" previously identified. We also discuss the kinematic effect of a nuclear disk in S2Bs.
description: accepted for publication in ApJ, 15 pages, 13 figures
Mixed-Dimensional van der Waals Heterostructures
Creators: name: Jariwala, Deep
name: Marks, Tobin J.
name: Hersam, Mark C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The isolation of a growing number of two-dimensional (2D) materials has inspired worldwide efforts to integrate distinct 2D materials into van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures. Given that any passivated, dangling bond-free surface will interact with another via vdW forces, the vdW heterostructure concept can be extended to include the integration of 2D materials with non-2D materials that adhere primarily through noncovalent interactions. In this review, we present a succinct and critical survey of emerging mixed-dimensional (2D + nD, where n is 0, 1 or 3) heterostructure devices. By comparing and contrasting with all-2D vdW heterostructures as well as with competing conventional technologies, the challenges and opportunities for mixed-dimensional vdW heterostructures are highlighted.
description: 8 figures
A note on a characterization theorem for a certain class of domains
Creators: name: Rehman, Shafiq ur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 13A15, Secondary 13F05

description: We have introduced and studied in [3] the class of Globalized multiplicatively pinched-Dedekind domains (GMPD domains). This class of domains could be characterized by a certain factorization property of the non-invertible ideals, (see [3, Theorem 4]). In this note a simplification of the characterization theorem [3, Theorem 4] is provided in more general form.
JIMWLK evolution of the odderon
Creators: name: Lappi, T.
name: Ramnath, A.
name: Rummukainen, K.
name: Weigert, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of a parity-odd "odderon" correlation in JIMWLK renormalization group evolution at high energy. Firstly we show that in the eikonal picture where the scattering is described by Wilson lines, one obtains a strict mathematical upper limit for the magnitude of the odderon amplitude compared to the parity even pomeron one. This limit increases with N_c, approaching infinity in the infinite N_c limit. We use a systematic extension of the Gaussian approximation including both 2- and 3-point correlations which enables us to close the system of equations even at finite N_c. In the large-N_c limit we recover an evolution equation derived earlier. By solving this equation numerically we confirm that the odderon amplitude decreases faster in the nonlinear case than in the linear BFKL limit. We also point out that, in the 3-point truncation at finite N_c, the presence of an odderon component introduces azimuthal angular correlations ~ cos(n phi) at all n.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures, RevTeX
Particle dynamics and Stochastic Resonance in Periodic potentials
Creators: name: Saikia, Shantu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the dynamics of a particle in a periodically driven underdamped periodic potential. Recent studies have reported the occurrence of Stochastic Resonance (SR) in such systems in the high frequency regime, using input energy per period of external drive as a quantifier. The particle trajectories in these systems can be in two dynamical states characterised by their definite energy and phase relation with the external drive. SR is due to the noise assisted transition of the particles between these two states. We study the role of damping on the occurrence of SR. We show that a driven underdamped periodic system exhibits SR only if the damping is below a particular limit. To explain this we study the syatem in the deterministic regime. The existence of the two dynamical states in the deterministic regime is dependent on the amount of damping and the amplitude od external drive. We also study the input energy distributions and phase difference of the response amplitude with the external drive as afunction of the friction parameter.
description: Paper published in Physica A
Spiral diffusion of rotating self-propellers with stochastic perturbation
Creators: name: Nourhani, Amir
name: Ebbens, Stephen J.
name: Gibbs, John G.
name: Lammert, Paul E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Translationally diffusive behavior arising from the combination of orientational diffusion and powered motion at microscopic scales is a known phenomenon, but the peculiarities of the evolution of expected position conditioned on initial position and orientation have been neglected. A theory is given of the spiral motion of the mean trajectory depending upon propulsion speed, angular velocity, orientational diffusion and rate of random chirality reversal. We demonstrate the experimental accessibility of this effect using both tadpole-like and Janus sphere dimer rotating motors. Sensitivity of the mean trajectory to the kinematic parameters suggest that it may be a useful way to determine those parameters.
