cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Deconvolution of ASCA X-ray data: I. Spectral-imaging method
Creators: name: White, D. A.
name: Buote, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we describe a self-contained method for performing the spectral-imaging deconvolution of X-ray data on clusters of galaxies observed by the ASCA satellite. Spatially-resolved spectral studies of data from this satellite require such a correction because its optics redistribute photons over regions which are of comparable size to the angular scales of interest in clusters. This scattering is a function not only of spatial position but also energy. To perform a correction for these effects we employ Maximum-Likelihood deconvolution of the image (within energy bands of 1 keV) to determine the spatial redistribution, followed by a Monte-Carlo energy reassignment of photon energies with position to determine the spectral redistribution. We present tests on simulated cluster data, convolved with the various instrumental characteristics and the X-ray background, which show that our methodology can successfully recover a variety of intrinsic temperature profiles in typical observational circumstances. In Paper-II we apply our spectral-imaging deconvolution procedure to a large sample of galaxy clusters to determine temperature profiles, some of which will be used in subsequent mass determinations, presented in Paper-III.
description: MNRAS, accepted. Paper and single page postscript copies of each test's radial profile are available on: http://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/~daw/
$πNN$ and Pseudoscalar Form Factors from Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Liu, K. F.
name: Dong, S. J.
name: Draper, Terrence
name: Wilcox, Walter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $πNN$ form factor $g_{πNN}(q^2)$ is obtained from a quenched lattice QCD calculation of the pseudoscalar form factor $g_P(q^2)$ of the proton with pion pole dominance. We find that $g_{πNN}(q^2)$ fitted with the monopole form agrees well with the Goldberger-Treiman relation and is much preferred over the dipole form. The monopole mass is determined to be $0.75 \pm 0.14 {\rm GeV}$ which shows that $g_{πNN}(q^2)$ is rather soft. The extrapolated $πN$ coupling constant $g_{πNN} = 12.7 \pm 2.4$ is quite consistent with the phenomenological values. We also compare $g_{πNN}(q^2)$ with the axial form factor $g_A(q^2)$ to check the pion dominance in the induced pseudoscalar form factor $h_A(q^2)$ vis à vis chiral Ward identity.
description: 8 pages of text plus 4 postscript figures (128 kbytes)
Size-resolved refractive index of scattering aerosols in urban Beijing: A seasonal comparison
Creators: name: Wu, Yunfei
name: Li, Jiwei
name: Xia, Yunjie
name: Deng, Zhaoze
name: Tao, Jun
name: Tian, Ping
name: Gao, Zongting
name: Xia, Xiangao
name: Zhang, Renjian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The refractive index (RI) of atmospheric aerosols is a critical parameter in aerosol direct radiative forcing (DRF) calculation that exhibits considerable uncertainties owing partly to substantial spatiotemporal changes in the RI. A tandem system comprising a single-particle soot photometer connected to a differential mobility analyzer is developed. Two field campaigns are conducted to derive the size-resolved real part of the RI of scattering (i.e., BC-free) particles at 1064 nm (RRIsp1064nm) in urban Beijing. Measurements of the RRIsp1064nm within a mobility diameter (Dmob) range of approximately 200 nm to 400 nm in summer and winter clearly show seasonal variations in the RRIsp1064nm, including magnitude and size dependence. A decreasing RRIsp1064nm trend is observed in summer as the Dmob enlarges from 237 nm to 422 nm, whereas the RRIsp1064nm increases in winter as the Dmob grows. This finding likely indicates varying aerosol physicochemical properties with particle size in summer and winter. Size-resolved RRIsp1064nm values within the Dmob range are generally larger in summer than in winter, thereby resulting in a larger bulk RRIsp1064nm of 1.50 ± 0.01 in summer compared with winter (1.47 ± 0.02). The low RRIsp1064nm in winter is likely attributable to the high contribution of organic aerosols (OA), particularly less oxidized OA, which generally have lower RRI values than secondary inorganic aerosols. Pronounced low RRIsp1064nm values are observed during polluted episodes in winter, implying significant OA contribution. Photooxidation is likely an important regulator of the RRIsp1064nm in summer. This inference is supported by the fact that RRIsp1064nm values in the afternoon are larger than those at night, which corresponds well to diurnal variations in Ox (Ox=O3+NO2) concentrations. Results indicate that seasonal variations in the RRIsp1064nm should be considered carefully in research, such as in DRF assessments, aerosol property parameterization in chemical models, and aerosol optical property and composition remote sensing. Copyright © 2021 American Association for Aerosol Research
Fermion production despite fermion number conservation
Creators: name: Bock, Wolfgang
name: Hetrick, James E.
