cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Acupuntura no Manejo do Herpes Zoster: Redução da Dor, Imunomodulação e Tratamento da Neuralgia Pós-Herpética
Creators: name: Salibi, André Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Acupuncture
subject: Herpes Zoster
subject: Neuralgia Pós-Herpética
subject: imunomodulação
subject: Medicine, Chinese Traditional
subject: medicina chinesa
subject: Complementary Therapies
subject: Terapias Complementares
subject: Dor Crônica
subject: Chronic Pain
subject: VZV (Vírus Varicela-Zóster)

description: Este artigo revisa criticamente a aplicação clínica da acupuntura no manejo do herpes zoster e da neuralgia pós-herpética (PHN), com foco na redução da dor aguda, modulação imunológica e prevenção da cronificação. Através de uma análise aprofundada de estudos clínicos randomizados, revisões sistemáticas e dados neurofisiológicos, os resultados indicam que a acupuntura é uma abordagem eficaz para a redução da dor e melhora na resposta imune frente ao vírus varicela-zóster (VZV), além de promover a reorganização funcional do sistema nervoso.

A acupuntura demonstrou não apenas eficácia na dor relacionada ao herpes zoster, mas também na prevenção e tratamento da neuralgia pós-herpética, condição caracterizada por dor neuropática crônica persistente após o desaparecimento das lesões cutâneas. Além disso, os efeitos imunomoduladores da acupuntura, incluindo a ativação de linfócitos T e a modulação de citocinas inflamatórias como IL-6 e TNF-α, são apresentados como fatores fundamentais para a contenção viral e redução da dor.

Este trabalho, baseado em evidências científicas rigorosas, propõe a acupuntura como uma terapia complementar com grande potencial em protocolos interdisciplinares de tratamento do herpes zoster e suas complicações. A integração da acupuntura em práticas clínicas pode não apenas melhorar a qualidade de vida dos pacientes, mas também reduzir a dependência de tratamentos farmacológicos convencionais, oferecendo uma alternativa segura e eficaz para pacientes, especialmente idosos e imunocomprometidos.
Anisotropic conductivity of uncharged domain walls in BiFeO3
Creators: name: Morozovska, Anna N.
name: Vasudevan, Rama K.
name: Maksymovych, Peter
name: Kalinin, Sergei V.
name: Eliseev, Eugene A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Experimental observations suggest that nominally uncharged, as-grown domain walls in ferroelectric thin films can be conductive, yet comprehensive theoretical models to explain this behavior are lacking. Here, Landau theory is used to evolve an analytical treatment of the anisotropic carrier accumulation by nominally uncharged domain walls in multiferroic BiFeO3. Strong angular dependence of the carrier accumulation by 180-degree domain walls originates from local band bending via angle-dependent electrostriction and flexoelectric coupling mechanisms. Theoretical results are in qualitative agreement with experimental data, and provide a Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire counterpart that is consistent with recent first principles calculations. These studies suggest that a significantly more diverse range of domain wall structures could possess novel electronic properties than previously believed. Similarly, emergent electronic behaviors at ferroic walls are typically underpinned by multiple mechanisms, necessitating first-principle studies of corresponding coupling parameters.
description: 37 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables
Graphene: Piecing it together
Creators: name: Rümmeli, Mark H.
name: Rocha, Claudia G.
name: Ortmann, Frank
name: Ibrahim, Imad
name: Sevincli, Haldun
name: Börrnert, Felix
name: Kunstmann, Jens
name: Bachmatiuk, Alicja
name: Pötsche, Markus
name: Shiraishi, Masashi
name: Meyyappan, Meyya
name: Büchner, Bernd
name: Roche, Stephan
name: Cuniberti, Gianaurelio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Graphene has a multitude of striking properties that make it an exceedingly attractive material for various applications, many of which will emerge over the next decade. However, one of the most promising applications lie in exploiting its peculiar electronic properties which are governed by its electrons obeying a linear dispersion relation. This leads to the observation of half integer quantum hall effect and the absence of localization. The latter is attractive for graphene-based field effect transistors. However, if graphene is to be the material for future electronics, then significant hurdles need to be surmounted, namely, it needs to be mass produced in an economically viable manner and be of high crystalline quality with no or virtually no defects or grains boundaries. Moreover, it will need to be processable with atomic precision. Hence, the future of graphene as a material for electronic based devices will depend heavily on our ability to piece graphene together as a single crystal and define its edges with atomic precision. In this progress report, the properties of graphene that make it so attractive as a material for electronics is introduced to the reader. The focus then centers on current synthesis strategies for graphene and their weaknesses in terms of electronics applications are highlighted.
description: Advanced Materials (2011)
Alelaimat Chemistry Laboratory institution informed consent of participants
Creators: name: , Alelaimat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Home lab
Undefined professor
Mad scientist
Thermodynamics chemistry
Alelaimat Chemistry Laboratory

