cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Differential calculus on the space of countable labelled graphs
Creators: name: Khare, Apoorva
name: Rajaratnam, Bala
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C63 (primary)

description: The study of very large graphs is a prominent theme in modern-day mathematics. In this paper we develop a rigorous foundation for studying the space of finite labelled graphs and their limits. These limiting objects are naturally countable graphs, and the completed graph space $\mathscr{G}(V)$ is identified with the 2-adic integers as well as the Cantor set. The goal of this paper is to develop a model for differentiation on graph space in the spirit of the Newton-Leibnitz calculus. To this end, we first study the space of all finite labelled graphs and their limiting objects, and establish analogues of left-convergence, homomorphism densities, a Counting Lemma, and a large family of topologically equivalent metrics on labelled graph space. We then establish results akin to the First and Second Derivative Tests for real-valued functions on countable graphs, and completely classify the permutation automorphisms of graph space that preserve its topological and differential structures.
description: 21 pages. Final version, to appear in Advances in Operator Theory (the journal version is longer)
Κάδμιο: τοξικοκινητική, οξεία και χρόνια τοξικότητα, αντιμετώπιση, μεταθανάτια τοξικολογία και μέθοδοι προσδιορισμού σε βιολογικά υλικά.
Creators: name: Τερεζάκη, Γεθσημανή Παντελεήμονος
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Κάδμιο
Ανθρώπινη Βιοπαρακολούθηση
Τοξικότητα
Cadmium
Human biomonitoring
Τoxicity

description: Η ακόλουθη διπλωματική εργασία αποτελεί μια ανασκόπηση της υπάρχουσας βιβλιογραφίας όσον αφορά στη δηλητηρίαση από Κάδμιο (Cd). Συγκεκριμένα, περιγράφονται αναλυτικά οι επιδράσεις στον ανθρώπινο οργανισμό με βάση τις οδούς (εισπνοή, στοματική, δερματική) και τις περιόδους (οξεία, ενδιάμεση, χρόνια) έκθεσης στο Κάδμιο. Επίσης, αναφέρονται οι χημικές μέθοδοι ανάλυσης για τον προσδιορισμό του Καδμίου στα διάφορα βιολογικά υλικά καθώς και οι τρόποι αντιμετώπισης των τοξικών του επιδράσεων στον άνθρωπο. Ακόμη, γίνεται αναφορά στην τοξικοκινητική του μετάλλου (απορρόφηση, κατανομή, μεταβολισμός, απέκκριση). Επιπλέον, περιλαμβάνονται πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις τιμές του Human Biomonitoring, που αντιπροσωπεύουν τα όρια της βιολογικής έκθεσης. Τέλος, εξετάζεται η μεταθανάτια τοξικολογία του καδμίου
description: The following thesis is a review of the existing literature regarding Cadmium (Cd) poisoning. Specifically, the effects on the human body are described in detail based on the routes (inhalation, oral, dermal) and periods (acute, intermediate, chronic) of exposure to Cadmium. The chemical methods of analysis for the determination of Cadmium in the various biological materials are, also, mentioned as well as, the methods for reducing its toxic effects. Moreover, reference is made to the toxicokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) of the metal. In addition, information on Human Biomonitoring values, which represent biological exposure limits, is included. Finally, postmortem Cadmium Toxicology and the analytical procedure of postmortem samples are discussed
Ogden Valley Development Analysis and Plan
Creators: name: Daines, Alex
name: Larsen, Cooper
name: Naegle, Nate
name: Ransom, Chris
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: A team of four Huntsman Scholars undertook an intensive, semester-long project, analyzing how the Ogden Valley Planning Commission could best ensure sustainable, wise development in its pristine Valley, preventing unwise overdevelopment down the road. The final presentation, with analysis and recommendations, was made on May 6, 2014, in Ogden before the Ogden Valley Planning Commission and members of the public. The results were praised highly by Planning Commissioner Pen Hollist.
Quantum randomness protected against detection loophole attacks
Creators: name: Mironowicz, Piotr
name: Cañas, Gustavo
name: Cariñe, Jaime
name: Gómez, Esteban S.
name: Barra, Johanna F.
name: Cabello, Adán
name: Xavier, Guilherme B.
name: Lima, Gustavo
name: Pawłowski, Marcin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Device and semi-device independent quantum randomness generators (DI- and SDI-QRNGs) are crucial for applications requiring private randomness. However, they are vulnerable to detection inefficiency attacks and this limits severely their usage for practical purposes. Here, we present a method for protecting SDI-QRNGs in prepare-and-measure scenarios against detection inefficiency attacks. The key idea is the introduction of a blocking device that adds failures in the communication between the preparation and measurement devices. We prove that, for any detection efficiency, there is a blocking rate that provides protection against these attacks. We experimentally demonstrate the generation of private randomness using weak coherent states and standard avalanche photo-detectors.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures
SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HASTHALAKU TEACHINGS IN THE ADIPANGASTUTI MOVEMENT AT STATE HIGH SCHOOL 1 SURAKARTA
Creators: name: Fikriyatul Hasanah
name: Ravik Karsidi
name: Ahmad Zuber
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Hasthalaku, Social Capital, Sekolah Adipangastuti, State High School 1 Surakarta.

