cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ProgramAlly: Creating Custom Visual Access Programs via Multi-Modal End-User Programming
Creators: name: Herskovitz, Jaylin
name: Xu, Andi
name: Alharbi, Rahaf
name: Guo, Anhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Existing visual assistive technologies are built for simple and common use cases, and have few avenues for blind people to customize their functionalities. Drawing from prior work on DIY assistive technology, this paper investigates end-user programming as a means for users to create and customize visual access programs to meet their unique needs. We introduce ProgramAlly, a system for creating custom filters for visual information, e.g., 'find NUMBER on BUS', leveraging three end-user programming approaches: block programming, natural language, and programming by example. To implement ProgramAlly, we designed a representation of visual filtering tasks based on scenarios encountered by blind people, and integrated a set of on-device and cloud models for generating and running these programs. In user studies with 12 blind adults, we found that participants preferred different programming modalities depending on the task, and envisioned using visual access programs to address unique accessibility challenges that are otherwise difficult with existing applications. Through ProgramAlly, we present an exploration of how blind end-users can create visual access programs to customize and control their experiences.
description: UIST 2024
The Complexity Zoo
Creators: name: Alicea, Bradly
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Behavioral Neuroscience

description: Three book reviews on a diversity of complex systems, orginally published on the Synthetic Daisies blog: 1. Complementary Nature" by J.A.S. Kelso and Engstrom http://syntheticdaisies.blogspot.com/2008/12/review-of-complementary-nature.html 2. "Bursts" by Albert Laszlo-Barabasi http://syntheticdaisies.blogspot.com/2010/06/bursts-review.html 3. "Intelligent Movement Machine: by M.A. Graziano http://syntheticdaisies.blogspot.com/2009/04/intelligent-movement-machine-review.html
Presentazione all'audizione al Senato sul DDL 1721 per la direttiva sul diritto d'autore del 2019
Creators: name: Wikimedia Italia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Wikimedia
Senato della Repubblica italiana
Copyright
Unione europea
Libertà di panorama
Diritto d'autore

