cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars. I. A SOAR/OSIRIS Pilot Study
Creators: name: Beers, Timothy C.
name: Sivarani, Thirupathi
name: Marstellar, Brian
name: Lee, YoungSun
name: Rossi, Silvia
name: Plez, Bertrand
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on an abundance analysis for a pilot study of seven Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor (CEMP) stars, based on medium-resolution optical and near-infrared spectroscopy. The optical spectra are used to estimate [Fe/H], [C/Fe], [N/Fe], and [Ba/Fe] for our program stars. The near-infrared spectra, obtained during a limited early science run with the new SOAR 4.1m telescope and the Ohio State Infrared Imager and Spectrograph (OSIRIS), are used to obtain estimates of [O/Fe] and 12C/13C. The chemical abundances of CEMP stars are of importance for understanding the origin of CNO in the early Galaxy, as well as for placing constraints on the operation of the astrophysical s-process in very low-metallicity Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. This pilot study includes a few stars with previously measured [Fe/H], [C/Fe], [N/Fe],[O/Fe], 12C/13C, and [Ba/Fe], based on high-resolution optical spectra obtained with large-aperture telescopes. Our analysis demonstrates that we are able to achieve reasonably accurate determinations of these quantities for CEMP stars from moderate-resolution optical and near-infrared spectra. This opens the pathway for the study of significantly larger samples of CEMP stars in the near future. Furthermore, the ability to measure [Ba/Fe] for (at least the cooler) CEMP stars should enable one to separate stars that are likely to be associated with s-process enhancements (the CEMP-s stars) from those that do not exhibit neutron-capture enhancements (the CEMP-no stars).
description: 27 pages, including 5 tables, 6 figures, accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal
Amphiesma stolatum
Creators: name: Bhattarai, Santosh
name: Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad
name: Lamichhane, Babu Ram
name: Regmi, Uba Raj
name: Ram, Ashok Kumar
name: Subedi, Naresh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Amphiesma
Amphiesma stolatum

description: Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus 1758):
Frequently observed at Amlekhgunj-Hattisar, Bhata-Hattisar, and Adhabhar-PNP office complex. An individual was observed feeding on Duttaphrynus melanostictus at NTNC-Parsa Conservation Office complex. Road kills observed in the segment between Amlekhgunj and Adhabhar (Fig. 34).
description: Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169
Concerning the instantaneous mass and the extent of an expanding universe
Creators: name: Fahr, H. J.
name: Heyl, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article we want to answer the cosmologically relevant question what, with some good semantic and physical reason, could be called the mass of an infinitely extended, homogeneously matter-filled and expanding universe. To answer this question we produce a space-like sum of instantaneous cosmic energy depositions surrounding equally each spacepoint in the homogeneous universe. We calculate the added-up instantaneous cosmic energy per volume around an arbitrary space point in the expanding universe. To carry out this sum we use as basic metrics an analogy to the inner Schwarzschild metric applied to stars, but this time applied to the spacepoint-related universe. It is then shown that this leads to the added-up proper energy within a sphere of a finite outer critical radius defining the point-related infinity. As a surprise this radius turns out to be reciprocal to the square root of the prevailing average cosmic energy density. The equivalent mass of the universe can then also be calculated and, by the expression which is obtained here, shows a scaling with this critical radius of this universe, a virtue of the universe which was already often called for in earlier works by E.Mach, H.Thirring and F.Hoyle and others. This radius on the other hand can be shown to be nearly equal to the Schwarzschild radius of the so-defined mass of the universe.
description: 4 pages. Published in AN 327(7)
Xenochrophis piscator
Creators: name: Bhattarai, Santosh
name: Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad
name: Lamichhane, Babu Ram
name: Regmi, Uba Raj
name: Ram, Ashok Kumar
name: Subedi, Naresh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Xenochrophis
Xenochrophis piscator

