cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigating quantum Monte Carlo methods in Slater determinant bases
Creators: name: Vigor, William Andrew
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2015

description: In this thesis we investigate the recently developed Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo (FCIQMC) method. This method, unlike the traditional methods in Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC), doesn’t require the use of the uncontrolled fixed node approximation and so potentially it can yield far more accurate results. This means that it can be thought of as a hybrid between the methods used by quantum chemists and QMC, and thus has spawned a new field of stochastic quantum chemistry. The work described in this thesis can be split into three distinct but interrelated parts. We begin with an investigation of the underlying FCIQMC stochastic process. We show that FCIQMC is an example of Markov Chain Monte Carlo. This means we can compute a stochastic matrix from which all details about the Monte-Carlo simulation can be obtained. Unfortunately the size of the space scales unfavourably as a function of system size meaning that we have only managed to compute the matrix for the smallest interesting two determinant system. We then use these results to quantify population control bias in FCIQMC for a two determinant system supplementing these analytical results with empirical results to investigate more realistic systems. We then attempt to quantify the efficiency of the FCIQMC algorithms, defining a measure of efficiency. After this we investigate the dependence of our measure on the system size. The error bar of the most efficient FCIQMC algorithm will decay fastest as a function of computer time. We then draw conclusions about the applicability of the FCIQMC method. Finally we describe an implementation of FCIQMC on a novel data flow computer architecture. In our implementation we made a modification to the FCIQMC algorithm to fit the data flow paradigm. We investigate the efficiency of the modified FCIQMC algorithm.
Machine Learning-based Modeling of Olfactory Receptors in their Inactive State: Human OR51E2 as a Case Study
Creators: name: Alfonso-Prieto, Mercedes
name: Capelli, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 570

description: bioRxiv beta (2023). doi:10.1101/2023.02.22.529484
description: Atomistic-level investigation of olfactory receptors (ORs) is a challenging task due to the experimental/computational difficulties in the structural determination/prediction for members of this family of G-protein coupled receptors. Here we have developed a protocol that performs a series of molecular dynamics simulations from a set of structures predicted de novo by recent machine learning algorithms and apply it to a well-studied receptor, the human OR51E2. Our study demonstrates the need for simulations to refine and validate such models. Furthermore, we demonstrate the need for the sodium ion at a binding site near D2.50 and E3.39 to stabilize the inactive state of the receptor. Considering the conservation of these two acidic residues across human ORs, we surmise this requirement also applies to the other ∼400 members of this family.
description: Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, Cold Spring Harbor
Additional file 2: of Treating endothelial dysfunction with vitamin D in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Lundwall, Kristina
name: Jacobson, Stefan
name: Jรถrneskog, Gun
name: Spaak, Jonas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: (Search Pubmed): Data search PubMed/Medline; Data search strategy for PubMed/Medline (DOCX 24 kb)
FROMVAR
Creators: name: MARIE Louis
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2007

description: Le projet FROMVAR (collaboration LPO/LEMAR/AD2M) mène des campagnes ciblées d'étude du front de marée d'Ouessant.  Études biologiques (mesures de la structuration en taille de l'écosystème pélagique, prélèvements de sels nutritifs, mesures de la turbulence de micro-échelle responsable du mélange et de l'enrichissement en nutriments des masses d'eau). Études physiques, (hydrologique et courantométrique : réalisation d'un réseau CTD sur la zone , mesures hydrologiques à haute résolution ont été réalisées au moyen d'un poisson remorqué ondulant, etc.).
Evidence for a quantum-spin-Hall phase in graphene decorated with Bi2Te3 nanoparticles
Creators: name: Hatsuda, K.
name: Mine, H.
name: Nakamura, T.
name: Li, J.
name: Wu, R.
name: Katsumoto, S.
name: Haruyama, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Realization of the quantum-spin-Hall effect in graphene devices has remained an outstanding challenge dating back to the inception of the field of topological insulators. Graphene's exceptionally weak spin-orbit coupling -stemming from carbon's low mass- poses the primary obstacle. We experimentally and theoretically study artificially enhanced spin-orbit coupling in graphene via random decoration with dilute Bi2Te3 nanoparticles. Remarkably, multi-terminal resistance measurements suggest the presence of helical edge states characteristic of a quantum-spin-Hall phase; the magnetic-field and temperature dependence of the resistance peaks, X-ray photoelectron spectra, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, and first-principles calculations further support this scenario. These observations highlight a pathway to spintronics and quantum-information applications in graphene-based quantum-spin-Hall platforms.
PIÙ LINGUE DANNO PIÙ IDEE: LA VOCAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE DELLA LINGUISTICA DI BARETTI
Creators: name: Marazzini, Claudio
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2021

