cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Independence and Product Systems
Creators: name: Skeide, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60J25; 46L55; 46L53; 60A05

description: Starting from elementary considerations about independence and Markov processes in classical probability we arrive at the new concept of conditional monotone independence (or operator-valued monotone independence). With the help of product systems of Hilbert modules we show that monotone conditional independence arises naturally in dilation theory.
description: To appear in Proceedings of the ``First Sino-German Meeting on Stochastic Analysis'', Beijing, 2002
title: Why Do Central Banks Smooth Interest Rates?
Creators: name: Srour, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: It is commonly observed that central banks respond gradually to economic shocks, moving the interest rate in small discrete steps in the same direction over an extended period of time. This paper examines the empirical evidence regarding central banks' smoothing of interest rates, paying particular attention to the case of Canada. It then reviews the alternative explanations of the stylized facts that have recently emerged in the literature.
description: On voit généralement les banques centrales réagir de façon graduelle aux chocs économiques, en modifiant les taux d'intérêt à petites doses de façon à étaler le mouvement de hausse ou de baisse sur une longue période. L'auteur analyse le comportement des banques centrales à l'égard des taux d'intérêt à la lumière des résultats empiriques, en mettant l'accent sur le cas du Canada. Il passe ensuite en revue les différentes explications des faits stylisés qui ont récemment été avancées dans la littérature sur le sujet.
The Vela Pulsar in the Near-Infrared
Creators: name: Shibanov, Y. A.
name: Koptsevich, A. B.
name: Sollerman, J.
name: Lundqvist, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the first detection of the Vela pulsar in the near-infrared with the VLT/ISAAC in the Js and H bands. The pulsar magnitudes are Js=22.71 +/- 0.10 and H=22.04 +/- 0.16. We compare our results with the available multiwavelength data and show that the dereddened phase-averaged optical spectrum of the pulsar can be fitted with a power law F_nu propto nu^(-alpha_nu) with alpha_nu = 0.12 +/- 0.05, assuming the color excess E(B-V)=0.055 +/-0.005 based on recent spectral fits of the emission of the Vela pulsar and its supernova remnant in X-rays. The negative slope of the pulsar spectrum is different from the positive slope observed over a wide optical range in the young Crab pulsar spectrum. The near-infrared part of the Vela spectrum appears to have the same slope as the phase-averaged spectrum in the high energy X-ray tail, obtained in the 2-10 keV range with the RXTE. Both of these spectra can be fitted with a single power law suggesting their common origin. Because the phase-averaged RXTE spectrum in this range is dominated by the second X-ray peak of the pulsar light curve, coinciding with the second main peak of its optical pulse profile, we suggest that this optical peak can be redder than the first one. We also detect two faint extended structures in the 1.5''-3.1'' vicinity of the pulsar, projected on and aligned with the south-east jet and the inner arc of the pulsar wind nebula, detected in X-rays with Chandra. We discuss their possible association with the nebula.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in A&A, the associated near-infrared images in the fits format are available at http://www.ioffe.ru/astro/NSG/obs/vela-ir/
All Glass Enclosure with Transparently Bonded Glass Frames
Creators: name: Weller, B.
name: Nicklisch, F.
name: Prautzsch, V.
name: Döbbel, F.
name: Rücker, S.
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2010