description: Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider 1799):
The species was frequently observed in human habitation and a specimen was seen in the Bhata wetland (Fig. 35).
description: Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169
Note About String with Euclidean World-Sheet in AdS(5)xS(5)
Creators: name: Kluson, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This note is devoted to the study of the classical solutions on the bosonic string with euclidean world-sheet in AdS(5)xS(5). We generalize solutions presented in arXiv:0707.4254 [hep-th] to the case where we include the dynamics of the string on S(5) as well.
description: 18 pages
A time-dependent density functional theory scheme for efficient calculations of dynamic (hyper)polarizabilities
Creators: name: Andrade, Xavier
name: Botti, Silvana
name: Marques, Miguel A. L.
name: Rubio, Angel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an efficient perturbative method to obtain both static and dynamic polarizabilities and hyperpolarizabilities of complex electronic systems. This approach is based on the solution of a frequency dependent Sternheimer equation, within the formalism of time-dependent density functional theory, and allows the calculation of the response both in resonance and out of resonance. Furthermore, the excellent scaling with the number of atoms opens the way to the investigation of response properties of very large molecular systems. To demonstrate the capabilities of this method, we implemented it in a real-space (basis-set free) code, and applied it to benchmark molecules, namely CO, H2O, and paranitroaniline (PNA). Our results are in agreement with experimental and previous theoretical studies, and fully validate our approach.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
Independent Evaluation of the 2013 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Creators: name: Burgess, Wilella
name: Kirkham, Lisa
name: Bessenbacher, Ann
Publisher: name: Evaluation and Learning Research Center
Year: 2018

description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which administers the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP), entered into a cooperative agreement with Purdue University’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC) to perform a program...
Field and anisotropy driven transformations of spin spirals in cubic skyrmion hosts
Creators: name: Leonov, Andrey O.
name: Pappas, Catherine
name: Kézsmárki, Istvan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss distinctive features of spiral states in bulk chiral magnets such as MnSi and Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$ that stem from the effect of the cubic magneto-crystalline anisotropy. First of all, at both the helical-to-conical and the conical-to-ferromagnetic transitions, taking place at H$_{c1}$ and H$_{c2}$, respectively, the cubic anisotropy leads to reversible or irreversible jump-like reorientations of the spiral wavevectors. The subtle interplay between the easy and hard anisotropy axes gives rise to a phase transition between elliptically distorted conical states almost without any detectable change in the period. We show that the competition between on-site cubic and exchange anisotropy terms can also lead to oblique spiral states. Our work gives clear directions for further experimental studies to reveal theoretically predicted spiral states in cubic helimagnets beyond the aforementioned well-established states thus, can help to understand the magnetic phase diagram of these archetypal skyrmion hosts. In addition, we show that properties of isolated skyrmions such as inter-skyrmion attraction, orientation and/or nucleation are also rooted in the properties of host spirals states, in which skyrmions are stabilized.
Rhabdophis subminiatus
Creators: name: Bhattarai, Santosh
name: Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad
name: Lamichhane, Babu Ram
name: Regmi, Uba Raj
name: Ram, Ashok Kumar
name: Subedi, Naresh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Rhabdophis
Rhabdophis subminiatus

description: Rhabdophis subminiatus (Schlegel 1837):
Record of this species was previously not reported from the PNP. Schleich and Kästle (2002) reported it from the Chitwan National Park. The specimen was recorded at Ghodemasan area basking on a rock (Fig. 36) in November 2016.
description: Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169
The Charm Parton Content of the Nucleon
Creators: name: Pumplin, J.
name: Lai, H. L.
name: Tung, W. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the charm sector of the nucleon structure phenomenologically, using the most up-to-date global QCD analysis. Going beyond the common assumption of purely radiatively generated charm, we explore possible degrees of freedom in the parton parameter space associated with nonperturbative (intrinsic) charm in the nucleon. Specifically, we explore the limits that can be placed on the intrinsic charm (IC) component, using all relevant hard-scattering data, according to scenarios in which the IC has a form predicted by light-cone wave function models; or a form similar to the light sea-quark distributions. We find that the range of IC is constrained to be from zero (no IC) to a level 2--3 times larger than previous model estimates. The behaviors of typical charm distributions within this range are described, and their implications for hadron collider phenomenology are briefly discussed.
description: 15 pages, LaTeX
The use of health data to foster the development of clinical trials through value-based healthcare in Portugal
Creators: name: Gradim, Adriana Coutinho
name: Polónia, Daniel Ferreira
Publisher: name: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision
Year: 2021