description: L’articolo cerca di mettere in chiaro il sistema delle idee linguistiche di Baretti, disperse in più scritti di generi diversi, cercando di individuarne le costanti fondamentali, spesso difficili da definire anche a causa della vis polemica che caratterizza quasi tutti i suoi interventi e ne accentua il carattere spesso contraddittorio. Infine, si individua la chiave di lettura delle intuizioni più interessanti di questo autore in relazione alle idee linguistiche: questa chiave si collega strettamente alla sua professione di insegnante di italiano all’estero. More languages give more ideas: the international vocation of Baretti’s linguistics The article tries to clarify Baretti’s system of linguistic ideas, dispersed in several writings of different genres, trying to identify their fundamental constants, often difficult to define also because of the vis polemica that characterizes almost all of his interventions and accentuates the often contradictory character. Finally, the key to reading the most interesting insights of this author in relation to linguistic ideas is identified: it is primarily linked to his profession as an Italian teacher abroad.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, V. 13 N. 1 (2021): ITALIANO LINGUADUE
Ranunculus asiaticus Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus
Ranunculus asiaticus

description: Ranunculus asiaticus, spec. nov.
18. Ranunculus foliis ternatis biternatisque, foliolis trifidis incisis, caule inferne ramoso.
 Ranunculus foliis tripartitis laciniatis, caule inferne ramoso, radice tuberosa. Hort. cliff. 230. Hort. ups. 156. Roy. lugdb. 490.
 Ranunculus grumosa radice, ramosus. Bauh. pin. 181.
 Ranunculus asiaticus polyclonos s. grumosa radice. 2. Clus. hist. 1. p.241.
 β. Ranunculus grumosa radice, flore flavo vario. Bauh. pin. 181.
 γ. Ranunculus grumosa radice, flore albo. Bauh. pin. 181.
 δ. Ranunculus grumosa radice, flore albo leniter crenato. Bauh. pin. 181.
 ε. Ranunculus grumosa radice, flore niveo. Bauh. pin. 181.
 ζ. Ranunculus grumosa radice, flore phoeniceo minimo simplici. Bauh. pin. 181.
 η. Ranunculus asphodeli radice, flore sangvineo. Bauh. pin. 181.
 θ. Ranunculus asphodeli radice, flore subphoeniceo rubente. Bauh. pin. 181.
 ι. Ranunculus asphodeli radice, prolifer miniatus. Bauh. pin. 181.
 Habitat in Asia vel Mauritania . ♃
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 552, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
The Cosmic Microwave Background and Observational Convergence in the Omega_m - Omega_lambda Plane
Creators: name: Lineweaver, Charles H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I use the most recent cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy measurements to constrain the leading cold dark matter models in the Omega_m - Omega_lambda plane. A narrow triangular region is preferred. This triangle is elongated in such a way that its intersection with even conservative versions of recent supernovae, cluster mass-to-light ratios and double radio source constraints, is small and provides the current best limits in the Omega_m - Omega_lambda plane: Omega_lambda = 0.62 +/- 0.16 and Omega_m = 0.24 +/- 0.10. This complementarity between CMB and other observations rules out Omega_lambda = 0 models at more than the 99% confidence level.
description: This version conforms to the version accepted by the Astrophysical Journal Letters. Minor revisions include references, typos and phrasing. 13 pages including 3 Figures
Additional file 1: of Treating endothelial dysfunction with vitamin D in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Lundwall, Kristina
name: Jacobson, Stefan
name: Jรถrneskog, Gun
name: Spaak, Jonas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: (SearchCochrane): Data search Cochrane; Data search strategy for Cochrane reviews and Cochrane trials. (DOCX 18 kb)
Reminiscences of John W. Reinhardt, 1982
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Public relations consultants
Church polity--Episcopal Church
Clergy--Public relations

description: Director, Department of Promotion, Episcopal Church, 1954- : switch of 1954 General Convention from Texas to Hawaii, trip to Australia, circa 1956; Lambeth Conference, 1958; impressions of Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill: decisiveness, administrative and fundraising abilities, world vision of the church, acquisition of Seabury House, in retirement
Supporting requirement analysis through requirement rationale capture and traceability
Creators: name: Dai, Weili
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2014