description: This is the home research laboratory Alelaimat Chemistry Laboratory institution informed consent of mad scientist and undefined professor Abdul Kareem K. Alelaimat.
description: You can participate after the agreements, you can signature in the paper to agreements.
Leucochloridiidae Poche 1907
Creators: name: Pinto, Hudson Alves
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Diplostomida
Leucochloridiidae

description: Leucochloridiidae Poche, 1907   Leucochloridium flavum Travassos, 1922
 Host: Omalonyx sp. (Gastropoda: Succineidae). Habitat: terrestrial.
Cercarian group: cercariaeum IM.
Definitive host group: birds.
Locality: Rio de Janeiro, RJ; undetermined locality, MT. References: Lutz (1921a), Travassos (1928b).
 Leucochloridium sp.
 Hosts: Omalonyx sp., Succinea meridionalis d'Orbigny (Gastropoda: Succineidae). Habitat: terrestrial.
Cercarian group: cercariaeum IM.
Definitive host group: birds.
 Localities: Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Guaiba, RS. References: Lanzieri (1965), Thomé et al. (2006).
 Paramphistomidae Fischoeder, 1901
 Paramphistomum sp.
 Hosts: B. tenagophila, Drepanotrema kermatoides (d'Orbigny) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae). Cercarian group: amphistome.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: mammals.
 Localities: Guaíba, Pelotas, Rio Grande, Santa Vitória do Palmar, Santo Antônio da Patrulha, RS. References: Santos et al. (1986), Veitenheimer-Mendes & Almeida-Caon (1989), Müller et al. (1992).
description: Published as part of Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2013, A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil, pp. 449-475 in Zootaxa 3666 (4) on pages 456-457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220258
Uniform and Pointwise Shape Preserving Approximation by Algebraic Polynomials
Creators: name: Kopotun, K. A.
name: Leviatan, D.
name: Prymak, A.
name: Shevchuk, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 41A10, 41A17, 41A25, 41A29

description: We survey developments, over the last thirty years, in the theory of Shape Preserving Approximation (SPA) by algebraic polynomials on a finite interval. In this article, "shape" refers to (finitely many changes of) monotonicity, convexity, or q-monotonicity of a function (for definition, see Section 4). It is rather well known that it is possible to approximate a function by algebraic polynomials that preserve its shape (i.e., the Weierstrass approximation theorem is valid for SPA). At the same time, the degree of SPA is much worse than the degree of best unconstrained approximation in some cases, and it is "about the same" in others. Numerous results quantifying this difference in degrees of SPA and unconstrained approximation have been obtained in recent years, and the main purpose of this article is to provide a "bird's-eye view" on this area, and discuss various approaches used. In particular, we present results on the validity and invalidity of uniform and pointwise estimates in terms of various moduli of smoothness. We compare various constrained and unconstrained approximation spaces as well as orders of unconstrained and shape preserving approximation of particular functions, etc. There are quite a few interesting phenomena and several open questions.
description: 51 pages, 49 tables, survey, published in Surveys in Approximation Theory, 6 (2011), 24-74
A Classification and Analysis of Higgs-flavor Models
Creators: name: Barr, S. M.
name: Kephart, Thomas W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A classification is given of Higgs-flavor models. In these models, there are several Higgs doublets in an irreducible multiplet R_{Phi} of a non-abelian symmetry G_{Phi}, under which the quarks and leptons do not transform (thus giving minimal flavor-changing for the fermions). It is found that different G_{Phi} and R_{Phi} lead to very distinctive spectra of the extra Higgs doublets, including different numbers of "sequential Higgs" and of "inert Higgs" that could play the role of dark matter, different mass relations, and different patterns of SU(2)_L-breaking splittings within the Higgs doublets.
description: 35 pages
ผลของการจัดกิจกรรมพลศึกษาโดยใช้กีฬาลาครอสที่มีต่อสมรรถภาพทางกายที่สัมพันธ์กับทักษะและความมีน้้าใจนักกีฬาของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาตอนต้น
Creators: name: ธนายุทธ จิตรหาญ
Publisher: name: Centre for Educational Innovation, Print and Online Media
Year: 2021
Subjects: สมรรถภาพทางการที่สัมพันธ์กับทักษะ
น้้าใจนักกีฬา
กีฬาลาครอส

description: An Online Journal of Education, 16, 1, OJED1601002 (13 pages)
ผลการจัดการเรียนรู้เซปักตะกร้อตามแนวคิดนีโอฮิวแมนนิสที่มีต่อทักษะการเล่นลูกด้วยข้างเท้าด้านใน
Creators: name: คมกฤษดา ชุมโคตร
Publisher: name: Centre for Educational Innovation, Print and Online Media
Year: 2021
Subjects: เซปักตะกร้อ
นีโอฮิวแมนนิส
ทักษะการเล่นลูกด้วยข้างเท้าด้านใน

description: An Online Journal of Education, 16, 1, OJED1601003 (11 pages)
Psilostomidae Losss 1900
Creators: name: Pinto, Hudson Alves
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Psilostomidae

