cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Outflows and Massive Stars in the protocluster IRAS 05358+3543
Creators: name: Ginsburg, Adam G.
name: Bally, John
name: Yan, Chi-Hung
name: Williams, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new near-IR H2, CO J=2-1, and CO J = 3-2 observations to study outflows in the massive star forming region IRAS 05358+3543. The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope H2 images and James Clerk Maxwell Telescope CO data cubes of the IRAS 05358 region reveal several new outflows, most of which emerge from the dense cluster of sub-mm cores associated with the Sh 2-233IR NE cluster to the northeast of IRAS 05358. We used Apache Point Observatory (APO) JHK spectra to determine line of sight velocities of the outflowing material. Analysis of archival VLA cm continuum data and previously published VLBI observations reveal a massive star binary as a probable source of one or two of the outflows. We have identified probable sources for 6 outflows and candidate counterflows for 7 out of a total of 11 seen to be originating from the IRAS 05358 clusters. We classify the clumps within Sh 2-233IR NE as an early protocluster and Sh 2-233IR SW as a young cluster, and conclude that the outflow energy injection rate approximately matches the turbulent decay rate in Sh 2-233IR NE.
description: 15 figures, 42 pages, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. Full size figures are included at http://casa.colorado.edu/~ginsbura/iras05358.htm. Data can be accessed from figshare: http://figshare.com/articles/IRAS_05358_3543_Data_Cubes/806315
Nucleation of Grain Boundary Phases
Creators: name: Winter, Ian S.
name: Rudd, Robert E.
name: Oppelstrup, Tomas
name: Frolov, Timofey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a theory that describes homogeneous nucleation of grain boundary (GB) phases. Our analysis takes account of the energy resulting from the GB phase junction, the line defect separating two different GB structures, which is necessarily a dislocation as well as an elastic line force due to the jump in GB stresses. The theory provides analytic forms for the elastic interactions and the core energy of the GB phase junction that, along with the change in GB energy, determine the nucleation barrier. We apply the resulting nucleation model to simulations of GB phase transformations in tungsten. Our theory explains why under certain conditions GBs cannot spontaneously change their structure even to a lower energy state.
A study of the measurement and degradation of folic acid
Creators: name: Ruddick, Jane Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Folic acid is present in foods in many different forms. Concentrations of N⁵-methyltetrahydrofolic acid (one form of folate) were determined by a radioassay and the Lactobacillus casei microbiological assay methods. The coefficient of determination for samples analyzed by both methods was 0.86 but the radioassay method was found to be faster, simpler and more accurate than the microbiological method. The milk folate binder and L. casei were found to react differently to pteroylglutamic acid (another form of folate) compared to N⁵-methyltetrahydrofolic acid. The two methods of assay were found to be suitable only for measuring the form of folate used to construct the standard curve for the assay. It was found that neither method could be used to quantify- folate levels in foods accurately. Thus, at best, presently available data on food folate levels can only be compared to other values obtained by an identical method. Also folate concentration values presently available may not necessarily be a reflection of their nutritional significance to man. The radioassay method was used for the measurement of N⁵-methyltetrahydrofolic acid degradation under various conditions. It was found that N⁵-methyltetrahydrofolic acid degradation in the presence of an unlimited oxygen supply could be described as a pseudo first order reaction. Rate constants for the reaction were found to increase as the temperature of the reaction increased and were described in terms of the Arrhenius equation. The overall reaction appeared to be second order in the presence of a limited oxygen supply. The presence of mercaptoethanol in the assay system delayed the beginning of the N⁵-methyltetrahydrofolic acid degradation reaction. The presence of ascorbic acid in the N⁵-methyltetrahydrofolic acid/buffer solution also delayed the start of the reaction. The reaction rate constants were not altered by the presence of the two reducing agents, however. The degradation of N⁵-methyltetrahydrofolic acid was therefore concluded to be an oxidation reaction. The degradation product was identified as N⁵-methyldihydrofolic acid by ultraviolet spectroscopy. The results of this research implicate the importance of reducing agents in foods containing folate which are subjected to heat processing. Experiments with food materials containing ascorbic acid and exposed to high temperatures indicated that the degradation of free folate was delayed by the presence of the reducing agent.
