cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Formulation and Development of Nutritious Bread from a Mixture of Wheat, Teff and Lupin
Creators: name: Jalata, Badasa Rata
name: Wogayehua, Mesfin
Publisher: name: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET)
Year: 2022

description: Consumption of plant-based foods limited in certain essential nutrients is common in Ethiopia. Therefore, the main approach of this study is to develop nutritious and fibrous bread through supplementation of whole teff and lupine. Wheat flour was replaced with 10-30% of teff (red and white) flour and 10% lupine (sweet and bitter). The straight dough technique was used for baking and ANOVA was used for the analyses. The farinograph properties of the flour used for bread indicated that the water absorption capacity of white teff incorporated flour was higher than the control flour and other composite flour. The development time and dough stability of red teff flour incorporated at 10% was higher than the white flour. In addition, the concentrations of teff have an impact on the mixing tolerance index of the flour. However, increasing amounts of both white and red teff flour have no effect on water absorption capacity and dough development time. The type and concentration of teff and lupine incorporation significantly affected the ash, protein, total carbohydrate contents and texture properties of teff-lupine-wheat bread. The proximate composition of the composite flour reflected a significant increase in protein, fat and fiber contents, whereas the total carbohydrate decreased. Mg and Ca were mainly found in red teff substituted bread while Na, K, and Mg were mainly found in white teff substituted bread. Mn, Fe and Cu are mainly identified in red substituted teff whereas Pb is the only mineral mainly found in white teff. The teff concentration had an impact on Co whereas there was no effect on Cr. The tannin contents of the composite bread were similar to the white bread whereas, the phytate contents were higher. The sensorial attributes indicated that the white bread had superior overall acceptability compared to other composite breads. The findings implied that lupine and teff can be incorporated into wheat flour at 10% for bread making with desirable nutritional composition, and sensory acceptability.
description: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET), Vol 1 No 1 (2022)
Dynamics of mycotoxin occurrence in farm-stored maize in Merawi district, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Worku, Admasu Fanta
name: Kalsa, Karta Kaske
name: Habtua, Nigus Gabbiye
name: Wogayehua, Tenagashaw Mesfin
name: Abera, Merkuz
name: Tsehaye, Hadush
name: Abay, Fetien
name: Subramanyam, Bhadriraju
name: Skinnes, Helge
Publisher: name: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET)
Year: 2022

description: A study was conducted to investigate the progressive development of mycotoxins in farm-stored maize in Merawi district, Ethiopia. Thirty farming households were randomly selected as sampling units, from which 30 maize samples were collected each month from the last part of the dry season (March 2015) and through the wet season until August 2015. Total aflatoxins (AFT), total fumonisins (FUM), and deoxynivalenol (DON) were measured using lateral flow immunoassays. Results indicated that incidences of AFT, FUM, and DON in the overall samples (N = 180) were 81.1%, 8.9%, and 4.4%, respectively. AFT contamination levels were highest in May- June and lowest in March and July. The highest level of FUM was observed in August. Deoxynivalenol (DON) was detected only in July-August, coinciding with the peak rainfall months. Regardless of the sampling month, levels of AFT, FUM, and DON in positive samples ranged from 2.5 to 29.3 µg/kg, 0.20 to 0.75 mg/kg, and 0.32 to 2.9 mg/kg, respectively. The AFT level showed an increasing trend across sampling months until June and decreased in July-August. The AFT levels correlated positively with the percentage of insect-damaged kernels (IDK) (r = 0.31). The proportion of samples contaminated with at least one mycotoxin was 84.4% (N = 180). The co-occurrence of two or three mycotoxins was observed in 8.9% (N = 180), of which 5.6% (N = 180) were observed in samples collected in July-August. This is the first report of a periodically monitored observation of mycotoxin development in farm-stored maize in Ethiopia. The results demonstrate the need to have a bigger picture of the magnitude of mycotoxins contamination across the storage period in our maize growing area. The finding of insect infestation is useful as a background to implement new intervention measures like hermetic storage during on-farm maize storage to reduce the impact of mycotoxins.
description: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET), Vol 1 No 1 (2022)
(200144) Agneta Elisabeth Yorke
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Testing core creation in hydrodynamical simulations using the HI kinematics of field dwarfs
Creators: name: Papastergis, Emmanouil
name: Ponomareva, Anastasia A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The majority of recent hydrodynamical simulations indicate the creation of central cores in the mass profiles of low-mass halos, a process that is attributed to star formation-related baryonic feedback. Core creation is regarded as one of the most promising solutions to potential issues faced by the lambda cold dark matter (LambdaCDM) cosmology on small scales. For example, the reduced dynamical mass enclosed by cores can explain the low rotational velocities measured for nearby dwarf galaxies, thus possibly lifting the seeming contradiction with the LambdaCDM expectations (the so-called "too big to fail" problem). Here we test core creation as a solution of cosmological issues by using a sample of dwarfs with measurements of their atomic hydrogen (HI) kinematics extending to large radii. Using the NIHAO hydrodynamical simulation as an example, we show that core creation can successfully reproduce the kinematics of dwarfs with small kinematic radii, R
description: v2 matches version accepted by A&A. About 5 pages, 1 figure
Nutraceutical, phytochemical, and antioxidant activities of selected wild edible fruits as natural foods
Creators: name: Alene, Adugna Nigatu
name: Teshager, Alebel Abebaw
name: Kassie, Desalegn Adisu
name: Abate, Gietu Yirga
name: Mengstie, Moges Admasie
name: Mekonnen, Shiferaw Dessie
name: Mintesinot, Smegnew Moges
name: Kindie, Tadele Mihret
Publisher: name: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET)
Year: 2022