description: Audizione informale presso la 14ª Commissione permanente (Politiche dell'Unione europea) del Senato della Repubblica Italiana sul disegno di legge 1721 (Legge di delegazione europea 2019). Diapositive della presentazione come svolta (concentrata su articoli 5, 6, 14 e 22), memoria condivisa con la Commissione e suo allegato (linee guida per l'implementazione della direttiva sul diritto d'autore 2019, direttiva n. 790 del 2019).
description: Linee guida disponibili altresì alla pagina https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=11029432 Registrazione disponibile da http://webtv.senato.it/webtv_live_hq?canale=webtv2
Deutsch-Chinesische Tagung "Wirtschaftsanalyse und -prognose in der Marktwirtschaft"
Creators: name: Adam, Rainer
name: Saueressig, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
REVIEWING THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF PROBIOTICS IN TREATING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Creators: name: Khusanova, Mukaddas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This review provides an overview of the potential of probiotics as a clinical intervention for infectious diseases by examining research and development efforts over the past two decades, as reflected in patents and clinical trials. Data were collected from patent and clinical trial databases to assess the long- and short-term trends in probiotics research. Analysis included the total number of patents and trials for each indication, application dates and locations, and types of applicants/sponsors. A total of 22 infectious diseases were investigated, resulting in 82 patents and 65 clinical trials targeting 18 indications. A consistent increase was observed in the number of patents and clinical trials since 1999, with the highest number focusing on digestive tract, respiratory, and urogenital indications. The findings indicate significant interest in probiotics for infectious diseases, aligning with reported unmet needs and global probiotics sales estimates. However, a decreasing rate of translation from patents to clinical trials suggests potential barriers in the research process.
Arrays of ultraconserved non-coding regions span the loci of key developmental genes in vertebrate genomes
Creators: name: Sandelin, Albin
name: Bailey, Peter
name: Bruce, Sara
name: Engström, Pär G.
name: Klos, Joanna M.
name: Wasserman, Wyeth W.
name: Ericson, Johan
name: Lenhard, Boris
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Evolutionarily conserved sequences within or adjoining orthologous genes often serve as critical cis-regulatory regions. Recent studies have identified long, non-coding genomic regions that are perfectly conserved between human and mouse, termed ultra-conserved regions (UCRs). Here, we focus on UCRs that cluster around genes involved in early vertebrate development; genes conserved over 450 million years of vertebrate evolution. Results Based on a high resolution detection procedure, our UCR set enables novel insights into vertebrate genome organization and regulation of developmentally important genes. We find that the genomic positions of deeply conserved UCRs are strongly associated with the locations of genes encoding key regulators of development, with particularly strong positional correlation to transcription factor-encoding genes. Of particular importance is the observation that most UCRs are clustered into arrays that span hundreds of kilobases around their presumptive target genes. Such a hallmark signature is present around several uncharacterized human genes predicted to encode developmentally important DNA-binding proteins. Conclusion The genomic organization of UCRs, combined with previous findings, suggests that UCRs act as essential long-range modulators of gene expression. The exceptional sequence conservation and clustered structure suggests that UCR-mediated molecular events involve greater complexity than traditional DNA binding by transcription factors. The high-resolution UCR collection presented here provides a wealth of target sequences for future experimental studies to determine the nature of the biochemical mechanisms involved in the preservation of arrays of nearly identical non-coding sequences over the course of vertebrate evolution.
Raden Saleh (1811-1880). Perintis seni rupa modern Indonesia. (Der Maler Raden Saleh: Wanderer zwischen zwei Welten)
Creators: name: Kraus, Werner
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
NEW WAYS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING FOR THE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN
Creators: name: Latipov Bobur Bahrom o'g'li Qarshi davlat universiteti o'qituvchisi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Learning a foreign language is important for everybody, particularly if your mother tongue is not very widespread, and given the demands for communication skills in modern society, including Internet. Language learning is even more important for visually impaired people, in order to reduce the gap caused by lack of sight or from severe visual impairment. Visual impairment affects every sphere of human life, both as an individual and as a member of a community. Visual impairment affects all domains of human activities, including communication, mobility, human relationships. This is still truer in our society, dominated by image and rapidity. Mastering a foreign language, in particular English thus becomes a sort of “bridge” through which the visually impaired person can have access to different cultures and to different opportunities in the domain of social contacts. The word, in the case of the visually impaired person, has a much greater importance than by sighted people, because speech is the only communication modality for human relationships. Body language, movie, image communication have to be translated into spoken or written words, in order to be grasped also by the visually impaired
D5.3. Report on evaluation procedure 2nd Call
Creators: name: Anta, Jose
name: Naves, Juan
name: Ciambra, Andrea
name: Puertas, Jerónimo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This document is a deliverable of the Co-UDlabs project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101008626. The aim of this document is to report on the evaluation procedures put into place for the project’s 2nd and (extraordinary) 3rd TA Calls for transnational access to Co-UDlabs’ research infrastructure.

Co-UDlabs opened its 2nd Transnational Access (TA) Call on July 3, 2023, at its General Assembly in Lyon, France. The call officially closed on October 13, 2023. Co-UDlabs received 24 proposals, 3 of which had to be excluded as they were assessed as unfeasible by the respective facility providers. The remaining 21 proposals were distributed to a 9-member External Evaluation Panel (EEP), which met for a final evaluation session on November 14, 2023. 13 proposals were accepted, 4 were recommended for re-submission after improvements, and 4 were rejected for not achieving the required minimum average score. One of the teams scheduled for proposal re-submission withdrew from the process; the other three re-submitted proposals were all accepted after a second round of evaluation. A total of 16 proposals were accepted at the end of the 2nd TA Call. 

Since at least two Co-UDlabs facilities did not meet the required minimum number of granted TA slots, WP5 coordinators and Co-UDlabs’ Project Advisor agreed to open an extraordinary 3rd TA call, dedicated to providing access to only two facilities: INSA’s OTHU-DRB and Aalborg’s FREJLEV. The 3rd Call opened on December 15, 2023, and closed on January 19, 2024. Two proposals – one for each available facility – were received and accepted following the EEP’s evaluation.

Following the 2nd and 3rd Calls, 18 new TA projects will be carried out at Co-UDlabs’ research infrastructure starting from early 2024. Co-UDlabs has granted TA slots to user groups from 24 different countries (12 non-EU), whose leaders are based in 10 different countries (3 non-EU). The 18 projects will involve 126 members from 61 different institutions. 27.8% of user-group members is female, an increase by 9% compared to the 1st TA Call’s results. 27.8% are from outside academia, a drop by 11.8% if compared to the first call. This datum has been considered as an incentive to multiply the efforts to reach out to the industry, private sector, and utilities and regulators to broaden the potential public of Co-UDlabs activities and key results.

