cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 3: of Molecular and cellular characterizations of human cherubism: disease aggressiveness depends on osteoclast differentiation
Creators: name: Kadlub, Natacha
name: Sessiecq, Quentin
name: Mandavit, Marion
name: L’Hermine, Aurore
name: Badoual, Cecile
name: Galmiche, Louise
name: Berdal, Ariane
name: Descroix, Vianney
name: Picard, Arnaud
name: Coudert, Amélie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: List of the primers used for qPCR analysis. GAPDH (Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase), HPRT (hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase), SDHA (succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit A), TBP (TATA-binding protein), RANK-L (receptor of activated nuclear factor kappa B ligand), OPG (osteoprotegerin), M-CSF (macrophage colony stimulating factor), NFATc1 (nuclear factor of activated T cells 1), RANK (receptor of activated nuclear factor kappa B), IL6-R (interleukin 6 receptor), IL6 (interleukin 6), TNF-R (tumor necrosis factor receptor), TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor α), ALP (alkaline phosphatase) (DOCX 16 kb)
Additional file 1: of Anxiety correlates with cortical surface area in subjective cognitive decline: APOE Îľ4 carriers versus APOE Îľ4 non-carriers
Creators: name: Sun, Yu
name: Wang, Xiaoni
name: Wang, Yinshan
name: Dong, Haoming
name: Lu, Jie
name: Scheininger, Tohar
name: Ewers, Michael
name: Jessen, Frank
name: Zuo, Xi-Nian
name: Han, Ying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Text S1. Between-group comparisons of morphometric features in typical AD-related cortical regions. Tables S1-S7. Comparisons of bilateral surface area and cortical thickness in temporal lobe, parietal lobe, frontal lobe, occipital lobe, insula, cingulate and parahippocampal gyrus, separately, in SCD and controls. Text S2. Between-group comparisons of morphometric features in regions within default mode network (DMN). Tables S8-S12. Comparisons of surface area and cortical thickness value in bilateral parietal regions, bilateral posterior cingulated cortex (PCC), prefrontal cortex (PFC), bilateral temporal regions, and parahippocampal cortex within DMN, separately, in SCD and controls. (DOCX 331 kb)
MOESM2 of Integrative analysis of the cancer genome atlas and cancer cell lines encyclopedia large-scale genomic databases: MUC4/MUC16/MUC20 signature is associated with poor survival in human carcinomas
Creators: name: Jonckheere, Nicolas
name: Seuningen, Isabelle Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Figure S2. MUC4 expression in normal tissues. MUC4 expression was analyzed with https://gtexportal.org . Expression is shown as log10 of RKPM (read per kilobases of transcript per million map reads). Boxplot are shown as median and 25/75% percentile. Outliers are represented as points.
title: 03_0284
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: LaMOP

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
The NextGen Model Atmosphere grid for $3000\le \Teff \le 10000\K$
Creators: name: Hauschildt, Peter H.
name: Allard, France
name: Baron, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present our NextGen Model Atmosphere grid for low mass stars for effective temperatures larger than $3000\K$. These LTE models are calculated with the same basic model assumptions and input physics as the VLMS part of the NextGen grid so that the complete grid can be used, e.g., for consistent stellar evolution calculations and for internally consistent analysis of cool star spectra. This grid is also the starting point for a large grid of detailed NLTE model atmospheres for dwarfs and giants (Hauschildt et al, in preparation). The models were calculated from $3000\K$ to $10000\K$ (in steps of $200\K$) for $3.5 \le \logg \le 5.5$ (in steps of 0.5) and metallicities of $-4.0 \le \mh \le 0.0$. We discuss the results of the model calculations and compare our results to the Kurucz 1994 grid. Some comparisons to standard stars like Vega and the Sun are presented and compared with detailed NLTE calculations.