description: The value-based healthcare (VBH) approach has emerged as an alternative to the traditional management of health systems. However, it is still necessary to evaluate its impacts in several domains, including the management of clinical trials. This study aims to analyse how the healthcare ecosystem in Portugal is implementing VBH and how that can enhance the management and implementation of clinical trials. For that, interviews were made with elements involved in the implementation of VBH in Portugal, that were complemented with secondary data analysis in order to obtain a preliminary perspective on the subject. The sources emphasized that, even though it VBH is considered an important development in health management, in Portugal it is still difficult to efficiently collect data from the different elements, especially patient measurements, and that patients still fear the non-clinical use of the data provided. With this background, in order to fulfill the potential of data to foster clinical trials, there is the need to develop new ways of collecting and managing data from the stakeholders, and there is also the need to have innovative approaches to information sharing to foster innovation and patient participation. These findings support the broader concept that there is an underlying opportunity to develop integrated information systems where data from patients can be collected, (pseudo) anonymized and used to foster innovation, while, at the same time, creating a symbiosis between the implementation of VBH concepts and the development of clinical trials. This work can serve as basis for future research regarding the use of data in the health system, aligned with broader initiatives such as the creation of the Portuguese Health Data Lake and the European Health Data Space, aligned with a dynamic clinical trials industry.
description: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, In press
Evidence of non-trivial Berry phase and Kondo physics in SmBi
Creators: name: Sakhya, Anup Pradhan
name: Paulose, P. L.
name: Thamizhavel, A.
name: Maiti, Kalobaran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Realization of semimetals with non-trivial topologies such as Dirac and Weyl semimetals, have provided a boost in the study of these quantum materials. Presence of electron correlation makes the system even more exotic due to enhanced scattering of charge carriers, Kondo screening etc. Here, we studied the electronic properties of single crystalline, SmBi employing varied state of the art bulk measurements. Magnetization data reveals two magnetic transitions; an antiferromagnetic order with a Neel temperature of ~ 9 K and a second magnetic transition at a lower temperature (= 7 K). The electrical resistivity data shows an upturn typical of a Kondo system and the estimated Kondo temperature is found to be close to the Neel temperature. High quality of the crystal enabled us to discover signature of quantum oscillation in the magnetization data even at low magnetic field. Using a Landau level fan diagram analysis, a non-trivial Berry phase is identified for a Fermi pocket revealing the topological character in this material. These results demonstrate an unique example of the Fermiology in the antiferromagnetic state and opens up a new paradigm to explore the Dirac fermion physics in correlated topological metal via interplay of Kondo interaction, topological order and magnetism.
Evaluation of cardiovascular disease risk factors with Propensity Score Matching and Coarsened Exact Matching: Nepalese post-seismic observational data
Creators: name: Miranda, Maria Souto
name: Rocha, Anabela Flores
name: Adrega, Tiago
Publisher: name: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision
Year: 2021

description: A large part of the known results and evidences in medical and social sciences come from a type of studies known as observational studies. This type of studies differ from the usual randomized experiences because, due to several different reasons, the researcher is not able to conduct a randomized experience, controlling for the effects on covariables under investigation to assess for some treatment effects. Some methodologies have been developed in order to reduce the imbalanced in the samples of treated and control units. Propensity Score Matching (PSM) is still one of the most common approaches applied but Coarsened Exact Matching appears to produce better results, most of the times in which it is used. This work illustrates the application of each of the two techniques to a set of data from Nepal population. Non-communicable disease are the leading causes of death in developed and developing countries worldwide. Nepal is an example of this paradigm - from 2005 to 2015, there was an increase in ischemic heart disease and brain vascular disease. The April and May 2015 earthquakes imposed critical social and epidemiological pressures, resulting in critical lifestyle changes, namely regarding cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors Some organizations were able to provided support to these people and engaged in various activities aiming to fight against the CVD threat.The aim of this study was to appraise the prevalence of CVD risk factors and health in two cohorts of a native Nepalese population, with a common origin from a remote village that were separated in two groups after the incidents of the May 2015 earthquake. The results obtained from the two approaches are generally in agreement but with CEM there is additional conclusions not perceptible with PSM.
description: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, In press
Daboia russelii
Creators: name: Bhattarai, Santosh
name: Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad
name: Lamichhane, Babu Ram
name: Regmi, Uba Raj
name: Ram, Ashok Kumar
name: Subedi, Naresh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Viperidae
Daboia
Daboia russelii

description: Daboia russelii (Shaw and Nodder 1797):
A single individual was observed from Bhata on the way to Rambhori grassland. The individual was basking near a gabion wall (Fig. 37).
description: Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169
Elicitation - switch-reference
Creators: name: Piño Bonangué, José
name: Clem, Emily
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: amc