description: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET), Vol 1 No 1 (2022)
Digital Twin Design Requirements for Durable Goods Distribution in Physical Internet
Creators: name: Campos, Miguel
name: Derhami, Shahab
name: McGinnis, Leon F.
name: Montreuil, Benoit
name: Barenji, Ali
Publisher: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year: 2021
Subjects: Digital twins
Physical internet
Logistics system design
Hub relay network

description: Presented at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC 2021) 14-16 June 2021, Virtual
description: Today the practice for distributing large products manufactured at few original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) consists of a dedicated Point-to-Point (PtP) logistics system, typically requiring long haul transport from the factory to the wholesale destination. A growing problem is the shortage of commercial drivers willing to be away from home for several days to move products cross-country. Hub relay network logistics systems are an alternative solution to P2P logistics systems that allow reducing drivers' away-from-home times. Operating a relay-based logistics system requires accounting for multiple interrelated operational decisions that become more complicated as the system becomes larger and encompasses more players. To deal with such complexity we propose utilizing a digital twin of the distribution and logistics system as a decision-making support tool to manage the system and make operational decisions efficiently. This paper explores the design and assessment of a hyperconnected relay network of transport hubs supporting the movement of durable goods from factory to wholesale destinations. It describes requirements and challenges in developing and implementing a digital twin for such systems.
Perineural Invasion in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC): A Saboteur of Curative Intended Therapies?
Creators: name: Felsenstein, Matthäus
name: Lindhammer, Flora
name: Feist, Mathilde
name: Hillebrandt, Karl Herbert
name: Timmermann, Lea
name: Benzing, Christian
name: Globke, Brigitta
name: Zocholl, Dario
name: Hu, Mengwen
name: Fehrenbach, Uli
name: Sinn, Bruno Valentin
name: Pelzer, Uwe
name: Sauer, Igor Maximillian
name: Pratschke, Johann
name: Malinka, Thomas
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
subject: perineural invasion
subject: risk stratification
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: (1) Background: Perineural invasion (PNI) is a common characteristic of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and is present in most resection margins. We hypothesized that curative pancreatic tumor resection with long-term survival could only be achieved in PNI-negative patients. (2) Material and Methods: A retrospective investigation of PDAC patients who underwent curative-intended surgery during the period 2008 to 2019 was performed at our institution. (3) Results: We identified 571 of 660 (86.5%) resected patients with well-annotated reports and complete datasets. Of those, 531 patients (93%) exhibited tumors with perineural invasion (Pn1), while 40 (7%) were negative for PNI (Pn0). The majority of patients in the Pn1 group presented advanced tumor stage and positive lymph node infiltration. Patients in the Pn0 group showed an improved disease-free and long-term survival compared to the Pn1 group (p < 0.001). Subgroup analysis of all R0-resected patients indicated improved long-term survival and disease-free survival of R0 Pn0 patients when compared to R0 Pn1 patients (p < 0.001). (4) Conclusion: Our study confirmed that Pn0 improves the long-term survival of PDAC-resected cancer patients. Furthermore, PNI significantly challenges the long-term survival of formally curative (R0) resected patients. We provide new insights into the dynamics of PNI in pancreatic cancer patients which are needed to define subgroups of patients for risk stratification and multimodal treatment strategies.
Formulation and Development of Nutritious Bread from a Mixture of Wheat, Teff and Lupin
Creators: name: Jalata, Badasa Rata
name: Wogayehua, Mesfin
Publisher: name: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET)
Year: 2022