description: ApJ, in press. 19 pages, also available at ftp://calvin.physast.uga.edu/pub/preprints/NextGen.ps.gz
DEEP LEARNING AUGMENTED ASSESSMENT OF SKIN PHOTODAMAGE INFORMED BY MULTIPLE DERMATOLOGISTS
Creators: name: Marasigan, Vladislav Gavril Matibag
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 400304
subject: Biomedical imaging
classificationCode: 400306
subject: Computational physiology
classificationCode: 400399
subject: Biomedical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Non-melanoma skin cancers are primarily caused by ultraviolet radiation and affects a large population of the United States. The only available tool to assess skin photodamage is the McKenzie scale. However, the subjective and qualitative nature of this method leads to variability and inconsistency among dermatologists. We propose applying a deep learning approach to address this issue. 55 patients were assessed by 15 board-certified dermatologists rating the degree of skin photodamage using the McKenzie scale. Using a pretrained convolutional neural network, we train and test a model on labeled forearm images classified based on the severity of photodamage. We employ image preprocessing and data augmentation to the dataset as well as configure parameters and hyperparameters of the network architecture to obtain the optimal model to predict the degree of photodamage on the skin. Cross validation is performed to ensure the practical effectiveness of the model. Finally, performance of the neural network model is compared to that of the dermatologist ratings to determine feasible application of this model. We envision this as augmented technology for objective and reliable assessment of skin photodamage for dermatologists.

skin_damage.zip contains the original collected images from the clinical study from Wright State University. Segmentation_v3.m segments the images in N number of squares based on user input, with user-dictated adjustments for rotation, cropping, and mask tolerance. Currently, N = 4 and can be adjusted accordingly. Executing move_files.m segregates the segmented images into their respective categories within the appropriate testing and training data for cross-validation. rename_files.m then renames those images to the proper naming convention.

Crossval.zip is an example of the output of these steps based on . pdnn.m executes the neural network, and accuracy_check_v3.m results in a confusion matrix of the classified data.
Optimized genome-wide analysis of alternative splicing reveals novel prognostic markers in colon adenocarcinoma.
Creators: name: Mahmoud, Ahmed
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2021

description: Colon Adenocarcinoma is the third most diagnosed cancer in the United States and the third and second leading cause of cancer mortality in woman and men, respectively. Recent availability of Next Generation Sequencing data allowed in-depth analysis of Colon Adenocarcinoma molecular profiles, yet the need for identification of clinically relevant markers of disease aggressiveness remains understudiedlargely unmet. Instead of the more standard approach of analyzing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and gene copy number variations (CNVs), in these studies we performed We aimed to overcome this limitation through genome-wide analysis of mRNA alternative splicing in colon adenocarcinoma cells to identify potential markers of colon cancer disease aggressiveness between racial groups, which has been heavily understudied in colon oncology, to uncover novel prognostic markers of Colon Adenocarcinoma aggressiveness. We identified 170 splice variants differentially spliced between racial groups. 21 of these splice variants were significantly associated with survival in both races, 14 in African Americans and 33 in White patients. Furthermore, we further examined the appearance of role of these markers and their correlation to disease aggressiveness within both specific racial groups and have demonstrated that two markers of alternative splicing were able to outperform currently known markers of Colon Adenocarcinoma aggressiveness. In particular, an alternative splicing event in the MEGF8 mRNA was found to be a unfavorable prognostic marker in White White metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma patients. In Addiction, an alternative splicing event in the SOX9 mRNA, which creates an isoform known as MiniSOX9, was found to be an overall favorable prognostic marker and in African American Patients under the age of 65. Finally, to share our findings with a broad scientific community, we have developed an analysis visualization tool (DiffRSeqDB) to provide a quick and easy way to store, correlate and analyze the data generated from the pipeline via source code, online demo page, and containerized images. This analysis was achieved via an optimized pipeline created to address bottlenecks in analyzing large scale RNA-Sequencing datasets.
Additional file 3: of Regional expiratory time constants in severe respiratory failure estimated by electrical impedance tomography: a feasibility study
Creators: name: Karagiannidis, Christian
name: Waldmann, Andreas
name: PĂŠter RĂłka
name: Schreiber, Tina
name: Strassmann, Stephan
name: Windisch, Wolfram
name: BĂśhm, Stephan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy

description: Table S1. Correlation, bias and limits of agreement for different PEEP levels. (DOCX 14 kb)
Spin dynamics of coupled spin ladders near quantum criticality in Ba2CuTeO6
Creators: name: Macdougal, David
name: Gibbs, Alexandra S.
name: Ying, Tao
name: Wessel, Stefan
name: Walker, Helen C.
