cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Procellator Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra 2023, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Kasalo, Niko
name: Buzzetti, Filippo Maria
name: Stancher, Gionata
name: Cambra, Roberto A.
name: Skejo, Josip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Procellator

description: Procellator Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra gen. nov.
(Figs 5–7)
 Type species. Procellator kai Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra sp. nov., here designated.
 Diagnosis. Most similar to the Batrachideini genera with an elevated median carina of the pronotum: Cranotettix, Halmatettix, Plectronotus, and Naskreckiana. The following set of characters allow this genus to be separated from all other Batrachideini: (1) frontal costa bifurcation at the upper third of the eye height, (2) mid-line of the antennal grooves at the bottom margin of eyes, (3) anterior spine reaching far beyond the anterior level of eyes, (4) median carina of pronotum elevated throughout its length, highest in the anterior quarter of its length, strongly undulated.
 Etymology. The word is coined from the Latin word procella, meaning storm, fused with the Latin suffix - tor used to form a third declension masculine agent noun (e.g., like gladiator, from gladius, sword). It represents a metaphor of the upcoming storm in the form of a revision of Batrachideini. “ procellator, -oris, m.” is thus a masculine gender noun.
 Composition and distribution. The genus includes a single species, Procellator kai Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra sp. nov., for now known only from Panama.
description: Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Stancher, Gionata, Cambra, Roberto A. & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of Batrachideini (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae): description of two new flightless genera, Naskreckiana and Procellator, and revision of the status of Eotetrix, pp. 279-292 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63 (2) on page 284, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2023.016, http://zenodo.org/record/10134037
CPV in B-baryons at LHCb
Creators: name: Sarpis, Gediminas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: In this talk I give an overview of the current state of affairs in the field of the CP violation searches in charmless beauty baryon decays. Four analyses are presented giving the newest results of branching fraction and CPV measurements as well as observations of new decay modes. Future prospects are discussed.
Tripartite Entanglement-Dependence of Tripartite Non-locality in Non-inertial Frame
Creators: name: Park, DaeKil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The three-tangle-dependence of $S_{max} = \max $, where $S$ is Svetlichny operator, are explicitly derived when one party moves with an uniform acceleration with respect to other parties in the generalized Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger and maximally slice states. The $π$-tangle-dependence of $S_{max}$ are also derived implicitly. From the dependence we conjecture that the multipartite entanglement is not the only physical resource for quantum mechanical multipartite non-locality.
description: 13 pages,6 figures, V2, 14 pages, 6 figures, will appear in JPHYSA
New empirical tests of the multifractal Omori law for Taiwan
Creators: name: Tsai, Ching-Yi
name: Ouillon, Guy
name: Sornette, Didier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report new tests on the Taiwan earthquake catalog of the prediction by the Multifractal Stress Activation (MSA) model that the p-value of the Omori law for the rate of aftershocks following a mainshock is an increasing function of its magnitude Mm. This effort is motivated by the quest to validate this crucial prediction of the MSA model and to investigate its possible dependence on local tectonic conditions. With careful attention to the long-term as well as short-term time-dependent magnitude completeness of the Taiwan catalog, and with the use of three different declustering techniques, we confirm the universality of the prediction p(Mm) = (0.09 \pm 0.03) \times Mm + (0.47 \pm 0.10), valid for the SCEC Southern California catalog, the Harvard-CMT worldwide catalog, the JMA Japan catalog and the Taiwan catalog. The observed deviations of the two coefficients of the p(Mm) linear dependence on Mm from catalog to catalog are not significant enough to correlate meaningfully with any tectonic features.
description: This paper has been withdrawn after a request from the Editor of the published version. You can now find it in BSSA (Bulletin of Seismological Society of America)
Temperature as an external field for colloid-polymer mixtures : "quenching" by heating and "melting" by cooling
Creators: name: Taylor, Shelley L.
name: Evans, Robert
name: Royall, C. Patrick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the response to temperature of a well-known colloid-polymer mixture. At room temperature, the critical value of the second virial coefficient of the effective interaction for the Asakura-Oosawa model predicts the onset of gelation with remarkable accuracy. Upon cooling the system, the effective attractions between colloids induced by polymer depletion are reduced, because the polymer radius of gyration is decreases as the theta-temperature is approached. Paradoxically, this raises the effective temperature, leading to "melting" of colloidal gels. We find the Asakura-Oosawa model of effective colloid interactions with a simple description of the polymer temperature response provides a quantitative description of the fluid-gel transition. Further we present evidence for enhancement of crystallisation rates near the metastable critical point.