name: Smit, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lattice proposals for a nonperturbative formulation of the Standard Model easily lead to a global U(1) symmetry corresponding to exactly conserved fermion number. The absence of an anomaly in the fermion current would then appear to inhibit anomalous processes, such as electroweak baryogenesis in the early universe. One way to circumvent this problem is to formulate the theory such that this U(1) symmetry is explicitly broken. However we argue that in the framework of spectral flow, fermion creation and annihilation still in fact occurs, despite the exact fermion number conservation. The crucial observation is that fermions are excitations relative to the vacuum, at the surface of the Dirac sea. The exact global U(1) symmetry prohibits a state from changing its fermion number during time evolution, however nothing prevents the fermionic ground state from doing so. We illustrate our reasoning with a model in two dimensions which has axial-vector couplings, first using a sharp momentum cutoff, then using the lattice regulator with staggered fermions. The difference in fermion number between the time evolved state and the ground state is indeed in agreement with the anomaly. A study of the vacuum energy shows that the perturbative counterterm needed for restoration of gauge invariance is insufficient in a nonperturbative setting. For reference we also study a closely related model with vector couplings, the Schwinger model, and we examine the emergence of the $θ$-vacuum structure of both theories.
description: 31 pages, LaTeX + uuencoded figs file (=5 PS figs). UvA-ITFA 94-17, UCSD/PTH 94-07
title: ADCO, Huitième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1667), Cart. 31 (G 135), 549 folios, f. 0023
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Huitième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1667), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 31 (G 135), 549 folios, f. 0023, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Huitième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1667), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 31 (G 135), 549 folios, f. 0023, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
Extremely large magnetoresistance in topologically trivial semimetal $α$-WP$_2$
Creators: name: Du, Jianhua
name: Lou, Zhefeng
name: Zhang, ShengNan
name: Zhou, Yuxing
name: Xu, Binjie
name: Chen, Qin
name: Tang, Yanqing
name: Chen, Shuijin
name: Chen, Huancheng
name: Zhu, Qinqing
name: Wang, Hangdong
name: Yang, Jinhu
name: Wu, quanSheng
name: Yazyev, Oleg V.
name: Fang, Minghu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) was recently discovered in many non-magnetic materials, while its underlying mechanism remains poorly understood due to the complex electronic structure of these materials. Here, we report an investigation of the $α$-phase WP$_2$, a topologically trivial semimetal with monoclinic crystal structure (C2/m), which contrasts to the recently discovered robust type-II Weyl semimetal phase in $β$-WP$_2$. We found that $α$-WP$_2$ exhibits almost all the characteristics of XMR materials: the near-quadratic field dependence of MR, a field-induced up-turn in resistivity following by a plateau at low temperature, which can be understood by the compensation effect, and high mobility of carriers confirmed by our Hall effect measurements. It was also found that the normalized MRs under different magnetic fields has the same temperature dependence in $α$-WP$_2$, the Kohler scaling law can describe the MR data in a wide temperature range, and there is no obvious change in the anisotropic parameter $γ$ value with temperature. The resistance polar diagram has a peanut shape when field is rotated in $\textit{ac}$ plane, which can be understood by the anisotropy of Fermi surface. These results indicate that both field-induced-gap and temperature-induced Lifshitz transition are not the origin of up-turn in resistivity in the $α$-WP$_2$ semimetal. Our findings establish $α$-WP$_2$ as a new reference material for exploring the XMR phenomena.
description: 18 pages, 12 figures
Approximate third integrals for axisymmetric potentials using local Stackel fits
Creators: name: De Bruyne, V.
name: Leeuwin, F.