Throughout its Transnational Access programme as a whole, Co-UDlabs will have involved 227 user-group members from 26 countries (11 non-EU), led by user-group leaders from 16 countries (5 non-EU). Ultimately, 54 users are female (23.8%), 67 are from non-EU countries (29.5%), and 75 are from non-academic institutions (33%). Ultimately, Co-UDlabs has accepted 31 proposals, two more than the minimum requirement introduced in the project’s Grant Agreement.
Lorentz-covariance of Position Operator and its Eigenstates for a massive spin $1/2$ field
Creators: name: Choi, Taeseung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a derivation of a position operator for a massive field with spin $1/2$, expressed in a representation-independent form of the Poincaré group. Using the recently derived Lorentz-covariant field spin operator, we obtain a corresponding field position operator through the total angular momentum formula. Acting on the Dirac spinor representation, the eigenvalues of the field position operator correspond to the spatial components of the Lorentz-covariant space-time coordinate $4$-vector. We show that the field position operator preserves the particle and the antiparticle character of the states. Thus, the field position operator can serve as a one-particle position operator for both particles and antiparticles, thereby avoiding an unusual fast-oscillating term, known as the Zitterbewegung, associated with the Dirac position operator. We show that the field position operator yields the same velocity as a classical free particle. The eigenstates of the field position operator satisfy the Newton-Wigner locality criteria and transform in a Lorentz-covariant manner. The field position operator becomes particle position and antiparticle position operators when acting on the particle and the antiparticle subspaces, both of which are Hermitian. Additionally, we demonstrate that within the particle subspace of the Dirac spinor space, the field position operator is equivalent to the Newton-Wigner position operator.
description: Published version is found in the Journal Reference
D3.2. 2nd Report on training and education activities
Creators: name: de Nale, Laura
name: Guilloteau, Lucie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This document is a deliverable of the Co-UDlabs project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101008626.

The aim of this document is to report on the different types of training and education activities organized by the project partners under WP3 until M34 of the project, as well as the plan for the next months. Through the organization of these events, WP3’s objectives are to: 

• Enhance the transfer of knowledge and develop new skills among the project partners and between the research community and the practitioner’s community;

• Foster the use of the Co-UDlabs Research Infrastructures via tailored actions targeting their future users;

• Create a pool of high-qualified professionals via adequate training activities targeted to general Urban Drainage community, with a special attention to increase the participation of the industry and the early-stage researchers’ community.
China und das Internet
Creators: name: F. Romich, Manfred
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Along with rapid economic development in China the INTERNET is being used more and more as a convenient way of communication. Since 1988 different, independent networks have been established by universities, research institutions and, more recently, by post and telecommunication agencies and even commercial units. Most of these networks have their own direct or indirect access to the global INTERNET. Because of this decentralized structure of networks the Chinese government has decided to launch the CERNET project. The goal of this project is to establish centralized management and enforce the further development of the Chinese INTERNET in a more planned way. By the year 2000 all Chinese universities, research facilities as well as the primary and secondary schools should be connected to CERNET. Access to the global INTERNET is to be reduced to 1 - 3 centrally controlled links. To manage and further control INTERNET access the Chinese government has recently issued certain INTERNET regulations. China will restrict the use of the network on the one hand by administrative means and on the other by high connection fees. With the support of a leading American software company China is working on software to control the use of the INTERNET by making access to certain INTERNET sites technically impossible. As, however, China considers the INTERNET an economic necessity today the network will continue to grow at an even faster rate and more and more Chinese users will be able to use the INTERNET to get the information they need. Today all INTERNET services are offered in China and can be accessed by users from all over the world. Different references and important INTERNET addresses (URLs) of Chinese servers are listed in the second part of this article. China related URLs of servers located outside the People's Republic are also given.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
Flux and turbulence measurements at a densely built-up site in Marseille: Heat, mass (water and carbon dioxide), and momentum
Creators: name: Grimmond, C. S. B.
name: Salmond, Jennifer
name: Oke, Timothy R.
name: Offerle, B.
name: Lemonsu, A.
Publisher: name: American Geophysical Union
Year: 2011