description: This case study describes the path to an all glass enclosure that was recently built at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Material Research in Dresden. The idea of a fully transparent structure without distracting metal bolts or clamps was developed from the first idea to final solution in close collaboration between the client, the design team, researchers and industrial partners. Four glass frames, joined by transparent acrylate adhesives at their edges, support the outer walls and the ceiling of the glass enclosure. Regular loading scenarios as well as different failure scenarios were analysed to evaluate redundancy of the structural system. Comprehensive testing was carried out, based on previous research on acrylate adhesives.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2
Additional file 1 of ADP-dependent glucokinase controls metabolic fitness in prostate cancer progression
Creators: name: Xu, Hang
name: Li, Yi-Fan
name: Yi, Xian-Yan-Ling
name: Zheng, Xiao-Nan
name: Yang, Yang
name: Wang, Yan
name: Liao, Da-Zhou
name: Zhang, Jia-Peng
name: Tan, Ping
name: Xiong, Xing-Yu
name: Jin, Xi
name: Gong, Li-Na
name: Qiu, Shi
name: Cao, De-Hong
name: Li, Hong
name: Wei, Qiang
name: Yang, Lu
name: Ai, Jian-Zhong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Table S1 Primary antibodies used in this study. Table S2 siRNA sequences. Table S3 sgRNAs sequences. Table S4 Primers used in this study. Table S5 Univariate Cox regression analysis. Fig. S1 Function and expression of genes involved in the oxidative phosphorylation of glucose and their associations with clinical outcomes. Fig. S2 Cell type enrichment and prognosis of PRAD subgroups based on ADPGK expression. Fig. S3 Association between ADPGK and PCa immune status. Fig. S4 qPCR results showed the stable overexpression of ADPGK in PCa cells after lentivirus transfection. Fig. S5 The impact of ADPGK knockdown on LNCaP cell viability was assessed by CCK-8 assay. Fig. S6 Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining of lung tissues of mice bearing PC3 cells.
Instability of speckle patterns in random media with noninstantaneous Kerr nonlinearity
Creators: name: Skipetrov, S. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Onset of the instability of a multiple-scattering speckle pattern in a random medium with Kerr nonlinearity is significantly affected by the noninstantaneous character of the nonlinear medium response. The fundamental time scale of the spontaneous speckle dynamics beyond the instability threshold is set by the largest of times $T_{\mathrm{D}}$ and $τ_{\mathrm{NL}}$, where $T_{\mathrm{D}}$ is the time required for the multiple-scattered waves to propagate through the random sample and $τ_{\mathrm{NL}}$ is the relaxation time of the nonlinearity. Inertial nature of the nonlinearity should complicate the experimental observation of the instability phenomenon.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Optics Letters
Glass Bridges and Glass Walls
Creators: name: Wellershoff, F.
name: Sendelbach, M.
name: Schmitt, F.
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2010

description: In the last years Gartner Steel and Glass has designed, engineered and erected several complex structures with load carrying glass elements. This presentation concentrates on current projects that will be finished in 2010. Glass bridges are under construction for the projects “Eaton Centre” in Calgary and “Ritz-Carlton Hotel” in Toronto. Projects with glass walls are in design and testing phases for the projects “Willy Brandt Platz” in Frankfurt and “Kravis Center, Living Room” in Los Angeles. Besides an overview of the structural systems this presentation concentrates on challenges in testing, production, transportation, and erection of these structures.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2
Presentation on "Silicon Nanowire Transistors: Device Characteristics to Sensing Applications" for DPG 2024
Creators: name: Ghosh, Sayantan
name: Echresh, Ahmad
name: Kentsch, Ulrich
name: Prucnal, Slawomir
name: Vardhan, Vaishali
name: Biswas, Subhajit
name: Holmes, Justin D
name: Erbe, Artur
name: Georgiev, Yordan M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Environmental engineering
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: Sensors
subject: Air pollution engineering
subject: Atmospheric sciences
subject: silicon-on-insulator (SOI) ion implantation
subject: radical detection
subject: silicon nanowire
subject: DPGTalk
subject: Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) conference 2024
subject: reconfigurable field effect transistor
subject: air quality monitoring
subject: gas sensor
subject: environmental monitoring
subject: junctionless nanowire transistor
subject: radical

description: Abstract:

Field-effect transistors based on silicon nanowires have been extensively used for sensing applications since the compact nanoscale structures allow excellent regulation of electrostatic potential across the nanowire channel. Sensors based on Junctionless Nanowire Transistors (JNT) have shown excellent sensitivity in liquid phases but they have not yet been operated in the gas phase. 

In this work, we report the fabrication and characterisation of silicon-based JNT devices and their initial tests as gas sensors. Silicon-on-insulator wafers are doped by ion implantation and flash lamp annealing. Device patterning is based on electron beam lithography, inductively-coupled reactive ion etching, metal deposition and lift-off. JNT sensor tests exhibited characteristic shifts in the transfer curve and a systematic increase and decrease of p- and n-type current, respectively, under the influence of different gases like NO2 and NH3 confirming potential suitability as gas sensors for detecting atmospheric radicals.

Additional Information: 

Sayantan Ghosh delivered this presentation for Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) conference 2024.

RADICAL represents a 'Fundamental Breakthrough in Detection of Atmospheric Free Radicals'.