name: Voneshen, David
name: Mila, Frederic
name: Takagi, Hidenori
name: Coldea, Radu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the magnetic excitations in Ba2CuTeO6, proposed by ab initio calculations to magnetically realize weakly coupled antiferromagnetic two-leg spin-1/2 ladders. Isolated ladders are expected to have a singlet ground state protected by a spin gap. Ba2CuTeO6 orders magnetically, but with a small Neel temperature relative to the exchange strength, suggesting that the interladder couplings are relatively small and only just able to stabilize magnetic order, placing Ba2CuTeO6 close in parameter space to the critical point separating the gapped phase and Neel order. Through comparison of the observed spin dynamics with linear spin wave theory and quantum Monte Carlo calculations, we propose values for all relevant intra- and interladder exchange parameters, which place the system on the ordered side of the phase diagram in proximity to the critical point. We also compare high field magnetization data with quantum Monte Carlo predictions for the proposed model of coupled ladders.
description: 14 pages, 12 figures
Semiconductor nanoplasmonics
Creators: name: Nielsen, Michael
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2017

description: The weak optical nonlinearities of natural materials restrict device sizes in photonic integrated circuits to dimensions far larger than conventional electronics. By exploiting the strong coupling between photons and collective electron oscillations in metals, plasmonics can confine light far below the Abbe diffraction limit. This increased confinement leads to enhanced nonlinear interactions that can be used for a wide range of applications. This thesis examines the integration of plasmonic components into semiconductor photonic architectures in order to utilize the strong light-matter interactions inherent in plasmonics to improve the performance of photonic integrated circuits. In order to study integrated plasmonic devices, free-space laser light must first be coupled into the optical devices. To this end, a directional plasmonic-photonic coupler was designed to efficiently couple ultrashort pulses on-chip. Then, silicon hybrid gap plasmon waveguides (HGPWs) were studied for their waveguiding properties which includes the transition from photonic-like to plasmonic-like properties depending on gap width. Three-photon absorption photoluminescence in selectively deposited quantum dots showed the viability of these waveguides for extreme nanofocusing, which can be used to enhance light-matter interactions. With the capability for high light intensities comes the possibility of nonlinear applications such as frequency mixing in the HGPWs. Four-wave mixing (FWM) in these waveguides was thus first explored theoretically and found to be promising, with conversion efficiencies comparable to photonic devices, and with no reliance upon phase-matching or dispersion considerations. The Z-scan measurement technique was utilized to explore organic polymers for the high nonlinearity and low refractive index necessary for plasmonics. Solution processing of such films is also advantageous for integrating the nonlinear material within nanoscopic gaps. Finally, once a suitable nonlinear polymer was found, FWM in the HGPWs was explored experimentally. These findings give further evidence of the capabilities of plasmonics to enable strong light-matter interactions in extremely small volumes.
Simia sciurea Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1758
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Atelidae
Simia
Simia sciurea

description: Simia sciurea [spec. nov.]
S. caudata imberbis, occipite prominulo, unguibus quatuor plantarum oblongis. Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 3.
Habitat in India.
Corpus Sciuri, griseo-virens, subtus pallidum. Ulnae & Tibiae ferrugineae. Cauda villosa, corpore duplo longior. Pollicum ungues rotundati.
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 29, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206
Titania-based photoelectrochemical H2 production from water involving economic sacrificial agents
Creators: name: Ibadurrohman, Muhammad
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: H2 is considered as a crucial factor for future energy prosperity due to its high energy density and the carbon-free feature it offers. A sustainable route towards H2 is therefore paramount, and it necessitates avoiding fossil-based sources and/or costly technology. This opportunity has paved the way for H2 production via semiconductor-based photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, which exploits charge carriers extracted from the semiconductors that are exposed to photons, driving redox generation of O2 and H2. Titania-based films, notwithstanding their excellent chemical stability which make them favoured photoanode materials in most PEC systems, still suffer from several limitations, including restricted surface area, high recombination rate of photo-carriers, and visible-light-inactivity. By identifying scope for improvements based on literature survey, this PhD project revolved around syntheses, characterisations, and modifications of titania-based films as photoanode materials for PEC H₂ production involving economic sacrificial agents. Titania materials were deposited on F:SnO2 via a spray pyrolysis method. PEC results revealed photocurrents of anatase TiO2 control films in the realm of ca. 40 μA at 0.8 V vs HgO|Hg with PEC efficiency of ca. 0.40% (120 W/m2 white light intensity, exposing 0.3 cm2 geometric area). Morphological modifications were successfully accomplished via a one-step polyethylene glycol (PEG)-templating technique, leading to generation of nano-sized features and improved roughness while maintaining the original superstructure. PEC efficiency of up to 1.23% was revealed by PEG-modified films, attributed to improved surface area and betterment of carrier transport facilitated by the morphological structure. A series of organic compounds were introduced as anodic sacrificial agents, leading to better carrier transport and current-doubling effects, the significance of which were more noticeable in the use of rough-surface photoanodes. Key factors related to the functionalities of sacrificial agents in PEC H2 production were stipulated. Suppression of carrier recombination was also pursued by incorporating highly conductive graphene into the film network, which successfully increased PEC efficiency by 70% as compared to unmodified TiO2. Efforts on modifying TiO2 band gap were made with the purpose of extending the usable portion of light spectrum, which included doping with impurities (anions and cations) and synthesis of bismuth titanates. While obtaining satisfactory results in this context remains a challenge, difficulties associated with the undesired outcome and possible adjustments for future studies are suggested.