description: Abstract

The Adipangastuti School program aims to instill the noble values of ancestors to the younger generation who are starting to abandon these values as well as to prevent radicalism and intolerance since school by applying Hasthalaku values. The value of Hasthalaku is social capital in the implementation of the Adipangastuti School. State High School 1 Surakarta is the first school appointed by the Surakarta City Education Office to implement the Adipangastuti School program in 2019. This study aims to analyze social capital in the teachings of Hasthalaku in the implementation of the Adipangastuti School in the State Senior High School 1 Surakarta. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study at State High School 1 Surakarta. Data were collected through participatory observation, in-depth interviews. Data analysis was carried out using thematic analysis techniques. The results of the study show that the Hasthalaku Teachings, which integrate Javanese cultural values, play a role in the formation of students' character at State High School 1 Surakarta through the strengthening of social capital, trust, norms, and social networks, with the implementation of the Adipangastuti School program which involves the important role of internal and external stakeholders to support the achievement of character goals and the integration of cultural values in students' daily lives.
A Pilot Trial of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Self-Help for Problematic Pornography Viewing
Creators: name: Heninger, Scott Thane
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Although problematic pornography viewing (PV) is quite prevalent (Carroll et al., 2008), very few studies have been done to test treatments addressing this issue. Preliminary research indicates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a promising potential treatment for problematic pornography viewing, but this has only been evaluated in face-to-face therapy trials to-date. This study sought to determine the effectiveness of a general ACT self-help book on PV. A sample of 19 participants were recruited and given a copy of the book with directions to read and apply its principles over the course of 8 weeks. Assessments were completed at baseline, post, and 8--week follow up. Results indicate that participants made significant improvements in PV, scrupulosity, and cognitive fusion at post and follow up, but not in overall psychological flexibility and quality of life. Furthermore, those who were highly engaged in the intervention or not in a relationship showed stronger improvements in psychological flexibility and psychosocial functioning than those who were less engaged or in a relationship. Overall results indicate that a general ACT self-help approach is both feasible and reasonably effective in addressing PV and related outcomes. Findings also suggest that a more tailored and engaging intervention may increase retention and be even more effective in reducing PV. Feedback given by participants also served to provide recommendations for improving self-help interventions for PV.
Medicaid Expansion and Diagnosis-Targeted Cost Shifting Behavior: The Case of Diabetic Treatment and Insulin Pricing
Creators: name: Hubbard, Hayden Garff
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Nine years after passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and five years after the Medicaid expansion roll-out, the debate and cost-benefit analysis on U.S. health reform rages on. While many impacts of the ACA remain unmeasured or inconclusive due to mixed research claims and the complexities inherent to healthcare, widespread research interest on the effects of Medicaid expansion have led to some early findings regarding cost, access and quality.
Hunting composite vector resonances at the LHC: naturalness facing data
Creators: name: Greco, Davide
name: Liu, Da
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a simplified low-energy effective Lagrangian description of the phenomenology of heavy vector resonances in the minimal composite Higgs model, based on the coset SO(5)/SO(4), analysing in detail their interaction with lighter top partners. Our construction is based on robust assumptions on the symmetry structure of the theory and on plausible natural assumptions on its dynamics. We apply our simplified approach to triplets in the representations (3, 1) and (1, 3) and to singlets in the representation (1, 1) of SO(4). Our model captures the basic features of their phenomenology in terms of a minimal set of free parameters and can be efficiently used as a benchmark in the search for heavy spin-1 states at the LHC and at future colliders. We devise an efficient semi-analytic method to convert experimental limits on σ {\times} BR into bounds on the free parameters of the theory and we recast the presently available 8 TeV LHC data on experimental searches of spin-1 resonances as exclusion regions in the parameter space of the models. These latter are conveniently interpreted as a test of the notion of naturalness.
description: 52 pages
Additional file 3 of Comparing the effectiveness of Family Support for Health Action (FAM-ACT) with traditional community health worker-led interventions to improve adult diabetes management and outcomes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Deverts, Denise J.
name: Heisler, Michele
name: Kieffer, Edith C.
name: Piatt, Gretchen A.
name: Valbuena, Felix
name: Yabes, Jonathan G.
name: Guajardo, Claudia
name: Ilarraza-Montalvo, Deliana
name: Palmisano, Gloria
name: Koerbel, Glory
name: Rosland, Ann-Marie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3. Additional-Patient-&-SP-Measures. Table 1, Select patient survey measures; Table 2, Select support person survey measures. Tables 1 and 2 list selected survey measures that were completed by patients and support persons during baseline and/or follow-up assessments. Included in each table is the measure, concept category, survey instrument and when the measure was assessed.
A Machine Learning Approach for Dynamical Mass Measurements of Galaxy Clusters
Creators: name: Ntampaka, Michelle
name: Trac, Hy
name: Sutherland, Danica J.
name: Battaglia, Nicholas
name: Poczos, Barnabas
name: Schneider, Jeff
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a modern machine learning approach for cluster dynamical mass measurements that is a factor of two improvement over using a conventional scaling relation. Different methods are tested against a mock cluster catalog constructed using halos with mass >= 10^14 Msolar/h from Multidark's publicly-available N-body MDPL halo catalog. In the conventional method, we use a standard M(sigma_v) power law scaling relation to infer cluster mass, M, from line-of-sight (LOS) galaxy velocity dispersion, sigma_v. The resulting fractional mass error distribution is broad, with width=0.87 (68% scatter), and has extended high-error tails. The standard scaling relation can be simply enhanced by including higher-order moments of the LOS velocity distribution. Applying the kurtosis as a correction term to log(sigma_v) reduces the width of the error distribution to 0.74 (16% improvement). Machine learning can be used to take full advantage of all the information in the velocity distribution. We employ the Support Distribution Machines (SDMs) algorithm that learns from distributions of data to predict single values. SDMs trained and tested on the distribution of LOS velocities yield width=0.46 (47% improvement). Furthermore, the problematic tails of the mass error distribution are effectively eliminated. Decreasing cluster mass errors will improve measurements of the growth of structure and lead to tighter constraints on cosmological parameters.
description: Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 13 pages, 8 figures. Support Distribution Machines is publicly available at https://github.com/djsutherland/py-sdm
Τα εγκλήματα των μεταφορέων, του άρθρου 30 Ν. 4251/2014 (Κώδικας Μετανάστευσης και Κοινωνικής Ένταξης)
Creators: name: Μπαρλάκας, Παναγιώτης Μιλτιάδης
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ποινικό δίκαιο
Ειδικοί ποινικοί νόμοι
Μεταφορά λαθρομεταναστών
Criminal law
Criminal liability of carriers
Illegal immigration