description: This bundle contains recordings and associated notes from an elicitation session conducted by Emily Clem with José Piño Bonangué. Topics covered include switch-reference, word order, and relative clauses.
Tapentadol: review of adverse drug reactions reported to Eudravigilance.
Creators: name: Iutis, Adela
Publisher: name: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision
Year: 2021

description: Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a public health problem. Tapentadol is a novel opioid analgesic with a dual mode of action that was approved for acute and chronic pain. This drug has been associated with several ADRs, particularly involving Nervous System Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, Gastrointestinal Disorders, and General Disorders and Administration Site Condition. Objective: Since published studies on tapentadol-associated ADRs are limited, the major aim of this study was to characterise ADRs’ reports related to tapentadol included in EudraVigilance (EV). Methods: The data analysed was retrieved from EV - the European database of suspected ADR reports, between January 1st, 2017 and October 17th, 2019. The ADR reports in which tapentadol was not the only reported drug of interest were excluded. We selected 865 cases from a total of 1467 reports identified. Results: Within the selected ADR reports, the majority referred to cases involving adults. A predominance of female ADR reports (64.05%) was also observed. The five most frequent ADRs reported were nausea (9.36%), dizziness (9.25%), vomiting (4.86%), confusional state (4.62%) and headache (4.51%). Eight cases of serotonin syndrome were reported. Most patients recovered completely. Fatal outcomes were shown to be rare (2.66%). Conclusions: Pharmacovigilance databases are important tools to evaluate the safety and efficacy profiles of drugs, thus improving patients’ safety and quality of life. Despite an overall safety profile, the prescription of tapentadol still demands for caution and ongoing monitoring, in order to decrease its known and potential associated ADRs.
description: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, In press
Progress towards Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Creators: name: Papa, M. Alessandra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I will review the most recent and interesting results from gravitational wave detection experiments, concentrating on recent results from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC). I will outline the methodologies utilized in the searches, explain what can be said in the case of a null result, what quantities may be constrained. I will compare these results with prior expectations and discuss their significance. As I go along I will outline the prospects for future improvements.
description: Based on a talk presented at the joint "18th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation" and "7th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves", 8-13 July 2007, Sydney, Australia
Influence of spatial frequencies on early stages of face processing: Event-related potentials study
Creators: name: Jeantet, Coline
name: Laprevote, Vincent
name: Caharel, Stéphanie
name: Lighezzolo-Alnot, Joëlle
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2015

description: This research focused on early processing of faces through electrophysiological measures of event related potentials.

Faces were Gaussian filtered and presented to 23 participants in 4 conditions of spatial frequency content (non filtered, low-spatial frequency, middle spatial frequency, and high-spatial frequency).

Considering the three pairs of eletrodes (O1/2, PO3/4, PO7/8), P100 evidenced a larger amplitude in response to low-spatial frequency compared to high-spatial frequency and non filtered faces. On the later N170, the evoked amplitude was larger for high-spatial frequency compared to low-spatial frequency and non filtered faces.

These results corroborate the coarse-to-fine theory and are in accordance with previous studies of Goffaux et al. (2010), Obayashi et al. (2009) and Nakashima et al. (2008).
Forward Flux Sampling-type schemes for simulating rare events: Efficiency analysis
Creators: name: Allen, Rosalind J.
name: Frenkel, Daan
name: Wolde, Pieter Rein ten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the efficiency of several simulation methods which we have recently proposed for calculating rate constants for rare events in stochastic dynamical systems, in or out of equilibrium. We derive analytical expressions for the computational cost of using these methods, and for the statistical error in the final estimate of the rate constant, for a given computational cost. These expressions can be used to determine which method to use for a given problem, to optimize the choice of parameters, and to evaluate the significance of the results obtained. We apply the expressions to the two-dimensional non-equilibrium rare event problem proposed by Maier and Stein. For this problem, our analysis gives accurate quantitative predictions for the computational efficiency of the three methods.
description: 19 pages, 13 figures
A survey of water masses in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bussol Strait
Creators: name: Taylor, Colin E
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: In September of 1993, a World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) expedition to the Sea of Okhotsk collected hydrological data along a transect of the sea, located next to the northwest Pacific. Hydrological sampling was conducted at several stations over the Kuril Trench, and continued along a line passing through the Bussol Strait and across the Sea of Okhotsk to the continental mainland. The data collected on this voyage suggest that the Sea of Okhotsk plays only an indirect role in the formation of North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW) and that much of the water in the Sea of Okhotsk has resided there for some time. An exchange of waters at depth over the Bussol Sill is also suggested. This paper will discuss the properties of the water masses in the Sea of Okhotsk with respect to the collected data and focus on the exchange across the Bussol Strait. The residence time of water masses and the effect of winter cooling will also be described.
Trimeresurus albolabris
Creators: name: Bhattarai, Santosh
name: Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad
name: Lamichhane, Babu Ram
name: Regmi, Uba Raj
name: Ram, Ashok Kumar
name: Subedi, Naresh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Viperidae
Trimeresurus
Trimeresurus albolabris