Should Type Ia Supernova Distances be Corrected for their Local Environments?
Creators: name: Jones, D. O.
name: Riess, A. G.
name: Scolnic, D. M.
name: Pan, Y. -C.
name: Johnson, E.
name: Coulter, D. A.
name: Dettman, K. G.
name: Foley, M. M.
name: Foley, R. J.
name: Huber, M. E.
name: Jha, S. W.
name: Kilpatrick, C. D.
name: Kirshner, R. P.
name: Rest, A.
name: Schultz, A. S. B.
name: Siebert, M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent analyses suggest that distance residuals measured from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are correlated with local host galaxy properties within a few kpc of the SN explosion. However, the well-established correlation with global host galaxy properties is nearly as significant, with a shift of 0.06 mag across a low to high mass boundary (the mass step). Here, with 273 SNe Ia at $z<0.1$, we investigate whether stellar masses and rest-frame $u-g$ colors of regions within 1.5 kpc of the SN Ia explosion site are significantly better correlated with SN distance measurements than global properties or properties measured at random locations in SN hosts. At $\lesssim2σ$ significance, local properties tend to correlate with distance residuals better than properties at random locations, though despite using the largest low-$z$ sample to date we cannot definitively prove that a local correlation is more significant than a random correlation. Our data hint that SNe observed by surveys that do not target a pre-selected set of galaxies may have a larger local mass step than SNe from surveys that do, an increase of $0.071\pm0.036$ mag (2.0$σ$). We find a $3σ$ local mass step after global mass correction, evidence that SNe Ia should be corrected for their local mass, but we note that this effect is insignificant in the targeted low-$z$ sample. Only the local mass step remains significant at $>2σ$ after global mass correction, and we conservatively estimate a systematic shift in H$_0$ measurements of -0.14 $\textrm{km}\,\textrm{s}^{-1}\textrm{Mpc}^{-1}$ with an additional uncertainty of 0.14 $\textrm{km}\,\textrm{s}^{-1}\textrm{Mpc}^{-1}$, $\sim$10\% of the present uncertainty.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
title: Learning to change : the influence of men’s learning on their change experiences from participating in an IPV prevention intervention in Côte d’Ivoire
Creators: name: Maclean, TL
Publisher: name: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Year: 2021

description: Background: Interventions to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) have recently shifted to primary prevention, with a focus on engaging men to transform harmful masculine ideals and behaviours. A range of intervention formats have emerged over the last decade that target men alone or both men and women. While rigorous evaluations of some IPV interventions have had a significant effect at reducing men’s IPV perpetration, others have had little effect. There is little theoretical understanding of why some men experience healthy change from participating in IPV prevention interventions while others do not. Aims and objectives: This thesis aimed to examine the connections between men’s experiences with learning about their harmful behaviours and practicing healthy change following a 16-week, men-only group-based training intervention to prevent men’s IPV (the ‘GDH Intervention’) in rural Côte d’Ivoire. The objectives: to examine the connections between the processes and pathways involved with men’s learning and behaviour change experiences; and to consider how men’s socio-demographic characteristics, prior IPV perpetration, and their motivation to join and attend GDH Intervention meetings influenced these experiences. Methods: A qualitative design ‘nested’ within a CRT of the GDH Intervention was used. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were undertaken one-year post-intervention with 36 men selected using stratified purposive sampling (dosage and criterion techniques). Interviews were undertaken primarily in French, digitally recorded, then transcribed and translated into English. Data analysis involved a multi-stage Framework Analysis approach, and Prochaska’s (1997) Transtheoretical Model and Illeris’ (2017) Constructivist Learning Theory Framework were used as lenses through which to view the data. Results: Men’s change capacity was primarily determined by their learning experiences. Either one of two forms of learning and healthy change were demonstrated, or one of several forms of learning and change failure. Each behaviour pathway involved distinct processes toward: 1) conscious, internally motivated learning and change practice; 2) unconscious, externally motivated learning and change practice; 3) incomplete and/or resisted learning and change failure; or 4) distorted and/or prevented learning and change failure. Recommendations are provided for future research and practice on engaging men to prevent IPV.