description: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET), Vol 1 No 1 (2022)
False Discovery Rate Control for High-Dimensional Networks of Quantile Associations Conditioning on Covariates
Creators: name: Xie, Jichun
name: Li, Ruosha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Motivated by the gene co-expression pattern analysis, we propose a novel sample quantile-based contingency (squac) statistic to infer quantile associations conditioning on covariates. It features enhanced flexibility in handling variables with both arbitrary distributions and complex association patterns conditioning on covariates. We first derive its asymptotic null distribution, and then develop a multiple testing procedure based on squac to simultaneously test the independence between one pair of variables conditioning on covariates for all $p(p-1)/2$ pairs. Here, $p$ is the length of the outcomes and could exceed the sample size. The testing procedure does not require resampling or perturbation, and thus is computationally efficient. We prove by theory and numerical experiments that this testing method asymptotically controls the false discovery rate (\FDR). It outperforms all alternative methods when the complex association panterns exist. Applied to a gastric cancer data, this testing method successfully inferred the gene co-expression networks of early and late stage patients. It identified more changes in the networks which are associated with cancer survivals. We extend our method to the case that both the length of the outcomes and the length of covariates exceed the sample size, and show that the asymptotic theory still holds.
description: 31 pages, 1 figure
A formula for pi involving nested radicals
Creators: name: Abrarov, S. M.
name: Quine, B. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Mathematics (math.GM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11Y60

description: We present a new formula for pi involving nested radicals with rapid convergence. This formula is based on the arctangent function identity with argument $x=\sqrt{2-{{a}_{k-1}}}/{{a}_{k}}$, where \[ {{a}_{k}}=\underbrace{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\cdots +\sqrt{2}}}}}_{k\,\,\text{square}\,\,\text{roots}} \] is a nested radical consisting of $k$ square roots. The computational test we performed reveals that the proposed formula for pi provides a significant improvement in accuracy as the integer $k$ increases.
description: 10 pages
Urban Areas as Potential Sinks for Tropical Swallowtail Moth Lyssa zampa
Creators: name: Jain, Anuj
name: Ng, Lin Yu
name: Sivasothi, N
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Endospermum diadenum
subject: host plant
subject: lepidoptera
subject: mass emergence
subject: population peak
subject: Singapore
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::590 Tiere (Zoologie)::590 Tiere (Zoologie)

description: (1) The tropical swallowtail moth Lyssa zampa received much public attention during its years of mass emergence in Singapore and Southeast Asia. However, despite its prominence, little is known about its population demographics and spatial ecology. This study aims to establish the annual abundance of L. zampa, determine its spatial patterns of occurrence, and examine morphological variation demonstrated by L. zampa with an emphasis on comparing urban vs. forest areas in Singapore. (2) Various sources (field surveys across 18 sites, citizen science datasets and expert knowledge) were used to catalogue L. zampa records from 2011 to 2020 and analyse its seasonal abundance. (3) We confirmed the seasonal peak of L. zampa emergence to be between May and July, with an unusually high mass emergence in 2014. The intensity of emergence was associated with the intensity of a dry spell in February of that year. The total number of L. zampa sighted in urban areas was higher despite the moth’s host plant being a tree that is restricted to mature forests and is absent from urban areas. This suggests that the occurrence of L. zampa in urban areas is likely due to the moth’s attraction to bright city lights. Our morphometric measurements further show that L. zampa individuals in urban areas have greater wing length and lighter body weights (smaller body widths) than their forest counterparts. (4) This implies that urban areas are not only drawing moths that are unable to find the host plants and, therefore, cannot produce offspring but are also attracting larger and better flyers out of forest areas. This situation is only likely to worsen as climate change intensifies and dry spells become longer and more intense.
(200139) Betsey [Barton]
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Enhanced direct collapse due to Lyman alpha feedback
Creators: name: Johnson, Jarrett L.
name: Dijkstra, Mark
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We assess the impact of trapped Lyman alpha cooling radiation on the formation of direct collapse black holes (DCBHs). We apply a one-zone chemical and thermal evolution model, accounting for the photodetachment of H- ions, precursors to the key coolant H2, by Lyman alpha photons produced during the collapse of a cloud of primordial gas in an atomic cooling halo at high redshift. We find that photodetachment of H- by trapped Lyman alpha photons may lower the level of the H2-dissociating background radiation field required for DCBH formation substantially, dropping the critical flux by up to a factor of a few. This translates into a potentially large increase in the expected number density of DCBHs in the early Universe, and supports the view that DCBHs may be the seeds for the BHs residing in the centers of a significant fraction of galaxies today. We find that detachment of H- by Lyman alpha has the strongest impact on the critical flux for the relatively high background radiation temperatures expected to characterize the emission from young, hot stars in the early Universe. This lends support to the DCBH origin of the highest redshift quasars.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures, 1 table; recommended by editor for publication in A&A
Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET), Vol 1 No 1 (2022)
Creators: name: Poly Journal Of Engineering And Technology (PJET)
Publisher: name: Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET)
Year: 2022