description: Trimeresurus albolabris (Gray 1842):
Two individuals were observed at Kamini Daha in March 2014 and June 2015. The third individual was observed from Ramauli-Pratapur in December 2016 (Fig. 38).
description: Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169
Flavor Symmetries, Neutrino Masses and Neutrino Mixing
Creators: name: Fritzsch, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the neutrino mixing, using the texture 0 mass matrices, which work very well for the quarks. The solar mixing angle is directly linked to the mass ratio of the first two neutrinos. The neutrino masses are hierarchical, but the mass ratios turn out to be much smaller than for quarks. The atmospheric mixing angle is 38$^{\circ}$. The CP violation for leptons should be much smaller than for quarks.
description: 4 pages
Indotestudo elongata
Creators: name: Bhattarai, Santosh
name: Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad
name: Lamichhane, Babu Ram
name: Regmi, Uba Raj
name: Ram, Ashok Kumar
name: Subedi, Naresh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Testudinidae
Indotestudo
Indotestudo elongata

description: Indotestudo elongata (Blyth 1854):
An individual was observed at Ghodemasan. Two rescued individuals were kept at Amlekhgunj-Hattisar. Later, they were released inside the park. Local people, especially business people, like to keep turtles and tortoises in captivity believing they are a sign of good luck for their business (Fig. 39).
description: Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169
Characterization of the epidemiological curve of the 1st wave of the pandemic - study of the determinants for death and hospitalization due to COVID-19 in Portugal
Creators: name: Freire, Francisca Monteiro
name: Afreixo, Vera
name: Sá Couto, Pedro
Publisher: name: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision
Year: 2021

description: COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in China and has since spread rapidly to all countries in the world. The aim of this study is to characterize the peak of the first wave of the pandemic using some demographic and clinical determinants. The database studied contains epidemiological surveillance data of COVID-19 from Portugal until June 30, 2020. The peak of the pandemic was determined considering the number of diagnoses, deaths, and hospitalizations over time, and the estimated period for the first wave was between March 19 and April 24. Logistic regression models were performed to estimate the univariate and multivariate Odds Ratio (OR) and the respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for this period and for each of the variables considered in relation to both study outcomes: mortality (5.8%) and hospitalization (18.8%). The main risk factors considered for the mortality outcome were: Age Group (≥ 80 years: OR = 11.978; 65-79 years: OR = 4.064; Ref. G.: <64 years:), Hospitalization (OR = 6.479) and Comorbidities (OR = 5.735). For the outcome hospitalization, the main risk factors were: Age Group (≥ 80 years: OR = 8.537; 65-79 years: OR = 3.899; Ref. G.: <64 years), male gender (OR= 1.575) and Comorbidities (OR = 5.193). The proposed models presented high area under curves (AUC) results (mortality: AUC=91.05%; and hospitalization: AUC=84.5%), with small amplitudes in the 95% CI. The present study demonstrated that, overall, the major risk factors associated with worse prognostics of COVID-19 were advanced age (over 65 years), and the existence of comorbidities. For the risk of hospitalizations, the male gender was also a significant risk factor.
description: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, In press
Blow-up results for semilinear damped wave equations in Einstein-de Sitter spacetime
Creators: name: Palmieri, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove by using an iteration argument some blow-up results for a semilinear damped wave equation in generalized Einstein-de Sitter spacetime with a time-dependent coefficient for the damping term and power nonlinearity. Then, we conjecture an expression for the critical exponent due to the main blow-up results, which is consistent with many special cases of the considered model and provides a natural generalization of Strauss exponent. In the critical case, we consider a non-autonomous and parameter-dependent Cauchy problem for a linear ODE of second-order, whose explicit solutions are determined by means of special functions' theory.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2009.04388
Agreement of Whodas 2.0-12 items Portuguese version applied by telephone or digital media
Creators: name: Domingues, Daniela
name: Alvarelhão, José Joaquim
name: Cerqueira, Margarida
Publisher: name: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision
Year: 2021