Search for high-mass resonances in a final state comprising a gluon and two hadronically decaying W bosons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for high-mass resonances decaying into a gluon, g, and two W bosons is presented. A Kaluza--Klein gluon, g$_\mathrm{KK}$, decaying in cascade via a scalar radion R, g$_\mathrm{KK}$ $\to$ gR $\to$ gWW, is considered. The final state studied consists of three large-radius jets, two of which contain the products of hadronically decaying W bosons, and the third one the hadronization products of the gluon. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC during 2016-2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb$^{-1}$. The masses of the g$_\mathrm{KK}$ and R candidates are reconstructed as trijet and dijet masses, respectively. These are used for event categorization and signal extraction. No excess of data events above the standard model background expectation is observed. Upper limits are set on the product of the g$_\mathrm{KK}$ production cross section and its branching fraction via a radion R to gWW. This is the first analysis examining the resonant WW+jet signature and setting limits on the two resonance masses in an extended warped extra-dimensional model.
description: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/B2G-23-004 (CMS Public Pages)
Additional file 1 of Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor may not prevent atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: a systematic review
Creators: name: Ouyang, Xiaolan
name: Wang, Jiafu
name: Chen, Qian
name: Peng, Long
name: Li, Suhua
name: Tang, Xixiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Supplemental Figure 1. Summary of risk of bias across all included studies. Supplemental Figure 2. Removing studies one by one in sensitivity analysis (a) Removing studies one by one in sensitivity analyse for all trails; (b) trails used empagliflozin; (c) trails follow-up time > 1 year. Supplemental Figure 3. Removing EMPEROR-Preserved in empagliflozin group M-H = Mantel-Haenszel; CI = confidence interval. Supplemental Table 1. PRISMA checklist. Supplemental Table 2. Harbord test
AgentForge: A Flexible Low-Code Platform for Reinforcement Learning Agent Design
Creators: name: Junior, Francisco Erivaldo Fernandes
name: Oulasvirta, Antti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Developing a reinforcement learning (RL) agent often involves identifying values for numerous parameters, covering the policy, reward function, environment, and agent-internal architecture. Since these parameters are interrelated in complex ways, optimizing them is a black-box problem that proves especially challenging for nonexperts. Although existing optimization-as-a-service platforms (e.g., Vizier and Optuna) can handle such problems, they are impractical for RL systems, since the need for manual user mapping of each parameter to distinct components makes the effort cumbersome. It also requires understanding of the optimization process, limiting the systems' application beyond the machine learning field and restricting access in areas such as cognitive science, which models human decision-making. To tackle these challenges, the paper presents AgentForge, a flexible low-code platform to optimize any parameter set across an RL system. Available at https://github.com/feferna/AgentForge, it allows an optimization problem to be defined in a few lines of code and handed to any of the interfaced optimizers. With AgentForge, the user can optimize the parameters either individually or jointly. The paper presents an evaluation of its performance for a challenging vision-based RL problem.
description: This paper has been accepted at the 17th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2025)
Additional file 1 of Biosynthetic mechanisms of isoflavone accumulation affected by different growth patterns in Astragalus mongholicus products
Creators: name: Zhang, Fusheng
name: Zhang, Xuan
name: Luo, Yangyang
name: Li, Huijuan
name: Qin, Xuemei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Information for all samples. Table S2. qRT–PCR primers used in this study. Table S3. Sequence information of UGTs used for phylogenetic analysis. Table S4. Diameter range of A. mongholicus under different growth modes. Table S5. Detailed information on the identified metabolites in A. mongholicus. Table S6. The peak area of metabolites in the isoflavone biosynthetic pathway. Table S7. Information on candidate genes. Table S8. FPKM of candidate genes. Table S9. Pearson correlation analysis of 11 isoflavone-related genes by qRT–PCR. Table S10. Pearson correlation analysis of 11 isoflavone-related genes and 6 metabolites. Figure S1. Schematic diagram of the sample processing method. Figure S2. Diameter scatter plot and frequency distribution histogram of A. mongholicus. Figure S3. Diameter scatter plot and frequency distribution histogram of A. mongholicus. Figure S4. Analysis of metabolomics for A6 and B2. Figure S5. Distribution of GO terms for all annotated unigenes in the biological process, cellular component, and molecular function categories. Figure S6. KEGG pathways enriched by unigenes. Figure S7. Expression of isoflavone-related genes in A. mongholicus by qRT–PCR analysis. Figure S8. Differential expression of isoflavone-related genes in A6 vs. B2 by qRT–PCR analysis. Figure S9. STEM analysis of isoflavone-related genes by qRT–PCR.