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής εργασίας ήταν η μελέτη των ποινικών αδικημάτων τα οποία τελούνται από πρόσωπα που -με τη χρήση οχημάτων- μεταφέρουν στο εσωτερικό της χώρας λαθρομετανάστες. Αρχικά εντοπίσθηκε το προστατευόμενο από τις οικείες διατάξεις έννομο αγαθό. Στη συνέχεια προσδιορίσθηκαν ειδικότερα τα επιμέρους στοιχεία που συνθέτουν την αξιόποινη συμπεριφορά (υποκείμενο τέλεσης, διαφορετικοί τρόποι τέλεσης του εγκλήματος, υποκειμενική υπόσταση). Επιπλέον, έγινε αναφορά στις περιστάσεις που επαυξάνουν κατά το νόμο την ποινή συγκροτώντας διακεκριμένες παραλλαγές του εγκλήματος. Εξετάσθηκαν επίσης οι κυριότερες περιπτώσεις εμφάνισης του εγκλήματος στο στάδιο της απόπειρας, καθώς και οι μορφές συμμετοχής σε αυτό. Σε όλη την έκταση της διπλωματικής γίνεται προσπάθεια για σαφή έκθεση των απόψεων που έχουν εκφρασθεί στην επιστήμη, σε συνδυασμό και με τις αντίστοιχες παραδοχές της νομολογίας, οι οποίες αντιμετωπίζονται κριτικά
description: The aim of the present thesis was the study of the crimes committed by people who -with the use of vehicles- transfer illegal immigrants inside the country. At first, the legally protected right was detected. Then, the distinct elements that compose the criminal behavior were specified (actus rea, mens rea). Furthermore, we examined the circumstances that increase the penalty by constituting distinct variants of the crime. The main cases of the occurrence of the crime at the attempted stage and forms of participation in it were also examined. Throughout the thesis, an effort is made to clearly expose the views expressed in science, in combination with the corresponding assumptions of jurisprudence, which are critically treated
Sexual Assault and the Doctrine of Chances
Creators: name: Wallentine, Ryan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Sexual assault is a crime whose offenders often commit multiple acts and its victims experience devastating effects. The doctrine of chances is a rule of evidence that may allow evidences of these past events or circumstances to be presented in a court case given they meet certain criteria. This research argues the probability of being innocently prosecuted for rape multiple times is sufficiently low to meet at least one of the criteria for the doctrine of chances to be used in a sexual assault case. Additional implications and related areas of research are included as well.
A Step in the Right Direction
Creators: name: Draper, Kyle
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: The Small Enterprise Education and Development (SEED) Program is a semester long internship through the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. Through the program, students are able to travel abroad and "teach basic business and financial principles to local entrepreneurs ... to break the poverty cycle by teaching others to become self-reliant and improve their standard of living in a sustainable way"
Analytical and numerical investigation of traveling waves for the Allen-Cahn model with relaxation
Creators: name: Lattanzio, Corrado
name: Mascia, Corrado
name: Plaza, Ramon G.
name: Simeoni, Chiara
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A modification of the parabolic Allen-Cahn equation, determined by the substitution of Fick's diffusion law with a relaxation relation of Cattaneo-Maxwell type, is considered. The analysis concentrates on traveling fronts connecting the two stable states of the model, investigating both the aspects of existence and stability. The main contribution is the proof of the nonlinear stability of the wave, as a consequence of detailed spectral and linearized analyses. In addition, numerical studies are performed in order to determine the propagation speed, to compare it to the speed for the parabolic case, and to explore the dynamics of large perturbations of the front.
description: Updated to Authors' Accepted Manuscript version
Additional file 1 of Long-term antibody production and viremia in American mink (Neovison vison) challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus
Creators: name: Farid, A. Hossain
name: Hussain, Irshad
name: Rupasinghe, Priyanka P.
name: Stephen, Jancy
