cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effects of black soldier fly larvae meal on production performance, meat quality, antioxidant capacity and serum biochemical indices of squabs
Creators: name: Ma, T.T.
name: Zhu, S.P.
name: Chen, A.L.
name: Zhong, Y.J.
name: Fu, Z.Q.
name: Deng, S.
name: Huang, Y.H.
name: Fu, J.
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 309999
subject: Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of dietary black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) on production performance, meat quality (including sensory quality, muscle fiber histological characteristics, chemical composition, and antioxidant capacity of muscle), and serum biochemical indices of 28-day-old squabs, to provide a good reference for the potential use of BSFLM as a functional feed supplement in pigeon production. A total of 192 1-day-old squabs and 96 pairs of 7-month-old breeding pigeons with the same egg production were stochastically divided into 4 groups with 6 paired replicates. Each pair of breeding pigeon with two squabs. The pigeons were fed the diets supplemented with 0 (control group), 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5% BSFLM, respectively. The experiment lasted for 28 days. Dietary BSFLM supplementation increased the growth performance, total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), serum levels of glutathione peroxidase (GHS-PX), total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD), and glucose (GLU), and reduced the shear force, serum contents of triglyceride, cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, and activities of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase. Moreover, it improved the meat color, muscle fiber histological characteristics, and fatty acids profile. However, no significant effects were observed on the slaughter performance, pH value, the water-loss, chemical composition, and amino acids profile. In conclusion, dietary BSFLM may improve the growth performance, meat quality, muscle antioxidant capacity, and health status of squabs. The best effects were observed for the 1.0% BSFLM diet.
(200367) John Ellman Brown
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Insights from metagenomics into gut microbiome associated with acute coronary syndrome therapy
Creators: name: 赵淑茹(Shuru Zhao)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2023
Subjects: Raw sequence reads
Multiisolate
Medical

description: The study investigated changes in gut microbiota composition in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) before and after treatment. The study identified specific bacteria, genes, and metabolic pathways that may be associated with cardiovascular disease risk and found that the gut microbiota of patients returned to a relatively stable state one month after treatment. This study may provide insights into the underlying mechanisms of ACS and to identify potential therapeutic targets. Specifically, the identification of specific bacteria, genes, and metabolic pathways that may be associated with cardiovascular disease risk could lead to the development of targeted interventions and treatments for ACS.
Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund Nr. 11/80
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Änderung und Neubekanntmachung der Diplomprüfungsordnung für die Diplomprüfung in Elektrotechnik
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund ; 11, 1980
Time-of-arrival correlations
Creators: name: Anastopoulos, Charis
name: Savvidou, Ntina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that measurements of time-of-arrival correlations in multi-partite systems can sharply distinguish between different approaches to the time-of-arrival problem. To show this, we construct a Positive-Operator-Valued measure for two distinct time-of-arrival measurements in a bipartite system, and we prove that the resulting probabilities differ strongly from ones defined in terms of probability currents. We also prove that time-of-arrival correlations are entanglement witnesses, a result suggesting the use of temporal observables for quantum information processing tasks. Finally, we construct the probabilities for sequential time-of-arrival measurements on a single particle. We derive the state-reduction rule for time-of-arrival measurements; it differs significantly from the standard one, because time-of-arrival measurements are not defined at a single predetermined moment of time.
description: 33 pages, 4 figures; minor revisions, adding some explanations, version to appear in PRA
Cloud Nowcasting with Structure-Preserving Convolutional Gated Recurrent Units
Creators: name: Rodriguez Rivero, Cristian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Atmospheric dynamics
Cloud physics
Data mining and knowledge discovery
Data engineering and data science
Information extraction and fusion
Information retrieval and web search
Stream and sensor data

description: Nowcasting of clouds is a challenging spatiotemporal task due to the dynamic nature of the atmosphere. In this study, the use of convolutional gated recurrent unit networks (ConvGRUs) to produce short-term cloudiness forecasts for the next 3 h over Europe is proposed, along with an optimisation criterion able to preserve image structure across the predicted sequences. This approach is compared against state-of-the-art optical flow algorithms using over two and a half years of observations from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument onboard the Meteosat Second Generation satellite. We show that the ConvGRU trained using our structurepreserving loss function significantly outperforms the optical flow algorithms with an average change in R2, mean absolute error and structural similarity of 12.43%, 8.75% and 9.68%, respectively, across all time steps. We also confirm that merging multiple optical flow algorithms into an ensemble yields significant short-term performance increases (<1 h), and that nowcast skill can vary significantly across different European regions. Furthermore, our results show that blurry images resulting from using globally oriented loss functions can be avoided by optimising for structural similarity when producing nowcasts. We thus showcase that deep-learning-based models using locally oriented loss functions present a powerful new way to produce accurate cloud nowcasts, with important applications to be found in solar power forecasting.
A Nekrasov-Okounkov formula for Macdonald polynomials
Creators: name: Rains, Eric M.
name: Warnaar, S. Ole
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 05A19, 05E05, 05E10, 14J10

