cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Recreation and open space in urban waterfront redevelopments
Creators: name: Johnson, Richard John
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This paper considers the problem of including recreation and open spaces in urban waterfront redevelopments. The major difficulty arises in providing recreation and open spaces that will be well used and therefore easily justified in an area of relatively scarce supply and high demand, such as commonly occurs in urban waterfront redevelopments. The history and recent state of urban waterfronts was examined as were current waterfront redevelopments and their recreation and open spaces. The various types of recreation and open spaces, and the factors that commonly affect them in waterfront locations were also addressed. Case studies of San Antonio's Riverwalk, Toronto's Harbourfront, and Baltimore's Inner Harbour were discussed in detail. Research was conducted and reported on the recreation and open spaces on Granville Island in Vancouver. Peak use periods on a variety of sunny days were studied to determine how well the spaces were used, and total users, users/sq. meter, and factors affecting use were examined. The major conclusion was that on Granville Island and most other urban waterfront redevelopments, urban and marine oriented attractions serve as the most popular recreation and open spaces, and large, passive open spaces are neither in great demand or particularly well used. It was also concluded that passive forms of recreation such as walking, sitting, and viewing, were the most popular activities. It is however important to consider specific situations since they vary from site to site and local needs and conditions can alter this pattern. Finally some suggestions were made as to types of recreation and open spaces that should be considered from inclusion in future Vancouver urban waterfront redevelopments.
The Importance of Standards Part One - Slides
Creators: Paul Nikolich and Hermann Koch
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

IEEE Virtual Tech Talk
This webinar will explore the important role technical standards play:
to bring innovation to market,
to escort technical development of products and solutions,
to set requirements for the manufacturing process, and
to harmonized solutions of innovation at the market.
Examples of how IEEE standards are applied for long time business success will also be discussed.
NGC 2770 - a supernova Ib factory?
Creators: name: Thoene, Christina C.
name: Michalowski, Michal J.
name: Leloudas, Giorgos
name: Cox, Nick L. J.
name: Fynbo, Johan P. U.
name: Sollerman, Jesper
name: Hjorth, Jens
name: Vreeswijk, Paul M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: NGC 2770 has been the host of three supernovae of Type Ib during the last 10 years, SN 1999eh, SN 2007uy and SN 2008D. SN 2008D attracted special attention due to the serendipitous discovery of an associated X-ray transient. In this paper, we study the properties of NGC 2770 and specifically the three SN sites to investigate whether this galaxy is in any way peculiar to cause a high frequency of SNe Ib. We model the global SED of the galaxy from broadband data and derive a star-formation and SN rate comparable to the values of the Milky Way. We further study the galaxy using longslit spectroscopy covering the major axis and the three SN sites. From the spectroscopic study we find subsolar metallicities for the SN sites, a high extinction and a moderate star-formation rate. In a high resolution spectrum, we also detect diffuse interstellar bands in the line-of-sight towards SN 2008. A comparison of NGC 2770 to the global properties of a galaxy sample with high SN occurance (at least 3 SN in the last 100 years) suggests that NGC 2770 is not particularly destined to produce such an enhancement of observed SNe observed. Its properties are also very different from gamma-ray burst host galaxies. Statistical considerations on SN Ib detection rates give a probability of ~1.5% to find a galaxy with three Ib SNe detected in 10 years. The high number of rare Ib SNe in this galaxy is therefore likely to be a coincidence rather than special properties of the galaxy itself. NGC 2770 has a small irregular companion, NGC 2770B, which is highly starforming, has a very low mass and one of the lowest metallicities detected in the nearby universe as derived from longslit spectroscopy. In the most metal poor part, we even detect Wolf-Rayet features, against the current models of WR stars which require high metallicities.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures, submitted to ApJ
Sulla genealogia e la cronologia di alcuni testi di età crociata. Rorgo Fretellus e dintorni (l’alte Compendium, Eugesippus, l’Innominatus VI o pseudo-Beda, la Descriptio locorum circa Hierusalem adiacentium)
Creators: name: Trovato, Paolo
Publisher: name: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara
Year: 2012

description: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara, VII 1 (2012)
Evolving Toward an Affordable Hyperloop Technology: Vacuum transport as a clean alternative to short-haul flights (Slides)
Creators: Jonas Kristiansen Nøland
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2022