Find out more on the RADICAL project website: radical-air.eu

The RADICAL project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 899282.
Additional file 2 of Stability of BSE infectivity towards heat treatment even after proteolytic removal of prion protein
Creators: name: Langeveld, Jan P. M.
name: Balkema-Buschmann, Anne
name: Becher, Dieter
name: Thomzig, Achim
name: Nonno, Romolo
name: Andréoletti, Olivier
name: Davidse, Aart
name: Di Bari, Michele A.
name: Pirisinu, Laura
name: Agrimi, Umberto
name: Groschup, Martin H.
name: Beekes, Michael
name: Shih, Jason
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. PrPSc digestion by keratinase of bovine brain after heat treatment at 115 °C. BSE infected brain in lanes 4, 7 and 10-13, negative control brain in lanes 2 and 3. Material in lanes 2 and 4 was heated at 115 °C in presence of detergent before digestion. Lanes 3 and 10-13: non-heated material digested by KE. In the heated BSE sample in lane 4 no PrP-specific immunoreactivity has remained neither throughout the lane nor in the high molecular mass region at the top, while in the non-heated material there was (lane 10). Lanes 1 and 9, mixture of molecular mass markers SeeBlue and MagicMark XP for which migration positions are indicated in kDa at the left; lanes 5, 6 and 8, no sample applied. Top and running front are indicated with arrow heads and arrows, respectively. Antibody used: 94B4 (0.2 μg mL-1). Gel was run in MOPS buffer. Symbols: TE = tissue equivalents; MM = molecular mass markers; KE = keratinase; + = treatment applied.
Growth and properties of strained VOx thin films with controlled stoichiometry
Creators: name: Rata, A. D.
name: Chezan, A. R.
name: Hibma, T.
name: Haverkort, M. W.
name: Tjeng, L. H.
name: Hsieh, H. H.
name: Lin, H. J.
name: Chen, C. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have succeeded in growing epitaxial films of rocksalt VOx on MgO(001) substrates. The oxygen content as a function of oxygen flux was determined using 18O2-RBS and the vanadium valence using XAS. The upper and lower stoichiometry limits found are similar to the ones known for bulk material (0.8
description: 12 pages, 16 figures included, revised version
Quantum differentiability on noncommutative Euclidean spaces
Creators: name: McDonald, Edward
name: Sukochev, Fedor
name: Xiong, Xiao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46G05, 47L10, 58B34

description: We study the topic of quantum differentiability on quantum Euclidean $d$-dimensional spaces (otherwise known as Moyal $d$-spaces), and we find conditions that are necessary and sufficient for the singular values of the quantised differential to have decay $O(n^{-α})$ for $0 < α\leq \frac{1}{d}$. This result is substantially more difficult than the analogous problems for Euclidean space and for quantum $d$-tori.
description: Accepted to Comm. Math. Phys
Accelerating cavity and higher order mode coupler design for the Future Circular Collider
Creators: name: Gorgi Zadeh, Shahnam
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 530 Physics
subject: 621.3 Electrical Engineering, Electronics

description: This thesis takes the first steps towards a detailed design for the large RF system of the lepton collider version of the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee). First, this thesis investigates a suitable baseline option for the RF system of FCC-ee. This includes the search for an appropriate RF frequency and number-of-cells per cavity for each working point of FCC-ee. RF accelerating cavities and higher order mode (HOM) couplers are then designed based on the requirements of each operation energy. The performances of the HOM damped cavities are finally evaluated using various numerical methods.
Robotic Hierarchical Graph Neurons. A novel implementation of HGN for swarm robotic behaviour control
Creators: name: Smith, Phillip
name: Aleti, Aldeida
name: Lee, Vincent C. S.
name: Hunjet, Robert
name: Khan, Asad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper explores the use of a novel form of Hierarchical Graph Neurons (HGN) for in-operation behaviour selection in a swarm of robotic agents. This new HGN is called Robotic-HGN (R-HGN), as it matches robot environment observations to environment labels via fusion of match probabilities from both temporal and intra-swarm collections. This approach is novel for HGN as it addresses robotic observations being pseudo-continuous numbers, rather than categorical values. Additionally, the proposed approach is memory and computation-power conservative and thus is acceptable for use in mobile devices such as single-board computers, which are often used in mobile robotic agents. This R-HGN approach is validated against individual behaviour implementation and random behaviour selection. This contrast is made in two sets of simulated environments: environments designed to challenge the held behaviours of the R-HGN, and randomly generated environments which are more challenging for the robotic swarm than R-HGN training conditions. R-HGN has been found to enable appropriate behaviour selection in both these sets, allowing significant swarm performance in pre-trained and unexpected environment conditions.
Design of a Single Span Nine Metre Long Glass Bridge
Creators: name: Wittenberg, D.
name: Krynski, M.
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2010

description: Halcrow Yolles was retained to conceptualize ideas for a glass bridge designed to span across the main lobby of a new hotel. Its defining feature, laminated glass balustrades, span continuously over the entire nine metre opening. Design work for the bridge was completed using a finite element model of the entire bridge allowing for a detailed analysis of stress concentrations in the glass at bearing bolt connections. Special attention was paid to the transportation and erection of the bridge to ensure that the large panels remained intact. This project demonstrates how state of the art glass production techniques in combination with leading edge design methodology can lead to architecturally interesting structures.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2
The Mansueto Library – Notes on a glazed steel grid shell from design to construction
Creators: name: Sobek, W.
name: Blandini, L.
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2010

