cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
New holographic reconstruction of scalar field dark energy models in the framework of chameleon Brans-Dicke cosmology
Creators: name: Chattopadhyay, Surajit
name: Pasqua, Antonio
name: Khurshudyan, Martiros
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the work of Yang et al., \emph{Mod. Phys. Lett. A}, \textbf{26}, 191 (2011), we report a study on the New Holographic Dark Energy (NHDE) model with energy density given by $ρ_D=\frac{3ϕ^2}{4ω}(μH^2+ν\dot{H})$ in the framework of chameleon Brans-Dicke cosmology. We have studied a correspondence between the quintessence, the DBI-essence and the tachyon scalar field models with the NHDE model in the framework of chameleon Brans-Dicke cosmology. Deriving an expression of the Hubble parameter $H$ and, accordingly, $ρ_D$ in the context of chameleon Brans-Dicke chameleon cosmology, we have reconstructed the potentials and dynamics for these scalar field models. Furthermore, we have examined the stability for the obtained solutions of the crossing of the phantom divide under a quantum correction of massless conformally-invariant fields and we have seen that quantum correction could be small when the phantom crossing occurs and the obtained solutions of the phantom crossing could be stable under the quantum correction. It has also been noted that the potential increases as the matter-chameleon coupling gets stronger with the evolution of the universe.
description: 25 pages, 13 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0810.4296 by other authors
Soft Regulation with Crowd Recommendation: Coordinating Self-Interested Agents in Sociotechnical Systems under Imperfect Information
Creators: name: Luo, Yu
name: Iyengar, Garud N.
name: Venkatasubramanian, Venkat
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Learning
subject: Operations research
subject: Collective behavior
subject: Sociotechnical systems
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Industrial engineering
subject: System theory

description: Regulating emerging industries is challenging, even controversial at times. Under-regulation can result in safety threats to plant personnel, surrounding communities, and the environment. Over-regulation may hinder innovation, progress, and economic growth. Since one typically has limited understanding of, and experience with, the novel technology in practice, it is difficult to accomplish a properly balanced regulation. In this work, we propose a control and coordination policy called soft regulation that attempts to strike the right balance and create a collective learning environment. In soft regulation mechanism, individual agents can accept, reject, or partially accept the regulator’s recommendation. This non-intrusive coordination does not interrupt normal operations. The extent to which an agent accepts the recommendation is mediated by a confidence level (from 0 to 100%). Among all possible recommendation methods, we investigate two in particular: the best recommendation wherein the regulator is completely informed and the crowd recommendation wherein the regulator collects the crowd’s average and recommends that value. We show by analysis and simulations that soft regulation with crowd recommendation performs well. It converges to optimum, and is as good as the best recommendation for a wide range of confidence levels. This work sheds a new theoretical perspective on the concept of the wisdom of crowds.
Enhanced Killing of Mycobacterium abscessus by Nanosponge Delivery of Antimycobacterials
Creators: name: Albano, Casey
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: The increasing prevalence of bacterial infections has made it necessary to find novel methods of combatting the resistance of bacteria to conventional antibiotics. Mycobacterium abscessus is an increasingly prevalent pathogen that is intrinsically drug resistant, therefore difficult to treat. The use of phytochemicals as a source of alternate antibiotics has been explored, however, the poor solubility of phytochemicals in water makes it difficult to effectively deliver them to bacterial biofilms. In this study, I investigated the efficacy of nanosponge-emulsified phytochemicals in killing M. abscessus biofilms. The nanosponge technology was used to improve the solubility and stability of the phytochemicals, allowing for improved bioavailability. Results showed that the nanosponge-emulsified phytochemicals effectively reduced the viability of M. abscessus biofilms, compared to non-emulsified phytochemicals. The findings of this study contribute to a development of new strategies for the treatment of bacterial infections and demonstrate the potential of nanosponge-emulsified phytochemicals as a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics.
Canidae Fischer 1817
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae

description: Family Canidae REVIEWED BY: A. Langguth (AL); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP)(Mexico); O. L. Rossolimo (OLR)(U.S. S.R.); H. J. Stains (HJS); R. G. Van Gelder (RGVG). COMMENT: Several alternative classifications have been published in recent years; see Langguth, 1969, Z. Wiss. Zool., 179:1-188; Langguth, 1975, in Fox, The Wild Canids, pp. 192-206; Clutton-Brock et al., 1976, 29(3): 177- 199; Van Gelder, 1978:1- 10. Three groups of closely related Recent genera or subgenera may be distinguished on the basis of anatomical as well as chromosomal evidence: 1) Cams, Lycaon, Cuon; 2) Vulpes, Fennecus, Alopex, Otocyon and Urocyon; 3) all other recent South American taxa (AL). ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001000000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 244, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980
description: {"references": ["Langguth, A. 1969. Die sudamerikanischen Canidae unter besonderer Bercksichtigung des Mohnenwolfes, Chrysocyon brachyurus Illiger. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 179: 1 - 188.", "Langguth, A. 1975. Ecology and evolution in the South American canids. Pp. 192 - 206, in The wild canids: Their systematics, behavioral ecology, and evolution (M. W. Fox, ed.). Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, NY, 508 pp.", "Clutton-Brock, J., G. B. Corbet, and M. Hills. 1976. A review of the family Canidae, with classification by numerical methods. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 29 (3): 119 - 199.", "Van Gelder, R. G. 1978. A review of canid classification. American Museum Novitates, 2646: 1 - 10."]}
Multiple Paternity in a Reintroduced Population of the Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the El Frío Biological Station, Venezuela
Creators: name: Rossi, Natalia Alejandra
name: Antelo, Rafael
name: Alda, Fernando
name: Martensson, Dick
name: Hailer, Frank
name: Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago
name: Ayarzagüena, José
name: Ginsberg, Joshua R.
name: Castroviejo, Javier
name: Doadrio, Ignacio
name: Vilá, Carles
name: Amato, George
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Multiple paternity in animals
subject: Wildlife conservation
subject: Wildlife reintroduction
subject: Orinoco crocodile
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Conservation biology

description: The success of a reintroduction program is determined by the ability of individuals to reproduce and thrive. Hence, an understanding of the mating system and breeding strategies of reintroduced species can be critical to the success, evaluation and effective management of reintroduction programs. As one of the most threatened crocodile species in the world, the Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) has been reduced to only a few wild populations in the Llanos of Venezuela and Colombia. One of these populations was founded by reintroduction at Caño Macanillal and La Ramera lagoon within the El Frío Biological Station, Venezuela. Twenty egg clutches of C. intermedius were collected at the El Frío Biological Station for incubation in the lab and release of juveniles after one year. Analyzing 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci from 335 hatchlings we found multiple paternity in C. intermedius, with half of the 20 clutches fathered by two or three males. Sixteen mothers and 14 fathers were inferred by reconstruction of multilocus parental genotypes. Our findings showed skewed paternal contributions to multiple-sired clutches in four of the clutches (40%), leading to an overall unequal contribution of offspring among fathers with six of the 14 inferred males fathering 90% of the total offspring, and three of those six males fathering more than 70% of the total offspring. Our results provide the first evidence of multiple paternity occurring in the Orinoco crocodile and confirm the success of reintroduction efforts of this critically endangered species in the El Frío Biological Station, Venezuela.
Telorchiidae Stunkard 1924
Creators: name: Lunaschi, Lía I.
name: Drago, Fabiana B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Telorchiidae

description: Family Telorchiidae Stunkard, 1924   Telorchis Lühe, 1899
 Telorchis birabeni Mañé Garzón & Gil, 1961
 Host and record: Phrynops hilarii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) (C). Site of infection: small intestine.
Reference: Lombardero & Moriena (1977).
 Telorchis clava (Diesing, 1850) Lühe, 1899
 Hosts and records: Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862 (Ch), Hydrodynastes gigas (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (C).
Site of infection: small intestine.
 References: Caubisens Poumarou (1968), Martínez et al. (1996).
description: Published as part of Lunaschi, Lía I. & Drago, Fabiana B., 2007, Checklist of digenean parasites of amphibians and reptiles from Argentina, pp. 51-68 in Zootaxa 1476 on page 60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176772
title: Wir Burgermeister und Rath hiesiger des Heil. Reichs freyen Stadt Schweinfurth fügen unserer sämtlichen lieben Burgerschafft hiermit zu wissen: ... Als gebieten und befehlen hiermit ... daß hinfüro alle neu-angenommenen hiesige Bürgere ... nach erlangtem Burger-Recht, binnen Zeit von einem Viertel-Jahr ... sich geziemend melden, und zu Ablegung der Burger-Pflicht sich gehörig angeben ...; [1737]
title: [So geschehen Schweinfurth den 16. Aprilis 1737.]
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2013