The future transformation of mass transportation is set to fundamentally shape our modern civilization in reducing the global energy consumption from travel and the time needed to move. Evacuated tube transport in airless tunnels is currently viewed as the fastest and cleanest way to cross the earth’s surface. However, as a result of recent marketing hypes, not enough explanation of its core technologies has been provided to understand its feasibility fully. Still, the main challenge is dealing with its high infrastructure needs, which makes the technology difficult to scale up. Even though you can make the ride perfect, you still need enough throughput to pay back the cost of active propulsion and suspension components. This presentation presents a technical path for an affordable subsonic transportation system to speed up future technology implementation.
This webinar deck presents the DOE project related to Optimal Reconfiguration and Resilient Control Framework for Real-Time Photovoltaic Dispatch to Manage Critical Infrastructure (ReDis-PV). The project will develop a grid management tool that detects cyber and physical threats, and forms dynamic clusters to optimally manage photovoltaic and energy. The core of the project that allows management and control of DERs to support critical infrastructure is the main theme of the presentation. The webinar includes the technical details and overall implementation methods.
Barbarea W.T.Aiton
Creators: name: Agerbirk, Niels
name: Hansen, Cecilie Cetti
name: Olsen, Carl Erik
name: Kiefer, Christiane
name: Hauser, Thure P.
name: Christensen, Stina
name: Jensen, Karen R.
name: Ørgaard, Marian
name: Pattison, David I.
name: Lange, Conny Bruun Asmussen
name: Cipollini, Don
name: Koch, Marcus A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Barbarea

description: 2.2.1. Endemic Australian Barbarea species
Our previous investigations of Barbarea GSL profiles had focused on species from the Northern temperate zone (Agerbirk et al., 2003 a, 2015), while many other species of the genus appeared to be poorly known with respect to chemistry. For the purpose of investigating distantly related species, we turned to two endemic Australian species, Barbarea australis Hook f. and Barbarea grayi Hewson. Both species contained expectable homoPhe and Trp derived GSLs in leaves and roots (Table 3), and no surprising GSLs were observed. Rather, PE and the usual derivatives BAR and EBAR were dominating GSLs, along with expectable indole GSLs.
Seed GSLs of B. australis had already been reported (Agerbirk and Olsen, 2011), and included most of the GSLs from leaves and roots (except substituted Trp-derived) as well as low levels of 6 ′ -isoferuloyl derivatives of the major seed GSLs PE and BAR. Seed GSLs of B. grayi were analyzed for this report and contained the expected isoferuloylated GSLs known from the genus, but at rather low levels (Table 3). A large number of putative aliphatic GSLs and derivatives of the major GSLs were searched for but not found (Table 3).
description: Published as part of Agerbirk, Niels, Hansen, Cecilie Cetti, Olsen, Carl Erik, Kiefer, Christiane, Hauser, Thure P., Christensen, Stina, Jensen, Karen R., Ørgaard, Marian, Pattison, David I., Lange, Conny Bruun Asmussen, Cipollini, Don & Koch, Marcus A., 2021, Glucosinolate profiles and phylogeny in Barbarea compared to other tribe Cardamineae (Brassicaceae) and Reseda (Resedaceae), based on a library of ion trap HPLC-MS / MS data of reference desulfoglucosinolates, pp. 1-19 in Phytochemistry (112658) (112658) 185 on page 7, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112658, http://zenodo.org/record/8259676
Die mährischen Enklaven in Schlesien. Ein Symposium an der Schlesischen Universität Opava/Troppau
Creators: name: Irgang, Winfried
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2008

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 57 Nr. 3 (2008): Marienkult, Cyrillo-Methodiana und Antemurale. Religiöse Erinnerungsorte in Ostmitteleuropa vor und nach 1989
Giovan Battista Oddoni fra idillio, lirica, tragedia e pastorale
Creators: name: Alonzo, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara
Year: 2013

description: Through archival sources and repertories this paper offers a biographical and bibliographical outline of Giovan Battista Oddoni, born in Varese and employed in Milan, Mantua and Turin from 1618 to 1630. The paper enlightens in particular on his academic and courtesan relations, especially with the Houses of Gonzaga and Visconti Borromeo from Lainate, then, after a forced transfer in Turin due to legal problems, with the House of Savoy. The paper also discusses the history of composition, structures and contents of Idillii (1618), the tragedy Edemondo (1621) and Rime (1623), published in Milan; of them, the paper shows the aspects encoded in the respective genres (with a raid on the history of seventeenth century’s idyll in Lombardy). Finally, the paper discusses the tragicomedy Arione (1628), published and performed in Turin, which is ascribed for the first time to the author (previously limited to the symbol «G.B.O.» that appears in the frontispiece). The paper considers this ‘maritime fable’ for its courtesan, allegorical and didactic purposes, as well as for the reuse of expressive formulas and plot schemas taken from Oddoni’s previous literary experience.
description: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara, VII 2 (2012)
Ruan Lingyu (1910-1935): a Silent Diva, a Model for Modern Girls (modeng nuxing) and New Women (xin nuxing)
Creators: name: Colet, Cristina
Publisher: name: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara
Year: 2014
Subjects: Ruan Lingyu; stardom; style; China

description: Ruan Lingyu, come prodotto divistico della Cina anni Trenta, ha rappresentato diversi modelli femminili passando dall’immagine virtuosa a quella di donna spregiudicata. Ricordata da molti per la sua tragica vita, che per certi versi ricorda quella delle eroine da lei interpretate, è meno conosciuta per lo stile di recitazione innovativo e moderno che caratterizza le sue performance. Il saggio prende in analisi alcuni dei suoi ruoli più significativi e riflette sulla condizione femminile cinese di quegli anni in una società patriarcale che poco spazio concedeva alle donne, se non come oggetto di desiderio.
description: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara, IX 1 (2014)
2021 Top 5 Papers of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (Slides)
Creators: Rodrigo Andrade Ramos
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2022