description: The highlight of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library in Chicago is an almost dematerialized glazed steel grid shell spanning over the reading room. The geometrically constructed translational shell is 36.5 m wide, 73 m long and features a mesh size of 2 by 2 m. The building, currently under construction, includes further special structures as a 20 m long, glazed steel bridge connecting the new library with the existing building and a row of glass study rooms, which reach a total transparency by exploiting the structural properties of glass. The present article gives an overview of the design, calculation and construction phases of the grid shell and the other special structures.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2
Structural Glass Observation Boxes (Willis Tower Ledge)
Creators: name: McDonnell, T.
name: Thompson, D.
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2010

description: The 1,350 foot high Willis Tower (formerly known as Sears Tower) was looking for a grand attraction for their Skydeck in 2008. Few structures in the world have glass floors (both interior and exterior), and almost all are continuously supported along their edges with steel supports. In order to create a dramatic, unimpeded view of the City of Chicago the Skydeck Owners conceived of a glass platform that would protrude out of the building envelope and enable tourists, guests, and long time residents of the City to walk outside the building and look down the 1,350 foot exterior to the sidewalk below and have un-impeded views of the city. The structural glass floor system was designed to be supported by glass wall panels on three sides. In addition, the entire platform was constructed to be movable; into and out of the building. By allowing the glass observation box to move it could be constructed on the interior of the building and enable the automated window washing system for the rest of the building to continue functioning un-obstructed as well. Every piece of glass on this structure is designed to carry pedestrian loads and work with elegant connections that are at once exposed and architecturally sculpted to disappear when the view of the city is observed by the guests on top of the highest structural glass floor in the world. In addition to gravity loads, and coordinating the retraction mechanism, the glass was designed with attention to redundant laminates and supports, according to the buildings high wind loads, and requiring special permissions by the City of Chicago for construction to begin.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2
MOESM4 of ABCA7 polymorphisms correlate with memory impairment and default mode network in patients with APOEε4-associated Alzheimer’s disease
Creators: name: Chang, Ya-Ting
name: Shih-Wei Hsu
name: Huang, Shu-Hua
name: Chi-Wei Huang
name: Wen-Neng Chang
name: Chia-Yi Lien
name: Lee, Jun-Jun
name: Chen-Chang Lee
name: Chiung-Chih Chang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 4 : Table S3. Correlations of activity in brain regions in networks anchored by each seed of default mode network with each memory function score
Recurrence Relations of the Multi-Indexed Orthogonal Polynomials VI : Meixner-Pollaczek and continuous Hahn types
Creators: name: Odake, Satoru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In previous papers, we discussed the recurrence relations of the multi-indexed orthogonal polynomials of the Laguerre, Jacobi, Wilson, Askey-Wilson, Racah and $q$-Racah types. In this paper we explore those of the Meixner-Pollaczek and continuous Hahn types. For the $M$-indexed Meixner-Pollaczek and continuous Hahn polynomials, we present $3+2M$ term recurrence relations with variable dependent coefficients and $1+2L$ term ($L\geq M+1$) recurrence relations with constant coefficients. Based on the latter, the generalized closure relations and the creation/annihilation operators of the quantum mechanical systems described by the multi-indexed Meixner-Pollaczek and continuous Hahn polynomials are obtained.
description: 40 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1804.10352
Additional file 3 of Stability of BSE infectivity towards heat treatment even after proteolytic removal of prion protein
Creators: name: Langeveld, Jan P. M.
name: Balkema-Buschmann, Anne
name: Becher, Dieter
name: Thomzig, Achim
name: Nonno, Romolo
name: Andréoletti, Olivier
name: Davidse, Aart
name: Di Bari, Michele A.
name: Pirisinu, Laura
name: Agrimi, Umberto
name: Groschup, Martin H.
name: Beekes, Michael
name: Shih, Jason
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3. Survival times of diseases Tgbov XV mice in the treatment groups: no detergent (positive control), detergent plus heat, and detergent plus keratinase.
title: Evaluating Factor Models: An Application to Forecasting Inflation in Canada
Creators: name: Gosselin, Marc-André
name: Tkacz, Greg
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: This paper evaluates the forecasting performance of factor models for Canadian inflation. This type of model was introduced and examined by Stock and Watson (1999a), who have shown that it is quite promising for forecasting U.S. inflation. Using a dimension-reduction method similar to traditional principal-components analysis, we extract a small number of factors from a sample consisting of both Canadian and U.S. data and construct four different factor models. Using parametric and non-parametric tests, we compare the forecasting performance of the factor models to various benchmark forecasting models. We conclude that factor models are as good as more elaborate models in forecasting Canadian inflation. Moreover, we find evidence that a model estimated using only U.S. data is helpful in predicting changes in the Canadian inflation rate.
description: Les auteurs évaluent la capacité des modèles factoriels de prévoir l'inflation au Canada. Ce type de modèle a été proposé et étudié par Stock et Watson (1999a), qui ont obtenu des résultats très prometteurs en ce qui concerne la prévision de l'inflation aux États-Unis. Au moyen d'une méthode de réduction de la dimension de l'espace des caractéristiques qui s'apparente à une analyse classique des composantes principales, les auteurs extraient un petit nombre de facteurs à partir d'un ensemble de données canadiennes et américaines et élaborent quatre modèles factoriels différents. Ils comparent le pouvoir de prévision de leurs modèles factoriels à divers modèles de prévision en usage, en se servant pour cela de tests paramétriques et non paramétriques. Les auteurs concluent que les modèles factoriels parviennent aussi bien que des modèles plus sophistiqués à prévoir l'inflation au Canada. Ils constatent également qu'un modèle estimé uniquement au moyen de données américaines aide à prévoir l'évolution du taux d'inflation canadien.
Effect of Asymmetric Heat Transfer on Glass Deformations
Creators: name: Aronen, Antti
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2016