description: Bürgerordnung der Stadt Schweinfurt v. J. 1737
A Merger Shock in Abell 2034
Creators: name: Owers, Matt S.
name: Nulsen, Paul E. J.
name: Couch, Warrick J.
name: Ma, Cheng-Jiun
name: David, Laurence P.
name: Forman, William R.
name: Hopkins, Andrew M.
name: Jones, Christine
name: van Weeren, Reinout J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a $250\,$ks Chandra observation of the cluster merger A2034 with the aim of understanding the nature of a sharp edge previously characterized as a cold front. The new data reveal that the edge is coherent over a larger opening angle and is significantly more bow-shock-shaped than previously thought. Within $\sim 27\,$degrees about the axis of symmetry of the edge the density, temperature and pressure drop abruptly by factors of $1.83^{+0.09}_{-0.08}$, $1.85^{+0.41}_{-0.41}$ and $3.4^{+0.8}_{-0.7}$, respectively. This is inconsistent with the pressure equilibrium expected of a cold front and we conclude that the edge is a shock front. We measure a Mach number $M = 1.59^{+0.06}_{-0.07}$ and corresponding shock velocity $v_{\rm shock}\simeq 2057\,$km/s. Using spectra collected at the MMT with the Hectospec multi-object spectrograph we identify 328 spectroscopically confirmed cluster members. Significantly, we find a local peak in the projected galaxy density associated with a bright cluster galaxy which is located just ahead of the nose of the shock. The data are consistent with a merger viewed within $\sim 23\,$degrees of the plane of the sky. The merging subclusters are now moving apart along a north-south axis approximately $0.3\,$Gyr after a small impact parameter core passage. The gas core of the secondary subcluster, which was driving the shock, appears to have been disrupted by the merger. Without a driving 'piston' we speculate that the shock is dying. Finally, we propose that the diffuse radio emission near the shock is due to the revival of pre-existing radio plasma which has been overrun by the shock.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Music As a Tool For Ecstatic Space Design
Creators: name: Amin, Pranav
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: Music and architecture share a sacred bond across cultures. Their histories intertwine and together, they shape ritualistic, religious, and popular practices. As one of the few remaining avenues of universal transcendental experiences that have been so integral to humans, music’s ability to create ecstatic spaces is ever more necessary for the modern human. This thesis uses spatial, artificial intelligence, visual, and aural tools—while engaging in a dialogue between rationalist architecture and shamanic conceptions of spaces—to create an ecstatic space that seeks to reimagine the union of music and architecture. It reveals new ways in which this union can be experienced synonymously and utilizes novel approaches to design such a space.
Enhancement of antiferromagnetic interaction and transition temperature in M3TeO6 systems (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu)
Creators: name: Mathieu, R.
name: Ivanov, S. A.
name: Nordblad, P.
name: Weil, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several M3 TeO6 (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu) oxides order antiferromagnetically at low temperatures (near or below 60 K), while displaying interesting dielectric properties at high temperatures (ferroelectricity below 1000 K in M = Ni case). We have investigated and analyzed the structural and magnetic properties of Mn-doped Co3 TeO6 and Ni3 TeO6, which order antiferromagnetically at temperatures higher than their undoped counterparts.
description: 3 pages, 3 figures
Noise Expands the Response Range of the Bacillus subtilis Competence Circuit
Creators: name: Mugler, Andrew
name: Kittisopikul, Mark
name: Hayden, Luke
name: Liu, Jintao
name: Wiggins, Chris H.
name: Süel, Gürol M.
name: Walczak, Aleksandra M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Frequency response (Dynamics)
Gene regulatory networks
Bacillus subtilis
Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular biology

description: Gene regulatory circuits must contend with intrinsic noise that arises due to finite numbers of proteins. While some circuits act to reduce this noise, others appear to exploit it. A striking example is the competence circuit in Bacillus subtilis, which exhibits much larger noise in the duration of its competence events than a synthetically constructed analog that performs the same function. Here, using stochastic modeling and fluorescence microscopy, we show that this larger noise allows cells to exit terminal phenotypic states, which expands the range of stress levels to which cells are responsive and leads to phenotypic heterogeneity at the population level. This is an important example of how noise confers a functional benefit in a genetic decision-making circuit.
Efficient coupling between dielectric waveguide modes and exterior plasmon whispering gallery modes
Creators: name: Xu, Chen-Guang
name: Xiong, Xiao
name: Zou, Chang-Ling
name: Ren, Xi-Feng
name: Guo, Guang-Can
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inefficient coupling between dielectric guided mode and plasmon mode has been overlooked in the past. The mechanism in it is essentially different from the conventional coupling between dielectric modes. Based on qualitative theoretical analysis, we proposed two methods to strengthen the coupling between dielectric waveguide modes and exterior plasmon whispering gallery modes. One is using a U-shaped bent waveguide to break the adiabatic mode conversion process, and the other is to render the dielectric mode of higher-order to reach phase matching with plasmon mode. Both the transmission spectrum of waveguide and the energy spectrum of cavity demonstrate that the coupling efficiencies can be greatly improved. These simple configurations are potential for wide applications, for example, tunable integrated optical devices, nanolasers and sensors.
POSTER GUIDELINES- ATTRACTION CAMPAIGNS
Creators: name: Neri Cortés, C.
name: Torres Ramos, S.
name: Retamoza Vega, P. R.
name: Fajardo Robles, N. S.
name: Rodríguez Betancourtt, V. M.
name: Pérez Carrillo, L. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Women, Science, Engineering, gender, STEM, W-STEM