name: Dejonghe, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a set of Stackel potentials to obtain a local approximation for an effective third integral in axisymmetric systems. We present a study on the feasibility and effectiveness of this approach. We have applied it to three trial potentials of various flattenings, corresponding to nearly ellipsoidal, disky and boxy density isophotes. In all three cases, a good fit to the potential requires only a small set of Stackel potentials, and the associated Stackel third integral provides a very satisfactory, yet analytically simple, approximation to the trial potentials effective third integral.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
TipESM Exploitation Strategy (Deliverable D9.4)
Creators: name: Bekier, Justyna
name: Brown, Nicola
name: Jeffery, Hazel
name: Hayashi, Erika
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This document is an Exploitation Strategy, outlining how TipESM will work to ensure the relevance, uptake and usability of project results so that they live on beyond the project duration. Owners of key project results will rely on this strategy to effectively disseminate and allow the exploitation of these results.The document starts with outlining the purpose and scope of the Exploitation Strategy, followed by a definition of Exploitation used in TipESM. Next, an overview of Key Exploitable Results (KERs) is presented, as well as the exploitation pathways designed to reach different target audiences. Lastly, this document outlines how the requirements set by the project Grant Agreement and Consortium Agreement related to knowledge management, protection and exploitation of results and Intellectual Property have explicitly been set up in this project.
Nucleon Properties from Unconventional Interpolating Fields
Creators: name: Leinweber, Derek B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interpolating fields, used to excite hadrons from the QCD vacuum in nonperturbative field-theoretic investigations of hadron properties, are explored with an emphasis on unconventional nucleon interpolators. The QCD continuum model for excited state contributions to QCD correlation functions is a central element in extracting the physics contained in these alternate correlation functions. The analysis confirms the independence of nucleon properties obtained from different interpolating fields. However, this independence comes about in a trivial manner. These results provide a resolution to the long standing debate over the optimal nucleon interpolating field to be used in QCD Sum Rule analyses.
description: A quantitative determination of the optimal nucleon interpolating field to be used in QCD Sum Rule analyses is now included
Supporting Information for Sex differences in dispersal syndromes are modulated by environment and evolution
Creators: name: Abhishek Mishra
name: Tung, Sudipta
name: P. M. Shreenidhi
name: Sadiq, Mohammed Aamir
name: V. R. Shree Sruti
name: Partha Pratim Chakraborty
name: Sutirth Dey
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Dispersal syndromes (i.e. suites of phenotypic correlates of dispersal) are potentially important determinants of local adaptation in populations. Species that exhibit sexual dimorphism in their life history or behaviour may exhibit sex-specific differences in their dispersal syndromes. Unfortunately, there is little empirical evidence of sex differences in dispersal syndromes and how they respond to environmental change or dispersal evolution. We investigated these issues using two same-generation studies and a long-term (greater than 70 generations) selection experiment on laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster. There was a marked difference between the dispersal syndromes of males and females, the extent of which was modulated by nutrition availability. Moreover, dispersal evolution via spatial sorting reversed the direction of dispersal × sex interaction in one trait (desiccation resistance), while eliminating the sex difference in another trait (body size). Thus, we show that sex differences obtained through same-generation trait-associations (‘ecological dispersal syndromes’) are likely environment-dependent. Moreover, even under constant environments, they are not good predictors of the sex differences in ‘evolutionary dispersal syndrome’ (i.e. trait-associations shaped during dispersal evolution). Our findings have implications for local adaptation in the context of sex-biased dispersal and habitat-matching, as well as for the use of dispersal syndromes as a proxy of dispersal.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Linking local adaptation with the evolution of sex differences’.
A multi-wavelength study of the evolution of Early-Type Galaxies in Groups: the ultraviolet view
Creators: name: Rampazzo, R.
name: Mazzei, P.
name: Marino, A.
name: Bianchi, L.
name: Plana, H.
name: Trinchieri, G.
name: Uslenghi, M.
name: Wolter, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: ABRIDGED- The UV-optical color magnitude diagram (CMD) of rich galaxy groups is characterised by a well developed Red Sequence (RS), a Blue Cloud (BC) and the so-called Green Valley (GV). Loose, less evolved groups of galaxies likely not virialized yet may lack a well defined RS. This is actually explained in the framework of galaxy evolution. We are focussing on understanding galaxy migration towards the RS, checking for signatures of such a transition in their photometric and morphological properties. We report on the UV properties of a sample of ETGs galaxies inhabiting the RS. The analysis of their structures, as derived by fitting a Sersic law to their UV luminosity profiles, suggests the presence of an underlying disk. This is the hallmark of dissipation processes that still must have a role in the evolution of this class of galaxies. SPH simulations with chemo-photometric implementations able to match the global properties of our targets are used to derive their evolutionary paths through UV-optical CDM, providing some fundamental information such as the crossing time through the GV, which depends on their luminosity. The transition from the BC to the RS takes several Gyrs, being about 3-5 Gyr for the the brightest galaxies and more long for fainter ones, if it occurs. The photometric study of nearby galaxy structures in UV is seriously hampered by either the limited FoV of the cameras (e.g in HST) or by the low spatial resolution of the images (e.g in the GALEX). Current missions equipped with telescopes and cameras sensitive to UV wavelengths, such as Swift-UVOT and Astrosat-UVIT, provide a relatively large FoV and better resolution than the GALEX. More powerful UV instruments (size, resolution and FoV) are obviously bound to yield fundamental advances in the accuracy and depth of the surface photometry and in the characterisation of the galaxy environment.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures: accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science as contributions to the workshop: "UV astronomy, the needs and the means"
Neutrino Oscillations in Noisy Media
Creators: name: Loreti, F. N.
