cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Get the Message: Idiom Decomposability Does Not Affect Reading Times When Reading Idioms in Discourse
Creators: name: Miller, Krista A
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: How are idioms processed and represented in an extended discourse? The current study uses a repetition paradigm to investigate idiom processing within a text by exploring if the meaning of an idiomatic phrase that is selected for the discourse-level representation facilitates processing of a subsequent encounter with the idiom. Participants read 11-sentence passages containing decomposable (e.g., do your homework) or non-decomposable (e.g., have a ball) idioms that were presented either once (control condition) or twice (repeated conditions) within the passage. The passages were written to support the figurative or literal meaning of the idiom phrase during the first and second occurrence. In the repeated conditions, the meaning of the idiom either stayed the same (consistent condition) across encounters or changed (switched condition) across encounters. Reading time on the second encounter with the idiom (or first encounter in the control condition) served as the dependent variable. There was a significant main effect of meaning condition, such that idioms in the switched meaning condition took longer to read than idioms in the consistent meaning condition. No main effect or significant interactions with idiom decomposability were found. The pattern of results suggest that idiom decomposability is task dependent (i.e., does not occur in tasks such as self-paced reading that do not direct attention toward idiom processing) or is a linguistic artifact. Finding slower reading times in the switched meaning condition may support the conclusion that the unselected meaning (the contextually inappropriate meaning) of an idiom is less activated, or even inhibited, after meaning selection occurs. Models of idiom comprehension need to address further how idiom meaning is represented in the discourse as well as the role inhibition may play.
Using Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses to Support Regulatory Decision Making for Neurotoxicants: Lessons Learned from a Case Study of PCBs
Creators: name: Mattison, Donald R.
name: Lipkin, Paul H.
name: LaKind, Judy S.
name: Squibb, Katherine
name: Goodman, Michael
name: Kenworthy, Lauren
name: Anthony, Laura Gutermuth
name: Youngstrom, Eric
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: BackgroundEpidemiologic weight-of-evidence reviews to support regulatory decision making regarding the association between environmental chemical exposures and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children are often complicated by lack of consistency across studies.ObjectiveWe examined prospective cohort studies evaluating the relation between prenatal and neonatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and neurodevelopment in children to assess the feasibility of conducting a meta-analysis to support decision making.Data extraction/synthesisWe described studies in terms of exposure and end point categorization, statistical analysis, and reporting of results. We used this evaluation to assess the feasibility of grouping studies into reasonably uniform categories.ResultsThe current literature includes 11 cohorts of children for whom effects from prenatal or neonatal PCB exposures were assessed. The most consistently used tests included Brazelton’s Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, the neurologic optimality score in the neonatal period, the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 5–8 months of age, and the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities in 5-year-olds. Despite administering the same tests at similar ages, the studies were too dissimilar to allow a meaningful quantitative examination of outcomes across cohorts.ConclusionsThese analyses indicate that our ability to conduct weight-of-evidence assessments of the epidemiologic literature on neurotoxicants may be limited, even in the presence of multiple studies, if the available study methods, data analysis, and reporting lack comparability. Our findings add support to previous calls for establishing consensus standards for the conduct, analysis, and reporting of epidemiologic studies in general, and for those evaluating the effects of potential neurotoxic exposures in particular.
Purification of SLC12A5 from Expi293FTM Cells
Creators: name: David B. Sauer
name: Huanyu Li
name: Sagar Raturi
name: Andreea Scacioc
name: Tina Bohstedt
name: Abilasha Balakrishnan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Protocol

description: This protocol is used to purify the SLC transporter expressed in Expi293FTM Cells using detergent solubilization followed by a series of different chromatographic methods. Depending on the nature of the expression construct and experimental requirements, the GFP tag can be removed using a proteolytic reaction.
Bayesian learning in the absence of training data, by embedding model parameters into support of the likelihood: applications to astrophysics
Creators: name: Spire, Cedric
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this thesis I introduce a method on addressing the problem of learning in the absence of training data, when information on the distribution of the system parameters and of the observable that influences such parameters are also lacking. Additionally, it can be anticipated that the relation between the system parameter and observable vector, is nonlinear. I introduce the method for a stationary dynamical system for which the temporal evolution of the state space probability density function (pdf) is known, by embedding the sought system parameters into the support of the likelihood of the state space pdf. This allows to learn (the discretised versions of) the relevant system function as well as the state space pdf, using the only available test data on the observable. Inference is carried out using a Metropolis-within-Gibbs Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) scheme. I illustrate this new method empirically, by learning the system property of the real galaxy NGC4494 – namely its gravitational mass density function – and the pdf of the galactic state space vector, where test data comprises measured values of only half of the state space coordinates of resolved particles of the galaxy. Two distinct test datasets available for two distinct types of galactic particles are used. On the basis of my work, I reject the hypothesis that the state space pdf could be modelled using a parametric density that is symmetric about any point in its support. Additionally, the results show a large gravitational mass condensation near the centre of this galaxy, but I cannot reject the hypothesis that this central mass condensation is the supermassive black hole reported by some astronomers in NGC4494. Learning in this galaxy is conditional on the assumption of a simple (isotropic) model for the galactic state space. Then in the very distant galaxy 0047-281, I investigate if invoking ancillary information (comprising analysis of gravitational lensing measurements) can identify the solution for the galactic gravitational mass density, in spite of this potentially mis-specified model. I conclude that including the ancillary information definitely introduces identifiability to the mass density parameters, even within the given mis-specified model.