name: Arju, Irin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Percentage of viremic mink at each sampling occasion by inoculation date.
Common Threads: An Examination of Common Threads of Design Value, Woven Together by Designers to Achieve Elevated Products Across Disciplines
Creators: name: Taylor, Laura
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Though what defines good design is subject to personal opinion, some objectivity of good design in existing products is mutually and consistently recognized by design professionals, the business sector, and the consumer public. Despite the complexity of defining good design, there clearly exist measurable, objective, common threads of design value which create elevated designs, across disciplines, which are identifiable and accepted by those within and beyond design professions.
By first examining over 100 contemporary product designs and identifying measurable, objective commonalities which elevate them, this thesis then individually examines and outlines ten categories of common design values. Once these design values are clearly understood, they are used as an objective tool to breakdown fifteen products and identify in what ways the designs are elevated.
The multidisciplinary range of these fifteen products emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of this method of objective examination as "there is a fluid and pervasive overlap between architecture, identity, fashion, products, packaging, interiors, automobiles, computer interfaces, and so on," (Dent & Sherr, 2014).
This thesis concludes that these ten categories of design values are common threads of good design, then emphasizes the value in studying holistic and interdisciplinary design, provides a framework for design students and educators to discuss design value and evaluate the design value of student projects, and illustrates the commonalities brought about by designers across design fields.
Additional file 3 of Long-term antibody production and viremia in American mink (Neovison vison) challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus
Creators: name: Farid, A. Hossain
name: Hussain, Irshad
name: Rupasinghe, Priyanka P.
name: Stephen, Jancy
name: Arju, Irin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 3: Supplementary Table 3. Percentage of seropositive mink at different sampling occasions by inoculation date§.
Late cosmology in massive conformal gravity
Creators: name: Faria, F. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we find the cosmological solutions of the massive conformal gravity field equations in the presence of matter fields. In particular, we show that the solution of negative curvature is in good agreement with the late universe.
description: v2: 11 pages, 1 figure, title changed, cosmological solutions added; v3: 8 pages, major changes; v4: 11 pages, updated version; v5: title changed, stability analysis included, matches the published version
Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of BlueM active oxygen gel and Coe-pak dressing on post-operative healing of gingival depigmentation: A study protocol
Creators: name: Bhagat, Shweta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Spirit checklist for protocol titled Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of BlueM active oxygen gel and Coe-pak dressing on post-operative healing of gingival depigmentation: A study protocol
Additional file 4 of Long-term antibody production and viremia in American mink (Neovison vison) challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus
Creators: name: Farid, A. Hossain
name: Hussain, Irshad
name: Rupasinghe, Priyanka P.
name: Stephen, Jancy
name: Arju, Irin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 4: Supplementary Table 4. The distribution of mink which survived for at least 350 days and were persistently seropositive or persistently seronegative for at least 150 days until pelting.
Action Plan for Diamond Open Access (Korean)
Creators: name: Ancion, Zoe
name: Borrell-Damián, Lidia
name: Mounier, Pierre
name: Rooryck, Johan
name: Saenen, Bregt
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Open Access
Diamond Open Access