description: POSTER GUIDELINES FOR THE ATTRACTION CAMPAIGNS
description: The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Stability and Competition in Multi-spike Models of Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity
Creators: name: Babadi, Baktash
name: Abbott, Larry
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Synapses
subject: Neurosciences--Research
subject: Neuroplasticity
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is a widespread plasticity mechanism in the nervous system. The simplest description of STDP only takes into account pairs of pre- and postsynaptic spikes, with potentiation of the synapse when a presynaptic spike precedes a postsynaptic spike and depression otherwise. In light of experiments that explored a variety of spike patterns, the pair-based STDP model has been augmented to account for multiple pre- and postsynaptic spike interactions. As a result, a number of different “multi-spike” STDP models have been proposed based on different experimental observations. The behavior of these models at the population level is crucial for understanding mechanisms of learning and memory. The challenging balance between the stability of a population of synapses and their competitive modification is well studied for pair-based models, but it has not yet been fully analyzed for multi-spike models. Here, we address this issue through numerical simulations of an integrate-and-fire model neuron with excitatory synapses subject to STDP described by three different proposed multi-spike models. We also analytically calculate average synaptic changes and fluctuations about these averages. Our results indicate that the different multi-spike models behave quite differently at the population level. Although each model can produce synaptic competition in certain parameter regions, none of them induces synaptic competition with its originally fitted parameters. The dichotomy between synaptic stability and Hebbian competition, which is well characterized for pair-based STDP models, persists in multi-spike models. However, anti-Hebbian competition can coexist with synaptic stability in some models. We propose that the collective behavior of synaptic plasticity models at the population level should be used as an additional guideline in applying phenomenological models based on observations of single synapses.
Cumulative Impact of Repeated Wildfire Displacement Events on Migration in the Western United States
Creators: name: Carpen, Bo G
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: Climate migration has been identified as an urgent issue that will likely add greater complexity to existing climate change planning efforts (Black, 2011; Ahsan, 2011). Existing climate migration literature has primarily focused on international migration and the Global South, offering limited applicability to internal conditions in developed countries due to the issue’s high context dependency (Hoffman, 2020). Local and municipal planners have a responsibility to pursue evidence-based climate adaptation strategies (Mitchell, 2020). Yet, planners lack reliable data to forecast potential changes to regional migration based on repeated exposure to climate stressors. To date, research has been primarily qualitative in nature, leaving a need for quantitative, spatial studies to detect larger patterns in comparison to survey and interview-based findings (Piguet et al., 2018). Within developed countries, research that integrates environmental factors into typical migration estimation methods used by community development and economic planners is needed to determine the extent that rapid environment change may alter existing migration trends. In beginning to address this gap, this study tests the relationship between wildfire displacement events (i.e. evacuation events) and household out-migration rates amid a host of competing socioeconomic factors for all western US counties during years 2016-2019. Wildfire displacement data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is combined with out-migration estimates from the IRS SOI program in a times series, then joined to cross-sectional census data on county demographics to form a panel dataset for investigation. Modeling results show an expected 1.5% decrease in household out-migration rates for county-years experiencing repeated wildfire displacement events in comparison to non-treatment county-years. These results suggest a potential lowering of mobility capacity or desire within impacted communities for areas experiencing repeated wildfire. Whether this is linked to impacts on economic resources, i.e. exaggeration of underlying vulnerabilities, or suppressed desire to move is unclear. Direct implications for planners depend on greater understanding of causality. The study suggests that climate-related wildfire migration in the US warrants continued research, especially with focus on equity implications of unequal access to migration as a method of climate adaptation.
Alopex Kaup 1829
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Alopex