Computational Data for: "Introducing Metal-Sulfur Active Sites in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Post-Synthetic Modification for Hydrogenation Catalysis"
Creators: name: Xie, Haomiao
name: Ahmadi Khoshooei, Milad
name: Mandal, Mukunda
name: Vornholt, Simon
name: Hofmann, Jan
name: Tufaro, Luke
name: Kirlikovali, Kent
name: Grimes, Dawson
name: Lee, Seryeong
name: Su, Shengyi
name: Reischauer, Susanne
name: Sengupta, Debabrata
name: Fahy, Kira
name: Ma, Kaikai
name: Wang, Xiaoliang
name: Sha, Fanrui
name: Gong, Wei
name: Che, Yongwei
name: Vitillo, Jenny G.
name: Anderson, John
name: Notestein, Justin
name: Chapman, Karena
name: Gagliardi, Laura
name: Farha, Omar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Gaussian
DFT
VASP
MOF
MFU-4l
BBTA
Sulfur
Nitrobenzene
Catalysis

description: Computational Data for: "Introducing Metal-Sulfur Active Sites in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Post-Synthetic Modification for Hydrogenation Catalysis"
Variability and Predictors of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentrations  during Pregnancy
Creators: name: Calafat, Antonia M.
name: Sathyanarayana, Sheela
name: Silva, Manori J.
name: Bernert, John T.
name: Barr, Dana Boyd
name: Braun, Joe M.
name: Kalkbrenner, Amy E.
name: Lanphear, Bruce P.
name: Ye, Xiaoyun
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: BackgroundPrenatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may be associated with developmental toxicity, but few studies have examined the variability and predictors of urinary BPA concentrations during pregnancy.ObjectiveOur goal was to estimate the variability and predictors of serial urinary BPA concentrations taken during pregnancy.MethodsWe measured BPA concentrations during pregnancy and at birth in three spot urine samples from 389 women. We calculated the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) to assess BPA variability and estimated associations between log10-transformed urinary BPA concentrations and demographic, occupational, dietary, and environmental factors, using mixed models.ResultsGeometric mean (GM) creatinine-standardized concentrations (micrograms per gram) were 1.7 (16 weeks), 2.0 (26 weeks), and 2.0 (birth). Creatinine-standardized BPA concentrations exhibited low reproducibility (ICC = 0.11). By occupation, cashiers had the highest BPA concentrations (GM: 2.8 μg/g). Consuming canned vegetables at least once a day was associated with higher BPA concentrations (GM = 2.3 μg/g) compared with those consuming no canned vegetables (GM = 1.6 μg/g). BPA concentrations did not vary by consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, canned fruit, or store-bought fresh and frozen fish. Urinary high-molecular-weight phthalate and serum tobacco smoke metabolite concentrations were positively associated with BPA concentrations.ConclusionsThese results suggest numerous sources of BPA exposure during pregnancy. Etiological studies may need to measure urinary BPA concentrations more than once during pregnancy and adjust for phthalates and tobacco smoke exposures.
Purification of SLC12A6 from Expi293FTM Cells
Creators: name: David B. Sauer
name: Huanyu Li
name: Sagar Raturi
name: Andreea Scacioc
name: Tina Bohstedt
name: Abilasha Balakrishnan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Protocol

description: This protocol is used to purify the SLC transporter expressed in Expi293FTM Cells using detergent solubilization followed by a series of different chromatographic methods. Depending on the nature of the expression construct and experimental requirements, the GFP tag can be removed using a proteolytic reaction.
The companion candidate near Fomalhaut - a background neutron star?