description: We prove a Macdonald polynomial analogue of the celebrated Nekrasov-Okounkov hook-length formula from the theory of random partitions. As an application we obtain a proof of one of the main conjectures of Hausel and Rodriguez-Villegas from their work on mixed Hodge polynomials of the moduli space of stable Higgs bundles on Riemann surfaces.
description: 24 pages; Revised version includes an alternative proof (suggested by Jim Bryan) of an elliptic Nekrasov-Okounkov formula based on the equivariant DMVV formula. In v3 some final corrections have been carried out
Bring your own classroom to a CodeRefinery workshop
Creators: name: CodeRefinery
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: CodeRefinery is a project teaching FAIR research software and development and basic Research Software Engineering practices to students and researchers across all research fields. CodeRefinery is a collaboration between universities and organizations in the Nordics funded by Nordic e-infrastructure collaboration (NeiC).

Our workshops are streamed and recorded so that anyone can follow them. Registered participants also have the possibility to interact with the instructors on stream via a collaborative document. The open source materials (available at https://coderefinery.org/lessons/) include lectures as well as hands-on activities. Sharing reusable training materials is one of the projects core values.

CodeRefinery works with local partners to facilitate an interactive and collaborative workshop despite the challenges of large audiences and online teaching. The local partner provides an online or in-person room with a team-lead. The participants watch the stream together and discuss and work on exercises in the group under guidance of the team lead.This approach enables local partners to provide participants with a full workshop while maintaining the benefits of discussing and working together as a group.

This contribution will describe a workshop setup for scaling an interactive workshop to a few hundred participants while still keeping the interaction and community experience of a local small workshop. We kindly invite YOU to join our next workshop as a learner, team-lead or local partner.

 

The markdown and css source for these slides can be found in the CodeRefinery presentation repository . They can also be visualized using Cicero.
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and mitochondrial functions: state of the art
Creators: name: Yaribeygi, Habib
name: Maleki, Mina
name: Butler, Alexandra E.
name: Jamialahmadi, Tannaz
name: Sahebkar, Amirhossein
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2023
Subjects: sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors
mitochondria
diabetes mellitus
mitophagy
oxidative stress

description: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are a class of newly introduced antidiabetic drugs with potent hypoglycemic effects. Recent evidence suggests that these drugs have extraglycemic impacts and are therefore able to provide additional benefits beyond glucose lowering. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a central facet of many disorders that negatively impacts many tissues and organs, especially in the setting of diabetes. Therefore, it would be hugely beneficial if an antidiabetic drug could also provide mitochondrial benefits to improve cellular function and reduce the risk of diabetic complications. In this review, we have surveyed the literature for possible mitochondrial benefits of SGLT2is and we discuss the possible mechanisms involved.
description: EXCLI Journal; 22:Doc53; ISSN 1611-2156
Mittelhochdeutsche Begriffsdatenbank 2023
Creators: name: Van Beek, Alan Lena
name: Zeppezauer-Wachauer, Katharina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: database, middle high german, digital humanities

description: Was ist die Mittelhochdeutsche Begriffsdatenbank? Welche Werke sind Teil der Datenbank? In welcher Form sind die Texte aufbereitet? In welchem Format liegen die Daten vor?
title: Determination of Local Electrical Properties Using a Potential Field Measurement for Electrically Conductive Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics with Metal Contact Pins Joined via Injection Molding
Creators: name: Eckel, Elisabeth
name: Wiegel, Klara
name: Schlink, André
name: Ayeb, Mohamed
name: Brabetz, Ludwig
name: Hartung, Michael
name: Heim, Hans-Peter
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: electrical testing
subject: potential field measurement
subject: electrical contact interface
subject: X-ray microtomography
subject: carbon fiber
subject: polyamide 6
subject: polycarbonate
subject: assembly injection molding
subject: anisotropic properties
subject: 660
subject: Kunststofftechnik
subject: Kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff
subject: Elektrische Leitfähigkeit
subject: Kohlenstofffaser
subject: Polyamid 6
subject: Spritzgießen

