cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Natural Resource Inventory of the Habitats, Flora, and Fauna of the Village of Ridgefield Park, Bergen County, New Jersey
Creators: name: Quinn, John R.
Publisher: name: Village of Ridgefield Park Environmental Commission
Year: 1997

description: This inventory is a profile or overview of the plants and organisms readily noted as occurring in a given area through reasonably thorough observation techniques.  This information will serve to give the reader a general sense of the state of the natural environment in the Village of Ridgefield Park  and how best to protect and preserve it.  Topics covered in the inventory are history of the Village, present day urban infrastructure, soils and geology, hydrology and water quality, climate and air quality, a botanical inventory, a faunal survey, and habitat conclusions.
Arbitrary entangled state transfer via a topological qubit chain
Creators: name: Wang, Chong
name: Li, Linhu
name: Gong, Jiangbin
name: Liu, Yu-xi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum state transfer is one of the basic tasks in quantum information processing. We here propose a theoretical approach to realize arbitrary entangled state transfer through a qubit chain, which is a class of extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger models and accommodates multiple topological edge states separated from the bulk states. We show that an arbitrary entangled state, from $2$-qubit to $\mathcal{N}$-qubit, can be encoded in the corresponding edge states, and then adiabatically transferred from one end to the other of the chain. The dynamical phase differences resulting from the time evolutions of different edge states can be eliminated by properly choosing evolution time. Our approach is robust against both the qubit-qubit coupling disorder and the evolution time disorder. For the concreteness of discussions, we assume that such a chain is constructed by an experimentally feasible superconducting qubit system, meanwhile, our proposal can also be applied to other systems.
Whittier House Club cards.
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1928

description: Whittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs.  Newspaper clippings are primarily from the Jersey Journal.  There is also Whittier House fundraising materials, including pamphlets, appeal letters, brochures, and postcards.  The Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson County) in 1894.  Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain with the organization as headworker until 1926, Whittier House was based on the settlement house, Toynbee Hall, in England.  Whittier House provided various recreational and educational programs, along with much needed social services, for the immigrant populations of Jersey City.  Many of these successful services were used as models for large-scale social reform movements through the state.  In 1935, the Whittier House was taken over by the Boys' Club of Jersey City.
Constraints on ultralight axions, vector gauge bosons, and unparticles from geodetic and frame-dragging measurements
Creators: name: Poddar, Tanmay Kumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The geodetic and frame-dragging effects are the direct consequences of the spacetime curvature near Earth which can be probed from the Gravity probe B (GP-B) satellite. The satellite result matches quite well with Einstein's general relativistic result. The gyroscope of the satellite which measures the spacetime curvature near Earth contains lots of electrons and nucleons. Ultralight axions, vector gauge bosons, and unparticles can interact with these electrons and nucleons through different spin-dependent and spin-independent operators and change the drift rate of the gyroscope. Some of these ultralight particles can either behave as a long range force between some dark sector or Earth and the gyroscope or they can behave as a background oscillating dark matter fields or both. These ultralight particles can contribute an additional precession of the gyroscopes, limited to be no larger than the uncertainty in the GP-B measurements. Compared with the experimental results, we obtain bounds on different operator couplings.
description: 34 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, Matched with the published version of EPJC
Clean Ocean Advocate, December 2005
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Clean Ocean Action (COA)
Year: 2005

description: The monthly Clean Ocean Advocate newsletter informs citizens about critical ocean pollution issues, important meeting dates, proposed legislation, special events, and other notes of interest. Highlights of this issue include: Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Thwarted; Funding to Control Floating Debris in NY/NJ Harbor; Raritan Bay-Sandy Hook Bay Dredge Management Forum; Update: Oyster Creek Draft Pollution Discharge Permit; Dredging in Atlantic Highlands Harbor Resumes; Fishing for Holiday Gift Ideas?; and The Creature Feature -- the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus).
Singlet extension of the MSSM as a solution to the small cosmological scale anomalies
Creators: name: Wang, Fei
name: Wang, Wenyu
name: Yang, Jin Min
name: Zhou, Sihong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we show that the general singlet extension of the MSSM can naturally provide a self-interacting singlino dark matter to solve the small cosmological scale anomalies (a large Sommerfeld enhancement factor can also be obtained). However, we find that the NMSSM (the singlet extension of the MSSM with Z3 symmetry) cannot achieve this due to the restricted parameter space. In our analysis we introduce the concept of symmetric and antisymmetric viscosity cross sections to deal with the non-relativistic Majorana-fermion dark matter scattering.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures. minor changes, reference added, accepted for publication in PRD
Inside the Pinelands: A Report by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, October/November 2003, Vol.11, No.1
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Pinelands Preservation Alliance
Year: 2003

