cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Plant Size as Determinant of Species Richness of Herbivores, Natural Enemies and Pollinators across 21 Brassicaceae Species
Creators: name: Schlinkert, Hella
name: Westphal, Catrin
name: Clough, Yann
name: Laszlo, Zoltan
name: Ludwig, Martin
name: Tscharntke, Teja
Publisher: name: San Francisco : Public Library Science
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: body-size
subject: phytophagous insects
subject: architecture
subject: diversity
subject: parasitoids
subject: communities
subject: specificity
subject: visitation
subject: predators
subject: evolution
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::570 | Biowissenschaften, Biologie
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::580 | Pflanzen (Botanik)
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::590 | Tiere (Zoologie)

description: Large plants are often more conspicuous and more attractive for associated animals than small plants, e.g. due to their wider range of resources. Therefore, plant size can positively affect species richness of associated animals, as shown for single groups of herbivores, but studies usually consider intraspecific size differences of plants in unstandardised environments. As comprehensive tests of interspecific plant size differences under standardised conditions are missing so far, we investigated effects of plant size on species richness of all associated arthropods using a common garden experiment with 21 Brassicaceae species covering a broad interspecific plant size gradient from 10 to 130 cm height. We recorded plant associated ecto-and endophagous herbivores, their natural enemies and pollinators on and in each aboveground plant organ, i.e. flowers, fruits, leaves and stems. Plant size (measured as height from the ground), the number of different plant organ entities and their biomass were assessed. Increasing plant size led to increased species richness of associated herbivores, natural enemies and pollinating insects. This pattern was found for ectophagous and endophagous herbivores, their natural enemies, as well as for herbivores associated with leaves and fruits and their natural enemies, independently of the additional positive effects of resource availability (i.e. organ biomass or number of entities and, regarding natural enemies, herbivore species richness). We found a lower R-2 for pollinators compared to herbivores and natural enemies, probably caused by the high importance of flower characteristics for pollinator species richness besides plant size. Overall, the increase in plant height from 10 to 130 cm led to a 2.7-fold increase in predicted total arthropod species richness. In conclusion, plant size is a comprehensive driver of species richness of the plant associated arthropods, including pollinators, herbivores and their natural enemies, whether they are endophagous or ectophagous or associated with leaves or fruits.
Signed fundamental domains for totally real number fields
Creators: name: Diaz, Francisco Diaz y
name: Friedman, Eduardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11R42 (Primary) 11R27, 11Y40, 11R80 (Secondary)

description: We give a signed fundamental domain for the action on $\mathbb{R}^n_+$ of the totally positive units $E_+$ of a totally real number field $k$ of degree $n$. The domain $\big\{(C_σ,w_σ) \big\}_σ$ is signed since the net number of its intersections with any $E_+$-orbit is 1, i. e. for any $x\in \mathbb{R}^n_+$, $$ \sum_{σ\in S_{n-1}} \sum_{\varepsilon\in E_+} w_σχ^{\phantom{1}}_{C_σ}(\varepsilon x) = 1. $$ Here $χ_{C_σ}$ is the characteristic function of $C_σ$, $w_σ=\pm1$ is a natural orientation of the $n$-dimensional $k$-rational cone $C_σ\subset\mathbb{R}^n_+$, and the inner sum is actually finite. Signed fundamental domains are as useful as Shintani's true ones for the purpose of calculating abelian $L$-functions. They have the advantage of being easily constructed from any set of fundamental units, whereas in practice there is no algorithm producing Shintani's $k$-rational cones. Our proof uses algebraic topology on the quotient manifold $\mathbb{R}^n_+/E_+$. The invariance of the topological degree under homotopy allows us to control the deformation of a crooked fundamental domain into nice straight cones. Crossings may occur during the homotopy, leading to the need to subtract some cones.
description: To appear in Proc. London Math. Soc
Molecular neuron based on the Franck-Condon blockade
Creators: name: Timm, C.
name: Di Ventra, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electronic realizations of neurons are of great interest as building blocks for neuromorphic computation. Electronic neurons should send signals into the input and output lines when subject to an input signal exceeding a given threshold, in such a way that they may affect all other parts of a neural network. Here, we propose a design for a neuron that is based on molecular-electronics components and thus promises a very high level of integration. We employ the Monte Carlo technique to simulate typical time evolutions of this system and thereby show that it indeed functions as a neuron.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
Androsace septentrionalis L.
Creators: name: Becherer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1956
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: A. septentrionalis L. Cat. 299. Die Standorte sind Trockenrasen, Mauerkronen, Äcker. Höhenverbreitung: 1000-2260 m. Nur in Distr. 3 im Gebiet der Vispertäler, wie der Cat. richtig angibt, aber hier nach unseren heutigen Kenntnissen ziemlich verbreitet. Die jetzt bekannten Fundstellen sind: Oberalben bei Zeneggen, etwa 1000 m (E. Fischer); «Tschuggen» bei Törbel, 1500 m (Stehler); Mattertal: Einen unter Grächen, 1500 m, und Rieben südlich Grächen, 1610 m (Koch); Randa (A. Thomas, vgl. Cat.); zwischen Täsch und Zermatt (Gyhr); Täschalp, 2100 m (Oberson); um Zermatt noch immer, 1944 und 1945 an sieben Stellen beobachtet (Becherer); Saastal: «ziemlich verbreitet um Saas und Almagell» (A. Keller); Brände ob Baien, 1959 m1 (Becherer und Thommen); Hofersalp, 2260 m1 (iidem); zahlreiche Stellen bei Grund (selbst im Dorf), bei Fee und zwischen Grund und Almagell (Becherer, Thommen, Hirschmann, Schatzmann); oberhalb Almagell bei Furggstalden, 1870 m (Thom- 1 Diese Höhenzahlen nach der Landeskarte (Blatt Visp [1941]). In der Schrift des Verfassers von 1940c wurden fürBrände,HeimischgartenundHofersalp (Hofernalp) beiThlaspivirens, Potenüllanivea und Androsace septentrionalis die Höhenzahlen der damals massgeblichen Siegfriedkarte angegeben. Diese sind beträchtlich niederer als die Höhen der Landeskarte. men); nach RION auch noch weiter talaufwärts auf der Distelalp (? Verf.); Visperterminen, mehrfach (Thellung, Beauverd, Gams, Becherer u. a.).
description: Published as part of Becherer, 1956, Florae Vallesiacae Supplementum, pp. 1-556 in Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 71 on pages 1-556
title: Der Fall Charles Davis. Ein politisches Vergehen zwischen Polizeiraison und Strafverfolgung 1950–1951. Aus dem Nachlass herausgegeben von Sacha Zala
Creators: name: Zwicker, Josef
Publisher: name: Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz (Dodis)
Year: 2019