description: Manufacturers of complex engineering systems are increasingly recognising the importance of identifying, understanding and satisfying stakeholders’ needs in order to produce high-quality products. The analysis of these needs into a formal requirement specification is a time consuming and complex process for which little support is offered to design engineers. This can result in requirements being poorly documented and with little or no traceability to their origins. This dissertation reports an investigation to understand the process of requirement analysis and develop computational support for this important phase of the engineering design process. The key argument of this research is that the existing practice of requirement analysis can be improved by providing better support for requirement rationale capture and enabling greater requirement traceability. The research consisted of three main phases. In the first phase, literature related to the requirement analysis was reviewed and led to the creation of a requirement analysis model. In the second phase, the practices of a global engineering organisation were investigated using document analysis as well as interviews with and shadowing of company engineers. The research found that requirement analysis lacks support for requirement rationale capture and traceability. On the basis of this result, a workflow for requirement analysis was proposed. The workflow involves the use of the Decision Rationale editor tool to capture requirement rationale and enable requirement traceability. In the third phase, four studies were undertaken to validate the workflow. These studies investigated: 1) application of the workflow to requirements generated through reverse-engineering a low-complexity consumer product; 2) requirements extracted from documents produced by a graduate engineering team during a twelve-week project; 3) the requirement analysis process undertaken by two graduate engineering teams during twelve-week projects; and 4) requirements for a new aircraft engine development programme. The studies showed that the proposed workflow is feasible, practical, and scalable when applied to engineering projects. Requirement rationales were classified into categories, namely product design and use, pre-existing rationale, and project management. In order to fully support requirement traceability, it was found that it is important to make traceable four types of requirement transformations: newly introduced, copied, updated, and deleted requirements. The research demonstrated that the proposed workflow is a successful proof-of-concept and can lead to improved quality of requirement documentation and requirement traceability.
Reminiscences of John W. Edelman, 1957
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Labor unions
Hosiery workers
Textile workers
Labor unions and communism
Labor unions--Officials and employees

description: Education; early experiences on fringes of Socialist movement; condition of hosiery workers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during the late 1920 and the Depression: role of hosiery workers union in the American Federation of Labor; AFL conventions; beginnings of Textile Workers Union of America; its role in the Congress of Industrial Organizations; influence of Communist Party in the CIO; merger of the CIO and the AFL; impressions of men and women prominent in the labor movement
Reminiscences of John W. Leonard, 1972
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Veterans
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns

description: Associations with Dwight D. Eisenhower: West Point classmates and friends, World War I, Fort Leavenworth, Camp Meade 1920-21, Panama; China, 1933; Brest, July, 1944; Battle of the Bulge; Remagen, victory celebrations
Carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites with enhanced ductility
Creators: name: Diao, Hele
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2014

description: Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) have high strength and stiffness, low density, long fatigue life in the fibre direction and good corrosion resistance. Nowadays, CFRPs are been used in aeronautics, wind turbine blades, sports goods and civil industry. However, one fundamental limitation of CFRPs is their brittleness (low ductility): CFRPs fail catastrophically at a relatively low strain (1.5% to 1.8%) under the tension with little warning or residual load-carrying capacity. To overcome this weakness, there is considerable interest to enhance the ductility of CFRPs exhibiting increased failure strains under tension and more progressive, graceful failure modes. In this work, three different methods were developed to improve the ductility of unidirectional (UD) CFRPs. The first method was to introduce fibre waviness into UD composites. The fibre alignment angles of the resulting composites and control composites were assessed and it was found that fibre waviness in UD composite did result in a stepwise tensile failure mode and an enhanced strain to failure. The second method was using an air-assisted fibre tow spreading and commingling technology to manufacture continuous intermingled carbon fibre/glass fibre hybrid tows. After defining and quantifying the degree of hybridisation (at the filament level) of two carbon fibre/glass fibre hybrid tows, the one with the higher degree of hybridisation was selected to manufacture intermingled UD hybrid composites. It was found that hybridising of continuous glass and carbon fibres resulted in the composites with an increased failure strain. Moreover, these hybrid composites failed more gradually. The final method investigated for introducing ductility was the introduction of ply cuts into PEEK interleaved UD carbon fibre/PEEK composites, which were manufactured by compression moulding. The resulting cut-ply interleaved carbon fibre/PEEK composite possessed a non-linear tensile stress-strain curve and ductility strain of 0.4%, which is due to shearing of the PEEK interleaves in the overlap regions between the cut carbon fibre plies.
Reminiscences of John William Davis, 1954
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Ambassadors
Lawyers
Practice of law
Presidents--Election--1924.--United States
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons
Diplomacy--United States