description: Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel
The real nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem is NP-hard
Creators: name: Borobia, Alberto
name: Canogar, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15A18, 15A29, 90C60, 68Q25

description: A list of complex numbers is realizable if it is the spectrum of a nonnegative matrix. In 1949 Suleimanova posed the nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem (NIEP): the problem of determining which lists of complex numbers are realizable. The version for reals of the NIEP (RNIEP) asks for realizable lists of real numbers. In the literature there are many sufficient conditions or criteria for lists of real numbers to be realizable. We will present an unified account of these criteria. Then we will see that the decision problem associated to the RNIEP is NP-hard and we will study the complexity for the decision problems associated to known criteria.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure
Guia Informativo Sobre o Previne Brasil
Creators: name: GOMES, Ana Paula Alvarenga Seguins
name: FONSECA, Arthur Andrade da
name: SOUZA, Gabriela Cristini Manito
name: MARTINS, Gabriella Karolyne Pompeu
name: ALVES, Juliana Garcia
name: GONÇALVES, Thaís Melo
name: LOPES, Thiago Pereira
name: RODRIGUES, Yasmin Fernanda Florencio
name: NASCIMENTO, Cibele Braga Ferreira
name: NASCIMENTO, Liliane Silva do
name: SILVA, André Vilhena da
name: DIAS, Hércules Bezerra
name: SIQUEIRA, Mayra Rolla
name: PEREIRA, Camilo Eduardo Almeida
name: LIMA, Vitor Nina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Este é um Guia informativo sobre os Indicadores de saúde do programa Previne Brasil
Novel small molecule ligand affinity chromatography systems: high-throughput screening and scale-up
Creators: name: Petzold, Martin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The industrial purification of recombinant proteins for therapeutic use is a highly complex and expensive multi-stage procedure that requires critical evaluation and adjustment for every single product. In addition to other adsorptive techniques, affinity chromatography methods with a defined target molecule specificity are commonly used, e.g. for the separation of monoclonal antibodies by exploiting their biological recognition by immobilised Protein A. In contrast to these protein-based adsorbents, immobilised low molecular weight affinity ligands offer a number of advantages including low cost, chemical and physical stability, broad specificity, low risk of contamination and high reusability. The focus of this project has been on the characterisation and development of two distinct purification strategies: (i) Immobilised metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) of peptide-tagged proteins using a new cassette system, and (ii) mixed-mode affinity separation of monoclonal antibodies with a novel family of small-molecule N-heteroaromatic ligands. With the help of a robotic liquid handling platform, a variety of high-throughput screening experiments were conducted to analyse the protein binding behaviour of the two systems and determine potential candidates for large-scale application. In addition to miniaturised batch adsorption methods using 96-well multititer plates, a recently developed automated approach to miniaturised parallel pressure-driven frontal chromatography was employed. These studies were followed by conventional column chromatography experiments including a scale-up of the bed volume. For both affinity systems, promising ligand candidates and viable process conditions could be identified. The new small molecule ligand families meet industrial requirements regarding safety and robustness and can be used as generic platform technologies to streamline complicated purification processes. The cost as well as the environmental impact of biopharmaceutical production could be reduced by using these cheaper materials which can be synthesised under mild conditions.
The synthesis of inhibitors of TGF-β cytokine signalling and identification of their protein binding partners
Creators: name: Ciayadi, Rudy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) protein superfamily is a set of signalling proteins (cytokines) which control many physiological processes such as cell proliferation and differentiation, immune responses, wound healing and various endocrine activities. Over-expression of specific TGF-β cytokines is associated with various disease states such as: cancer, inflammatory disorders, fibrosis, endometriosis, and also complications in female reproduction and pregnancy. Consequently, it has been proposed that inhibiting the signalling of specific TGF-β cytokines may be beneficial in diseases such as cancer, kidney disorders and pre-eclampsia. This could possibly be achieved using compounds that inhibit the kinase activity of the relevant TGF-β cytokine receptor. The initial aim of this project was to synthesize low molecular weight inhibitors of the kinase activity of TGF-β cytokine receptors and thus the signalling functions of TGF-β cytokines. An additional aim was to measure the selectivity of their inhibition of the medicinally important activin A and TGF-β1 signalling pathways. A further aim was to determine what other proteins the pharmacophore class bind, in order to confirm the mechanism of TGF-β signalling inhibition and to identify novel biological targets in the context of usage of the inhibitors as pharmaceuticals. A variety of inhibitors based on a 3,4-bis-pyridinylated pyrazole scaffold containing different phenyl or nitrogen heterocycle substituents were synthesized. Compounds containing phenyl or aromatic nitrogen heterocycle substituents inhibited both types of signalling in HEK-293 cell culture, with a selectivity preference for TGF-β1. Further specific modifications of phenyl or 3-pyridinyl-based substituents led to improved activities. Compounds containing 5-membered imidazole or pyrazole substituents were found to be comparable or more active inhibitors than those containing a phenyl, 2-pyridinyl or 3-pyridinyl substituent, and constitute a new lead class for further inhibitor development. Protein binding partners of the pharmacophore class were identified by immobilizing an exemplary inhibitor structure onto a chromatography resin and then using this affinity resin to capture proteins from whole cell lysates. Specifically-bound proteins were isolated and subjected to mass spectrometry peptide mass fingerprinting (MSPMF) to identify them. This process identified a number of different proteins, including medicinally important heat shock 70 kDa protein (HSP70), as potential binding partners of the pharmacophore class. Overall, these results suggest that the inhibitor class under investigation may have novel biological activities related to binding interactions with HSP70 and other proteins.
Volatiles beneath mid-ocean ridges: deep melting, channelised transport, focusing, and metasomatism
Creators: name: Keller, Tobias
name: Katz, Richard F
name: Hirschmann, Marc M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Deep-Earth volatile cycles couple the mantle with near-surface reservoirs. Volatiles are emitted by volcanism and, in particular, from mid-ocean ridges, which are the most prolific source of basaltic volcanism. Estimates of volatile extraction from the asthenosphere beneath ridges typically rely on measurements of undegassed lavas combined with simple petrogenetic models of the mean degree of melting. Estimated volatile fluxes have large uncertainties; this is partly due to a poor understanding of how volatiles are transported by magma in the asthenosphere. Here, we assess the fate of mantle volatiles through numerical simulations of melting and melt transport at mid-ocean ridges. Our simulations are based on two-phase, magma/mantle dynamics theory coupled to idealised thermodynamic model of mantle melting in the presence of water and carbon dioxide. We combine simulation results with catalogued observations of all ridge segments to estimate a range of likely volatile output from the global mid-ocean ridge system. We thus predict global MOR crust production of 66-73 Gt/yr (22-24 km3/yr) and global volatile output of 52-110 Mt/yr, corresponding to mantle volatile contents of 100--200~ppm. We find that volatile extraction is limited: up to half of deep, volatile-rich melt is not focused to the axis but is rather deposited along the LAB. As these distal melts crystallise and fractionate, they metasomatise the base of the lithosphere, creating rheological heterogeneity that could contribute to the seismic signature of the LAB.
description: 42 pages; 8 figures; 2 appendices (incl 1 table); 7 suppl. figures; 1 suppl. table
Studies with chimeric protein purification methods.
Creators: name: Longford, Darant Hilton
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The development of Immobilised Metal Affinity Chromatography (IMAC) over the last thirty years has widely advanced the efficiency of protein purification in biochemical research. IMAC is one of a new category of protein separation techniques that offer the freedom to pre-establish an affinity between target protein and sorbent by the use of genetically-fused affinity handles or tags. Using IMAC, recombinant DNA techniques are employed to tag a target protein with an engineered peptide rich in amino acids having the potential to form covalent coordination bonds with metal ions chelated by ligands bound to a chromatography sorbent.
Bifunctional Polyazamacrocyclic Complexes for Radiopharmaceutical Applications
Creators: name: DAVEY, PATRICK ROBERT WILLIAM JAMES
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Bioinorganic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry not elsewhere classified
Radiation and matter

