cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Noise Estimate of Pendular Fabry-Perot through Reflectivity Change
Creators: name: Addesso, Paolo
name: Pierro, Vincenzo
name: Filatrella, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A key issue in developing pendular Fabry-Perot interferometers as very accurate displacement measurement devices, is the noise level. The Fabry-Perot pendulums are the most promising device to detect gravitational waves, and therefore the background and the internal noise should be accurately measured and reduced. In fact terminal masses generates additional internal noise mainly due to thermal fluctuations and vibrations. We propose to exploit the reflectivity change, that occurs in some special points, to monitor the pendulums free oscillations and possibly estimate the noise level. We find that in spite of long transients, it is an effective method for noise estimate. We also prove that to only retain the sequence of escapes, rather than the whole time dependent dynamics, entails the main characteristics of the phenomenon. Escape times could also be relevant for future gravitational wave detector developments.
description: PREPRINT Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2014 IEEE Publication Year: 2014, Page(s): 468 - 472
Interactions between nocturnal melatonin secretion, metabolism, and sleeping behavior in adolescents with obesity
Creators: name: Overberg, Johanna
name: Kalveram, Laura
name: Keller, Theresa
name: Krude, Heiko
name: Kühnen, Peter
name: Wiegand, Susanna
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Circadian Rhythm
subject: Cross-Sectional Studies
subject: Insulin Resistance
subject: Pediatric Obesity
subject: Uric Acid
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background/objectives: Sleeping behavior and individual prospensity in sleep timing during a 24 h period, known as chronotypes, are underestimated factors, which may favor the development of obesity and metabolic diseases. Furthermore, melatonin is known to play an important role in circadian rhythm, but was also suggested to directly influence metabolism and bodyweight regulation. Since disturbed and shifted sleep rhythms have been observed in adolescents with obesity, this study aimed to investigate potential interactions between melatonin secretion, chronobiology, and metabolism. In addition, the influence of artificial light especially emitted by electronic devices on these parameters was of further interest. Subjects/methods: We performed a cross-sectional study including 149 adolescents (mean age 14.7 +/- 2.1 years) with obesity. Metabolic blood parameters (e.g., cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, and insulin) were obtained from patients and correlated with nocturnal melatonin secretion. Melatonin secretion was determined by measuring 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (MT6s), the major metabolite of melatonin in the first-morning urine, and normalized to urinary creatinine levels to account for the urinary concentration. Chronobiologic parameters were further assessed using the Munich ChronoType Questionnaire. Results: Subjects with insulin resistance (n = 101) showed significantly lower nocturnal melatonin levels compared to those with unimpaired insulin secretion (p = 0.006). Furthermore, triglyceride (p = 0.012) and elevated uric acid levels (p = 0.029) showed significant associations with melatonin secretion. Patients with late chronotype showed a higher incidence of insulin resistance (p = 0.018). Moreover, late chronotype and social jetlag were associated with the time and duration of media consumption. Conclusion: We identified an association of impaired energy metabolism and lower nocturnal melatonin secretion in addition to late chronotype and increased social jetlag (misalignment of biological and social clocks) in adolescents with obesity. This might point towards a crucial role of chronotype and melatonin secretion as risk factors for the development of pediatric and adolescent obesity.
Дополнительные материалы к флоре Волжской поймы: бечевеник
Creators: name: Конева Н.В.
Publisher: name: Самарская Лука: проблемы региональной и глобальной экологии
Year: 2018
Subjects: БЕЧЕВНИК
ВОЛЖСКАЯ ПОЙМА
ЛАНДШАФТНО-ФЛОРИСТИЧЕСКОЕ РАЙОНИРОВАНИЕ
СРЕДНЕЕ ПОВОЛЖЬЕ

description: Приводится список сосудистых растений, произрастающих на волжском бечевнике, окружающего метериковую часть природного комплекса Самарской Луки (Среднее Поволжье). Полученные материалы могут быть использованы для обоснования самостоятельности ландшафтно-флористического района Волжской поймы.
title: Επισκόπηση εναλλακτικών μηχανών ενέργειας στη βελτιστοποίηση της βιομηχανικής παραγωγής
title: Review of alternative energy machines for optimizing the industrial production
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Μουζάκης, Αντώνιος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ενεργειακές μηχανές
Βελτιστοποίηση
Βιομηχανική παραγωγή
Energy machines
Industrial production
Optimization