An investigation into the mechanisms driving the late asthmatic response
Creators: name: Baker, Katie Emma
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2015

description: Asthma is a disease with increasing global prevalence and patients typically suffer from symptoms such as wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and cough. In allergic asthma, exposure to allergen can lead to episodes of bronchoconstriction known as the late asthmatic response (LAR).Despite this being a facet of asthma that patients find debilitating and the fact that this feature of asthma is often used in clinical research as an end point to study new therapeutic options, the mechanisms driving the LAR remain unclear. The aim of this thesis was to study the LAR. Initial studies utilised genetically modified (GM) mice missing key allergic effector cells. The data showed that CD4+ and CD8+T cells are central to the aetiology of the LAR. Further studies into the role of the B-cell – mast cell– IgE axis in the murine model indicated that an alternative model was required. In a rat model, it was found that a mast cell stabiliser Disodium Cromoglycate (DSCG), but not a mast cell degranulator, compound 48/80, suppressed the LAR. This suggested that DSCG may be inhibiting LAR independently of its activity on mast cells. As previous data has shown a role for airway sensory nerves and the TRPA1 ion channel in the LAR, the impact of DSCG on sensory nerve activity was investigated. The data indicated that DSCG can inhibit TRPA1 responses in airway sensory nerves and further investigations demonstrated that this was via its actions on the G-protein coupled receptor, GPR35. Overall, this body of work provides new insights into the driving mechanisms behind the LAR and may have uncovered the mystery of the mechanism of action of DSCG. From this, new therapeutic options for asthmatics may become available in the future.
Quantum Transport Properties of an Exciton Insulator/Superconductor Hybrid Junction
Creators: name: Bercioux, D.
name: Bujnowski, B.
name: Bergeret, F. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theoretical study of electronic transport in a hybrid junction consisting of an excitonic insulator sandwiched between a normal and a superconducting electrode. The normal region is described as a two-band semimetal and the superconducting lead as a two-band superconductor. In the excitonic insulator region, the coupling between carriers in the two bands leads to an excitonic condensate and a gap $Γ$ in the quasiparticle spectrum. We identify four different scattering processes at both interfaces. Two types of normal reflection, intra- and inter-band; and two different Andreev reflections, one retro-reflective within the same band and one specular-reflective between the two bands. We calculate the differential conductance of the structure and show the existence of a minimum at voltages of the order of the excitonic gap. Our findings are useful towards the detection of the excitonic condensate and provide a plausible explanation of recent transport experiments on HgTe quantum wells and InAs/GaSb bilayer systems.
description: in press
Dust Attenuation, Star Formation, and Metallicity in z ~ 2-3 Galaxies from KBSS-MOSFIRE
Creators: name: Theios, Rachel L.
name: Steidel, Charles C.
name: Strom, Allison L.
name: Rudie, Gwen C.
name: Trainor, Ryan F.
name: Reddy, Naveen A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed analysis of 317 $2.0 \leq z \leq 2.7$ star-forming galaxies from the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS). Using complementary spectroscopic observations with Keck/LRIS and Keck/MOSFIRE, as well as spectral energy distribution (SED) fits to broadband photometry, we examine the joint rest-UV and rest-optical properties of the same galaxies, including stellar and nebular dust attenuation, metallicity, and star formation rate (SFR). The inferred parameters of the stellar population (reddening, age, SFR, and stellar mass) are strongly dependent on the details of the assumed stellar population model and the shape of the attenuation curve. Nebular reddening is generally larger than continuum reddening, but with large scatter. Compared to local galaxies, high-redshift galaxies have lower gas-phase metallicities (and/or higher nebular excitation) at fixed nebular reddening, and higher nebular reddening at fixed stellar mass, consistent with gas fractions that increase with redshift. We find that continuum reddening is correlated with $12+\log(\mathrm{O}/\mathrm{H})_{\mathrm{O3N2}}$ at $3.0σ$ significance, whereas nebular reddening is correlated with only $1.1σ$ significance. This may reflect the dependence of both continuum reddening and O3N2 on the shape of the ionizing radiation field produced by the massive stars. Finally, we show that H$α$-based and SED-based estimates of SFR exhibit significant scatter relative to one another, and agree on average only for particular combinations of spectral synthesis models and attenuation curves. We find that the SMC extinction curve predicts consistent SFRs if we assume the sub-solar ($0.14Z_{\odot}$) binary star models that are favored for high-redshift galaxies.