description: The positron emission of gallium-68 can be utilised in radiopharmaceuticals for molecular imaging via positron emission tomography (PET). A vital component of radiopharmaceuticals is the bifunctional chelator, which is used to securely bind radiometal ions to ensure proper delivery of the radioactive dose to the area of interest in vivo. Macrocyclic bifunctional chelating ligands based on the 1,4,7-triazacyclononane (TACN) scaffold, and incorporating phosphonate and carboxylate pendant arms, possess the potential to coordinate the clinically-relevant radiometal ion, gallium-68. This thesis focuses on the development of novel bifunctional chelating ligands that possess ideal properties for gallium-68 radiopharmaceuticals – mild, near neutral pH radiolabelling at room temperature within 10 min.
(200364) Richard Brook
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Quantum correlations and synchronization measures
Creators: name: Galve, Fernando
name: Giorgi, Gian Luca
name: Zambrini, Roberta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The phenomenon of spontaneous synchronization is universal and only recently advances have been made in the quantum domain. Being synchronization a kind of temporal correlation among systems, it is interesting to understand its connection with other measures of quantum correlations. We review here what is known in the field, putting emphasis on measures and indicators of synchronization which have been proposed in the literature, and comparing their validity for different dynamical systems, highlighting when they give similar insights and when they seem to fail.
description: book chapter, 18 pages, 7 figures, Fanchini F., Soares Pinto D., Adesso G. (eds) Lectures on General Quantum Correlations and their Applications. Quantum Science and Technology. Springer (2017)
Dual acting antioxidant hybrids
Creators: name: Chau, Bich Anh
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The objective of this research was to produce single chemical entities with dual pharmacological activity by incorporating an antioxidant substructure into an already active pharmacophore. It was aimed to maintain the well-validated property of the parent compound whilst the antioxidant attachment was utilised for scavenging free radicals. The introductory chapter (Chapter One) introduces free radicals, their beneficial and harmful roles in the biological system and the importance of antioxidants in health and disease prevention. An overview of the research is presented and the advantages of hybrid drug design discussed. Dual acting morphine-antioxidant hybrids as possible analgesics in pain management were explored in this study (Chapter Two). Five morphine-antioxidant analogues were successfully synthesised and isolated. These compounds contain a phenolic or nitroxide antioxidant bound to the morphine framework at the N- or phenolic position through a short hydrocarbon spacer. Pharmacological evaluations demonstrated that the molecule containing the nitroxide, TMIO, attachment showed greater antioxidant activity than morphine with no cytotoxicity. This compound was found to relieve pain over a prolonged period of time after the activity of morphine had worn off, though at a higher dosage than morphine. The second project examined dual acting cytoprotective dithiolethione-antioxidant hybrids (Chapter Three). The ‘control’ dithiolethione was synthesised but the attempted synthesis of a hydrophilic dithiolethione-antioxidant hybrid was unsuccessful. Two dithiolethione-antioxidants, both containing the 2,6- dimethylphenol antioxidant functionality on the C5 dithiolethione ring with either a methyl or phenyl C4 substituent, were subjected to antioxidant testing. At a relatively low concentration, these analogues displayed antioxidant activity.
Международные отношения и Регионоведение,Выпуск 4 (50) 2022
Creators: name: АО «КазУМОиМЯ им.Абылай хана»
Publisher: name: АО «КазУМОиМЯ им.Абылай хана»
Year: 2022