description: Science Europe, cOAlition S, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR) present an Action Plan for Diamond Open Access to further develop and expand a sustainable, community-driven Diamond OA scholarly communication ecosystem. It focuses on efficiency, quality standards, capacity building, and sustainability, and it addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem, including journals and platforms, while respecting the cultural, multilingual, and disciplinary diversity that constitutes the strength of the sector. The Action Plan intends to create an inclusive worldwide community that has the tools to strengthen existing Diamond OA journals and platforms and increase their visibility.
Additional file 2 of Long-term antibody production and viremia in American mink (Neovison vison) challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus
Creators: name: Farid, A. Hossain
name: Hussain, Irshad
name: Rupasinghe, Priyanka P.
name: Stephen, Jancy
name: Arju, Irin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 2. The distribution of mink which survived for at least 350 days post-inoculation and were persistently nonviremic or persistently viremic for at least 150 days by the start and termination dates.
Hyperbolicity for log canonical pairs and the cone theorem
Creators: name: Svaldi, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14E30, 32Q45, 14E99

description: Given a log canonical pair $(X, Δ)$, we show that $K_X+Δ$ is nef assuming there is no non-constant map from the affine line with values in the open strata of the stratification induced by the non-klt locus of $(X, Δ)$. This implies a generalization of the Cone Theorem where each $K_X+Δ$-negative extremal ray is spanned by a rational curve that is the closure of a copy of the affine line contained in one of the open strata of $\mathrm{Nklt}(X, Δ)$. Moreover, we give a criterion of Nakai type to determine when under the above condition $K_X+Δ$ is ample and we prove some partial results in the case of arbitrary singularities.
description: v3: final accepted version. v2: title was changed; typos fixed; improved presentation. 21 pages. comments are welcome!
title: Effectiveness of Evaporation from Ground and Foliage in Reducing Soil Moisture Depletion
Creators: name: Wynn, Val D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1954

description: Field irrigation efficiency is the percentage of the water delivered to the field that becomes available to the crop as soil moisture. The so-called "evaporation losses" from wetted ground and foliage are rather difficult to measure, but are estimated by Christiansen (3) to be between 15 and 30 percent. No doubt part of this may be termed as a "loss," but the other part may be incorrectly termed as such. Many authorities claim that water must pass through the plant before being transpired into the atmosphere to be effectively used.
2D Arabidopsis Apical Stem Cells
Creators: name: Cerrone, Lorenzo
name: Wolny, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: bioimage.io
bioimage.io:model
plantseg
unet
2d
semantic-segmentation
arabidopsis
stem-cells
cell-membrane
plant
tissue
fluorescence-light-microscopy
pytorch

description: Download RDF Package

description: 2D Unet trained on z-slices of confocal images of Arabidopsis thaliana apical stem cells. Trained on z-slices of 3D confocal images. Voxel size: [0.25, 0.25, 0.25] (Uploaded via https://bioimage.io)
Universal Single-Server Blind Quantum Computation for Classical Clients
Creators: name: Xu, Hai-Ru
name: Wang, Bang-Hai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Blind quantum computation allows a client without enough quantum technologies to delegate her quantum computation to a remote quantum server, while keeping her input, output and algorithm secure. In this paper, we propose a universal single-server and almost-classical-client blind quantum computation protocol. In this protocol, the client interfaces with only one server and the only ability of the client required is to get particles from the trusted center and forward them to the server. We present an analysis of this protocol and modify it to a universal single-server and fully-classical-client blind quantum computation protocol by improving the ability of the trusted center. Based on our protocols and recent works, a new "Cloud + Certificate Authority (CA)" style is proposed for the blind quantum computation.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, Close to the published version
title: A Cytological Study of the Induced Octoploid of an Agropyron-Hordeum Hybrid
Creators: name: Ashman, R. Bruce
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1955