description: Eddy covariance (EC) observations above the densely built-up center of Marseille during the Expérience sur site pour contraindre les modèles de pollution atmosphérique et de transport d'émissions (ESCOMPTE) summertime measurement campaign extend current understanding of surface atmosphere exchanges in cities. The instrument array presented opportunities to address issues of the representativeness of local-scale fluxes in urban settings. Separate EC systems operated at two levels, and a telescoping tower allowed the pair to be exposed at two different sets of heights. The flux and turbulence observations taken at the four heights, stratified by wind conditions (mistral wind and sea breeze), are used to address the partitioning of the surface energy balance in an area with large roughness elements. The turbulent sensible heat flux dominates in the daytime, although the storage heat flux is a significant term that peaks before solar noon. The turbulent latent heat flux is small but not negligible. Carbon dioxide fluxes show that this central city district is almost always a source, but the vegetation reduces the magnitude of the fluxes in the afternoon. The atmosphere in such a heavily developed area is rarely stable. The turbulence characteristics support the empirical functions proposed by M. Roth. An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2004 American Geophysical Union.
Perfume brand development
Creators: name: AlGhatam, Aysha
Publisher: name: American University of Bahrain
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 36
subject: Creative arts and writing
classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: The perfume industry is rapidly evolving, and marketers must constantly look to innovate. Perfume brand development is a process that entails the creation of a new fragrance with the intent of opening its segment in the market(Carvalho,2020). When developing a brand, the most crucial pointer is to take time,effort, and intellect to get the word out to the target audience. Some of the top perfume brands that have dominated the perfume and cosmetics market include Guerlain, Chanel, and Dior.
Brookite TiO2 as an active photocatalyst for photoconversion of plastic wastes to acetic acid and simultaneous hydrogen production: Comparison with anatase and rutile
Creators: name: Nguyen, Thanh Tam
name: Edalati, Kaveh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Photoreforming is a clean photocatalytic technology for simultaneous plastic waste degradation and hydrogen fuel production, but there are still limited active and stable catalysts for this process. This work introduces the brookite polymorph of TiO2 as an active photocatalyst for photoreforming with an activity higher than anatase and rutile polymorphs for both hydrogen production and plastic degradation. Commercial brookite successfully converts polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic to acetic acid under light. The high activity of brookite is attributed to good charge separation, slow decay and moderate electron trap energy, which lead to a higher generation of hydrogen and hydroxyl radicals and accordingly enhanced photo-oxidation of PET plastic. These results introduce brookite as a stable and active catalyst for the photoconversion of water contaminated with microplastics to value-added organic compounds and hydrogen.
Impact of high-pressure torsion on hydrogen production from photodegradation of polypropylene plastic wastes
Creators: name: Nguyen, Thanh Tam
name: Edalati, Kaveh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Plastic waste entering the environment through landfilling or improper disposal poses substantial risks to ecosystems and human health. Photoreforming is emerging as a clean photocatalytic technology that degrades plastic waste to organic compounds while simultaneously producing hydrogen fuel. This study introduces high-pressure torsion (HPT), a severe plastic deformation (SPD) method, as an innovative technique to enhance the photoreforming of polypropylene (PP) plastic mixed with a brookite TiO2 photocatalyst. Hydrogen production systematically increases with the number of HPT turns, accompanied by the formation of valuable small organic molecules. The enhancement in photocatalytic activity is attributed to strain-induced defect formation in both catalysts and plastics, as well as the creation of catalyst/plastic interphases that enhance charge carrier transport between inorganic and organic phases. These findings reveal a new functional application for SPD in energy conversion and sustainability.
High-pressure torsion processing of serine and glutamic acid: Understanding mechanochemical behavior of amino acids under astronomical impacts
Creators: name: Edalati, Kaveh
name: Hidalgo-Jiménez, Jacqueline
name: Nguyen, Thanh Tam
name: Watanabe, Motonori
name: Taniguchi, Ikuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Astronomical impacts by small solar system bodies (meteoroids, asteroids, comets, and transitional objects) are considered a mechanism for delivering amino acids and their polymerization to proteins in early Earth conditions. High-pressure torsion (HPT) is a new methodology to simulate such impacts and clarify the behavior of biomolecules. In this study, two amino acids, crystalline L-serine and L-glutamic acid that were detected in meteorites, are processed by HPT and examined by ex situ X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and in situ mechanical shear testing. No polymerization, chemical reactions, or phase transformations are detected after HPT, indicating that the stability and presence of these two amino acids in meteorites are quite reasonable. However, some microstructural and mechanical changes like crystal size reduction to the nanometer level, crystal defect formation, lattice expansion by vacancy formation, and shear strength enhancement to the steady state are found which are similar to the behaviors reported in metals and ceramics after HPT processing.
Concept For National Unity In Malaysia
Creators: name: Karaskiewicz, Peter
Publisher: name: Asien
Year: 2021