description: 13 pages
title: Environmental assessment of the south-eastern Baltic Sea with use of the hydrochemical and hydrobiological data
Creators: name: Aleksandrov, Sergey
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session F
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Baltic Sea is a semi-closed inland sea with a specific hydrological regime and ecology. Eutrophication and accumulation of pollutants are the most important problems. To assess the ecological state of the southeastern Baltic Sea, an analysis of hydrochemical (nutrients and pollutants) and hydrobiological (chlorophyll) parameters was carried out. Assessment of the ecological state and monitoring of these parameters were specified by the EU Marine Strategy Directive and EU Water Framework Directive as one of the main indicators of eutrophication and water pollution. Ecological monitoring was carried out at 18–22 stations in winter, spring, summer, and autumn of 2003–2009. Special attention is paid to the oilfield “Kravtsovskoe”, where oil production has been conducted since 2004. Assessment of water quality and eutrophication was carried out according to classifications adopted in Russia and Baltic countries. Spatial distribution of chlorophyll and nutrient concentrations was characterized by increased values in coastal areas, which could result from shallow depths, nutrient and pollutant input from the shore, and periodic summer ʺbloomsʺ of cyanobacteria. Consequently, coastal areas have higher eutrophic status and lower quality of water than the Baltic proper. In the coastal areas, the water quality is often reduced to a satisfactory and passable condition. Occasionally there is local pollution and maximum permissible concentrations of petroleum products, detergents and PAH are exceeded. This is generally associated with discharge from the shore or oil leaks, including from ships. Long-term monitoring, however, did not reveal any contamination of the marine environment of the southeastern Baltic Sea associated with development (construction, drilling of wells) and oil production.
CPV in charm decays into neutral kaons
Creators: name: Li, Hsiang-nan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: We find a new $CP$-violation effect in charm decays into neutral kaons, which results from the interference between two tree (Cabibbo-favored and doubly Cabibbo-suppressed) amplitudes with the mixing of final-state mesons. This effect, estimated to be of order of $10^{-3}$, is much larger than the direct $CP$ asymmetries in these decays, but missed in the literature. It can be revealed by measuring the difference of the time-dependent $CP$ asymmetries in the $D^{+}\to \pi^{+}K_S^0$ and $D_{s}^{+}\to K^{+} K_S^0$ modes, which are accessible at the LHCb and Belle II. If confirmed, the new effect has to be taken into account, as the above direct $CP$ asymmetries are used to search for new physics.
Exploring community participation using the Geospatial Web : a case study from the Central Okanagan, British Columbia
Creators: name: Wright, Shayne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The idea that map-making by communities can lead to local change is well established. Through a collaborative case study involving a community-university partnership with a local food organization, I explored community participation in mapping using the Geospatial Web (Geoweb). Widespread public access to the infrastructure of the Internet and the growing use of web-based mapping tools by amateur citizens has led to great enthusiasm for the participatory potential offered by the Geoweb. To better understand this potential, our partnership developed a customized web-based participatory mapping tool named Geolive, which was then used during three participatory mapping sessions in varying contexts in British Columbia’s Central Okanagan Regional District. Through Community-Based Research methods, I gathered information using interviews, survey questionnaires, participant observation, and participatory mapping on the Geoweb. As participants linked their knowledge to existing or new digital map features through geo-located community discussions, I examined their experiences and the types of participation that resulted. First, 63 university students participated together in-class. Then 54 public attendees joined us individually over two days at the local Farmer’s Market. Finally, 45 students participated from home in dispersed locations. Results from each of the participatory mapping sessions varied with respect to the map contributions, to what the participants learned, and to their ratings of effectiveness. From these results, I identified three participation types that occurred with declining frequency, beginning with access, followed in some of these cases by engagement with the process, and then in fewer cases ending with a change in critical consciousness or awareness. The Geoweb supported discussion and gathering of place-based knowledge through a socially and procedurally differentiated process.
Tensor modes on the string theory landscape
Creators: name: Westphal, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
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: We attempt an estimate for the distribution of the tensor mode fraction $r$ over the landscape of vacua in string theory. The dynamics of eternal inflation and quantum tunneling lead to a kind of democracy on the landscape, providing no bias towards large-field or small-field inflation regardless of the class of measure. The tensor mode fraction then follows the number frequency distributions of inflationary mechanisms of string theory over the landscape. We show that an estimate of the relative number frequencies for small-field vs large-field inflation, while unattainable on the whole landscape, may be within reach as a regional answer for warped Calabi-Yau flux compactifications of type IIB string theory.