Creators: name: Neuhaeuser, Ralph
name: Hohle, Markus
name: Ginski, Christian
name: Schmidt, Janos
name: Hambaryan, Valeri
name: Schmidt, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The directly detected planetary mass companion candidate close to the young, nearby star Fomalhaut is a subject of intense discussion. While the detection of common proper motion led to the interpretation as Jovian-mass companion, later non-detections in the infrared raised doubts. Recent astrometric measurements indicate a belt crossing or highly eccentric orbit for the object, if a companion, making the planetary interpretation potentially even more problematic. In this study we discuss the possibility of Fomalhaut\,b being a background object with a high proper motion. By analysing the available photometric and astrometric data of the object, we show that they are fully consistent with a neutron star: Neutron stars are faint, hot (blue), and fast moving. Neutron stars with an effective temperature of the whole surface area being 112,000 K to 126,500 K (with small to negligible extinction) at a distance of roughly 11 pc (best fit) would be consistent with all observables, namely with the photometric detections in the optical, with the upper limits in the infrared and X-rays, as well as with the astrometry (consistent with a distances of 11 pc or more and high proper motion as typical for neutron stars) as well as with non-detection of pulsation (not beamed). We consider the probability of finding an unrelated object or even a neutron star nearby and mostly co-aligned in proper motion with Fomalhaut A and come to the conclusion that this is definitely well possible.
description: 15 pages with 6 figures and 4 tables, paper in press; Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society, 2015
Vascular and Cardiac Impairments in Rats Inhaling Ozone and Diesel Exhaust Particles
Creators: name: Patel, Rishi B.
name: Jaskot, Richard H.
name: Nyska, Abraham
name: Parinandi, Narasimham L.
name: Schladweiler, Mette C.
name: Campen, Matthew J.
name: Ledbetter, Allen D.
name: Gottipolu, Reddy R.
name: Lund, Amie K.
name: McKee, John
name: Wallenborn, J. Grace
name: Kodavanti, Urmila P.
name: Andrews, Deborah
name: Kotha, Sainath R.
name: Thomas, Ronald
name: Butler, Elizabeth O.
name: Shannahan, Jonathan H.
name: Richards, Judy E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: BackgroundMechanisms of cardiovascular injuries from exposure to gas and particulate air pollutants are unknown.ObjectiveWe sought to determine whether episodic exposure of rats to ozone or diesel exhaust particles (DEP) causes differential cardiovascular impairments that are exacerbated by ozone plus DEP.Methods and resultsMale Wistar Kyoto rats (10–12 weeks of age) were exposed to air, ozone (0.4 ppm), DEP (2.1 mg/m3), or ozone (0.38 ppm) + DEP (2.2 mg/m3) for 5 hr/day, 1 day/week for 16 weeks, or to air, ozone (0.51 or 1.0 ppm), or DEP (1.9 mg/m3) for 5 hr/day for 2 days. At the end of each exposure period, we examined pulmonary and cardiovascular biomarkers of injury. In the 16-week study, we observed mild pulmonary pathology in the ozone, DEP, and ozone + DEP exposure groups, a slight decrease in circulating lymphocytes in the ozone and DEP groups, and decreased platelets in the DEP group. After 16 weeks of exposure, mRNA biomarkers of oxidative stress (hemeoxygenase-1), thrombosis (tissue factor, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, tissue plasminogen activator, and von Willebrand factor), vasoconstriction (endothelin-1, endothelin receptors A and B, endothelial NO synthase) and proteolysis [matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-2, MMP-3, and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloprotease-2] were increased by DEP and/or ozone in the aorta, but not in the heart. Aortic LOX-1 (lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1) mRNA and protein increased after ozone exposure, and LOX-1 protein increased after exposure to ozone + DEP. RAGE (receptor for advanced glycation end products) mRNA increased in the ozone + DEP group. Exposure to ozone or DEP depleted cardiac mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acids (DEP > ozone). The combined effect of ozone and DEP exposure was less pronounced than exposure to either pollutant alone. Exposure to ozone or DEP for 2 days (acute) caused mild changes in the aorta.ConclusionsIn animals exposed to ozone or DEP alone for 16 weeks, we observed elevated biomarkers of vascular impairments in the aorta, with the loss of phospholipid fatty acids in myocardial mitochondria. We conclude that there is a possible role of oxidized lipids and protein through LOX-1 and/or RAGE signaling.