description: Alopex Kaup, 1829. Skizz. Europ. Theirwelt, 1:85. COMMENT: Included in Vulpes as a subgenus by Bobrinskii et al., 1965, [Key to the mammals of the U.S. S. R.], "Proveshchenie," Moscow, p. 127. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001001000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 244, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980
description: {"references": ["Bobrinskii, N. A., B. A. Kuznetsov, and A. P. Kuzyakin. 1965. Opredelitl' mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Guide to the mammals of the U. S. S. R.] Second ed. Proveshchenie, Moscow, 382 pp. (in Russian)."]}
Design and Fabrication of a Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Testbed
Creators: name: Caron, Christopher A
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: Here we present the design, assembly and successful ion trapping of a room-temperature ion trap system with a custom designed and fabricated surface electrode ion trap, which allows for rapid prototyping of novel trap designs such that new chips can be installed and reach UHV in under 2 days. The system has demonstrated success at trapping and maintaining both single ions and cold crystals of ions. We achieve this by fabricating our own custom surface Paul traps in the UMass Amherst cleanroom facilities, which are then argon ion milled, diced, mounted and wire bonded to an interposer which is placed in an ultra-high vacuum chamber and baked in a conventional oven for 46 hours. We demonstrate the system’s ability to confine strontium ions and present preliminary data towards calibrating the ion trap parameters for reduced heating rates. Future work will see the system being used to study the effects of various trap geometries, process fabrication steps and surface treatments on anomalous heating rates, and for portable quantum sensing applications, as an optical atomic clock.
Supplementary methods from Mechanical stimuli and matrix properties modulate cancer spheroid growth in 3D gelatin culture
Creators: name: Curtis, Kimberly J.
name: SCHIAVI, Jessica
name: Garrigle, Myles J. Mc
name: Vatsal Kumar
name: McNamara, Laoise M.
name: Niebur, Glen L.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biological Engineering
subject: 110601 Biomechanics
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 90301 Biomaterials
subject: FOS: Medical engineering

description: Details on gelatin preparation and measurement of the mechanical properties
Deep Fake Detection and Mitigation: Securing Against AI Generated Manipulation
Creators: name: Mohammed, Anwar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 461104
subject: Neural networks

description: Deep fake technology has been advanced in the past decade and this advancement in deep fake technology has brought major problems for many organizations and individuals. Machine learning and neural network has been the main source through which deep fakes are being generated and Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) has been the most prominent neural network for generation of deep fake imaged. This study has analyzed and discussed the role of machine learning in creation of deep fakes including a thorough discussion about different types of deep fakes that are being used. This paper also discusses the history of deep fakes and when it gained attention globally. Different literatures by researchers have also been reviewed about deep fake that are included in this study. As deep fakes have imposed many risks globally, these risks along with social and political risks are included in the study. The development of deep fake detection and mitigation technology and the ways it has helped individuals in securing against deep fakes are included in this paper. Furthermore, this paper looks into the challenges that are still present from deep fakes, their impacts, and the ways these challenges can be overcome. In conclusion this paper suggests advancement in deep fake detection technologies, introduction of policies, and awareness programs for the use of deep fakes and its detection.
Spirobassia hirsuta Freitag & G. Kadereit
Creators: name: Sukhorukov, Alexander P.
name: Kushunina, Maria A.
name: Stepanova, Nina Yu.
name: Kalmykova, Olga G.
name: Golovanov, Yaroslav M.
name: Sennikov, Alexander N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Amaranthaceae
Spirobassia
Spirobassia hirsuta

description: Spirobassia hirsuta (L.) Freitag & G. Kadereit
Spirobassia hirsuta (L.) Freitag & G. Kadereit, Taxon 60 (1): 71 (2011) ≡ Chenopodium hirsutum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 221 (1753) ≡ Bassia hirsuta (L.) Asch. in Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 1: 187 (1867).
Native status
Native.
Conservation status
Least Concern (LC).
EOO 27,800 km 2, AOO 12 km 2. The species has a restricted distribution in the south-eastern part of Orenburg Region. However, its populations are confined to saline lands, which are not threatened by anthropogenic disturbance and no actual protection is consequently required.
Distribution
Orenburg Region: Svetlyi District (Fig. 59).
Previous reports: Knjazev (2009).
The species occurs on saline lands. It is very rare in the eastern part of the Region.
The species is distributed as native in Western and Southern Europe (sea shores), south-west Siberia and Kazakhstan. It is known as alien in North America (eastern part).
description: Published as part of Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Kushunina, Maria A., Stepanova, Nina Yu., Kalmykova, Olga G., Golovanov, Yaroslav M. & Sennikov, Alexander N., 2024, Taxonomic inventory and distributions of Chenopodiaceae (Amaranthaceae s. l.) in Orenburg Region, Russia, pp. e 121541 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e121541, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e121541
Alopex lagopus
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Alopex
Alopex lagopus