description: Международные отношения и Регионоведение,Выпуск 4 (50) 2022
title: Evolutie van de bathymetrie rond Wintam: bathymetrische analyse
Creators: name: Meire, Dieter
name: Vos, Gwendy
name: D'Haese, W.
name: De Maerschalck, Bart
Publisher: name: Flanders Hydraulics Research
Year: 2022

description: Title : WL Rapporten. Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium: Antwerpen. Volume : 19_014_1 Issue : Pagination : VII, 38 + 18 p. bijl.
title: Learning Non-Differentiable Graphs of Utility AI
Creators: name: Świechowski, Maciej
Publisher: name: Progress in Polish Artificial Intelligence Research 4 , Edited by: Adam Wojciechowski and Piotr Lipiński/Lodz University of Technology Press
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: computer games, utility theory, machine learning

description: Utility AI is an approach to modelling AI players in computer games. Its structure is a graph that computes the utility values of possible ac-tions and chooses the one with the highest value. Currently, such graphs are created by experts manually. This paper presents the first attempts to create them automatically – through learning from data. The problem is similar to training neural networks except that the utility graphs are non-differentiable and contain various types of nodes (more complex than neurons). We present the most promising methods, preliminary experiments and results.
(200365) Philadelphia Menktelow
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Lessons Learned from a Smart City Project with Citizen Engagement
Creators: name: Ernst, Sebastian
name: Zaworski, Konrad
name: Sokołowski, Piotr
name: Salwa, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: Progress in Polish Artificial Intelligence Research 4 , Edited by: Adam Wojciechowski and Piotr Lipiński/Lodz University of Technology Press
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: smart cities, data analysis, citizen engagement