Laurentin, René, Lourdes, récit authentique des Apparitions. Edit. P. Lethielleux et Oeuvre de la Grotte (Lourdes). Vol. de 288 ps. 150x215. Paris 1966
Creators: name: Arieiro, José
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. 3 (1968)
Shape of burning surface for solid propellant samples ignited with low laser heat flux
Creators: name:  Q. LEVARD
name:   L. BYRDE
name:   N. PELLETIER
Publisher: name: Proceedings of  the 9th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Lille, France, 27 June - 1 July, 2022
Year: 2022
Subjects: PROPULSION PHYSICS
SOLID ROCKET MOTOR

description: Unlike classical pyrotechnical solutions such as black powders, laser ignition is a non-intrusive, scalable method making it an interesting ignition technique for solid propellants in academia. When studies focus on the solid propellant gas flow, the shape of the burning surface becomes crucial. It is usually necessary to have a burning surface as flat as possible. The laser ignition delay of solid propellants follows a power law function of the laser heat flux. Because this law is not linear, ignition time varies strongly even for small laser irradiance variations. More precisely, the lower the laser irradiance, the more difficult it is to obtain a plane ignition. In this paper we present a calculation method to estimate the shape of the burning surface for a solid propellant sample based on the laser irradiance spatial distribution. For this purpose, a one-dimensional surface heating model is implemented together with a solid-propellant ignition model. This allows to calculate a local ignition delay as a function of the incident heat flux. The Gaussian spatial heat flux distribution has been discretised over the beam radius, and an ignition time calculation is performed for each spatial discretisation point. Considering that the solid propellant is a good thermal insulator, the ignition delay is independently calculated for each radius. Finally, the temporal evolution of the burning surface is determined, taking into account the flame propagation over the propellant surface. These results show the evolution of the surface with different laser parameters (i.e. beam size and power). This allows us to define, based on the laser irradiance distribution, a radius limit for which planar ignition can be assumed. An experimental setup is presented to measure the shape of the burning surface as a function of heat flux distribution for low laser irradiance. The calculation method is demonstrated with physical properties representative of a classical AP/HTPB research propellant composition. The approach is very promising to optimize ignition conditions for future experiments that require planar ignition.
A Toxicogenomic Comparison of Primary and Photochemically Altered Air Pollutant Mixtures
Creators: name: Lichtveld, Kim
name: Jaspers, Ilona
name: Fry, Rebecca C.
name: Rager, Julia E.
name: Smeester, Lisa
name: Ebersviller, Seth
name: Sexton, Kenneth G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background: Air pollution contributes significantly to global increases in mortality, particularly within urban environments. Limited knowledge exists on the mechanisms underlying health effects resulting from exposure to pollutant mixtures similar to those occurring in ambient air. In order to clarify the mechanisms underlying exposure effects, toxicogenomic analyses are used to evaluate genomewide transcript responses and map these responses to molecular networks.
Ambient Particulate Matter Induces Interleukin-8 Expression through an Alternative NF-κB (Nuclear Factor-Kappa B) Mechanism in Human Airway Epithelial Cells
Creators: name: Reed, William
name: Osornio-Vargas, Alvaro R.
name: Samet, James M.
name: Dailey, Lisa A.
name: Bromberg, Philip A.
name: Simmons, Steven O.
name: Silbajoris, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background: Exposure to ambient air particulate matter (PM) has been shown to increase rates of cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality, but the underlying mechanisms are still not well understood.
Connectivity through bounds for the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity
Creators: name: Balletti, Gabriele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C40 (Primary), 05E40 (Secondary)

description: We present a simple method to obtain information regarding the connectivity of the 1-skeleta of a wide family of simplicial complexes through bounds for the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of their Stanley-Reisner rings. In this way we generalize and unify two results on connectivity: one by Balinsky and Barnette, one by Athanasiadis. In particular, if $Δ$ is a simplicial $d$-pseudomanifold, and $s$ is the highest integer such that there is an $s$-dimensional simplex not contained in $Δ$, but such that its boundary is, then the 1-skeleton of $Δ$ is $\left\lceil \frac{(s+1)d}{s} \right\rceil$-connected. We also show that this bound on the connectivity is tight.
description: 6 pages. Final version
Associations of Toenail Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Manganese, and Lead with Blood Pressure in the Normative Aging Study
Creators: name: Baccarelli, Andrea
name: Schwartz, Joel
name: Litonjua, Augusto
name: Sparrow, David
name: Amarasiriwardena, Chitra
name: Vokonas, Pantel
name: Hu, Howard
name: Wright, Robert O.
name: Mordukhovich, Irina
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background: Arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead are associated with cardiovascular disease in epidemiologic research. These associations may be mediated by direct effects of the metals on blood pressure (BP) elevation. Manganese is associated with cardiovascular dysfunction and hypotension in occupational cohorts.
Huvelin, Abbé Henri, Cours sur l’Histoire de l’Église. Tome. 8 - Schisme sur L’Occident. Edit. Saint-Paul. Vol. de 320 ps. 140x190. Paris 1967
Creators: name: Arieiro, José
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. 3 (1968)
Detection of blade rub in jet engine turbines using strain gages
Creators: name:  D. ABBOUD
Publisher: name: Proceedings of  the 9th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Lille, France, 27 June - 1 July, 2022
Year: 2022
Subjects: PROPULSION PHYSICS
AIR BREATHING
RAMJET
SCRAMJET

description: The operating environment of jet turbines is subject to high fluid temperature which often results in blade dilation and, consequently, a rubbing phenomenon between the blades and the stator. This paper proposes a condition monitoring strategy based on strain measurements. A mathematical model is first proposed to describe the response of the rub signal. This model is then used to de-noise the signal from interfering noises and eventually construct relevant condition indicators for each of the turbine blades rubs. The proposed technique is validated on real signals captured from a strain gauge mounted on the stator of a turbomachine.