description: Die ersten Jahre des Kalten Krieges waren durch einen virulenten Antikommunismus geprägt. Die regelrecht inquisitorischen Tätigkeiten des US-amerikanischen Senators Joseph McCarthy befeuerten in den 1950er Jahren etliche Verschwörungstheorien. Die vermeintliche kommunistische Unterwanderung durch Künstler, Studenten, Wissenschaftler, Diplomaten bis hin zu hohen Beamten rechtfertigte für die amerikanischen Behörden eine massive Überwachung im In- und Ausland.
Der Spionagefall Charles Davis hielt 1950–1951 Bundesrat, Polizei- und Strafverfolgungsbehörden in der Schweiz auf Trab. Mit fundierter Quellenkenntnis hat Josef Zwicker in diesem Buch akribisch und facettenreich den Umgang der schweizerischen Behörden mit einem politischen Vergehen rekonstruiert, welches sie vor das Dilemma stellte, zwischen antikommunistischer Polizeiraison oder rechtsstaatlicher Strafverfolgung zu wählen. Durch die Analyse dieses Falles wird ein präzises Bild der ideologischen Prägungen schweizerischer Behörden im Kalten Krieg gezeichnet.
description: Quaderni di Dodis 11
NK Cells of Kidney Transplant Recipients Display an Activated Phenotype that Is Influenced by Immunosuppression and Pathological Staging
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Ulrike
name: Neudoerfl, Christine
name: Daemen, Kerstin
name: Keil, Jana
name: Stevanovic-Meyer, Maja
name: Lehner, Frank
name: Haller, Hermann
name: Blume, Cornelia
name: Falk, Christine S.
Publisher: name: San Francisco : Public Library Science
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: antibody-mediated rejection
subject: donor-specific antibodies
subject: innate lymphoid-cells
subject: natural-killer-cells
subject: cyclosporine-a
subject: t-cells
subject: expression
subject: cytokine
subject: recognition
subject: calcineurin
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::610 | Medizin, Gesundheit

description: To explore phenotype and function of NK cells in kidney transplant recipients, we investigated the peripheral NK cell repertoire, capacity to respond to various stimuli and impact of immunosuppressive drugs on NK cell activity in kidney transplant recipients. CD56(dim) NK cells of kidney transplanted patients displayed an activated phenotype characterized by significantly decreased surface expression of CD16 (p=0.0003), CD226 (p<0.0001), CD161 (p=0.0139) and simultaneously increased expression of activation markers like HLA-DR (p=0.0011) and CD25 (p=0.0015). Upon in vitro stimulation via Ca++-dependent signals, down-modulation of CD16 was associated with induction of interferon (IFN)-gamma expression. CD16 modulation and secretion of NFAT-dependent cytokines such as IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-10 and IL-31 were significantly suppressed by treatment of isolated NK cells with calcineurin inhibitors but not with mTOR inhibitors. In kidney transplant recipients, IFN-gamma production was retained in response to HLA class I-negative target cells and to non-specific stimuli, respectively. However, secretion of other cytokines like IL-13, IL-17, IL-22 and IL-31 was significantly reduced compared to healthy donors. In contrast to suppression of cytokine expression at the transcriptional level, cytotoxin release, i.e. perforin, granzyme A/B, was not affected by immunosuppression in vitro and in vivo in patients as well as in healthy donors. Thus, immunosuppressive treatment affects NK cell function at the level of NFAT-dependent gene expression whereby calcineurin inhibitors primarily impair cytokine secretion while mTOR inhibitors have only marginal effects. Taken together, NK cells may serve as indicators for immunosuppression and may facilitate a personalized adjustment of immunosuppressive medication in kidney transplant recipients.
Genetic variation of temperature-regulated curd induction in cauliflower: elucidation of floral transition by genome-wide association mapping and gene expression analysis
Creators: name: Matschegewski, Claudia
name: Zetzsche, Holger
name: Hasan, Yaser
name: Leibeguth, Lena
name: Briggs, William
name: Ordon, Frank
name: Uptmoor, Ralf
Publisher: name: Lausanne : Frontiers Media Sa
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: genome-wide association study (gwas)
subject: quantitative trait loci (qtl)
subject: transcriptional profiling
subject: single nucleotide polymorphism (snp)
subject: linkage disequilibrium (ld)
subject: vernalization
subject: cauliflower
subject: curd induction
subject: quantitative trait loci
subject: maize inbred lines
subject: flowering-time
subject: brassica-oleracea
subject: linkage disequilibrium
subject: structured populations
subject: sequence polymorphism
subject: qtl analysis
subject: arabidopsis
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften

description: Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) is a vernalization-responsive crop. High ambient temperatures delay harvest time. The elucidation of the genetic regulation of floral transition is highly interesting for a precise harvest scheduling and to ensure stable market supply. This study aims at genetic dissection of temperature-dependent curd induction in cauliflower by genome-wide association studies and gene expression analysis. To assess temperature dependent curd induction, two greenhouse trials under distinct temperature regimes were conducted on a diversity panel consisting of 111 cauliflower commercial parent lines, genotyped with 14,385 SNPs. Broad phenotypic variation and high heritability (0.93) were observed for temperature-related curd induction within the cauliflower population. GWA mapping identified a total of 18 QTL localized on chromosomes O1, O2, O3, O4, O6, O8, and O9 for curding time under two distinct temperature regimes. Among those, several QTL are localized within regions of promising candidate flowering genes. Inferring population structure and genetic relatedness among the diversity set assigned three main genetic clusters. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns estimated global LD extent of r(2) = 0.06 and a maximum physical distance of 400 kb for genetic linkage. Transcriptional profiling of flowering genes FLOWERING LOCUS C (BoFLC) and VERNALIZATION 2 (BoVRN2) was performed, showing increased expression levels of BoVRN2 in genotypes with faster curding. However, functional relevance of BoVRN2 and BoFLC2 could not consistently be supported, which probably suggests to act facultative and/or might evidence for BoVRN2/BoFLC-independent mechanisms in temperature regulated floral transition in cauliflower. Genetic insights in temperature-regulated curd induction can underpin genetically informed phenology models and benefit molecular breeding strategies toward the development of thermo-tolerant cultivars.
title: Gérard Siebert, L’Îlot des Bijoux, l’Îlot des Bronzes, la Maison des Sceaux
Creators: name: Hoepfner, Wolfram
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2016

description: Rezension zu: Gérard Siebert, L’Îlot des Bijoux, l’Îlot des Bronzes, la Maison des Sceaux. 1. Topographie et Architecture. Exploration Archéologique de Délos 38. De Boccard, Paris 2001. 156 Seiten, 18 Pläne, 106 Tafel
title: Jutta Rumscheid, Kranz und Krone. Zu Insignien, Siegespreisen und Ehrenzeichen der römischen Kaiserzeit
Creators: name: Parlasca, Klaus
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2016

description: Rezension zu: Jutta Rumscheid, Kranz und Krone. Zu Insignien, Siegespreisen und Ehrenzeichen der römischen Kaiserzeit. Istanbuler Forschungen, Band 43. Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen 2000. 270 Seiten, 68 Tafeln
Nonparametric Evaluation of Quantitative Traits in Population-Based Association Studies when the Genetic Model is Unknown
Creators: name: Konietschke, Frank
name: Libiger, Ondrej
name: Hothorn, Ludwig A.
Publisher: name: San Francisco : Public Library Science
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: genome-wide association
subject: sample-size
subject: tests
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::610 | Medizin, Gesundheit