description: Psilostomidae Losss, 1900   Ribeiroia sp.
 Host: B. straminea.
Cercarian group: gymnocephalous. Habitat: freshwater.
 Definitive host group: birds. Locality: Belo Horizonte, MG. Reference: Pinto et al. (2013b).
description: Published as part of Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2013, A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil, pp. 449-475 in Zootaxa 3666 (4) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220258
HealthData@EU Pilot - Deliverable 8.2 Recommendations on quality controlling, assurance & provenance
Creators: name: Health Data Hub
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This deliverable, D8.2, is part of Work Package 8 (WP8) of the HealthData@EU Pilot, a project that concluded on December 31, 2024. The HealthData@EU Pilot tested the implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) infrastructure for the secondary use of health data, supporting research, innovation, policymaking, and regulatory activities.

Objective

D8.2 provides recommendations on quality controlling, assurance, and provenance based on insights from the five use cases of the pilot. The deliverable assesses the feasibility, challenges, and best practices related to ensuring data quality across different national frameworks.

Approach

The analysis follows the HealthData@EU Data Life Cycle, as defined in the TEHDAS Joint Action, and includes:

Theoretical analysis: Reviewing expected quality control and assurance mechanisms based on existing standards.

Practical assessment: Documenting the actual quality measures implemented in the five use cases, including data provenance tracking.

Comparative evaluation: Identifying gaps between theoretical models and real-world implementation, with reference to the EHDS Regulation.

Key Findings

Divergences in national data quality standards, impacting harmonization efforts.

Challenges in ensuring data provenance and traceability across multiple jurisdictions.

Differences in quality control implementation among participating countries.

Lessons learned from real-world implementation, informing recommendations for future EHDS infrastructure development.
Diversity of Intrinsic Frequency Encoding Patterns in Rat Cortical Neurons -Mechanisms and Possible Functions
Creators: name: Kang, Jing
name: Robinson, Hugh P. C.
name: Feng, Jianfeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Extracellular recordings of single neurons in primary and secondary somatosensory cortices of monkeys in vivo have shown that their firing rate can increase, decrease, or remain constant in different cells, as the external stimulus frequency increases. We observed similar intrinsic firing patterns (increasing, decreasing or constant) in rat somatosensory cortex in vitro, when stimulated with oscillatory input using conductance injection (dynamic clamp). The underlying mechanism of this observation is not obvious, and presents a challenge for mathematical modelling. We propose a simple principle for describing this phenomenon using a leaky integrate-and-fire model with sinusoidal input, an intrinsic oscillation and Poisson noise. Additional enhancement of the gain of encoding could be achieved by local network connections amongst diverse intrinsic response patterns. Our work sheds light on the possible cellular and network mechanisms underlying these opposing neuronal responses, which serve to enhance signal detection.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures; PloS One 2010
Gate Defined Quantum Confinement in Suspended Bilayer Graphene
Creators: name: Allen, Monica T.
name: Martin, Jens
name: Yacoby, Amir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum confined devices that manipulate single electrons in graphene are emerging as attractive candidates for nanoelectronics applications. Previous experiments have employed etched graphene nanostructures, but edge and substrate disorder severely limit device functionality. Here we present a technique that builds quantum confined structures in suspended bilayer graphene with tunnel barriers defined by external electric fields that break layer inversion symmetry, thereby eliminating both edge and substrate disorder. We report clean quantum dot formation in two regimes: at zero magnetic field B using the single particle energy gap induced by a perpendicular electric field and at B > 0 using the quantum Hall ferromagnet ν = 0 gap for confinement. Coulomb blockade oscillations exhibit periodicity consistent with electrostatic simulations based on local top gate geometry, a direct demonstration of local control over the band structure of graphene. This technology integrates single electron transport with high device quality and access to vibrational modes, enabling broad applications from electromechanical sensors to quantum bits.
description: 22 pages, 9 figures, includes supplementary information
Renicolidae Dollfus 1939
Creators: name: Pinto, Hudson Alves
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Renicolidae

description: Renicolidae Dollfus, 1939   Renicola sp.
 Host: M. tuberculata.
Cercarian group: gymnocephalous. Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds. Locality: Belo Horizonte, MG; Natal, RN. Reference: Pinto & Melo (2012a).
description: Published as part of Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2013, A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil, pp. 449-475 in Zootaxa 3666 (4) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220258
Formation of nonequilibrium modulated phases under local energy input
Creators: name: Li, Linjun
name: Pleimling, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study numerically an inhomogeneous Ising lattice gas with short-range interactions where different sectors are in contact with thermal baths at different temperatures. Inside the different sectors particles jump to empty sites following the familiar Kawasaki dynamics. In addition, particles can freely hop from one sector to the other. This crossing between the sectors breaks detailed balance and yields a local energy influx that drives the system to a nonequilibrium steady state. When the low-temperature sector is cooled below the equilibrium critical temperature, a complicated nonequilibrium phase diagram emerges, dominated by unusual modulated nonequilibrium stationary states. These steady states result from the interplay of phase separation and convection.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, to appear in EPL
Application of digital health technologies to substance use reduction among students in higher education institutions: A scoping review
Creators: name: Guta, Mistire
name: Abamecha, Fira
name: Amdisa, Demuma
name: Abate, Kalkidan Hassen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420605
subject: Preventative health care
classificationCode: 420603
subject: Health promotion