name: Balantekin, A. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop the Redfield equation for delta-correlated gaussian noise and apply it to the case of two neutrino flavor or spin precession in the presence of a noisy matter density or magnetic field, respectively. The criteria under which physical fluctuations can be well approximated by the delta-correlated gaussian noise for the above cases are examined. Current limits on the possible neutrino magnetic moment and solar magnetic field suggest that a reasonably noisy solar magnetic field would not appreciably affect the solar electron neutrino flux. However, if the solar electron density has fluctuations of a few percent of the local density and a small enough correlation length, the MSW effect is suppressed for a range of parameters.
description: Latex (uses the epsf macro), 14 pages of text, 17 postscript figures included. Full postscript version available by anonymous ftp from wisnuf.physics.wisc.edu:/pub/preprints. MAD-NT-94-07
Hydra berberina Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Linnaeus, Carolus
Publisher: name: Laurentius Salvius
Year: 1758
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Anthoathecata
Hydridae
Hydra
Hydra berberina

description: Hydra berberina [spec. nov.]
H. capsula mutica ovali, corpusculo mutico. �
Roes. ins. 3. p. 673. t. 99.
Habitat in Aquis dulcibus.
description: Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 818, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206
D2.1 - Assessment of the potential of existing and innovative modelling tools
Creators: name: Gonzalez Martinez, Ana
name: Jongeneel, Roel
name: van Asseldonk, Marcel
name: Donnellan, Trevor
name: Witzke, Peter
name: Rac, Ilona
name: Dillon, Emma
name: Havlik, Petr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The aim of the present deliverable is to report on the main findings of Task 2.1. Task 2.1 began by reviewing the different sustainability goals (from an economic, environmental, social and rural perspective) and the most relevant issues associated with them (including specific CAP indicators). Subsequently, this task has identified whether, how, and to what extent, those tools selected in WP1 can contribute to the assessment of policy interventions aimed at achieving the mentioned sustainability goals, e.g. when considering efficient soil management it is useful to include indicators related to carbon sequestration. The selection of tools will include largescale models (e.g. AGMEMOD, CAPRI, GLOBIOM, MAGNET, and MITERRA-Europe) covering MSs and also the EU as a whole, as well as small-scale models covering specific topics, products, regions, single MSs or even farm detail.
An empirical study of the per capita yield of science Nobel prizes: Is the US era coming to an end?
Creators: name: Gros, Claudius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We point out that the Nobel prize production of the USA, the UK, Germany and France has been in numbers that are large enough to allow for a reliable analysis or the long-term historical developments. Nobel prizes are often split, such that up to three awardees receive a corresponding fractional prize. The historical trends for the fractional number of Nobelists per population are surprisingly robust, indicating in particular that the maximum Nobel productivity peaked in the 1970s for the US and around 1900 for both France and Germany. The yearly success rates of these three countries are to date of the order of 0.2-0.3 physics, chemistry and medicine laureates per 100 million inhabitants, with the US value being a factor 2.4 down from the maximum attained in the 1970s. The UK managed in contrast to retain during most of the last century a rate of 0.9-1.0 science Nobel prizes per year and per 100 million inhabitants. For the USA one finds that the entire history of science Noble prizes is described on a per capita basis to an astonishing accuracy by a single large productivity boost decaying at a continuously accelerating rate since its peak in 1972.