description: The paper discusses the experiences gained in a joint research project by AGH and the commune of Siechnice. Two main areas are dis-cussed: collecting data from heterogenous sensor devices as well as input from citizens, and development of analytic procedures in a way which guar-antees integration between day-to-day and research operations. The most prominent outcomes of the project include the development of a living lab as well as automation of multi-aspect inference, which would normally have to be carried out by a team of experts.
Analysis of the nonleptonic charmonium modes $B_s^0 \to J/ψf_{2}^{\prime}(1525)$ and $B_s^0 \to J/ψK^+K^-$
Creators: name: Morales, Cesar A.
name: Quintero, Nestor
name: Vera, Carlos E.
name: Villalba, Alexis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we present an analysis of the nonleptonic charmonium modes $B_s^0 \to J / ψf_2^\prime(1525)$ and $B_s^0 \to J/ψK^+K^-$. Within the framework of the factorization approach and using the perturbative QCD for the evaluation of the relevant form factors, we find a branching fraction for the two-body channel of BR$(B_s^{0} \to J/ψf_2^{\prime}(1525)) = (1.6 {}^{+0.9}_{-0.7})\times 10^{-4}$ which is in agreement with the experimental values reported by the LHCb and Belle Collaborations. The associated polarization fractions to this vector-tensor mode are also presented. On the other hand, non-resonant and resonant contributions to the three-body decay $B_s^0 \to J/ψK^+K^-$ are carefully investigated. The dominant contributions of the resonances $ ϕ(1020)$ and $f_2^{\prime}(1525)$ are properly taken into account. A detailed analysis of the $K^+ K^-$ invariant mass distributions and Dalitz plot are also performed. The overall result BR$(B_s^{0} \to J/ψK^+ K^-) = (9.3^{+1.3}_{-1.1})\times 10^{-4}$ is also in satisfactory agreement with the experimental information reported by LHCb and Belle.
description: 19 pages, 2 figures. v3: matches with version (modified and simplified) published in Phys. Rev. D
Mapping Cloud-Edge-IoT opportunities and challenges in Europe
Creators: name: Alvarez, José Enrique
name: Bellussi, Elia
name: de Majo, Claudio
name: Dubbert, Jörg
name: Eisenträger, Marlene
name: Funk, Hannah
name: Ganschow, Hannah
name: Giuffrida, Maria
name: Gole, John
name: Gouze, Nicholas
name: Korzynietz, Roman
name: Rohde, Marieke
name: Rowan, Brendan
name: Pourabdollahian, Golboo
name: Seifert, Inessa
name: Zachäus, Carolin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Computing continuum
Cloud
Edge
IoT
Value-chain adopters
Manufacturing
Energy
Transportation
Healthcare
Agriculture