description: Substance use among college and university students is a growing concern, linked to significant health problems, academic challenges, and even premature death. This scoping review aims to explore the potential of digital health interventions, such as internet-based and mobile platforms, in reducing substance use among students, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Through a comprehensive search across databases like PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Google Scholar, the review identified 11 eligible studies conducted across seven countries between 2013 and 2025. These studies focused primarily on alcohol use and examined various digital health tools, including instant messaging, Telegram applications, text messaging, and web-based interventions. The results suggest that digital health technologies can effectively motivate college students in LMICs to reduce or abstain from psychoactive substances. However, a notable gap in the research was identified, especially regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of certain tools, like mobile text messaging, which remains one of the most widely used methods in LMICs.The review highlights that while digital health technologies show promise in substance use reduction, particularly among students in resource-limited settings, there is a need for more research. There is a lack of robust evidence on the long-term effectiveness of these interventions, particularly mobile text messaging, which warrants further exploration. Additionally, studies assessing the feasibility and acceptability of these tools in different cultural and institutional contexts are limited. The review emphasizes the need for more systematic reviews and meta-analyses to better understand the impact of digital health interventions on substance use and to develop evidence-based programs for behavior change.Furthermore, the research points to a significant gap in exploring the full range of digital platforms beyond mobile text messaging, which is most common in LMICs. Future research should focus on evaluating different types of digital health technologies, including web-based programs and instant messaging tools, to determine which are most effective in addressing substance use among students. Additionally, more studies are needed to assess the feasibility of implementing these tools in diverse educational settings and cultures. Ultimately, the review calls for the development of scalable, evidence-based interventions that can support students in making healthier choices and reducing substance use.
Philophthalmidae Looss 1899
Creators: name: Pinto, Hudson Alves
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Philophthalmidae

description: Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899   Philophthalmus gralli Mathis & Leger, 1910 Host: M. tuberculata.
Cercarian group: megalurous. Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds. Locality: Belo Horizonte, MG. Reference: Pinto & Melo (2010b).
description: Published as part of Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2013, A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil, pp. 449-475 in Zootaxa 3666 (4) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220258
Pythonides lera Zhang & Cong & Grishin 2023, new species
Creators: name: Zhang, Jing
name: Cong, Qian
name: Grishin, Nick V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Pythonides
Pythonides lera

description: Pythonides lera Grishin, new species
https://zoobank.org/ CE3F7AF8-AAA1-4496-8044-F42391762519
(Fig. 2 part, 35–36, 248–249)
 Definition and diagnosis. A specimen from Peru identified as Pythonides lerina (Hewitson, 1868) (type locality in French Guiana and Brazil: Para) is genetically differentiated from it (COI barcodes differ by 5% (33 bp)) (Fig. 2) and therefore is a new species. This new species keys to P. lerina (E.41.4) in Evans (1953) and differs from it by a more elongated lower hyaline spot in the forewing discal cell, less developed network of brown “webbing” on the ventral hindwing (Fig. 35–36), and more robust harpe that protrudes dorsad of costa (249). Due to the cryptic nature of this species, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly393.15.7:G381C, aly393.15.7:A395T, aly531.17.6:C195T, aly82.4.5:A198T, aly173.28.2:A84G, aly345.5.1:C36C (not T), aly 2116.6.1:C247C (not T), aly221.16.10:A57A (not T), aly3512.5.3:T141T (not C), aly2012.21.2:C863C (not G), and COI barcode: T79C, T133T, A190T, T280C, T536C.
 Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-18018B09, GenBank OR837637, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCTGGTATAGTTGGAACATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGAACTGAACTAGGCAACCCTGGTTCTTTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACCATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATT GACTAGTACCCCTTATACTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGACTATTACCTCCTTCTCTCACATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGTATTGTAGAAAATGGAACTGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTCTTTCTTCTAATATTGCTCATCAAGGTTCTTCCGTAGATTTA GCTATTTTTTCCCTGCATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTTTAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAGAAACCTTTCTT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTCGTTTGAGCAGTAGGAATTACAGCATTACTTCTACTATTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATACTATT AACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCATTTTTTGACCCTGCTGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT
 Type material. Holotype: ♂ currently deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), illustrated in Fig. 35–36, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [PERU: Cuzco 1050m | Quitacalzone | Cosnipata Road 1530 | 5.ii.2011 Kinyon], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-18018B09 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01450938], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Pythonides | lera Grishin].
 Type locality. Peru: Cuzco, Cosñipata Road, Quitacalzone, elevation 1050 m.
 Etymology. The name is formed from its sister species name ler [in] a and is a feminine noun in apposition.
 Distribution. Currently known only from the holotype collected in southern Peru.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, pp. 1-115 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (26) on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396362
Schistosomatidae Stiles & Hassall 1898
Creators: name: Pinto, Hudson Alves
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Diplostomida
Schistosomatidae

