cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Information-Theoretic Representation Learning for Positive-Unlabeled Classification
Creators: name: Sakai, Tomoya
name: Niu, Gang
name: Sugiyama, Masashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recent advances in weakly supervised classification allow us to train a classifier only from positive and unlabeled (PU) data. However, existing PU classification methods typically require an accurate estimate of the class-prior probability, which is a critical bottleneck particularly for high-dimensional data. This problem has been commonly addressed by applying principal component analysis in advance, but such unsupervised dimension reduction can collapse underlying class structure. In this paper, we propose a novel representation learning method from PU data based on the information-maximization principle. Our method does not require class-prior estimation and thus can be used as a preprocessing method for PU classification. Through experiments, we demonstrate that our method combined with deep neural networks highly improves the accuracy of PU class-prior estimation, leading to state-of-the-art PU classification performance.
Coupling moisture transport in air flows and porous materials using CFD
Creators: name: Steeman, Hendrik-Jan
name: Janssens, Arnold
name: De Paepe, Michel
name: Steeman, Hendrik-Jan
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Modelling local moisture content in objects and walls inside buildings requires the knowledge of the interaction of the material with the local indoor climate. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) can be used to model the local climate and is currently already used to model heat exchange at the interface of air and porous materials. In this paper a coupled CFD-material model is presented which is capable of modelling non-isothermal transient moisture exchange between air and porous materials. The coupled model integrates a 2 or 3D heat and moisture transport model for porous materials in a commercial CFD solver. Validation of the model shows an excellent agreement between simulations and experiments.
Wind-driven rain distribution and its hygrothermal effect on two different types of building geometry
Creators: name: Kumaraperumal, Ayyapan
name: Sanders, Chris
name: Baker, Paul
name: Galbraith, Graham
name: Kumaraperumal, Ayyapan
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Abstract

The lifetime of buildings in UK is between 40 to 75 years and historic buildings stand for more than centuries.  Protecting these buildings from the external environment is a difficult and expensive task. This study is focused on the effects of wind-driven rain, which is the main cause of water penetration and moisture load on building components. Two different buildings, one a historical castle and another a low rise modern commercial building which are of different geometry, material and topography are investigated. Numerical simulation is carried out to calculate wind-driven rain for various raindrop sizes, rainfall intensities, wind speed and directions. The influence of wind-driven rain loading is examined by modifying existing hygrothermal modelling tools. The moisture content within the exterior component and the interior surface of the wall were measured and compared to computer predictions.

Keyword:- Wind-driven rain; catch ratio; wind flow; numerical simulation; experimental database; validation
Stochastic versus deterministic approach to threshold criteria for building/environment system performance
Creators: name: Pietrzyk, Krystyna
name: Pietrzyk, Krystyna
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: There are many ways to evaluate building/environment system performance. Among the quantitative methods, those relying on probabilistic evaluation of system reliability are referred to in the paper. Environmental conditions of a site and human activities inside a building are random in nature and even the properties of a structure are comparatively uncertain. Probabilistic analysis appears as the appropriate approach to account for those uncertainties when evaluating building performance in terms of fulfilling specified demands. It gives opportunity to take into account also random character of these demands expressed in the form of performance criteria stated for human health, human comfort or in order to prioritise the sustainable solutions.
Stochastic versus deterministic approach to threshold values as performance criteria for building/environment system is discussed in the paper. Methodology for specification of threshold characteristics as random variables is discussed. The examples for various threshold criteria for the chosen performance aspects are given.
An example of calculation of the reliability of system performance assuming first deterministic and then stochastic performance criterion is analysed in detail. The results obtained using these two approaches are compared. The type of additional information that can be built in a model and its influence on performance evaluation are concluded.
Ion binding isotherms of building materials
Creators: name: Pavlíková, Milena
name: Černý, Robert
name: Fiala, Lukáš
name: Pavlíková, Milena
name: Fiala, Lukáš
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Determination of chloride binding isotherms is mostly confined to the concrete research because combination of chloride penetration and concrete carbonation accelerates the process of steel corrosion. However, the presence of chlorides can present a potential danger also for many other materials. For instance, very frequent source of chlorides in building materials are salts used for winter maintenance of pavements and footways. They can diffuse either into underground soil or directly into the masonry so that they can damage renders, insulation materials and the masonry itself. The corrosion effects of these salts are mostly related to their crystallization from the solution, recrystallization from the solid phase, sometimes also to chemical reactions with building materials themselves.