description: in press: Royal Society Open Science
title: ADCO, Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 1155
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
name: Petot, Frédéric
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: cartulaire

description: Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 1155, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 1155, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
Deconvolution of ASCA X-ray data: II. Radial temperature and metallicity profiles for 106 galaxy clusters
Creators: name: White, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In Paper-I we presented a methodology to recover the spatial variations of properties of the intracluster gas from ASCA X-ray satellite observations of galaxy clusters. We verified the correctness of this procedure by applying it to simulated cluster datasets which we had subjected to the various contaminants common in ASCA data. In this paper we present the results which we obtain when we apply this method to real galaxy cluster observations. We determine broad-band temperature and cooling-flow mass-deposition rates for the 106 clusters in our sample, and obtain temperature, abundance and emissivity profiles (i.e. at least two annular bins) for 98 of these clusters. We find that 90 percent of these temperature profiles are consistent with isothermality at the 3-sigma confidence level. This conflicts with the prevalence of steeply-declining cluster temperature profiles found by Markevitch et al. (1998) from a sample of 30 clusters. In Paper-III (in preparation) we utilise our temperature and emissivity profiles to determine radial hydrostatic-mass properties for a subsample of the clusters presented in this paper.
description: MNRAS, accpeted. Postscript copy of paper and individual postscript files for plots in Appendix B can be obtained from: http://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/~daw
Response of microbial communities to elevated thallium contamination in river sediments
Creators: name: Atta Rasool
name: Tangfu Xiao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The study of microbial communities in river sediments contaminated by thallium (Tl) is necessary to achieve the information for in-situ microbially mediated bioremediation. However, little is known about the microbial community in Tl-contaminated river sediments. In the present study, we characterized the microbial community and their responses to Tl pollution in river sediments from the Tl-mineralized Lanmuchang area, Southwest Guizhou, China. Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons revealed that over 40 phyla belong to the domain bacteria. In all samples, Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and Actinobacteria were the most dominant phyla. Based on the UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean) tree and PCoA (Principal Coordinates Analysis) analysis, microbial composition of each segment was distinct, indicating in-situ geochemical parameters (including Tl, sulfate, TOC, Eh, and pH) had influenced on the microbial communities. Moreover, canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was employed to further elucidate the impact of geochemical parameters on the distribution of microbial communities in local river sediments. The results indicated that a number of microbial communities including Cyanobacteria, Spirochaete, Hydrogenophaga, and Acinetobacter were positively correlated with total Tl, suggesting potential roles of these microbes to Tl tolerance or to biogeochemical cycling of Tl. Our results suggested a reliable location for the microbial community’s diversity in the presence of high concentrations of Tl and might have a potential association for in-situ bioremediation strategies of Tl-contaminated river. Overall, in situ microbial community could provide a useful tool for monitoring and assessing geo-environmental stressors in Tl-polluted river sediments.
D2.1 - Assessment of the potential of existing and innovative modelling tools
Creators: name: Gonzalez Martinez, Ana
name: Jongeneel, Roel
name: van Asseldonk, Marcel
name: Donnellan, Trevor
name: Witzke, Peter
name: Rac, Ilona
name: Dillon, Emma
name: Havlik, Petr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The aim of the present deliverable is to report on the main findings of Task 2.1. Task 2.1 began by reviewing the different sustainability goals (from an economic, environmental, social and rural perspective) and the most relevant issues associated with them (including specific CAP indicators). Subsequently, this task has identified whether, how, and to what extent, those tools selected in WP1 can contribute to the assessment of policy interventions aimed at achieving the mentioned sustainability goals, e.g. when considering efficient soil management it is useful to include indicators related to carbon sequestration. The selection of tools will include largescale models (e.g. AGMEMOD, CAPRI, GLOBIOM, MAGNET, and MITERRA-Europe) covering MSs and also the EU as a whole, as well as small-scale models covering specific topics, products, regions, single MSs or even farm detail.