Vocal repertoire of wild Andean night monkeys (Aotus lemurinus) in an Andean forest in Colombia
Creators: name: Erazo, Paula
name: O. Montilla, Sebastián
name: Link, Andrés
name: Laverde-R., Oscar
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Vocal communication is particularly important for nocturnal species as well as those living in dense forests, where visual abilities can be somewhat constrained. The Andean night monkey (Aotus lemurinus) is a nocturnal American primate living in mountain forests in the Northern Andes with scant information on its behavior and ecology. The main goal of this study is to describe the vocal repertoire of a group of wild Andean night monkeys and compare it with earlier bioacoustics studies the only nocturnal platyrrhines. We recorded the vocal behavior of a group of night monkeys living in the eastern Andes of Colombia between August and December 2019. Based on an auditory and a visual inspection of the vocal records, and through a quantitative analysis of the acoustic parameters of the vocalizations, we were able to identify five different calls emitted by the Andean night monkey. Four of these calls are stereotyped while the fifth vocalization (Squeak) is more variable, having different forms. Additionally, one call (Acetate) was found to be unique to this species. The result of this study contributes to the scant information on the ecology and behavior of the Andean night monkey and sets baseline information on the vocal behavior of night monkeys that may be used in future studies on communication of these and other nocturnal primates.
Stable Soliton Excitations in Modulational Instability Regime with the Fourth-order Effects
Creators: name: Duan, Liang
name: Zhao, Li-Chen
name: Xu, Wen-hao
name: Liu, Chong
name: Yang, Zhan-Ying
name: Yang, Wen-Li
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the correspondence between modulational instability and types of fundamental nonlinear excitation in a nonlinear fiber with both third-order and fourth-order effects. Some stable soliton excitations are obtained in modulational instability regime, which have not been found in nonlinear fibers with second-order effects and third-order effects. Explicit analysis suggests that the stable soliton existence is related with the modulation stability circle in the modulation instability regime, and they just exist in the modulational instability regime outside of the modulational stability circle. It should be emphasized that the stable soliton just exist with two special profiles on a continuous wave background with certain frequency. The evolution stability of the solitons is tested numerically, which indicate they are robust against perturbations even in modulation instability regime. The further analysis indicates that the solitons in modulational instability regime are caused by the fourth-order effects.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
The width of the $Δ$-resonance at two loop order in baryon chiral perturbation theory
Creators: name: Gegelia, Jambul
name: Meißner, Ulf-G.
name: Siemens, Dmitrij
name: Yao, De-Liang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the width of the delta resonance at leading two-loop order in baryon chiral perturbation theory. This gives a correlation between the leading pion-nucleon-delta and pion-delta couplings, which is relevant for the analysis of pion-nucleon scattering and other processes.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Translating Computable Knowledge to Meaningful Action
Creators: name: Holmes, Kristi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: research impact
computable bioknowledge

description: 2022 Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) Global Meeting. https://mobilizecbk.med.umich.edu/news-events/annual-meetings/2022-meeting 12 July 2022. Video available at https://youtu.be/SvSmuzRg3wc
Improvement of the Orthogonal Code Convolution Capabilities Using FPGA Implementation
Creators: name: Kaabouch, Naima
name: Dhirde, Aparna
name: Faruque, Saleh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: When data is stored, compressed, or communicated through a media such as cable or air, sources of noise and other parameters such as EMI, crosstalk, and distance can considerably affect the reliability of these data. Error detection and correction techniques are therefore required. Orthogonal Code is one of the codes that can detect errors and correct corrupted data. An n-bit orthogonal code has n/2 1s and n/2 0s. In a previous work these properties have been exploited to detect and correct errors. In this paper we present a new methodology to enhance error detection capabilities of the orthogonal code. The technique was implemented experimentally using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). The results show that the proposed technique improves the detection capabilities of the orthogonal code by approximately 50%, resulting in 99.9% error detection, and corrects as predicted up to (n/4-1) bits of error in the received impaired code with bandwidth efficiency.
description: 5 pages, IEEE Electro/information Technology Conference, 2007
Individual differences in computer programming: a systematic review
Creators: name: Navarro-Cota, Christian
name: Molina, Ana I.