Chloride binding isotherms are mostly determined by the method of Tang and Nilsson based on the adsorption from solution. The measuring procedure is developed originally for crushed samples of cement paste and it is assumed that the content of cement is the main criterion for a possible recalculation to real concrete or cement mortar. However, the chloride binding capacity can be affected by many other factors, such as the change in the porous structure and pore distribution due to the application of different aggregates, the presence of various admixtures etc.

In this paper, the chloride binding isotherms are determined for several different types of building materials, among them cement paste, ceramic brick, mineral wool, and calcium silicate. Several different techniques are used for the concentration measurement, and the comparison of applied methods is done. The measurements involve common analytical determination of chloride concentration, application of ion selective electrodes and of the TDR method. The experiments are performed basically on small but not crushed specimens so that the effect of the porous structure is respected. However, also the experiment with crushed samples as in the original procedure by Tang and Nilsson is done for the sake of comparison and the differences analyzed.
Oro facial digital syndrome type 1 with heterotopia, polymicrogyria and corpus callosum agenesis- a rare case report
Creators: name: Jahan, Arjumand
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biliary Tract / Gallbladder
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Head and neck
subject: Kidney
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Pancreas
subject: Experimental
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Observer performance
subject: Congenital
subject: Cysts
subject: Dilatation

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 28 years
description: Clinical History: 28 years old female  presented with epigastric pain. On general examination brachydactyly was seen in hands and feet. Mild cognitive impairment with lobulated tongue, abnormal dentition and patchy areas of baldness were other associated findings. Final Diagnosis: Oro- facial- digital syndrome type 1
Convexification of Queueing Formulas by Mixed-Integer Second-Order Cone Programming: An Application to a Discrete Location Problem with Congestion
Creators: name: Ahmadi-Javid, Amir
name: Hoseinpour, Pooya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Mixed-Integer Second-Order Cone Programs (MISOCPs) form a nice class of mixed-inter convex programs, which can be solved very efficiently due to the recent advances in optimization solvers. Our paper bridges the gap between modeling a class of optimization problems and using MISOCP solvers. It is shown how various performance metrics of M/G/1 queues can be molded by different MISOCPs. To motivate our method practically, it is first applied to a challenging stochastic location problem with congestion, which is broadly used to design socially optimal service networks. Four different MISOCPs are developed and compared on sets of benchmark test problems. The new formulations efficiently solve large-size test problems, which cannot be solved by the best existing method. Then, the general applicability of our method is shown for similar optimization problems that use queue-theoretic performance measures to address customer satisfaction and service quality.
Innovative and adaptable textile shaping system
Creators: name: Saur, Alexandra
name: Sedlbauer, Klaus
name: Saur, Alexandra
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: For certain building applications textile industry offers many high-performance products which can outclass conventional systems. Examples are well known outdoor products which combine rain protection/water-repellence with high water vapour permeability by use of membranes or special fabric finishings. Innovative and adaptable textiles and functional membranes from the textile area are introduced and transformed to the building sector. New façade elements with functional multi layers and optical flexible textile outer skin are developed. This system may replace traditional plaster walls by a lightweight solution employing minimum materials, production steps and effort while providing superior performance, innovative and adaptable shaping and aesthetic potential in building design. Experiments and determinations of characteristic parameters are performed in the lab. Investigations on functionality and outdoor suitability are carried out in open field tests under real climatic conditions.
Moisture accumulation within porous bodies – simplified calculation method for indoor air humidity balance
Creators: name: Mijakowski, Maciej
name: Mijakowski, Maciej
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The paper describes a simplified method of calculating moisture flows between indoor air and porous materials. The simplified method is based on dynamic heat transfer through the building partition – Thermal Response Factors (TRF). The paper presents examples of humidity step and impulse responses for different porous materials. Formula based on impulse responses was developed and simplified for practical calculation.
Presented solution based on TRF methods is close to equation developed by A. TenWolde.
Proposed simplified method was implemented for calculating the whole year moisture flows between different building materials and indoor air. The paper presents comparison between proposed method and more accurate calculations. In the comparison the simulating software like MOIST 3.0 and WUFI ver. 4.0 were used. It was showed that proposed simplified method is accurate enough for indoor air moisture balance (the difference for whole year sum of absorbed and desorbed water vapour is about 10%).