description: Dynamics of mycotoxin occurrence in farm-stored maize in Merawi district, Ethiopia...1-21 Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variation of Water Quality of Lake Tana, Ethiopia...64-85 Formulation and Development of Nutritious Bread from a Mixture of Wheat, Teff and Lupin...22-45 Nutraceutical, phytochemical, and antioxidant activities of selected wild edible fruits as natural foods...46-63
Constraining the EoR model parameters with the 21cm bispectrum
Creators: name: Shimabukuro, Hayato
name: Yoshiura, Shintaro
name: Takahashi, Keitaro
name: Yokoyama, Shuichiro
name: Ichiki, Kiyotomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform a Fisher analysis to estimate the expected constraints on the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) model parameters (i.e., minimum virial temperature, the ionizing efficiency and the mean free path of ionizing photons) taking into account the thermal noise of the exisitting telescopes, MWA and LOFAR. We consider how the inclusion of the 21cm bispectrum improves the constraints compared to using the power spectrum alone. Assuming that we perfectly remove the foreground, we found that the bispectrum, which is calculated by the 21cmFAST code, can constrain the EoR model parameters more tightly than the power spectrum since the bispectrum is more sensitive to the EoR model parameters than the power spectrum. We also found that degeneracy between the EoR model parameters can be broken by combining the bispectrum with the power spectrum.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, accepted in MNRAS
Proof of the HRT conjecture for almost every (1,3) configuration
Creators: name: Liu, Wencai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Based on the proof of Demeter \We prove that for almost every (1,3) configuration, there is no linear dependence between the associated time-frequency translates of any $f\in L^2(\R)\backslash \{0\}$.cite{Dem10}, we establish the HRT conjecture for almost every (1,3) configuration.
description: JFAA to appear
Design of a Simulation-Based Experiment for Assessing the Relevance of the Physical Internet Concept for Humanitarian Supply Chains
Creators: name: Grest, Manon
name: Inan, Mahmut Metin
name: Cohen, Yaarit M.
name: Barenji, Ali
name: Dahan, Mathieu
name: Lauras, Matthieu
name: Montreuil, Benoit
Publisher: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year: 2021
Subjects: Physical internet
Humanitarian supply chains
Disaster relief operations
Hyperconnected supply chains

description: Presented at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC 2021) 14-16 June 2021, Virtual
description: The challenges faced in delivering relief items to victims of natural disasters and the growing external pressures urge humanitarian supply chain organizations to initiate some change. In this regard, the physical internet concept can offer a paradigm shift in relief organization and resource mobilization. To convince humanitarian actors to embrace this path, we propose a rigorous methodology leveraging a prototypical agent-oriented discrete-events simulator built within the AnyLogic platform, to conduct scientific experiments enabling to investigate the suitability and relevance of PI concepts for HSCs by systematically quantifying their benefits and drawbacks on HSC performance, sustainability, and resilience. We provide preliminary experimental results contrasting the baseline shaped by the current HSC structures, behaviors and practices, notably relative to sourcing, transporting, and warehousing, with those of hyperconnected HSCs in line with the Physical Internet at distinct degrees of maturity. In the experiment, we study past disaster scenarios that occurred in Indonesia and response efforts under different behaviors simulated with this platform. Initial results show that PI concepts are smoothly fitted to HSCs and the performance of hyperconnected HSCs is better than the current baseline.
Minority-group incubators and majority-group reservoirs support the diffusion of climate change adaptations (Supplementary Material)
Creators: name: Turner, Matthew A.
name: Singleton, Alyson L.
name: Harris, Mallory J.
name: Harryman, Ian
name: Lopez, Cesar Augusto
name: Arthur, Ronan Forde
name: Muraida, Caroline
name: Jones, James Holland
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Science
subject: Animal Behaviour

description: Plots of outcomes when auxiliary model parameters are varied.
Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of disease activity and progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Creators: name: Dreger, Marie
name: Steinbach, Robert
name: Otto, Markus
name: Turner, Martin R.
name: Großkreutz, Julian
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease, and only modest disease-modifying strategies have been established to date. Numerous clinical trials have been conducted in the past years, but have been severely hampered by the wide-ranging heterogeneity of both the biological origins and clinical characteristics of the disease. Thus, reliable biomarkers of disease activity are urgently needed to stratify patients into homogenous groups with aligned disease trajectories to allow a more effective design of clinical trial. In this review, the most promising candidate biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with ALS will be summarised. Correlations between biomarker levels and clinical outcome parameters are discussed, while highlighting potential pitfalls and intercorrelations of these clinical parameters. Several CSF molecules have shown potential as biomarkers of progression and prognosis, but large, international, multicentric and longitudinal studies are crucial for validation. A more standardised choice of clinical endpoints in these studies, as well as the application of individualised models of clinical progression, would allow the quantification of disease trajectories, thereby allowing a more accurate analysis of the clinical implications of candidate biomarkers. Additionally, a comparative analysis of several biomarkers and ideally the application of a multivariate analysis including comprehensive genotypic, phenotypic and clinical characteristics collectively contributing to biomarker levels in the CSF, could promote their verification. Thus, reliable prognostic markers and markers of disease activity may improve clinical trial design and patient management in the direction of precision medicine.
A scattering approach to a surface with hyperbolic cusp
Creators: name: Roidos, Nikolaos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58J50, 35P25