description: Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:40. TYPE LOCALITY: N. Scandinavia, Lapland. DISTRIBUTION: Circumpolar, entire tundra zone of the Holarctic, including most of the Arctic islands. COMMENT: Placed in genus Canis, subgenus Alopex by Van Gelder, 1978:8. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001001001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 244, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980
description: {"references": ["Van Gelder, R. G. 1978. A review of canid classification. American Museum Novitates, 2646: 1 - 10."]}
Carrier Transport in Films of Alkyl-Ligand-Terminated Silicon Nanocrystals
Creators: name: Chen, Ting
name: Skinner, Brian
name: Xie, Wei
name: Shklovskii, B. I.
name: Kortshagen, Uwe R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) have shown great promise for electroluminescent and photoluminescent applications. In order to optimize the properties of Si NC devices, however, electronic transport in Si NCs films needs to be thoroughly understood. Here we present a systematic study of the temperature and electric field dependence of conductivity in films of alkyl-ligand-terminated Si NCs, which to date have shown the highest potential for device applications. Our measurements suggest that the conductivity is limited by the ionization of rare NCs containing donor impurities. At low bias, this ionization is thermally activated, with an ionization energy equal to twice the NC charging energy. As the bias is increased, the ionization energy is reduced by the electric field, as determined by the Poole-Frenkel effect. At large bias and sufficiently low temperature, we observe cold ionization of electrons from donor-containing NCs, with a characteristic tunneling length of about 1 nm. The temperature- and electric-field-dependent conductance measurements presented here provide a systematic and comprehensive picture for electron transport in lightly doped nanocrystal films.
description: 30 pages, 7 figures
Schnackenburg, R. - Vögtle, A. – Schürmann, H.- Mossner, F. - Fries, H. - Schlier, H., Le Message de Jésus et l’interpretation modeme. Ed. Du Cerf. Vol. de 111+231 ps. 135x215. Paris 1969
Creators: name: Carreira, José Nunes
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1970

description: Theologica, v. 5 n. 2 (1970)
Oesterreichische Kriegslieder; 1779
Creators: name: Rautenstrauch, Johann
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2013

description: Enth. (z.T. mit eigenen Titelbl.) : Josephs siebente Reise (Wien, 1778). Kriegslieder für Josephs Heere (2. Aufl., Wien, 1778). Lied eines preßischen Deserteurs. Ueber Friedrichs Rückzug. An Joseph und Theresien. An die Heerführer der Kaiservölker. Morgen- und Abendlieder für Josephs Krieger. Der Winterkrieg (Wien, 1779). Friedenslied (Wien, 1779). - Bibliogr. Nachweis: Goedecke, 4,1(1916), S. 198
Designing for the Unhoused: Finding Innovative and Transformative Solutions to Housing
Creators: name: Campbell, Hannah C
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: Architecture has not adequately addressed homelessness. A large population of unhoused individuals and families, in all parts of the country and even the world, are underserved by buildings and spaces. Moreover, architectural research has yet to address the depth of the problem and the necessity of versatile solutions. The aim of this research is to provide design solutions that are useful for those experiencing homelessness by focusing on the specific needs of the community. The program and design presented in this thesis attempts to find the best solutions specific to Amherst’s needs as a community. This thesis argues that, although homelessness is a result of many complicated and interconnected factors, it is also a design issue and that architecture needs to be more versatile and accommodating to the unhoused. This engagement is win-win, and design has the potential to serve as an instrument in leveling the playing field. This thesis begins by presenting research which demonstrates the impact of homelessness on American communities. Second, it presents past precedents that provide insight into what is possible and analyzes their effectiveness. Finally, these findings are translated into a design project that aims to positively intervene in this problem by analyzing the needs of the Amherst community and responding appropriately. The response being different vi housing options for those experiencing homelessness and a resource center open to residents and the broader community.
Transgender in Neverland: Dysphoria in a Supernatural Anime
Creators: name: Arsenault, Arya
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: This research asks the question of why the anime Zombie Land Saga has been hailed as positive and progressive transgender representation by international fans. I examine a famous episode in which the character Lily Hoshikawa comes out as transgender in terms of its themes of gender dysphoria and identity. After considering the changing understanding about these concepts in Japan as a result of Gender Identity Disorder, those two themes are suggested as key to popularity. The impact of the “wrong body” narrative created by GID on transgender culture in Japan is considered through personal accounts and commentary on recent changes. I conclude that dysphoria and gender identity are key to understanding the story’s reception among fans, and that it makes subtle but meaningful deviations from the narrative created by adherence to a Gender Identity Disorder paradigm.
Diplostomidae Poirier 1886
Creators: name: Lunaschi, Lía I.
name: Drago, Fabiana B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Diplostomida
Diplostomidae