description: During tempering or other heat treatment processes an uneven temperature field or even an asymmetric temperature field can be created in glass. In an asymmetric case glass can bend depending on the degree of temperature difference. With a known temperature field thermal strains, stress field, and deformations can be calculated. In the paper the theory governing the stress field and deformations is presented. A viscoelastic behavior with the structural relaxation of glass is taken into account.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2
title: Employment Effects of Restructuring in the Public Sector in North America
Creators: name: Fenton, Paul
name: Ip, Irene
name: Wright, Geoff
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: This paper examines whether restructuring in the public sector contributed to the slower cyclical recovery in Canada than in the United States during the 1990s. Changes in public sector employment are used to investigate this question. The pressures that led up to the restructuring are explored and the resulting changes in employment are documented. A standardized definition of the public sector is proposed that allows for a consistent comparison of changes in employment in Canada with those of the United States. These changes are examined by level of government and by function. The analysis reveals that, in Canada, changes in employment in the "standardized" public sector were negative during much of the 1990s, in contrast to the continued, steady expansion of this sector in the United States. Evidence presented from longitudinal surveys indicates that certain workers who were displaced from the public sector in Canada experienced difficulties regaining employment. A key conclusion is that public sector restructuring contributed to the slower recovery in employment in Canada in the 1990s.
description: Les auteurs cherchent à établir si la restructuration du secteur public a contribué au fait que la reprise cyclique a été plus lente au Canada qu'aux États-Unis au cours des années 1990. Ils analysent à cette fin l'évolution de l'emploi dans le secteur public. Ils examinent les facteurs qui ont donné lieu à la restructuration de ce secteur et les variations de l'emploi consécutives à celle-ci. Les auteurs ont recours à une définition standardisée du secteur public afin de pouvoir comparer les variations de l'emploi au Canada et aux États-Unis, selon le niveau de gouvernement et la fonction assurée. Leur analyse révèle qu'au Canada, l'emploi dans le secteur public (d'après la définition standardisée des auteurs) a diminué durant la majeure partie des années 1990, alors qu'aux États-Unis, il a augmenté à un rythme régulier. Les résultats tirés d'enquêtes longitudinales indiquent que certains des travailleurs ayant dû quitter le secteur public au Canada ont eu du mal à retrouver un emploi. L'une des conclusions principales de l'étude est que la restructuration entreprise dans le secteur public canadien explique en partie la reprise plus lente de l'emploi pendant les années 1990.
title: Exact Non-Parametric Tests for a Random Walk with Unknown Drift under Conditional Heteroscedasticity
Creators: name: Luger, Richard
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: This paper proposes a class of linear signed rank statistics to test for a random walk with unknown drift in the presence of arbitrary forms of conditional heteroscedasticity. The class considered includes analogues of the well-known sign and Wilcoxon test statistics. The exactness of the proposed tests rests only on the assumption that the errors are symmetrically distributed. No other assumptions, such as normality or even the existence of moments, are required. Simulations confirm the reliability of the proposed tests, and their power is superior to that of the parametric variance-ratio test. The inference methods developed are illustrated by a test of the random walk hypothesis in exchange rates for five major currencies against the U.S. dollar.
description: L'auteur propose de se servir de tests des rangs de forme linéaire pour vérifier si une marche aléatoire avec dérive indéterminée est possible en présence de formes arbitraires d'hétéroscédasticité conditionnelle. La catégorie de tests qu'il envisage comprend des analogues de deux tests bien connus : le test des signes et le test de Wilcoxon. Une seule hypothèse, à savoir une distribution symétrique des erreurs, suffit pour assurer l'exactitude des tests proposés; aucune autre hypothèse, telle que la normalité ou même l'existence de moments, n'est requise. Les simulations confirment la fiabilité des tests, dont la puissance est supérieure à celle du test paramétrique du ratio des variances. À l'aide des méthodes d'inférence qu'il a mises au point, l'auteur teste l'hypothèse que l'évolution du cours de cinq grandes monnaies par rapport au dollar américain s'apparente à une marche aléatoire.
title: The Resolution of International Financial Crises: Private Finance and Public Funds
Creators: name: Haldane, Andy
name: Kruger, Mark
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: Over the past year and a half, the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada have been developing a framework for the resolution of international financial crises that aligns incentives for all parties to deal with a crisis and preserve the integrity of the international financial system. The framework is built on principles, not rules. It attempts to be clear about the respective roles and responsibilities of the public and private sectors. A central element in shaping private sector expectations is knowledge that the official sector will behave predictably. Constraints on lending by the International Monetary Fund are a key step in that direction. They ensure that private sector involvement is a crucial part of crisis resolution, and they help encourage debtors and creditors to seek co-operative solutions to a crisis. Characterized by constraints, clarity, and orderliness, the framework has the potential to reduce the incidence and cost of financial crises.
description: Au cours de la dernière année et demie, la Banque d'Angleterre et la Banque du Canada ont mis au point un cadre de résolution des crises financières internationales qui incite tant les créanciers que les débiteurs à faire face à ces crises tout en préservant l'intégrité du système financier international. Ce cadre, fondé sur des principes plutôt que sur des règles, tente de clarifier les rôles et les responsabilités qui incombent respectivement aux secteurs public et privé. Le caractère prévisible des décisions des organismes officiels influe grandement sur les anticipations du secteur privé, et la limitation des crédits octroyés par le Fonds monétaire international favorise nettement cette prévisibilité. L'imposition de telles limites confère au secteur privé un rôle crucial dans la résolution des crises, tout en incitant débiteurs et créanciers à travailler de concert à la recherche de solutions. Axé sur la limitation des crédits officiels, sur la clarté et sur une approche ordonnée, ce cadre peut contribuer à réduire l'incidence des crises financières ainsi que leurs coûts.
Transparent Cubical Glass Building in Madrid
Creators: name: Eekhout, M.
name: Weber, L.
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2010