5 papers selected in 2021 among the ones published in the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. The IEEE-TSG is a cross disciplinary journal aimed at disseminating results of research on and development of the smart grid, which encompasses energy networks where prosumers, electric transportation, distributed energy resources, and communications are integral and interactive components, as in the case of microgrids and active distribution networks interfaced with transmission systems.
The objective of this PES Webinar is to showcase and increase the visibility of the Top 5 papers selected in 2021 among the ones published in the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. The IEEE-TSG is a cross disciplinary journal aimed at disseminating results of research on and development of the smart grid, which encompasses energy networks where prosumers, electric transportation, distributed energy resources, and communications are integral and interactive components, as in the case of microgrids and active distribution networks interfaced with transmission systems.
Presenters of 2021 Best Papers:
1) Yi Wang - Review of Smart Meter Data Analytics: Applications, Methodologies, and Challenges
2)Shunbo Lei - Resilient Disaster Recovery Logistics of Distribution Systems: Co-Optimize Service Restoration with Repair Crew and Mobile Power Source Dispatch
3)Xiongfei Wang - Harmonic Stability in Power Electronic-Based Power Systems: Concept, Modeling, and Analysis
4)Cuo Zhang - Hierarchically-Coordinated Voltage/VAR Control of Distribution Networks Using PV Inverters
5)Chau Yuen - Peer-to-Peer Trading in Electricity Networks: An Overview
Krates bei Plautus? Persa, 118-28
Creators: name: Izzo, Donatella
Publisher: name: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara
Year: 2014
Subjects: Plauto; Persa; allusioni filosofiche; Diogene di Sinope; Cratete di Tebe

description: This paper attempts to reinterpret verses 118-28 of Persa of Plautus from multiple perspectives. In particular, the identification of the cynic mentioned therein with Diogenes of Sinope is definitively excluded and is suggested the presence of a general reference to the Cynics in the verses 118-26 and the presence of a specific allusion to Crates of Thebes in verses 127f. This examination helps to reconsider the relation of Persa with the eventual “original” greek, the dating of the latter, the Roman audience's reaction to philosophical references of this type, and the comic ploys used by Plautus. Conversely, in philosophy, the importance of Plautus’ testimony in the world of ancient Cynicism sources is re-discussed, with emphasis on highlighting the need for caution in respect to the overwhelming predominance of Diogenes of Sinope’s fame in relation to other Cynics in the anecdotal literature and in other works as well.
description: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara, IX 1 (2014)
Substructures in lens galaxies: PG1115+080 and B1555+375, two fold configurations
Creators: name: Miranda, Marco
name: Jetzer, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the anomalous flux ratio which is observed in some four-image lens systems, where the source lies close to a fold caustic. In this case two of the images are close to the critical curve and their flux ratio should be equal to unity, instead in several cases the observed value differs significantly. The most plausible solution is to invoke the presence of substructures, as for instance predicted by the Cold Dark Matter scenario, located near the two images. In particular, we analyze the two fold lens systems PG1115+080 and B1555+375, for which there are not yet satisfactory models which explain the observed anomalous flux ratios. We add to a smooth lens model, which reproduces well the positions of the images but not the anomalous fluxes, one or two substructures described as singular isothermal spheres. For PG1115+080 we consider a smooth model with the influence of the group of galaxies described by a SIS and a substructure with mass $\sim 10^{5} M_{\odot}$ as well as a smooth model with an external shear and one substructure with mass $\sim 10^{8} M_{\odot}$ . For B1555+375 either a strong external shear or two substructures with mass $\sim 10^{7} M_{\odot}$ reproduce the data quite well.
description: 26 pages, updated bibliography, Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science
Stefan Dyroff u.a. (Hrsg.), Lodz jenseits von „Fabriken, Wildwest und Provinz“. Kulturwissenschaftliche Studien über die Deutschen in und aus den polnischen Gebieten
Creators: name: Löw, Andrea
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2011

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 60 Nr. 1 (2011)
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine (a cura di), Matisse, la figura. La forza della linea, l’emozione del colore, con testi di I. Monod-Fontaine, C. Chicha-Castex, I. Cicali, G. Di Natale, Catalogo della mostra, Ferrara-Arte, 2014, pp. 296, ISBN 9788889793169.
Creators: name: Fiorillo, Ada Patrizia
Publisher: name: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara
Year: 2014

description: Annali Online  Lettere - Ferrara, IX 1 (2014)
Plenary: Offshore Wind Integration: DOE Perspectives and European Lessons Learned and Best Experiences (slides)
Creators: L. He
E. Starschich
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2022