description: 24 pages, 17 figures, 4 tables. Resubmitted to ApJ following referee comments
The Destruction of a Compact Group of Galaxies
Creators: name: Pildis, Rachel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The very high apparent galaxy densities in Hickson compact groups (HCGs) should produce copious amounts of galaxy-galaxy interaction, if these groups are bound dynamical units. I examine the evidence for such interactions in HCG 94, a group of seven galaxies with an envelope of diffuse optical light and an extremely high X-ray luminosity. Using $ROSAT$ HRI data and deep three-color optical imaging of the group, I find that both the hot ($k$T $\sim$ 4 keV) gas and the diffuse optical light trace the same elongated potential well, which is offset from the galaxy distribution. The luminosity and colors of the diffuse optical light imply that the group galaxies are being ripped apart to form a cD-type remnant galaxy. The similarity in shape of the X-ray and optical contours may mean that this destruction process may require several billion years.
description: AASTeX, 9 pages--to be published in ApJ, 20 December 1995--tar'ed and compressed postscript figures and postscript text available at ftp://astro.lsa.umich.edu/pub/get/pildis
Numerical study of multiparticle scattering in $λϕ^4$ theory
Creators: name: Demidov, S. V.
name: Farkhtdinov, B. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study numerically classical collisions of waves in $λϕ^4$ theory. These processes correspond to multiparticle scattering in the semiclassical regime. Parametrizing initial and final wavepackets by energy $E$ and particle numbers $N_{i}$, $N_{f}$ we find classically allowed region in the parameter space. We describe properties of the scattering solutions at the boundary of the classically allowed region. We comment on the implications of our results for multiparticle production in the quantum regime.
description: 32 pages, 18 figures, journal version
Simia syrichta Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1758
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Atelidae
Simia
Simia syrichta

description: Simia syrichta [spec. nov.]
S. caudata imberbis, ore ciliisque vibrissatis. Syst. nat. 3.
Cercopithecus luzonicus minimus. Pet. gaz. 21. t. 13. t. 11.
Habitat in Luzonum insulis.
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 29, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206
CRYO-EM STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF AMYLOID FIBRILS FROM HUMAN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Creators: name: Hoq, Md R
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 310112
subject: Structural biology (incl. macromolecular modelling)
classificationCode: 320999
subject: Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

description:   
Neurodegenerative diseases are conditions characterized by the death of neurons in the brain, leading to cognitive decline. Alzheimer's Disease is a common example of such a disease, which is often associated with the buildup of amyloid-containing aggregates in the brain. Tau protein and Amyloid-β-peptide (Aβ 40/42) are important proteins in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, including AD, and have been studied using cryo-EM to better understand their role in the disease.
The research presented in this dissertation, which was funded by the NIH and supervised by Wen Jiang in collaboration with the Indiana University School of Medicine, focuses on structural studies of various amyloids in multiple neurodegenerative diseases. This thesis presents 38 cryo-EM structures of different types of amyloid filaments. Specifically, the research examines two prion protein amyloidoses: Prion-Protein cerebral amyloid angiopathy (PrP-CAA), caused by a nonsense mutation in the PRNP gene (Q160Ter or Q160X), and Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker (GSS) disease, caused by a missense mutation in the PRNP gene (F198S). The research also explores Multiple System Tauopathy with Presenile Dementia (MSTD), human trisomy 21, and two phenotypic variants of familial AD. The thesis also describes an on-grid affinity purification method for obtaining high-resolution cryo-EM structures of amyloid fibrils, such as Tau, Aβ 40/42, and TMEM106B, from the aforementioned diseases. Understanding the structure of these brain filaments has the potential to advance the development of superior animal and in vitro disease models, amyloid assembly inhibitors, and more precise imaging agents. Such progress may ultimately aid in comprehending the role of amyloid in the pathogenic mechanism of neurodegeneration and development of prevention and treatment strategies.