description: Ένα σημαντικό μέρος του κόστους της βιομηχανικής παραγωγής προκαλείται από την κατανάλωση ενέργειας. Ο στόχος της βελτιστοποίησης στον συγκεκριμένο τομέα είναι η μείωση του κόστους αυτού, είτε μέσω της μείωσης της κατανάλωσης ενέργειας, είτε μέσω της χρήσης φθηνότερων καυσίμων ή εναλλακτικών πηγών ενέργειας. Ο παραπάνω στόχος συνδέεται και με αυτόν της μείωσης του περιβαλλοντικού αποτυπώματος της βιομηχανικής παραγωγής. Με βάση τους δύο αυτούς στόχους, δηλαδή της μείωσης τόσο του κόστους όσο και του περιβαλλοντικού αποτυπώματος της βιομηχανικής παραγωγής, ο σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να καταγράψει εναλλακτικές μηχανές ενέργειας και καύσιμα που συμβάλλουν προς αυτή την κατεύθυνση. Το αποτέλεσμα της επισκόπησης είναι η παρουσίαση και/ή η περιγραφή δεκατεσσάρων (14) κατάλληλων για τον σκοπό αυτής της εργασίας εφευρέσεων, με κύριο γνώρισμά τους τη δυνατότητα κατασκευής τους με συμβατικές τεχνολογίες κι επομένως σχετικά εύκολα και φθηνά.
Демографическая характеристика ценопопуляций синюхи голубой (Polemonium caeruleum L. , Polemoniaceae) в Самарской области
Creators: name: Ильина В.Н.
name: Козловская О.В.
name: Митрошенкова А.Е.
Publisher: name: Самарская Лука: проблемы региональной и глобальной экологии
Year: 2018
Subjects: POLEMONIUM CAERULEUM L
POLEMONIACEAE
ПОПУЛЯЦИЯ
ОНТОГЕНЕТИЧЕСКАЯ СТРУКТУРА
КРАСНАЯ КНИГА
САМАРСКАЯ ОБЛАСТЬ

description: В статье приведены многолетние данные по онтогенетической структуре природных популяций редкого в самарской флоре вида Polemonium caeruleum L. (Polemoniaceae). Большинство ценопопуляций зрелые нормальные, по основным демографическим показателям относятся к неустойчивому типу. Базовый онтогенетический спектр ценопопуляцийцентрированный с преобладанием зрелых генеративных особей.
Africa's Structural Transformation: From Strategy to Action
Creators: name: Odusola, Ayodele
name: Odusola, Ayodele
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Africa
subject: Structural transformation

description: Charting a solid path for Africa's future development requires a good understanding of the factors that shape the past and current growth processes. This calls for an objective narrative of Africa's growth process. Section I addresses the key elements cf structw al economic transformations and identifies the opportunities for structural transformation in Africa. This explains the key risks and challenges that are likely to affect Africa's growth prospects in the years ahead are. Africa needs to develop its capacity to produce sophisticated, bigher-value goods for which it's demands rise globally as income increases. The myriad opportunities in agro-industrial and extractive-value chain linkages, wide scope for economic diversification, rising urbanization, and emerging middle class make this more appealing.
Ο θεατρικός σουρεαλιστικός «Χριστόφορος Κολόμβος» και οι φιλοσοφικές και θεοκρατικές προεκτάσεις του.
Creators: name: Σκούντζου, Ευσταθία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Καζαντζάκης, Νίκος
subject: Θεατρικά έργα
subject: Χριστόφορος Κολόμβος
subject: Καζαντζάκης: Θεατρικό Χριστόφορος Κολόμβος

description: Ο Καζαντζάκης δημιούργησε το θεατρικό έργο «Χριστόφορος Κολόμβος» μεταξύ των ετών 1944-1949 και είναι ίσως το πλέον παραστασιμότερο από όλα τα υπόλοιπα θεατρικά του έργα. Το ονόμασε «τραγωδία» και μάλιστα μυστικιστικού τύπου διότι περιέχει πλήθος φιλοσοφικών, ιδεαλιστικών, μυστικιστικών και μεταφυσικών στοιχείων που αντικατοπτρίζουν μάλιστα και την ίδια την φιλοσοφία του Συγγραφέα. Επίσης περιέχει πολλά στοιχεία θρησκευτικού περιεχομένου που απορρέουν τόσο από τον Χριστιανισμό όσον και από τον Καθολικισμό σε μία ιδανική σύνθεση, διότι ο Καζαντζάκης υπήρξε βαθιά θρησκευόμενος και η ιδέα του Χριστού και του Εσταυρωμένου καθόρισαν τη ζωή του, αλλά με ένα πνεύμα ελευθερίας και διάθεσης για Ζωή που πήγαζε επίσης από την βαθιά ενασχόληση και μελέτη του της φιλοσοφίας του Nietzsche, του Schopenhauer, του Bergson, του William James και από τον θαυμασμό του για τους ήρωες και την ηρωϊκή τους ψυχή. Από τον Nietzsche θαύμαζε την ανωτερότητα και τον ηρωϊσμό των εκλεκτών ανθρώπων που δημιουργούν τον δικό τους θεό, ικανοποιώντας το καλό, το αληθινό και το ισχυρό καθώς και τα δυνατά τους πάθη, αλλά παρ΄όλα αυτά παραμένουν απαισιόδοξοι και μοναχικοί προφυλάσσοντας περισσότερο την συνείδησή τους παρά την φήμη τους σύμφωνα με τον πεσιμισμό του Σοπενάουερ, ενώ δέχεται την ενορατική μυστικιστική ιδιοσυγκρασία των ηρώων που συνδέεται όμως με τις μπερξονικές ζωοδοτικές σχέσεις της Ζωής. Θρησκειολογικά ο ήρωας συνδέεται με το «θείον» με μία σύζευξη μεταξύ παραδοξότητας, υπερβατικότητας, ενόρασης και έκστασης μαζί με δημιουργικότητα και αγώνα για την κατάκτηση του ονείρου του. Επίσης ο συνδυασμός της δημιουργικότητας με την ενόραση των ηρώων σχετίζεται με τον πραγματισμό του James, σύμφωνα με τον οποίο οι άνθρωποι εφευρίσκουν την πραγματικότητα και την επινοούν δημιουργώντας την οι ίδιοι χωρίς να την ανακαλύπτουν απριορικά σαν δεδομένη. Το έργο βασίζεται μεν στο ιστορικό γεγονός της ανακάλυψης από τον Κολόμβο της Νέας Ηπείρου, της Αμερικής, που αργότερα και με τις μεταγενέστερες ανακαλύψεις των εξερευνητών Κορτές και Πιζάρο κατέστη μια απέραντη αυτοκρατορία που περιελάμβανε το Ν.Δ. τμήμα της Αμερικής, ολόκληρη την Ν. Αμερική πλήν της Βραζιλίας, την Κεντρική Αμερική, τις Δυτικές Ινδίες και το Μεξικό, αλλά κινείται επίσης στην περιοχή του ονείρου, της φαντασίας, της μεταφυσικής και της θρησκείας, χαρακτηρίζεται δε περισσότερο ως «Θέατρο Λόγου» ή «Brain Theatre», ενώ κρίνεται πρωτοποριακό εάν αναλυθεί φιλοσοφικά, θρησκειολογικά και ψυχολογικά. Καλλιτεχνικά μπορεί επίσης να χαρακτηρισθεί ως σουρεαλιστικό και μετα-μοντέρνο και σίγουρα μπορεί να παρασταθεί με τα σημερινά προηγμένα τεχνολογικά μέσα σε ένα κλίμα απόλυτης ελευθερίας και ενός σκηνοθετικού πλουραλισμού και αντι-κομφορμισμού.
OUTPUT, INFLATION, AND EXCHANGE RATE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN APPLICATION TO NIGERIA
Creators: name: ODUSOLA, Ayodele
name: AKINLO, Anthony
name: ODUSOLA, Ayodele
name: AKINLO, Anthony
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 620
Subjects: International Development