Evolution of the Weyl Tensor under the Ricci Flow
Creators: name: Catino, Giovanni
name: Mantegazza, Carlo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We compute the evolution equation of the Weyl tensor under the Ricci flow of a Riemannian manifold and we discuss some consequences for the classification of locally conformally flat Ricci solitons.
title: Arid Visions
Creators: name: Miller, Casey
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: “The vibration of this light, the spaciousness of these skies enthralled me. I knew there was a spirit in nature as in everything else, but here in the desert it was an especially bright light.”
-Agnes Lawrence Pelton
Arid Visions is inspired by my experiences exploring the deserts of southern Utah. The desert landscape is a bounty of diverse flora that appear alien-like. My work celebrates these plants, honoring them for more than what they are sometimes perceived to be. The desert can be an unforgiving place… where an agave’s mesmerizing layered leaves lure you in, but get too close and they may harm you.
Desert plants are seemingly unwelcoming, most covered in protective spikes. I find their unique adaptations to be beautiful and alluring. Observing and admiring these wild plant forms also serves as a way to both honor and embrace the beauty that lies within the more raw aspects of myself. In this way, my paintings are reflections of interior and exterior states of being…a combination of the psychological and the physical. I understand them as a form of self-portraiture, as the plants themselves resemble life cycles and transitions I have experienced both mentally and physically. The large scale cutouts of flora are invitations for the viewer to step into my vision of an arid wilderness. The pastel colors portray not only what I have physically seen, but what I have felt. When I am in the arid wilderness I drift into a daydream, and am able to connect to the energy that lies within the worlds we don't see. Relief carving is a way to engrave my own mark on the flora, and functions as a visualization of the unseen energy constantly pulsing through these botanical enigmas.
I display the paintings to appear as if they are floating to provoke a transcendental experience. The luminescent glow behind each piece adds to the overall ethereal mood of the space, creating a subtle aura of the lifeforms’ energy. All of these elements combine with the intention to create a temporary escape and a glimpse into another realm of being.
I invite you to experience my Arid Visions…
Towards a Blockchain and Opportunistic Edge Driven Metaverse of Everything
Creators: name: Fraga-Lamas, Paula
name: Lopes, Sérgio Ivan
name: Fernández-Caramés, Tiago M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Decentralized Metaverses, built on Web 3.0 and Web 4.0 technologies, have attracted significant attention across various fields. This innovation leverages blockchain, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Extended Reality (XR) and advanced technologies to create immersive and interconnected digital environments that mirror the real world. This article delves into the Metaverse of Everything (MoE), a platform that fuses the Metaverse concept with the Internet of Everything (IoE), an advanced version of the Internet of Things (IoT) that connects not only physical devices but also people, data and processes within a networked environment. Thus, the MoE integrates generated data and virtual entities, creating an extensive network of interconnected components. This article seeks to advance current MoE, examining decentralization and the application of Opportunistic Edge Computing (OEC) for interactions with surrounding IoT devices and IoE entities. Moreover, it outlines the main challenges to guide researchers and businesses towards building a future cyber-resilient opportunistic MoE.
Estimating Masses of Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei from the Halpha Emission Line
Creators: name: Bontà, E. Dalla
name: Peterson, B. M.
name: Grier, C. J.
name: Berton, M.
name: Brandt, W. N.
name: Ciroi, S.
name: Corsini, E. M.
name: Barba, B. Dalla
name: Davies, R.
name: Dehghanian, M.
name: Edelson, R.
name: Foschini, L.
name: Gasparri, D.
name: Ho, L. C.
name: Horne, K.
name: Iodice, E.
name: Morelli, L.
name: Pizzella, A.
name: Portaluri, E.
name: Shen, Y.
name: Schneider, D. P.