description: Caused by the Bumiputra policy, the basis was laid for growing symbolic racism, and because of the maintaining ethnic segregation ethnic prejudices and aversive racism could creep into society. Since the late 1970s there is a tendency towards inter-ethnic income equality and the eradication of poverty. Accordingly to W.I. Thomas a whole lot of programs were set up trying to achieve an inter-ethnic social environment to overcome ethnic prejudices. But because a well-balanced share of power between all ethnic groups was denied ethnic affiliation still remains. Thus efforts given towards a structural change have to be reinforced.
description: Asien, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
Supplementary document for Non-utopian optical properties computed of a tomographically reconstructed real photonic band gap crystal - 6953115.pdf
Creators: name: van Willenswaard, Lars Corbijn
name: Smeets, Stef
name: Renaud, Nicolas
name: Schlottbom, Matthias
name: Vegt, Jaap
name: Vos, Willem
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Details on the numerical method, accuracy of the results and the effect of transverse modes.
title: The adoption of wireless sensor technologies in greenhouse horticulture in Thailand
Creators: name: Suwannaprom, Natthamon
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2024

description: Greenhouse cultivation of horticultural crops has witnessed rapid expansion in 
Thailand over the last decade. The Thai Government has been actively promoting the adoption 
of modern technologies in greenhouse cultivation, including sensor-based technologies, as 
part of its “Smart Agriculture” initiative. The adoption of sensor technologies in greenhouse 
cultivation has, however, been limited. For greenhouse farmers, sensor technologies are novel 
and technically complex innovations different from conventional innovations such as new 
varieties of seeds or other inputs. This thesis examines the factors influencing the adoption of 
sensor technologies in greenhouse horticulture in Thailand using the Technology Adoption 
Model as a conceptual framework. The study used a mixed methods approach based on 
qualitative data collected through interviews with key informants and greenhouse farmers and 
a quantitative survey of 130 greenhouse farmers including both adopters and non-adopters of 
sensor technologies. The study also undertook a cost-benefit analysis of adoption of sensor 
technologies for adopters. Greenhouse farmers’ willingness to pay for different packages of 
sensor technologies was estimated and their preferences for different forms of governmental 
support in the form of concessional credit and subsidies was elicited. 
Our results show that given the characteristics of sensor technologies, the Technology 
Adoption Model provides a useful framework for understanding the adoption process and the 
constraints to adoption. Adopters and non-adopters differ significantly in their perceptions of 
the technology including perceptions of usefulness and ease of use. While sensor technology 
users have very positive expectations of the potential benefits of the technology, a large 
proportion of adopters do not appear to realise the anticipated benefits from adoption. This is 
principally due to the lack of complementary investment in irrigation and other infrastructure, 
produce marketing constraints and lack of information on the effective use of sensor 
technology. Greenhouse farmers appear to prefer technology packages that provide 
information along with installation and operational support in addition to the sensor 
technology equipment. The willingness to pay for sensor technology packages falls 
considerably short of the current market costs of these packages. A key implication for 
Government policy is that accelerating the adoption of sensor technologies may call for 
substantial subsidy and concessional credit support. Promotional strategies need to address 
greenhouse farmers’ perceptions of the technologies and facilitate complementary investments 
in infrastructure by sensor technology adopters.
Supplementary document for Non-utopian optical properties computed of a tomographically reconstructed real photonic band gap crystal - 6835200.pdf
Creators: name: van Willenswaard, Lars Corbijn
name: Smeets, Stef
name: Renaud, Nicolas
name: Schlottbom, Matthias
name: Vegt, Jaap
name: Vos, Willem
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Details on the numerical method, accuracy of the results and the effect of transverse modes.
japanische Besetzung Javas aus der Sicht dreier Augenzeugen
Creators: name: Eisenhofer-Halim, Hannelore
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: "A yellow power will come, but its stay will last as long as the corn needs to ripe". This prophecy of Jayabaya was to be fulfilled in March 1942 by the Japanese invasion of Netherlands East Indies. The hardship of the Javanese people is told by Sato Shigeru in "War, Nationalism, and Peasants", but there is nothing told about the struggle and difficulties of the Chinese minority. This report is therefore a contribution to understand the Chinese behaviour during the Japanese time in Java and it tries to show how Chinese managed to survive. Because of the 50th anniversary of the Indonesian Independence and the 50th anniversary of the End of World War II an investigation was made during a stay in Indonesia in August 1995. The persons interviewed are all Chinese, living now in Surabaya.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
Fast Collective Evasion in Self-Localized Swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Creators: name: Novák, Filip
name: Walter, Viktor
name: Petráček, Pavel
name: Báča, Tomáš
name: Saska, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A novel approach for achieving fast evasion in self-localized swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) threatened by an intruding moving object is presented in this paper. Motivated by natural self-organizing systems, the presented approach of fast and collective evasion enables the UAV swarm to avoid dynamic objects (interferers) that are actively approaching the group. The main objective of the proposed technique is the fast and safe escape of the swarm from an interferer ~discovered in proximity. This method is inspired by the collective behavior of groups of certain animals, such as schools of fish or flocks of birds. These animals use the limited information of their sensing organs and decentralized control to achieve reliable and effective group motion. The system presented in this paper is intended to execute the safe coordination of UAV swarms with a large number of agents. Similar to natural swarms, this system propagates a fast shock of information about detected interferers throughout the group to achieve dynamic and collective evasion. The proposed system is fully decentralized using only onboard sensors to mutually localize swarm agents and interferers, similar to how animals accomplish this behavior. As a result, the communication structure between swarm agents is not overwhelmed by information about the state (position and velocity) of each individual and it is reliable to communication dropouts. The proposed system and theory were numerically evaluated and verified in real-world experiments.
Kinetic, telomere/telomerase, and mismatch repair features distinguish carcinomas from other malignancies
Creators: name: J Moorhead
name: J Gonzalez
name: S Pomplun
name: L Lam
name: T Ioannidis
name: Diaz-Cano, Salvador J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: Medicine
Molecular Biology
Cancer
Cell Biology