description: While current data processing predominantly occurs in centralized facilities, with a minor portion handled by smart objects, a shift is anticipated, with a surge in data originating from smart devices. This evolution necessitates reconfiguring the infrastructure, emphasising computing capabilities at the cloud's "edge" closer to data sources. This change symbolises the merging of cloud, edge, and IoT technologies into a unified network infrastructure - a Computing Continuum - poised to redefine tech interactions, offering novel prospects across diverse sectors. The computing continuum is emerging as a cornerstone of tech advancement in the contemporary digital era. This paper provides an in-depth exploration of the computing continuum, highlighting its potential, practical implications, and the adjustments required to tackle existing challenges. It emphasises the continuum's real-world applications, market trends, and its significance in shaping Europe's tech future.
Synthesis, structural analysis and application of rare earth thiocyanate complexes
Creators: name: Bakker, Jacinta Marie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis investigates various facets of rare earth thiocyanate chemistry. A strong focus is placed on the structural chemistry of these complexes and the utilisation of the metal based redox transmetallation route for their synthesis. Reactivity studies were undertaken to investigate the utility of rare earth thiocyanate complexes as starting materials in salt elimination reactions.
Differential-geometrical approach to the dynamics of dissipationless incompressible Hall magnetohydrodynamics: II. Geodesic formulation and Riemannian curvature analysis of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic stabilities
Creators: name: Araki, Keisuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, the dynamics of a dissipationless incompressible Hall magnetohydrodynamic (HMHD) medium are formulated as geodesics on a direct product of two volume-preserving diffeomorphism groups. Formulations are given for the geodesic and Jacobi equations based on a linear connection with physically desirable properties, which agrees with the Levi-Civita connection. Derivations of the explicit normal-mode expressions for the Riemannian metric, Levi-Civita connection, and related formulae and equations are also provided using the generalized Elsässer variables (GEVs). Examinations of the stabilities of the hydrodynamic (HD, $α=0$) and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD, $α\to0$) motions and the $O(α)$ Hall-term effect in terms of the Jacobi equation and the Riemannian sectional curvature tensor are presented, where $α$ represents the Hall-term strength parameter. It is very interesting that the sectional curvatures of the MHD and HMHD systems between two GEV modes were found to take both the positive (stable) and negative (unstable) values, while that of the HD system between two complex helical waves was observed to be negative definite. Moreover, for the MHD case, negative sectional curvatures were found to occur only when mode interaction was "local," i.e., the wavenumber moduli of the main flow (say $p$) and perturbation (say $k$) were close to each other ($k \approx p$). However, in the nonlocal limit ($k \gg p$ or $k \ll p$), the sectional curvatures were always positive. This result leads to the conjecture that the MHD interactions mainly excite wavy or non-growing motions; however, some local interactions cause dynamical instability that leads to chaotic or turbulent plasma motions. Additionally, it was found that the tendencies of the $O(α)$ effects are opposite between the ion cyclotron and whistler modes. Comparison with energy-Casimir method is discussed.
description: 33 pages, 6 figures. In this version discussion about comparison of the curvature analysis with the energy-Casimir method is fully rewritten using a remarkable constant of motion which relates the Riemannian curvature to the second variation of the Hamiltonian
Tailoring optical metamaterials to tune the atom-surface Casimir-Polder interaction
Creators: name: Chan, Eng Aik
name: Aljunid, Syed Abdullah
name: Adamo, Giorgio
name: Laliotis, Athanasios
name: Ducloy, Martial
name: Wilkowski, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Metamaterials are fascinating tools that can structure not only surface plasmons and electromagnetic waves but also electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations. The possibility of shaping the quantum vacuum is a powerful concept that ultimately allows engineering the interaction between macroscopic surfaces and quantum emitters such as atoms, molecules or quantum dots. The long-range atom-surface interaction, known as Casimir-Polder interaction, is of fundamental importance in quantum electrodynamics but also attracts a significant interest for platforms that interface atoms with nanophotonic devices. Here we perform a spectroscopic selective reflection measurement of the Casimir-Polder interaction between a Cs(6P_{3/2}) atom and a nanostructured metallic planar metamaterial. We show that by engineering the near-field plasmonic resonances of the metamaterial, we can successfully tune the Casimir-Polder interaction, demonstrating both a strong enhancement and reduction with respect to its non-resonant value. We also show an enhancement of the atomic spontaneous emission rate due to its coupling with the evanescent modes of the nanostructure. Probing excited state atoms next to nontrivial tailored surfaces is a rigorous test of quantum electrodynamics. Engineering Casimir-Polder interactions represents a significant step towards atom trapping in the extreme near field, possibly without the use of external fields.
description: 21 pages, 9 figures
TESS Experiments: Factors Affecting Attitudes Toward Transgender Bathroom Use - Wave 2
Creators: name: Doan, Long
name: Powell, Brian
name: Quadlin, Natasha
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) offers researchers the opportunity to capture the internal validity of experiments. Investigators submit proposals, and TESS fields successful proposals for free on a representative sample of adults in the United States. This 2-wave experiment was conducted to examine attitudes about transgender bathroom use and factors affecting perceptions of transgender people’s sex. In wave 1, a total of 2,034 respondents were randomly assigned to one of 16 vignettes which introduced a transperson, Casey, whose gender identity (male, female), age (adult, teen) and gender conformity (conforming, nonconforming, ambiguous, unspecified) varied across treatments. Respondents were asked their opinion of which public restroom Casey should use, what gender they personally considered Casey to be, and whether they had close relationships with members of the LGBT community. Wave 2 assigned 2,007 respondents from a new sample to the same 16 conditions and asked respondents which gender they personally consider Casey to be, whether businesses should be allowed to refuse services/opportunities to Casey, and whether they had close relationships with members of the LGBT community. This allowed for comparison of perceptions and attitudes across age, birth-gender, and gender conformity of transpeople and demographics of respondents.
title: Machine Learning for Water Leak Detection and Localization in the WaterPrime Project
Creators: name: Głomb, Przemysław
name: Romaszewski, Michał
name: Cholewa, Michał
name: Koral, Wojciech
name: Madej, Andrzej
name: Skrabski, Maciej
name: Kołodziej, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Progress in Polish Artificial Intelligence Research 4 , Edited by: Adam Wojciechowski and Piotr Lipiński/Lodz University of Technology Press
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: leak detection, leak localization, anomaly detection in time se-ries, machine learning of a digital twin