description: Let $X$ be a two-dimensional smooth manifold with boundary $S^{1}$ and $Y=[1,\infty)\times S^{1}$. We consider a family of complete surfaces arising by endowing $X\cup_{S^{1}}Y$ with a parameter dependent Riemannian metric, such that the restriction of the metric to $Y$ converges to the hyperbolic metric as a limit with respect to the parameter. We describe the associated spectral and scattering theory of the Laplacian for such a surface. We further show that on $Y$ the zero $S^{1}$-Fourier coefficient of the generalized eigenfunction of this Laplacian, as a family with respect to the parameter, approximates in a certain sense, for large values of the spectral parameter, the zero $S^{1}$-Fourier coefficient of the generalized eigenfunction of the Laplacian for the case of a surface with hyperbolic cusp.
description: 12 pages
title: AG 5: Kompetenz und Kompetenzmessung
title: Bericht aus der Arbeitsgruppe
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Heiner, Matthias
Publisher: name: Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum der Technischen Universität Dortmund
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 370

description: Journal Hochschuldidaktik ; 21. Jahrgang 2010 Heft 1
Resilient Hyperconnected Logistics Hub Network Design
Creators: name: Kulkarni, Onkar
name: Cohen, Yaarit
name: Dahan, Mathieu
name: Montreuil, Benoit
Publisher: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year: 2021
Subjects: Hyperconnected logistics
Parcel delivery network
Resilience
Intercity parcel delivery
Network topology
Physical internet

description: Presented at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC 2021) 14-16 June 2021, Virtual
description: Logistics networks frequently face disruptions inducing an increase in delivery costs and delays. This paper studies the design of resilient hyperconnected logistics hub networks for the Physical Internet, modeled as an integer programming problem. The objective is to open logistics hubs in order to connect each origin and destination using multiple minimum length edge-disjoint paths. To estimate the resilience of the designed networks, we propose graph theoretic measures involving (i) the maximum number of edge-disjoint paths connecting each origin and destination, and (ii) the number of short paths traversing each edge. We develop a case study to design a class of parcel delivery networks in China and evaluate the impact of various disruption scenarios on the resulting distance traveled by parcels. Our results show the relevance of the proposed resilience measures and the increased capability of the designed networks to sustain disruptions in comparison to traditional logistics networks.
Patients’ Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry: A Controlled Study
Creators: name: Kosan, Esra
name: Krois, Joachim
name: Wingenfeld, Katja
name: Deuter, Christian Eric
name: Gaudin, Robert
name: Schwendicke, Falk
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: artificial intelligence
subject: communication
subject: dental diagnosis
subject: machine learning
subject: patients
subject: trust
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly important in modern dentistry, we aimed to assess patients' perspectives on AI in dentistry specifically for radiographic caries detection and the impact of AI-based diagnosis on patients' trust. Methods: Validated questionnaires with Likert-scale batteries (1: "strongly disagree" to 5: "strongly agree") were used to query participants' experiences with dental radiographs and their knowledge/attitudes towards AI as well as to assess how AI-based communication of a diagnosis impacted their trust, belief, and understanding. Analyses of variance and ordinal logistic regression (OLR) were used (p < 0.05). Results: Patients were convinced that "AI is useful" (mean Likert +/- standard deviation 4.2 +/- 0.8) and did not fear AI in general (2.2 +/- 1.0) nor in dentistry (1.6 +/- 0.8). Age, education, and employment status were significantly associated with patients' attitudes towards AI for dental diagnostics. When shown a radiograph with a caries lesion highlighted by an arrow, patients recognized the lesion significantly less often than when using AI-generated coloured overlays highlighting the lesion (p < 0.0005). AI-based communication did not significantly affect patients' trust in dentists' diagnosis (p = 0.44; OLR). Conclusions: Patients showed a positive attitude towards AI in dentistry. AI-supported diagnostics may assist communicating radiographic findings by increasing patients' ability to recognize caries lesions on dental radiographs.
Epistemic extensions of combined classical and intuitionistic propositional logic
Creators: name: Lewitzka, Steffen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Logic $L$ was introduced by Lewitzka [7] as a modal system that combines intuitionistic and classical logic: $L$ is a conservative extension of CPC and it contains a copy of IPC via the embedding $φ\mapsto\squareφ$. In this article, we consider $L3$, i.e. $L$ augmented with S3 modal axioms, define basic epistemic extensions and prove completeness w.r.t. algebraic semantics. The resulting logics combine classical knowledge and belief with intuitionistic truth. Some epistemic laws of Intuitionistic Epistemic Logic studied by Artemov and Protopopescu [1] are reflected by classical modal principles. In particular, the implications "intuitionistic truth $\Rightarrow$ knowledge $\Rightarrow$ classical truth" are represented by the theorems $\squareφ\rightarrow Kφ$ and $Kφ\rightarrowφ$ of our logic $EL3$, where we are dealing with classical instead of intuitionistic knowledge. Finally, we show that a modification of our semantics yields algebraic models for the systems of Intuitionistic Epistemic Logic introduced in [1].
description: 23 pages
Modular and Mobile Design of Hyperconnected Parcel Logistics Hub
Creators: name: Babalou, Sevda
name: Bao, Wencang
name: Montreuil, Benoit
name: McGinnis, Leon F.
name: Buckley, Shannon
name: Barenji, Ali
Publisher: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year: 2021
Subjects: Physical internet
Hyperconnected logistics
Parcel logistics hub
Modular hub
Adaptability
Modularity
Resilience
Scalability
Robotic logistics
Consolidation