To accelerate grid decarbonization, many countries have issued strong incentives to significantly increase the installation of renewable energy resources, including offshore wind. The United States (U.S.) government has set an ambitious target to install offshore wind generators of 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. It is shown in existing studies that voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) is considered as the most effective solution for large-scale, long-distance offshore wind power transmission due to its advantages of fast and independent control of active and reactive power, feasibility of multi-terminal dc grids, and black start capability. The rapid growth of offshore wind power can significantly impact the stability and resilience of onshore ac grids. This poses great challenges to the modeling, control, protection, operation, and security of VSC-HVDC connected offshore wind generators. This panel will share DOE perspectives on offshore wind integration and European lessons learned and best experiences to provide good guidance to speed up the development of U.S. offshore wind technologies.
To accelerate grid decarbonization, many countries have issued strong incentives to significantly increase the installation of renewable energy resources, including offshore wind. The United States (U.S.) government has set an ambitious target to install offshore wind generators of 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. It is shown in existing studies that voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) is considered as the most effective solution for large-scale, long-distance offshore wind power transmission due to its advantages of fast and independent control of active and reactive power, feasibility of multi-terminal dc grids, and black start capability. The rapid growth of offshore wind power can significantly impact the stability and resilience of onshore ac grids. This poses great challenges to the modeling, control, protection, operation, and security of VSC-HVDC connected offshore wind generators. This panel will share DOE perspectives on offshore wind integration and European lessons learned and best experiences to provide good guidance to speed up the development of U.S. offshore wind technologies.
Presentations and Panelists:
- “Challenges and Solutions of Offshore Wind Integration” by L. He, University of Illinois Chicago
- “Dynamic Performance of Offshore connections with HVDC in the AC grid” by E. Starschich, Siemens Energy
Nationale Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Kompositorische und soziokulturelle Aspekte der Musikgeschichte zwischen Ost- und Westeuropa
Creators: name: Ther, Philipp
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2005

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 54 Nr. 2 (2005)
Superhydrophobic/superoleophilic magnetic elastomers by laser ablation
Creators: name: Milionis, Athanasios
name: Fragouli, Despina
name: Brandi, Fernando
name: Liakos, Ioannis
name: Barroso, Suset
name: Ruffilli, Roberta
name: Athanassiou, Athanassia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the development of magnetic nanocomposite sheets with superhydrophobic and superoleophilic surfaces generated by laser ablation. Polydimethylsiloxane elastomer freestanding films, loaded homogeneously with 2% wt. carbon coated iron nanoparticles, were ablated by UV (248 nm), nanosecond laser pulses. The laser irradiation induces chemical and structural changes (both in micro-and nano-scale) to the surfaces of the nanocomposites rendering them superhydrophobic. The use of nanoparticles increases the UV light absorption eficiency of the nanocomposite samples, and thus facilitates the ablation process, since the number of pulses and the laser fluence required are greatly reduced compared to the bare polymer. Additionally the magnetic nanoparticles enhance significantly the super-hydrophobic and oleophilic properties of the PDMS sheets, and provide to PDMS magnetic properties making possible its actuation by a weak external magnetic field. These nanocomposite elastomers can be considered for applications requiring magnetic MEMS for the controlled separation of liquids.
Izabela Surynt, Marek Zybura (Hrsg.), Narrative des Nationalen. Deutsche und polnische Nationsdiskurse im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Creators: name: Krzoska, Markus
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2011

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 60 Nr. 1 (2011)
Zwangsmigrationen im mittleren und östlichen Europa. Völkerrecht – Konzeptionen – Praxis (1938-1950)
Creators: name: Eser, Ingo
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2008