description: Early life and law practice in Clarksburg, West Virginia; Solicitor General of the United States; 1924 campaign for President; comments on the Supreme Court, President, Cabinet and Washington, D.C.; ambassador to Great Britain; exchange and treatment of prisoners in World War I; law practice
Ranunculus asiaticus Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus
Ranunculus asiaticus

description: Ranunculus asiaticus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 552. 1753.
"Habitat in Asia vel Mauritania." RCN: 4079.
Lectotype (Turland in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 54: 470. 2005): Herb. Linn. No. 715.34 (LINN).
Current name: Ranunculus asiaticus L. (Ranunculaceae).
Note: Meikle (in Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 181: 159-162. 1977) discussed the history of this name but did not indicate any type material. However, he (Fl. Cyprus 1: 50. 1977) separately indicated type material at LINN without specifying a sheet number, but adding that it is "a double-flowered garden form, probably with red flowers". As there are two sheets at LINN, a formal choice of lectotype was made by Turland to remove any uncertainty as to the intended type.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), pp. 785-805 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 785, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
title: ADCO, Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Saint-Jean de Losne et Losne (XVIIIe siècle), Cart. 198-01 (11 H 1055), 185 folios, f. 0213
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2019
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Saint-Jean de Losne et Losne (XVIIIe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 198-01 (11 H 1055), 185 folios, f. 0213, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Saint-Jean de Losne et Losne (XVIIIe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 198-01 (11 H 1055), 185 folios, f. 0213, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
Cross section of $^{36}S(n,γ)^{37}S$
Creators: name: Beer, H.
name: Sedyshev, P. V.
name: Popov, Yu. P.
name: Balogh, W.
name: Herndl, H.
name: Oberhummer, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At the Karlsruhe pulsed 3.75 MV Van de Graaff accelerator the $^{36}S(n,γ)^{37}S(5.05 min)$ cross section was measured by the fast cyclic activation technique via the 3.103 MeV $γ$-ray line of the $^{37}$S-decay. Samples of elemental sulfur enriched in $^{36}$S by 5.933 % were irradiated between two gold foils which served as capture standards. The capture cross section was measured at the neutron energies 25, 151, 176, and 218 keV, respectively. The $^{36}S(n,γ)^{37}S$-cross section in the thermonuclear and thermal energy range has been calculated using the direct-capture (DC) model combined with the folding procedure used for the determination of the potentials. The non-resonant experimental data for this reaction can be reproduced excellently using this method. The input parameters of the DC-calculation (masses, Q-values, nuclear density distributions, spectroscopic factors, spin-parity assignments and excitation energies of the low-lying states of the residual nucleus) have been taken from the available experimental data.
description: 8 pages, using revtex.sty plus postscript figures 4 and 5 available as separate files. The uuencoded postscript file with the text and figures 4 and 5 is available at ftp://is1.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/ohu/sulfur.uu, figures 1, 2 and 3 are available upon request
Coherent coupling in light-matter systems
Creators: name: Gubbin, Christopher
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: The strength of interaction between light and matter states is characterised by the Rabi frequency Ω which describes the rate at which they exchange energy. When Ω exceeds the system linewidth then the system is correctly described by dressed eigenstates of the coupled light-matter system. This is the strong coupling regime. Strong coupling has been demonstrated at the surface of polar dielectrics between phonon oscillations of the ionic species and light resulting in evanescent field confinement in modes termed surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs ). Recent fabrication advances allow for creation of user defined SPhP resonators that support sub-diffraction SPhPs confined in three dimensions. We present a numerical study of these localised SPhP resonances in subwavelength cylindrical SiC resonators finding modes with long lifetimes and strong electric field enhancements. Additionally we investigate numerically and experimentally interactions between the localised SPhPs and the delocalised SPhP of a planar SiC interface demonstrating that this can also be coherent. Strong light-matter coupling is also possible when a material with an resonant elec- tronic transition such as an organic semiconductor is sandwiched in a planar optical microcavity. By employing a molecule with a broad electronic transition it is possible to reach the ultrastrong coupling (USC) regime where the coupling frequency becomes an appreciable fraction of the bare frequency and new physics is predicted. We investigate experimentally the electroluminescence properties of an optical microcavity in this regime utilising for the active layer the oligomer TDAF. We demonstrate light-matter couplings exceeding 20% of the bare resonant frequencies. Our bias resolved measure- ments allow for conclusions about the process of polariton formation under electrical pumping to be drawn. Finally we present a method to describe the coupled eigenstates in arbitrary, inhomo- geneous dielectric environments. By following Hopfield procedure we show that it is possible to diagonalise and correctly quantise the modes of the system. We also show how this model can be extended to include losses and illustrate an application to the specific case of the SPhP at a planar interface.
An almanac of predicted microlensing events for the 21st century
Creators: name: Bramich, D. M.
name: Nielsen, M. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using Gaia data release 2 (GDR2), we present an almanac of 2,509 predicted microlensing events, caused by 2,130 unique lens stars, that will peak between 25th July 2026 and the end of the century. This work extends and completes a thorough search for future microlensing events initiated by Bramich (2018) and Nielsen & Bramich (2018) using GDR2. The almanac includes 161 lenses that will cause at least two microlensing events each. A few highlights are presented and discussed, including: (i) an astrometric microlensing event with a peak amplitude of ~9.7 mas, (ii) an event that will probe the planetary system of a lens with three known planets, and (iii) an event (resolvable from space) where the blend of the lens and the minor source image will brighten by a detectable amount (~2 mmag) due to the appearance of the minor source image. All of the predicted microlensing events in the almanac will exhibit astrometric signals that are detectable by observing facilities with an angular resolution and astrometric precision similar to, or better than, that of the Hubble Space Telescope (e.g. NIRCam on the James Webb Space Telescope), although the events with the most extreme source-to-lens contrast ratios may be challenging. Ground-based telescopes of at least 1 m in diameter can be used to observe many of the events that are also expected to exhibit a photometric signal.
description: Accepted AcA. Almanac available on request. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1805.10630
Reciprocal host-microbiota interactions in the malaria vector mmosquito Anopheles coluzzii
Creators: name: Rodgers, Faye Hannah
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: The gut microbiota of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles coluzzii are understood to have wide reaching influence on mosquito physiology and basal immunity. Here, it is shown that the microbiota proliferation that is associated with a mosquito blood meal causes a reduction in mosquito life span and fecundity, both of which translate to reduced mosquito vectorial capacity. A transcriptional analysis is employed to explore the responses of the mosquito midgut to the dynamic changes in microbial load occurring over the blood feeding and egg laying cycle, leading to the identification and characterisation of a key mosquito resistance response that reduces the load of specific bacterial families within the gut, abrogates the stimulation of epithelial immunity and prevents the gut microbiota from seeding a systemic infection. Finally, the role of the variable transmembrane receptor PGRPLC in microbota-dependent immune stimulation is characterised. Altogether, these data contribute to our understanding of mosquito gut homeostasis, supporting the potential of exploiting microbiota-immune interactions for novel transmission blocking applications.
Reminiscences of John Warren Davis, 1976
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: College presidents
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Segregation
African American universities and colleges
African American universities and colleges--Administration
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc
Race discrimination--United States