description: Schistosomatidae Stiles & Hassall, 1898   Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Host: B. straminea.
Cercarian group: brevifurcate. Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds. Locality: Jequitibá, MG.
 Reference: Leite et al. (1982).
 Schistosoma mansoni Sambon, 1907
 Hosts: Biomphalaria amazonica Paraense * (Gastropoda: Planorbidae), Biomphalaria cousini Paraense * (Gastropoda: Planorbidae), B. glabrata, B. peregrina *, B. straminea, B. tenagophila. Cercarian group: brevifurcate.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: mammals.
Localities: endemic in the Southeast and Northeast from Brazil.
 References: Pirajá da Silva (1912), Coutinho et al. (1940), Moura (1945), Correa & Paraense (1971), Paraense (1973), Teodoro et al. (2010). Due to the large amount of studies on the occurrence of S. mansoni in several localities from Brazil, only the first record of this parasite to each species of mollusk intermediate host were listed.
 Trichobilharzia jequitibaensis Leite, Costa & Costa, 1978 Hosts: L. columella *, P. marmorata *. Cercarian group: brevifurcate.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds.
Locality: Jequitibá, MG.
 Reference: Leite et al. (1979).
 Strigeidae Railliet, 1919
 Apharyngostrigea sp.
 Hosts: B. peregrina, B. straminea. Cercarian group: strigeid.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds.
 Localities: Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Upper Paraná River floodplain, PR. References: Lutz (1931), Dias et al. (2002).
 Australapatemon bdellocystis (Lutz, 1921) Host: B. straminea.
Cercarian group: strigeid.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds.
Locality: Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
References: Lutz (1921c, 1933), Dubois (1970).
 Cotylurus lutzi Basch, 1969 Host: B. glabrata.
Cercarian group: strigeid.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds. Locality: Caetité, BA.
Reference: Basch (1969).
 Strigea falconis brasiliana Szidat, 1929 Host: Drepanotrema anatinum (d'Orbigny) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae). Cercarian group: strigeid.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds.
Locality: Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
References: Lutz (1929), Dubois (1970).
description: Published as part of Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2013, A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil, pp. 449-475 in Zootaxa 3666 (4) on pages 458-459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220258
An improved geometric inequality via vanishing moments, with applications to singular Liouville equations
Creators: name: Bartolucci, Daniele
name: Malchiodi, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35B33, 35J35, 53A30, 53C21