description: This is the bimonthly newsletter of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA), a nonprofit organization working to protect and preserve the resources of the New Jersey Pinelands. This issue features: On the Verge of Saving 9,400-Acres in the Heart of the Pine Barrens; The Economy of the Pinelands; 31 Ways to Celebrate Pinelands Month; Barrens to Beaches and Pinelands Summer Teacher Institute; and Pinelands Calendar of Events.
Quasifibrations of Graphs to Find Symmetries in Biological Networks
Creators: name: Boldi, Paolo
name: Leifer, Ian
name: Makse, Hernán A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A fibration of graphs is an homomorphism that is a local isomorphism of in-neighbourhoods, much in the same way a covering projection is a local isomorphism of neighbourhoods. Recently, it has been shown that graph fibrations are useful tools to uncover symmetries and synchronization patterns in biological networks ranging from gene, protein,and metabolic networks to the brain. However, the inherent incompleteness and disordered nature of biological data precludes the application of the definition of fibration as it is; as a consequence, also the currently known algorithms to identify fibrations fail in these domains. In this paper, we introduce and develop systematically the theory of quasifibrations which attempts to capture more realistic patterns of almost-synchronization of units in biological networks. We provide an algorithmic solution to the problem of finding quasifibrations in networks where the existence of missing links and variability across samples preclude the identification of perfect symmetries in the connectivity structure. We test the algorithm against other strategies to repair missing links in incomplete networks using real connectome data and synthetic networks. Quasifibrations can be applied to reconstruct any incomplete network structure characterized by underlying symmetries and almost synchronized clusters.
Time course of hepatitis E-specific antibodies in adults
Creators: name: Schemmerer, Mathias
name: Rauh, C.
name: Jilg, Wolfgang
name: Wenzel, J. J.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: E VIRUS TRANSMISSION; INFECTION; GERMANY; FRANCE; antibody dynamics; anti-HEV IgG; hepatitis E virus; negative seroconversion; reinfection
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is highly endemic in industrialized countries, but there is a lack of knowledge on individual and overall antibody concentration dynamics. The aim of this study was to characterize longitudinal concentration changes of anti-HEV immunoglobulin G (anti-HEV IgG) by enzyme immunoassay (EIA). In total, 199 serum samples collected from 45 subjects over 18years were analysed. A wide range of anti-HEV IgG levels was found. Overall, anti-HEV IgG significantly decreased after an observation period of at least 5years. One negative seroconversion was observed. Four individual profiles suggested single and even multiple HEV reinfections despite pre-existing HEV antibodies.
The Hackensack Meadowlands: Protecting Valuable Wetlands
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Year: 2003

description: The Meadowlands is the largest remaining brackish wetland complex in the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary. The Meadowlands supports a remarkable diversity and abundance of fish and wildlife. This brochure discusses the environmental importance of the Meadowlands region. It also presents a timeline of important dates in the protection of the Meadowlands and discusses how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's New Jersey Field Office works to protect the Meadowlands through regulatory activities, technical assistance, and research and education initiatives.
Certified Random Number Generation from Quantum Steering
Creators: name: Joch, Dominick J.
name: Slussarenko, Sergei
name: Wang, Yuanlong
name: Pepper, Alex
name: Xie, Shouyi
name: Xu, Bin-Bin
name: Berkman, Ian R.
name: Rogge, Sven
name: Pryde, Geoff J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The ultimate random number generators are those certified to be unpredictable -- including to an adversary. The use of simple quantum processes promises to provide numbers that no physical observer could predict but, in practice, unwanted noise and imperfect devices can compromise fundamental randomness and protocol security. Certified randomness protocols have been developed which remove the need for trust in devices by taking advantage of nonlocality. Here, we use a photonic platform to implement our protocol, which operates in the quantum steering scenario where one can certify randomness in a one-sided device independent framework. We demonstrate an approach for a steering-based generator of public or private randomness, and the first generation of certified random bits, with the detection loophole closed, in the steering scenario.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Heisenberg-invariant self-dual Einstein manifolds
Creators: name: Cortés, Vicente
name: Murcia, Ángel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We classify all self-dual Einstein four-manifolds invariant under a principal action of the three-dimensional Heisenberg group with non-degenerate orbits. The metrics are explicit and we find, in particular, that the Einstein constant can take any value. Then we study when the corresponding (Riemannian or neutral-signature) metrics are (geodesically) complete. Finally, we exhibit the solutions of non-zero Ricci-curvature as different branches of one-loop deformed universal hypermultiplets in Riemannian and neutral signature.
description: 42 pages, no figures
The dark side of the torsion: Dark Energy from propagating torsion
Creators: name: Benisty, David
name: Guendelman, Eduardo I
name: Venn, Armin Van De
name: Vasak, David
name: Struckmeier, Jürgen
name: Stoecker, Horst
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