description: Background: The main groups of malignancies (carcinomas, sarcomas, melanomas and lymphomas) are classified based on phenotypic features that frequently correlate with general genetic abnormalities. The kinetic and general biological features that explain the differences in these diagnostic groups have not been systematically analyzed in a set of neoplasms from common locations. Design: We selected carcinomas (90), sarcomas (25), malignant melanomas (15) and malignant lymphomas (25) from common locations that have appropriate archival material. Mitotic figure counting was performed screening at least 25 high-power fields and registering average and standard deviation. Representative samples were evaluated by standard immunohistochemistry for Ki67, telo- merase, mlh1, msh2, in situ end labeling of DNA fragments for apoptosis, and FISH-PNA of telomere. Positive cells were expressed as percentage of tumor cells. The results were statistically compared using non-parametric analysis of variance, and stepwise discriminant analysis/logistic regression (significant if P < 0.05). Cross validation was done only for those cases in the analysis, classifying each case by the functions derived from all cases other than that case. Results: The average results per variable are shown in the table. The stepwise discriminant analysis classified correctly 97% of carcinomas using Ki67 and MLH1, but failed to provide a reliable model for the other neoplasms. Conclusions: Biological variables employed in tumor pathology are useful for the diagnosis of carcinomas, but fail in the characterization of other malignancies. A sensible use of proliferation and mis- match repair markers improves the phenotypic classification and provides a biological support.
Human Microbiome Action - Navigating Policies, Safeguarding Public Health, and Charting Future Frontiers
Creators: name: European Food Information Council (EUFIC)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Discover the path to unified human microbiome research with the Human Microbiome Action Infographic!

Explore our latest infographic on the outcomes of the Human Microbiome Action project including Delphi surveys, workshops and more.
muslimischen Intellektuellen in Indonesien und die Demokratie
Creators: name: Abdillah, Masykuri
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: In accordance with the trend of globalization, especially following the collapse of the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe, democracy is today becoming an important factor of international relations as well as a subject of intense debates in the Third World and in Muslim countries. Almost all governments in the world, evein authoritarian governments, use the attribute "democratic" to characterize their regimes and their aspirations. Yet not all governments in Muslim countries as well as not all Muslim intellectuals support democracy. Unlike the Islamic international debate on democracy, all Muslim intellectuals in Indonesia, as far as I am able to ascertain, accept democracy and even support it as a system which must be implemented in a Muslim society. They also understand democracy as covering certain universal values, especially equality, freedom and pluralism. In the light of this theological perspective, Muslim intellectuals also respond to the basic concept of Pancasila Democracy and to the process of democratization in Indonesia. In this process they have a strategic role, because they are leaders of the Muslim community which is one of the most influential sectors of civil society in Indonesia.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
Atmospheric laser communication - New challenges for applied meteorology.
Creators: name: Fischer, Kenneth W.
name: Witiw, Michael R.
name: Baars, Jeffrey A.
name: Oke, Timothy R.
Publisher: name: American Meteorological Society
Year: 2011