description: We consider a class of singular Liouville equations on compact surfaces motivated by the study of Electroweak and Self-Dual Chern-Simons theories, the Gaussian curvature prescription with conical singularities and Onsager's description of turbulence. We analyse the problem of existence variationally, and show how the angular distribution of the conformal volume near the singularities may lead to improvements in the Moser-Trudinger inequality, and in turn to lower bounds on the Euler-Lagrange functional. We then discuss existence and non-existence results.
description: some references added
Nucleon resonances in the fourth resonance region
Creators: name: Anisovich, A. V.
name: Klempt, E.
name: Nikonov, V. A.
name: Sarantsev, A. V.
name: Thoma, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nucleon and $Δ$ resonances in the fourth resonance region are studied in a multichannel partial-wave analysis which includes nearly all available data on pion- and photo-induced reactions off protons. In the high-mass range, above 1850\,MeV, several alternative solutions yield a good description of the data. For these solutions, masses, widths, pole residues and photo-couplings are given. In particular, we find evidence for nucleon resonances with spin-parities $J^P=1/2^+...7/2^+$. For one set of solutions, there are four resonances forming naturally a spin-quartet of resonances with orbital angular momentum L=2 and spin S=3/2 coupling to $J=1/2,...,7/2$. Just below 1.9\,GeV we find a spin doublet of resonances with $J^P=1/2^-$ and $3/2^-$. Since a spin partner with $J^P=5/2^-$ is missing at this mass, the two resonances form a spin doublet which must have a symmetric orbital-angular-momentum wave function with L=1. For another set of solutions, the four positive-parity resonances are accompanied by mass-degenerate negative-parity partners -- as suggested by the conjecture of chiral symmetry restoration. The possibility of a $J^P=1/2^+, 3/2^+$ spin doublet at 1900\,MeV belonging to a 20-plet is discussed.
description: 16 pages
Chaotic exchange of solid material between planetary systems: implications for lithopanspermia
Creators: name: Belbruno, Edward
name: Moro-Martin, Amaya
name: Malhotra, Renu
name: Savransky, Dmitry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine a low energy mechanism for the transfer of meteoroids between two planetary systems embedded in a star cluster using quasi-parabolic orbits of minimal energy. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we find that the exchange of meteoroids could have been significantly more efficient than previously estimated. Our study is relevant to astrobiology as it addresses whether life on Earth could have been transferred to other planetary systems in the solar system's birth cluster and whether life on Earth could have been transferred here from beyond the solar system. In the solar system, the timescale over which solid material was delivered to the region from where it could be transferred via this mechanism likely extended to several hundred million years (as indicated by the 3.8-4.0 Ga epoch of the Late Heavy Bombardment). This timescale could have overlapped with the lifetime of the Solar birth cluster (~100-500 Myr). Therefore, we conclude that lithopanspermia is an open possibility if life had an early start. Adopting parameters from the minimum mass solar nebula, considering a range of planetesimal size distributions derived from observations of asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects and theoretical coagulation models, and taking into account Oort Cloud formation models, the expected number of bodies with mass > 10 kg that could have been transferred between the Sun and its nearest cluster neighbor could be of the order of 1E14-3E16, with transfer timescales of 10s Myr. We estimate that of the order of 3E8 x l(km) could potentially be life-bearing, where l(km) is the depth of the Earth crust in km that was ejected as the result of the early bombardment.
description: Accepted by Astrobiology. Submitted: Sep. 21, 2011. Accepted: May 2, 2012. 39 pages. 21 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:0808.3268
title: Cybermapping Solutions: A Unified Approach in US/NATO Military Applications and Development
Creators: name: Macrino, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: [First paragraph] Cyber threats are evolving in complexity and frequency, posing significant challenges for cybersecurity professionals in identifying, categorizing, and responding to attacks in real time. Unlike traditional warfare, where battlefield awareness is based on fixed geographic warfare, cyber operations involve abstract attack vectors, non-linear threat escalation, and rapidly changing network conditions. Modern cyber threats, such as advanced persistent threats (APTs), polymorphic malware, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, require adaptive visualization techniques that provide real-time awareness and facilitate rapid decision-making. However, existing symbology standards, such as MIL-STD-2525D, were not designed to accommodate the dynamic nature of cyber warfare. The inability of this standard to update dynamically in response to real-time threats creates delays in cyber defense decision-making, increases cognitive load on analysis, and reduces the effectiveness of cybersecurity operations.
Non-commutative tomography: A tool for data analysis and signal processing
Creators: name: Briolle, F.
name: Man'ko, V. I.
name: Ricaud, B.
name: Mendes, R. Vilela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Tomograms, a generalization of the Radon transform to arbitrary pairs of non-commuting operators, are positive bilinear transforms with a rigorous probabilistic interpretation which provide a full characterization of the signal and are robust in the presence of noise. We provide an explicit construction of tomogram transforms for many pairs of noncommuting operators in one and two dimensions and illustrations of their use for denoising, detection of small signals and component separation.
description: 36 pages, 15 figures
Typhlocoelidae Harrah 1922
Creators: name: Pinto, Hudson Alves
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Typhlocoelidae

description: Typhlocoelidae Harrah, 1922   Typhlocoelum cucumerinum (Rudolphi, 1809) Hosts: B. glabrata *, B. tenagophila *. Cercarian group: cercariaeum IM. Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds.
Locality: Jequitibá, MG.
 Reference: Schafranski et al. (1975).
 Zygocotylidae Ward 1917
 Zygocotyle lunata (Diesing, 1836) Host: B. straminea.
Cercarian group: amphistome. Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds and mammals. Locality: Iguatama, MG.
 Reference: Barbosa et al. (2011).
description: Published as part of Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2013, A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil, pp. 449-475 in Zootaxa 3666 (4) on page 459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220258
Mixing at young ages: Beryllium abundances in cool main-sequence stars of the open clusters IC 2391 and IC 2602
Creators: name: Smiljanic, Rodolfo
name: Randich, Sofia
name: Pasquini, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The determination of lithium abundances in stars of young clusters have shown that they deplete Li by different degrees during their pre-main sequence phase. Beryllium abundances are complementary to the lithium ones, and can help tracing the mixing processes in the stellar interiors. Our aim is to derive beryllium abundances in a sample of G- and K-type stars of two young pre-main sequence open clusters, IC 2391 and IC 2602. The Be abundances are used to investigate the mixing of internal material in these stars. The reliability of the Be lines as abundance indicators in low-temperatures is also investigated in detail. We derived Be abundances from high-resolution, high signal-to-noise UVES/VLT spectra using spectrum synthesis and model atmospheres. Atmospheric parameters and other elemental abundances are adopted from a previous work. The sample stars have masses in the range between 0.80 < M/Msun < 1.20. They have been shown to differ in lithium abundance by about 0.60 dex, with lower A(Li) in cooler and lower mass stars. Here, we find that all the stars have the same Be abundance within the uncertainties. These observations show that the Be abundance is not affected by the mixing events in the pre-main sequence, in this mass range, in agreement with the expectation of evolutionary models. A comparison with Be abundances in older clusters shows that, contrary to the models, cool stars deplete Be during their main-sequence lifetime, confirming what has been previously suggested in the literature.
description: To appear in A&A, 12 pages, 12 figures
Spintronic oxides grown by laser-MBE
Creators: name: Opel, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent study of oxides led to the discovery of several new fascinating physical phenomena. High-temperature superconductivity, colossal magnetoresistance, dilute magnetic doping, or multiferroicity were discovered and investigated in transition-metal oxides, representing a prototype class of strongly correlated electronic systems. This development was accompanied by an enormous progress regarding thin film fabrication. Within the past two decades, epitaxial thin films with crystalline quality approaching semiconductor standards became available using laser molecular beam epitaxy. This evolution is reviewed, particularly with emphasis on transition-metal oxide thin films, their versatile physical properties, and their impact on the field of spintronics. First, the physics of ferromagnetic half-metallic oxides, such as the doped manganites, the double perovskites and magnetite is presented together with possible applications based on magnetic tunnel junctions. Second, the wide bandgap semiconductor zinc oxide is discussed particularly with regard to the controversy of dilute magnetic doping with transition-metal ions and the possibility of realizing p-type conductivity. Third, the field of oxide multiferroics is presented with the recent developments in single-phase multiferroic thin film perovskites as well as in composite multiferroic hybrids.
description: 57 pages, 28 figures, 388 references, to appear in J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys
Diplostomidae Poirier 1886
Creators: name: Pinto, Hudson Alves
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Diplostomida
Diplostomidae