description: An extension to the Einstein-Cartan (EC) action is discussed in terms of cosmological solutions. The torsion incorporated in the EC Lagrangian is assumed to be totally anti-symmetric, represented by a time-like axial vector $S^\mu$. The dynamics of torsion is invoked by a novel kinetic term. Here we show that this kinetic term gives rise to dark energy, while the quadratic torsion term, emanating from the EC part, represents a stiff fluid that leads to a bouncing cosmology solution. A constraint on the bouncing solution is calculated using cosmological data from different epochs.
Constraining primordial vector mode from B-mode polarization
Creators: name: Saga, Shohei
name: Shiraishi, Maresuke
name: Ichiki, Kiyotomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The B-mode polarization spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) may be the smoking gun of not only the primordial tensor mode but also of the primordial vector mode. If there exist nonzero vector-mode metric perturbations in the early Universe, they are known to be supported by anisotropic stress fluctuations of free-streaming particles such as neutrinos, and to create characteristic signatures on both the CMB temperature, E-mode, and B-mode polarization anisotropies. We place constraints on the properties of the primordial vector mode characterized by the vector-to-scalar ratio $r_{v}$ and the spectral index $n_{v}$ of the vector-shear power spectrum, from the {\it Planck} and BICEP2 B-mode data. We find that, for scale-invariant initial spectra, the $Λ$CDM model including the vector mode fits the data better than the model including the tensor mode. The difference in $χ^{2}$ between the vector and tensor models is $Δχ^{2} = 3.294$, because, on large scales the vector mode generates smaller temperature fluctuations than the tensor mode, which is preferred for the data. In contrast, the tensor mode can fit the data set equally well if we allow a significantly blue-tilted spectrum. We find that the best-fitting tensor mode has a large blue tilt and leads to an indistinct reionization bump on larger angular scales. The slightly red-tilted vector mode supported by the current data set can also create ${\cal O}(10^{-22})$-Gauss magnetic fields at cosmological recombination. Our constraints should motivate research that considers models of the early Universe that involve the vector mode.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, Accepted for publication in JCAP
Guidance Document for Odor Control at Municipal Wastewater/Sludge Handling and Treatment Facilities
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Air Quality Permitting Program, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Year: 1997

description: The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to owners and operators of wastewater and sludge treatment facilities on odor control from a regulatory perspective. This document has been prepared with the help of the regulated community and includes three sections: Permitting, Odor Modeling, and Odor Testing.
Low hepatitis E virus RNA prevalence in a large-scale survey of United States source plasma donors
Creators: name: Roth, Nathan J.
name: Schäfer, Wolfram
name: Alexander, Rick
name: Elliott, Kevin
name: Elliott-Browne, Wlenyeno
name: Knowles, Jonathan
name: Wenzel, Jürgen J.
name: Simon, Toby L.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: PASSENGER LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; STEM-CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VERSUS-HOST-DISEASE; KIDNEY-TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOLYTIC-ANEMIA; LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSFUSION REACTIONS; BOWEL TRANSPLANT; ABO; RECIPIENT;
subject: 610 Medizin

description: BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a small, nonenveloped, single-stranded, RNA virus of emerging concern in industrialized countries. HEV transmission through transfusion of blood components has been reported, but not via plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs) manufactured with virus inactivation and/or removal steps. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of HEV among US source plasma donors. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Samples were collected from US source plasma donors at centers across the United States and were initially screened for HEV RNA in 96-sample minipools using the Roche cobas HEV test on the cobas 8800 system. Assuming a sensitivity of 18.6 IU/mL, the minipool screening strategy allowed for reliable detection of individual donations with HEV RNA titers of more than 2 x 10(3) IU/mL. Reactive minipools were resolved to individual donations, which were further analyzed to quantify viral RNA concentration, determine HEV genotype, and immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgM HEV antibody status. RESULTS: A total of 128,020 samples were collected from 96 CSL Plasma centers in the United States, representing 27 states. The prevalence of HEV RNA-positive samples was 0.002% with three unique HEV-positive donors identified, all HEV Subgenotype 3a. Virus titers of HEV-positive samples were relatively low (10(3)-10(4) IU HEV RNA/mL). One positive donation was HEV IgG seropositive. CONCLUSION: Routine screening of US source plasma donations for HEV would not substantially improve the safety of most PDMPs. The low prevalence and potential viral load of HEV, together with effective virus reduction steps in manufacturing processes, results in a low residual risk and acceptable safety margins for PDMPs derived from US plasma donors.
Medical Evaluation of Children and Adults of the Whitney Young Jr. School, Jersey City, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Health
Year: 1989