description: Atmospheric laser communication, often referred to as free-space optics (FSO) or free-space laser (FSL) communication, is similar to fiber optic cable in terms of carrier wavelength and bandwidth capability, but data are transmitted directly through the atmosphere via laser beams over paths from a few meters to 4 km or longer. FSL uses lasers in the near-infrared spectrum, typically at wavelengths of 850 or 1550 nm. Given these wavelengths, atmospheric attenuation must be considered, and an adequate margin of optical power (dB) must exist to support high system availability (the percentage of time that an FSL link is in operation, typically 99.9%). A visual range of 100 m can attenuate a laser beam at a rate of nearly 130 dB km−1. For short links (< 1200 m), fog and low clouds are the primary concerns. For longer links, scintillation, heavy rain, and snow frequently become issues. To address these issues, long-term climate data are analyzed to determine the frequency of occurrence of low visibilities and low-cloud ceilings. To estimate availability at a site of interest, adjustments to airport climate data are made to accommodate differences in altitude, geography, and the effects of the urban heat island. In sum, communication via FSL is a feasible alternative to fiber optic cable when atmospheric conditions are considered and properly analyzed. Copyright 2004 American Meteorological Society (AMS). Permission to use figures, tables, and brief excerpts from this work in scientific and educational works is hereby granted provided that the source is acknowledged. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be “fair use” under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 USC §108, as revised by P.L. 94-553) does not require the AMS’s permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form, such as on a web site or in a searchable database, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statement, requires written permission or a license from the AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policy, available on the AMS Web site located at (http://www.ametsoc.org/) or from the AMS at 617-227-2425 or copyright@ametsoc.org.
"Riese” erwacht: Die indonesische Rolle in Südostasien
Creators: name: A. Herrmann, Wilfried
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: In terms of population and area Indonesia is the biggest member of ASEAN and therefore an important partner for Germany. The article focus on the foreign politics of Indonesia towards the USA, Japan and the People's Republic of China. Furthermore the economic developments and some economic problems like equal and fair distribution of wealth to avoid a "social gap", the need for reduction of the foreign debts and the creating of new jobs, the finding of a balance of investment between hightech and "basic needs" and the need of increasing the quality of the human resources are topics which are coped with. Finally the role of the Indonesian Armed Forces ABRI in their classical "dwi fungsi" (double function) is also covered. The author sees today's Indonesia as "a giant awake" and according to him the archipelago-state will find a suitable place in the "concert of the great powers in the world" and will be a major factor of Southeast Asian stability, if the economic problems are not underestimated by the responsible organizations and persons. But in the coming years the dominating question for Indonesia will be the survival of the nation after the era Soeharto. For that, Indonesia needs a new leadership generation, which should integrate all major political and social groups to avoid domestic conflicts. ABRI, the moderate Islam and the business community will be the key-players in this process. Political stability is the credo of President Sohartoe. But this does not necessarily mean Indonesia is stable. This will be proved in the coming transformation period.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
STRATEGIK YO'LLAR VA BOZOR DINAMIKASI: O'ZBEKISTONDAGI ZIYORAT TURIZMINING MARKETING TAHLILI
Creators: name: Xusniddinova, Munavvar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu tadqiqot O‘zbekistondagi Ziyorat turizmining keng qamrovli marketing tahlilini o‘z ichiga oladi, ushbu sohani shakllantiruvchi strategik yo‘llar va bozor dinamikasini aniqlaydi. Turistlarning motivatsiyalari, imtiyozlari va tajribalarini, shuningdek manfaatdor tomonlar tomonidan qo‘llaniladigan marketing strategiyalarini tahlil qilish orqali ushbu tadqiqot O‘zbekistonda ziyorat turizmining rivojlanishiga turtki bo‘lgan omillarni yoritadi. Tadqiqot ushbu noyob turizm segmentidagi bozor dinamikasi va strategik imkoniyatlarning yaxlit ko‘rinishini taklif qilish uchun ham sifat, ham miqdoriy metodologiyalarni aralashtirib, tadqiqot maqsadlarini kompleks hal qilish uchun aralash usullar yondashuvidan foydalanadi.
Ostasien im weltwirtschaftlichen Aufwind
Creators: name: Machetzki, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Over the past three decades most East Asian national economies have generated the highest development dynamism ever reported in economic history, thereby creating the third full-fledged key region of the global economy. Strong intra-regional investment and trade activities have substantially promoted the economic integration of the region. These powerful tendencies have tempted a number of observers to jump to conclusions that, with regard to the further economic advancement of East Asia, the significance of Western economies (America and Western Europe) has, in the course of time, grown much less essential. However, although seemingly supported by trends in regional trade data, a careful look at the statistical evidence suggests that such assumptions are not really well founded and, therefore, in need of rectification.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
Supplementary document for Ultra-low reflection of sub-THz waves in graphene-based composite with metasurface for stealth technology - 7112123.pdf
Creators: name: Filak-Medon, Karolina
name: Sobczyk, Artur
name: Kowalczyk, Adam
name: Suszek, Jaroslaw
name: Zdrojek, Mariusz
name: Sypek, Maciej
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Dependence of potato yield on weed infestation
Creators: name: Barbaś, P.
name: Sawicka, B.
Publisher: name: Agronomy Research
Year: 2020
Subjects: potato
cultivars
weeds infestation
yield
article