description: Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886   Austrodiplostomum compactum (Lutz, 1928) Hosts: Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae); B. glabrata. Cercarian group: strigeid.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds.
Locality: Belo Horizonte, MG.
Reference: Pinto & Melo (2013).
 Hysteromorpha triloba (Rudolphi, 1819) Host: B. peregrina.
Cercarian group: strigeid.
Habitat: freshwater.
Definitive host group: birds.
 Locality: Upper Paraná River Floodplain, PR. Reference: Souza et al. (2008).
description: Published as part of Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2013, A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil, pp. 449-475 in Zootaxa 3666 (4) on page 453, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220258
Many Sparse Cuts via Higher Eigenvalues
Creators: name: Louis, Anand
name: Raghavendra, Prasad
name: Tetali, Prasad
name: Vempala, Santosh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Cheeger's fundamental inequality states that any edge-weighted graph has a vertex subset $S$ such that its expansion (a.k.a. conductance) is bounded as follows: \[ ϕ(S) \defeq \frac{w(S,\bar{S})}{\min \set{w(S), w(\bar{S})}} \leq 2\sqrt{λ_2} \] where $w$ is the total edge weight of a subset or a cut and $λ_2$ is the second smallest eigenvalue of the normalized Laplacian of the graph. Here we prove the following natural generalization: for any integer $k \in [n]$, there exist $ck$ disjoint subsets $S_1, ..., S_{ck}$, such that \[ \max_i ϕ(S_i) \leq C \sqrt{λ_{k} \log k} \] where $λ_i$ is the $i^{th}$ smallest eigenvalue of the normalized Laplacian and $c<1,C>0$ are suitable absolute constants. Our proof is via a polynomial-time algorithm to find such subsets, consisting of a spectral projection and a randomized rounding. As a consequence, we get the same upper bound for the small set expansion problem, namely for any $k$, there is a subset $S$ whose weight is at most a $\bigO(1/k)$ fraction of the total weight and $ϕ(S) \le C \sqrt{λ_k \log k}$. Both results are the best possible up to constant factors. The underlying algorithmic problem, namely finding $k$ subsets such that the maximum expansion is minimized, besides extending sparse cuts to more than one subset, appears to be a natural clustering problem in its own right.
First-Principles Studies of the Atomic, Electronic, and Magnetic Structure of a-MnO2 (Cryptomelane)
Creators: name: Cockayne, Eric
name: Li, Lan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Density functional theory calculations are used to investigate a-MnO2, a structure containing a framework of corner and edge sharing MnO6 octahedra with tunnels in between. Placing K+ ions into the tunnels stabilizes a-MnO2 with respect to the rutile-structure b-MnO2 phase, in agreement with experiment. The computed magnetic structure has antiferromagnetic (ferromagnetic) Mn-Mn interactions between corner-sharing (edge-sharing) octahedra. Pure a-MnO2 is found to be a semiconductor with an indirect band gap of 1.3 eV. Water and related hydrides (OH-; H3O+) can also be accommodated in the tunnels; the equilibrium K-O distance increases with increasing oxygen hydride charge.
Diagonal and Low-Rank Matrix Decompositions, Correlation Matrices, and Ellipsoid Fitting
Creators: name: Saunderson, James
name: Chandrasekaran, Venkat
name: Parrilo, Pablo A.
name: Willsky, Alan S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 90C22, 52A20, 62H25, 93B30