description: An ultimately transparent glass building in almost cubical form of 30x30x21 m, to function as the future entrance building of the Santander Bancopolis complex southwest of Madrid. Conceptual design by architect Alfonso Millanes and structural design by Octatube. The structure is composed of ultra slender cable stayed tubular columns and trusses placed in a grid of 5m and cladded with insulated glass made from fully tempered outer panels and heat strengthened laminated inner panels. Size of all glass panels is 2.5 x 2.5 m². The insulated glass ensures additional stabilisation of the overall enveloping structure. The roof panels are partly twisted to obtain a fluent slope for drainage. The roof gutters are positioned at 2.5 m from the roof edge, thus creating a free glass edge. The side walls of the gutters are made of insulated glass panels. The glass type chosen is ‘extra-white’, emphasizing the glass cube as a sparkling crystal in the landscape.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2
title: A Consistent Bootstrap Test for Conditional Density Functions with Time-Dependent Data
Creators: name: Li, Fuchun
name: Tkacz, Greg
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: This paper describes a new test for evaluating conditional density functions that remains valid when the data are time-dependent and that is therefore applicable to forecasting problems. We show that the test statistic is asymptotically distributed standard normal under the null hypothesis, and diverges to infinity when the null hypothesis is false. We use a bootstrap algorithm to approximate the distribution of the test statistic in finite samples, and show that the bootstrapped distribution converges to the asymptotic distribution in probability. A Monte Carlo simulation study reveals that the bootstrap test works well and is highly robust to the value of the smoothing parameter in the kernel density estimator. An application to inflation forecasting is also presented to demonstrate the use of the test.
description: Les auteurs décrivent un nouveau test qui permet d'évaluer les densités de probabilité conditionnelles dans le cas de séries temporelles et qui se révèle par conséquent utile pour la prévision. Ils montrent que la statistique du test a pour loi asymptotique une loi normale centrée réduite si l'hypothèse nulle est vraie, mais qu'elle diverge vers l'infini si celle-ci est fausse. Lorsqu'ils se servent d'un algorithme de rééchantillonnage bootstrap pour représenter la distribution de la statistique du test sur de petits échantillons, ils constatent que la distribution ainsi obtenue converge vers la loi asymptotique en probabilité. Une simulation de Monte-Carlo révèle que le niveau et la puissance du test bootstrap sont satisfaisants et qu'ils ne sont pas sensibles à la valeur prise par le paramètre de lissage dans l'estimateur à noyau de la densité. Enfin, les auteurs appliquent leur test à la prévision de l'inflation pour en démontrer l'utilité.
title: On Inflation and the Persistence of Shocks to Output
Creators: name: Kichian, Maral
name: Luger, Richard
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: This paper empirically investigates the possibility that the effects of shocks to output depend on the level of inflation. The analysis extends Elwood's (1998) framework by incorporating in the model an inflation-threshold process that can potentially influence the stochastic properties of output. The value of this threshold parameter, if it exists, is considered to be unknown and is estimated in the model. The results indicate that shocks to output indeed have asymmetric effects, depending on the level of inflation: negative shocks are more detrimental when inflation is high, and positive shocks are more persistent when inflation is low.
description: Les auteurs cherchent à établir empiriquement si l'incidence des chocs de production varie selon le niveau de l'inflation. Ils prolongent l'analyse d'Elwood (1998) en intégrant au modèle un seuil d'inflation susceptible d'influer sur les propriétés stochastiques de la production. La valeur de ce seuil étant inconnue, elle est estimée dans le cadre du modèle. D'après les résultats obtenus, les chocs de production ont effectivement des effets asymétriques, qui dépendent du niveau de l'inflation : les chocs négatifs sont plus dommageables lorsque l'inflation est élevée, et les chocs positifs sont plus persistants quand l'inflation est faible.
title: Modelling Mortgage Rate Changes with a Smooth Transition Error-Correction Model
Creators: name: Liu, Ying