Quercetin alleviates chronic renal failure by targeting the PI3k/Akt pathway
Creators: name: Tu, Haitao
name: Ma, Duanhua
name: Luo, Yuanyuan
name: Tang, Shuifu
name: Li, Ying
name: Chen, Gangyi
name: Wang, Liangliang
name: Hou, Zhengkun
name: Shen, Chuangpeng
name: Lu, Huan
name: Zhuang, Xun
name: Zhang, Liangyou
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Virology

description: Chronic renal failure (CRF) threatens human health greatly and attracts worldwide concerns of health professionals in the public health sector. In our preliminary study, we found that Compound capsule (Shengqing Jiangzhuo Capsule, SQJZJN) had a significant therapeutic effect on CRF. Quercetin is one of the main components of this Compound capsule. In this study, we investigated the effect of Quercetin monomer on CRF and the regulation of PI3k/Akt pathway. Network pharmacology analysis methods were employed to analyze the SQJZJN/Quercetin/PIK3R1 network relationships. In this study, a CRF rat model was prepared using the gavage adenine solution method and detected the indicators of Creatinine (Cr), Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN), and Uric Acid (UA). After treating the rat model with Quercetin and PIK3R1-interfering lentivirus, respectively, we observed the changes on the histological morphology of the kidney and detected apoptosis using TUNEL staining. Gene and protein expression associated with renal function were detected using qPCR, WB and immunofluorescence. Quercetin was identified as the main ingredient of SQJZJN by the network pharmacological screening and Quercetin at 1.5 and 3 g/(kg.d) concentrations could effectively alleviate the CRF symptoms, reduce the levels of Cr, BUN, and UA, and markedly inhibit cell apoptosis demonstrated by the intragastric administration. Furthermore, the protein expression of p-PI3K, p-AKT, NLRP3, caspase1, AQP1, and AQP2 in all groups was detected by immunofluorescence and western blot assays, indicating that Quercetin could reduce the expression of NLRP3, caspase1, p-PI3k, and p-Akt, and increase the expression of AQP1 and AQP2 in the renal tissues of CRF rats. Being labeled with biotin and incubated with the total protein extracted from kidney tissues, Quercetin could bind to PIK3R1. Following the PIK3R1 interference lentivirus was injected into the CRF model rats by tail vein, the CRF symptoms were effectively alleviated in the PIK3R1 interference group, consistent with the effect of Quercetin. Taken together, Quercetin, a major component of SQJZJN, might minimize renal fibrosis and apoptosis in CRF rats by inhibiting the PI3k/Akt pathway through targeting PIK3R1. By regulating AQP1 and AQP2, both water retention and toxin accumulation were reduced.
Active Constraints using Vector Field Inequalities for Surgical Robots
Creators: name: Marinho, Murilo M.
name: Adorno, Bruno V.
name: Harada, Kanako
name: Mitsuishi, Mamoru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Robotic assistance allows surgeons to perform dexterous and tremor-free procedures, but is still underrepresented in deep brain neurosurgery and endonasal surgery where the workspace is constrained. In these conditions, the vision of surgeons is restricted to areas near the surgical tool tips, which increases the risk of unexpected collisions between the shafts of the instruments and their surroundings, in particular in areas outside the surgical field-of-view. Active constraints can be used to prevent the tools from entering restricted zones and thus avoid collisions. In this paper, a vector field inequality is proposed that guarantees that tools do not enter restricted zones. Moreover, in contrast with early techniques, the proposed method limits the tool approach velocity in the direction of the forbidden zone boundary, guaranteeing a smooth behavior and that tangential velocities will not be disturbed. The proposed method is evaluated in simulations featuring two eight degrees-of-freedom manipulators that were custom-designed for deep neurosurgery. The results show that both manipulator-manipulator and manipulator-boundary collisions can be avoided using the vector field inequalities.
description: Accepted on ICRA 2018, 8 pages
Perspectives of bilingual Cypriot children parents on their children’s language development
Creators: name: Voniati, Louiza
name: Christopoulou, Maria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Language

description: The main objective of the research was to investigate the perspectives of bilingual Cypriot children parents on their children language development (comprehension, expression and use). Twenty five bilingual families, from different geographical parts of Cyprus participated, where only one of the two parents was Greek Cypriot and the child was between 3 and 8 years of age. The investigation excluded bilingual/multilingual families with children not in the assigned age range or, with one parent not having a Greek Cypriot origin. The research took place at the Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic of the European University Cyprus. For the completion of the research, a questionnaire was designed. It consisted of 34 questions divided into the following sections: the family language, the language development of the bilingual child, the social environment and relevant attitudes. A quantitative approach was used in the collection and analysis of the data. The results from the analysis indicated that the children who used more the Cypriot Greek, had a better comprehension in Cypriot Greek than the children who used more the other language. Furthermore, it appeared that all family members used the Cypriot Greek more verbally, while it emerged that approximately 25% of the children tend to speak using small phrases and their sentences in the other language have syntactical errors. The outcomes of the research have contributed to a better understanding of the perspectives of bilingual Cypriot children parents on their children language development. A number of avenues for future inquiry were identified.