description: This document reports on a medical evaluation of children and adults associated with the Whitney Young, Jr. School in Jersey City, that was conducted in response to community concerns about potential exposure to hazardous amounts of chromium in the vicinity of the school building. Skin, nose, and throat examinations and urine sample testing were carried out to examine individuals for symptoms of exposure to chromium, and to measure the general extent of chromium exposure. Elevated levels of chromium were found in urine samples, especially for children living closest to known chromium-contaminated sites, although proximity to sites did not significantly affect results among the tested adults. Skin, nose, and throat testing showed no conditions that could be specifically linked to chromium exposure. Recommendations comprise NJDOH and NJDEP collaboration on further evaluations as necessary and site remediation, while individuals are advised to undertake dust control measures and avoid contaminated areas.
New Jersey SmartStart Buildings, Special Announcement: Summary of Program Changes 2005 (Update)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey's Clean Energy Program (NJCEP), New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), Office of Clean Energy
Year: 2005

description: This is an update of the New Jersey SmartStart Buildings Program. It contains a summary of the program incentive changes for 2005 (effective May 5, 2005), and a table for a comparison of changes for the period 2004-2005.
Screening and purification of pectinase from soil fungi
Creators: name: eldesoky, Hana
name: balbool, Bassem
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that are widely distributed in nature; they are significant to human existence because of their numerous industrial applications including their capacity to produce enzymes as pectinase. Pectinase is among the most prominent enzymes in the industry owing to its relevance in removing pectin which creates turbidity in fruits. It is also employed in the extraction and clarification of juices, as well as the processing of tea and coffee and also coca and chocolates. As a result, the proposed study focuses on the identification, purification, and manufacturing of pectinase enzymes from soil fungi. The project aim will be achieved through the isolation of distinct soil fungi, morphological identification, qualitative screening for pectinase?producing fungi, submerged fermentation (SmF), and solid-state fermentation (SSF). In addition, the enzyme activity will be determined, and pectinase will be purified by various chromatographic methods. Aspergillus Versicolor was selected from 10 different soil fungal isolates based on the diameter of the colonies by (0.2 cm) during qualitative screening, the obtained results from SSF and SmF revealed that; SSF recorded the highest activity of the pectinase production than SmF by 2.94 ± 0.17 IU/g and 1.42 ± 0.11 IU/mL respectively and also the specific activity of SSF recorded the highest while compared to SmF by 0.28 ± 0.006 IU/mg and 0.02 ± 0.001 IU/mg respectively. Pectinase was partially purified with a total activity of 1.53 IU/g, specific activity of 7 IU/mg, purification fold of 57.65, and a recovery of 50.33 %. Pectinase was purified with an estimated molecular weight of around 40 kDa. From the obtained results it could be concluded that the production of pectinase enzyme from Aspergillus Versicolor is promising and therefore could be used as a sustainable source in different agricultural, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications.
Towards R-matrix construction of Khovanov-Rozansky polynomials. I. Primary $T$-deformation of HOMFLY
Creators: name: Anokhina, A.
name: Morozov, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We elaborate on the simple alternative from arXiv:1308.5759 to the matrix-factorization construction of Khovanov-Rozansky (KR) polynomials for arbitrary knots and links in the fundamental representation of arbitrary SL(N). Construction consists of 2 steps: first, with every link diagram with m vertices one associates an m-dimensional hypercube with certain q-graded vector spaces, associated to its 2^m vertices. A generating function for q-dimensions of these spaces is what we suggest to call the primary T-deformation of HOMFLY polynomial -- because, as we demonstrate, it can be explicitly reduced to calculations of ordinary HOMFLY polynomials, i.e. to manipulations with quantum R-matrices. The second step is a certain minimization of residues of this new polynomial with respect to T+1. Minimization is ambiguous and is actually specified by the choice of commuting cut-and-join morphisms, acting along the edges of the hypercube -- this promotes it to Abelian quiver, and KR polynomial is a Poincare polynomial of associated complex, just in the original Khovanov's construction at N=2. This second step is still somewhat sophisticated -- though incomparably simpler than its conventional matrix-factorization counterpart. In this paper we concentrate on the first step, and provide just a mnemonic treatment of the second step. Still, this is enough to demonstrate that all the currently known examples of KR polynomials in the fundamental representation can be easily reproduced in this new approach. As additional bonus we get a simple description of the DGR relation between KR polynomials and superpolynomials and demonstrate that the difference between reduced and unreduced cases, which looks essential at KR level, practically disappears after transition to superpolynomials. However, a careful derivation of all these results from cohomologies of cut-and-join morphisms remains for further studies.
description: 146 pages; some points clarified, some typos corrected
Graph Neural Networks with Parallel Neighborhood Aggregations for Graph Classification
Creators: name: Doshi, Siddhant
name: Chepuri, Sundeep Prabhakar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We focus on graph classification using a graph neural network (GNN) model that precomputes the node features using a bank of neighborhood aggregation graph operators arranged in parallel. These GNN models have a natural advantage of reduced training and inference time due to the precomputations but are also fundamentally different from popular GNN variants that update node features through a sequential neighborhood aggregation procedure during training. We provide theoretical conditions under which a generic GNN model with parallel neighborhood aggregations (PA-GNNs, in short) are provably as powerful as the well-known Weisfeiler-Lehman (WL) graph isomorphism test in discriminating non-isomorphic graphs. Although PA-GNN models do not have an apparent relationship with the WL test, we show that the graph embeddings obtained from these two methods are injectively related. We then propose a specialized PA-GNN model, called SPIN, which obeys the developed conditions. We demonstrate via numerical experiments that the developed model achieves state-of-the-art performance on many diverse real-world datasets while maintaining the discriminative power of the WL test and the computational advantage of preprocessing graphs before the training process.
Retrospective analysis of clinical and virological parameters of influenza cases at four university hospitals in Germany, 2015
Creators: name: Heyd, Robert
name: Eis-Hübinger, Anna Maria
name: Berger, Annemarie
name: Bierbaum, Sibylle
name: Pietzonka, Sandra
name: Wenzel, Jürgen J.
name: Huzly, Daniela
name: Keppler, Oliver T.
name: Panning, Marcus
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: SEASON; VIRUS; Influenza; Observational study; Epidemiology; University hospital; Nosocomial
subject: 610 Medizin