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: This paper uses a smooth transition error-correction model (STECM) to model the one-year and five-year mortgage rate changes. The model allows for a non-linear adjustment process of mortgage rates towards their long-run equilibrium. We also introduce time-varying thresholds into the standard STECM specification, to capture the gradual structural changes in the error-correction term. We find that the STECM, whether with fixed or time-varying thresholds, yields better in-sample fit and lower forecast errors than the linear benchmark and univariate models. Our estimation results indicate non-linearities in the adjustment process of mortgage rates towards their long-run equilibria. In particular, we find that mortgage rates respond more significantly to a large than to a small disequilibrium. The improvement of the STECMs in forecasting is statistically significant over the univariate models, but insignificant over the linear model.
description: L'auteure recourt à un modèle à correction d'erreurs à transition graduelle (MCETG) pour formaliser l'évolution des taux hypothécaires de un an et de cinq ans. Ce modèle permet un ajustement non linéaire des taux hypothécaires jusqu'à leur niveau d'équilibre à long terme. En outre, l'auteure intègre des seuils variables dans le temps à la formulation type du MCETG, de manière que le terme de correction d'erreurs tienne compte des changements structurels qui sont survenus progressivement. Elle constate que le MCETG, qu'il soit assorti de seuils fixes ou variables dans le temps, se caractérise par une meilleure adéquation statistique sur l'échantillon et par de plus faibles erreurs de prévision que les modèles linéaires de référence et les modèles univariés. Les résultats de l'estimation révèlent des non-linéarités dans le processus d'ajustement des taux hypothécaires vers leur niveau d'équilibre à long terme. En particulier, l'auteure constate que les taux hypothécaires réagissent de façon plus marquée à un déséquilibre important qu'à un faible déséquilibre. Les prévisions que produit le MCETG sont supérieures, du point de vue statistique, à celles des modèles univariés, mais pas à celles du modèle linéaire.
A Vietnamese Question Answering System
Creators: name: Nguyen, Dai Quoc
name: Nguyen, Dat Quoc
name: Pham, Son Bao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Question answering systems aim to produce exact answers to users' questions instead of a list of related documents as used by current search engines. In this paper, we propose an ontology-based Vietnamese question answering system that allows users to express their questions in natural language. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to enable users to query an ontological knowledge base using Vietnamese natural language. Experiments of our system on an organizational ontology show promising results.
description: In Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Knowledge and Systems Engineering (KSE 2009). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1412.4160
Additional file 1 of Comparative efficacy of subcutaneous (CT-P13) and intravenous infliximab in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a network meta-regression of individual patient data from two randomised trials
Creators: name: Combe, Bernard
name: Allanore, Yannick
name: Alten, Rieke
name: Caporali, Roberto
name: Durez, Patrick
name: Iannone, Florenzo
name: Nurmohamed, Michael T.
name: Mondher Toumi
name: Lee, Sang Joon
name: Kwon, Taek Sang
name: Jiwon Noh
name: Gahee Park
name: Yoo, Dae Hyun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. List of variables used as potential covariates. Table S2. Pearson correlation between baseline parameters. Table S3. Prediction models in Remsima IV treatment arm (Study 3.1). Table S4. Comparison of safety outcomes in Studies 3.5 and 3.1.
MOESM4 of Visit-to-visit variability of glycemia and vascular complications: the Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort
Creators: name: Slieker, Roderick
name: Heijden, Amber
name: Nijpels, Giel
name: Elders, Petra
name: Hart, Leen
name: Beulens, Joline
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 4: Figure S2. Comparison of FG-CV and HbA1c-CV across intervals. a) Median FG-CV across intervals. Line represents smoothed medians. Light blue, fasting glucose, dark blue HbA1c. b) Spearman correlation between FG-CV and HbA1c-CV across intervals. Line represents a linear regression line. c) Percentage of intervals compared to total number of individuals that ended up in a certain quintile, i.e. 100% means all intervals of an individual were assigned to that quintile. d) Overlap between FG-CV quintiles and HbA1c-CV quintiles.
title: Price-Level versus Inflation Targeting in a Small Open Economy
Creators: name: Srour, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2001