name: Vestergaard, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The goal of this project is to construct an estimator for the masses of supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on the broad Halpha emission line. We make use of published reverberation mapping data. We remeasure all Halpha time lags from the original data as we find that often the reverberation measurements are improved by detrending the light curves. We produce mass estimators that require only the Halpha luminosity and the width of the Halpha emission line as characterized by either the FWHM or the line dispersion. It is possible, on the basis of a single spectrum covering the Halpha emission line, to estimate the mass of the central supermassive black hole in AGNs, taking into account all three parameters believed to affect mass measurement: luminosity, line width, and Eddington ratio. The typical formal accuracy in such estimates is of order 0.2-0.3 dex.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
An ab-initio study of topological and transport properties of YAuPb
Creators: name: Pandey, Vivek
name: Sihi, Antik
name: Pandey, Sudhir K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the last few decades, the study of topological materials has been carried out on an extensive scale. Half-Heusler alloys are well known for their topological behaviours. In this work, we present a detailed study of topological properties of a ternary Half-Heusler alloy, YAuPb, using the tight-binding approach. We have calculated some important topological properties which includes$-$ finding nodes and their chiralities, Berry curvature ($\boldsymbolΩ$) and the surface-states. Based on the study of these properties, we categorise the material as non-trivial topological semimetal. Besides the topological behaviours, we present a comparative study of temperature dependent transport properties corresponding to the chemical potential ($μ$) of the Fermi level and the node points. The results obtained from the calculations of electrical conductivity per unit relaxation time ($\boldsymbolσ/τ$) and the electronic part of thermal conductivity per unit relaxation time ($\boldsymbolκ_0$) indicates the conducting nature of the material to both the heat and electricity. Furthermore, the negative value of $S$ obtained, indicates the n-type behaviour of the compound. The calculated value of electronic specific heat (Pauli magnetic susceptibility) corresponding to Fermi level is $\sim 0.03 \hspace{1mm}(0.18) \times 10^{-2}$ $ Jmol^{-1}K^{-1}$ ($\sim 1.21 \hspace{1mm}(1.14) \times 10^{-10}$ $ m^{3}mol^{-1}$) at 50 (300) K. This work suggests that YAuPb is a promising candidate of non-trivial topological semimetals which can be employed in transmission of heat and electricity, and as n-type material within the temperature range of 50-300 K.
Using Charged Particle Imaging to Study Ultracold Plasma Expansion
Creators: name: Zhang, X. L.
name: Fletcher, R. S.
name: Rolston, S. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a projection imaging technique to study ultracold plasma dynamics. We image the charged particle spatial distributions by extraction with a high-voltage pulse onto a position-sensitive detector. Measuring the 2D width of the ion image at later times (the ion image size in the first 20 $μ$s is dominated by the Coulomb explosion of the dense ion cloud), we extract the plasma expansion velocity. These velocities at different initial electron temperatures match earlier results obtained by measuring the plasma oscillation frequency. The electron image size slowly decreases during the plasma lifetime because of the strong Coulomb force of the ion cloud on the electrons, electron loss and Coulomb explosion effects.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to AIP conference proceedings for the Non-Neutral Plasma Workshop (New York, 2008)
CaCo$_2$TeO$_6$: A topochemically prepared 3$d^7$ honeycomb Kitaev magnet
Creators: name: Haraguchi, Yuya
name: Yoshida, Yuto
name: Matsuo, Akira
name: Kindo, Koichi
name: Katori, Hiroko Aruga
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the magnetic properties of CaCo$_2$TeO$_6$ as a Kitaev candidate. CaCo$_2$TeO$_6$ was synthesized through a topochemical process, wherein all Na$^+$ ions in Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$ were replaced with half the amount of Ca$^{2+}$ ions. This substitution brings the CoO$_6$ octahedra closer to an approximate cubic symmetry. CaCo$_2$TeO$_6$ exhibits antiferromagnetic ordering at $T_N \sim 13$ K, which is lower than $\sim$ 27 K observed for Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$. Notably, its magnetic order is suppressed in a relatively low magnetic field of approximately 4 T, indicating that non-Kitaev interactions can be restrained by reducing trigonal distortion. Our findings highlight the potential of CaCo$_2$TeO$_6$ as a viable platform for exploring Kitaev quantum spin liquids and pave the way for a deeper understanding of the fundamental mechanisms in Kitaev physics.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures, accepted in Physical Review B
Probing Dynamics of Single Molecules: Non-linear Spectroscopy Approach
Creators: name: Shikerman, F.