description: The three major explanations of inflation include fiscal, monetary, and balance of payments aspects. While in the monetary aspect inflation is considered to be due to an increase in money supply, in the fiscal aspect, budget deficits are the fundamental cause of inflation in countries with prolonged high inflation. However, the fiscal aspect is closely linked to monetary explanations of inflation since government deficits are often financed by money creation in developing countries. In the balance of payments aspect, emphasis is placed on the exchange rate. Simply, the exchange rate collapses bring about inflation either through higher import prices and increase in inflationary expectations which are often accommodated or through an accelerated wage indexation mechanism.3 Several attempts have been made to conduct systematic econometric studies on the movements in output and inflation and their dynamics in Nigeria. However, many of these earlier studies were based on either simulation analysis or regression approach. Our study deviates from the previous ones in Nigeria by the adoption of vector autoregression (VAR) and its structural variant in which movements in inflation and output are driven by several fundamental disturbances—monetary, exchange rates (official and parallel), interest rate, and income
title: Navigation Control & Path Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots
title: Navigation Control and Path Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Pütz, Sebastian Clemens Benedikt
Publisher: name: Universität Osnabrück
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: mobile robots
subject: navigation control
subject: path planning
subject: motion planning
subject: 3D mapping
subject: surface reconstruction
subject: surface navigation
subject: mesh navigation
subject: geodesic path planning
subject: flexible navigation framework
subject: Move Base Flex
subject: ROS
subject: 004 - Informatik
subject: 54.72 - Künstliche Intelligenz
subject: M50 - Physics. Astronomy. Technology. Engineering. Computer science. Earth sciences
subject: 68-02 - Research exposition
subject: I.2.9 - Robotics
subject: 45.40.Ln - Robotics

description: Mobile robots need to move in the real world for the majority of tasks. Their control is often intertwined with the tasks they have to solve. Unforeseen events must have an adequate and prompt reaction, in order to solve the corresponding task satisfactorily. A robust system must be able to respond to a variety of events with specific solutions and strategies to keep the system running. Robot navigation control systems are essential for this. In this thesis we present a robot navigation control system that fulfills these requirements: Move Base Flex. Furthermore, the map representation used to model the environment is essential for path planning. Depending on the representation of the map, path planners can solve problems like simple 2D indoor navigation, but also complex rough terrain outdoor navigation with multiple levels and varying slopes, if the corresponding representation can model them accurately. With Move Base Flex, we present a middle layer navigation framework for navigation control, that is map independent at its core. Based on this, we present the Mesh Navigation Stack to master path planning in complex outdoor environments using a developed mesh map to model surfaces in 3D. Finally, to solve path planning in complex outdoor environments, we have developed and integrated the Continuous Vector Field Planner with the aforementioned solutions and evaluated it on five challenging and complex outdoor datasets in simulation and in the real-world. Beyond that, the corresponding developed software packages are open source available and have been released to easily reproduce the provided scientific results.
Л. Г. Раменский: из хроники 20-х годов (письмо В. М. Флоровой)
Creators: name: Голуб В.Б.
Publisher: name: Самарская Лука: проблемы региональной и глобальной экологии
Year: 2018
Subjects: Л.Г. РАМЕНСКИЙ
ИСТОРИЯ НАУКИ
БИОГРАФИЯ
ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