description: The occurrence of hybrids, both interspecific and intergeneric, is frequent in the Gramineae generally (Stebbins, 1949), and is especially common in the tribe Hordeae of which both A. trachycaulum and H. jubatum are members. Intergeneric hybrids in this tribe have been studied by Stebbins et al. (1946a, and 1946b), Stebbins and Walters (1949), and Stebbins and Singh (1950) in an effort to determine true phylogenetic relationships on which to base a taxonomic classification, and results of these studies have indicated that the current taxonomic treatment of this tribe is highly artificial. Attempts to produce a perennial wheat and improve forage grasses has lent additional stimulus to the study of crosses in the Hordeae. An excellent discussion and literature review on these studies is given by Myers (1947).
(1947).
Social factors associated with the intention and use of e-cigarettes in Australia
Creators: name: Amin, Samia
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has grown quickly across many countries since their introduction, though growth in Australia has been slow relative to other high-income countries. There is limited evidence about why people start using e-cigarettes in Australia, and the social factors that may contribute to e-cigarette uptake. The aim of this thesis research was to explore the reasons why people start and stop using e-cigarettes in Australia, with a specific focus on social factors and social media influence. To address this aim I undertook (1) a systematic review examining the influence of social factors on e-cigarette intention and use; (2) an interview-based study exploring the motivations of Australian e-cigarette users; (3) a survey measuring social acceptability factors and associations with e-cigarette intention and use relative to smoking status; and (4) a mixed-method study to understand how and where Australians access e-cigarette information relative to their e-cigarette use and smoking status, with a specific focus on social media. The main findings from the systematic review were that few studies included Australian populations or focused on information on social media; most participants in the included studies were young and non-smokers; and studies that included smokers and non-smokers were typically not designed to examine differences in social factors between the two groups. Intervention studies only tested advertising, and results from these studies were generally consistent, showing that e-cigarette advertising increased e-cigarette intentions compared to a control. The results of the systematic review were then used to inform the design of the survey and interview studies, where differences between smokers and non-smokers were explored in more detail. The interview-based study included 14 e-cigarette users and revealed a range of social, health, and personal and access issues that participants mentioned as important to starting or stopping e-cigarettes. The survey-based study involved 185 participants and showed that current and past smokers were more likely to use e-cigarettes, and e-cigarette users were more likely to report social acceptability of e-cigarettes among colleagues in places of work and study. The results of the mixed methods study showed that more than half of the participants had seen e-cigarette information on social media, though e-cigarette information seeking on social media was more common among past and current e-cigarette users. In Australia, where smoking rates are low, the findings from these studies suggest a need to understand the balance between the risks and benefits of using e-cigarettes as an intervention for smokers and the potential risks associated with socially-mediated uptake of e-cigarettes among non-smokers in an environment where vaping is more acceptable and common.
title: Математическое моделирование мехатронных систем. В 3 частях. Ч.1. Гироскопические измерители угловой скорости и акселерометры
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А. Гагарина, ЭБС АСВ
Year: 2020

description: Учебно-методическое пособие посвящено математическому моделированию сложных мехатронных систем на основе современных гироскопических приборов как элементов механики, современной элементной базы как элементов электроники и процессоров в обратной связи приборов с цифровыми регуляторами, алгоритмически реализованными в процессорах, как элементов кибернетики. Пособие предназначено для студентов направлений подготовки 15.03.06 «Мехатроника и робототехника», 12.03.01 «Приборостроение», 27.04.04 «Управление в технических системах», 27.04.03 «Системный анализ и управление», а также аспирантов по соответствующим направлениям.
"Si esto es la vida, yo soy Caperucita Roja", de Luisa Valenzuela. Píldora audiovisual
Creators: name: Jiménez, Francisca Noguerol
name: Sánchez-Aparicio, Vega
name: Elvira-Navarro, Andrea
name: Vidal, Borja Cano
name: García, José Antonio Paniagua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Material docente elaborado en el seno del Proyecto de Innovación Docente «Elaboración de píldoras audiovisuales para la enseñanza de la literatura hispanoamericana» (ID2021/076) concedido por la Universidad de Salamanca durante el curso académico 2021/2022.
title: Negotiating Identities in Middle School Science: Impacts on Students’ Perceived Expertise and Small Group Participation
Creators: name: Dexter, Taylor
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: This thesis investigates how students in a linguistically diverse 7th grade science lab group interact and position each other’s capabilities within a STEM context. These capabilities are discussed in terms of how the identities local to a particular 7th grade science lab group of “good student” and “scientist” are assigned, challenged, and strengthened. These interactions are instances of identities and patterns (pathways) of identities being negotiated. This thesis’ analysis focuses particularly on how the identities of being Latinx and multilingual affect these negotiations in the terms of the local identities (“good student” and “scientist”). This analysis sheds light on how Latinx students come to be underrepresented in STEM fields and how the K-12 science classroom context contributes to this marginalization. Further, this thesis offers suggestions for instructional interventions that may better support the linguistic and identity-based needs of multilingual students in English-only classrooms by shifting students’ and teachers’ perceptions towards an asset-oriented view of multilingualism.
title: Edna Hunt fonds: 1928-1978
Creators: name: National Research Council Of Canada. Canada Institute For Scientific And Technical Information
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Canada. Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
Year: 1996