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 57 Nr. 3 (2008): Marienkult, Cyrillo-Methodiana und Antemurale. Religiöse Erinnerungsorte in Ostmitteleuropa vor und nach 1989
Training Code Smell Detection Models with Cross-Project Information: An Empirical Assessment
Creators: name: De Stefano, Manuel
name: Di Nucci, Dario
name: Pecorelli, Fabiano
name: Palomba, Fabio
name: De Lucia, Andrea
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Code smells are sub-optimal implementation choices that might have a negative impact on software comprehensibility and maintainability. Over the last decades, the research community has attempted to define automatedmechanisms for their detection. A recent trend is represented by the adoption of machine learning algorithms. So far, researchers have proposed the train those models using a within-project strategy, that is, the usage of past data coming from the same project where the detection should be made. Unfortunately, recent studies have shown that it is unsuitable because of the lack of code smell data to effectively train machine learning models. To overcome this issue, it seems therefore reasonable to collect more data by mining external projects, hence using a cross-project training strategy. In this paper, we propose an empirical study on the matter. Focusing on three code smell types, i.e., Blob, Complex Class, and Spaghetti Code, whose data are collected from a manually built dataset of 15 open-source projects, we address three main research angles:(1) How a cross-project training strategy affects the performance of code smell detection models with respect to a within-project strategy; (2) What is the impact of filtering techniques, which have the goal of only selecting therelevant data from external sources to avoid issues due to data heterogeneity; and (3) How the application of local learning affects the performance of the models. The key findings of the study show that the cross-project strategybrings no evident improvements; nonetheless, we observe that the results might potentially change, should large-scale, real-world datasets be available.
The impact of computer-mediated office technology on the labour requirements of office organizations
Creators: name: Thompson, Robert Bruce Douglas
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis challenges the common belief that the use of existing and near-future applications of computer technology results in overall decreases in requirements for clerical and management labour. Three additive and one negative forms of labour impact have been identified. They are: System development and implementation, Equipment operation, Information use and management, and Labour replacement and enhancement. Five distinct areas of application have also been identified. They are: Large scale data processing, Small scale data processing, Clerical document production, Management decision-making, and Electronic office networks. For each area of application, the forms of labour impact which occur in association with the technology are discussed, and changes in employment and productivity levels claimed or documented in the literature are also examined. Tentative findings are then tested using substantive and quantitative information, concerning labour impacts that have occurred in several Vancouver office organizations which have implemented computer technology. The following is concluded from the research presented in this thesis. First, in most instances, long-term increases in labour requirements associated with the use of computer-mediated office technology outweigh the negative labour impacts which also occur. Second, the technology is seldom implemented with the primary intention of reducing labour requirements. Instead, far greater weight is given in implementation decisions to such concerns as corporate prestige, document quality, and developing new areas of information management. As a result, substantial negative labour impacts seldomly occur. Third, only a portion of negative impacts which do occur is the result of the labour replacement and enhancement capability of the technology. A large but indeterminate portion is the result of the rationalization, systemization, specialization and centralization of office practises, procedures and employees. Fourth, historic changes in employment levels and labour productivity are not accurate measures of the labour impact of computer use. As a result, it is extremely difficult to quantitatively assess the labour impact of existing or future areas of application. Fifth, the implementation of electronic office networks will be extremely difficult and costly, and will require such large increases in office labour and offers such small labour savings that few will be implemented in the near future.
Linear stability, transient energy growth and the role of viscosity stratification in compressible plane Couette flow
Creators: name: Malik, M.
name: Dey, J.
name: Alam, Meheboob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Linear stability and the non-modal transient energy growth in compressible plane Couette flow are investigated for two prototype mean flows: (a) the {\it uniform shear} flow with constant viscosity, and (b) the {\it non-uniform shear} flow with {\it stratified} viscosity. Both mean flows are linearly unstable for a range of supersonic Mach numbers ($M$). For a given $M$, the critical Reynolds number ($Re$) is significantly smaller for the uniform shear flow than its non-uniform shear counterpart. An analysis of perturbation energy reveals that the instability is primarily caused by an excess transfer of energy from mean-flow to perturbations. It is shown that the energy-transfer from mean-flow occurs close to the moving top-wall for ``mode I'' instability, whereas it occurs in the bulk of the flow domain for ``mode II''. For the non-modal analysis, it is shown that the maximum amplification of perturbation energy, $G_{\max}$, is significantly larger for the uniform shear case compared to its non-uniform counterpart. For $α=0$, the linear stability operator can be partitioned into ${\cal L}\sim \bar{\cal L} + Re^2{\cal L}_p$, and the $Re$-dependent operator ${\cal L}_p$ is shown to have a negligibly small contribution to perturbation energy which is responsible for the validity of the well-known quadratic-scaling law in uniform shear flow: $G(t/{\it Re}) \sim {\it Re}^2$. A reduced inviscid model has been shown to capture all salient features of transient energy growth of full viscous problem. For both modal and non-modal instability, it is shown that the {\it viscosity-stratification} of the underlying mean flow would lead to a delayed transition in compressible Couette flow.
Towards Balanced Learning for Instance Recognition
Creators: name: Pang, Jiangmiao
name: Chen, Kai
name: Li, Qi
name: Xu, Zhihai
name: Feng, Huajun
name: Shi, Jianping
name: Ouyang, Wanli
name: Lin, Dahua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Instance recognition is rapidly advanced along with the developments of various deep convolutional neural networks. Compared to the architectures of networks, the training process, which is also crucial to the success of detectors, has received relatively less attention. In this work, we carefully revisit the standard training practice of detectors, and find that the detection performance is often limited by the imbalance during the training process, which generally consists in three levels - sample level, feature level, and objective level. To mitigate the adverse effects caused thereby, we propose Libra R-CNN, a simple yet effective framework towards balanced learning for instance recognition. It integrates IoU-balanced sampling, balanced feature pyramid, and objective re-weighting, respectively for reducing the imbalance at sample, feature, and objective level. Extensive experiments conducted on MS COCO, LVIS and Pascal VOC datasets prove the effectiveness of the overall balanced design.
description: Accepted by IJCV. Journal extension of paper arXiv:1904.02701
Countering quarantine viruses and viroids through cleaning and disinfection (DISVIR)
Creators: name: Steyer, Stephan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Euphresco, plant health, virology, management, disinfection