description: LaTeX, 1+55 pages, 4 figures, v2: citations added, extended and more precise discussion of the vacuum count ratios in the 'landscape Drake equation' in section 4.4, 4.5 and in the conclusion 5
title: Assessing the health of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) for site-selection of cultivation areas: potentials and constraints of applied parameters
Creators: name: Brenner, Matthias
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session F
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In a comprehensive approach, intertidal, near- and offshore areas in the German Bight were evaluated to determine their suitability for the cultivation of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis). Over a ten-month sampling period, mussels were assessed using biodiagnostic markers (previously applied only in environmental monitoring), such as lysosomal membrane stability and the concentrations of lipofuscin, neutral lipids, and glycogen in cells of the digestive gland. Together with investigations regarding the presence of macro- and microparasites, bacteria, viruses, and toxic algae in mussel tissues, the overall health of animals was described. First results revealed high condition indices, low parasite infestations, and very high growth rates for submerged mussels. In contrast, intertidal mussels had significantly higher parasite loads and lower condition indices. A pattern was obtained regarding the concentration of, for example, neutral lipids in cells of the digestive gland. Because of the permanent feeding mode, submerged mussels accumulated significantly more neutral lipids than intertidal mussels. These differences between sites, however, were not displayed using screening tools sensitive for environmental impacts and individual stress such as the test on lysosomal membrane stability. Here, mussels from all sites demonstrated comparably low values throughout the sampling season. Differences were displayed only on an interseasonal level, with lowest labilization values in spring because of the reproduction of mussels. The results show that mussels may react differently to the same level of environmental stress according to their habitat conditions. Furthermore, there is a need to evaluate the impact and relevance of health-related investigations on improving the significance of the deployed parameters.
Kinetic Mixing of U(1)s in Heterotic Orbifolds
Creators: name: Goodsell, Mark
name: Ramos-Sanchez, Saul
name: Ringwald, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study kinetic mixing between massless U(1) gauge symmetries in the bosonic formulation of heterotic orbifold compactifications. For non-prime Z_N factorisable orbifolds, we find a simple expression of the mixing in terms of the properties of the N=2 subsectors, which helps understand under what conditions mixing can occur. With this tool, we analyse Z_6-II heterotic orbifolds and find non-vanishing mixing even without including Wilson lines. We show that some semi-realistic models of the Mini-Landscape admit supersymmetric vacua with mixing between the hypercharge and an additional U(1), which can be broken at low energies. We finally discuss some phenomenologically appealing possibilities that hidden photons in heterotic orbifolds allow.
description: 28 pages
Abelianizations of derivation Lie algebras of the free associative algebra and the free Lie algebra
Creators: name: Morita, Shigeyuki
name: Sakasai, Takuya
name: Suzuki, Masaaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17B56, 32G15, 55R40, 17B65, 20J06

description: We determine the abelianizations of the following three kinds of graded Lie algebras in certain stable ranges: derivations of the free associative algebra, derivations of the free Lie algebra and symplectic derivations of the free associative algebra. In each case, we consider both the whole derivation Lie algebra and its ideal consisting of derivations with positive degrees. As an application of the last case, and by making use of a theorem of Kontsevich, we obtain a new proof of the vanishing theorem of Harer concerning the top rational cohomology group of the mapping class group with respect to its virtual cohomological dimension.
description: 30 pages, 18 figures. Title modified, final version, to appear in Duke Math. J
Humilocoris Harrington 1980
Creators: name: Ban, Teruaki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhyparochromidae
Humilocoris

description: Genus Humilocoris Harrington, 1980
 Humilocoris Harrington, 1980: 62, 75, 89 (new genus). Type species: Orthaea cephalotes Kiritshenko, 1931, misidentified as Rhyparochromus cephalotes Dallas, 1852 in the original designation (see SLATER & ZHENG 1985).
 Humilocoris: SLATER & ZHENG (1985): 15–16 (nomenclature); SLATER & O’DONNELL (1995): 149 (world catalogue); PḖRICART (2001): 173–174 (Palaearctic catalogue); DELLAඉḖ & HENRY (2022) ((bibliography of genus).
 Differential diagnosis. This genus is recognized among Myodochini genera by the following combination of characters: head, pronotum, scutellum and corium covered with long erect setae; pronotal collar present, but not demarked posteriorly by a line-like groove; lateral margin of pronotum rounded; profemur armed with 2 large spines and 3 or 4 rows of small spines; phallus slender; endophallic reservoir with well-developed wings; conjunctiva and vesica usually unadorned; conjunctival spine absent; holding sclerites slender (HARRINGTON 1980).