description: Presented at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC 2021) 14-16 June 2021, Virtual
description: This paper employs modularity and mobility (M2) for designing recently introduced hyperconnected logistics hubs (HLH) for the Physical Internet, where parcels are encapsulated in modular tote-sized containers arriving in mobile racks, and these totes are consolidated by switching totes in shuffling cells to mobile racks with other totes with shared next destinations. The paper introduces the M2 framework and its modular standard-sized cells, racks and tote containers. Building on the overall HLH concept, the proposed M2 hub design is a major step forward with its on-the-fly transformability through operations to adapt to the dynamically changing sizes, mixes, characteristics, and flow of modular containers entering the hub and being consolidated and shipped within a short dwell time target. The paper uses a detailed case study to demonstrate the induced adaptability, adjustability, agility, efficiency, resilience, and scalability, and then it reports on an exploratory simulation experiment contrasting the performance of M2designs
Förderung der Begriffsentwicklung bei Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund Erfüllt das DaZ-Lehrmittel Sprachschatzkiste die Kriterien zur Förderung der Begriffsentwicklung bei 4- bis 7-jährigen Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund?
Creators: name: Bergstrom, Tamara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Logopädie
Bachelorarbeit

description: Das brisante Thema der Bildungschancen von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund und deren Mehrsprachigkeit tangiert die Logopädie. Empirische Befunde zeigen, dass migrationsbedingte Sprachdefizite den Bildungserfolg erheblich beeinflussen. Die vorliegende Arbeit ermittelt die Qualität der Sprachschatzkiste (Hack, Huber, Hunziker & Margna, 2011), einem gängigen DaZLehrmittel, bezüglich der Förderung der Begriffsentwicklung, da diese den Spracherwerb wesentlich beeinflusst. Die Datenerhebung erfolgt anhand einer Dokumentenanalyse sowie einer quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse auf der Basis theoriegeleiteter Kriterien. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das Sprachfördermittel wichtige Kriterien für die erfolgreiche Begriffsbildung berücksichtigt. Im Sinne der logopädischen Prävention sowie der semantischen Therapie bleibt eine Optimierung erstrebenswert und wird unter Einbezug des kulturellen Hintergrunds realisiert.
The Benefits and Price of Hyperconnectivity in last mile delivery
Creators: name: Leveque, Johan
name: Klibi, Walid
name: Stauffer, Gautier
Publisher: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year: 2021
Subjects: Delivery networks
Urban delivery