Case Report: Supraventricular Arrhythmia after Exposure to Concentrated Ambient Air Pollution Particles
Creators: name: Chung, Eugene H.
name: Ghio, Andrew J.
name: Smith, Candice B.
name: Montilla, Tracey
name: Bassett, Maryann
name: Carraway, Martha Sue
name: Cascio, Wayne E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Context: Exposure to air pollution can result in the onset of arrhythmias.
Bubbles and Onis
Creators: name: Albers, Peter
name: Frauenfelder, Urs
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37J10, 53D40

description: In this article we study the gradient flow equation of a variant of the Rabinowitz action functional on very negative line bundles and relate it to periodic orbits on the base of this bundle. On very negative line bundles there are generically no holomorphic spheres.
description: 25 pages
Characterization of the Impaired Glucose Homeostasis Produced in C57BL/6 Mice by Chronic Exposure to Arsenic and High-Fat Diet
Creators: name: Stýblo, Miroslav
name: Saunders, R. Jesse
name: Paul, David S.
name: Walton, Felecia S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background: Type 2 diabetes is characterized by glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. Obesity is the leading cause of type 2 diabetes. Growing evidence suggests that chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) also produces symptoms consistent with diabetes. Thus, iAs exposure may further increase the risk of diabetes in obese individuals.
On the influence of multiple equilibrium positions on brake noise
Creators: name: Koch, Sebastian
name: Köppen, Emil
name: Gräbner, Nils
name: Von Wagner, Utz
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: brake noise
subject: nonlinearities
subject: equilibrium positions
subject: digital image correlation

description: Brake noise, especially brake squeal, has been a subject of intensive research both in industry and academia for several decades. Nevertheless, the state of the art simulations does not provide a predictive tool, and extensive experimental investigations are still necessary to find an appropriate design. Actual investigations focus on the consideration of nonlinearities which are in fact essential for this phenomenon. Unfortunately, by far not all relevant effects caused by nonlinearities are known. One of these nonlinear effects that the actual research focuses on is the limit cycle behavior representing squeal. In contrast to this, the actual paper considers the influence of the equilibrium position established while applying the brake pressure. The elements of the brake, namely, the carrier, caliper and pad, are highly nonlinear and elastically coupled and allow for multiple equilibrium positions depending e.g. on the initial conditions and transient application of the brake pressure while the frictional contact between the pads and the disk may excite small amplitude self-excited vibrations around this equilibrium, i.e. squeal. The current paper establishes a method and corresponding setup, to measure the position engaged by the brake components using an optical 3D-measuring system. Subsequently, it is demonstrated that in fact different equilibrium positions can be engaged for the same operation parameters and that the engaged position can be decisive for the occurrence of squeal. In fact, certain positions result in squeal while others do not for the same operation parameters. Taking this effect into consideration may have significant consequences for the design of brakes as well as simulation and experimental investigation of brake squeal.
Basic Thermodynamics
Creators: name: Duthil, P
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The goal of this paper is to present a general thermodynamic basis that is useable in the context of superconductivity and particle accelerators. The first part recalls the purpose of thermodynamics and summarizes its important concepts. Some applications, from cryogenics to magnetic systems, are covered. In the context of basic thermodynamics, only thermodynamic equilibrium is considered.
description: 20 pages, contribution to the CAS-CERN Accelerator School: Superconductivity for Accelerators, Erice, Italy, 24 April - 4 May 2013, edited by R. Bailey
Slow-roll inflationary senario in the maximally extended background
Creators: name: Asgari, A. A.
name: Abbassi, A. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: During the inflationary epoch,geometry of the universe may be described by quasi-de Sitter space. On the other hand,maximally extended de Sitter metric in the comoving coordinates accords with a special FLRW model with positive spatial curvature,so in this article we focus on the positively curved inflationary paradigm.For this purpose,first we derive the power spectra of comoving curvature perturbation and primordial gravitational waves in a positively curved FLRW universe according to the slowly rolling inflationary senario. It can be shown that the curvature spectral index in this model automatically has a small negative running parameter which is compatible with observational measurements.Then,by taking into account the curvature factor,we investigate the relative amplitude of the scalar and tensor perturbations.It would be clarified that the tensor-scalar ratio for this model against the spatially flat one,depends on the waelength of the perturbative models directly.
description: 21 pages,n o figures
Strongly Minimal Differential Equations
Creators: name: Devilbiss, Matthew
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis outlines a new technique for showing that nonlinear algebraic differential equations are strongly minimal. This is used to prove the strong minimality of generic differential equations with sufficiently large degree, answering a question of Poizat (1980).