description: Statistical association between a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotype and a quantitative trait in genome-wide association studies is usually assessed using a linear regression model, or, in the case of non-normally distributed trait values, using the Kruskal-Wallis test. While linear regression models assume an additive mode of inheritance via equi-distant genotype scores, Kruskal-Wallis test merely tests global differences in trait values associated with the three genotype groups. Both approaches thus exhibit suboptimal power when the underlying inheritance mode is dominant or recessive. Furthermore, these tests do not perform well in the common situations when only a few trait values are available in a rare genotype category (disbalance), or when the values associated with the three genotype categories exhibit unequal variance (variance heterogeneity). We propose a maximum test based on Marcus-type multiple contrast test for relative effect sizes. This test allows model-specific testing of either dominant, additive or recessive mode of inheritance, and it is robust against variance heterogeneity. We show how to obtain mode-specific simultaneous confidence intervals for the relative effect sizes to aid in interpreting the biological relevance of the results. Further, we discuss the use of a related all-pairwise comparisons contrast test with range preserving confidence intervals as an alternative to Kruskal-Wallis heterogeneity test. We applied the proposed maximum test to the Bogalusa Heart Study dataset, and gained a remarkable increase in the power to detect association, particularly for rare genotypes. Our simulation study also demonstrated that the proposed non-parametric tests control family-wise error rate in the presence of non-normality and variance heterogeneity contrary to the standard parametric approaches. We provide a publicly available R library nparcomp that can be used to estimate simultaneous confidence intervals or compatible multiplicity-adjusted p-values associated with the proposed maximum test.
Transporting non-Gaussianity from sub to super-horizon scales
Creators: name: Mulryne, David J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the `moment transport method' for calculating the statistics of inflationary perturbations to the quantum phase of evolution on sub-horizon scales. The quantum transport equations form a set of coupled ordinary differential equations for the evolution of quantum correlation functions during inflation, which are valid on sub- and super-horizon scales, and reduce to the known classical transport equations after horizon crossing. The classical and quantum equations follow directly from the field equations of cosmological perturbation theory. In this paper, we focus on how the evolution equations arise, and explore how transport methods relate to other approaches, and in particular how formal integral solutions to the transport equations connect to those of the In-In formalism.
description: 17 pages, no figures
LGBT-friendliness & the Promise of Inclusion: A Queering Ethnography of Inclusion in the ‘Diversity World’ of Business and the Social World of ‘Queer Activism’ in London
Creators: name: Burchiellaro, Olimpia
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2019

description: The thesis adopts a queer perspective to explore how the discourse of LGBT-friendliness and its promises of inclusion are experienced by the subjects to whom these are supposedly intended to speak to. It does so by drawing on over eighteen months of multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork carried out in London in the ‘diversity world’ of business among LGBT professionals, role models, ‘straight allies’ and ‘diversity & inclusion specialists’, and in the social world of ‘queer activism’ with campaigners fighting against the closure of a ‘queer pub’ by property developers and the Council’s promise to include a ‘replacement LGBT venue’ in the redevelopment. The thesis sheds light on how the process of inclusion is intricately connected to neoliberal practices of capital accumulation and the ways in which corporations attempt to extract the (queer) ‘value’ of ‘diversity’. It also shows how inclusion is inflected by a host of intersectional racialized and classed embodiments and (hetero- homo- and cis-) normativities. In so doing, the thesis contributes to our (empirical) understanding of the lived experiences of organizational gender/sexuality by providing an ethnographically-grounded account of the operation and negotiation of ‘LGBT-friendly’ normativities, to the (theoretical) scholarship that aims to make sense of these by offering a ‘critically queer’ theorizing of the concept, rhetoric and practice of LGBT inclusion, and to the (methodological) queering of organization. Ultimately, I argue that whilst LGBT inclusion may surely be considered a desirable (and highly seductive) goal, it is not only questionable whether and how far this may actually dismantle normativities, but also that inclusion might even exacerbate and accentuate their (re)production, sustaining conditions of inequality, ‘unfriendliness’ and exclusion. This demonstrates the value of combining critical interests on the exclusionary dynamics of ‘inclusion’ with a queer sensibility on the performativity of gender/sexuality and scholarship on the gender/sexual politics of neoliberalism, thus problematizing and queering corporate actors’ investments in ‘inclusion’ and the relationship between ‘activism’ and ‘business’, and developing and politicizing extant interrogations of ‘LGBT-friendliness’ in the field.
title: Cornelia Schütz, Das urnenfelderzeitliche Gräberfeld von Zuchering-Ost, Stadt Ingolstadt
Creators: name: Joachim, Hans-Eckart
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2016