name: Barkai, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A two level model of a single molecule undergoing spectral diffusion dynamics and interacting with a sequence of two short laser pulses is investigated. Analytical solution for the probability of n=0,1,2 photon emission events for the telegraph and Gaussian processes are obtained. We examine under what circumstances the photon statistics emerging from such pump-probe set up provides new information on the stochastic process parameters, and what are the measurement limitations of this technique. The impulsive and selective limits, the semiclassical approximation, and the fast modulation limit, exhibit general behaviors of this new type of spectroscopy. We show, that in the fast modulation limit, where one has to use impulsive pulses in order to obtain meaningful results, the information on the photon statistics is contained in the molecule's dipole correlation function, equivalently to continuous wave experiments. In contrast, the photon statistics obtained within the selective limit depends on the both spectral shifts and rates and exhibits oscillations, which are not found in the corresponding line-shape.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
title: Spatial Behavior of Backcountry Anglers and Hikers in Rocky Mountain National Park
Creators: name: Graham, Robin
name: Creany, Noah
name: Monz, Christopher
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: In Rocky Mountain National Park, managers are concerned about informal trails resulting from off-trail travel in popular backcountry areas. The distribution of informal trails near water bodies raised questions for park managers about the potential impacts of different visitor activities, specifically hiking and angling use. This report examined the spatial behavior of hikers and anglers using GPS tracking and explored hiker experience preferences in relation to their spatial behavior. Anglers on average traveled farther and spent more time during their trip than hikers. Across all study locations, there was no difference in the amount of off-trail travel between hikers and anglers, however one location saw marked differences. Hikers with experiences preferences related to viewing scenic beauty and having an adventure were more likely to travel farther on trails whereas hikers with more varied experience preferences stayed closer to trailheads. With increasing park visitation likely bringing more diverse visitors, park managers need more resources to devote to exploring more diverse management actions.
Fundamental transfer matrix and dynamical formulation of stationary scattering in two and three dimensions
Creators: name: Loran, Farhang
name: Mostafazadeh, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We offer a consistent dynamical formulation of stationary scattering in two and three dimensions that is based on a suitable multidimensional generalization of the transfer matrix. This is a linear operator acting in an infinite-dimensional function space which we can represent as a $2\times 2$ matrix with operator entries. This operator encodes the information about the scattering properties of the potential and enjoys an analog of the composition property of its one-dimensional ancestor. Our results improve an earlier attempt in this direction [Phys. Rev. A 93, 042707 (2016)] by elucidating the role of the evanescent waves. In particular, we show that a proper formulation of this approach requires the introduction of a pair of intertwined transfer matrices each related to the time-evolution operator for an effective non-unitary quantum system. We study the application of our findings in the treatment of the scattering problem for delta-function potentials in two and three dimensions and clarify its implicit regularization property which circumvents the singular terms appearing in the standard treatments of these potentials. We also discuss the utility of our approach in characterizing invisible (scattering-free) potentials and potentials for which the first Born approximation provides the exact expression for the scattering amplitude.
description: 34 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A
title: Measuring Similar but Distinct Aspects of the Memory System: A Proof of Concept Study
Creators: name: Martineau, Hailey A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: This study assessed the reliability and convergent validity of a discourse-level measure of chunking in memory. Measures were obtained for 58, school-age children with and without developmental language disorders. Results indicated that the word, sentence and discourse measures of chunking measured similar but distinct aspects of the memory system.
Measurement-device-independent quantum-secret-sharing networks with linear Bell-state analysis
Creators: name: Liu, Tianqi
name: Lai, Jiancheng
name: Li, Zhenhua
name: Li, Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum secret sharing (QSS) plays a pivotal role in multiparty quantum communication, ensuring the secure distribution of private information among multiple parties. However, the security of QSS schemes can be compromised by attacks exploiting imperfections in measurement devices. Here, we propose a reconfigurable approach to implement QSS based on measurement-device-independent (MDI) principles, utilizing linear two-photon Bell state analysis.By employing single-qubit conjugate operations for encoding private classical information, our approach offers reconfigurability, allowing for the inclusion of additional parties without sacrificing efficiency. Furthermore, we demonstrate the robust security of our MDI-QSS scheme against inter-eavesdropping by dishonest participants and establish lower bounds for secure communication among three legitimate parties. This work presents a flexible configuration for implementing multiparty secure quantum communication with imperfect measurement devices and represents a significant advancement in the development of secure quantum communication technologies.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
title: Exploring Questions of Tectonic Geomorphology in the Bear River Range, Utah Using Terrain Analysis and Reconstruction
Creators: name: Grasinger, Edward M
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description:

Despite a long tradition of geologic studies in the region surrounding Utah State University, there remain unexplored questions and unutilized approaches for understanding the landscape evolution of the Bear River Range. A large-scale reconstruction of the East Cache fault system can be useful in estimating the total displacement of the fault, its geologic longevity, and total energy involved. Likewise, an analysis of reach-scale features of the Logan River can explore how tectonics and bedrock type affect the patterns and history of the river. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software is useful in reconstructing, visualizing, and measuring such geomorphological features and changes in landscapes. The products of this study will help visualize and interpret geomorphic patterns of the East Cache fault and the Logan River and provide teaching tools for USU courses and outreach.