description: We conducted a retrospective observational study at four German university hospitals of patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza in 2014/2015. Overall, a fatality rate of 8% was observed. Significantly more A(H1N1)pdm09 patients were admitted to ICU compared to those with A(H3N2). However, fatal outcome was not significantly increased among A(H1N1)pdm09 cases. Nosocomial infections were seen in 17% of cases. Systematic collection of data from hospitals will complement national influenza surveillance.
Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence, seroincidence and seroreversion in the German adult population
Creators: name: Faber, M.
name: Willrich, N.
name: Schemmerer, Mathias
name: Rauh, C.
name: Kuhnert, R.
name: Stark, K.
name: Wenzel, J. J.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: anti‐HEV IgG; epidemiology; foodborne infections; hepatitis E; longitudinal study; viral hepatitis
subject: 610 Medizin

description: A steep rise in Hepatitis E diagnoses is currently being observed in Germany and other European countries. The objective of this study was (i) to assess whether this trend mirrors an increase in infection pressure or is caused by increased attention and testing and (ii) estimate individual and population‐based Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) seroconversion and seroreversion rates for Germany. We measured anti‐HEV IgG prevalence in 10 407 adults participating in two linked, population‐representative serosurveys (total n = 12 971) conducted in 1998 and 2010. In this period, we found a moderate but statistically significant decline of overall anti‐HEV IgG prevalence from 18.6% to 15.3%. At both time points, seroprevalence increased with age and peaked in persons born between 1935 and 1959 suggesting a past period of increased infection pressure. Paired samples of individuals participating in 1998 and 2010 (n = 2564) revealed respective seroconversion and seroreversion rates of 6.2% and 22.6% among seronegative and seropositive individuals during 12 years, or 5.2 and 2.9 per 1000 inhabitants per year. This corresponds to a total of 417 242 [95%CI: 344 363‐495 971] new seroconversions per year in the German population. While anti‐HEV seroprevalence has decreased in the last decade, infection pressure and seroincidence remains high in Germany. Continuously rising numbers of Hepatitis E diagnoses in Europe are likely due to an increased awareness of clinicians and indicate that still there is a gap between incident and diagnosed cases. Studies on the true burden of the disease, specific risk factors and sources of autochthonous infections as well as targeted prevention measures are urgently needed.
Variational encoder geostatistical analysis (VEGAS) with an application to large scale riverine bathymetry
Creators: name: Forghani, Mojtaba
name: Qian, Yizhou
name: Lee, Jonghyun
name: Farthing, Matthew
name: Hesser, Tyler
name: Kitanidis, Peter K.
name: Darve, Eric F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Estimation of riverbed profiles, also known as bathymetry, plays a vital role in many applications, such as safe and efficient inland navigation, prediction of bank erosion, land subsidence, and flood risk management. The high cost and complex logistics of direct bathymetry surveys, i.e., depth imaging, have encouraged the use of indirect measurements such as surface flow velocities. However, estimating high-resolution bathymetry from indirect measurements is an inverse problem that can be computationally challenging. Here, we propose a reduced-order model (ROM) based approach that utilizes a variational autoencoder (VAE), a type of deep neural network with a narrow layer in the middle, to compress bathymetry and flow velocity information and accelerate bathymetry inverse problems from flow velocity measurements. In our application, the shallow-water equations (SWE) with appropriate boundary conditions (BCs), e.g., the discharge and/or the free surface elevation, constitute the forward problem, to predict flow velocity. Then, ROMs of the SWEs are constructed on a nonlinear manifold of low dimensionality through a variational encoder. Estimation with uncertainty quantification (UQ) is performed on the low-dimensional latent space in a Bayesian setting. We have tested our inversion approach on a one-mile reach of the Savannah River, GA, USA. Once the neural network is trained (offline stage), the proposed technique can perform the inversion operation orders of magnitude faster than traditional inversion methods that are commonly based on linear projections, such as principal component analysis (PCA), or the principal component geostatistical approach (PCGA). Furthermore, tests show that the algorithm can estimate the bathymetry with good accuracy even with sparse flow velocity measurements.