description: Published as part of Ban, Teruaki, 2023, A new species of the genus Stigmatonotum (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) from Japan, with notes on related species from the East Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, pp. 265-278 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63 (2) on page 266, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2023.015, http://zenodo.org/record/10134073
An exploration of new therapeutic options for nocturnal leg cramps
Creators: name: Garrison, Scott Russel
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: THE PROBLEM: Rest cramps (also known as nocturnal leg cramps) are painful muscle contractions, typically in the legs or feet, that occur during prolonged rest - most often while in bed at night. Although common in older adults, safe and effective treatment options are lacking. OPPORTUNITY AND METHOD #1: Magnesium supplements are readily available and widely marketed to consumers for cramp prophylaxis. However the efficacy of magnesium for this indication is unclear and existing clinical trials are limited by the well recognized poor bioavailability of oral magnesium. To better assess the potential efficacy of magnesium in cramp prophylaxis I conducted a (N=46) double-blind, placebo-controlled RCT on community-dwelling rest cramp sufferers to determine whether a more reliable delivery method (5 consecutive days intravenous infusion of 20 mmol magnesium sulfate) could reduce the frequency of rest cramps. I additionally determined whether the response to treatment varied with the extent to which infused magnesium was retained (as measured by 24-hr urinary magnesium excretion) and performed a Cochrane Systematic Literature Review to find and synthesize all relevant randomised trials. OPPORTUNITY AND METHOD #2: Anecdotal evidence suggested several medications might promote muscle cramping. If true, cramp sufferers using these drugs could potentially gain cramp relief through therapeutic substitution or reduction of these agents. To investigate this potential cramp link I searched BC Ministry of Health databases containing diagnostic and prescribing information on the 4.2 million residents of British Columbia to determine, using sequence symmetry methods, whether quinine starts (i.e. new cramp treatment) increased in the year following introduction of the three most commonly prescribed medications with a link to muscle cramps (diuretics, statins and inhaled long-acting beta2-agonists). CONCLUSION: Although its role in pregnancy-associated rest cramps remains unclear, magnesium supplementation does not meaningfully reduce the frequency of rest cramps in older adults. Alternatively, for some cramp sufferers, reduction or discontinuation of select cramp promoting medications (inhaled long-acting beta2-agonists, potassium-sparing diuretics and thiazides) may be a useful therapeutic maneuver. Over a 13 year period 60.3% of quinine users (cramp sufferers) received at least one of these medications. In contrast, statin and loop-diuretic cramp associations were clinically unimportant.
Turbulent and fast motions of H2 gas in active galactic nuclei
Creators: name: Dasyra, K. M.
name: Combes, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Querying the Spitzer archive for optically-selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) observed in high-resolution mode spectroscopy, we identified radio and/or interacting galaxies with highly turbulent motions of the H2 gas at a temperature of a few hundred Kelvin. Unlike all other AGN that have unresolved H2 line profiles at a spectral resolution of ~600, 3C236, 3C293, IRAS09039+0503, MCG-2-58-22, and Mrk463E have intrinsic velocity dispersions exceeding 200 km/s for at least two of the rotational S0, S1, S2, and S3 lines. In a sixth source, 4C12.50, a blue wing was detected in the S1 and S2 line profiles, indicating the presence of a warm molecular gas component moving at -640 km/s with respect to the bulk of the gas at systemic velocity. Its mass is 5.2*10^7 M_sun, accounting for more than one fourth of the H2 gas at 374K, but less than 1% of the cold H2 gas computed from CO observations. Because no diffuse gas component of 4C12.50 has been observed to date to be moving at more than 250 km/s from systemic velocity, the H2 line wings are unlikely to be tracing gas in shock regions along the tidal tails of this merging system. They can instead be tracing gas driven by a jet or entrained by a nuclear outflow, which is known to emerge from the west nucleus of 4C12.50. It is improbable that such an outflow, with an estimated mass loss rate of 130 M_sun/yr, entirely quenches the star formation around this nucleus.
description: A&A letters, revised to match the final print version
title: Towards a comprehensive methodology for assessing the health status of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Creators: name: Tankoua, Olivia Fossi
name: Amiard, Jean-Claude
name: Amiard-Triquet, Claude
name: Berthet, Brigitte
name: Mouneyrac, Catherine
name: Rainbow, Philip S.