Presented method may be useful for indoor moisture balance calculation. The method showed that moisture accumulation may have significant impact on indoor humidity balance and indoor relative humidity.
Microfluidic Device for Studies of Bacterial Genetic Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Creators: name: Lam, Trinh
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a Gram-positive bacterium that causes a million deaths of children, elderly, and immunocompromised annually due to pneumonia, septicemia, and meningitis. Two clinical strategies used to combat such infections are antibiotics to cure patients and vaccines to reduce the deadliest types of bacteria. However, the effectiveness of both strategies has recently been restrained due to the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains. The fundamental phenomenon behind the failure of both strategies is the bacterial genetic transformation by a pathway for the uptake of exogenous DNA from the bacterial surroundings and the incorporation of the acquired DNA into the genome. The study of pneumococcal transformation is currently challenged both biologically and methodologically: 1) while many steps of genetic transformation are known, the cell-cell attack and DNA uptake have not yet been directly observed in living cells, making the mechanism enigmatic, and 2) the conventional strategies to study genetic transformation, which usually employ bulk cultures, fail to identify specific donor cells or to capture all descendants from a single productive interaction. We hypothesize that the DNA uptake or cell attack by competent pneumococci is initiated by an external 1-2 μm long, 5-nm-diameter filament, called the com pilus. To obtain a more dynamic view of the pneumococcal competence pilus, we genetically introduced cysteine codons into major pilin ComGC with the objective that solvent-accessible cysteines could be labeled with fluorescently conjugated maleimide dyes. We demonstrated that this labeling strategy revealed that pneumococcal competence pili are highly dynamic, undergoing cycles of extension and retraction over timescales of seconds, and its retraction is required for DNA uptake. Then, to overcome the limitations of conventional bulk methods, we developed a droplet microfluidic system capable of isolating individual episodes of bacterial transformation between two pneumococci. To determine the relevance and reliability of this new method for the study of bacterial genetic transformation, we compared recombination events of recombinants recovered from the droplets vs. those in parallel bulk culture mixtures by whole genome sequencing. This study demonstrates that droplet microfluidics can provide a new method to study bacterial genetic transformation at the level of individual cells.
Modification of the zirconia ceramics by different calcium phosphate coatings:comparative study
Creators: name: Kozelskaya, A. I.
name: Bolbasov, E. N.
name: Golovkin, A. S.
name: Mishanin, A. I.
name: Viknianshchukb, A. N.
name: Shesterikov, E. V.
name: Ashrafov, A. H
name: Novikov, V. A.
name: Tverdokhlebov, S. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The aim of this study was to characterize different calcium phosphate coatings and evaluate in vitro cell response of these materials to ceramics implants. The physical and chemical properties of calcium phosphate coatings formed by RF-magnetron sputtering of calcium phosphate tribasic, hydroxyapatite, calcium phosphate monobasic, calcium phosphate dibasic dihydrate and calcium pyrophosphate powders were characterized. Cell adhesion and cell viability were examined on calcium phosphate coatings using mesenchymal stem cells. The results of cytotoxicity measurements of the calcium phosphate coatings revealed that only the coating obtained by RF-magnetron sputtering of the calcium phosphate dibasic dihydrate and calcium phosphate tribasic powders possessed lower cell viability than the zirconia substrate. The coating formed by sputtering of the calcium phosphate tribasic powder demonstrated more cells adhered onto its surface compared with other calcium phosphate coatings.
Explicit Burgess-like subconvex bounds for $\mathrm{GL}_2 \times \mathrm{GL}_1$
Creators: name: Han, Wu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We make the polynomial dependence on the fixed representation $π$ in our previous subconvex bound of $L(1/2,π\otimes χ)$ for $\mathrm{GL}_2 \times \mathrm{GL}_1$ explicit, especially with respect to the usual conductor $\mathbf{C}(π_{\mathrm{fin}})$. There is no clue that the original choice, due to Michel & Venkatesh, of the test function at the infinite places should be the optimal one. Hence we also investigate a possible variant of such local choices in some special situations.
Boardman's whole-plane obstruction group for Cartan-Eilenberg systems
Creators: name: Helle, Gard Olav
name: Rognes, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 18G40

description: Each extended Cartan--Eilenberg system $(H, \partial)$ gives rise to two exact couples and one spectral sequence. We show that the canonical colim-lim interchange morphism associated to $H$ is a surjection, and that its kernel is isomorphic to Boardman's whole-plane obstruction group $W$, for each of the two exact couples.
Improving the Energy Performance of Existing Buildings using Timber and Derived Timber Products
Creators: name: Hoppe, Michaela
name: Hoppe, Michaela
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Against the background of increasing climate changes and rising energy prices, the reduction of the energy consumption of existing buildings plays an increasingly important role worldwide. A significant step in this direction is the introduction of an Energy Performance Certificate for new and existing buildings within the European Union, which must be accompanied by recommendations for the cost-effective improvement of the building‘s energy performance.