description: Family Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886   Lophosicyadiplostomum Dubois, 1936
 Lophosicyadiplostomum sp.
 Host and record: Lysapsus limellus Cope, 1862 (C). Site of infection: metacercariae in kidney. References: Hamann & Kehr (1997), Hamann & Kehr (1999b), Kehr et al. (2000).
 Bursotrema Szidat, 1960
 Bursotrema tetracotyloides Szidat, 1960
 Host and record: Leptodactylus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (BA). Site of infection: metacercariae in kidney. Reference: Szidat (1960).
 Bursotrema aff. tetracotyloides
 Host and records: Leptodactylus latinasus Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 (C). Site of infection: metacercariae in kidney. References: Hamann et al. (2006).
 Bursotrema sp.
 Host and record: Pseudopaludicola boliviana Parker, 1927 (C). Site of infection: metacercariae in kidney. Reference: Duré et al. (2004).
description: Published as part of Lunaschi, Lía I. & Drago, Fabiana B., 2007, Checklist of digenean parasites of amphibians and reptiles from Argentina, pp. 51-68 in Zootaxa 1476 on page 60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176772
Quarks, Flow and Temperature in Spectra
Creators: name: Biró, T. S.
name: Szendi, Z.
name: Schram, Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theory Summary Talk given by Tamas S. Biro at SQM 2013, Birmingham, UK.
HYDRO-SOCIAL TERRITORIES AND OIL PALM PLANTATIONS:  INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AGRIBUSINESS, AND SAFE WATER ACCESS UNDER POWER RELATIONS IN KAIS, WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA
Creators: name: Asmara, Briantama
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: Native to the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, the indigenous people of West Papua, known as Papuan, have experienced substantial changes to their ecosystem over the last several decades, primarily to their water resources. As surface water has been a primary asset for drinking water consumption and their livelihoods for generations, the increase in pollution from expanding oil palm plantations impacts many lives. Receiving limited attention, disentangling this water injustice from power relations as a byproduct of the state-backed development, corporate-driven expansions, and consumer demand become pivotal to advocating for the indigenous community and their livelihoods. Therefore, this study explores integrating physical evidence of agricultural runoff from oil palm plantations and indigenous perceptions using hydro-social territories in a remote area in West Papua, Indonesia. Due to the lack of long-term investigations of the impact of water contamination in West Papua, a hydrological model will be used to assess the nature of the oil palm impact within the watershed. As deterioration in water quality is expected due to landscape changes, the indigenous perception of hydrological changes is crucial to determine how significant the impact is on local livelihoods. Semi-structured interviews will be used to study the perception of indigenous communities on water resources and threats of oil palm to their livelihood. The synthesis of those results will later be concluded using the hydro-social approach, involving a multi-scale analysis that includes Indonesian state and corporate actors through literature reviews from various sources (e.g., official documentation, corporate reports, and journals). This research will develop strategies to protect indigenous communities not yet impacted by large-scale changes in the watershed resulting from palm oil plantations.
Testing the No-Hair Theorem with Event Horizon Telescope Observations of Sagittarius A*
Creators: name: Broderick, Avery E.
name: Johannsen, Tim
name: Loeb, Abraham
name: Psaltis, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The advent of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a millimeter-wave very-long baseline interferometric array, has enabled spatially-resolved studies of the sub-horizon-scale structure for a handful of supermassive black holes. Among these, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), presents the largest angular cross section. Thus far, these studies have focused upon measurements of the black hole spin and the validation of low-luminosity accretion models. However, a critical input into the analysis of EHT data is the structure of the black hole spacetime, and thus these observations provide the novel opportunity to test the applicability of the Kerr metric to astrophysical black holes. Here we present the first simulated images of a radiatively inefficient accretion flow (RIAF) around Sgr A* employing a quasi-Kerr metric that contains an independent quadrupole moment in addition to the mass and spin that fully characterize a black hole in general relativity. We show that these images can be significantly different from the images of a RIAF around a Kerr black hole with the same spin and demonstrate the feasibility of testing the no-hair theorem by constraining the quadrupolar deviation from the Kerr metric with existing EHT data. Equally important, we find that the disk inclination and spin orientation angles are robust to the inclusion of additional parameters, providing confidence in previous estimations assuming the Kerr metric based upon EHT observations. However, at present the limits upon potential modifications of the Kerr metric remain weak.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures, submitted to ApJ
The Current State of Practice of Building Information Modeling
Creators: name: Brooks, Kevin P
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: Building Information Modeling (BIM) has become extremely prominent in the construction industry in the past twenty years. It serves as a digital repository that can, when used to its fullest potential, combine all aspects of designing, building, and managing a structure in one place, alongside all the data produced in those processes. The construction industry has to date struggled to increase productivity alongside similar fields, such as the manufacturing industry, though the construction industry generally has far more stakeholders on one project than the manufacturing industry. Further, building designs are becoming more complex while project schedules are becoming tighter. As states look to better manage and develop their infrastructure in the most efficient manner possible, it is critical that all options to improve both project results and efficiency are considered. Organizations such as the International Standards Organization (ISO) and British Standards Institute (BSI) have created standards such as ISO19650 and PAS1192 to provide guidance for how to best implement BIM. This study begins with an extensive literature review to determine the current state of practice of BIM from an academic standpoint. Semi-structured interviews with industry experts on BIM from those working as academics, architects, contractors, clients, software vendors, and engineers are used to inform a two-round Delphi study. The Delphi study seeks to elaborate on the potentials and barriers of BIM, and to determine the consensus or lack thereof within the overall building industry with respect to BIM. The various industry sectors are found to have poor agreement on the potentials and barriers of BIM, but the potentials are found to outweigh the barriers, aligning with the industry’s increasing adoption of BIM since its creation 20 years ago.
Creating Dormitories with a Sense of Home
Creators: name: Brousseau, Johnathon A
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