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session F
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Biomarker methodology has been developed since the early 1990s and core biomarkers have been validated for use in biomonitoring programmes. Their lack of ecological relevance, however, is frequently emphasized. Nevertheless, their ability to reveal environmental disturbances well before changes in benthic communities occur is of considerable advantage. The first goal of this presentation was to provide a response to the following question: Can impairments at the infra-individual or individual levels allow an assessment of effects at higher levels of biological organization? Processes that can affect reproductive success, with very probable consequences at the population level provide biomarkers with added ecological value. Particular attention will be devoted to (i) energy metabolism, (ii) behaviour, and (iii) sexual disturbances. Case studies with key species for intertidal mudflat functioning (the endobenthic worm Nereis diversicolor and the bivalve Scrobicularia plana) will be used to provide evidence of the cascade of biological events leading from chemical stress to local extinction of the species. In conclusion, a three-step comprehensive methodology will be proposed to assess the health status of coastal and estuarine ecosystems. A first step would consist of seeking evidence of impairments revealed by so-called biomarkers with ecological value. When such impairments are demonstrated, it is necessary to identify the main classes of contaminants that may be responsible by using a multi-biomarker approach based on ”core biomarkers”. The quantification and characterization (specific fractions, metabolites) of chemicals in water, sediments, and biota can then allow the correlative validation of hypotheses based on the biomarker studies.
title: Integration of passive sampling and mussels monitoring for environmental assessment of Scottish inshore waters
Creators: name: Robinson, Craig D.
name: Abbott, Laura A.
name: Gubbins, Matt
name: Dymond, Peter
name: Dobson, Judy
name: Thain, John
name: Davies, I. M.
name: Bean, Time
name: Bignell, John
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session F
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Passive sampling is an increasingly accepted technique in determining concentrations of hydrophobic organic contaminants within the water column. This increasing acceptance comes from the technique’s provision of time-averaged freely dissolved concentrations of contaminants; it is the freely dissolved component of the total contaminant concentration that is the most biologically available, and the time-averaged nature of the data minimizes any requirement for frequent analyses when there is significant temporal heterogeneity. Silicone rubber passive samplers were co-deployed with mussels (where salinity allowed) along contaminant gradients within the river, estuary, and Firth of Clyde (in 2008) and the estuary and Firth of Forth (2009) and concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and chlorobiphenyls (CBs) determined in both mussels and the water column. In addition in 2010, passive sampling devices were deployed in the Firth of Clyde for the determination of freely dissolved PAH and CB concentrations while shoreline mussels were collected and subjected to an array of biological effects assays. The determined freely dissolved concentrations in the Clyde were greatest in the urban and industrial areas (up to 300 ng l–1 total PAH) and there were good correlations (R2 = 0.75–0.85) between log bioaccumulation factor and log Kow for PAHs at individual sites, but less good for CBs. Principal components analysis suggested a number of different contaminant sources within both estuaries. More recent passive sampling-derived concentration data is discussed in the light of observed biological effects and the integrated approach to environmental assessment.
Graph complexity analysis identifies an ETV5 tumor-specific network in human and murine low-grade glioma
Creators: name: Pan, Yuan
name: Duron, Christina
name: Bush, Erin C.
name: Ma, Yu
name: Sims, Peter A.
name: Gutmann, David H.
name: Radunskaya, Ami
name: Hardin, Johanna
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Gliomas
subject: Gene regulatory networks
subject: Gene expression
subject: System analysis
subject: Systems biology
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Conventional differential expression analyses have been successfully employed to identify genes whose levels change across experimental conditions. One limitation of this approach is the inability to discover central regulators that control gene expression networks. In addition, while methods for identifying central nodes in a network are widely implemented, the bioinformatics validation process and the theoretical error estimates that reflect the uncertainty in each step of the analysis are rarely considered. Using the betweenness centrality measure, we identified Etv5 as a potential tissue-level regulator in murine neurofibromatosis type 1 (Nf1) low-grade brain tumors (optic gliomas). As such, the expression of Etv5 and Etv5 target genes were increased in multiple independently-generated mouse optic glioma models relative to non-neoplastic (normal healthy) optic nerves, as well as in the cognate human tumors (pilocytic astrocytoma) relative to normal human brain. Importantly, differential Etv5 and Etv5 network expression was not directly the result of Nf1 gene dysfunction in specific cell types, but rather reflects a property of the tumor as an aggregate tissue. Moreover, this differential Etv5 expression was independently validated at the RNA and protein levels. Taken together, the combined use of network analysis, differential RNA expression findings, and experimental validation highlights the potential of the computational network approach to provide new insights into tumor biology.
New Physics Models of Direct CP Violation in Charm Decays
Creators: name: Altmannshofer, Wolfgang
name: Primulando, Reinard
name: Yu, Chiu-Tien
name: Yu, Felix
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In view of the recent LHCb measurement of Delta A_CP, the difference between the time-integrated CP asymmetries in D --> K+K- and D --> pi+pi- decays, we perform a comparative study of the possible impact of New Physics degrees of freedom on the direct CP asymmetries in singly Cabibbo suppressed D meson decays. We systematically discuss scenarios with a minimal set of new degrees of freedom that have renormalizable couplings to the SM particles and that are heavy enough such that their effects on the D meson decays can be described by local operators. We take into account both constraints from low energy flavor observables, in particular D0-D0bar mixing, and from direct searches. While models that explain the large measured value for Delta A_CP with chirally enhanced chromomagnetic penguins are least constrained, we identify a few viable models that contribute to the D meson decays at tree level or through loop induced QCD penguins. We emphasize that such models motivate direct searches at the LHC.