The forthcoming introduction of this Energy Performance Certificate was the key reason for a research project at the Department of Building Physics at the Technische Universität München. The project’s primary aim is the development of design principles that will lead to a reduction of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in the built stock, using renewable and therefore sustainable materials. The resulting manual provides technical support for energy consultants – especially those whose core competence is not in the field of building construction, e.g. system engineers or chimney sweepers - in helping them to choose ecological and reasonable energy refurbishment measures.

The main topics treated in the paper are:

-	The energy saving potential of existing buildings in Germany.
-	The introduction of the Energy Performance Certificate in Germany.
-	The qualification requirements for Energy Consulting Experts in Germany.
-	The development of timber based design principles for the improvement of a building‘s energy performance.
-	A Profitability study of those design principles.
-	The layout of Measure Sheets, containing all essential technical information on two pages DIN A4 that can be easily copied and attached to an Energy Performance Certificate.

The investigation of the design principles’ cost effectiveness showed that the profitability of every single design principle depends significantly on a buildings existing energy performance, e.g. heat transmission coefficients of the building envelope. Furthermore, the predicted energy price increase is another major influencing factor. The investigation also showed that even in difficult situations it is possible to recoup the invested building costs within a 20 year period.

The basic requirement therefore is a considered and tailored planning by an expert.
Aspect Degradation of ETICS Due to Higrothermal Behaviour
Creators: name: Barreira, Eva
name: De Freitas, Vasco P.
name: Barreira, Eva
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The external thermal insulation systems for walls (expanded polystyrene insulation faced with a thin rendering) – ETICS, have been used in Portugal since the nineties. Although its thermal advantages, Portuguese buildings covered with ETICS are faced with a huge and yet unsolved problem: aspect degradation of the system as a result of microbiological growth.
In the recent years, some studies have been carried out on this issue, but practical conclusions are not very satisfactory: so far the only pointed solution is the use of biocides. This products are not very ecological and are considerable expensive, considering their short durability.
In order to achieve a less expensive solution to this problem, it is essential to understand the higrothermal behaviour of facades covered with ETICS, namely, the dynamic heat exchanges occurring between ETICS exterior layer and the atmosphere. It is also very important to study the influence of orientation and local clime.
This paper presents the results of an experimental characterization of ETICS’ higrothermal behaviour performed by the Building Physics Laboratory (LFC) of the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University (FEUP). “In situ” tests are being carried out on a building covered with ETICS located at the northwest of Portugal. Simultaneously, the tests results are compared with the results of numerical simulation performed with different software available in the market.
Atmospheric longwave radiation under cloudy skies for HAM simulation programs
Creators: name: Finkenstein, Claudia
name: Haeupl, Peter
name: Finkenstein, Claudia
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Atmospheric longwave radiation is one of the needed climatic boundary conditions in Heat-Air-Moisture (HAM) simulation programs.

The paper presents principal procedures for the computation of atmospheric longwave radiation under clear and cloudy skies by means of simple near-ground weather data. Several approaches from literature have been calculated, compared and validated against measured data from Schleswig (D).
For the clear sky data a new parameterisation has been found.

Special attention has been paid to the determination of atmospheric radiation under cloudy skies. Therefore three cases of initial data situation have been distinguished:
1	There is cloud cover data available. In this case, the determination of atmospheric radiation is easily done by given formulae. Nevertheless, an improved parameterisation is proposed.
2	There is no cloud cover data, but shortwave direct and diffuse radiation data available. Sky radiative properties are expressed by means of the cloud cover index n’ which is usable like the real cloud cover index.
3	There is no cloud cover data, but shortwave total radiation data available. Sky radiative properties are expressed by means of the cloud cover index n’’ which is usable like the real cloud cover index.

Of course, the usage of the cloud cover indices is possible for daytime data only. Therefore, a simple approach for the night time data has been found. The determination of the atmospheric longwave radiation during night depends therewith only on near-ground temperature, relative humidity and daytime.
Although accuracy is markedly reduced by including night time data, the approach gives still acceptable results (correlation coefficient of 0.80).