description: Aims: Analise agreement of WHODAS 2.0-12 items, Portuguese version, applied by telephone or digital media for people aged 50 or more years old. Method: Face-to-face, telephone and digital media versions were conducted in 31 participants, with an interval of three days between applications. Internal consistency was assessed with Cronbach’s Alpha and an agreement was analyzed with Intraclass Correlation Coefficient and Bland-Altman plots. Results: The telephonic and digital media versions of the WHODAS 2.0–PT12 has shown good internal consistency. Agreement between face-to-face vs telephone application was ICC=0.99 (CI95%=[0.98-1.00]), and between face-to-face vs digital media was ICC=0.98 (CI95%=[0.96-0.99]). The Bland-Altman plots revealed no systematic bias. Application by telephone or by digital media discriminate different levels of overall functioning, and between institutionalized and non-institutionalized participants. Conclusions: WHODAS 2.0 - PT12 applied by telephone or digital media to people 50 years of age or older showed excellent agreement with face-to-face administration.
description: Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, In press
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: bulge and disk stellar population properties in cluster galaxies
Creators: name: Barsanti, S.
name: Owers, M. S.
name: McDermid, R. M.
name: Bekki, K.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Brough, S.
name: Bryant, J. J.
name: Cortese, L.
name: Croom, S. M.
name: Foster, C.
name: Lawrence, J. S.
name: López-Sánchez, A. R.
name: Oh, S.
name: Robotham, A. S. G.
name: Scott, N.
name: Sweet, S. M.
name: van de Sande, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore stellar population properties separately in the bulge and the disk of double-component cluster galaxies to shed light on the formation of lenticular galaxies in dense environments. We study eight low-redshift clusters from the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field (SAMI) Galaxy Survey, using 2D photometric bulge-disk decomposition in the $g$, $r$ and $i$-bands to characterize galaxies. For 192 double-component galaxies with $M_{*}>10^{10~}M_{\odot}$ we estimate the color, age and metallicity of the bulge and the disk. The analysis of the $g-i$ colors reveals that bulges are redder than their surrounding disks with a median offset of 0.12$\pm$0.02 mag, consistent with previous results. To measure mass-weighted age and metallicity we investigate three methods: (i) one based on galaxy stellar mass weights for the two components, (ii) one based on flux weights and (iii) one based on radial separation. The three methods agree in finding 62% of galaxies having bulges that are 2-3 times more metal-rich than the disks. Of the remaining galaxies, 7% have bulges that are more metal-poor than the disks, while for 31% the bulge and disk metallicities are not significantly different. We observe 23% of galaxies being characterized by bulges older and 34% by bulges younger with respect to the disks. The remaining 43% of galaxies have bulges and disks with statistically indistinguishable ages. Redder bulges tend to be more metal-rich than the disks, suggesting that the redder color in bulges is due to their enhanced metallicity relative to the disks instead of differences in stellar population age.
description: 38 pages (including 5 pages of appendices), 23 Figures, 5 Tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Green Bank Telescope: Overview and analysis of metrology systems and pointing performance
Creators: name: White, E.
name: Ghigo, F. D.
name: Prestage, R. M.
name: Frayer, D. T.
name: Maddalena, R. J.
name: Wallace, P. T.
name: Brandt, J. J.
name: Egan, D.
name: Nelson, J. D.
name: Ray, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With a 100mx110m off-axis paraboloid dish, the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is the largest fully steerable radio telescope on Earth. A major challenge facing large ground-based radio telescopes is achieving sufficient pointing accuracy for observing at high frequencies, up to 116 GHz in the case of the GBT. Accurate pointing requires the ability to blindly acquire source locations and perform ad hoc corrections determined by observing nearby calibrator sources in order to obtain a starting position accurate to within a small margin of error of the target's location. The required pointing accuracy is dependent upon the half-power beamwidth, and for the higher-frequency end of GBT observing, this means that pointing must be accurate to within a few arcseconds RMS. The GBT's off-axis design is advantageous in that it eliminates blockage of the dish and reduces sidelobe interference, and there is no evidence that the resulting asymmetric structure adversely affects pointing accuracy. However, factors such as gravitational flexure, thermal deformation, azimuth track tilt and irregularity, and small misalignments and offset errors within the telescope's structure cause pointing inaccuracies. A pointing model was developed for the GBT to correct for these effects. The model utilizes standard geometrical corrections along with metrology data from the GBT's structural temperature sensors and data from measurements of the track levels. In this paper we provide a summary of the GBT's pointing model and associated corrections, as well as a discussion of relevant metrology systems and an analysis of its current nighttime pointing accuracy.
description: 13 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Weak localization correction to linear absorption in conventional superconductors
Creators: name: Jujo, Takanobu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The weak localization effect on a linear absorption spectrum is investigated for disordered s-wave superconductors. The vertex correction is incorporated into the response function in a way that is consistent with the weak localization correction to a one-particle spectrum. The effect of interactions between electrons enhanced by their diffusive motion makes a major contribution to the correction term. Numerical calculations show that the weak localization effect suppresses the absorption by the excitation across the gap to a greater extent than that by thermal excitation, which is a similar tendency to the results of experiments. The ratio of the linear absorption with vertex corrections to that without the corrections shows a large variation at the frequency that is around twice the energy of the superconducting gap. This behavior represents a relationship between the weak localization effect on the linear absorption and that on the one-particle spectrum.
description: 28 pages, 11 figures
Hydrodynamics of an electron-positron plasma near a black hole; applications to jet formation
Creators: name: Sawyer, R. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate some features of the hydrodynamics and neutrino physics in the (predominantly) electron-positron plasma above a hyperaccreting disk (or torus) around a black hole, a conjectured engine for a short gamma ray burst. We suggest a possible scenario in which plasma in the region very near the black hole, energetically driven by neutrino annihilation, emerges as a subsonic wind, which in a spherically symmetrical case would decelerate as it moves out. In this case we argue that the plasma heating will be primarily through neutrino-electron and neutrino-positron scattering, and that this process will be important throughout a region considerably larger than that of the neutrino annihilation process. In simple solutions a relatively gentle anisotropy in the heating through this process can create an approximately conical sonic surface, aligned with the system's axis. Inside this cone the fluid accelerates upwards as in standard jet models.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
Satellite Constellation Internet Affordability and Need
Creators: name: Rawls, Meredith L.
name: Thiemann, Heidi B.
name: Chemin, Victor
name: Walkowicz, Lucianne
name: Peel, Mike W.
name: Grange, Yan G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Large satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit seek to be the infrastructure for global broadband Internet and other telecommunication needs. We briefly review the impacts of satellite constellations on astronomy and show that the Internet service offered by these satellites will primarily target populations where it is unaffordable, not needed, or both. The harm done by tens to hundreds of thousands of low-Earth orbit satellites to astronomy, stargazers worldwide, and the environment is not acceptable.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, published in RNAAS
Elaboration on Two Points Raised in ``Classifier Technology and the Illusion of Progress''
Creators: name: Holte, Robert C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Comment: Elaboration on Two Points Raised in ``Classifier Technology and the Illusion of Progress'' [math.ST/0606441]
description: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/088342306000000033 in the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Π⁰ detection using the CHAOS spectrometer : a feasibility study
Creators: name: Ambardar, Anthony R.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The CHAOS spectrometer has demonstrated its success in the study of physics involving charged pions. Extending the capabilities of the spectrometer to allow studies with neutral pions would expand the range of potential experiments and permit a greater understanding of the physics dealt with in the CHAOS collaboration's research. Since the spectrometer is sensitive only to charged particles, Π⁰'s must be detected via pair conversion of their decay γ's. In proceeding through the steps of a Π⁰ cross-section measurement, from the details of optimizing detection to aspects of analysis and normalizations, this thesis will help evaluate the suitability of CHAOS as a Π⁰ detector.
Elicitation - switch-reference and verbal morphology
Creators: name: Sampi Ríos, Celia
name: Clem, Emily
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: amc