Early-Life Soy Exposure and Gender-Role Play Behavior in Children
Creators: name: Rogan, Walter J.
name: Siega-Riz, Anna Maria
name: Daniels, Julie L.
name: Edwards, Lloyd J.
name: Adgent, Margaret A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background: Soy-based infant formula contains high levels of isoflavones. These estrogen-like compounds have been shown to induce changes in sexually dimorphic behaviors in animals exposed in early development.
A minimal model for the influence of equilibrium positions on brake squeal
Creators: name: Koch, Sebastian
name: Gräbner, Nils
name: Von Wagner, Utz
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: brake noise
subject: equilibrium positions
subject: minimal model
subject: nonlinearities
subject: stability

description: The phenomenon brake squeal has been an ongoing topic for decades, both in the automotive industry and in science. Although there is agreement on the excitation mechanism of brake squeal, namely self-excitation due to frictional forces between the disk and the pad, in the subject of squeal it is very complex to discover all relevant effects and to take them into account. Several of these problems are related to nonlinearities, for example, in the contact between pad and disk or drum or in the behavior of the brake pad material. One of these nonlinear effects, which has been almost completely neglected so far, is that the brake can engage, mainly due to the bushing and joint elements within the brake, different equilibrium positions. This in fact has serious influence on the noise behavior as shown in experimental studies. For example, it is observed in experiments that, despite identical operating parameters, squeal sometimes occurs and sometimes not. In initial experimental studies, this could be related to the engaged equilibrium position. Following these experimental studies, the present paper introduces a minimal model by extending the well-known minimal model by Hoffmann et al. by corresponding elements and nonlinearities allowing the system to engage different equilibrium positions. As will be presented, the stability behavior strongly depends on the engaged equilibrium position. Therefore, the minimal model represents the key experimentally observed issues. Additionally, a limit cycle behavior can also be observed.
In Utero Exposure to Maternal Tobacco Smoke and Subsequent Obesity, Hypertension, and Gestational Diabetes Among Women in the MoBa Cohort
Creators: name: Longnecker, Matthew P.
name: Haug, Kjell
name: Cupul-Uicab, Lea A.
name: Melve, Kari K.
name: Skjaerven, Rolv
name: Engel, Stephanie M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background: Environmental factors influencing the developmental origins of health and disease need to be identified and investigated. In utero exposure to tobacco smoke has been associated with obesity and a small increase in blood pressure in children; however, whether there is a corresponding increased risk of conditions such as diabetes and hypertension during adulthood remains unclear.
title: Development of Coal Mill and Aggregate Load Area Models in Power Systems using Genetic Algorithms
Creators: name: Wei, Jianlin
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: Quality and reliability is one of the most important issues. in power generation and distribution. With the recent advances in computer and network technology, the Operational Information Systems (OIS) have been installed in almost all power plants and substations. The data stored in databases covers long periods of time, which presents a challenge as how to extract the useful, task-oriented knowledge from the data to improve power system reliability and power quality. The thesis presents the research work in development of mathematical models for power systems by analysing the data available from on-site measurement using evolutionary computation techniques. The project contributes to aspects in power generation and distribution: coal mill modelling and electrical load area modelling. Coal-fired power stations are now obliged to vary their outputs in response to changing electricity demand and are required to operate more flexibly with more varied coal specifications. The operations of a mill need to be controlled to respond effectively to changes in plant load and coal quality. Combustion optimization relies heavily on optimization of the mill output. Frequently start-ups and shut-downs of mills bring the impact on power plant to achieve both low NOx and CO2 emissions. Operational safety and efficient combustion require better understanding to the milling process. The work described in the thesis has three new contributions: 1) Development of an improved normal grinding coal mill process model which provide more accurate prediction of mill states than the previous version; 2) Development of a new multi-segment coal mill model which covers the whole milling process from start-ups to shut-downs; 3) Development of a prototype software programme to implement the multisegment mill model on-line. The software has been passed to RWEnPower PIc. for further test. Stable operation of a power system depends on the ability to continuously match the electrical output of generation units to the electrical load. So it is important to have a reliable mechanism to predict the power load on time. Model based approach is one of the options. With the sponsorship from the National Grid Transco PIc, a study of modelling electricity area load has been carried out through this project A methodology using evolutionary computation techniques based on system measurements to construct power system area load models and achieve distribution network reduction is proposed in the thesis. Three aggregate load area model (ALAM) approaches entitled Voltage-Two-Step, Current-Two-Step and Direct-OneStep have been studied in the thesis. Simulations studies are carried out for these three approaches, and it found that the Direct-One-Step offers the best performance among the three ALAM approaches. Verification studies are performed through the project and some rules for constructing a good ALAM are obtained.