The paper presents therewith an integrated approach for the determination of atmospheric longwave radiation. Contrary to other approaches, all common cases of data availability and daytime are included. The approach makes therefore an important contribution to the proper provision of climatic boundary conditions in HAM simulation programs.
Thermal insulation solutions and heat losses analysis in the envelopes of low energy buildings
Creators: name: BLIUDZIUS, RAIMONDAS
name: ENDRIUKAITYTE, AUDRONE
name: VENCKUS, Nerijus
name: BLIUDZIUS, RAIMONDAS
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Energy price increase and climate changes force to look for new methods to reduce heat consumption in the buildings. In the cold climate countries the requirements set for the building insulation are rather strict (i.e. during the last 15 years heat transmittance through the external envelopes of the buildings constructed in Lithuania decreased 3-5 times), but still there are possibilities for heat loss reduction and energy saving by heating ventilated air. During the low energy building envelopes design process frequently occur the following problems: increase of the thermal insulation layers thickness is restricted by the undesired thickness increase of the entire building element and the requirements of the envelope layers connection, the considerable impact of the thermal bridges. Another important factor is the impact of the heat losses through the transparent building elements.
The paper presents analysis of the possibilities for the proper insulation of the envelopes in the designed buildings with low energy consumption. During the formation of the new construction solutions for the envelopes, the whole building’s architectural design was unchanged. The analysis of the heat losses through the envelopes in the investigated building was carried out by focusing on various construction solutions for the envelopes. The obtained results were compared with the normative heat losses of such type of buildings. The economic aspects of the construction of low energy buildings have also been discussed.
Algal defacement of facade materials – results of long-term natural weathering tests obtained by new diagnostic tools
Creators: name: Von Werder, Julia
name: Venzmer, Helmuth
name: Lesnych, Natalia
name: Koss, Lev
name: Von Werder, Julia
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The growth of algae on facade materials has developed to a serious, primarily aesthetical problem over the last decade. Responsible for the substantial increase in biologically soiled facades is the extended presence of humidity films on the building envelopes. Because of the high insulation levels required by law surface temperatures of new or renovated buildings fell significantly. Moisture films caused by driving rain and condensate dry only very slowly and are the most important pre-condition for algal growth.
Until today only biocides offer reliable protection against algal growth. Their antimicrobial effect however is only of limited duration because they have to be water-soluble and get washed out over the time. To avoid guarantee claims manufacturers of facade and coating materials are looking for alternatives. Strategies followed include the alteration of the hygrothermal properties of the products and creating self-cleaning surfaces by copying the “Lotus-effect” or by using the photo catalytic effect of Titan dioxide.
At the university of Wismar a wide range of innovative products were evaluated in long-term natural weathering tests. Because of their high popularity and cost effectiveness research focused on all kinds of ETICS.
In a variety of studies the influences of chemical, hygrothermal and surface parameters on the antimicrobial effect were quantified. The retention periods of water films on different surfaces caused by driving rain and condensation were measured in the laboratory and on site and the data compared to the results of numerical simulations.
In order to evaluate the antimicrobial effect in a very early stage new diagnostic tools like Pulse-Amplitude-Modulation-Fluorescence and DNA-analysis were adjusted to the special diagnostic purpose and refined. Results from long-term natural weathering tests and laboratory experiments show that both methods allow the assessment of products a long time before the algae get visible with the bare eye. Combining laboratory tests and efficient diagnostic tools testing cycles can be shortened significantly and product development can be advanced.
Data-driven Policy Transfer with Imprecise Perception Simulation
Creators: name: Pecka, Martin
name: Zimmermann, Karel
name: Petrlík, Matěj
name: Svoboda, Tomáš
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.6.3

description: The paper presents a complete pipeline for learning continuous motion control policies for a mobile robot when only a non-differentiable physics simulator of robot-terrain interactions is available. The multi-modal state estimation of the robot is also complex and difficult to simulate, so we simultaneously learn a generative model which refines simulator outputs. We propose a coarse-to-fine learning paradigm, where the coarse motion planning is alternated with imitation learning and policy transfer to the real robot. The policy is jointly optimized with the generative model. We evaluate the method on a real-world platform in a batch of experiments.
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Salka dipteriga Lin & Zhang 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lin, Shuanghu
name: Zou, Hongfen
name: Huang, Min
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Salka
Salka dipteriga