name: Redondo, Miguel A.
name: Lacave, Carmen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The demand for programmers has grown exponentially in recent years, making programming an indispensable skill. However, the complex nature of programming poses various challenges for novice programmers, leading to high dropout rates in programming courses. The recognition of individual differences, encompassing distinct neurocognitive profiles, is acknowledged to influence the accuracy of predicting programming skill outcomes. As a result, an increasing awareness exists regarding the substantial contribution of human factors, including personality or cognitive ability, to programming performance. This study conducts a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to explore recent research on individual differentiation or programmer profiling in programming tasks. The primary goal is to examine pertinent research exploring personal characteristics’ influence on programming in various contexts. As a result of this review, a taxonomy has been introduced to enhance the comprehension of programmers’ multifaceted individual differences, categorising influential factors into nine distinct dimensions. Furthermore, it has been found that individual differences influence performance in programming tasks, as well as in the learning of this discipline. In conclusion, this SLR emphasises human factors’ critical role in programming and proposes a taxonomy that is a valuable framework for researchers, educators, and practitioners to enhance their understanding of human factors’ influence on programming performance.
Octant Degeneracy, Quadrant of leptonic CPV phase at Long Baseline Neutrino Experiments and Baryogenesis
Creators: name: Bora, Kalpana
name: Ghosh, Gayatri
name: Dutta, Debajyoti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a recent work by us, we have studied, how CP violation discovery potential can be improved at long baseline neutrino experiments (LBNE/DUNE), by combining with its ND (near detector) and reactor experiments. In this work, we discuss how this study can be further analysed to resolve entanglement of the quadrant of leptonic CPV phase and Octant of atmospheric mixing angle $ θ_{23} $, at LBNEs. The study is done for both NH (Normal hierarchy) and IH (Inverted hierarchy), HO (Higher Octant) and LO (Lower Octant). We show how baryogenesis can enhance the effect of resolving this entanglement, and how possible values of the leptonic CP-violating phase $ δ_{CP} $ can be predicted in this context. With respect to the latest global fit data of neutrino mixing angles, we predict the values of $ δ_{CP} $ for different cases. In this context we present favoured values of $ δ_{CP} $ ($ δ_{CP} $ range at $ \geq $ 2$ σ$ ) constrained by the latest updated BAU range and also confront our predictions of $ δ_{CP} $ with an up-to-date global analysis of neutrino oscillation data. We find that some region of the favoured $ δ_{CP} $ parameter space lies within the best fit values around $ δ_{CP} \simeq 1.3π-1.4 π$. A detailed analytic and numerical study of baryogenesis through leptogenesis is performed in this framework in a model independent way.
description: 14 pages, 5 figures, 2 Tables, New Analysis
An Analysis System for DNA Gel Electrophoresis Images Based on Automatic Thresholding an Enhancement
Creators: name: Kaabouch, Naima
name: Schultz, Richard R.
name: Milavetz, Barry
name: Balakrishnan, Lata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Gel electrophoresis, a widely used technique to separate DNA according to their size and weight, generates images that can be analyzed automatically. Manual or semiautomatic image processing presents a bottleneck for further development and leads to reproducibility issues. In this paper, we present a fully automated system with high accuracy for analyzing DNA and proteins. The proposed algorithm consists of four main steps: automatic thresholding, shifting, filtering, and data processing. Automatic thresholding, used to equalize the gray values of the gel electrophoresis image background, is one of the novel operations in this algorithm. Enhancement is also used to improve poor quality images that have faint DNA bands. Experimental results show that the proposed technique eliminates defects due to noise for average quality gel electrophoresis images, while it also improves the quality of poor images.