description: 24 pages, 13 figures. v2: typos corrected, reference added, published version
title: Three-year monitoring of organic and inorganic contaminants in Golfe-Juan bay (Mediterranean-South-East of France)
Creators: name: Florent, Renaud
name: Aurélie, Barrats
name: Ines, Mnif
name: Marine, Clozza
name: Luc, Aribaud
name: Pierre, Boissery
name: Patrice, Francour
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session F
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.A three-year monitoring project (2007–2010) has been carried out in Golfe-Juan bay (Mediterranean, southeast France) to identify the main contamination sources and characterize the impact of a wastewater treatment plant and the effect of a recent biological treatment installation, on the global contamination of the bay. The concentration of nine heavy metals (Ni, Cu, Mo, Ag, Cd, Ba, Pb, As, and Mn) and the anionic surfactant linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) was measured twice a year (in April and October) at 11 locations in the bay, on passive samplers (SBSE and DGT), in transplanted mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and in sediment. Passive samplers and mussels were placed for one month at each sampling period, whereas sediment was sampled once in 2008 and in 2010. No major metal contamination was identified in the bay. Seasonal differences on metals dissolved concentration were detected and stations could be differentiated, based on their contaminant signature. If no clear difference was observed in metal concentration between sampled stations, hydrodynamism had a great influence on the contaminants signature similarity of the stations. Significant differences were assessed for LAS between stations, and the anionic surfactant was mainly detected at the rear of the bay, probably because of a non-identified effluent discharge or as a result of the hydrodynamism of the bay.
Multi-Dimensional Cosmology and GUP
Creators: name: Zeynali, K.
name: Darabi, F.
name: Motavalli, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a multidimensional cosmological model with FRW type metric having 4-dimensional space-time and $d$-dimensional Ricci-flat internal space sectors with a higher dimensional cosmological constant. We study the classical cosmology in commutative and GUP cases and obtain the corresponding exact solutions for negative and positive cosmological constants. It is shown that for negative cosmological constant, the commutative and GUP cases result in finite size universes with smaller size and longer ages, and larger size and shorter age, respectively. For positive cosmological constant, the commutative and GUP cases result in infinite size universes having late time accelerating behavior in good agreement with current observations. The accelerating phase starts in the GUP case sooner than the commutative case. In both commutative and GUP cases, and for both negative and positive cosmological constants, the internal space is stabilized to the sub-Planck size, at least within the present age of the universe. Then, we study the quantum cosmology by deriving the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, and obtain the exact solutions in the commutative case and the perturbative solutions in GUP case, to first order in the GUP small parameter, for both negative and positive cosmological constants. It is shown that good correspondence exists between the classical and quantum solutions.
description: 21 pages, 15 figures, minor revision, references added
Post-neoliberal nature? community water governance in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia
Creators: name: Marston, Andrea Janet
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Since the turn of the century, Bolivia has been undergoing a leftward political shift that many scholars have described as “post-neoliberal.” This shift is inflected with communitarian and ecological sensibilities, and politicians frequently depict “community” and “nature” as two axes around which a new, post-neoliberal world order can be imagined. The overarching purpose of this thesis is to explore the friction between the country’s putatively post-neoliberal politics and existing community water governance in Cochabamba, Bolivia. This is pursued through two sub-themes: a comparison of the government’s post-neoliberal rhetoric to its resource management policies; and a comparison of celebratory conceptualizations of community governance to the governance strategies of community-run water systems in La Maica, a region of peri-urban Cochabamba. The thesis argues that, while the Morales government rhetorically celebrates “community” and “nature” as essential pillars of post-neoliberal governance paradigm, reality differs from rhetoric in two ways. First, the Bolivian government’s natural resource agenda has involved a shift towards centralized, state-led management, rather than community governance. Second, actually existing examples of community resource governance are intertwined with non-community institutions and multiple scales of governance, implying that communities are contextually embedded and hybridized structures. The progressive (post-neoliberal) potential of community resource governance therefore depends on both its context-specific manifestation and the support that it receives from the state. Primary data for this thesis was gathered during four months of fieldwork in Cochabamba (June to October 2011), and the four methods employed were expert interviews, interviews with community leaders in La Maica, water user surveys in La Maica, and document analysis.