JWST Launch on Ariane 5 - Orbital mission and upper stage end-of-life manoeuvre
Creators: name:  S. CHANDESRIS
Publisher: name: Proceedings of  the 9th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Lille, France, 27 June - 1 July, 2022
Year: 2022
Subjects: SYSTEM INTEGRATION
SPACE

description: JWST has been successfully launched on an Ariane5 rocket from Kourou (French Guiana Space Centre). This launch marked the debut of JWST journey in Space on its way to its halo orbit around L2. The success of the Ariane 5 launch as well as that of the deployment of JWST that followed are the results of many and in particular the results of close cooperation and partnerships involving USA (NASA), CANADA (CSA) and EUROPE (ESA). Europe is a partner of JWST project through ESA participation in this project (ie NIRSpec MIRI instruments as well as launch responsibility). This paper presents the Ariane 5 launch and some of the specificities that have been put in place for JWST mission. Among the specificities for this launch were: - Specific depressurization under the fairing in order to avoid any shock during opening. - Specific roll manoeuver during EPC and ESCA propelled phases towards injection point in order to protect JWST from the sun. - Once JWST has been released, the Upper stage has indeed performed a divert manoeuver (with hydrogen cold gas blow down through the main engine) in order to get out of the way from JWST thus providing a clear path to JWST as it travels towards L2 Lagrange point. This paper focuses on the 3rd point above-described (ie Upper Stage End-Of-Life-Manoeuvre EOLM)This paper provides insights of: - Ariane5 mission to deliver JWST orbit - Orbital sequence (Releasing JWST and upper stage getting out of JWST way) - Short term and long term non-collision as well as short term non-pollution justifications as the Upper Stage was manoeuvring to get out of JWST path.
Linking Oxidative Events to Inflammatory and Adaptive Gene Expression Induced by Exposure to an Organic Particulate Matter Component
Creators: name: Bromberg, Philip A.
name: Simmons, Steven O.
name: Currier, Jenna
name: Samet, James M.
name: Silbajoris, Robert
name: Cheng, Wan-Yun
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background: Toxicological studies have correlated inflammatory effects of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) with its organic constituents, such as the organic electrophile 1,2-naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ).
“Here, They Get Me”: The Sense of Belonging of Latina/o/x Undergraduates in Academic Success Programs
Creators: name: Juarez, Jennifer
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In recent decades the United States has experienced considerable growth in the Latina/o/x population. In 2014, Latina/o/xs made up approximately 17 percent of the U.S. population (U.S Census Bureau, 2015). The U.S Census Bureau projects that by 2060 the Latina/o/x population will be 29 percent of the U.S. population (U.S Census Bureau, 2015). While the Latina/o/x population is on the rise, post-secondary degree attainment for Latina/o/x students remains low. According to Excelencia in Education, in 2015, only 22 percent of Latina/o/x students received a post-secondary degree (Excelencia in Education, 2017). However, for those Latina/o/x students that enroll in post-secondary institutions, institutions must pay close attention to the challenges students might face as they enroll at these institutions. To address the enrollment, achievement, and graduation gap among Latina/o/x students, empirical research is necessary to understand how Latina/o/x students participate and engage in college culture and campus. Studies have shown that when students participate and engage in college, they develop a sense of belonging to a college campus and enhance their college identity and connection with the campus (Hurtado and Carter, 1997). Furthermore, minimal studies address how academic success programs bridge the complex challenges and sense of belonging of Latina/o/x students and influence their graduation rates. This dissertation examined the relationship between Latina/o/x undergraduate students and their sense of belonging to academic success programs, specifically at a Hispanic Service Institution (HSI). This study found that academic success programs fostered a sense of belonging for Latina/o/x students in three ways: 1) provided holistic academic advising, 2) validated their Latina/o/x identity and culture, 3) and encouraged students to graduate. Finally, this study contributes to the current literature on belonging among Latina/o/x undergraduates by developing a new model to guide college campuses in fostering a sense of belonging for Latina/o/x undergraduate students.