Off-Shell Rho-Omega Mixing Through Quark Loops With Non-Perturbative Meson Vertex And Quark Mass Functions
Creators: name: Mitra, A. N.
name: Yang, K. -C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The momemtum dependence of the off-shell $ρ$-$ω$ mixing amplitude is calculated through a two-quark loop diagram, using non-perturbative meson-quark vertex functions for the $ρ$ and $ω$ mesons, as well as non-perturbative quark propagators. Both these quantities are generated self-consistently through an interlinked BSE-cum-SDE approach with a 3D support for the BSE kernel with two basic constants which are pre- checked against a wide cross section of both meson and baryon spectra within a common structural framework for their respective 3D BSE's. With this pre-calibration, the on-shell strength works out at -2.434$δ(m_q^2)$ in units of the change in "constituent mass squared", which is consistent with the $e^+e^-$ to $π^+π^-$ data for a u-d mass difference of ~4 MeV ,while the relative off-shell strength (0.99 $\pm$ 0.01) lies midway between quark-loop and QCD-SR results. We also calculate the photon-mediated $ρ$-$ω$ propagator whose off-shell structure has an additional pole at $q^2$=0. The implications of these results vis-a-vis related investigations are discussed.
description: 12 Pages, latex file, NTUTH-94-07
The Probabilistic Foundation of Existence: Absolute Nothing vs. Probable Reality in the Unified Data Framework (UDF)
Creators: name: Sambey, Stanley Everett
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This white paper explores the fundamental nature of existence, positing two mu-tually exclusive options: (1) an “absolute nothing, 0, before infinite/finite reality”or (2) a “some ‘thing’ existing ‘somewhere’ which is probability,” as articulated byStan Sambey (@SambeyStan, post: 1894425791464612012). We argue that the UnifiedData Framework v2.5 (UDF v2.5) provides the only viable framework, asserting thatexistence must be a probable expression—whether real or simulated—unified by prob-ability density (Ω), entropy unification (S⊗), and signal probability (ψn(x)). We con-trast this with absolute nothingness, demonstrating its incompatibility with observablereality, and position UDF v2.5 as the probabilistic unifier of all physical theories (New-tonian, Maxwell, Standard Model, Grand Unified Theory, String Theory/M-Theory,Loop Quantum Gravity) and entities (humans, AI, extraterrestrial signals). This paperleverages empirical data (web:0, web:3) and theoretical frameworks (web:2) to proposetestable avenues for validation via SETI, LIGO, and LHC observations, asserting prob-ability as the sole foundation of existence.
File contains calculation, Fig. S1, S2 and Table S1.;File for raw data from Effects of azo dye on simultaneous biological removal of azo dye and nutrients in wastewater
Creators: name: Aihui Chen
name: Bairen Yang
name: Yuanqiang Zhou
name: Yuze Sun
name: Ding, Cheng
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Science

description: The potential disrupting effects of Azo dye on wastewater nutrients removal deserved more analysis. In this study, 15 days exposure experiments were conducted with alizarin yellow R (AYR) as a model dye to determine whether the dye caused adverse effects on biological removal of both the dye and nutrients in acclimated anaerobic–aerobic–anoxic sequencing batch reactors. The results showed that the AYR removal efficiency was, respectively, 85.7% and 66.8% at AYR concentrations of 50 and 200 mg l−1, while higher AYR inlet (400 mg l−1) might inactivate sludge. Lower removal of AYR at 200 mg l−1 of AYR was due to the insufficient support of electron donors in the anaerobic process. However, the decolourized byproducts p-phenylenediamine and 5-aminosalicylic were completely decomposed in following aerobic stage at both 50 and 200 mg l−1 of AYR concentrations. Compared with the absence of AYR, the presence of 200 mg l−1 of AYR decreased the total nitrogen removal efficiency from 82.4 to 41.1%, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency initially decreased to 68.1% and then backed to around 83.4% in the long-term exposure time. It was also found that the inhibition of AYR, nitrogen and COD removal induced by a higher concentration of AYR was due to the increased intracellular reactive oxygen species production, which caused the rise of oxidation–reduction potential value and decreased ammonia monooxygenase and nitrite oxidoreductase activities.