description: 2. Salka dipteriga Lin & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 1e–h, 4)
Description. External features similar to S. taopenna, but with crown patch larger, and extended from base to apex (Figs 1e, f, g, h).
Male 2S abdominal apodemes rudimentary, small, short and slender (Fig. 4b). Anal tube short, with well sclerotized dorsal ring foot-like on distal region (Fig. 4a).
Pygofer dorsal appendage long and slim, tapered towards apex, curved anteroventrad then hooked sharply posterad, apex slightly surpassing posterior margin of pygofer lobe (Figs 4a, c); ventral appendage absent; several rigid microsetae forming a group at cephalo-ventral angle, 1 macroseta near dorsal appendage, and several microsetae scattered on inner side of posterior margin (Fig. 4a). Subgenital plate slightly expanded subbasally, with 3 stout microsetae near base, and a row of microsetae along outer margin from subbase to apex, 3 macrosetae of different lengths in a row from subbase to middle (Fig. 4a). Connective central lobe much longer than lateral arms (Fig. 4d). Style apex foot-like with short acute heel and longer toe, with minute furrows and row of irregular teeth (Figs 4e, f). Aedeagus with preatrium well developed but shorter than shaft, shaft with pair of broad lamellar lateral processes rounded in ventral view, gonopore apical (Figs 4g, h).
Measurement. Male 3.60mm, female 3.55mm.
Material examined. Holotype: ♁, CHINA, Hunan Prov., Chenzhou, 2020.VII, coll. Deliang Xu; Paratypes: 3♁ 4♀, same data as holotype.
Remarks. This new species is similar to S. diaoluoensis, but has the aedeagal shaft curved dorsad subapically with lamellar processes laterally and the gonopore apical.
Etymology. This specific epithet is derived from the Greek “dipterygus” (two wing), referring to the aedeagal shaft having wing-shaped processes in ventral view.
description: Published as part of Lin, Shuanghu, Zou, Hongfen, Huang, Min & Zhang, Yalin, 2023, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Salka Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 394-410 in Zootaxa 5228 (4) on page 400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7539889
A Comparative Evaluation of the Importance of Thermal Mass of Traditional Architecture in Hot and Dry Region in Turkey
Creators: name: MANIOGLU, GULTEN
name: YILMAZ, ZERRIN
name: MANIOGLU, GULTEN
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: This paper is a brief review of a more detailed field and theoretical survey to understand the role of climate in formation of the building envelope in hot and dry zone of Turkey. A detailed critical discussion of traditional patterns of architecture will be discussed in relation to the thermal comfort conditions in traditional houses in hot and dry regions. The potential for heat storage capacity of building envelope has been known and used in hot and dry regions for several thousand years. This study is based on evaluating the importance of thermal mass on different traditional architecture examples in hot and dry climate of Turkey.  In hot and dry climatic zone in Turkey, in traditional architecture examples, to benefit the time lag of the building envelope, materials with greater thermal mass have been chosen. The high heat capacity of the opaque component provides a high time lag for the transmission of the outside temperature to the internal area. It is well known that, thermal mass of the envelope becomes more important issue than heat insulation, especially in the regions where the difference of day and night temperature is very high. Moreover, heat storage capacity of building envelope affects significantly heating energy demand of building especially when the heating system is working intermittently.
In this study the importance of thermal mass of traditional architecture in hot and dry region in Turkey has been explained. Thermal behavior of different wall details was compared by measurements and calculations. The conclusion will guide to examine the traditional design opportunities in order to review and improve today’s bioclimatic design strategies.

Keywords: traditional architecture, climate responsive design, thermal performance, building envelope, design strategies in hot dry zone
CM Evaluations of the Goswami-Sun Series
Creators: name: Dawsey, Madeline Locus
name: Ono, Ken
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11B99, 11Mxx, 11F11

description: In recent work, Sun constructed two $q$-series, and he showed that their limits as $q\rightarrow1$ give new derivations of the Riemann-zeta values $ζ(2)=π^2/6$ and $ζ(4)=π^4/90$. Goswami extended these series to an infinite family of $q$-series, which he analogously used to obtain new derivations of the evaluations of $ζ(2k)\in\mathbb{Q}\cdotπ^{2k}$ for every positive integer $k$. Since it is well known that $Γ\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=\sqrtπ$, it is natural to seek further specializations of these series which involve special values of the $Γ$-function. Thanks to the theory of complex multiplication, we show that the values of these series at all CM points $τ$, where $q:=e^{2πiτ}$, are algebraic multiples of specific ratios of $Γ$-values. In particular, classical formulas of Ramanujan allow us to explicitly evaluate these series as algebraic multiples of powers of $Γ\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^4/π^3$ when $q=e^{-π}$, $e^{-2π}$.
Prediction of the long-term insulating capacity of cyclopentane-blown polyurethane foam
Creators: name: Persson, Camilla
name: Claesson, Johan
name: Persson, Camilla
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Polyurethane foam is a material with good insulating capacity that is used in many applications such as building, appliance and pipe insulation. The thermal conductivity of the polyurethane foam is generally low, but it changes over time as the foam ages. Cyclopentane is the dominating blowing agent of foam in Europe. It fills and expands the cells in the polyurethane matrix at foam production, together with carbon dioxide. The two insulating gases diffuse out of the foam and air diffuses into the foam over time. As the diffusion rates of the gases are temperature dependent, the ageing is a coupled heat and mass transfer problem. The change of the gas composition in the cells of the foam has a pronounced effect on the insulating capacity of the material.

A model has been developed that describes how the insulating capacity of the foam changes over time. The model accounts for diffusion of cyclopentane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen under a strong temperature gradient. Unlike models that have been used earlier, this model takes into account the coupled heat conduction and diffusion, and in particular all phases of cyclopentane. The cyclopentane occurs as gas in the cells, dissolved in the polymer and condensed liquid. The non-gaseous cyclopentane acts as a buffer to the cyclopentane in the gas phase. The gas phase concentration should be high in order to maintain a low thermal conductivity of the foam.

The model has been used to determine the long-term insulation capacity of district heating pipes. This is an important task since heat generation to compensate heat losses from the networks constitutes a considerable part of the environmental impact and cost connected to the networks. The calculated time-dependent concentrations provide good insight into the ageing process of the pipes. Calculation with the model shows that the insulating capacity of an average sized forward pipe decreases with about 20% over a period of 30 years, the nominal lifetime of the pipes. Calculations show that it is important how much cyclopentane the foam contains initially. Different pipe manufacturers use different amount of cyclopentane at foaming. The insulating capacity of pipes may differ 3% between manufacturers, due to different initial gas compositions and cyclopentane content.
The Pedagogy of Values: The Role of Culture and Experience in Education Inequity
Creators: name: Van Neely, Abigail
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: College students' writings, education, inequity, experiential learning, rote curriculum, standardized testing, cultural norms, individualism

description: This essay won or received an honorable mention for The Boothe Prize for excellence in first-year writing. The Boothe Prize recognizes and rewards outstanding expository and argumentative writing by undergraduate students in first-year classes that satisfy the WR 1 requirement. In each award-winning essay, student writers demonstrate clarity of argument, excellent integration of research-based evidence, and compelling prose style.
This essay considers the values and cultural norms embedded in experiential learning curriculum, by comparing several schools in the United States with the author’s experience as a teacher in Vietnam. The author discovers that experiential learning has limitations—for instance, the curriculum often foregrounds individuality and personal experience, and western cultural norms—and concludes that both rote curriculum and experiential learning pedagogy can be inequitable.
Magnitude meets persistence. Homology theories for filtered simplicial sets
Creators: name: Otter, Nina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The Euler characteristic is an invariant of a topological space that in a precise sense captures its canonical notion of size, akin to the cardinality of a set. The Euler characteristic is closely related to the homology of a space, as it can be expressed as the alternating sum of its Betti numbers, whenever the sum is well-defined. Thus, one says that homology categorifies the Euler characteristic. In his work on the generalisation of cardinality-like invariants, Leinster introduced the magnitude of a metric space, a real number that counts the "effective number of points" of the space and has been shown to encode many invariants of metric spaces from integral geometry and geometric measure theory. In 2015, Hepworth and Willerton introduced a homology theory for metric graphs, called magnitude homology, which categorifies the magnitude of a finite metric graph. This work was subsequently generalised to enriched categories by Leinster and Shulman, and the homology theory that they introduced categorifies magnitude for arbitrary finite metric spaces. When studying a metric space, one is often only interested in the metric space up to a rescaling of the distance of the points by a non-negative real number. The magnitude function describes how the effective number of points changes as one scales the distance, and is completely encoded by magnitude homology. When studying a finite metric space in topological data analysis using persistent homology, one approximates the space through a nested sequence of simplicial complexes so as to recover topological information about the space by studying the homology of this sequence. Here we relate magnitude homology and persistent homology as two different ways of computing homology of filtered simplicial sets.
description: 26 pages. Part of PhD thesis chapter; amended abstract on arxiv page
Higher Width Moonshine
Creators: name: Dawsey, Madeline Locus
name: Ono, Ken
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11F11, 11F22, 11F37, 11F50, 20C34, 20C35