description: Настоящая статья продолжает серию публикаций, посвященных биографии выдающегося отечественного биолога Л.Г. Раменского (Голуб 2017 а, б, в). В ней с комментариями представлено письмо Л.Г. Раменского, отправленное в 1924 г. жене В.М. Флоровой-Раменской.
Computing Measures of Non-Planarity
Creators: name: Wiedera, Tilo
Publisher: name: Universität Osnabrück
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: planarity
subject: graph algorithms
subject: algorithm engineering
subject: maximum planar subgraph
subject: crossing number
subject: genus
subject: 004 - Informatik
subject: 54.10 - Theoretische Informatik
subject: F.2.0 - General

description: Planar graphs have a rich history that dates back to the 18th Century. They form one of the core concepts of graph theory. In computational graph theory, they offer broad advantages to algorithm design and many groundbreaking results are based on them. Formally, a given graph is either planar or non-planar. However, there exists a diverse set of established measures to estimate how far away from being planar any given graph is. In this thesis, we aim at evaluating and improving algorithms to compute these measures of non-planarity. Particularly, we study (1) the problem of finding a maximum planar subgraph, i.e., a planar subgraph with the least number of edges removed; (2) the problem of embedding a graph on a lowest possible genus surface; and finally (3) the problem of drawing a graph such that there are as few edge crossings as possible. These problems constitute classical questions studied in graph drawing and each of them is NP-hard. Still, exact (exponential time) algorithms for them are of high interest and have been subject to study for decades. We propose novel mathematical programming models, based on different planarity criteria, to compute maximum planar subgraphs and low-genus embeddings. The key aspect of our most successful new models is that they carefully describe also the relation between embedded (sub-)graphs and their duals. Based on these models, we design algorithms that beat the respective state-of-the-art by orders of magnitude. We back these claims by extensive computational studies and rigorously show the theoretical advantages of our new models. Besides exact algorithms, we consider heuristic and approximate approaches to the maximum planar subgraph problem. Furthermore, in the realm of crossing numbers, we present an automated proof extraction to easily verify the crossing number of any given graph; a new hardness result for a subproblem that arises, e.g., when enumerating simple drawings; and resolve a conjecture regarding high node degree in minimal obstructions for low crossing number.
Hint of Lepton Flavour Non-Universality in $B$ Meson Decays
Creators: name: Ghosh, Diptimoy
name: Nardecchia, Marco
name: Renner, S. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The LHCb collaboration has recently presented their result on R_K = BR(B+ -> K+ mu+ mu-)/ BR(B+ -> K+ e+ e-) for the dilepton invariant mass bin m_{ll}^2 = 1-6 GeV^2 (l = mu, e). The measurement shows an intriguing 2.6 sigma deviation from the Standard Model (SM) prediction. In view of this, we study model independent New Physics (NP) explanations of R_K consistent with other measurements involving b -> s l l transition, relaxing the assumption of lepton universality. We perform a Bayesian statistical fit to the NP Wilson Coefficients and compare the Bayes Factors of the different hypotheses in order to quantify their goodness-of-fit. We show that the data slightly favours NP in the muon sector over NP in the electron sector.
description: Final version, to appear in JHEP
Uveal melanoma and marital status: a relationship that affects survival
Creators: name: Alfaar, Ahmad
name: Saad, Anas
name: Chlad, Piotr
name: Elsherif, Omneya Ezzat
name: Elshami, Mohammad
name: Busch, Catharina
name: Rehak, Matus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Uveal melanoma
subject: Eye cancer
subject: Epidemiology
subject: Psycho-oncology
subject: Marriage
subject: Social status
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Marital status influences the presentation and outcome of various cancers. We explored the relationship between marital status and survival of uveal melanoma (UM) and factors influencing this relationship. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study on patients diagnosed with UM and registered in the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program between 1973 and 2017. Cox regression model was conducted to calculate the hazard ratio of overall and cancer-specific survival rate and delineate the effect of each confounder. Results: The study involved 10,557 patients with a male-to-female ratio of 1:1.1. Most of the diagnosed patients were aged between 40 and 79 years (81%). Married patients (62%) represented the majority, followed by singles (12%), widowed (11%), and then divorced patients (7%). Single patients were the youngest group (mean age of 59.3 years) while widowed patients were the oldest (mean age of 75.8 years). In the Cox regression model for overall survival, married and single patients exhibited the best overall survival (no significant difference in between them), both surpassing divorced and widowed patients. Married patients were at a significantly lower risk to die from UM than divorced patients. Female patients and younger age groups showed the best overall and cancer-specific survival. Conclusion: Maintained marriages improved the survival of UM patients. Widowed and divorced patients should be included in specially designed support programs during their cancer management.
The X-/Gamma-ray camera ECLAIRs for the Gammay-ray burst mission SVOM
Creators: name: Godet, O.
name: Nasser, G.
name: Atteia, J. -L.
name: Cordier, B.
name: Mandrou, P.
name: Barret, D.
name: Triou, H.
name: Pons, R.
name: Amoros, C.
name: Bordon, S.
name: Gevin, O.
name: Gonzalez, F.
name: Götz, D.
name: Gros, A.
name: Houret, B.
name: Lachaud, C.
name: Lacombe, K.
name: Marty, W.
name: Mercier, K.
name: Rambaud, D.
name: Ramon, P.
name: Rouaix, G.
name: Schanne, S.
name: Waegebaert, V
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present ECLAIRs, the Gamma-ray burst (GRB) trigger camera to fly on-board the Chinese-French mission SVOM. ECLAIRs is a wide-field ($\sim 2$\,sr) coded mask camera with a mask transparency of 40\% and a 1024 $\mathrm{cm}^2$ detection plane coupled to a data processing unit, so-called UGTS, which is in charge of locating GRBs in near real time thanks to image and rate triggers. We present the instrument science requirements and how the design of ECLAIRs has been optimized to increase its sensitivity to high-redshift GRBs and low-luminosity GRBs in the local Universe, by having a low-energy threshold of 4 keV. The total spectral coverage ranges from 4 to 150 keV. ECLAIRs is expected to detect $\sim 200$ GRBs of all types during the nominal 3 year mission lifetime. To reach a 4 keV low-energy threshold, the ECLAIRs detection plane is paved with 6400 $4\times 4~\mathrm{mm}^2$ and 1 mm-thick Schottky CdTe detectors. The detectors are grouped by 32, in 8x4 matrices read by a low-noise ASIC, forming elementary modules called XRDPIX. In this paper, we also present our current efforts to investigate the performance of these modules with their front-end electronics when illuminated by charged particles and/or photons using radioactive sources. All measurements are made in different instrument configurations in vacuum and with a nominal in-flight detector temperature of $-20^\circ$C. This work will enable us to choose the in-flight configuration that will make the best compromise between the science performance and the in-flight operability of ECLAIRs. We will show some highlights of this work.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures, Proceeding SPIE - Montreal 2014
Are there differences in the diversity of bees between organic and conventional agroecosystems in the Pampa biome?
Creators: name: Lorandi, Sabrina
name: Mustin, Karen
name: Halinski, Rosana
name: Iserhard, Cristiano Agra
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Insect pollination is essential for the maintenance of ecosystems and for agricultural productivity. Bees are the main pollinator group and their assemblages are threatened by agricultural intensification. This study aimed to compare the diversity and structuring of bee assemblages between organic and conventional agroecosystems and to evaluate the influence of landscape composition on bee abundance in the Pampa biome. The study was carried out on three organic and three conventional family farms. Sampling was performed during the summer using pan traps. Four sampling units were placed on each farm, of which three were placed in crop field areas and one in native forest remnants. The diversity profile showed no significant difference between agroecosystems. Species abundance distribution indicates fewer dominant species in the organic system, suggesting the positive influence of polyculture on assemblage structure. Bee composition was different between agroecosystems. Notably, the species composition of bees in the forest edge of conventional farms was quite similar to that found in the organic habitats, indicating the importance of forested environments as a refuge for bees in conventional systems. The landscape analysis showed that the increase in the proportion of crop field areas negatively influenced the abundance of bees. We suggest that the maintenance of a heterogeneous agricultural landscape and smallholdings, composed of native and semi-natural habitats and organic practices on family farms can help to provide diverse niches for wild bees in the Pampa, contributing to biodiversity conservation and supporting ecosystem processes, like pollination.
FLUMES_LEG1 cruise,Côtes De La Manche R/V
Creators: name: VERNEY Romaric
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2011

description: Quantification de la variabilité des MES (concentration, nature, taille, vitesse de chute)en estuaire de Seine.La campagne est rattachée aux projets EC2CO FLUMES2.2 et Seine Aval FLUMES2.1.
Stability analysis and future singularity of the $m^2 R \Box^{-2} R$ model of non-local gravity
Creators: name: Dirian, Yves
name: Mitsou, Ermis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the classical stability of the model proposed by Maggiore and Mancarella, where gravity is modified by a term $\sim m^2 R \Box^{-2} R$ to produce the late-time acceleration of the expansion of the universe. Our study takes into account all excitations of the metric that can potentially drive an instability. There are some subtleties in identifying these modes, as a non-local field theory contains dynamical fields which yet do not correspond to degrees of freedom. Since some of them are ghost-like, we clarify the impact of such modes on the stability of the solutions of interest that are the flat space-time and cosmological solutions. We then find that flat space-time is unstable under scalar perturbations, but the instability manifests itself only at cosmological scales, i.e. out of the region of validity of this solution. It is therefore the stability of the FLRW solution which is relevant there, in which case the scalar perturbations are known to be well-behaved by numerical studies. By finding the analytic solution for the late-time behaviour of the scale factor, which leads to a big rip singularity, we argue that the linear perturbations are bounded in the future because of the domination of Hubble friction. In particular, this effect damps the scalar ghost perturbations which were responsible for destabilizing Minkowski space-time. Thus, the model remains phenomenologically viable.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures, technical details/references added, version accepted for publication in JCAP
Хроника событий, связаных с жизнью и деятельностью Е. И. Исполатова (1876-1942)
Creators: name: Быстрова Е.Д.
name: Саксонов С.С.
name: Конева Н.В.
Publisher: name: Самарская Лука: проблемы региональной и глобальной экологии
Year: 2018
Subjects: Е.И. ИСПОЛАТОВ
КРАЕВЕДЕНИЕ
ФЛОРА
САМАРСКАЯ ОБЛАСТЬ

description: Приведены основные даты жизни и деятельности Евгения Ивановича Исполатова (1876-1942), замечательного отечественного лесовода и естествоиспытателя. На примере одной из его работ оценен вклад в познание флоры Самарской области.
Karst aquifer discharge response to rainfall interpreted as anomalous transport
Creators: name: Elhanati, Dan
name: Goeppert, Nadine
name: Berkowitz, Brian
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: karst springs
subject: discharge
subject: rainfall
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften

description: The discharge measured in karst springs is known to exhibit distinctive long tails during recession times following distinct short-duration discharge peaks. The long-tailed behavior is generally attributed to the occurrence of tortuous, ramified flow paths that develop in the underground structure of karst systems. Modeling the discharge behavior poses unique difficulties because of the poorly delineated flow path geometry and generally scarce information on the hydraulic properties of catchment-scale systems. In a different context, modeling of long-tailed behavior has been addressed in studies of chemical transport. Here, an adaptation of a continuous time random walk–particle tracking (CTRW-PT) framework for anomalous transport is proposed, which offers a robust means to quantify long-tailed breakthrough curves that often arise during the transport of chemical species under various flow scenarios. A theoretical analogy is first established between partially water-saturated karst flow, characterized by temporally varying water storage, and chemical transport involving the accumulation and release of a chemical tracer. This analogy is then used to develop and implement a CTRW-PT model. Application of this numerical model to the examination of 3 years of summer rainfall and discharge data from a karst aquifer system – the Disnergschroef high-alpine site in the Austrian Alps – is shown to yield robust fits between modeled and measured discharge values. In particular, the analysis underscores the predominance of slow diffusive flow over rapid conduit flow. The study affirms the analogy between partially saturated karst flow and chemical transport, exemplifying the compatibility of the CTRW-PT model for this purpose. Within the specific context of the Disnergschroef karst system, these findings highlight the predominance of slow diffusive flow over rapid conduit flow. The agreement between measured and simulated data supports the proposed analogy between partially saturated karst flow and chemical transport; it also highlights the potential ability of the anomalous transport framework to further enhance modeling of flow and transport in karst systems.
Юрий Константинович рощевский (к 70-летию со дня рождения)
Creators: name: Бакиев А.Г.
name: Саксонов С.В.
Publisher: name: Самарская Лука: проблемы региональной и глобальной экологии
Year: 2018
Subjects: РОЩЕВСКИЙ Ю.К.
НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ПАРК "САМАРСКАЯ ЛУКА"
ОБЩЕСТВО СОДЕЙСТВИЯ НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫМ ПАРКАМ "ПАРКВЕЙ"
ИНСТИТУТ ЭКОЛОГИИ ВОЛЖСКОГО БАССЕЙНА РАН

description: Статья, посвященная кандидату биологических наук Юрию Константиновичу Рощевскому экологу, зоологу, краеведу.
Signature of an $h_1$ state from $J/ψ\to ηK^{*0}\bar{K}^{*0}$ and theoretical description of the $Z_c(3900)$ and $Z_c(4020)$ as $D \bar D^*$ and $D^* \bar D^*$ molecular states
Creators: name: Oset, E.
name: Xie, J. J.
name: Albaladejo, M.
name: Aceti, F.
name: Bayar, M.
name: Dias, J. M.
name: Torres, A. Martinez
name: Khemchandani, K.
name: Nielsen, M.
name: Navarra, F.
name: Ren, X. L.
name: Geng, L. S.
name: Meng, J.
name: Liang, W. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this talk we address two topics: The first one is an empirical explanation in terms of a new state $h_1$ of the peak in the $K^{*0}\bar{K}^{*0}$ invariant mass distribution close to threshold of this channel in the $J/ψ\to ηK^{*0}\bar{K}^{*0}$ decay. The second one is a theoretical description of the isospin $I=1$ $Z_c(3900)$ and $Z_c(4020)$ states in terms of molecular states of $D \bar D^*+ cc$ and $D^* \bar D^*$.
description: Talk at the 13th International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction KRAK\'OW, POLAND, 29th May - 3rd June 2014
Impacts of indoor mass storage of two densities of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) during winter on queen survival, reproductive quality and colony performance
Creators: name: Levesque, Mireille
name: Rousseau, Andrée
name: Giovenazzo, Pierre
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Spring imports of queen honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are essential to replace winter colony losses in Canada, but contribute to the spread of treatment-resistant strains of pathogens and undesirable genetic traits. A possible alternative to these imports is the mass storage of queens during winter. By overwintering a strong colony (queen bank) containing large numbers of mated queens isolated in cages, beekeepers could acquire local queens early in the spring. In this study, we tested the efficacy of overwintering queen banks at two different queen densities (40 and 80). In the 40-queen banks (40 QB), 74.2% of queens survived the 6-month overwintering period, while 42.1% of queens survived in the 80-queen banks (80 QB). When compared to queens overwintered free in their colony, queens from bank colonies were smaller and lighter in early spring but had similar sperm viability and sperm count. Overwintering queens in banks did not have an impact on their acceptance in a nucleus colony but reduced their oviposition in the initial weeks following their introduction. After several days in nucleus colonies, queens from banks had regained a size and weight similar to that of queens overwintered normally, suggesting that they could perform well over a complete beekeeping season. This study achieved promising results and highlights the potential of this technique for the beekeeping industry in Canada and worldwide.
Inflammation of the rectal remnant endangers the outcome of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: a case–control study
Creators: name: Frese, Jan P.
name: Gröne, Jörn
name: Lauscher, Johannes C.
name: Kreis, Martin E.
name: Weixler, Benjamin
name: Beyer, Katharina
name: Seifarth, Claudia
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ulcerative colitis
subject: Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis
subject: IPAA
subject: Inflammatory bowel disease
subject: Proctitis
subject: Pouchitis
subject: Pouch failure
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Inflammation of the rectal remnant may affect the postoperative outcome of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). We aimed to determine the extent of inflammation in the anastomotic area during IPAA and to investigate the impact of proctitis on postoperative complications and long-term outcomes. Methods: Three hundred thirty-four UC patients with primary IPAA were included in this retrospective case-control study. The histopathologic degree of inflammation in the anastomotic area was graded into three stages of no proctitis ("NOP"), mild to medium proctitis ("MIP"), and severe proctitis ("SEP"). Preoperative risk factors, 30-day morbidity, and follow-up data were assessed. Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed in the event of pouch failure. Results: The prevalence of proctitis was high (MIP 40.4%, and SEP 42.8%). During follow-up, the incidence of complications was highest among SEP: resulting in re-intervention (n = 40; 28.2%, p = 0.017), pouchitis (n = 36; 25.2%, p < 0.01), and pouch failure (n = 32; 22.4%, p = 0.032). The time interval to pouch failure was 5.0 (4.0-6.9) years among NOP, and 1.2 (0.5-2.3) years in SEP (p = 0.036). ASA 3, pouchitis, and pouch fistula were independent risk factors for pouch failure. Conclusion: Proctitis at the time of IPAA is common. A high degree of inflammation is associated with poor long-term outcomes, an effect that declines over time. In addition, a higher degree of proctitis leads to earlier pouch failure.
Supplementary document for Experimental study on the application of Fresnel zone plate in scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope - 7192166.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Qiang
name: Deng, Yuanhao
name: Wang, Longda
name: Wu, Yunpeng
name: Wang, Junli
name: Liu, Wenshuai
name: Yao, Xiaomin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
FTSH PROTEASE 3 facilitates Complex I degradation through a direct interaction with the Complex I subunit PSST
Creators: name: Ghifari, Abi S
name: Ivanova, Aneta
name: Berkowitz, Oliver
name: Whelan, James
name: Murcha, Monika W
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3108
subject: Plant biology

description: Complex I (CI) (NADH dehydrogenase), the largest complex involved in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, is composed of nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded subunits. CI assembly occurs via the sequential addition of subdomains and modules. As CI is prone to oxidative damage, its subunits continually undergo proteolysis and turnover. We describe the mechanism by which CI abundance is regulated in a CI-deficient Arabidopsis thaliana mutant. Using a forward genetic approach, we determined that the CI Q-module domain subunit PSST interacts with FTSH PROTEASE 3 (FTSH3) to mediate the disassembly of the matrix arm domain for proteolysis and turnover as a means of protein quality control. We demonstrated the direct interaction of FTSH3 with PSST and identified the amino acid residues required for this interaction. The ATPase function of FTSH3, rather than its proteolytic activity, is required for this interaction, as its mutation was compensated for by a proteolytically inactive form of FTSH3. This study reveals the mechanistic process by which FTSH3 recognizes CI for degradation at amino acid resolution.
FLUMES_LEG2 cruise,Côtes De La Manche R/V
Creators: name: VERNEY Romaric
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2011

description: Quantification de la variabilité des MES (concentration, nature, taille, vitesse de chute)en estuaire de Seine.La campagne est rattachée aux projets EC2CO FLUMES2.2 et Seine Aval FLUMES2.1.
An ensemble-based system for automatic screening of diabetic retinopathy
Creators: name: Antal, Balint
name: Hajdu, Andras
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, an ensemble-based method for the screening of diabetic retinopathy (DR) is proposed. This approach is based on features extracted from the output of several retinal image processing algorithms, such as image-level (quality assessment, pre-screening, AM/FM), lesion-specific (microaneurysms, exudates) and anatomical (macula, optic disc) components. The actual decision about the presence of the disease is then made by an ensemble of machine learning classifiers. We have tested our approach on the publicly available Messidor database, where 90% sensitivity, 91% specificity and 90% accuracy and 0.989 AUC are achieved in a disease/no-disease setting. These results are highly competitive in this field and suggest that retinal image processing is a valid approach for automatic DR screening.
On the impact of critical factors to honeydew honey production: the case of Marchalina hellenica and pine honey
Creators: name: Gounari, Sofia
name: Zotos, Chris E.
name: Dafnis, Spiros D.
name: Moschidis, George
name: Papadopoulos, George K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Honeydew honey represents about 60% of the annual honey production, mainly pine and fir honey, in Europe and more than 70% of the annual honey production in Greece. Pine honey produced from the honeydew secretions of Marchalina hellenica (Coccoidea: Marchalinidae) is the main category of honeydew honey in Greece, representing about 60% of the annual honey production. In the past, the rate of honeydew production by Marchalina hellenica was believed to be regular and steady every year. However, beekeepers have noted a decrease in the quantity of honeydew in recent years. Therefore, the establishment of a forecasting model of honeydew flow will be of great benefit to beekeepers, honey bees, and the rural economy. In the present work, we employ the Cumulative Logit Model to prove that temperature, and more specifically the number of cold days in February, is a significant parameter to the life cycle of Marchalina hellenica and construct a statistically significant forecasting model.
GASPROD 1 cruise,Thalassa R/V
Creators: name: GUILLAUD Jean-François
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2002

description: La campagne GASPROD s'inscrit dans le chantier Golfe de Gascogne du PNEC. Elle est consacrée à l'étude de la structure hydrologique, nutritive et planctonique de la partie nord du Golfe, sous influence des débits de la Loire en période printanière et à l'évaluation des flux d'assimilation et de regénération des nutriments (C, N, P, Si) sur un gradient de salinité depuis l'embouchure de la Loire jusqu'à la limite du plateau continental.
D4.2 Environmental Assessment Platform for Buildings
Creators: name: Rembrandt Koppelaar
name: Calvo, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The environmental performance and circularity assessment for the built environment requires a holistic and whole life analysis approach. This task will deliver the environmental assessment capability component of the SPHERE platform, studying the whole service life of the building. Within the scope of the Task, the three pillars of circular economy platform, (1) Use of BIM in the digital twin, (2) Life Cycle Management, and (3) Continuous Assessment and Monitoring for Circularity, will be studied by the help of the digital twin approach. Outputs received from task 2.5 (performance, environmental and economics on ILCD) will be introduced enabling the circular economy’s SHPERE platform in the context of a vertically integrated life cycle design. These outputs are aimed to align the further modules integration in line with SPHERE’s ILCD approach. The task will deliver the report on the digital twin circularity methodology of Sphere and the integrated and interoperable assessment service module of the SPHERE platform
HOPE.LEG2 cruise,L'Atalante R/V
Creators: name: LALLIER François
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 1999

description: La campagne HOPE 99 (Hydrothermalisme Océanique, Physiologie et Ecologie) s'est déroulée sur la dorsale du Pacifique oriental, principalement sur l'ensemble du segment 13 deg N et sur deux volcans (seamounts) hors axe, et secondairement sur quelques sites à 9 deg 50'N. Cette campagne s'articulait en deux parties, l'une axée sur l'écologie et la génétique des populations, l'autre sur la physiologie. La seconde partie (leg2), axée sur les cycles de vie et les adaptions physiologiques des organismes clés du système, a effectué 21 plongées d'expérimentation sur site, 14 à 13 deg N et 7 à 9 deg 50N. Sur le fond, des modules PLASMA (pompage de particules), SMAC (colonisation de surface), TRAC (colonisation d'alvinellides) et STH (filtration de particules) ont été déployés pour capter larves et jeunes recrues. Le Dome Stainer et le Chimney ont aussi été utilisés. De plus, un couplage des campagnes Hope99 et Amistad a permis la récupération de certains mouillages lors de Amistad.
Comparison between illumination model and hydrodynamic simulation for a Direct Drive laser irradiated target
Creators: name: Temporal, M.
name: Canaud, B.
name: Garbett, W. J.
name: Ramis, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A spherical target irradiated by laser beams located at 49o and 131o with respect to the polar axis has been considered. The illumination model has been used to evaluate the irradiation non-uniformity assuming circular and elliptical super-gaussian laser intensity profiles and the irradiation scheme has been optimized by means of the Polar Direct Drive technique. A parametric study has been performed providing the irradiation non-uniformity as a function of the Polar Direct Drive displacement and of the laser intensity profile parameters. Moreover, two-dimensional axis-symmetric hydrodynamic simulations have been performed for a plastic sphere irradiated by laser beams characterized by a constant flat temporal power pulse. In these simulations the front of the inward shock wave has been tracked providing the time-evolution of any non-uniformity. The results provided by the two methods - illumination model and hydrodynamic data - have been compared and it is found that the illumination model reproduces the main behaviour exhibited by the hydrodynamic data. The two models provide compatible values for the optimum Polar Direct Drive parameter and similar optimal super-gaussian profiles.
A model for strong interactions at high energy based on the CGC/saturation approach
Creators: name: Gotsman, E.
name: Levin, E.
name: Maor, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present our first attempt to develop a model for soft interactions at high energy, based on the BFKL Pomeron and the CGC/saturation approach. We construct an eikonal-type model, whose opacity is determined by the exchange of the dressed BFKL Pomeron. The Green's function of the Pomeron is calculated in the framework of the CGC/saturation approach. Using five parameters we achieve a good description of the experimental data at high energies ( $W\,\geq\,0.546\,TeV$). The model results in different behaviour for the single and double diffraction cross sections at high energies. The single diffraction cross section reaches a saturated value (about 10 mb) at high energies, while the double diffraction cross section continues growing slowly
description: 21 pp. 16 figures in eps files
An Ensemble-based System for Microaneurysm Detection and Diabetic Retinopathy Grading
Creators: name: Antal, Balint
name: Hajdu, Andras
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Reliable microaneurysm detection in digital fundus images is still an open issue in medical image processing. We propose an ensemble-based framework to improve microaneurysm detection. Unlike the well-known approach of considering the output of multiple classifiers, we propose a combination of internal components of microaneurysm detectors, namely preprocessing methods and candidate extractors. We have evaluated our approach for microaneurysm detection in an online competition, where this algorithm is currently ranked as first and also on two other databases. Since microaneurysm detection is decisive in diabetic retinopathy grading, we also tested the proposed method for this task on the publicly available Messidor database, where a promising AUC 0.90 with 0.01 uncertainty is achieved in a 'DR/non-DR'-type classification based on the presence or absence of the microaneurysms.