description: The "Edna Hunt fonds: 1928-1978" collection is stored in the NRC Archives.
description: La collection "Edna Hunt fonds: 1928-1978" est conservée dans les Archives du CNRC.
title: The Labour of Her Own Hands: Nineteenth Century Gardening Discourses and the Work of Jane Webb Loudon
Creators: name: Towers, Kelli Lee
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2006

description: Jane Webb Loudon, wife of eminent horticulturist and landscape architect John Claudius Loudon, has been largely ignored by historians and literary critics. Yet in her brief career she produced some of the most practical and influential gardening works of the early nineteenth-century. Beginning with Gardening for Ladies in 1840, Loudon published seventeen books and edited two magazines on gardening, botany, and natural history, most of them specifically directed to a female audience. These books would educate an entirely new class of gardeners, and allow women in particular to engage not only with gardening, but also with aesthetics, social reform, morality, empire, and ecology. To accomplish this task, Loudon adopts a masculine scientific discourse and demonstrates a conspicuous lack of sentimental language. She grafts gardening onto a range of activities considered acceptable for females, showing how it would actually help females care for their homes and families, honor the country and empire, and better care for the poor.
title: Applied Species Delimitation in Microbial Taxa and Plants
Creators: name: Koontz, Austin C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Species are a fundamental concept in biology, and many subdisciplines in biology utilize species in aspects of theory and in the communication of results. Given the centrality of species in biological science, it can seem surprising that there is no universal definition amongst biologists of what, strictly speaking, a species is. In fact, there are, by some estimates, over 20 different "species concepts", and this lack of a consensus is termed "the species problem". This problem has theoretical underpinnings, but has become more relevant as advances in sequencing technologies over the past two decades have allowed researchers to probe the genetics of populations, and in doing so, uncover instances of genetically distinct populations within a species. This thesis explores issues in species delimitation in two broadly different scenarios. The first, in Chapter 2, involves grouping individuals in microbial communities, and using phylogenetics to inform the effects of different species boundary thresholds. The second, in Chapter 3, explores the genetic differences between varieties of a species complex of plant endemic to the Great Basin region of the western United States, including a variety endemic to Logan Canyon (Primula cusickiana variety maguirei, or Maguire's primrose). While the contexts of these chapters are largely different, they nevertheless share a distinguishing trait, common throughout much of biology: ambiguous species boundaries.
Numerical simulations of a minimal model for the fluid dynamics of dense bacterial suspensions
Creators: name: Heidenreich, Sebastian
name: Klapp, Sabine H. L.
name: Bär, Markus
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik
subject: fluid dynamics
subject: bacterial suspensions
subject: numerical simulations
subject: collective behavior
subject: active particle systems

description: Collective behavior is a fascinating phenomenon and ubiquitous in nature. A large variety of complex dynamic structures from swarming to turbulence arise in active particle systems. In recent investigations a set of minimal continuum equations was proposed to model mesoscale bacterial turbulence. Numerical solutions are validated with experimental data of Bacillus subtilis bacteria. In this short paper we present a recently used pseudo-spectral operator splitting method that directly solves the nonlinear equations in the turbulent regime. In two and three spatial dimensions we show the resulting typical velocity and vorticity fields as well as energy spectra to highlight the strong difference between turbulence in ordinary fluids and in bacterial suspensions.
title: Assessing the Effects of Cold Storage Regimes of North American Bombus Queens: Long Live the Humble Queen
Creators: name: Lindsay, Thuy - Tien Thai
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Bumble bees (Bombus) provide critical pollination services for wild plants and crops. They are generalist pollinators, and do not depend on one singular floral type. Native bumble bees are adapted to pollinating many native plants, such as blueberries, squash, and tomatoes. A critical component of bumble bee pollination in the greenhouse tomato industry is the domestication of commercially bred colonies. However, the domestication of Bombus is pretty early in its development, and not all aspects of the bumble bee life cycle is fully understood. This thesis addresses one of the major obstacles in domestication, which is successful mimicking of the overwintering phase of the lifecycle in captivity. Traditionally, captive Bombus queens are stored in constant low temperatures for a period of twelve weeks to mimic hibernation. However, there is a high mortality associated with this cold storage period, and we are unable to replicate wild overwintering durations in captive settings. To address the high mortality, we used three North American bumble bee species, stored queens in different cold storage regimes and assessed survivability. Here, we present results that there were other components to consider outside of thermal regimes such as initial weight, bumble bee colony age, and queen’s geographic origins. We found survivorship varied between wild queens (B. vosnesenskii and B. huntii) and commercial queens (B. impatiens). We saw with wild queens survival response was lower in a temperature cycling regime (FTR) compared to static thermal treatments (Control). However, in commercial B. impatiens, we saw the opposite outcome in survival, where survival response was higher in FTR. The variation in survival outcome may be reflective of their geographic differences. Results also suggested that high initial weight prior to cold storage determined survival and was linked to post hibernation lipids, which serves as an energy reserve. Despite the fact, lipids and weight are important to surviving captive cold storage, colony age influenced overwintering fitness. We have evidence that a queen’s initial weight prior to entering captive overwintering, survival, and colony’s age were inter-related. This study highlights that we should take a more comprehensive approach and take into account that overwintering treatments alone are not the silver bullet to addressing premature deaths in cold storage. Standardizing methods for Bombus cold storage will require careful consideration of the interplay between physiological variations, individual queen characteristics, and limitations among Bombus that emerge from seasonal colony aging.
title: Межмолекулярное взаимодействие алмазоподобных наночастиц с лекарственными препаратами и биомолекулами
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А. Гагарина, ЭБС АСВ
Year: 2020