title: Where Light Greets Night: A Modern Retelling of "The Sea-Hare"
Creators: name: Peterson, Kelsie
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Set in the Pacific Northwest, this contemporary retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s traditional tale sees a tower as a lighthouse, a princess as a keeper, and suitors as candidates for her replacement. The critical introduction of this thesis discusses the idea of “telephoning the narrative” and establishes the importance of modern fairy retellings. With an in-depth examination of binaries within the traditional tale and how they are handled within the retelling, the introduction sets the stage for the way “Where Light Greets Night” works to blur such black and white ideas. This tale also seeks to question judgment and bias based on a single perspective. Critical theorists include Jack Zipes, Max Lüthi, and Vanessa Joosen; the creative talents of Neil Gaiman, Helen Oyeyemi, Kate Bernheimer, Chimamanda Adichie, and Maia McPherson are also considered.
title: Methane Emission Treatment and Potential Upcycling using Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum
Creators: name: Parkinson, Jace
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Anthropogenic methane emissions are harmful to the environment and can be difficult to treat. Use of M. alcaliphilum for bioremediation of methane looks to be one of the most promising methods of reducing the negative environmental impacts of methane emissions while simultaneously providing an economic incentive. Successful bioreactor design for M. alcaliphilum based methane treatment requires biokinetic constants and microbial growth information. Methods were established for determining biokinetic constants, including growth rate, biomass yield, specific methane consumption rate, and a correlation between methane oxidation and carbon dioxide production for M. alcaliphilum. Values determined for these constants were used to provide a preliminary engineering design for treating methane emissions from the North Valley Landfill in Cache County, Utah.
Addendum: Long-range multi-scalar models at three loops
Creators: name: Benedetti, Dario
name: Gurau, Razvan
name: Harribey, Sabine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We correct the computation of one Feynman diagram in the three-loop beta functions for the long-range quartic multi-scalar model, originally presented in (2020 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 53 445008) [arXiv:2007.04603]. The correction requires the use of a different method than in the original paper, and we give here full details about the method. We then report the updated numerics for critical exponents of the Ising model, vector model, cubic model and bifundamental model. Mathematica files for the numerical evaluation of the corrected diagram are provided in ancillary.
description: Corrigendum and addendum of [arXiv:2007.04603]. Ancillary files are provided giving the Mathematica script to numerically evaluate the corrected diagram. v2: references added
title: Effects of Professional Development Delivered in a Blended Format on General Education Elementary Teachers' Knowledge of the Response to Intervention Process
Creators: name: Jensen, Laura
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Research within the last decade suggests that in-service general education elementary teachers’ understanding of and skills in administering Response to Intervention (RtI) practices are limited. A review of literature revealed a shortage of professional publications investigating the effects of RtI training for these teachers on their knowledge and skills. This project examined the effects of professional development delivered in a blended format on elementary general education teachers’ knowledge of the response to intervention process. Participants included female general education teachers with a current teaching assignment in grades one or two with a range of teaching experience from preschool through sixth grade across nine to 24 total years of teaching. Participants all had at least a bachelor’s degree and a current license to teach at the elementary level. The five-week training required participants to complete weekly modules on their own and participate in weekly follow-up group discussions to clarify and expand information from that week’s module and review the associated case study from the pretest. In the group sessions, participants discussed the content from that week’s module and received feedback from the trainer about the corresponding case study. Pretest/posttest measures included having participants (a) rate themselves on their level of confidence regarding different skills involved in the RtI process, (b) name key elements of RTI, and (c) respond to case studies. The student researcher concluded that the blended format of independent module learning and group discussions increased participants’ knowledge of and confidence surrounding the RtI process. The results of this study strengthen the call for more widespread and better training in RtI for general education elementary teachers.