Works of St. Ephrem the Syrian.  Volume 5
Creators: name: Assemani, Stafano Evodio
name: Benedictus, Petrus
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1737

description: Begun by Peter Benedictus (Mobarak) and continued by Stephen Evodius Assemani, the great Roman edition of Ephrem’s works, based on Vatican manuscripts, was the result of the first major effort to publish the famous Syrian’s literary remains in large number. Volumes 1-3 contain the Syriac works with Latin translation, and volumes 4-6 contain works in Greek (and a small number in Latin) attributed to Ephrem, these too with Latin translation. This edition laid the foundation for further editions and translations of Ephrem’s works in Syriac by Overbeck, Bickell, Lamy, and others. While Ephrem’s Syriac corpus has been reedited more recently by Beck, this edition from a vital age of European Syriac scholarship remains worthy of study for its presentation and perspective. Scholars interested in Syriac literature and the history of its study in the west will be especially interested in this monumental edition.
The Jersey Sierran, Vol. 34, No. 3, October-December 2005
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Chapter of The Sierra Club
Year: 2005

description: This is the quarterly newsletter of the New Jersey Chapter of The Sierra Club. The newsletter, which is sent to 23,000 New Jersey members, contains articles and information for New Jersey outdoor enthusiasts, activists, and others interested in environmental issues. The follwing articles are featured in this issue: Ballot for electing Group/Section officers; Statements from Chapter Officer Candidates; Population Issues Coordinator's Report; Editorial: Terrorism and the Environment; Chair's Message: Katrina; Resolutions Passed by Chapter ExCom; LTE: Selfishness and Quality of Life; Meet Bonnie Tillery, ExCom member; Thanks to our Financial Supporters; Anniversary of Highlands Act and Protecting the Highlands; Debate: Supreme Court and Eminent Domain; The Controversy Over Offshore Wind Turbines; Boycotting Exxon Mobil; Group and Section News; and Outings.
The electric double layer has a life of its own
Creators: name: Merlet, Céline
name: Limmer, David T.
name: Salanne, Mathieu
name: Van Roij, René
name: Madden, Paul A
name: Chandler, David
name: Rotenberg, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using molecular dynamics simulations with recently developed importance sampling methods, we show that the differential capacitance of a model ionic liquid based double-layer capacitor exhibits an anomalous dependence on the applied electrical potential. Such behavior is qualitatively incompatible with standard mean-field theories of the electrical double layer, but is consistent with observations made in experiment. The anomalous response results from structural changes induced in the interfacial region of the ionic liquid as it develops a charge density to screen the charge induced on the electrode surface. These structural changes are strongly influenced by the out-of-plane layering of the electrolyte and are multifaceted, including an abrupt local ordering of the ions adsorbed in the plane of the electrode surface, reorientation of molecular ions, and the spontaneous exchange of ions between different layers of the electrolyte close to the electrode surface. The local ordering exhibits signatures of a first-order phase transition, which would indicate a singular charge-density transition in a macroscopic limit.
Hepatitis E Seroprevalence and Genotyping in a Cohort of Wild Boars in Southern Germany and Eastern Alsace
Creators: name: Weigand, Kilian
name: Weigand, Kurt
name: Schemmerer, Mathias
name: Müller, Martina
name: Wenzel, Juergen J.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Hepatitis E, Genotyping; Seroprevalence; Wild boar
subject: 610 Medizin