description: Presented at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC 2021) 14-16 June 2021, Virtual
description: We investigate the impact of mutualizing the delivery network design of several delivery actors. While a lot of companies are redesigning their urban delivery network by adding optimally positioned micro-hubs to city inner centers, a lot of them are including new delivery methods such as cargo-bike. Contrary to vans, cargo bikes have the possibility to effectuate several delivery shifts per day, making them much more agile in a hyperconnected delivery network. Sharing the benefits of mutualizing several delivery actor’s network provides a better quality of service, such as same day delivery, by creating a denser network. On the other hand, optimally designing a shared network leads to additionnal hidden costs due to sub-optimality.
(200158) Edwyn Robert Bevan
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Regularized Laplacian determinants of self-similar fractals
Creators: name: Chen, Joe P.
name: Teplyaev, Alexander
name: Tsougkas, Konstantinos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the spectral zeta functions of the Laplacian on fractal sets which are locally self-similar fractafolds, in the sense of Strichartz. These functions are known to meromorphically extend to the entire complex plane, and the locations of their poles, sometimes referred to as complex dimensions, are of special interest. We give examples of self-similar sets such that their complex dimensions are not on the imaginary axis, which allows us to interpret their Laplacian determinant as the regularized product of their eigenvalues. We then investigate a connection between the logarithm of the determinant of the discrete graph Laplacian and the regularized one.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures
Building on Synergies between Freight Logistics and People Mobility in Urban Areas
Creators: name: Klibi, Walid
name: Labarthe, Olivier
name: Ahmadi, Ghazaleh
name: Deschamps, Jean-Christophe
name: Montreuil, Benoit
Publisher: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year: 2021
Subjects: Freight
Logistics
Urban mobility
transportation

description: Presented at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC 2021) 14-16 June 2021, Virtual
description: Investigates the feasibility of goods transshipment with a joint usage of public mobility and freight urban vehicles. Assesses the potential benefit of a joint mobility system for goods delivery in urban areas.
Augmented reality–assisted microsurgical resection of brain arteriovenous malformations: illustrative case
Creators: name: Scherschinski, Lea
name: McNeill, Ian T.
name: Schlachter, Leslie
name: Shuman, William H.
name: Oemke, Holly
name: Yaeger, Kurt A.
name: Bederson, Joshua B.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 3D = three-dimensional
subject: AR = augmented reality
subject: AVM = arteriovenous malformation
subject: CTA = computed tomography angiography
subject: HUD = heads-up display
subject: MCA = middle cerebral artery
subject: MRA = magnetic resonance angiography
subject: MRI = magnetic resonance imaging
subject: VR = virtual reality
subject: arteriovenous malformation
subject: augmented reality
subject: image-guided surgery
subject: neuronavigation
subject: virtual reality
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain are vessel conglomerates of feeding arteries and draining veins that carry a risk of spontaneous and intraoperative rupture. Augmented reality (AR)-assisted neuronavigation permits continuous, real-time, updated visualization of navigation information through a heads-up display, thereby potentially improving the safety of surgical resection of AVMs. Observations: The authors report a case of a 37-year-old female presenting with a 2-year history of recurrent falls due to intermittent right-sided weakness and increasing clumsiness in the right upper extremity. Magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance angiography, and cerebral angiography of the brain revealed a left parietal Spetzler-Martin grade III AVM. After endovascular embolization of the AVM, microsurgical resection using an AR-assisted neuronavigation system was performed. Postoperative angiography confirmed complete obliteration of arteriovenous shunting. The postsurgical course was unremarkable, and the patient remains in excellent health. Lessons: Our case describes the operative setup and intraoperative employment of AR-assisted neuronavigation for AVM resection. Application of this technology may improve workflow and enhance patient safety.
Low-complexity method for hybrid MPC with local guarantees
Creators: name: Frick, Damian
name: Georghiou, Angelos
name: Jerez, Juan L.
name: Domahidi, Alexander
name: Morari, Manfred
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49M27

description: Model predictive control problems for constrained hybrid systems are usually cast as mixed-integer optimization problems (MIP). However, commercial MIP solvers are designed to run on desktop computing platforms and are not suited for embedded applications which are typically restricted by limited computational power and memory. To alleviate these restrictions, we develop a novel low-complexity, iterative method for a class of non-convex, non-smooth optimization problems. This class of problems encompasses hybrid model predictive control problems where the dynamics are piece-wise affine (PWA). We give conditions such that the proposed algorithm has fixed points and show that, under practical assumptions, our method is guaranteed to converge locally to local minima. This is in contrast to other low-complexity methods in the literature, such as the non-convex alternating directions method of multipliers (ADMM), for which no such guarantees are known for this class of problems. By interpreting the PWA dynamics as a union of polyhedra we can exploit the problem structure and develop an algorithm based on operator splitting procedures. Our algorithm departs from the traditional MIP formulation, and leads to a simple, embeddable method that only requires matrix-vector multiplications and small-scale projections onto polyhedra. We illustrate the efficacy of the method on two numerical examples, achieving good closed-loop performance with computational times several orders of magnitude smaller compared to state-of-the-art MIP solvers. Moreover, it is competitive with ADMM in terms of suboptimality and computation time, but additionally provides local optimality and local convergence guarantees.
Subdiffraction incoherent optical imaging via spatial-mode demultiplexing
Creators: name: Tsang, Mankei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I propose a spatial-mode demultiplexing (SPADE) measurement scheme for the far-field imaging of spatially incoherent optical sources. For any object too small to be resolved by direct imaging under the diffraction limit, I show that SPADE can estimate its second or higher moments much more precisely than direct imaging can fundamentally do in the presence of photon shot noise. I also prove that SPADE can approach the optimal precision allowed by quantum mechanics in estimating the location and scale parameters of a subdiffraction object. Realizable with far-field linear optics and photon counting, SPADE is expected to find applications in both fluorescence microscopy and astronomy.
description: v1: first draft. v2: added a numerical example and made minor changes. v3: minor adjustments, submitted. v4: published in NJP. 18 pages, 2 tables, and 6 figures
Predictive Demand Modeling for New Services in Hyperconnected Urban Parcel Logistics
Creators: name: Bahrami-Bidoni, Zeynab
name: Montreuil, Benoit
Publisher: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year: 2021
Subjects: Logistics service provider
Scenario-based demand analytics
Customer behavior modeling
Physical internet
Delivery-time sensitivity
Urban parcel logistics
Last-mile delivery network
Hyperconnected logistics
New service
Artificial intelligence