description: Rezension zu: Cornelia Schütz, Das urnenfelderzeitliche Gräberfeld von Zuchering-Ost, Stadt Ingolstadt. Mit Beiträgen von Antja Bartel und Manfred Kunter. Materialhefte zur Bayerischen Vorgeschichte, Reihe A, Band 90. Verlag Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz 2006. 361 Seiten, 66 Abbildungen, 286 Tafeln, Beilage
From 3D Point Clouds To Semantic Objects An Ontology-Based Detection Approach
Creators: name: Hmida, Helmi Ben
name: Cruz, Christophe
name: Boochs, Frank
name: Nicolle, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a knowledge-based detection of objects approach using the OWL ontology language, the Semantic Web Rule Language, and 3D processing built-ins aiming at combining geometrical analysis of 3D point clouds and specialist's knowledge. This combination allows the detection and the annotation of objects contained in point clouds. The context of the study is the detection of railway objects such as signals, technical cupboards, electric poles, etc. Thus, the resulting enriched and populated ontology, that contains the annotations of objects in the point clouds, is used to feed a GIS systems or an IFC file for architecture purposes.
Carex maxima L.
Creators: name: Becherer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1956
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: A. maxima L. Cat. 299und 430. Die Angaben Fully, Randa, Brig und Brigerberg sind zu bestätigen.Mit Sicherheit bekannt nur aus dem Rhonetal von Chamoson bis Leuk. 2: Chamoson-Ardon (Beauverd); Lens (Besse);Leuk(Wilczek,Kunz).
description: Published as part of Becherer, 1956, Florae Vallesiacae Supplementum, pp. 1-556 in Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 71 on pages 1-556
First-Order Superconducting Transition of Sr2RuO4
Creators: name: Yonezawa, Shingo
name: Kajikawa, Tomohiro
name: Maeno, Yoshiteru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By means of the magnetocaloric effect, we examine the nature of the superconducting-normal (S-N) transition of Sr2RuO4, a most promising candidate for a spin-triplet superconductor. We provide thermodynamic evidence that the S-N transition of this oxide is of first order below approximately 0.8 K and only for magnetic field directions very close to the conducting plane, in clear contrast to the ordinary type-II superconductors exhibiting second-order S-N transitions. The entropy release across the transition at 0.2 K is 10% of the normal-state entropy. Our result urges an introduction of a new mechanism to break superconductivity by magnetic field.
description: 13 pages (Main text: 5 pages; Supplemental Material: 8 pages). To be published in Physical Review Letters
Modeling X-ray binary evolution in normal galaxies: Insights from SINGS
Creators: name: Tzanavaris, P.
name: Fragos, T.
name: Tremmel, M.
name: Jenkins, L.
name: Zezas, A.
name: Lehmer, B. D.
name: Hornschemeier, A.
name: Kalogera, V.
name: Ptak, A.
name: Basu-Zych, A. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the largest-scale comparison to date between observed extragalactic X-ray binary (XRB) populations and theoretical models of their production. We construct observational X-ray luminosity functions (oXLFs) using Chandra observations of 12 late-type galaxies from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey (SINGS). For each galaxy, we obtain theoretical XLFs (tXLFs) by combining XRB synthetic models, constructed with the population synthesis code StarTrack, with observational star formation histories (SFHs). We identify highest-likelihood models both for individual galaxies and globally, averaged over the full galaxy sample. Individual tXLFs successfully reproduce about half of oXLFs, but for some galaxies we are unable to find underlying source populations, indicating that galaxy SFHs and metallicities are not well matched and/or XRB modeling requires calibration on larger observational samples. Given these limitations, we find that best models are consistent with a product of common envelope ejection efficiency and central donor concentration ~=0.1, and a 50% uniform -- 50% "twins" initial mass-ratio distribution. We present and discuss constituent subpopulations of tXLFs according to donor, accretor and stellar population characteristics. The galaxy-wide X-ray luminosity due to low-mass and high-mass XRBs, estimated via our best global model tXLF, follows the general trend expected from the L_x - star formation rate and L_x - stellar mass relations of Lehmer et al 2010. Our best models are also in agreement with modeling of the evolution both of XRBs over cosmic time and of the galaxy X-ray luminosity with redshift.
description: Accepted by ApJ
A SWAP gate for qudits
Creators: name: Garcia-Escartin, Juan Carlos
name: Chamorro-Posada, Pedro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a quantum SWAP gate valid for quantum systems of an arbitrary dimension. The gate generalizes the CNOT implementation of the SWAP gate for qubits and keeps its most important properties, like symmetry and simplicity. We only use three copies of the same controlled qudit gate. This gate can be built with two standard higher-dimensional operations, the Quantum Fourier Transform and the d-dimensional version of the CZ gate.
Ultrafast QND measurements based on diamond-shape artificial atom
Creators: name: Diniz, I.
name: Dumur, E.
name: Buisson, O.
name: Auffèves, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a Quantum Non Demolition (QND) read-out scheme for a superconducting artificial atom coupled to a resonator in a circuit QED architecture, for which we estimate a very high measurement fidelity without Purcell effect limitations. The device consists of two transmons coupled by a large inductance, giving rise to a diamond-shape artificial atom with a logical qubit and an ancilla qubit interacting through a cross-Kerr like term. The ancilla is strongly coupled to a transmission line resonator. Depending on the qubit state, the ancilla is resonantly or dispersively coupled to the resonator, leading to a large contrast in the transmitted microwave signal amplitude. This original method can be implemented with state of the art Josephson parametric amplifier, leading to QND measurements in a few tens of nanoseconds with fidelity as large as 99.9 %.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
LA DELOCALISATION DES SERVICES EN REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO : IMPACT DES APPLICATIONS WEB
Creators: name: MUKENGE MBUMBA Josich
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: De nos jours, la mondialisation a révolutionné tellement le monde dans tous les domaines que les Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication ne peuvent s'y échapper. Ceci est d'autant plus remarquable que de grandes firmes occidentales (multinationales) ne cessent de délocaliser leurs activités dans les pays en développement, en raison de la main d'œuvre bon marché. 
Cet article se donne pour objectif principal d'étudier le degré de connaissance et d'utilisation de ces technologies dans notre pays afin de savoir si réellement ce dernier, en tant que pays en développement, profite comme il se doit des avantages de la délocalisation des services en ce qui concerne les applications Web.
An X-rays Survey of the Young Stellar Population of the Lynds 1641 and Iota Orionis Regions
Creators: name: Pillitteri, I.
name: Wolk, S. J.
name: Megeath, S. T.
name: Allen, L.
name: Bally, J.
name: Gagne`, Marc
name: Gutermuth, R. A.
name: Hartman, L.
name: Micela, G.
name: Myers, P.
name: Oliveira, J. M.
name: Sciortino, S.
name: Walter, F.
name: Rebull, L.
name: Stauffer, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an XMM-Newton survey of the part of Orion A cloud south of the Orion Nebula. This survey includes the Lynds 1641 (L1641) dark cloud, a region of the Orion A cloud with very few massive stars and hence a relatively low ambient UV flux, and the region around the O9 III star Iota Orionis. In addition to proprietary data, we used archival XMM data of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) to extend our analysis to a major fraction of the Orion A cloud. We have detected 1060 X-ray sources in L1641 and Iota Ori region. About 94% of the sources have 2MASS & Spitzer counterparts, 204 and 23 being Class II and Class I or protostars objects, respectively. In addition, we have identified 489 X-ray sources as counterparts to Class III candidates, given they are bright in X-rays and appear as normal photospheres at mid-IR wavelengths. The remaining 205 X-ray sources are likely distant AGNs or other galactic sources not related to Orion A. We find that Class III candidates appear more concentrated in two main clusters in L1641. The first cluster of Class III stars is found toward the northern part of L1641, concentrated around Iota Ori. The stars in this cluster are more evolved than those in the Orion Nebula. We estimate a distance of 300-320 pc for this cluster and thus it is closer than the Orion A cloud. Another cluster rich in Class III stars is located in L1641 South and appears to be a slightly older cluster embedded in the Orion A cloud. Furthermore, other evolved Class III stars are found north of the ONC toward NGC 1977.
description: 42 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Characterisation of infantile cardiomyopathy in Alström syndrome using ALMS1 knockout induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocyte model.
Creators: name: Patel, Leena
name: Roy, Ashwin
name: Barlow, Jonathan
name: O'Shea, Christopher
name: Nieves, Daniel
name: Azad, Amar J
name: Hall, Caitlin
name: Davies, Ben
name: Rath, Phalguni
name: Pavlovic, Davor
name: Chikermane, Ashish
name: Geberhiwot, Tarek
name: Steeds, Richard P
name: Gehmlich, Katja
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: Uncategorized
subject: Uncategorized