Cosmological Consequences of a Variable Cosmological Constant Model
Creators: name: Azri, Hemza
name: Bounames, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a model of dark energy which evolves with time via the scale factor. The equation of state $ω=(1-2α)/(1+2α)$ is studied as a function of a parameter $α$ introduced in this model. In addition to the recent accelerated expansion, the model predicts another decelerated phase. The age of the universe is found to be almost consistent with observation. In the limiting case, the cosmological constant model, we find that vacuum energy gravitates with a gravitational strength, different than Newton's constant. This enables degravitation of the vacuum energy which in turn produces the tiny observed curvature, rather than a 120 orders of magnitude larger value.
description: Accepted in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D
On coupled-channel dynamics in the presence of anomalous thresholds
Creators: name: Lutz, M. F. M.
name: Korpa, C. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore a general framework how to treat coupled-channel systems in the presence of overlapping left and right-hand cuts as well as anomalous thresholds. Such systems are studied in terms of a generalized potential, where we exploit the known analytic structure of t- and u-channel forces as the exchange masses get smaller approaching their physical values. Given an approximate generalized potential the coupled-channel reaction amplitudes are defined in terms of non-linear systems of integral equations. For large exchange masses, where there are no anomalous thresholds present, conventional $N/D$ methods are applicable to derive numerical solutions to the latter. At a formal level a generalization to the anomalous case is readily formulated by use of suitable contour integrations with amplitudes to be evaluated at complex energies. However, it is a considerable challenge to find numerical solutions to anomalous systems set up on a set of complex contours. By a suitable deformations of left-hand and right-hand cut lines we managed to establish a framework of linear integral equations defined for real energies. Explicit expressions are derived for the driving terms that hold for an arbitrary number of channels. Our approach is illustrated in terms of a schematic 3-channel systems. It is demonstrated that despite the presence of anomalous thresholds the scattering amplitude can be represented in terms of 3 phase shifts and 3 in-elasticity parameters, as one would expect from the coupled-channel unitarity condition.
description: 49 pages, 17 figures, major revision of the published version, the updated framework is applicable also in the presence of overlapping anomalous cut structures
Trajectories / Missions multi-objectives global optimizations
Creators: name:  M. CERF
name:   S. CHANDESRIS
Publisher: name: Proceedings of  the 9th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Lille, France, 27 June - 1 July, 2022
Year: 2022
Subjects: FLIGHT DYNAMICS
GNC
AVIONICS
OPTIMIZATION

description: The space sector is experiencing rapid evolutions and launchers / launch solutions are getting increasingly capable to satisfy large variety of destinations in space (For example while embarking multiple payloads and possibly delivering them towards multiple destinations within a single launch). With re-ignitable upper stage engines, usage of KickStage(s) in addition to an upper stage, and with reusability of lower stages, the overall mission of a launch solution no longer consists in a single branch that aims for a single destination. The mission analysis work changes in some way and more and more becomes a work that consists in optimizing multiple branches addressing multiple destinations. This document first identifies generic situations that are encountered when treating these type of problems; in particular 2 main situations are identified: serial problem and Y problem. General missions made of multiple Y situations and multiple serial situations may then be built while aggregating these two generic situations. This document then illustrates through examples different application cases of mission where serial problems and / or Y problems are used to define a global mission. Eventually, and based on examples, some guidelines and best practices are identified to solve globally these kind of multi-branches / multi-purposes / multi-destinations missions. Ultimately, performance aspects and ways to present the maximum capabilities of a launch solution when addressing the various branches is also discussed (ie maximum reachable domain).
Generalized finite polylogarithms
Creators: name: Avitabile, Marina
name: Mattarei, Sandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 33E50

description: We introduce a generalization $£_{d}^{(α)}(X)$ of the finite polylogarithms $£_{d}^{(0)}(X)=£_d(X)=\sum_{k=1}^{p-1}X^k/k^d$, in characteristic $p$, which depends on a parameter $α$. The special case $£_{1}^{(α)}(X)$ was previously investigated by the authors as the inverse, in an appropriate sense, of a parametrized generalization of the truncated exponential which is instrumental in a {\em grading switching} technique for non-associative algebras. Here we extend such generalization to $£_{d}^{(α)}(X)$ in a natural manner, and study some properties satisfied by those polynomials. In particular, we find how the polynomials $£_{d}^{(α)}(X)$ are related to the powers of $£_{1}^{(α)}(X)$ and derive some consequences.
description: 18 pages
Bharatohydracarus schwoerbeli Cook 1967
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Bordoloi, Sabitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Hungarohydracaridae
Bharatohydracarus
Bharatohydracarus schwoerbeli

description: Bharatohydracarus schwoerbeli Cook, 1967
Records from the study area: Maharashtra, Kerala—Cook (1967); Prasad (1974); Pešić & Ranga Reddy (2009).
Habitat: Hyporheic interstitial.
Distribution: India.
description: Published as part of Pešić, Vladimir, Chatterjee, Tapas & Bordoloi, Sabitry, 2010, A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 2617 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2617.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/197964