description: Slide of the Euphresco project 2020-C-360 'Countering quarantine viruses and viroids through cleaning and disinfection (DISVIR)'
description: Project funded through the Euphresco network
Solar axions in large extra dimensions
Creators: name: Bastero-Gil, Mar
name: Beaufort, Cyprien
name: Santos, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The axion could be used as a probe for extra dimensions. In large extra dimensions, besides the QCD axion one obtains an infinite tower of massive Kaluza-Klein (KK) states. We describe the processes of KK axions production in the Sun via the axion-photon coupling, $g_{aγγ}$, and we derive the number density of KK axions that get trapped into the solar gravitational field and then accumulate over cosmic times. The large multiplicity of states, as well as their masses in the keV-range, deeply alter the phenomenology of the axion. This scenario leads us to propose the presence of KK axions as an interpretation of the non-thermal distribution of the solar X-rays. In this work, we dedicate special attention on the astrophysical and cosmological bounds that apply on the model. In particular, we show how the KK axions may escape the EBL limit that constrains standard ALPs in the same mass range. Present searches for KK axions make use of the decay channel, $a\rightarrowγγ$, for which we revise the event rate; our value lies orders of magnitude below the rate usually quoted in the literature. This major conclusion stems from recent measurements of the luminosity of the quiet Sun which acts as an irreducible limit. The revised model remains a viable and an attractive explanation for multiple astrophysical observations, and we propose several approaches to search for solar KK axions in the near future.
description: version accepted in JCAP
Krajowa Komisja Porozumiewawcza NSZZ „Solidarność". Posiedzenie 9—10 kwietnia 1981
Creators: name: Garsztecki, Stefan
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 1999

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 48 Nr. 1 (1999)
An ideal mass assignment scheme for measuring the Power Spectrum with FFTs
Creators: name: Cui, Weiguang
name: Liu, Lei
name: Yang, Xiaohu
name: Wang, Yu
name: Feng, Longlong
name: Springel, Volker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In measuring the power spectrum of the distribution of large numbers of dark matter particles in simulations, or galaxies in observations, one has to use Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) for calculational efficiency. However, because of the required mass assignment onto grid points in this method, the measured power spectrum $\la |δ^f(k)|^2\ra$ obtained with an FFT is not the true power spectrum $P(k)$ but instead one that is convolved with a window function $|W(\vec k)|^2$ in Fourier space. In a recent paper, Jing (2005) proposed an elegant algorithm to deconvolve the sampling effects of the window function and to extract the true power spectrum, and tests using N-body simulations show that this algorithm works very well for the three most commonly used mass assignment functions, i.e., the Nearest Grid Point (NGP), the Cloud In Cell (CIC) and the Triangular Shaped Cloud (TSC) methods. In this paper, rather than trying to deconvolve the sampling effects of the window function, we propose to select a particular function in performing the mass assignment that can minimize these effects. An ideal window function should fulfill the following criteria: (i) compact top-hat like support in Fourier space to minimize the sampling effects; (ii) compact support in real space to allow a fast and computationally feasible mass assignment onto grids. We find that the scale functions of Daubechies wavelet transformations are good candidates for such a purpose. Our tests using data from the Millennium Simulation show that the true power spectrum of dark matter can be accurately measured at a level better than 2% up to $k=0.7k_N$, without applying any deconvolution processes. The new scheme is especially valuable for measurements of higher order statistics, e.g. the bi-spectrum,........
description: 17 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ,Matches the accepted
Orthogonal Set of Basis Functions over the Binocular Pupil
Creators: name: Mathar, Richard J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Sets of orthogonal basis functions over two-dimensional circular areas--most often representing pupils in optical applications--are known in the literature for the full circle (Zernike or Jacobi polynomials) and the annulus. This work proposes an orthogonal set if the area is two non-overlapping circular pupils of same size. The major free parameter is the ratio of the pupil radii over the distance between both circles. Increasingly higher order aberrations--as defined for a virtual larger pupil in which both pupils are embedded--are fed into a Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization to implement one unique set of basis functions. The key element is to work out the overlap integrals between a full set of primitive basis functions (products of powers of the distance from the mid-point between both pupils by azimuthal functions of the Fourier type).
description: Added chapters V and VI on interferometric signal and Fourier representation
The implications of the Japanese resource procurement strategy for staple resource regions : an examination of coal mining in Southeastern B.C.
Creators: name: Maund, Jacqueline K.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The study begins by noting the importance of the Pacific Rim as a trading area within the world economy and examines growing economic ties between Japan and B.C. Japan is becoming increasingly significant as a market for B.C.'s raw materials and a source of investment capital for resource development. In consequence we need to examine the strategy followed by Japanese industrial interests in procuring raw materials. It is noted that this strategy differs in significant respects from the American strategy of direct foreign investment which has been so dominant in Canadian resource development and thus may have different implications for a staple region. The Japanese resource procurement strategy is described focusing on Japanese aversion for investing equity capital, long-term contracts, multiple-sourcing of resources, and consortium resource purchasing. A set of hypotheses are developed concerning the implications of this strategy and are tested in the context of the coal industry in southeastern B.C. This involved interviews with spokesmen from the four coal companies in the region and reliance upon a number of primary and secondary sources. The study concludes that the Japanese strategy gives rise to a set of new problems which increases the costs and risks associated with staple development. For example, their preference for not investing equity shifts the risks of resource development onto the owners of the venture and means that it is easier for the Japanese to wind down contracts or terminate a trading relationship than under the American strategy of direct foreign investment. Consortium resource purchasing inhibits sellers from receiving adequate returns for their resource. The Japanese attempt to encourage over-supply by letting out contracts for more resources than they require. This results in resource developers bearing the costs of unused capacity when contract cut backs occur. Finally, some policy suggestions are offered regarding the problems posed for staple economies by the Japanese resource procurement strategy.
Rorippa J.A.Scopoli 1760
Creators: name: Agerbirk, Niels
name: Hansen, Cecilie Cetti
name: Olsen, Carl Erik
name: Kiefer, Christiane
name: Hauser, Thure P.
name: Christensen, Stina
name: Jensen, Karen R.
name: Ørgaard, Marian
name: Pattison, David I.
name: Lange, Conny Bruun Asmussen
name: Cipollini, Don
name: Koch, Marcus A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Rorippa