The Ccontribution of normal, dim and dwarf galaxies to the local luminosity density
Creators: name: Driver, Simon P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: From the Hubble Deep Field catalog presented in Driver et al. (1998) we derive the local (0.3 < z < 0.5) Bivariate Brightness Distribution (BBD) of field galaxies within a 326 Mpc**3 Volume-Limited sample. The sample contains 47 galaxies which uniformally sample the underlying galaxy population within the specified redshift, magnitude and surface brightness limits (0.3 < z < 0.5, -21.3 < M_{B} < -13.7 mags, 18.0 < mu_{B} < 24.55 mags/sq arcsec). We conclude: (i) A luminosity-surface brightness relation exists for both the field and cluster galaxy populations, M_{B} ~ 1.5 mu_{e} - 50, (ii) Luminous low surface brightness galaxies account for <10% of the L* population, (iii) Low luminosity low surface brightness galaxies outnumber Hubble types by a factor of ~ 1.4, however their space density is NOT sufficient to explain the faint blue excess either by themselves or as faded remnants. In terms of the local luminosity density and galaxy dynamical mass budget, normal galaxies (i.e. Hubble tuning fork) contribute 88% and 72% respectively. This compares to 7% and 12% for dim galaxies and 5% and 16% for dwarf galaxies (within the above specified limits).
description: Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Nine pages and two figures
Poster : The Potential of Solar Panel Implementation Towards Sustainable Affordable Housing Development
Creators: name: Lucianto, Andrean Eka
name: Hardiansyah, Herdis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Solar Panel
Sustainable Development
Affordable Housing

description: This material presented in 1st ICESE 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Navigating the Landscape of Reproducible Research: A Predictive Modeling Approach
Creators: name: Akella, Akhil Pandey
name: Choudhury, Sagnik Ray
name: Koop, David
name: Alhoori, Hamed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2; I.6.5; H.3.7

description: The reproducibility of scientific articles is central to the advancement of science. Despite this importance, evaluating reproducibility remains challenging due to the scarcity of ground truth data. Predictive models can address this limitation by streamlining the tedious evaluation process. Typically, a paper's reproducibility is inferred based on the availability of artifacts such as code, data, or supplemental information, often without extensive empirical investigation. To address these issues, we utilized artifacts of papers as fundamental units to develop a novel, dual-spectrum framework that focuses on author-centric and external-agent perspectives. We used the author-centric spectrum, followed by the external-agent spectrum, to guide a structured, model-based approach to quantify and assess reproducibility. We explored the interdependencies between different factors influencing reproducibility and found that linguistic features such as readability and lexical diversity are strongly correlated with papers achieving the highest statuses on both spectrums. Our work provides a model-driven pathway for evaluating the reproducibility of scientific research. The code, methods, and artifacts for our study are publicly available at: https://github.com/reproducibilityproject/NLRR/
description: 10 pages, CIKM 2024
Secondary phi meson peak as an indicator of QCD phase transition in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions
Creators: name: Asakawa, M.
name: Ko, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a previous paper, we have shown that a double phi peak structure appears in the dilepton invariant mass spectrum if a first order QCD phase transition occurs in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. Furthermore, the transition temperature can be determined from the transverse momentum distribution of the low mass phi peak. In this work, we extend the study to the case that a smooth crossover occurs in the quark-gluon plasma to the hadronic matter transition. We find that the double phi peak structure still exists in the dilepton spectrum and thus remains a viable signal for the formation of the quark-gluon plasma in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions.
description: 8 pages, 9 uuencoded postscript figures included, Latex, LBL-35724
Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity and shear viscosity using two-gradient non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations
Creators: name: Lautenschlaeger, Martin P.
name: Horsch, Martin
name: Hasse, Hans
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A method for the simultaneous determination of the thermal conductivity λ and the shear viscosity η of fluids by non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations is presented and tested using the Lennard-Jones truncated and shifted fluid as example. The fluid is studied under the simultaneous influence of a temperature gradient and a velocity gradient and the resulting heat flux and momentum flux are measured to determine λ and η. The influence of the magnitude of and on λ and η is investigated. The cross-effects are negligible, even for large gradients. The same holds for the influence of on λ. However, there is a significant influence of on η, i.e. shear-thinning. The two-gradient method is applied in different ways: for small temperature-averaged values of λ and η are obtained. As has no significant influence on the results, simulations with large are evaluated using the local-equilibrium assumption, such that values are obtained at different temperatures in a single simulation. In addition to the results for λ and η, also results for the self-diffusion coefficient D are determined from evaluating the mean squared displacement. The new two-gradient method is robust, efficient and yields accurate results.