description: Georgia childhood; University of Chicago; YMCA administrator, 1917-19; history of black colleges in Atlanta; evolution of segregated land-grant colleges in West Virginia; President, West Virginia State College, 1919-50: faculty recruitment, building program, establishment in North Central Association, 1926, Reserve Officers Training Corps for black colleges; black masonic lodges; first black member of National Education Association; American technical assistance to Liberia, role of Firestone in diplomatic relations; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1954- : impressions of Ralph Bunche, Mary McLeod Bethune, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Carter Woodson, Harry S. Truman, Thurgood Marshall
Reminiscences of Jonathan Daniels 1972
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Journalists
Race discrimination--United States
Journalism
World War, 1939-1945

description: Childhood in North Carolina; education, University of North Carolina; writer for FORTUNE; editor, THE NEWS AND OBSERVER; politics and race relations in North Carolina; A SOUTHERNER DISCOVERS THE SOUTH; Assistant Director, United States Office of Civilian Defense; Administrative Assistant, later Press Secretary, to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; racial problems during World War II; senatorial campaign of Frank Porter Graham, 1950; Democratic Party since 1945. Impressions of Josephus Daniels, Henry Luce, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Thomas Wolfe, and leading southern journalists
Supplement 1
Creators: name: Kumar, Aditya
name: Chatterjee, Abhijit
Publisher: name: AIP Publishing
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences

description: Additional examples illustrating the application of p-MKM method
Star Formation Rates in Faint Radio Galaxies
Creators: name: Cram, L.
name: Hopkins, A.
name: Mobasher, B.
name: Rowan-Robinson, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The decimetric radio continuum luminosity of a star-forming galaxy appears to be directly proportional to the rate of formation of supernovae in the galaxy. Since decimetric radiation does not suffer significant extinction and is not directive, radio luminosities may thus provide a particularly straightforward way to determine the current rate of star formation. Using a sample of over 700 local galaxies we confirm the utility of the radio luminosity as a measure of star formation rate by showing concordance with the rates predicted by U-band, H-alpha, and far-infrared luminosites. We also show that there are systematic discrepancies between these various indicators, suggesting that the H-alpha luminosity may underestimate the star formation rate by approximately an order of magnitude when the star formation rate is more than 20 solar mass per year. We use this calibration and the measured radio luminosities of sub-mJy radio sources to infer the star formation rate in approximately 60 star-forming galaxies at moderate (z = 0.1) redshifts, both as the actual rate and as the fraction of the existing mass of stars in the galaxy. For some of these objects the inferred current rate of star formation could increase the stellar mass in the galaxy by approximately 10% over an interval of about 30 Myr.
description: 15 pages, 3 diagrams
Intercultural Competence through a Graphic Novel in Secondary ELT: An interdisciplinary approach with the graphic novel «When Stars Are Scattered»
Creators: name: Sieber, Vivienne
Publisher: name: Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
Year: 2024
Subjects: Intercultural Competence
English Language Teaching (ELT)
teaching about migration
secondary school
graphic memoirs
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL)

description: According to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), 108.4 million people were forcibly displaced in 2022, leading to our communities becoming more multicultural each year. This trend highlights the growing significance of having cognitive, affective, behavioral, and linguistic skills for engaging in effective and respectful conversations with individuals from other cultures. Additionally, today’s world has become highly visual. It is, therefore, necessary to possess the ability to read and interpret graphics, a skill that can be learned at school. Interestingly, there is currently limited research exploring the development of intercultural competence in secondary schools, mainly through literature, graphic novels, or a cross-curricular approach incorporating geographical aspects. This project aims to present a new  perspective, filling a previously neglected research gap concerning the use of authentic graphic memoirs and geographical expertise to develop intercultural competence in the ELT classroom. Data was collected qualitatively and quantitatively in a second-year class in a secondary school in the canton of Zurich. Activity booklets created for a teaching unit using the graphic memoir When Stars Are Scattered (Mohamed and Jamieson 2020) were analyzed. The booklets, designed explicitly for the project, were qualitatively assessed. The students’ self-reflection on their competencies and attitudes before and after reading were quantitatively examined. The qualitative analysis is based on the seven steps of Kuckartz and Rädiker’s (2022) qualitative content analysis. The quantitative analysis, also based on Kuckartz and Rädiker (2022), used the quantitative analysis of qualitative data to compare the student’s pre-reading evaluation to the post-reading evaluation.

The analysis showed that students improved their intercultural competence through working with the graphic memoir. The visual and cultural aspects of the memoir influenced and refined students’ intercultural competence the most. These results argue for using graphic memoirs in ELT-classrooms and encourage a cross-curricular approach to teaching about migration.