Flow synthesis of silver nanowires
Creators: name: Phillips, Thomas William
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: This thesis reports the development of a droplet-based flow synthesis of silver nanowires. Using traditional batch methods of production it can be difficult to achieve the consistent reaction conditions needed to obtain nanocrystals with the desired properties. Microfluidic reactors offer superior control over reaction conditions and enable the scalable and continuous production of consistent and monodisperse nanoparticles. Silver nanowires are typically synthesised using the polyol reaction, where silver nitrate is reduced in hot ethylene glycol. Previous reports describing the synthesis of silver nanowires have come to contradictory conclusions about the conditions needed for growth. In this thesis a hot-injection polyol synthesis was adapted to a straightforward heat-up procedure for the production of silver nanowires. The success of the reaction was found to be dependent on the batch of ethylene glycol used. The modified synthesis enabled the development of a flow process using a polytetrafluoroethylene tubing-based droplet-based flow reactor. The reactor produced consistent silver nanowires over an eight hour period with no sign of reactor fouling. The reactor was used to investigate the effect of varying the reaction temperature, residence time, and concentration of iron nitrate and sodium chloride additives on the length of the silver nanowires produced. This thesis finishes with the development of an inline liquid-liquid separator based on the selective wetting and permeation of a porous capillary by one of the liquids. Efficient separation of aqueous-organic, aqueous-fluorous, and organic-fluorous flows was achieved over a wide range of flow rates. The separator was successfully applied to the inline aqueous-organic extraction of the pH indicator 2,6-dichloroindophenol. The organic extract and aqueous raffinate were separated using a porous capillary. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy showed the concentration of indicator in the aqueous raffinate to be less than one percent of its original value, confirming the efficacy of the extraction and separation process.
Deciphering diffuse Galactic continuum gamma rays
Creators: name: Moskalenko, I. V.
name: Strong, A. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inverse Compton scattering appears to play a more important role in the diffuse Galactic continuum emission than previously thought, from MeV to GeV energies. We compare models having a large inverse Compton component with EGRET data, and find good agreement in the longitude and latitude distributions at low and high energies. We test an alternative explanation for the >1 GeV gamma-ray excess, the hard nucleon spectrum, using secondary antiprotons and positrons.
description: 4 pages including 9 ps-figures, latex2e, uses epsfig.sty, times.sty, wrapfig.sty. To appear in: Proc. of 16th European Cosmic Ray Symposium (July 1998, Alcala), GR-1.3. More details can be found at http://www.gamma.mpe-garching.mpg.de/~aws/aws.html Some references are added
Computational analysis of buoyancy driven flows across scales
Creators: name: Sebilleau, Frederic Claude Michel
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: The present thesis focuses on the analysis of the performances of Reynolds-averaged turbulence models, and in particular of second moment closure models based on the concept of elliptic blending, to reliably simulate buoyancy driven flows. These models were identified as the most promising tools for industrial applications as they are more consistent with the near wall physics than earlier models whilst remaining user-friendly. These models were implemented as part of the research in the open-source CFD toolbox OpenFOAM. A particular emphasis was put on the different type of turbulent heat fluxes closure, which are essential in the prediction of buoyancy driven flows. Three flow configurations were analysed in details in the present work, namely the flow in a differentially heated square cavity at Rayleigh numbers up to 1e11, buoyancy induced single-phase counter-current flow in a pipe and the formation of cold-traps in nuclear reactor loop seals. In order to provide insight into the statistical closure relations, high fidelity (LES or DNS) simulations were also performed. These deterministic simulations allowed the generation of a large amount of flow statistics that further the knowledge of buoyancy driven flows. Term by term comparison of closure relations helped identifying areas where the modelling could be improved. Calculations were validated against experimental data where available.
Imaging and characterization of reverse osmosis polyamide membranes
Creators: name: Li, Yuqiong
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: This work is part of a British Petroleum-International Center for Advanced Materials (BP- ICAM) project titled “Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Structure and Functions” (ROMSAF), which seeks theoretical, structural and functional understanding of RO membranes for seawater desalination processes. In the present study, the focus is on the molecular-level understanding of the structure of polyamide (PA) thin film composite (TFC) RO membranes. In this thesis, an imaging protocol has been established for analysis of both surface and cross- sectional views of polymeric membranes with ultra-microtome, high-resolution electron microscope (EM), and 3-dimensional (3D) EM tomogram techniques, with the addition of nanoparticle imaging agents (NIAs) for contrast enhancement and infiltration into membranes under pressurized operating conditions, which enabled revelation of permeation pathways in operando. Techniques other than EM real space imaging, such as atomic force microscope (AFM), were used to complement EM techniques for ambient condition measurements. Scattering methods, such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were employed to study the thickness of dense PA network in the active layers. Other analytical tools explored included elemental analysis using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), mathematical modeling of surface roughness using 2D-power spectral density (PSD) and fractal dimension calculations, as well as atomistic representation. In addition to structural imaging of RO membranes, this work also prompted re-thinking of separation resolution of nanofiltration (NF) membranes, which depends on resistance to solute transport along the permeation channels, manifesting steric hindrance and hydrodynamic friction, and the implications of hindrance effect on NIA-aided imagings. Based on the improved spatial-temporal understanding of RO and NF transport down to molecular level, this study seeks to design and guide the fabrication of high performance membranes with tunable geometries and chemistry that will in turn effect high selectivity and flux throughput.