description: This bundle contains recordings and associated notes from an elicitation session conducted by Emily Clem with Celia Sampi Ríos. Topics covered include switch-reference, attitude reports, negation with questions, and verbal morphology.
Moduli of McKay quiver representations II: Groebner basis techniques
Creators: name: Craw, Alastair
name: Maclagan, Diane
name: Thomas, Rekha R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we introduce several computational techniques for the study of moduli spaces of McKay quiver representations, making use of Groebner bases and toric geometry. For a finite abelian group G in GL(n,k), let Y_θbe the coherent component of the moduli space of θ-stable representations of the McKay quiver. Our two main results are as follows: we provide a simple description of the quiver representations corresponding to the torus orbits of Y_θ, and, in the case where Y_θequals Nakamura's G-Hilbert scheme, we present explicit equations for a cover by local coordinate charts. The latter theorem corrects the first result from [Nakamura]. The techniques introduced here allow experimentation in this subject and give concrete algorithmic tools to tackle further open questions. To illustrate this point, we present an example of a nonnormal G-Hilbert scheme, thereby answering a question raised by Nakamura.
description: 21 pages; explicit description of the universal family over Hilb^G added, typos corrected. To appear in J. Algebra
On holographic relation between radial meson trajectories and deconfinement temperature
Creators: name: Afonin, S. S.
name: Katanaeva, A. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The interrelation between the deconfinement temperature of hadron medium and parameters of radial Regge trajectories within the bottom-up holographic models for QCD is scrutinized. We show that the lattice data on the deconfinement temperature can yield a powerful restriction on the spectrum of excited mesons and glueballs within the framework of holographic approach. The best phenomenological agreement and theoretical self-consistency are achieved if the scalar meson $f_0(1500)$ is considered as the lightest glueball.
description: 5 pages, contribution to HADRON 2019. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2001.07990
SHEIKH FAZLULLAH NOURI AND THE COMPONENTS OF CONSTITUTIONALISM
Creators: name: ALI ASGHAR RAJABI
name: HADI BAYATI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sheikh Fazlullah Nouri, Constitutional Revolution, Parliament.