description: Alström syndrome (AS) is an inherited rare ciliopathy characterised by multi-organ dysfunction and premature cardiovascular disease. This may manifest as an infantile-onset dilated cardiomyopathy with significant associated mortality. An adult-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy may also feature later in life. Loss of function pathogenic variants in ALMS1 have been identified in AS patients, leading to a lack of ALMS1 protein. The biological role of ALMS1 is unknown, particularly in a cardiovascular context. To understand the role of ALMS1 in infantile cardiomyopathy, the reduction of ALMS1 protein seen in AS patients was modelled using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs), in which ALMS1 was knocked out. MuscleMotion analysis and calcium optical mapping experiments suggest that ALMS1 knockout (KO) cells have increased contractility, with altered calcium extrusion and impaired calcium handling dynamics compared to wildtype (WT) counterparts. Seahorse metabolic assays showed ALMS1 knockout iPSC-CMs had increased glycolytic and mitochondrial respiration rates, with ALMS1 knockout cells portraying increased energetic demand and respiratory capacity than WT counterparts. Using senescence associated β-galactosidase (SA-β gal) staining assay, we identified increased senescence of ALMS1 knockout iPSC-CMs. Overall, this study provides insights into the molecular mechanisms in AS, particularly the role of ALMS1 in infantile cardiomyopathy in AS, using iPSC-CMs as a 'disease in a dish' model to provide insights into multiple aspects of this complex disease.
Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Networks
Creators: name: Staudt, Christian
name: Schumm, Andrea
name: Meyerhenke, Henning
name: Görke, Robert
name: Wagner, Dorothea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Collaboration networks arise when we map the connections between scientists which are formed through joint publications. These networks thus display the social structure of academia, and also allow conclusions about the structure of scientific knowledge. Using the computer science publication database DBLP, we compile relations between authors and publications as graphs and proceed with examining and quantifying collaborative relations with graph-based methods. We review standard properties of the network and rank authors and publications by centrality. Additionally, we detect communities with modularity-based clustering and compare the resulting clusters to a ground-truth based on conferences and thus topical similarity. In a second part, we are the first to combine DBLP network data with data from the Dagstuhl Seminars: We investigate whether seminars of this kind, as social and academic events designed to connect researchers, leave a visible track in the structure of the collaboration network. Our results suggest that such single events are not influential enough to change the network structure significantly. However, the network structure seems to influence a participant's decision to accept or decline an invitation.
description: ASONAM 2012: IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining
III.2 Untersuchungen mit dem Citationsgraphen von eAQUA zur Aristeidesvita des Plutarch
Creators: name: Straßburger, Kevin
Publisher: name: Working Papers Contested Order/ eAQUA Working Papers
Year: 2014

description: Working Papers Contested Order/ eAQUA Working Papers, Bd. 7 (2012): Working Papers Contested Order: Das Portal eAQUA – Neue Methoden in der geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschung III
Predictive Models for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Spread Dynamics, Considering Frankliniella occidentalis Specific Life Processes as Influenced by the Virus
Creators: name: Ogada, Pamella Akoth
name: Moualeu, Dany Pascal
name: Poehling, Hans-Michael
Publisher: name: San Francisco : Public Library Science
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plants
subject: viral vectors
subject: life expectancy
subject: death rates
subject: desease vectors
subject: population dynamics
subject: tomato spotted wilt virus
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften

description: Several models have been studied on predictive epidemics of arthropod vectored plant viruses in an attempt to bring understanding to the complex but specific relationship between the three cornered pathosystem (virus, vector and host plant), as well as their interactions with the environment. A large body of studies mainly focuses on weather based models as management tool for monitoring pests and diseases, with very few incorporating the contribution of vector's life processes in the disease dynamics, which is an essential aspect when mitigating virus incidences in a crop stand. In this study, we hypothesized that the multiplication and spread of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in a crop stand is strongly related to its influences on Frankliniella occidentalis preferential behavior and life expectancy. Model dynamics of important aspects in disease development within TSWV-F. occidentalis-host plant interactions were developed, focusing on F. occidentalis' life processes as influenced by TSWV. The results show that the influence of TSWV on F. occidentalis preferential behaviour leads to an estimated increase in relative acquisition rate of the virus, and up to 33% increase in transmission rate to healthy plants. Also, increased life expectancy; which relates to improved fitness, is dependent on the virus induced preferential behaviour, consequently promoting multiplication and spread of the virus in a crop stand. The development of vector-based models could further help in elucidating the role of tri-trophic interactions in agricultural disease systems. Use of the model to examine the components of the disease process could also boost our understanding on how specific epidemiological characteristics interact to cause diseases in crops. With this level of understanding we can efficiently develop more precise control strategies for the virus and the vector.
Arctous alpina
Creators: name: Becherer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1956
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: A. alpina X carnea Cat. 300. 3: Chanrion im Val de Bagnes (Mantz).
description: Published as part of Becherer, 1956, Florae Vallesiacae Supplementum, pp. 1-556 in Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 71 on pages 1-556
On the Saturation of the Nonlinear Refractive Index in Atomic Gases
Creators: name: Köhler, Christian
name: Guichard, Roland
name: Lorin, Emmanuel
name: Chelkowski, Szczepan
name: Bandrauk, André D.
name: Bergé, Luc
name: Skupin, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the ongoing controversy on the origin of the nonlinear index saturation and subsequent intensity clamping in femtosecond filaments, we study the atomic nonlinear polarization induced by a high-intensity and ultrashort laser pulse in hydrogen by numerically solving the time dependent Schrödinger equation. Special emphasis is given to the efficient modeling of the nonlinear polarization at central laser frequency corresponding to 800 nm wavelength. Here, the recently proposed model of the Higher-Order Kerr Effect (HOKE) and two versions of the Standard model for femtosecond filamentation, including either a multi-photon or tunnel ionization rate, are compared. We find that around the clamping intensity the instantaneous HOKE model does not reproduce the temporal structure of the nonlinear response obtained from the quantum mechanical results. In contrast, the non-instantaneous charge contributions included in the Standard models ensure a reasonable quantitative agreement. Therefore, the physical origin for the observed saturation of the overall electron response is confirmed to mainly result from contributions of free or nearly free electrons.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
Auswertung Themistoklesvita
Creators: name: Lang, Catherine
Publisher: name: Working Papers Contested Order/ eAQUA Working Papers
Year: 2014

description: Working Papers Contested Order/ eAQUA Working Papers, Bd. 7 (2012): Working Papers Contested Order: Das Portal eAQUA – Neue Methoden in der geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschung III
Quantum Mechanical Observers and Time Reparametrization Symmetry
Creators: name: Konishi, Eiji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that the degree of freedom of measurement by quantum mechanical observers originates in the Goldstone mode of the spontaneously broken time reparametrization symmetry. Based on the classification of quantum states by their non-unitary temporal behavior as seen in the measurement processes, we describe the concepts of the quantum mechanical observers via the time reparametrization symmetry.
description: 16 pages
title: Influence of Medical Student Age and Experience on Clinical Rotations and Specialty Choice
Creators: name: Campbell, Brendan
name: Krapf, Jill
name: Jurjus, Rosalyn
Publisher: name: Keele University
Year: 2020

description: Background: Historically, most medical students began medical school right after completing their undergraduate degree. However, over the past 4 years, the average age of medical student matriculation was 24 years. Many students are taking a few years to pursue other opportunities before entering medical school, which has been shown to help in the transition to the clinical years of medical school.    Methods:  An anonymous online quantitative survey was sent from June 2017 through March 2018 to medical students enrolled in clinical rotations at four large medical schools representing different regions of the US. In this study, students 25 years or older were considered non-traditional, while students under the age of 25 were considered traditional. Survey questions were adapted from a qualitative study on the experiences of mature-aged medical students.    Results:  A total of 195 medical students responded to the survey, which was about a 14% participation rate. The average age upon entering medical school was 24.1 years. Compared with traditional students, non-traditional students indicated that life experience (p < 0.001), previous work experience (p < 0.001), and age (p < 0.001) had a stronger impact on their clinical rotations. Additionally, non-traditional students reported a stronger influence of work experience (p < 0.004) and age (p < 0.001) on specialty choice than traditional-aged students.    Conclusion:  These findings support the idea that non-traditional students gain valuable experience from the time between obtaining their undergraduate degree and starting medical school, which is a significant factor in determining specialty choice and residency locations.
description: Journal of Academic Development and Education
Optimizing Western Flower Thrips Management on French Beans by Combined Use of Beneficials and Imidacloprid
Creators: name: Nyasani, Johnson O.
name: Subramanian, Sevgan
name: Poehling, Hans-Michael
name: Maniania, Nguya K.
name: Ekesi, Sunday
name: Meyhöfer, Rainer
Publisher: name: Basel : Mdpi Ag
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Amblyseius
subject: benefit-cost ratio
subject: Frankliniella occidentalis
subject: entomopathogenic fungus
subject: neonicotinoid
subject: Phaseolus vulgaris
subject: predatory mite
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::570 | Biowissenschaften, Biologie