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Quantum Chaos in A=46--50 Atomic Nuclei
Creators: name: Caurier, E.
name: Gomez, J. M. G.
name: Manfredi, V. R.
name: Salasnich, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spectral statistics of low--lying states of several $fp$ shell nuclei are studied with realistic shell--model calculations. For Ca isotopes, we find significant deviations from the predictions of the random--matrix theory which suggest that some spherical nuclei are not as chaotic in nature as the conventional view assumes.
description: 12 pages, LaTex, 2 figures available upon request, to be published in Physics Letters B
Additional file 2: of Dose escalation results from a first-in-human, phase 1 study of glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptorâ related protein agonist AMG 228 in patients with advanced solid tumors
Creators: name: Tran, Ben
name: Carvajal, Richard
name: Marabelle, Aurelien
name: Sandip Patel
name: LoRusso, Patricia
name: Rasmussen, Erik
name: Juan, Gloria
name: Upreti, Vijay
name: Beers, Courtney
name: Gataree Ngarmchamnanrith
name: SchĂśffski, Patrick
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: GITR expression by CD4+, CD8+, and FoxP3+ cells. (DOCX 51 kb)
Strong gravity and X-ray spectroscopy
Creators: name: Maciolek-Niedzwiecki, A.
name: Magdziarz, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper reviews the effects of general relativity in an X-ray spectrum reflected from a cold matter accreting onto a black hole. The spectrum consists of the iron K$α$ line and the Compton reflection. We sketch the overall picture of radiative processes in the central parts of the accretion flow with relation to the relativistic effects derived from the discrete features in the X-ray spectrum. We discuss implications for detection of relativistic effects and computational tools of spectral analysis.
description: To appear in Observational Evidence for Black Holes in the Universe, ed. S. K. Chakrabarti (Dordrecht: Kluwer). 10 pages with 4 figures
SMMC method for two-neutrino double beta decay
Creators: name: Radha, P. B.
name: Dean, D. J.
name: Koonin, S. E.
name: Kuo, T. T. S.
name: Langanke, K.
name: Poves, A.
name: Retamosa, J.
name: Vogel, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shell Model Monte Carlo (SMMC) techniques are used to calculate two-neutrino double beta decay matrix elements. We validate the approach against direct diagonalization for $^{48}$Ca in the complete $pf$-shell using the KB3 interaction. The method is then applied to the decay of $^{76}$Ge in the $(0f_{5/2},1p,0g_{9/2})$ model space using a newly calculated realistic interaction. Our result for the matrix element is $0.13\pm0.05$ MeV$^{-1}$, in agreement with the experimental value.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures available at http://www.krl.caltech.edu/preprints/MAP.html
Development and evaluation of a novel microprobe array continuous glucose monitor for type 1 diabetes
Creators: name: El-Laboudi, Ahmed Hussein
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2015

description: Despite the evidence demonstrating benefits of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), the technology has not been widely implemented in routine management of type 1 diabetes due to several challenges. Our group has developed a novel sensor for CGM based on microprobe technology. The sensor consists of an array of solid microprobes, which are functionalised for in situ electrochemical measurement of dermal interstitial fluid glucose. The unique minimally-invasive non-extractive approach provides several avenues to enhance CGM accuracy. In this thesis, I describe the work carried out aiming to transfer this novel technology from bench side to bedside. To evaluate sensor’s ability to penetrate stratum corneum, human skin was utilised ex vivo to assess the force required for microprobes’ insertion compared to that required for their fracture. These studies guided a change in the fabrication technique and a modification in microprobes’ design. In vitro studies showed high sensitivity to glucose, providing the potential to enhance sensor accuracy. Further evaluation showed that neither skin insertion nor gamma ray sterilisation had impacted sensor performance. Clinical evaluation of sensor safety and proof of concept started with phase 1. The six-hour study demonstrated that sensor use was associated with barely noticeable skin reaction and minimal pain. The work also includes a mixed-method study aimed at capturing patients’ views in relation to CGM and describes the role of patient and public involvement in this project. These findings have important implications for the development of an accurate, cost-effective and user-friendly CGM system. This may help in widespread implementation of CGM technology and enhance compliance with CGM use with subsequent improvement in clinical effectiveness. Finally, a re-analysis of 448 glucose profiles from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation CGM study is presented. This describes measures of glycaemic variability in type 1 diabetes and demonstrates the value of CGM in reducing these measures.
HYGAM : HYDRODYNAMIQUE DU GOLFE D'AIGUES-MORTES
Creators: name: LEREDDE Yann
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2005

description: Caractérisation de l'hydrodynamique du golfe d'Aigues-Mortes. Le programme de rattachement est : Modélisation 3D et analyse des effets combinés de la houle et des courants de circulation sur la dynamique sédimentaire de l'échelle côtière à l'échelle littorale (programme PATOM).
Position-dependent mass momentum operator and minimal coupling: point canonical transformation and isospectrality
Creators: name: Mustafa, Omar
name: Algadhi, Zeinab
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The classical and quantum mechanical correspondence for constant mass settings is used, along with some point canonical transformation, to find the position-dependent mass (PDM) classical and quantum Hamiltonians. The comparison between the resulting quantum PDM-Hamiltonian and the von Roos PDM-Hamiltonian implied that the ordering ambiguity parameters of von Roos are strictly determined. Eliminating, in effect, the ordering ambiguity associated with the von Roos PDM-Hamiltonian. This, consequently, played a vital role in the construction and identification of the PDM-momentum operator. The same recipe is followed to identify the form of the minimal coupling of electromagnetic interactions for the classical and quantum PDM-Hamiltonians. It turned out that whilst the minimal coupling may very well inherit the usual form in classical mechanics, it admits a necessarily different and vital form in quantum mechanics. Under our point transformation settings, only one of the two commonly used vector potentialsis found eligible and is considered for our Illustrative examples.
description: 12 pages, minor amendments are done
An evaluation of Colorectal Cancer multidisciplinary team meetings
Creators: name: Shah, Sujay Mansukhlal
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2015