Additional file 1 of Constructing an automatic diagnosis and severity-classification model for acromegaly using facial photographs by deep learning
Creators: name: Kong, Yanguo
name: Kong, Xiangyi
name: He, Cheng
name: Liu, Changsong
name: Wang, Liting
name: Su, Lijuan
name: Gao, Jun
name: Guo, Qi
name: Cheng, Ran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Hematology

description: Additional file 1.. The materials, methods, results and limitations of this study in detail.
Personal- und Vorlesungsverzeichnis, Sommersemester 1965; Stand: 20.3.1965
Creators: name: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Publisher: name: RWTH Aachen University
Year: 1965

description: Personal- und Vorlesungsverzeichnis / Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Sommersemester 1965, (1965).
description: Published by Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen
Dissociation of a Hubbard--Holstein bipolaron driven away from equilibrium by a constant electric field
Creators: name: Golež, D.
name: Bonča, J.
name: Vidmar, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a variational numerical method we compute the time-evolution of the Holstein-Hubbard bipolaron from its ground state when at t=0 the constant electric field is switched on. The system is evolved taking into account full quantum effects until it reaches a quasi-stationary state. In the zero-field limit the current shows Bloch oscillations characteristic for the adiabatic regime where the electric field causes the bipolaron to evolve along the quasiparticle band. Bipolaron remains bound and the net current remains zero in this regime. At larger electric fields the system enters the dissipative regime with a finite steady-state current. Concomitantly, the bipolaron dissociates into two separate polarons. By examining different parameter regimes we show that the appearance of a finite steady-state current is inevitably followed by the dissociation of the bipolaron.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
Incidence of sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy
Creators: name: Teasdale, Chloe A.
name: Abrams, Elaine J.
name: Chiasson, Mary Ann
name: Justman, Jessica E.
name: Blanchard, Kelly
name: Jones, Heidi E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Epidemiology
Sexually transmitted diseases--Epidemiology
Pregnancy--Complications
Pregnant women--Sexual behavior
Chlamydia infections
Reproductive health

description: Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) is high among pregnant women in certain settings. We estimated STI incidence and compared STI risk in pregnant and non-pregnant women. Data came from the Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa (MIRA) study conducted in South Africa and Zimbabwe 2003–2006. Women aged 18–50 years with at least one follow-up visit within 6 months of enrollment were included. Follow-up visits included laboratory testing for pregnancy, chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, and HIV, as well as self-report of hormonal contraceptive (HC) use, sexual behaviors and intravaginal practices. All visits were classified according to pregnancy status. Incidence of each STI was calculated using follow-up time. Cox proportional hazards models were fitted using pregnancy as a time-varying exposure and sexual behaviors and intravaginal practices as time-varying covariates. Among 4,549 women, 766 (16.8%) had a positive pregnancy test. Median follow-up time was 18 months [IQR: 12–24]. The overall incidence rate of chlamydia was 6.7 per 100 person years (py) and 9.9/100py during pregnancy; gonorrhea incidence was 2.7/100py and 4.9/100py during pregnancy; trichomoniasis incidence was 7.1/100py overall and 9.2/100py during pregnancy. Overall HIV incidence was 3.9/100py and 3.8/100py during pregnancy. In crude models, pregnancy increased risk for chlamydia (hazard ratio (HR) 1.5, 95%CI: 1.1–1.2), however there was no increased risk of any measured STI in adjusted models. STI Incidence was high during pregnancy however pregnancy did not increase STI risk after adjustment for sexual behaviors. Greater efforts are needed to help pregnant women avoid STIs.
title: The relevance of molecular biomarkers as a component of a weight-of-evicence aaproach to marine monitoring
Creators: name: Bean, T. P.
name: Bignell, J. P.
name: Thain, J. E.
name: Lyons, B.P.
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session F
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Integrated monitoring programmes measuring the biological effects of contaminants in our seas are now fully incorporated into national and international monitoring activities; with the key aim of identifying and understanding anthropogenic changes in ecosystem health. As part of these monitoring activities we have sampled two well characterized indicator species from sites around the UK and compared these directly with pristine sites in Iceland. Samples were analysed with a suite of traditional biomarkers (measurements included condition index, comet assay, stress, histopathology, and enzyme-based assays) and assessed for the presence of chemical contaminants. Alongside these traditional biomarker techniques we also used real-time PCR to assess gene expression, which has previously been associated with increased levels of contaminants. Genes studied in flounder include CYP1A, vitellogenin, metallothionein, and thyroid receptors, expression of which are induced by polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), endocrine disrupters, heavy metals, and brominated flame retardants, respectively. Genes studied in mussels include heat-shock proteins, glutathione-S-transferases, and catalase and can elucidate responses to stress. Molecular techniques are coming of age and previous work, based around lab exposure studies, has demonstrated their worth. These results demonstrate, however, that gene expression is also a key tool within environmental monitoring programmes and where possible should be incorporated as part of a weight-of-evidence-based approach. Data are presented to demonstrate the relevance of molecular markers within systematic monitoring programmes and identify which markers are most useful when classifying sites according to biological effects of contaminants.