Constructing a Weak Memory Model
Creators: name: Zhang, Sizhuo
name: Vijayaraghavan, Muralidaran
name: Wright, Andrew
name: Alipour, Mehdi
name: Arvind
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Weak memory models are a consequence of the desire on part of architects to preserve all the uniprocessor optimizations while building a shared memory multiprocessor. The efforts to formalize weak memory models of ARM and POWER over the last decades are mostly empirical -- they try to capture empirically observed behaviors -- and end up providing no insight into the inherent nature of weak memory models. This paper takes a constructive approach to find a common base for weak memory models: we explore what a weak memory would look like if we constructed it with the explicit goal of preserving all the uniprocessor optimizations. We will disallow some optimizations which break a programmer's intuition in highly unexpected ways. The constructed model, which we call General Atomic Memory Model (GAM), allows all four load/store reorderings. We give the construction procedure of GAM, and provide insights which are used to define its operational and axiomatic semantics. Though no attempt is made to match GAM to any existing weak memory model, we show by simulation that GAM has comparable performance with other models. No deep knowledge of memory models is needed to read this paper.
ENHANCING VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK: A TAXONOMY OF DEVICES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A TACTILE INTERFACE FOR VR-BASED MANUFACTURING TRAINING
Creators: name: Patel, Mayank Harendra
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 401799
subject: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis provides a comprehensive overview of haptic technology and its taxonomy
from the haptic device exploration point of view with the aim towards reducing the gap
between haptics researchers and virtual reality developers. Followed by the development
and evaluation of the PowVRtool, an ungrounded handheld haptic device designed to provide
realistic haptic feedback for various power tools in virtual reality (VR) simulations.
The device incorporates vibrotactile feedback, weight perception, and mass distribution, all
essential attributes for developing muscle memory in users. We measured the vibration response
of various power tools and created a frequency domain database, which we used to
render realistic vibrotactile feedback using linear magnetic ram (LMR), eccentric rotating
mass (ERM) motors, and linear resonant actuators (LRA). Weight perception was achieved
using additional CNC machined weight to shift the center of gravity (CG) corresponding
to the real power tool and meet the total device weight requirement. We conducted a user
study to evaluate the effectiveness of PowVRtool by measuring its ability to render haptic
feedback for drilling activities and found that the device provided realistic feedback, resulting
in increased performance and focus among users. Our results demonstrate the potential
of PowVRtool as a valuable tool for VR-based training in the manufacturing industry.
Precision and efficiency in solid-state pseudopotential calculations
Creators: name: Prandini, Gianluca
name: Marrazzo, Antimo
name: Castelli, Ivano E.
name: Mounet, Nicolas
name: Marzari, Nicola
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Despite the enormous success and popularity of density-functional theory, systematic verification and validation studies are still limited in number and scope. Here, we propose a protocol to test publicly available pseudopotential libraries, based on several independent criteria including verification against all-electron equations of state and plane-wave convergence tests for phonon frequencies, band structure, cohesive energy and pressure. Adopting these criteria we obtain curated pseudopotential libraries (named SSSP or standard solid-state pseudopotential libraries), that we target for high-throughput materials screening ("SSSP efficiency") and high-precision materials modelling ("SSSP precision"). This latter scores highest among open-source pseudopotential libraries available in the $Δ$-factor test of equations of states of elemental solids.
Lemur Linnaeus, 1758, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1758
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Lemuridae
Lemur

description: Lemur [gen. nov.]
Dentes Primores superiores IV: intermediis remotis.
Inferiores VI, longiores, porrecti, compressi, paralleli, approximati.
Laniarii solitarii, approximati.
Molares plures, sublobati: antici longiores acutiores.
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 29, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206