description: 6 pages
The NEW detector: construction, commissioning and first results
Creators: name: Nebot-Guinot, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is a neutrinoless double-beta (ββ0ν) decay experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC). It seeks to detect the (ββ0ν) decay of Xe-136 using a high pressure xenon gas TPC with electroluminescent (EL) amplification. The NEXT-White (NEW) detector, with an active xenon mass of about 10 kg at 15 bar, is the first NEXT prototype installed at LSC. It implements the NEXT detector concept tested in smaller prototypes using the same radiopure sensors and materials that will be used in the future NEXT-100, serving as a benchmark for technical solutions as well as for the signal selection and background rejection algorithms. NEW is currently under commissioning at the LSC. In this poster proceedings we describe the technical solutions adopted for NEW construction, the lessons learned from the commissioning phase, and the first results on energy calibration and energy resolution obtained with low-energy radioactive source data.
description: 3 pages, 5 figures. Proceedings from the poster session at the XXVII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino, London, Jul 2016 )
title: Just the one? : what it means to have only one child in contemporary Britain
Creators: name: Bowcock, Helen
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: This thesis examines the way the problem associated with having just the one child has been socially constructed. And it explores parents’ own meanings for having just the one, finding a marked discrepancy between public assumptions and lived realities. It reports on qualitative interviews conducted with contemporary parents, comparing those who had chosen not to have a second child with those who found themselves involuntarily limited to only one. It also explores what parents have to say about bringing up their child, taking into account important inter-generational differences, in the context of profound social change. This study was prompted by the recognition that, as a family form, the single child family occupies a problematic and ambiguous place in British society. In examining the way it came to be constructed as problematic, it highlights the convergence of psychological discourse with the politicisation of the question of family size. It seeks to demonstrate that, in recent years, increased maternal workforce participation has reinforced notions of voluntarism and of selfishness in relation to low fertility. And it suggests that the assumption of voluntarism has been further reinforced and ambiguity increased by the recent availability of reproductive technology, with its illusion of reproductive control. The research has been informed by theories of social problem construction and of interpretative analysis. In examining the way a public problem has been constructed, then exploring private meanings at the individual level among those who are its subjects, it marks a new development in the scholarship of social problem research. It demonstrates that people are not only products but also producers of discourse. They do not simply conform to the identity conferred upon them by claims-makers but construct their own coherent, powerful meanings. In so doing, the parents who participated in this study provided a new insight into contemporary parenting exposing a clear cultural contradiction in its dominant ideology.
Spectrum Occupancy Measurement: An Autocorrelation based Scanning Technique using USRP
Creators: name: Subramaniam, Sriram
name: Reyes, Hector
name: Kaabouch, Naima
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a technique for scanning and evaluating the radio spectrum use. This technique determines the average occupancy of a channel over a specific duration. The technique was implemented using Software Defined Radio units and GNU Radio software. The survey was conducted in Grand Forks, North Dakota, over a frequency range of 824 MHz to 5.8 GHz. The results of this technique were compared to those of two existing techniques, energy detection and autocorrelation, that were also implemented. The results show that the proposed technique is more efficient at scanning the radio spectrum than the other two techniques.
description: 5 pages, IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2015
Measurement of neutrino interactions in gaseous argon with T2K
Creators: name: Koch, Lukas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The T2K near-detector, ND280, employs three large argon gas TPCs (Time Projection Chambers) for particle tracking and identification. The gas inside the TPCs can be used as an active target to study the neutrino interactions in great detail. The low density of the gas leads to very low track energy thresholds, allowing the reconstruction of very low momentum tracks, e.g. protons with kinetic energies down to $\mathcal{O}$(1 MeV). Since different nuclear interaction models vary considerably in their predictions of those low momentum track multiplicities, this makes neutrino interactions on gases a powerful probe to test those models. The TPCs operate with an argon-based gas mixture (95% by volume) and have been exposed to the T2K neutrino beam since the beginning of the experiment in 2010. Due to the low total mass of the gas, neutrino argon interactions happen only rarely, compared to the surrounding scintillator-based detectors. We expect about 600 such events in the recorded data so far (about 200 in the fiducial volume). We are able to separate those events from the background and thus demonstrate the viability of using gaseous argon as a target for a neutrino beam. This enables us to do a cross- section measurement on gaseous argon, the first measurement of this kind. All previous neutrino cross-section measurements on argon were performed in liquid argon TPCs.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures, proceedings for poster presented at Neutrino2016 conference in London
Mining Software Components from Object-Oriented APIs
Creators: name: Shatnawi, Anas
name: Seriai, Abdelhak
name: Sahraoui, Houari
name: Al-Shara, Zakarea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Object-oriented Application Programing Interfaces (APIs) support software reuse by providing pre-implemented functionalities. Due to the huge number of included classes, reusing and understanding large APIs is a complex task. Otherwise, software components are admitted to be more reusable and understandable entities than object-oriented ones. Thus, in this paper, we propose an approach for reengineering object-oriented APIs into component-based ones. We mine components as a group of classes based on the frequency they are used together and their ability to form a quality-centric component. To validate our approach, we experimented on 100 Java applications that used Android APIs.