description: Western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), is an important pest of vegetable crops worldwide and has developed resistance to many insecticides. The predatory mites Neoseiulus (=Amblyseius) cucumeris (Oudemans), the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.), and an insecticide (imidacloprid) were tested for their efficacy to reduce WFT population density and damage to French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) pods under field conditions in two planting periods. Metarhizium anisopliae was applied as a foliar spray weekly at a rate of one litre spray volume per plot while imidacloprid was applied as a soil drench every two weeks at a rate of two litres of a mixture of water and imidacloprid per m(2). Neoseiulus cucumeris was released every two weeks on plant foliage at a rate of three mites per plant. Single and combined treatment applications reduced WFT population density by at least three times and WFT damage to French bean pods by at least 1.7 times compared with untreated plots. The benefit-cost ratios in management of WFT were profitable with highest returns realized on imidacloprid treated plots. The results indicate that M. anisopliae, N. cucumeris, and imidacloprid have the potential for use in developing an integrated pest management program against WFT on French beans.
title: EU-Urheberrechtsreform: Eine Problembeschreibung aus Sicht der Bibliotheken
Creators: name: Talke, Armin
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2016

description: Thema dieses Positionspapiers, das Herrn EU Kommissar Günther Oettinger von DBV und Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin anlässlich eines Gesprächs am 20.6.2016 vorgelegt wurde, ist die in der Mitteilung der Kommission „Schritte zu einem modernen, europäischeren Urheberrecht“ vom 9.12.2015 skizzierte Urheberrechtsreform. Das Positionspapier bezieht sich dabei insbesondere auf Regelungen, die Dienstleistungen von Bibliotheken betreffen.
description: Informationspraxis, Bd. 2, Nr. 2 (2016), Beginn und Erscheinungsfrequenz: Nummer: 1, Jahr: 2015, Ausgaben pro Band: 2, Bände pro Jahr: 1
Characterisation of infantile cardiomyopathy in Alström syndrome using ALMS1 knockout induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocyte model.
Creators: name: Patel, Leena
name: Roy, Ashwin
name: Barlow, Jonathan
name: O'Shea, Christopher
name: Nieves, Daniel
name: Azad, Amar J
name: Hall, Caitlin
name: Davies, Ben
name: Rath, Phalguni
name: Pavlovic, Davor
name: Chikermane, Ashish
name: Geberhiwot, Tarek
name: Steeds, Richard P
name: Gehmlich, Katja
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: Genetics & Genomics
subject: Genetics & Genomics
classificationCode: Model organisms
subject: Model organisms
classificationCode: Imaging
subject: Imaging

description: Alström syndrome (AS) is an inherited rare ciliopathy characterised by multi-organ dysfunction and premature cardiovascular disease. This may manifest as an infantile-onset dilated cardiomyopathy with significant associated mortality. An adult-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy may also feature later in life. Loss of function pathogenic variants in ALMS1 have been identified in AS patients, leading to a lack of ALMS1 protein. The biological role of ALMS1 is unknown, particularly in a cardiovascular context. To understand the role of ALMS1 in infantile cardiomyopathy, the reduction of ALMS1 protein seen in AS patients was modelled using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs), in which ALMS1 was knocked out. MuscleMotion analysis and calcium optical mapping experiments suggest that ALMS1 knockout (KO) cells have increased contractility, with altered calcium extrusion and impaired calcium handling dynamics compared to wildtype (WT) counterparts. Seahorse metabolic assays showed ALMS1 knockout iPSC-CMs had increased glycolytic and mitochondrial respiration rates, with ALMS1 knockout cells portraying increased energetic demand and respiratory capacity than WT counterparts. Using senescence associated β-galactosidase (SA-β gal) staining assay, we identified increased senescence of ALMS1 knockout iPSC-CMs. Overall, this study provides insights into the molecular mechanisms in AS, particularly the role of ALMS1 in infantile cardiomyopathy in AS, using iPSC-CMs as a 'disease in a dish' model to provide insights into multiple aspects of this complex disease.
Vector boson plus multijet production
Creators: name: Schonherr, Marek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this contribution the developments in the description of vector boson plus jets signatures at hadron colliders in recent years are summarised. Particular focus is put on its relevance as background to top physics.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, proceeding of TOP2012, Winchester, UK