description: In the last few years it has been realized that the hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in most industrialized countries and that it is a zoonotic disease. Potential reservoirs for HEV have been identified to be wild boars and deers, but HEV has also been found in domestic pigs and other animals. Due to the probable spread of the virus via contaminated food or contact to infected animals, HEV antibodies are present in more than 16% of the German adult population and rates are increasing with age. We collected blood from 104 wild boars in southern Germany and the border region of Alsace. We found an anti-HEV seroprevalence of 11.5% in our cohort, using ELISA. Furthermore, we observed active infection in 3.85% of the animals by positive HEV PCR in the sera of the boars. In our cohort, no regional differences of seroprevalence or active infection were seen. Sequencing revealed rather close homology of some detected HEV sequences to genotypes isolated from patients in Germany. Hence wild boars are a potential source of HEV infection in Middle Europe and the rate of infectious animals is quite high.
New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Cape May County
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Historic Preservation Office
Year: 2004

description: This document by the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places lists properties and historic districts in Cape May County, New Jersey for which a formal action was taken by the State Historic Preservation Officer or designee. The listings are current through the end of 2002, and itemize the buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (SR) and the National Register of Historic Places (NR). They also include resources that have received Certifications of Eligibility (COE), opinions of eligibility from the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO Opinion), or Determinations of Eligibility (DOE) from the Keeper of the National Register.
Machine learning-based modelling for numerical evaluation of the traffic speed deflectometer performance
Creators: name: Abdelmuhsen, Abdelgader
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This is a presentation from the YRS2023 - 11th Young Researchers Seminar, held from 15 to 17 May 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil – LNEC (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering).
Cascades of Multi-headed Chimera States for Coupled Phase Oscillators
Creators: name: Maistrenko, Yuri L.
name: Vasylenko, Anna
name: Sudakov, Oleksandr
name: Levchenko, Roman
name: Maistrenko, Volodymyr L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Chimera state is a recently discovered dynamical phenomenon in arrays of nonlocally coupled oscillators, that displays a self-organized spatial pattern of co-existing coherence and incoherence. We discuss the appearance of the chimera states in networks of phase oscillators with attractive and with repulsive interactions, i.e. when the coupling respectively favors synchronization or works against it. By systematically analyzing the dependence of the spatiotemporal dynamics on the level of coupling attractivity/repulsivity and the range of coupling, we uncover that different types of chimera states exist in wide domains of the parameter space as cascades of the states with increasing number of intervals of irregularity, so-called chimera's heads. We report three scenarios for the chimera birth: 1) via saddle-node bifurcation on a resonant invariant circle, also known as SNIC or SNIPER, 2) via blue-sky catastrophe, when two periodic orbits, stable and saddle, approach each other creating a saddle-node periodic orbit, and 3) via homoclinic transition with complex multistable dynamics including an "eight-like" limit cycle resulting eventually in a chimera state.
description: 13 pages, 14 figures
Graphene nanostructured materials: self-assembled structures and nano carriers for energy storage and aerospace
Creators: name: Smith, Kurt Bradley
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: In our lab graphene oxide membranes are manipulated into higher order structures. Hollow spherical shells (and other geometries) of graphene oxide are summoned into hierarchical assemblies with control over shell membrane thickness, shell size and composition of binding additives. Intact membranes with shell thickness less than 20 nm have been demonstrated. This allows simultaneous control of the composite’s surface area, surface properties, and transport resistances as related to diffusion and convection. Utilizing graphene oxide and resorcinol-formaldehyde as the basis for these processes allows for well bonded, high strength, structures to be made from these compatible materials. The ultrahigh surface areas attainable through thermal reduction of these constituent materials opens the door to electrophysical applications, such as supercapacitors. The high electrical conductivity, flexibility, and resiliency inherent from these materials is useful for electrochemical applications, such as lithium ion batteries. We have developed a technique to load the interior of these hollow graphene spheres with electrochemically active materials, such as silicon nanoparticles. These silicon nanoparticles/hollow graphene sphere composites holds great promise as anodes for high capacity lithium ion batteries and anodes for batteries based on sulfur cathode chemistry. The graphene membrane spheres are able to confine the electrochemically active silicon to prevent agglomeration which otherwise occurs during thermal reduction and cycling. We have developed a facile method of assembly, through which specific properties can be engineered into these higher order structures. This control is precisely what is required to engineer these graphene oxide and graphene based materials for maximum effectiveness in catalysis, fuel cells, electrophysical and electrochemical processes.