A Bayesian Network Model of the Bit Error Rate for Cognitive Radio Networks
Creators: name: Reyes, Hector
name: Subramaniam, Sriram
name: Kaabouch, Naima
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In addition to serve as platforms for dynamic spectrum access, cognitive radios can also serve as a method for improving the performance of wireless communication systems by smartly adjusting their operating parameters according to the environment and requirements. The uncertainty always present in the environment makes the practical implementation of the latter application difficult. In this paper, we propose a probabilistic graphical model, Bayesian network that captures the causal relationships among the variables bit energy to noise spectral density ratio (EbN0), carrier to interference ratio (C/I), modulation scheme (MOD), Doppler phase shift (Dop_Phi), and bit error rate (BER). BER indicates how the communication link is performing. The goal of our proposed Bayesian network is to use the BER as evidence in order to infer the behavior of the other variables, so the cognitive radio can learn how the conditions of the environment are, and based on that knowledge make better informed decisions. This model along with the method used to build it are described in this paper.
description: 4 pages, IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2015
A parametrisation of modified gravity on nonlinear cosmological scales
Creators: name: Lombriser, Lucas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Viable modifications of gravity on cosmological scales predominantly rely on screening mechanisms to recover Einstein's Theory of General Relativity in the Solar System, where it has been well tested. A parametrisation of the effects of such modifications in the spherical collapse model is presented here for the use of modelling the modified nonlinear cosmological structure. The formalism allows an embedding of the different screening mechanisms operating in scalar-tensor theories through large values of the gravitational potential or its first or second derivatives as well as of linear suppression effects or more general transitions between modified and Einstein gravity limits. Each screening or suppression mechanism is parametrised by a time, mass, and environment dependent screening scale, an effective modified gravitational coupling in the fully unscreened limit that can be matched to linear theory, the exponent of a power-law radial profile of the screened coupling, determined by derivatives, symmetries, and potentials in the scalar field equation, and an interpolation rate between the screened and unscreened limits. Along with generalised perturbative methods, the parametrisation may be used to formulate a nonlinear extension to the linear parametrised post-Friedmannian framework to enable generalised tests of gravity with the wealth of observations from the nonlinear cosmological regime.
description: 29 pages, 1 figure. Comments welcome
Diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galactic center and implications of its past activities
Creators: name: Fujita, Yutaka
name: Kimura, Shigeo S.
name: Murase, Kohta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been indicated that low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) are accelerating high-energy cosmic-ray (CR) protons in their radiatively inefficient accretion flows (RIAFs). If this is the case, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) should also be generating CR protons, because Sgr A* is a LLAGN. Based on this scenario, we calculate a production rate of CR protons in Sgr A* and their diffusion in the central molecular zone (CMZ) around Sgr A*. The CR protons diffusing in the CMZ create gamma-rays through pp interaction. We show that the gamma-ray luminosity and spectrum are consistent with observations if Sgr A* was active in the past.
description: Proceedings of IAU Symposium 322 (The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre)
Akcijski Plan za Dijamantni Otvoreni Pristup
Creators: name: Ancion, Zoé
name: Borrell-Damián, Lidia
name: Mounier, Pierre
name: Rooryck, Johan
name: Saenen, Bregt
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Diamond Open Access
Open Access

description: Science Europe, cOAlition S, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR) present an Action Plan for Diamond Open Access to further develop and expand a sustainable, community-driven Diamond OA scholarly communication ecosystem. It focuses on efficiency, quality standards, capacity building, and sustainability, and it addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem, including journals and platforms, while respecting the cultural, multilingual, and disciplinary diversity that constitutes the strength of the sector. The Action Plan intends to create an inclusive worldwide community that has the tools to strengthen existing Diamond OA journals and platforms and increase their visibility.