Getting the best out of T2K and NOvA
Creators: name: Prakash, Suprabh
name: Raut, Sushant K.
name: Sankar, S. Uma
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the combined physics potential of T2K and NOvA in light of the moderately large measured value of theta13. For sin^2 2*theta13 = 0.1, which is close to the best fit value, a 90% C.L. evidence for the hierarchy can be obtained only for the combinations (Normal hierarchy, -170 <= deltaCP <= 0) and (Inverted hierarchy, 0 <= deltaCP <= 170), with the currently planned runs of NOvA and T2K. However, the hierarchy can essentially be determined for any value of deltaCP, if the statistics of NOvA are increased by 50% and those of T2K are doubled. Such an increase will also give an allowed region of deltaCP around its true value, except for the CP conserving cases deltaCP = 0 or 180. We demonstrate that any measurement of deltaCP is not possible without first determining hierarchy. We find that comparable data from a shorter baseline (L ~ 130 km) experiment will not lead to any significant improvement.
description: Version published in Phys. Rev. D
Rhagovelia occulcata Drake 1959
Creators: name: Magalhães, Oséias Martins
name: Nery, Leticia
name: Moller, Hermann
name: Pavarini, Ronaldo
name: Bertini, Giovana
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia occulcata

description: Rhagovelia occulcata Drake, 1959 Figures 4, 5
description: Published as part of Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Nery, Leticia, Moller, Hermann, Pavarini, Ronaldo, Bertini, Giovana & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2020, Semiaquatic bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo state, Brazil, pp. 349-359 in Check List 16 (2) on page 351, DOI: 10.15560/16.2.349
description: {"references": ["Drake CJ (1959) Three new water-striders from Brazil (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 58 (2): 107 - 111."]}
Persistence of coherent quantum dynamics at strong dissipation
Creators: name: Kast, Denis
name: Ankerhold, Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum dynamics of a two state system coupled to a bosonic reservoir with sub-Ohmic spectral density is investigated for strong friction. Numerically exact path integral Monte Carlo methods reveal that in contrast to conventional expectations, coherent dynamics never turns into incoherent decay for a broad class of spectral distributions. Coherences associated with substantial system-reservoir entanglement exist in non-equilibrium even when strong dissipation makes the thermodynamic state of the system to behave essentially classical. This may be of relevance for current experiments with nanoscale devices and bio-molecular aggregates.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Charmless two-body decays at Belle and prospects at Belle II
Creators: name: Pal, Bilas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: Charmless hadronic B decays are a good testing ground for the Standard Model (SM) of Particle Physics. The dominant amplitudes are CKM suppressed tree diagrams and/or b→s or b→d loop ("penguin") diagrams. Non-SM particle could appear in the loop, and hence these decays are sensitive to search for the New Physics. Some of the recent measurements of two-body charmless hadronic B decays from Belle and their prospects at Belle II will be discussed.
The South African Rea Phela Health Study: A randomized controlled trial of communication retention strategies
Creators: name: Rhyne, James M.
name: Mumbauer, Alexandra
name: Rheeder, Paul
name: Hall, Megan N.
name: Genkinger, Jeanine M.
name: Medina-Marino, Andrew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Epidemiology
Public health
Questionnaires
Employee retention
Public health personnel

description: Epidemiological transitions are occurring throughout Africa. To inform public health programs and policies, longitudinal cohorts investigating non-communicable diseases are needed. However, loss-to-follow up is a major problem. In preparation for a longitudinal study, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to test communication-based retention strategies (message content and delivery methods) among a pilot cohort of South African healthcare workers (n = 1536; median age = 36; women = 1270). Two messaging formats across three delivery modes were tested. Response rates were analyzed by intervention, survey return date and method using chi-square tests and univariate logistic regression. Sixty-seven of 238 (17.4%) control group participants and 238 of 1152 (24.6%) intervention group participants were retained (OR 1.54: CI 1.15–2.07; P = 0.004). Odds of being retained were 1.68 times greater for participants who received regular contact and themed messages compared to control (CI 1.22–2.32; P = 0.001). Neither health status nor clinical condition affected response rates (P>0.05). Time-to-first contact did not impact response rates (P>0.05). Message content and delivery method influenced response rates compared to the control, however no difference was found between intervention groups. Although greater retention is required for valid cohort studies, these findings are the first to quantitatively assess retention factors in Africa.