description: The management of Colorectal Cancer has evolved, and in many parts of the world is provided by multidisciplinary teams (MDTs). In the UK all patients with colorectal cancer have their management discussed at MDTs. This thesis presents a series of mixed method studies aimed at developing and utilising methods to evaluate and assess the functioning of Colorectal Cancer MDTs. The introduction presents an overview Colorectal Cancer and the role of MDTs. Chapter 2 presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on Colorectal Cancer MDTs. Chapter 3 explores the views of core members of Colorectal Cancer MDTs on potential assessment tools. Chapter 4 concludes this section with an analysis of the costs involved with these teams. In Chapter 5 I describe the development and validation of an observational tool for evaluation of Colorectal Cancer MDTs, followed by an evaluation of the relationships between decision making within the team and the various aspects of the tool described in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 presents the feasibility of reliably using this tool for video based assessments of Colorectal Cancer MDTs. I conclude this thesis with a general discussion – focussing on relevant findings, clinical implications of my work and directions for future research.
Ranunculus auricomus Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus
Ranunculus auricomus

description: Ranunculus auricomus, spec. nov.
 13. Ranunculus foliis radicalibus reniformibus crenatis incisis; caulinis digitatis linearibus, caule multifloro. Hort. cliff. 229. Fl. suec. 462. Roy. lugdb. 490. Hall. helv. 327. Dalib. paris. 167.
 Ranunculus nemorosus s. sylvaticus, folio subrotundo. Bauh. pin. 178.
 Ranunculus 1. sylvestris. Dalech. hist. 1028.
 Habitat in Europae pascuis humidiusculis. ♃
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 551, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
On the mechanics of oscillating flames
Creators: name: Jurisch, Martin
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2015

description: The major drive to advance the understanding of flames comes from industry as many technical devices propelled by flames are in constant need of design revisions and efficiency improvements. Lean-premixed combustion technology was one of such areas, which saw major advancements. Unfortunately, combustion devices operating in premixed mode often exhibit undesired flame oscillations, which may lead to damage or even failure of the combustor. The present work is dedicated to better understanding and predicting flame oscillation. A modelling framework based on high-order accurate Discontinuous Galerkin methods is presented to investigate the interaction of steadily propagating flames with pressure waves. The analysis of the results show that the time scale associated with the pressure wave incident upon the flame must be of the same order as the time scales in the primary reaction zone to lead to partial wave reflection and wave transmission at the flame. Hence providing a mechanism for initiating flame oscillation. The predictive capabilities of the Large Eddy Simulation technique in conjunction with the Probability Density Function model of the unresolved turbulence-chemistry interaction are demonstrated in the simulation of flame oscillation in industrially relevant combustors. Two test cases with increasing complexity are considered: a forced oscillating flame in a bluff-body stabilised combustor, and a self-excited flame oscillation in a swirl combustor with complex geometry. Good agreement between the measurements and the simulations is obtained. The flame dynamics are well captured by both simulations. The results obtained in the study of the bluff-body flame are used to identify suitable chemical markers which correlate well with the total heat release rate. The product of molecular oxygen and the ketenyl radical is found to correlate better with the total heat release rate than the commonly used formaldehyde-based markers in the investigated premixed fuel-lean ethylene-air flame. In the case of the swirl burner the predictions lead to the suggestion of a self-excited flame oscillation in the lateral direction as the result of an interaction of the flame with a vortex ring. The difference between the predicted and experimentally determined frequency of oscillation is 11 %.
Comptonization of an isotropic distribution in moving media: higher-order effects
Creators: name: Challinor, Anthony
name: Lasenby, Anthony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the Comptonization of an isotropic radiation field by a thermal distribution of electrons with non-vanishing bulk velocity. We include all relativistic effects, including induced scattering and electron recoil, in the derivation of a kinetic equation which is correct to O(theta^2, beta theta^2, beta^2 theta), where beta is the bulk velocity (in units of c) and theta is the ratio of the electron temperature to mass. The result given here manifestly conserves photon number, and easily yields the energy transfer rate between the radiation and electrons. We also confirm recent calculations of the relativistic corrections to the thermal and kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect.
description: Minor revisions. To appear in the Astrophysical Journal