A Penrose-Like Inequality for General Initial Data Sets
Creators: name: Khuri, Marcus A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish a Penrose-Like Inequality for general (not necessarily time symmetric) initial data sets of the Einstein equations which satisfy the dominant energy condition. More precisely, it is shown that the ADM energy is bounded below by an expression which is proportional to the square root of the area of the outermost future (or past) apparent horizon.
description: Erratum added on last page: Commun. Math. Phys., 317 (2013), 267
Piecewise Field-Aligned Finite Element Method for Multi-Mode Nonlinear Particle Simulations in tokamak plasmas
Creators: name: Lu, Zhixin
name: Meng, Guo
name: Sonnendrücker, Eric
name: Hatzky, Roman
name: Mishchenko, Alexey
name: Zonca, Fulvio
name: Lauber, Philipp
name: Hoelzl, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents a novel approach for simulating plasma instabilities in tokamak plasmas using the piecewise field-aligned finite element method in combination with the particle-in-cell method. Our method traditionally aligns the computational grid but defines the basis functions in piecewise field-aligned coordinates to avoid grid deformation while naturally representing the field-aligned mode structures. This scheme is formulated and implemented numerically. It also applied to the unstructured triangular meshes in principle. We have conducted linear benchmark tests, which agree well with previous results and traditional schemes. Furthermore, multiple-$n$ simulations are also carried out as a proof of principle, demonstrating the efficiency of this scheme in nonlinear turbulence simulations within the framework of the finite element method.
description: 27 pages, 10 figures, 20th edition of the European Fusion Theory Conference (EFTC 2023), 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics(AAPPS-DPP2024)
Guide to accessing LifeCourse data
Creators: name: O'Connor, Meredith
name: Paiva, Tehani
name: Duncan, Anna
Publisher: name: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: The aim of the LifeCourse Initiative is to enable researchers to capitalise on the availability of rich cohort data to advance understanding of health and development over the life span. LifeCourse acts as a liaison between potential data users and data custodians, who ultimately approve or reject data access requests. This ensures an efficient process on the applicant side, and that all cohort governance and ethical requirements are maintained. This document outlines the steps involved in applying for access to data and/or biological samples from one or more of the LifeCourse cohorts.
การศึกษาเพื่อพัฒนาการท่องเที่ยวเชิงอาหารในพื้นที่ที่มีบริบทต่างกัน:กรณีศึกษาจังหวัดนครปฐม
Creators: name: สาธิดา สกุลรัตนกุลชัย
Publisher: name: Thammasat University
Year: 2021
Subjects: การท่องเที่ยวเชิงอาหาร
การพัฒนาโดยใช้พื้นที่เป็นหลัก
ศักยภาพของพื้นที่

description: Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies, 18, 1, 1-20
Recoherence by Squeezed States in Electron Interferometry
Creators: name: Hsiang, Jen-Tsung
name: Ford, L. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coherent electrons coupled to the quantized electromagnetic field undergo decoherence which can be viewed as due either to fluctuations of the Aharonov-Bohm phase or to photon emission. When the electromagnetic field is in a squeezed vacuum state, it is possible for this decoherence to be reduced, leading to the phenomenon of recoherence. This recoherence effect requires electrons which are emitted at selected times during the cycle of the excited mode of the electromagnetic field. We show that there are bounds on the degree of recoherence which are analogous to quantum inequality restriction on negative energy densities in quantum field theory. We make some estimates of the degree of recoherence, and show that although small, it may be observable.
description: 16 pages, 3 figures
Book Review:Designing Urban Agriculture: A Complete Guide to the Planning, Design,Construction, Maintenance, and Management of Edible Landscapes
Creators: name: Likitswat, Fa
Publisher: name: Thammasat University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Book Review:Designing Urban Agriculture: A Complete Guide to the Planning, Design,Construction, Maintenance, and Management of Edible Landscapes

description: Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies, 18, 1, 199-205
Ordinary Isogeny Graphs with Level Structure
Creators: name: Perrin, Derek
name: Voloch, José Felipe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14K02 (Primary), 11G20 (Secondary)

description: We study $\ell$-isogeny graphs of ordinary elliptic curves defined over $\mathbb{F}_q$ with an added level structure. Given an integer $N$ coprime to $p$ and $\ell,$ we look at the graphs obtained by adding $Γ_0(N),$ $Γ_1(N),$ and $Γ(N)$-level structures to volcanoes. Given an order $\mathcal{O}$ in an imaginary quadratic field $K,$ we look at the action of generalised ideal class groups of $\mathcal{O}$ on the set of elliptic curves whose endomorphism rings are $\mathcal{O}$ along with a given level structure. We show how the structure of the craters of these graphs is determined by the choice of parameters.