description: With more people in the United States renting now than at any point since 1965, there is an amorphous temporality in the dwellings of many Americans (Cilluffo, Fry, 2022). This provides flexibility and thus, more freedom for upward mobility, an enticing attribute for younger people living on their own for the first time. However, this lack of permanence can create challenges in establishing a “sense of place”. When residents don’t feel a strong connection to their spaces, they can feel as if they don’t belong. This issue is especially prevalent in dormitories, where a feeling of belonging is vital to student success (Strayhorn, 2019, p.217). These obstacles present a formidable design opportunity for architects to alter their existing planning and design of dormitories.
This thesis explores the inherent power struggles dormitories present, as well as the shifting definition of “home” as both a space of belonging and a set of qualities imbued into a space. The goal of this project is to establish an understanding of the role of placemaking in temporary dwellings and discuss the difficulty one can face with creating a sense of “permanence”. and ultimately, to create a framework for designing student housing with a particularly strong “sense of place”.
With a focus on housing solutions for university students who are currently experiencing both a shortage of on-campus housing, this thesis offers a set of guidelines for effectively designing student housing with a strong sense of place, with an emphasis on creating a sense of permanence in temporary dwellings.
Chenopodium hirsutum Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1753
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium
Chenopodium hirsutum

description: Chenopodium hirsutum, spec. nov.
 20. Chenopodium foliis teretibus obtusis tomentosis alternis, caule herbaceo. Sauv. monsp.7.
 Kali minus villosum. Bauh. pin. 289. prodr. 133.
 Kali parvum hirsutum. Bauh. hist. 702.
 Habitat Monspelii in maritimis.
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1753, Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 221, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931989
Which New Health Technologies Do We Need to Achieve an End to HIV/AIDS?
Creators: name: Gray, Glenda E.
name: Laher, Fatima
name: Doherty, Tanya
name: Karim, Salim Abdool
name: Hammer, Scott M.
name: Mascola, John
name: Beyrer, Chris
name: Corey, Larry
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: HIV infections--Treatment
Medical technology
Antiretroviral agents
Medical sciences
Medicine
Biology

description: In the last 15 years, antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been the most globally impactful life-saving development of medical research. Antiretrovirals (ARVs) are used with great success for both the treatment and prevention of HIV infection. Despite these remarkable advances, this epidemic grows relentlessly worldwide. Over 2.1 million new infections occur each year, two-thirds in women and 240,000 in children. The widespread elimination of HIV will require the development of new, more potent prevention tools. Such efforts are imperative on a global scale. However, it must also be recognised that true containment of the epidemic requires the development and widespread implementation of a scientific advancement that has eluded us to date—a highly effective vaccine. Striving for such medical advances is what is required to achieve the end of AIDS.
Long-term Elevation of Complement Factors in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With Borna Disease Virus 1 Encephalitis
Creators: name: Bauswein, Markus
name: Zoubaa, Saida
name: Toelge, Martina
name: Eidenschink, Lisa
name: Riemenschneider, Markus J.
name: Neumann, Bernhard
name: Lee, De-Hyung
name: Eid, Ehab
name: Tappe, Dennis
name: Niller, Hans Helmut
name: Gessner, André
name: Schmidt, Barbara
name: Bülow, Sigrid
name: Angstwurm, Klemens
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: BoDV-1, zoonosis, complement system, immunopathogenesis, biomarkers
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background

Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) causes rare but severe zoonotic infections in humans, presenting as encephalitis. The case-fatality risk is very high and no effective countermeasures have been established so far. An immunopathology is presumed, while data on immune responses in humans are limited. Evidence of a role of the complement system in various neurological disorders and in viral infections of the central nervous system is increasing and specific inhibitors are available as therapeutic options.
Methods

In this study, we investigated factors of the complement system in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with BoDV-1 infections (n = 17) in comparison to noninflammatory control CSF samples (n = 11), using a bead-based multiplex assay. In addition, immunohistochemistry was performed using postmortem brain tissue samples.
Results

We found an intrathecal elevation of complement factors of all complement pathways and an active cascade during human BoDV-1 infections. The increase of certain complement factors such as C1q was persistent, and C3 complement deposits were detected in postmortem brain sections. Intrathecal complement levels were negatively correlated with survival.
Conclusions

Further investigations are warranted to clarify whether targeting the complement cascade by specific inhibitors might be beneficial for patients suffering from severe BoDV-1 encephalitis.