description: 2.2.3. The genus Rorippa
The genus had been investigated in detail earlier (Olsen et al., 2016), except seeds of R. sylvestris. Here, the seeds were investigated with the aim to search for seed-specific acylated GSL (Table 5). Green parts and flowers of the sampled individual matched the previously reported profiles (results not shown). The GSL profile of the seeds was dominated by 6homoMet-derived 8mSOo (69) and the corresponding methylthio precursor 8mSo (92), i.e. the “C8” chain length group corresponding to six rounds of chain elongation in the early biosynthesis, in agreement with the previously reported leaf and root profiles. From visual comparison of chain-length distributions in the common table (Table 5), the distribution in R. sylvestris was obviously more narrow than seen for Nasturtium and Planodes, suggesting a more stringent, processive chain elongation system (Textor et al., 2007; Kumar et al., 2019; Petersen et al., 2019). Acylated GSLs, BCAA-derived, Trp-derived or Phe-derived GSLs were not detected (Table 4, Table 5) but Trp-derived GSLs are confirmed in other organs of the same species (Olsen et al., 2016).
description: Published as part of Agerbirk, Niels, Hansen, Cecilie Cetti, Olsen, Carl Erik, Kiefer, Christiane, Hauser, Thure P., Christensen, Stina, Jensen, Karen R., Ørgaard, Marian, Pattison, David I., Lange, Conny Bruun Asmussen, Cipollini, Don & Koch, Marcus A., 2021, Glucosinolate profiles and phylogeny in Barbarea compared to other tribe Cardamineae (Brassicaceae) and Reseda (Resedaceae), based on a library of ion trap HPLC-MS / MS data of reference desulfoglucosinolates, pp. 1-19 in Phytochemistry (112658) (112658) 185 on page 8, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112658, http://zenodo.org/record/8259676
Tsunami generation by dynamic displacement of sea bed due to dip-slip faulting
Creators: name: Dutykh, Denys
name: Dias, Frederic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In classical tsunami-generation techniques, one neglects the dynamic sea bed displacement resulting from fracturing of a seismic fault. The present study takes into account these dynamic effects. Earth's crust is assumed to be a Kelvin-Voigt material. The seismic source is assumed to be a dislocation in a viscoelastic medium. The fluid motion is described by the classical nonlinear shallow water equations (NSWE) with time-dependent bathymetry. The viscoelastodynamic equations are solved by a finite-element method and the NSWE by a finite-volume scheme. A comparison between static and dynamic tsunami-generation approaches is performed. The results of the numerical computations show differences between the two approaches and the dynamic effects could explain the complicated shapes of tsunami wave trains.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, Accepted to Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. Other author's papers can be downloaded at http://www.cmla.ens-cachan.fr/~dutykh
Rüdiger Ritter, Wem gehört Musik? Warschau und Wilna im Widerstreit nationaler und städtischer Musikkulturen vor 1939
Creators: name: Ther, Philipp
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2005