description: Abstract

One of the events in the contemporary history of Iran is the constitutional revolution, which has had many supporters and opponents, among which Sheikh Fazlullah Nouri is a person who was initially in the front of the supporters of the constitution and then he took a place in the opposition front. In the political thought of Sheikh Fazlullah Nouri, this article deals with each of the components of parliament, freedom, equality and majority vote that were proposed in the constitutional revolution. The findings of the research indicate that the main factor behind Sheikh Fazlullah's opposition to the constitution is his legalistic view of the constitution, and none of the other hypotheses in this field have a position as strong as this opinion. The method of the current research is descriptive-analytical, which has used first-hand historical sources.
ZipLine: In-Network Compression at Line Speed
Creators: name: Vaucher, Sébastien
name: Yazdani, Niloofar
name: Felber, Pascal
name: Lucani, Daniel E.
name: Schiavoni, Valerio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Network appliances continue to offer novel opportunities to offload processing from computing nodes directly into the data plane. One popular concern of network operators and their customers is to move data increasingly faster. A common technique to increase data throughput is to compress it before its transmission. However, this requires compression of the data -- a time and energy demanding pre-processing phase -- and decompression upon reception -- a similarly resource consuming operation. Moreover, if multiple nodes transfer similar data chunks across the network hop (e.g., a given pair of switches), each node effectively wastes resources by executing similar steps. This paper proposes ZipLine, an approach to design and implement (de)compression at line speed leveraging the Tofino hardware platform which is programmable using the P4_16 language. We report on lessons learned while building the system and show throughput, latency and compression measurements on synthetic and real-world traces, showcasing the benefits and trade-offs of our design.
Crocodylus palustris
Creators: name: Bhattarai, Santosh
name: Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad
name: Lamichhane, Babu Ram
name: Regmi, Uba Raj
name: Ram, Ashok Kumar
name: Subedi, Naresh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Crocodylia
Eusuchia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
Crocodylus palustris

description: Crocodylus palustris (Lesson 1831):
An individual was kept in an enclosure in Amlekhjung-Hattisar. Later, it was released in a wetland inside the park at Bhata.
description: Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169
Elicitation - switch-reference
Creators: name: Soria Pérez, Celia
name: Clem, Emily
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: amc

description: This bundle contains recordings and associated notes from an elicitation session conducted by Emily Clem with Celia Soria Pérez. Topics covered include switch-reference, attitude reports, word order with complex nominals, and binding.