description: Presented at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC 2021) 14-16 June 2021, Virtual
description: The rapid growth of demand and fierce competition are encouraging logistics service providers towards expanding their competency in terms of offering novel and faster services and reinventing their logistics system so as to profitably and sustainably gain market shares. However, analyzing customer behavior and the underlying causes of demand variability for new services are complex tasks. This paper is dealing with customer behavior modeling for a service provider who wants to extend its offering system to much faster delivery service than ever done before. To adjust its logistic capacities with future demand, it needs to estimate the volume and geographical distribution of demand for new offered services. By capturing customers’ sensitivities to the delivery-time observed in historical sales data and geo categorization of orders in different time factors, a scenario-based demand generation methodology and tool are introduced for generating a wide range of demand scenarios with probabilistic patterns for customer behavior over all service offers with dynamic pricing. These are used to feed a simulator which models large-scale urban logistics networks service and offerings. In an application, it enables testing service capability improvements achievable by leveraging Physical Internet aligned transformation in a Chinese megacity.
Merlin : Supporting Cooperation in Software Development through a Knowledge-based Environment
Creators: name: Junkermann, G.
name: Peuschel, B.
name: Schäfer, W.
name: Wolf, S.
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: 004

description: Internes Memorandum des Lehrstuhls für Software-Technologie / Fachbereich Informatik, Universität Dortmund ; 70
Lacon modestus
Creators: name: Hoffmannova, Johana
name: Packova, Gabriela
name: Prosvirov, Alexander S.
name: Akhter, Muhammad Atique
name: Kundrata, Robin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Lacon
Lacon modestus

description: Lacon modestus (Boisduval, 1835)
Elater modestus Boisduval, 1835: 108.
Lacon modestus: Fleutiaux, 1926: 94.
Lacon carinatus Vats & Kashyap, 1992c: 15; synonymized by Platia (2015a: 5).
For more information, including synonyms, see Hayek (1973, 1979), Cate (2007), and Kundrata et al. (2019b).
Distribution. China + Taiwan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (incl. Socotra Isl.); Afrotropical Region, Australian Region, Neotropical Region, Oriental Region (Cate 2007, Platia 2010 a, Platia 2012, Platia & Akrawi 2013, Akhter et al. 2014, Platia 2015 a, Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017).
Literature. Akhter et al. (2014: 118): first record from Pakistan, figures of male habitus, antenna, and genitalia; Platia (2015a: 5): distributional record from Pakistan, figures of male genitalia; Abdel-Dayem et al. (2017: 34): distributional remark.
description: Published as part of Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, pp. 281-305 in Zootaxa 5270 (2) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7864780
Wigner's representation of quantum mechanics in integral form and its applications
Creators: name: Kakofengitis, Dimitris
name: Oliva, Maxime
name: Steuernagel, Ole
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider quantum phase-space dynamics using Wigner's representation of quantum mechanics. We stress the usefulness of the integral form for the description of Wigner's phase-space current~$\bm J$ as an alternative to the popular Moyal bracket. The integral form brings out the symmetries between momentum and position representations of quantum mechanics, is numerically stable, and allows us to perform some calculations using elementary integrals instead of Groenewold star products. Our central result is an explicit, elementary proof which shows that only systems up to quadratic in their potential fulfill Liouville's theorem of volume preservation in quantum mechanics. Contrary to a recent suggestion, our proof shows that the non-Liouvillian character of quantum phase-space dynamics cannot be transformed away.
description: 4 pages, 1 figures