description: Монография посвящена исследованиям межмолекулярного взаимодействия углеродных наночастиц с биомолекулами и лекарственными препаратами. Рассматриваются различные типы алмазоподобных наночастиц и методы расчёта их молекулярных структур, параметров водородных связей и ИК спектров молекул. Изложены основы квантовохимического моделирования на основе теории функционала плотности (DFT) и применение этих методик для исследования комплексообразования модифицированных наноалмазов с высокотоксичными лекарственными препаратами с целью обоснования возможности адресной доставки и удержания лекарств в клетках живых организмов. Приведены результаты экспериментальных и численных исследований различных типов алмазоподобных структур, их параметров и свойств. Теоретически обосновано использование метода фрагментов для расчёта высокомолекулярных соединений. Для специалистов в области биофизики, оптики и спектроскопии, молекулярного моделирования, фармакологии и медицины, а также для аспирантов и студентов специальностей, связанных с квантовой химией и численным моделированием.
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Ym 100]
Creators: name: Luther, Martin
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1534
Subjects: subject: Luther, Martin
subject: Autograf
subject: Brief
subject: Halle (Saale)
subject: Geschichte 1534
subject: Albrecht
subject: Kirchengeschichte 1534
subject: 090

description: Brief Luthers an den sächsischen Kurfürsten Johann Friedrich I. mit der Bitte, sich für die von Kardinal Albrecht aus Halle vertriebenen Ratsmitglieder einzusetzen.
title: Prefood and Preshock Stimulus Effects on Fixed-Interval and Fixed-Ratio Responding
Creators: name: Ghezzi, Patrick M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: Two experiments were designed to study with rats the effects of a preshock stimulus (Experiment I) and a prefood stimulus (Experiment II) on lever pressing maintained by a multiple fixed-ratio 100 fixed-interval 90 s schedule of food reinforcement. The purpose was to determine if the effects of these stimuli, identified as Pavlovian Css, were related to where within each component's schedule they occurred; early in a ratio interval, or late in a ratio or interval.
Experiment I indicated that when the CS was presented early in a ratio or interval, or late in an interval, nearly equivalent suppression occurred for contingent and noncontingent control subjects. When the CS was presented late in a ratio, suppression was greatest for the contingent subjects. One subject, who received the CS-US pair on-the-baseline, showed suppression during the CS, and depressed responding in the absence of the CS, at both points within each component schedule. These effects were accompanied by post-CS suppression and by a sharp increase in FR PRPs and work times.
Experiment II showed a generally small effect of the CS on responding at both points within each component schedule; this was seen for contingent and noncontingent control subjects alike. In contrast, on-the-baseline training produced an increase in initial FR and FI responding during, and in the absence of, the CS that was accompanied by a decrease in FR and FI PRPs. In contrast, responding late in a ratio or interval was minimally affected.
The present Experiment I provides the basis for rejecting earlier accounts of negative conditioned suppression of FR and FI maintained responding. In addition, Experiment I yielded new evidence regarding a) off- vs on-the-baseline conditioning procedures, and c) residual baseline effects.
The present Experiment II provides evidence relevant to positive conditioned suppression of FR and FI maintained responding. In addition to yielding new information regarding this phenomenon, these data, together with a portion of those from Experiment I, question the traditional assumption that conditioned suppression (or acceleration) results from the contingent relation between a CS and a US.