description: In this paper we establish links between, and new results for, three problems that are not usually considered together. The first is a matrix decomposition problem that arises in areas such as statistical modeling and signal processing: given a matrix $X$ formed as the sum of an unknown diagonal matrix and an unknown low rank positive semidefinite matrix, decompose $X$ into these constituents. The second problem we consider is to determine the facial structure of the set of correlation matrices, a convex set also known as the elliptope. This convex body, and particularly its facial structure, plays a role in applications from combinatorial optimization to mathematical finance. The third problem is a basic geometric question: given points $v_1,v_2,...,v_n\in \R^k$ (where $n > k$) determine whether there is a centered ellipsoid passing \emph{exactly} through all of the points. We show that in a precise sense these three problems are equivalent. Furthermore we establish a simple sufficient condition on a subspace $U$ that ensures any positive semidefinite matrix $L$ with column space $U$ can be recovered from $D+L$ for any diagonal matrix $D$ using a convex optimization-based heuristic known as minimum trace factor analysis. This result leads to a new understanding of the structure of rank-deficient correlation matrices and a simple condition on a set of points that ensures there is a centered ellipsoid passing through them.
description: 20 pages
Reconstructing the bulk Fermi surface and the superconducting gap properties from Neutron Scattering experiments
Creators: name: Das, Tanmoy
name: Markiewicz, R. S.
name: Bansil, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop an analytical tool to extract bulk electronic properties of unconventional superconductors through inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra. Since the spin excitation spectrum in the superconducting (SC) state originates from Bogoliubov quasiparticle scattering associated with Fermi surface nesting, its energy-momentum relation--the so called `hour-glass' feature--can be inverted to reveal the Fermi momentum dispersion of the single-particle spectrum as well as the corresponding SC gap function. The inversion procedure is analogous to the quasiparticle interference (QPI) effect in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Whereas angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and STM provide surface sensitive information, our inversion procedure provides bulk electronic properties. The technique is essentially model independent and can be applied to a wide variety of materials.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
The COSMOS Density Field: A Reconstruction Using Both Weak Lensing and Galaxy Distributions
Creators: name: Amara, A.
name: Lilly, S.
name: Kovac, K.
name: Rhodes, J.
name: Massey, R.
name: Zamorani, G.
name: Carollo, C. M.
name: Contini, T.
name: Kneib, J. -P.
name: Fevre, O. Le
name: Mainieri, V.
name: Renzini, A.
name: Scodeggio, M.
name: Bardelli, S.
name: Bolzonella, M.
name: Bongiorno, A.
name: Caputi, K.
name: Cucciati, O.
name: de la Torre, S.
name: de Ravel, L.
name: Franzetti, P.
name: Garilli, B.
name: Iovino, A.
name: Kampczyk, P.
name: Knobel, C.
name: Lamareille, F.
name: Borgne, J. -F. Le
name: Brun, V. Le
name: Maier, C.
name: Mignoli, M.
name: Pello, R.
name: Peng, Y.
name: Montero, E. Perez
name: Presotto, V.
name: Silverman, J.
name: Tanaka, M.
name: Tasca, L.
name: Tresse, L.
name: Vergani, D.
name: Zucca, E.
name: Barnes, L.
name: Bordoloi, R.
name: Cappi, A.
name: Cimatti, A.
name: Coppa, G.
name: Koekoemoer, A.
name: Lopez-Sanjuan, C.
name: McCracken, H. J.
name: Moresco, M.
name: Nair, P.
name: Pozzetti, L.
name: Welikala, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The COSMOS field has been the subject of a wide range of observations, with a number of studies focusing on reconstructing the 3D dark matter density field. Typically, these studies have focused on one given method or tracer. In this paper, we reconstruct the distribution of mass in the COSMOS field out to a redshift z=1 by combining Hubble Space Telescope weak lensing measurements with zCOSMOS spectroscopic measurements of galaxy clustering. The distribution of galaxies traces the distribution of mass with high resolution (particularly in redshift, which is not possible with lensing), and the lensing data empirically calibrates the mass normalisation (bypassing the need for theoretical models). Two steps are needed to convert a galaxy survey into a density field. The first step is to create a smooth field from the galaxy positions, which is a point field. We investigate four possible methods for this: (i) Gaussian smoothing, (ii) convolution with truncated isothermal sphere, (iii) fifth nearest neighbour smoothing and (iv) a muliti-scale entropy method. The second step is to rescale this density field using a bias prescription. We calculate the optimal bias scaling for each method by comparing predictions from the smoothed density field with the measured weak lensing data, on a galaxy-by-galaxy basis. In general, we find scale-independent bias for all the smoothing schemes, to a precision of 10%. For the nearest neighbour smoothing case, we find the bias to be 2.51\pm 0.25. We also find evidence for a strongly evolving bias, increasing by a factor of ~3.5 between redshifts 0
description: Accepted by MNRAS. 12 pages with 6 Figures