description: We present an integrated approach for water leak detection and localization developed for the Water Prime project. Proposed method is based on telemetric monitoring of a District Metered Areas (DMA), using first an application of anomaly detection on sensors’ data and then building a ‘digital twin’ of a DMA state using a combination of hydraulic simulator and machine learning algorithms. This approach leads to reduction of time of leak location estimation from the order of weeks/months to days, and provides a significant reduction in quantity of water lost, as was preliminary verified in two waterworks associated with the project.
(200360) Mary J Briant
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
de Sitter as a Resonance
Creators: name: Maltz, Jonathan
name: Susskind, Leonard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quantum mechanical formulation of de Sitter cosmological spacetimes still eludes string theory. In this paper we conjecture a potentially rigorous framework in which the status of de Sitter space is the same as that of a resonance in a scattering process. We conjecture that transition amplitudes between certain states with asymptotically supersymmetric flat vacua contain resonant poles characteristic metastable intermediate states. A calculation employing constrained instantons illustrates this idea.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, to appear in PRL, Minor typos corrected
(200362) Charles Brook
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Sustainable Synthesis of Polymers
Creators: name: Kumar, Ashwani
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2023

description: Traditional polymer development is dependent on petrochemicals, their fabrication includes the use of ecologically unfriendly chemicals, and their permanently crosslinked networks limit their recycling capabilities. This thesis focuses on improving the sustainability of both natural and synthetic polymer advancements in terms of simplified synthesis, recyclability, and circularity. Chapter 1 discusses the concept of artificial catalyst and dynamic thermosets, as well as their current challenges. In Chapter 2, an artificial catalytic triad inspired by the chemical structure of chymotrypsin was prepared using a simple synthetic strategy, yielding a remarkable turnover number (kcat) of 3.3 s^(-1) and a rate acceleration of 4.81*10^4-fold over the background reaction. Chapter 3 outlines the transformation of raspberry ketone derived crosslinker into a dynamic thermoset elastomer. The thermoset networks incorporates catalyst-free bond exchange reactions in catalyst-dependent polyester networks by substituting oxime-esters for conventional ester linkages. The dynamic nature of thermosets allow them to demonstrate stress relaxation behaviour and reprocessability. Chapter 4 reports fully biomass-derived dynamic imine thermosets prepared using widely abundant cheap shrimp and cellulose waste materials. The dynamic nature of Schiff base bonds enable thermosets to exhibit fast stress relaxation behaviour and reprocessability. At the "end of product life", thermosets can be degraded in a home compost within 4-5 days. Chapter 5 outlines the development of a novel and entirely green dynamic thermoset composites using sustainably sourced spent coffee grounds, chia seed oil, which was epoxidized, crosslinked through esterification with kelp-derived alginic acid, without catalyst or solvent, at mild reaction temperature (90-150 C). The resultant suite of material have potential application in industrial field such as plant pot, thin film sheets and beverage container. At the "end of product life", thermoset composites can be readily home composted under natural conditions in 4-5 months. At last, Chapter 6 concludes with a summary of this work and suggestions for potential future research directions.
Theory and applications of generalized Pipek--Mezey Wannier functions
Creators: name: Jónsson, Elvar Ö.
name: Lehtola, Susi
name: Puska, Martti
name: Jónsson, Hannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The theory for the generation of Wannier functions within the generalized Pipek--Mezey approach [Lehtola, S.; Jónsson, H. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2014, 10, 642] is presented and an implementation thereof is described. Results are presented for systems with periodicity in one, two and three dimensions as well as isolated molecules. The generalized Pipek--Mezey Wannier functions (PMWF) are highly localized orbitals consistent with chemical intuition where a distinction is maintained between σ- and π-orbitals. The PMWF method is compared with the so-called maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWF) that are frequently used for the analysis of condensed matter calculations. Whereas PMWFs maximize the localization criterion of Pipek and Mezey, MLWFs maximize that of Foster and Boys and have the disadvantage of mixing σ- and π-orbitals in many cases. The PMWF orbitals turn out to be as localized as the MLWF orbitals as evidenced by cross-comparison of the values of the PMWF and MLWF objective functions for the two types of orbitals. Our implementation in the atomic simulation environment (ASE) is compatible with various representations of the wave function, including real-space grids, plane waves and linear combinations of atomic orbitals. The projector augmented wave formalism for the representation of atomic core electrons is also supported. Results of calculations with the GPAW software are described here, but our implementation can also use output from other electronic structure software such as ABINIT, NWChem and VASP.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures