cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Light-Matter Coupling in Scalable Van der Waals Superlattices
Creators: name: Kumar, Pawan
name: Lynch, Jason
name: Song, Baokun
name: Ling, Haonan
name: Barrera, Francisco
name: Zhang, Huiqin
name: Anantharaman, Surendra B.
name: Digani, Jagrit
name: Zhu, Haoyue
name: Choudhury, Tanushree H.
name: McAleese, Clifford
name: Wang, Xiaochen
name: Conran, Ben R.
name: Whear, Oliver
name: Motala, Michael J.
name: Snure, Michael
name: Muratore, Christopher
name: Redwing, Joan M.
name: Glavin, Nicholas R.
name: Stach, Eric A.
name: Davoyan, Artur R.
name: Jariwala, Deep
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-dimensional (2D) crystals have renewed opportunities in design and assembly of artificial lattices without the constraints of epitaxy. However, the lack of thickness control in exfoliated van der Waals (vdW) layers prevents realization of repeat units with high fidelity. Recent availability of uniform, wafer-scale samples permits engineering of both electronic and optical dispersions in stacks of disparate 2D layers with multiple repeating units. We present optical dispersion engineering in a superlattice structure comprised of alternating layers of 2D excitonic chalcogenides and dielectric insulators. By carefully designing the unit cell parameters, we demonstrate > 90 % narrowband absorption in < 4 nm active layer excitonic absorber medium at room temperature, concurrently with enhanced photoluminescence in cm2 samples. These superlattices show evidence of strong light-matter coupling and exciton-polariton formation with geometry-tunable coupling constants. Our results demonstrate proof of concept structures with engineered optical properties and pave the way for a broad class of scalable, designer optical metamaterials from atomically-thin layers.
description: 4 figures + supporting
Steleops taurus González-Obando, Calderón-Martínez, Carrejo-Gironza & Manchola, 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: González-Obando, Ranulfo
name: Calderón-Martínez, Nadia R.
name: Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy S.
name: Manchola, Oscar Fernando Saenz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Psocidae
Steleops
Steleops taurus

description: Steleops taurus sp. nov.
(Figs 222–228)
Diagnosis. It forms a unique morphological group. It differs from all Steleops species by having phallosome with calf's head shaped (Fig. 228), aedeagus represented by two lobular processes articulated to a membranous structure, parameres as lobular processes slightly curved outwards, widely separated and apically with tiny spines. Hypandrium with three basal acuminate processes, the two lateral ones larger, also with a pair of anteromedial globular structures with a rounded apex (Fig. 227).
Male. Color (in plate). Head (Fig. 224) dark brown, genae and lateral areas of the labrum light cream. Compound eyes light, with some brown ommatidia. Forewings (Fig. 222) hyalines, with some brown spots and brown veins. Hindwings (Fig. 223) hyalines, veins brown. Epiproct light brown, paraprocts brown. Hypandrium brown.
Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head (Fig. 224): H/MxW: 1.10; compound eyes large, elongated, H/D: 2.33; IO/MxW: 0.31. Vertex V–shaped wide, below upper level of compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips with four denticles; Mx4/Mx2: 1.27. Forewings (Fig. 222): L/W: 2.80. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 2.90, areola postica: al/ah: 0.20. Hindwings (Fig. 223): l/w: 0.44. Hypandrium asymmetric, with three basal acuminate processes, also with a pair of anteromedial lobular structures with a rounded apex (Fig. 227). Phallosome with calf's head shaped (Fig. 228), aedeagus represented by two lobular processes articulated to a membranous structure, parameres as lobular processes slightly curved outwards, widely separated and apically with tiny spines (Fig. 228). Epiproct (Fig. 225) pyramid-shape, with rounded corners. Paraprocts (Fig. 226) oval, with apical process slightly curved at the base, shorter than the rest of the paraproct, distally acuminate and curved, sensory fields with 19-20 trichobothria on basal rosettes.
Measurements (microns). FW: 2975, HW: 2162.5, F: 600, T: 1300, t1: 500, t2: 150, ctt1: 26, f1: 650, f2: 625, Mx4: 140, IO: 160, d: 210, D: 240, IO/d: 0.76, PO: 0.88.
Material studied. Holotype Male. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca. Dagua. Km 38 vía al mar. 03º36'52.3''N; 76º39'11.0"W. 1169 m. 14.ii.2015. R. González. On tree bark. Musenuv slide code: 32211.
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the calf shape of the phallosome.
description: Published as part of González-Obando, Ranulfo, Calderón-Martínez, Nadia R., Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy S. & Manchola, Oscar Fernando Saenz, 2025, New species of Steleops Enderlein (Psocodea: Psocoptera: Psocidae): key for species determination and proposal for groups of species, pp. 1-65 in Zootaxa 5605 (1) on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5605.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15214261
The Ancient Mediterranean in the Age of Access
Creators: name: Berti, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: digital classics
Linked Open Data
Open Access
Open Data
Digital Libraries
Web Annotations

description: Keynote slides for the Conference Computing the Past: Computational approaches to the dynamics of cultures and societies, organised by the CCS-Lab at the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen/Plzeň, Czech Republic, October 6-8, 2022
description: DFG Project 434173983
Accelerating double pulse all-optical write/erase cycles in metallic ferrimagnets
Creators: name: Steinbach, Felix
name: Stetzuhn, Nele
name: Engel, Dieter
name: Atxitia, Unai
name: Korff Schmising, Clemens Von
name: Eisebitt, Stefan
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ultrafast and Terahertz Spintronics
subject: Heat transfer
subject: Spintronic devices
subject: Femtosecond lasers
subject: Magnetic nanostructures
subject: Exchange interactions
subject: Optical properties
subject: Magnetization dynamics
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::539 Moderne Physik

description: All-optical switching of magnetic order presents a promising route toward faster and more energy efficient data storage. However, a realization in future devices is ultimately dependent on the maximum repetition rates of optically induced write/erase cycles. Here, we present two strategies to minimize the temporal separation of two consecutive femtosecond laser pulses to toggle the out-of-plane direction of the magnetization of ferrimagnetic rare-earth transition metal alloys. First, by systematically changing the heat transfer rates using either amorphous glass, crystalline silicon, or polycrystalline diamond substrates, we show that efficient cooling rates of the magnetic system present a prerequisite to accelerate the sequence of double pulse toggle switching. Second, we demonstrate that replacing the transition metal iron by cobalt leads to a significantly faster recovery of the magnetization after optical excitation allowing us to approach terahertz frequency of write/erase cycles with a minimum pulse-to-pulse separation of 7 ps.
Tone features revisited
Evidence from Seenku
Creators: name: McPherson, Laura
Publisher: name: Language Science Press
Year: 2017

description: Diversity in African Languages contains a selection of revised papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Oregon. Most chapters focus on single languages, addressing diverse aspects of their phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, information structure, or historical development. These chapters represent nine different genera: Mande, Gur, Kwa, Edoid, Bantu, Nilotic, Gumuzic, Cushitic, and Omotic. Other chapters investigate a mix of languages and families, moving from typological issues to sociolinguistic and inter-ethnic factors that affect language and accent switching. Some chapters are primarily descriptive, while others push forward the theoretical understanding of tone, semantic problems, discourse related structures, and other linguistic systems. The papers on Bantu languages reflect something of the internal richness and continued fascination of the family for linguists, as well as maturation of research on the family. The distribution of other papers highlights the need for intensified research into all the language families of Africa, including basic documentation, in order to comprehend linguistic diversities and convergences across the continent. In this regard, the chapter on Daats’íin (Gumuzic) stands out as the first-ever published article on this hitherto unknown and endangered language found in the Ethiopian-Sudanese border lands.
Alternativer Baustoff Holz?
Creators: name: Hansen, Peter-Diedrich
name: vom Lehn, Rainer
Publisher: name: Universität Hamburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Alternative building material, wood as building material, timber construction, negative CO2-emissions, mitigation of the global warming, solid buildings, Climate Engineering.

description: Alternative building material wood? This contribution demonstrates studies concerning the potential of buildings with wood. The question arises, is wood an alternative as a building material for use in timber construction? Buildings with wood are unique by balancing their negative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (see potentials Chapter 2.1.1). The buildings with wood are the directions of the future (DGNB 2021) and a real change in the building sector by mitigation of the global warming potential (CO2 Equivalents). But there are provisions under building law for example fire protection requirements as well as statical calculations in comparison to the solid buildings. The constructed space produces a CO2-Emission of 75% by the Cities (United Nations 2019) and share in a significant portion due to the climate Change. In Germany there is a contingent of 30% CO2 produced by the building sector (BBSR 2020). Therefore, all measures concerning Climate Engineering and their implementations in the building and construction sector aiming for sustainable projects are fighting against the forces of Climate Change. Beside the importance of the forest in sense of a climate sink the social cultural component of the sustainability concerning the background of urgently needed living space in solid constructions (steel, reinforced concrete, brickwork) is of high preference. In expert discussions wood plays a focal point in the sense of an alternative building material. But this should be highlighted in the framework of a comparative Life Cycle to find out if there is an alternative to the conventional building and construction material. The alternative design and building techniques should be proved against the conventional solid construction. Because of the operational demands in land-use areas and building zones concerning new and existing buildings there should be a solu­­­tion by a wooden construction to heighten the building (qualified by a load bearing of the foundation).
A general framework for reversible data hiding in encrypted images by reserving room before encryption
Creators: name: Mohammadi, Ammar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this paper a general framework to adopt different predictors for reversible data hiding in the encrypted image is presented. We propose innovative predictors that contribute more significantly than conventional ones results in accomplishing more payload. Reserving room before encryption (RRBE) is designated in the proposed scheme making possible to attain high embedding capacity. In RRBE procedure, pre-processing is allowed before image encryption. In our scheme, pre-processing comprises of three main steps: computing prediction-errors, blocking and labeling of the errors. By blocking, we obviate the need for lossless compression to when content-owner is not enthusiastic. Lossless compression is employed in recent state of the art schemes to improve payload. We surpass prior arts exploiting proper predictors, more efficient labeling procedure and blocking of the prediction-errors.
title: Функционирование межсетевого экрана при специальной фильтрации трафика
Creators: name: Каримов, М.М.
name: Гулямов, Ш.Р.
name: Сагатова, С.М.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2018

description: Проанализировано функционирование межсетевого экрана (МЭ) в специальной фильтрации трафика, позволяющая повысить защищенность сетевого трафика с учетом контроля процесса обмена пакетов по протоколам, блокировки атак, связанных с некорректной установкой флагов и обеспечения трансляции сетевых адресов для прикладных, транспортных и сетевых протоколов. Трансляция сетевых адресов для прикладных, транспортных и сетевых протоколов уменьшает потери пакетов при передаче данных, то – есть при уменьшении потерь пакетов реализация угроз и атак со стороны злоумышленника снижается.
title: Automated Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy Assessment of Diabetic Patients Using Optical Imaging and Binary Processing Techniques
Creators: name: Siddiqui, H
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2016

description: A large proportion of individuals who live with type2 diabetes suffer from plantar sensory neuropathy (PSN). Regular testing and assessment for the condition is required to avoid ulceration or other damage to patients’ feet. Currently accepted practice involves a trained podiatrist testing patients’ feet manually with a hand-held nylon monofilament probe. The procedure is time consuming and labour intensive, requires training, is susceptible to error and is difficult to repeat.
This thesis presents the first investigation into a novel automated approach to automatically identify the pressure points on a given patient’s foot for the examination of sensory neuropathy via optical image processing via RGB and HSV colour space incorporating plantar anthropometry. The developed system effectively automates the traditional Semmes–Weinstein monofilament examination (SWME).
Further work presented demonstrates the development and demonstration of a generic automated lesion detection algorithms to recognise and avoid probe application on a plantar surface. A combination of local binary pattern and support vector machine methods in layered combination are used to avoid probe application where lesion and chosen pressure points overlap. The trained lesion detection and avoidance method was 100% effective on the lesions used.
title: Транспорт энергоресурсов в городских и поселковых системах теплоснабжения
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А. Гагарина, ЭБС АСВ
Year: 2019

description: Монография содержит результаты исследований по теоретическим основам проектирования тепловых сетей, источникам городского и поселкового теплоснабжения, оценке потенциала энергосбережения в системах теплоснабжения. Представлены основные зависимости по расчету тепловых нагрузок и подбору теплообменников. Рассмотрены вопросы автоматизации тепловых пунктов, формированию системы контроля и управления теплоснабжением объектов. Предназначена для магистрантов направления 08.04.01 «Строительство», 13.04.01 «Теплоэнергетика», аспирантов, преподавателей и специалистов, занимающихся вопросами повышения эффективности транспорта энергоресурсов в городских и поселковых системах теплоснабжения.
Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side Effects of Lowering the Voting Age
Creators: name: Leininger, Arndt
name: Sohnius, Marie-Lou
name: Faas, Thorsten
name: Roßteutscher, Sigrid
name: Schäfer, Armin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: temporary disenfranchisement
subject: negative side effects
subject: underage voters
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft

description: How does losing one’s right to vote again after having been eligible to vote before affect political fundamentals such as political efficacy? We draw attention to the hitherto neglected phenomenon “temporary disenfranchisement,” which, for instance, occurs regularly in states that extended the franchise to underage citizens in some but not all elections. If an election with voting age 16 is closely followed by an election with voting age 18, underage voters who are eligible for the former will have no right to vote in the latter. Using original panel data on young citizens in Germany and a differences-in-differences design, we find that temporary disenfranchisement results in a decrease in external efficacy, which remains even after regaining eligibility. Our findings highlight an important side effect of selective voting rights extensions and bear insights that are relevant to other cases of temporary disenfranchisement due to residential mobility, citizenship, or felony disenfranchisement.
Acute cytomegalovirus infection modulates the intestinal microbiota and targets intestinal epithelial cells
Creators: name: Le-Trilling, Vu Thuy Khanh
name: Ebel, Jana-Fabienne
name: Baier, Franziska
name: Wohlgemuth, Kerstin
name: Pfeifer, Kai Robin
name: Mookhoek, Aart
name: Krebs, Philippe
name: Determann, Madita
name: Katschinski, Benjamin
name: Klopfleisch, Robert
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: cytomegalovirus
subject: colitis
subject: microbiota
subject: intestinal organoids
subject: epithelial cells
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Primary and recurrent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections frequently cause CMV colitis in immunocompromised as well as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Additionally, colitis occasionally occurs upon primary CMV infection in patients who are apparently immunocompetent. In both cases, the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms are largely elusive - in part due to the lack of adequate access to specimens. We employed the mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) model to assess the association between CMV and colitis. During acute primary MCMV infection of immunocompetent mice, the gut microbial composition was affected as manifested by an altered ratio of the Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes phyla. Interestingly, these microbial changes coincided with high-titer MCMV replication in the colon, crypt hyperplasia, increased colonic pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, and a transient increase in the expression of the antimicrobial protein Regenerating islet-derived protein 3 gamma (Reg3γ). Further analyses revealed that murine and human intestinal epithelial cell lines, as well as primary intestinal crypt cells and organoids represent direct targets of CMV infection causing increased cell death. Accordingly, in vivo MCMV infection disrupted the intestinal epithelial barrier and increased apoptosis of intestinal epithelial cells. In summary, our data show that CMV transiently induces colitis in immunocompetent hosts by altering the intestinal homeostasis.
Fluctuations of the magnetization in the Block Potts Model
Creators: name: Jalowy, Jonas
name: Löwe, Matthias
name: Sambale, Holger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Primary 60F05, 60F10, Secondary 82B20

description: In this note we study the block spin mean-field Potts model, in which the spins are divided into $s$ blocks and can take $q\ge 2$ different values (colors). Each block is allowed to contain a different proportion of vertices and behaves itself like a mean-field Ising/Potts model which also interacts with other blocks according to different temperatures. Of particular interest is the behavior of the magnetization, which counts the number of colors appearing in the distinct blocks. We prove central limit theorems for the magnetization in the generalized high temperature regime and provide a moderate deviation principle for its fluctuations on lower scalings. More precisely, the magnetization concentrates around the uniform vector of all colors with an explicit, but singular, Gaussian distribution. In order to remove the singular component, we will also consider a rotated magnetization, which enables us to compare our results to various related models.
description: 21 pages, 1 figure, comments welcome!
Analysis of peripheral inflammatory T cell subsets and their effector function in patients with Birdshot Retinochoroiditis
Creators: name: Trombke, Janine
name: Loyal, Lucie
name: Braun, Julian
name: Pleyer, Uwe
name: Thiel, Andreas
name: Pohlmann, Dominika
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Birdshot Retinochoroiditis (BSRC)
subject: T cell
subject: intraocular inflammation
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Birdshot Retinochoroiditis (BSRC) is a progressive non-infectious intraocular inflammation that affects choroid and retina. Inflammatory processes have adverse effects on vision by affecting photoreceptor-bearing cells that do not regenerate. This study aimed at characterizing inflammatory CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell subsets in the peripheral blood of active and inactive BSRCs. Furthermore, we correlated phenotypical and functional immunological analyses with clinical data. We observed a slight increase of terminally differentiated effector memory CD8(+) T cells expressing CD45RA (T-EMRA) in blood of inactive, compared to active BSRCs. Moreover, we identified a trend for a decreased population of T(H)2 cells and increased T(H)1 frequencies in active BSRCs, a typical sign of ongoing autoimmune processes. Functional assays demonstrated severe and overall impairment of effector function of both, CD4(+) and CD8(+) inflammatory T cells, which might reflect T cell exhaustion. Although the eye is the main site of inflammation in BSRC, we observed altered T cell subset compositions in the peripheral blood, dependent on the disease status. Our results indicate that T cells may play a major role in BSRC pathology, although our cohort size is too limited for definitve conclusions. Future studies with larger BSRCs have to be performed.
Psychological Effects of Whole-body Electromyostimulation Training: a Controlled Pilot Study in Healthy Volunteers
Creators: name: Keicher, Christian
name: Pyrkosch, Lena
name: Wolfarth, Bernd
name: Ströhle, Andreas
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS)
subject: Psychological Effects
subject: Controlled Pilot Study
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) training is used in popular and health sports to improve muscular performance. Little is known about the possible psychological effects of WB-EMS training. The aim of the study is therefore to investigate the possible psychological effects of WB-EMS training on subjective well-being, relaxation, mood, and perceived stress. Materials and Methods: Twenty-five healthy subjects underwent conventional WB-EMS training and Sham training (without the application of electrical stimulation) as part of a randomized, controlled pilot study in a crossover design. Subjective well-being and subjective relaxation were assessed using visual analog scales, the current state of mood was assessed with Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaires (MDBF), and the current level of stress was assessed with Recovery-Stress Questionnaires/Erholungs-Belastungs-Fragebogen (RESTQEBF) before and after training. Results: WB-EMS training has a statistically significant positive effect on subjective well-being and subjective relaxation, as well as on the awake subscale of the MDBF. No significant main effect of sequence and no interaction effects were found. Also, compared to a Sham training session, a single WB-EMS training session had no significant effect on mood, nervousness, or the current level of stress. Conclusion: Besides physiological effects, WB-EMS might also have a strong psychological impact. WB-EMS could be beneficial for people who, due to their limitations, have problems training on a regular basis and with adequate training intensity.
Fitting Splines to Axonal Arbors Quantifies Relationship between Branch Order and Geometry
Creators: name: Athey, Thomas L.
name: Teneggi, Jacopo
name: Vogelstein, Joshua T.
name: Tward, Daniel
name: Mueller, Ulrich
name: Miller, Michael I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Neuromorphology is crucial to identifying neuronal subtypes and understanding learning. It is also implicated in neurological disease. However, standard morphological analysis focuses on macroscopic features such as branching frequency and connectivity between regions, and often neglects the internal geometry of neurons. In this work, we treat neuron trace points as a sampling of differentiable curves and fit them with a set of branching B-splines. We designed our representation with the Frenet-Serret formulas from differential geometry in mind. The Frenet-Serret formulas completely characterize smooth curves, and involve two parameters, curvature and torsion. Our representation makes it possible to compute these parameters from neuron traces in closed form. These parameters are defined continuously along the curve, in contrast to other parameters like tortuosity which depend on start and end points. We applied our method to a dataset of cortical projection neurons traced in two mouse brains, and found that the parameters are distributed differently between primary, collateral, and terminal axon branches, thus quantifying geometric differences between different components of an axonal arbor. The results agreed in both brains, further validating our representation. The code used in this work can be readily applied to neuron traces in SWC format and is available in our open-source Python package brainlit: http://brainlit.neurodata.io/.
Spectral Clustering for Jet Physics
Creators: name: Cerro, G.
name: Dasmahapatra, S.
name: Day-Hall, H. A.
name: Ford, B.
name: Moretti, S.
name: Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new approach to jet definition alternative to clustering methods, such as the anti-$k_T$ scheme, that exploit kinematic data directly. Instead the new method uses kinematic information to represent the particles in a multidimensional space, as in spectral clustering. After confirming its Infra-Red (IR) safety, we compare its performance in analysing $qq\to H_{125\,\text{GeV}} \rightarrow H_{40\,\text{GeV}} H_{40\,\text{GeV}} \rightarrow b \bar{b} b \bar{b}$, $qq\to H_{500\,\text{GeV}} \rightarrow H_{125\,\text{GeV}} H_{125\,\text{GeV}} \rightarrow b \bar{b} b \bar{b}$ and $gg,q\bar q\to t\bar t\to b\bar b W^+W^-\to b\bar b jj \ellν_\ell$ events from Monte Carlo (MC) samples, specifically, in reconstructing the relevant final states, to that of the anti-kT algorithm. Finally, we show that the results for spectral clustering are obtained without any change in the parameter settings of the algorithm, unlike the anti-kT case, which requires the cone size to be adjusted to the physics process under study.
description: 31 pages, 17 figures
Strategy Synthesis for Partially-known Switched Stochastic Systems
Creators: name: Jackson, John
name: Laurenti, Luca
name: Frew, Eric
name: Lahijanian, Morteza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We present a data-driven framework for strategy synthesis for partially-known switched stochastic systems. The properties of the system are specified using linear temporal logic (LTL) over finite traces (LTLf), which is as expressive as LTL and enables interpretations over finite behaviors. The framework first learns the unknown dynamics via Gaussian process regression. Then, it builds a formal abstraction of the switched system in terms of an uncertain Markov model, namely an Interval Markov Decision Process (IMDP), by accounting for both the stochastic behavior of the system and the uncertainty in the learning step. Then, we synthesize a strategy on the resulting IMDP that maximizes the satisfaction probability of the LTLf specification and is robust against all the uncertainties in the abstraction. This strategy is then refined into a switching strategy for the original stochastic system. We show that this strategy is near-optimal and provide a bound on its distance (error) to the optimal strategy. We experimentally validate our framework on various case studies, including both linear and non-linear switched stochastic systems.
description: Updated Thm 1 and Fig 2 from published version -- 11 pages, to appear in the 2021 Proceedings of the ACM Int. Conf. on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC 2021)
title: Emotional Culture?
An Investigation into the Emotional Coverage of
Televised Leader Debates in Newspapers and
Twitter
Creators: name: Kimmich, MD
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2016

description: This thesis studies how emotions are used in and around TV debates by politicians
during debates, by newspaper journalists in their coverage of debates and by
Twitter users following debates and reacting to their coverage. Although emotions
have been the focus of many studies recently, the literature that combines emotions
with politics, journalism and social media remains limited. To �ll this gap in
knowledge, my research involves two case studies: the 2010 British election, where
TV debates were held for the �rst time, and the 2012 American election, where
debates are a long-standing tradition. For this purpose, my research is guided by
the following research question: how far did political candidates, print media and
Twitter users use emotions and emotional references in the 2010 British and 2012
American televised leader debates and their coverage?
To answer this research question, I carried out a content analysis of the three
British and four American debate transcripts; a framing analysis of 104 articles
from the New York Post and 223 articles from The New York Times as well as 93
articles from The Sun and 238 articles from The Guardian; and, �nally, a content
analysis of a sample of American (30 000 tweets) and British tweets (3 000 tweets)
posted during the debates period.
These analyses reveal two key �ndings. Firstly, the manipulation of di�erent forms
of emotionality by politicians (e.g. to convince voters, defend themselves, criticise
others) during the debates failed as Twitter users mainly displayed negative
emotions in relation to politicians' emotions. Secondly, journalists' attempt at
manipulating di�erent forms of emotionality (e.g. to praise their favourite candidate
or discredit another) failed too as Twitter users mainly expressed negative
emotions regarding the coverage of the debates. Thus, it appears that emotions
are not a means for politicians and journalists to interact with Twitter users as
the manipulation of emotions by politicians and journalists failed to convince most
Twitter users.
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The Exact WKB and the Landau-Zener transition for asymmetry in cosmological particle production
Creators: name: Enomoto, Seishi
name: Matsuda, Tomohiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmological particle production by a time-dependent scalar field is common in cosmology. We focus on the mechanism of asymmetry production when interaction explicitly violates symmetry and its motion is rapid enough to create particles by itself. Combining the exact WKB analysis and the Landau-Zener transition, we point out that perturbation before the non-perturbative analysis may drastically change the structure of the Stokes lines of the theory. The Exact WKB can play an important role in avoiding such discrepancies.
description: 24 pages, 20 figures, Extended introduction, accepted for publication in JHEP
Additional file 7 of Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals evolutionary divergence and shared network of cold and salt stress response in diploid D-genome cotton
Creators: name: Yanchao Xu
name: Magwanga, Richard Odongo
name: Dingsha Jin
name: Xiaoyan Cai
name: Yuqing Hou
name: Juyun, Zheng
name: Agong, Stephen Gaya
name: Kunbo Wang
name: Liu, Fang
name: Zhongli Zhou
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional files 7: Table S7. Gene number of eight import modules in ten GO terms.
title: Future Of Cluster Developments – Lessons From Energy Valley, The Netherlands
Creators: name: Manickam, ARS
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2016

description: The	research	explored	how	a	Dutch	energy	cluster	embedded	within	a	larger	context	
of	European	 and	 global	 developments	 reflected	 complex	 dynamics	 due	 to	 changes	in	
its	 context.	 The	 case	 study	 explored	 Energy	 Valley	 of	 the	 Netherlands,	 a	 peripheral	
region	 that	 meets	 the	 challenge	 of	 energy	 transition,	 regional	 development	 and	
national	 economic	 interests.	 The	 research	 engaged	 complex	 adaptive	 systems	
approach	to	gain	insights	into	complex	cluster	dynamics	to	contribute	to cluster	study	
and	policy.
The	research	captured	insights	into	increased	complexity	of	an	energy	cluster	due	 to	
energy	 transition	 and	 other	 developments	 in	 the	 cluster	 context,	 exacerbated	 by	
differences	 in	 perceptions	 and	 responses	 of	 stakeholders	 to	 the	 new	 challenges.	
Findings	 on	 cluster	 developments	 included	 insights	 into	 cluster	 context,	 cluster	
condition,	cluster	dynamics	and	cluster	transformations,	and	the	interconnectedness	of	
such	developments	based	on	Energy	Valley	and	supplementary	cases	of	Karlstad	and	
Silicon	Valley.	The	research findings	led	to	insights	into	cluster	systems	developments	
and	a	model	capturing	cluster	emergence.	
The	 research	contributed	 to	cluster	 theory	by	developing	a	CAS	approach	for	cluster	
study	 that	 developed	 a	 whole	 systems	 approach	 to	 understand	 cluster	 dynamics,	
offering	 to	 the	 field	 of	 cluster	 study	 a	 qualitative	 understanding	 of	 cluster	 systems	
developments.	 Insights	 into	 interconnected	 developments	 at	 the	 micro,	 macro	 and	
inter-systemic	levels,	and	into	energy	clusters	in	the	context	of	energy	transition	were	
results	 of	 the	 research.	 The	 broad	 scope	 and	 nature	 of	 the	 study	 meant	 limitations	
were	inherent	and	 therefore	recommendations	for	future	research	were	included.	EU	
Cluster	 Policy	 motivated	 the	 research	 and	 hence	 recommendations	 for	 policy	
developments	were	also	part	of	the	research	contribution.
title: Economic And Environmental Impact Assessment Of Construction And Demolition Waste Recycling And Reuse Using LCA And MCDA Management Tools
Creators: name: Oyenuga, A
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2016

description: Reuse and recycling of waste from construction and demolition (C&D) is problematic
because the markets for secondary materials have not yet been fully integrated. Decisions
regarding the reuse and recycling of building waste materials, however, are beneficial
economically to the construction industry, in addition to having environmental and social
responsibility outcomes. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the economic and environmental
benefits of recycling and reuse of C&D waste. It explores how impact categories such as
economic and environmental impact can be used to develop a decision-support framework for
recycling and reusing building waste. Two case studies of real-life Demolition and New
Build projects are selected to demonstrate how waste inventory data can be collected and
adopted to support the decision-making process.
A thorough review of the available literature revealed a holistic view of C&D waste
management and its related economic and environmental impacts. The literature review
helped establish a direction for what is needed to develop a decision-support framework. Two
management tools (LCA and MCDA) were identified as possible tools needed to complete
the decision-support framework. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Analytic Hierarchical
Process (AHP) (an aspect of MCDA) were adopted to construct the framework, which was to
be applied to the case study’s waste management system. The combination of these two
management tools enables the full development of a framework that can measure both the
economic and environmental impact of the current waste management system, as well as act
as a tool for supporting decisions regarding different policy alternatives.
Thus, the framework was applied to the Demolition and New Build case studies, and
later validated for consistency. The framework delivered a set of positive results that could be
useful for those making decisions on policy alternatives. Both the decision making process
and waste management policy were selected and facilitated by the new framework. Decision
makers' preferences on policy alternatives were ranked as final outcomes, and favoured
reducing, recycling and reusing opportunities in C&D waste management. The result depicts
an approach that, compared to current waste management practices, demonstrates a strong
acceptability in terms of the environment and cost-effectiveness. Thus, the key findings
discussed here provide an interesting foundation for future research, which will focus more
on other impacts, such as the social and policy impacts of recycling and reusing C&D waste.
Annealed averages in spin and matrix models
Creators: name: Foini, Laura
name: Kurchan, Jorge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A disordered system is denominated `annealed' when the interactions themselves may evolve and adjust their values to lower the free energy. The opposite (`quenched') situation when disorder is fixed, is the one relevant for physical spin-glasses, and has received vastly more attention. Other problems however are more natural in the annealed situation: in this work we discuss examples where annealed averages are interesting, in the context of matrix models. We first discuss how in practice, when system and disorder adapt together, annealed systems develop `planted' solutions spontaneously, as the ones found in the study of inference problems. In the second part, we study the probability distribution of elements of a matrix derived from a rotationally invariant (not necessarily Gaussian) ensemble, a problem that maps into the annealed average of a spin glass model.
description: 20 pages
Performance of a cardiac lipid panel compared to four prognostic scores in chronic heart failure
Creators: name: McGranaghan, Peter
name: Saxena, Anshul
name: Düngen, Hans-Dirk
name: Rubens, Muni
name: Appunni, Sandeep
name: Salami, Joseph
name: Veledar, Emir
name: Lacour, Philipp
name: Blaschke, Florian
name: Obradovic, Danilo
name: Loncar, Goran
name: Tahirovic, Elvis
name: Edelmann, Frank
name: Pieske, Burkert
name: Trippel, Tobias Daniel
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: cardiac lipid panel (CLP)
subject: chronic heart failure
subject: metabolomic biomarkers
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The cardiac lipid panel (CLP) is a novel panel of metabolomic biomarkers that has previously shown to improve the diagnostic and prognostic value for CHF patients. Several prognostic scores have been developed for cardiovascular disease risk, but their use is limited to specific populations and precision is still inadequate. We compared a risk score using the CLP plus NT-proBNP to four commonly used risk scores: The Seattle Heart Failure Model (SHFM), Framingham risk score (FRS), Barcelona bio-HF (BCN Bio-HF) and Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure (MAGGIC) score. We included 280 elderly CHF patients from the Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study in Elderly trial. Cox Regression and hierarchical cluster analysis was performed. Integrated area under the curves (IAUC) was used as criterium for comparison. The mean (SD) follow-up period was 81 (33) months, and 95 (34%) subjects met the primary endpoint. The IAUC for FRS was 0.53, SHFM 0.61, BCN Bio-HF 0.72, MAGGIC 0.68, and CLP 0.78. Subjects were partitioned into three risk clusters: low, moderate, high with the CLP score showing the best ability to group patients into their respective risk cluster. A risk score composed of a novel panel of metabolite biomarkers plus NT-proBNP outperformed other common prognostic scores in predicting 10-year cardiovascular death in elderly ambulatory CHF patients. This approach could improve the clinical risk assessment of CHF patients.
title: Acupuncture For The Treatment Of Phantom Limb Syndrome
Creators: name: Paterson, E
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2016

description: Phantom limb syndrome (PLSd) is a prevalent complication post amputation which can
be severe and chronic. Multi-disciplinary treatment is recommended, addressing
peripheral, central and psychological factors. Although acupuncture is recommended,
evidence supporting its effectiveness is sparse. This project aimed to develop an
acupuncture protocol for the treatment of lower limb amputees with PLSd and evaluate
its acceptability and feasibility prior to a definitive trial.
The project was situated under the Medical Research Council’s framework for
developing and evaluating complex interventions, and used a multiphase mixed
methods research design. Three systematic literature reviews and two studies were
undertaken to inform a feasibility study. The literature reviews aimed to identify
previous research undertaken on the experience and management of PLSd. The first
study, a Delphi study, aimed to develop an acupuncture protocol and the second, a
qualitative descriptive study, explored amputees’ perceived acceptability of
acupuncture within the context of living with PLSd. From these findings a feasibility
study was designed and conducted, comprising a randomised controlled trial and semistructured
interviews.
The literature reviews identified limited qualitative studies exploring amputees’
experience of PLSd, limited evidence supporting interventions for PLSd and only two
non-randomised controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of acupuncture for
treating PLSd. The Delphi study developed a novel acupuncture protocol which was
considered ‘good practice’ and this was used in the feasibility study. The qualitative
descriptive study produced rich data, not previously available on a UK demographic
group of amputees shortly post amputation, on their experience of PLSd. PLSd was
found to be ‘real’ and bothersome with effects on wellbeing. Additionally, acupuncture
was perceived acceptable and outcome measures were identified for use in the
feasibility study. The feasibility study generated new original findings on areas which
would need addressing before undertaking a definitive trial, including; problems with
recruitment, completion of outcomes at one month follow up, blinding, practitioner
adherence to the acupuncture protocol, capture of rescue medication and recording of adverse events. Acupuncture was perceived to be effective at resolving or reducing
PLSd.
Findings from this project could inform the development of a definitive trial to establish
the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating PLSd.
Analysis of hip joint loading during walking with different shoe types using instrumented total hip prostheses
Creators: name: Palmowski, Yannick
name: Popović, S.
name: Kosack, D.
name: Damm, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Hip joint loads
subject: joint replacement
subject: postoperative physiotherapy
subject: footwear
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Hip joint loads need careful consideration during postoperative physiotherapy after joint replacement. One factor influencing joint loads is the choice of footwear, but it remains unclear which footwear is favorable. The objective of the present study was to investigate the influence of footwear on hip joint loads in vivo. Instrumented hip endoprostheses were used for in vivo load measurements. The parameters resultant contact force (F-res), bending moment (M-bend) and torsional moment (M-tors) were evaluated during treadmill walking at 4 km/h with different shoe types. In general, footwear tended to increase hip joint loading, with the barefoot shoe having the least influence. F-res and M-bend were significantly increased during heel strike for all shoe types in comparison to barefoot walking, with everyday shoe (34.6%; p=0.028 and 47%; p=0.028, respectively) and men's shoe (33.2%; p=0.043 and 41.1%; p=0.043, respectively) resulting in the highest changes. M-tors at AbsMax was increased by all shoes except for the barefoot shoe, with the highest changes for men's shoe (+17.6%, p=0.043) and the shoe with stiffened sole (+17.5%, p=0.08). Shoes, especially those with stiff soles or elaborate cuishing and guiding elements, increase hip joint loads during walking. The influence on peak loads is higher for M-tors than for F-res and M-bend. For patients in which a reduction of hip joints loads is desired, e.g. during physiotherapy after recent surgery or to alleviate symptoms of osteoarthritis, low profile shoes with a flexible sole may be preferred over shoes with a stiff sole or elaborate cushioning elements.