description: This paper compares two types of monetary policy: price-level targeting and inflation targeting. It reviews recent arguments that favour price-level targeting, and examines how certain factors, such as the nature of the shocks affecting the economy and the degree to which agents are forward-looking, bear upon the arguments. The paper then extends the analysis to a small open economy such as Canada's, and considers whether it is practical for this country to pursue price-level targets if its dominant trading partner, the United States, allows the price level to drift.
description: L'auteur compare deux types de politique monétaire, l'un fondé sur la poursuite de cibles définies à l'égard du niveau des prix et l'autre sur celle de cibles d'inflation. Faisant la revue des arguments invoqués récemment en faveur des cibles de niveau des prix, il examine comment certains facteurs, tels que la nature des chocs qui secouent l'économie et la mesure dans laquelle les agents sont tournés vers l'avenir, influent sur la validité de ces arguments. Puis il étend l'analyse au cas d'une petite économie ouverte comme le Canada et se demande si ce pays peut envisager, de façon réaliste, d'adopter des cibles formulées en fonction du niveau des prix alors que son partenaire commercial dominant, les États-Unis, tolère une dérive du niveau des prix.
Front propagation into unstable states
Creators: name: van Saarloos, Wim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper is an introductory review of the problem of front propagation into unstable states. Our presentation is centered around the concept of the asymptotic linear spreading velocity v*, the asymptotic rate with which initially localized perturbations spread into an unstable state according to the linear dynamical equations obtained by linearizing the fully nonlinear equations about the unstable state. This allows us to give a precise definition of pulled fronts, nonlinear fronts whose asymptotic propagation speed equals v*, and pushed fronts, nonlinear fronts whose asymptotic speed v^dagger is larger than v*. In addition, this approach allows us to clarify many aspects of the front selection problem, the question whether for a given dynamical equation the front is pulled or pushed. It also is the basis for the universal expressions for the power law rate of approach of the transient velocity v(t) of a pulled front as it converges toward its asymptotic value v*. Almost half of the paper is devoted to reviewing many experimental and theoretical examples of front propagation into unstable states from this unified perspective. The paper also includes short sections on the derivation of the universal power law relaxation behavior of v(t), on the absence of a moving boundary approximation for pulled fronts, on the relation between so-called global modes and front propagation, and on stochastic fronts.
description: final version with some added references; a single pdf file of the published version is available at http://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/~saarloos
MOESM3 of ABCA7 polymorphisms correlate with memory impairment and default mode network in patients with APOEε4-associated Alzheimer’s disease
Creators: name: Chang, Ya-Ting
name: Shih-Wei Hsu
name: Huang, Shu-Hua
name: Chi-Wei Huang
name: Wen-Neng Chang
name: Chia-Yi Lien
name: Lee, Jun-Jun
name: Chen-Chang Lee
name: Chiung-Chih Chang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3 : Table S2. Seed-to-voxel analysis reveals brain regions with significant effects of APOE-ABCA7 (rs3764650) interactions on functional connectivity in brain networks.
Additional file 1 of 4,8-Dicarboxyl-8,9-iridoid-1-glycoside inhibits apoptosis in human osteoarthritis chondrocytes via enhanced c-MYC-mediated cholesterol metabolism in vitro
Creators: name: Wang, WeiBing
name: Mai, HaiMin
name: Xu, Huang
name: Jing, BaoSheng
name: Yu, CuiYu
name: Li, XiaoTing
name: Chen, DanGui
name: Huang, Yuan
name: Shao, MeiMang
name: Pan, Tao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1.