Sfermion Flavor and Proton Decay in High-Scale Supersymmetry
Creators: name: Nagata, Natsumi
name: Shirai, Satoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of the Higgs boson with a mass of around 125 GeV gives a strong motivation for further study of a high-scale supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking model. In this framework, the minimal SUSY SU(5) grand unification model may be viable since heavy sfermions suppress the proton decay via color-triplet Higgs exchanges. At the same time, sizable flavor violation in sfermion masses is still allowed by low-energy precision experiments when the mass scale is as high as O(100) TeV, which naturally explains the 125 GeV Higgs mass. In the presence of the sfermon flavor violation, however, the rates and branching fractions of proton decay can be drastically changed. In this paper, we study the effects of sfermion flavor structure on proton decay and discuss the experimental constraints on sfermion flavor violation. We find that proton-decay experiments may give us a valuable knowledge on sfermon flavor violation, and by combining it with the results from other low-energy precision experiments, we can extract insights to the structure of sfermion sector as well as the underlying grand unification model.
description: 39 pages, 15 figures. Version accepted for publication in JHEP
Quantum interferometric two-photon excitation spectroscopy
Creators: name: Chen, Yuanyuan
name: León-Montiel, Roberto de J.
name: Chen, Lixiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-photon excitation spectroscopy is a nonlinear technique that has gained rapidly in interest and significance for studying the complex energy-level structure and transition probabilities of materials. While the conventional spectroscopy based on tunable classical light has been long established, quantum light provides an alternative way towards excitation spectroscopy with potential advantages in temporal and spectral resolution, as well as reduced photon fluxes. By using a quantum Fourier transform that connects the sum-frequency intensity and N00N-state temporal interference, we present an approach for quantum interferometric two-photon excitation spectroscopy. Our proposed protocol overcomes the difficulties of engineering two-photon joint spectral intensities and fine-tuned absorption-frequency selection. These results may significantly facilitate the use of quantum interferometric spectroscopy for extracting the information about the electronic structure of the two-photon excited-state manifold of atoms or molecules, in a "single-shot" measurement. This may be particularly relevant for photon-sensitive biological and chemical samples.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Development of New Jersey Drought Regions
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Geological Survey
Year: 2001

description: The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has divided New Jersey into six drought regions. This division will allow the DEP to impose different drought restrictions in each designated region, thereby permitting more effective response to water-supply shortages across New Jersey. The six areas are called the Northeast, Central, Coastal North, Coastal South, Northwest and Southwest drought regions.The regions are roughly based on five water regions established by the DEP for its watershed-based management approach. An additional region (Coastal North) was added because of the water supply characteristics of the Monmouth County area. All borders were moved so as to match municipal boundaries in order to assist enforcement of man-dated water cutbacks during drought emergencies.The drought regions are intended to assist the DEP in making regulatory decisions during periods of drought or impending drought. If necessary, region boundaries will be changed as needed to increase their usefulness.
An Evaluation of Lexicon-based Sentiment Analysis Techniques for the Plays of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Creators: name: Schmidt, Thomas
name: Burghardt, Manuel
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Sentiment Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Literary Studies, Lessing
subject: 004 Informatik
subject: 400 Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik
subject: 430 Deutsch
subject: 830 Deutsche Literatur

description: We present results from a project on sentiment analysis of drama texts, more concretely the plays of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. We conducted an annotation study to create a gold standard for a systematic evaluation. The gold standard consists of 200 speeches of Lessing’s plays and was manually annotated with sentiment information by five annotators. We use the gold standard data to evaluate the performance of different German sentiment lexicons and processing configurations like lemmatization, the extension of lexicons with historical linguistic variants, and stop words elimination, to explore the influence of these parameters and to find best practices for our domain of application. The best performing configuration accomplishes an accuracy of 70%. We discuss the problems and challenges for sentiment analysis in this area and describe our next steps toward further research.