To what extent is the entropy-area law universal ? -- Multi-horizon and multi-temperature spacetime may break the entropy-area law --
Creators: name: Saida, Hiromi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It seems to be a common understanding at present that, once event horizons are in thermal equilibrium, the entropy-area law holds inevitably. However no rigorous verification is given to such a very strong universality of the law in multi-horizon spacetimes. Then, based on thermodynamically consistent and rigorous discussion, this paper suggests an evidence of breakdown of entropy-area law for horizons in Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime, in which the temperatures of the horizons are different. The outline is as follows: We construct carefully "two thermal equilibrium systems" individually for black hole event horizon (BEH) and cosmological event horizon (CEH), for which the Euclidean action method is applicable. The integration constant (subtraction term) in Euclidean action is determined with referring to Schwarzschild and de Sitter canonical ensembles. The free energies of the two thermal systems are functions of three independent state variables, and we find a similarity of our two thermal systems with the magnetized gas in laboratory, which gives us a physical understanding of the necessity of three independent state variables. Then, via the thermodynamic consistency with three independent state variables, the breakdown of entropy-area law for CEH is suggested. The validity of the law for BEH can not be judged, but we clarify the key issue for BEH's entropy. Finally we make comments which may suggest the breakdown of entropy-area law for BEH, and also propose two discussions; one of them is on the quantum statistics of underlying quantum gravity, and another is on the SdS black hole evaporation from the point of view of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
description: 39 pages in PTP format, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in Prog.Theor.Phys, Typo is corrected (v2)
Random mobility and spatial structure often enhance cooperation
Creators: name: Sicardi, Estrella A.
name: Fort, Hugo
name: Vainstein, Mendeli H.
name: Arenzon, Jeferson J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effects of an unconditional move rule in the spatial Prisoner's Dilemma, Snowdrift and Stag Hunt games are studied. Spatial structure by itself is known to modify the outcome of many games when compared with a randomly mixed population, sometimes promoting, sometimes inhibiting cooperation. Here we show that random dilution and mobility may suppress the inhibiting factors of the spatial structure in the Snowdrift game, while enhancing the already larger cooperation found in the Prisoner's dilemma and Stag Hunt games.
description: Submitted to J. Theor. Biol
Role of Noise in Nanostructure Formation: A Theoretical Investigation of Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Molecules
Creators: name: Dhankhar, Monika
name: Ranganathan, Madhav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically model the formation of quantum dots(QDs) and quantum dot molecules(QDMs) in silicon germanium heteroepitaxy by explicitly incorporating the role of noise in a continuum theory for surface evolution in molecular beam epitaxy. Using the connection between flux and noise, we explain how changing flux can lead to a transition from QD to QDM formation, as seen in experiments. In these systems we show a dual role of noise in nanostructure growth; one where it promotes formation of QDMs via pit nucleation, and another where it curtails QDM formation due to stochastic effects.
Hierarchy of degenerate stationary states in a boundary-driven dipole-conserving spin chain
Creators: name: Srivastava, Apoorv
name: Dutta, Shovan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Kinetically constrained spin chains serve as a prototype for structured ergodicity breaking in isolated quantum systems. We show that such a system exhibits a hierarchy of degenerate steady states when driven by incoherent pump and loss at the boundary. By tuning the relative pump and loss and how local the constraints are, one can stabilize mixed steady states, noiseless subsystems, and various decoherence-free subspaces, all of which preserve large amounts of information. We also find that a dipole-conserving bulk suppresses current in steady state. These exact results based on the flow in Hilbert space hold regardless of the specific Hamiltonian or drive mechanism. Our findings show that a competition of kinetic constraints and local drives can induce different forms of ergodicity breaking in open systems, which should be accessible in quantum simulators.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures + appendix + notebook with data; Minor refinements to the text and additional derivations
title: Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization
Creators: name: Bispo, João
name: Charles, Henri-Pierre
name: Cherubin, Stefano
name: Massari, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Front Matter
subject: Table of Contents
subject: Preface
subject: Conference Organization
subject: Computer systems organization → Multicore architectures
subject: Computer systems organization → Reconfigurable computing
subject: Software and its engineering → Runtime environments

description: Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization
description: OASIcs, Vol. 107, 14th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-Core Architectures and 12th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM 2023), pages 0:i-0:x