Review of recent results on heavy-ion physics and astroparticle physics in ALICE at the LHC
Creators: name: Bello, Héctor
name: Téllez, A. Fernandez
name: Ortiz, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we present a summary of the most relevant results on heavy-ion and astroparticle physics in ALICE. The summary includes a brief overview of the current status on the characterization of the hot and dense QCD medium created in the heavy-ion collisions produced at the LHC, as well as the intriguing finding of collective-like phenomena in small collision systems.
description: 11 pages, 9 figure, To be published in Journal of Physics Conference Series (IOP). Joint Proceedings of the XV Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields & the XXX Annual Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the Mexican Physical Society
GALEX-SDSS-WISE Legacy Catalog (GSWLC): Star Formation Rates, Stellar Masses and Dust Attenuations of 700,000 Low-redshift Galaxies
Creators: name: Salim, Samir
name: Lee, Janice C.
name: Janowiecki, Steven
name: da Cunha, Elisabete
name: Dickinson, Mark
name: Boquien, Médéric
name: Burgarella, Denis
name: Salzer, John J.
name: Charlot, Stéphane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we present GALEX-SDSS-WISE Legacy Catalog (GSWLC), a catalog of physical properties (stellar masses, dust attenuations and star formation rates (SFRs)) of ~700,000 galaxies with SDSS redshifts below 0.3. GSWLC contains galaxies within the GALEX footprint, regardless of a UV detection, covering 90% of SDSS. The physical properties were obtained from UV/optical SED fitting following Bayesian methodology of Salim et al. (2007), with improvements such as blending corrections for low-resolution UV photometry, flexible dust attenuation laws, and emission line corrections. GSWLC includes mid-IR SFRs derived from IR templates based upon 22 micron WISE observations. These estimates are independent of UV/optical SED fitting, in order to separate possible systematics. The paper argues that the comparison of specific SFRs (SSFRs) is more informative and physically motivated than the comparison of SFRs. SSFRs resulting from the UV/optical SED fitting are compared to the mid-IR SSFRs, and to SSFRs from three published catalogs. For "main sequence" galaxies with no AGN contribution all SSFRs are in very good agreement (within 0.1 dex on average). In particular, the widely-used aperture-corrected SFRs from MPA/JHU catalog show no systematic offsets, in contrast to some integral-field spectroscopy results. For galaxies below the main sequence (log SSFR
description: Accepted in ApJS. Catalog publicly available at http://pages.iu.edu/~salims/gswlc
The impact of magnetic fields on the chemical evolution of the supernova-driven ISM
Creators: name: Pardi, Anabele-Linda
name: Girichidis, Philipp
name: Naab, Thorsten
name: Walch, Stefanie
name: Peters, Thomas
name: Heitsch, Fabian
name: Glover, Simon C. O.
name: Klessen, Ralf S.
name: Wünsch, Richard
name: Gatto, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of the self-gravitating interstellar medium (ISM) in a periodic (256 pc)$^3$ box with a mean number density of 0.5 cm$^{-3}$. At a fixed supernova rate we investigate the multi-phase ISM structure, H$_{2}$ molecule formation and density-magnetic field scaling for varying initial magnetic field strengths (0, $6\times 10^{-3}$, 0.3, 3 $μ$G). All magnetic runs saturate at mass weighted field strengths of $\sim$ 1 $-$ 3 $μ$G but the ISM structure is notably different. With increasing initial field strengths (from $6\times 10^{-3}$ to 3 $μ$G) the simulations develop an ISM with a more homogeneous density and temperature structure, with increasing mass (from 5% to 85%) and volume filling fractions (from 4% to 85%) of warm (300 K $ 10^5$ K) and with a decreasing H$_{2}$ mass fraction (from 70% to $
description: submitted