description: \textit{Weak moonshine} for a finite group $G$ is the phenomenon where an infinite dimensional graded $G$-module $$V_G=\bigoplus_{n\gg-\infty}V_G(n)$$ has the property that its trace functions, known as McKay-Thompson series, are modular functions. Recent work by DeHority, Gonzalez, Vafa, and Van Peski established that weak moonshine holds for every finite group. Since weak moonshine only relies on character tables, which are not isomorphism class invariants, non-isomorphic groups can have the same McKay-Thompson series. We address this problem by extending weak moonshine to arbitrary width $s\in\mathbb{Z}^+$. For each $1\leq r\leq s$ and each irreducible character $χ_i$, we employ Frobenius' $r$-character extension $χ_i^{(r)} \colon G^{(r)}\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$ to define \textit{width $r$ McKay-Thompson series} for $V_G^{(r)}:=V_G\times\cdots\times V_G$ ($r$ copies) for each $r$-tuple in $G^{(r)}:=G\times\cdots\times G$ ($r$ copies). These series are modular functions which then reflect differences between $r$-character values. Furthermore, we establish orthogonality relations for the Frobenius $r$-characters, which dictate the compatibility of the extension of weak moonshine for $V_G$ to width $s$ weak moonshine.
description: Versions 2 and 3 address comments from the referees
MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF PELLET DRYING
Creators: name: Bengtsson, Peter
name: Claesson, Johan
name: Bengtsson, Peter
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: For the production of pellets, one of today’s and tomorrow’s alternative for environmental-friendly heating of small houses, drying of the raw wood material is required. In this work, the drying of sawdust and wood chips is studied both experimentally and theoretically. An experimental bed dryer that dries up to 0.25 m3 wood in batches was constructed and used in the experiments. The purpose is to develop energy-saving drying processes by studying drying parameters such as air temperature, air velocity, bed height and type of wood with different initial moisture contents.  The drying rate and final moisture content in the product are key factors. Experiments show that the drying equipment and applied method are applicable to evaluate different drying parameters and their influence on the drying course. The drying is characterized by a distinct drying zone that moves through the bed.

In order to simulate the drying process, a model utilizing coupled moisture and heat balance equations is proposed and solved by using the finite-difference method. There are balances for absorbed water in the pellets, water vapor, air and heat. The model requires an intrinsic mass transfer coefficient for the evaporation, and the thermal conductivity for the air and wood mixture. These key parameters are difficult to determine. However, the coefficients are fitted and estimated in the experimental analysis. As in the experiments, the model shows distinct drying-zone boundaries characterized by large temperature gradients. The large gradients require very fine division in cells in the numerical calculations in order to represent properly the coupled processes. A typical calculation of a drying process during a few hours with 100 cells require around 30 s computer time on an ordinary PC. The model is utilized to predict the drying course for varying drying conditions and material, and it shows good agreement with the experimental data.
Bestätigung über den Empfang eines Legats aus der Erbschaft des Erasmus von Rotterdam
Creators: name: Rhenanus, Beatus
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1536
Subjects: Erasmus, Desiderius1469-1536

description: Testament
description: Beatus Rhenanus
description: Kauf 1661 Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Juli 2015 Hans Berner
Salka lamellipenia Lin & Zhang 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lin, Shuanghu
name: Zou, Hongfen
name: Huang, Min
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Salka
Salka lamellipenia

description: 3. Salka lamellipenia Lin & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 1i–l, 5)
Description. Crown milky with a relatively small black round patch, extended from base to apex, coronal suture developed, exceeding 1/2 length of crown. Eyes gray. Face slightly flat in profile. Other features as in generic description (Figs 1i, j, k, l).
Male 2S abdominal apodemes extending to posterior part of sternite III (Fig. 5b). Anal tube without appendage (Fig. 5a).
Pygofer dorsal appendage bifurcated medially, lower branch much shorter than upper branch; ventral appendage absent (Figs 5a, c). Pygofer side with several rigid setae of different sizes scattered on distal part and group of medium sized setae gathering at cephalo-ventral angle (Fig. 5a). Pygofer ventral appendage with apex exceeding posterior margin of pygofer lobe (Fig. 5a). Subgenital plate expanded subbasally and contracted medially, with 4 macrosetae medially, row of microsetae along outer margin from subbase to apex, subbasal microsetae larger and forming a group (Fig. 5a). Style apex foot-like with short acute heel and quite short toe (Figs 5e, f). Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme rudimentary, preatrium developed, aedeagal shaft inverted S-shaped and extremely compressed, without process, gonopore subapical on ventral surface (Figs 5g, h).
Measurement. Male 3.13–3.15mm, female 3.18–3.20mm.
Material examined. Holotype: ♁, CHINA, Hunan Prov., Chenzhou, 2020.VII, coll. Deliang Xu; Paratypes: 2♀, same data as holotype.
Remarks. This new species is similar to S. fujiwara, but has the aedeagal dorsal apodeme rudimentary, the aedeagal shaft inverted S-shaped and the connective with central lobe developed.
Etymology. This specific epithet combines the Latin “lamella” and “penis”, referring to the extremely compressed aedeagal shaft.
description: Published as part of Lin, Shuanghu, Zou, Hongfen, Huang, Min & Zhang, Yalin, 2023, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Salka Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 394-410 in Zootaxa 5228 (4) on pages 400-401, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7539889