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 54 Nr. 2 (2005)
Panel Session: Net Solar & Load Forecasting for a Decarbonizing Grid: Industry Perspectives and Ongoing Research (slides)
Creators: S. Kundu
T. Golnas
A. Eiden
S. Dise
I. Chakraborty
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2022

High quality forecasts reduce operational uncertainty in a decarbonizing grid, improving resource flexibility as well as hosting capacity for DER. Recent improvements in solar forecasting have enhanced the productivity of community- and utility-scale solar projects. Forecasting of multi-modal net load signals requires additional data streams but will improve load balancing and PV hosting capacity both behind-the-meter and at utility scale (e.g., substation load). This panel will discuss industry perspectives and ongoing research on net load forecasting.
High quality forecasts reduce operational uncertainty in a decarbonizing grid, improving resource flexibility as well as hosting capacity for DER. Recent improvements in solar forecasting have enhanced the productivity of community- and utility-scale solar projects. Forecasting of multi-modal net load signals requires additional data streams but will improve load balancing and PV hosting capacity both behind-the-meter and at utility scale (e.g., substation load). This panel will discuss industry perspectives and ongoing research on net load forecasting.
Color, 3D simulated images with shapelets
Creators: name: Ferry, M.
name: Rhodes, J.
name: Massey, R.
name: White, M.
name: Coe, D.
name: Mobasher, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a method to simulate color, 3-dimensional images taken with a space-based observatory by building off of the established shapelets pipeline. The simulated galaxies exhibit complex morphologies, which are realistically correlated between, and include, known redshifts. The simulations are created using galaxies from the 4 optical and near-infrared bands (B, V, i and z) of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) as a basis set to model morphologies and redshift. We include observational effects such as sky noise and pixelization and can add astronomical signals of interest such as weak gravitational lensing. The realism of the simulations is demonstrated by comparing their morphologies to the original UDF galaxies and by comparing their distribution of ellipticities as a function of redshift and magnitude to wider HST COSMOS data. These simulations have already been useful for calibrating multicolor image analysis techniques and for better optimizing the design of proposed space telescopes.
description: 14 pages, 15 figures, accepted to Astroparticle Physics
Panel Session: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin Technologies for Smart Grid Applications (slides)
Creators: S. Ziegler
C. He
M. Mohanpurkar
N. Sankar
M. Braby
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2022

The use of AI and Digital Twin techniques is growing in popularity across the electric utilities sector for asset management, demand response, energy storage, renewable resources, E-Mobility, and many other areas. The Gartner report said, “Four years ago, AI implementation was rare, only 10% of survey respondents reported that their enterprises had deployed AI or would do so shortly. For 2019, that number has leapt to 37% — a 270% increase in four years.” This panel will bring together industry experts from different backgrounds (R&D, Manufacturers, Utilities Academia, and Solution Providers) to discuss various aspects of Big Data, Digital Twins, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence technologies for developing Forecasting, E-Mobility, Energy Management, and Asset Management Solutions. Topics include:
o Machine Learning and Deep Learning technologies for Real-Time Asset Condition Monitoring AND Predictive Maintenance.
o Machine Learning technologies for Forecasting Application (Energy and Weather Forecasting)
o Virtual Power Plants (VPP) using AI
o E-Mobility and EV Integration
The use of AI and Digital Twin techniques is growing in popularity across the electric utilities sector for asset management, demand response, energy storage, renewable resources, E-Mobility, and many other areas. The Gartner report said, “Four years ago, AI implementation was rare, only 10% of survey respondents reported that their enterprises had deployed AI or would do so shortly. For 2019, that number has leapt to 37% — a 270% increase in four years.” This panel will bring together industry experts from different backgrounds (R&D, Manufacturers, Utilities Academia, and Solution Providers) to discuss various aspects of Big Data, Digital Twins, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence technologies for developing Forecasting, E-Mobility, Energy Management, and Asset Management Solutions. Topics include:
o Machine Learning and Deep Learning technologies for Real-Time Asset Condition Monitoring AND Predictive Maintenance.
o Machine Learning technologies for Forecasting Application (Energy and Weather Forecasting)
o Virtual Power Plants (VPP) using AI
o E-Mobility and EV Integration
Zwischen Religion und Ideologie. Kyrill und Method als Erinnerungsort in Bulgarien vor und nach 1989
Creators: name: Mitewa-Michalkowa, Rumjana
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2008

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 57 Nr. 3 (2008): Marienkult, Cyrillo-Methodiana und Antemurale. Religiöse Erinnerungsorte in Ostmitteleuropa vor und nach 1989
Julia Obertreis, Anke Stephan (Hrsg.), Erinnerungen nach der Wende. Oral History und (post)sozialistische Gesellschaften / Remembering after the Fall of Communism. Oral History and (Post-)Socialist Societies
Creators: name: Zagańczyk-Neufeld, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
Year: 2011

description: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Bd. 60 Nr. 1 (2011)