description: Results of the research were based on a field experiment carried out in 2007–2009 at the Experimental Plant of the IHAR-PIB in Jadwisin, on podzolic soil with a granulometric composition of loamy sand. The experiment was established by means of a random sub-block method in a dependent split-plot pattern, in triplicate. The first order factor were the potato cultivars: ‘Irga’ and ‘Fianna’, the second order factor were the methods of weeds regulation: 1) control − without chemical protection; 2) extensive mechanical treatments (every 2 weeks) from planting to closing the rows; 3) Sencor 70 WG – 1 kg ha-1 before potato emergence; 4) Sencor 70 WG – 1 kg ha-1 + Titus 25 WG – 40 g ha-1 + Trend 90 EC – 0.1% before potato emergence; 5) Sencor 70 WG – 0.5 kg ha-1 after potato emergence; 6) Sencor 70 WG – 0.3 kg ha-1 + Titus 25 WG – 30 g ha-1 + Trend 90 EC – 0.1% after potato emergence; 7) Sencor 70 WG – 0.3 kg ha-1 + Fusilade Forte 150 EC – 2 dm3 ha-1 after potato emergence; 8) Sencor 70 WG – 0.3 kg ha-1 + Apyros 75 WG 26.5 g ha-1 + Atpolan 80 SC – 1 dm3 ha-1 after potato emergence. The number, floristic compositions, fresh weight and dry matter of weeds were determined. A high, yield-protective effect of herbicides was obtained as a result of limited competition of weeds. Mechanical care contributed to the increase in the total potato yield by 36.2%, and the marketable yield by 45.7%, as compared to the control object.
title: Alfalfa :
title: Directrices para la ejecución del examen de la distinción, la homogeneidad y la estabilidad.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005

description: La finalidad de estas directrices (“directrices de examen”) es elaborar los principios que figuran en la Introducción General (documento TG/1/3) y sus documentos TGP conexos, con objeto de que sirvan de orientación práctica y detallada para el examen armonizado de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad (DHE) y en particular, para identificar los caracteres apropiados para el examen DHE y producir descripciones armonizadas de variedades.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde
Creators: name: Draguhn, Werner
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: In 1965 the Volkswagen Foundation took the initiative and invited a group of specialists to discuss means and ways how to support modern East Asian studies in Germany. This led to the creation of a co-ordinating unit for contemporary East Asian studies attached to the Institute of Asian Affairs in Hamburg one year later. The necessity for an organisation that represents the various fields of contemporary East Asian studies was the reason for founding the German Association for East Asian Studies in 1968 which became the German Association for Asian Studies (DGA) several years later. In the beginning strong financial support came from the Volkswagen Foundation and to a much lesser extent from the Ford Foundation. When these programmes ended in 1976 the DGA managed to survive on the basis of membership fees and considerable contributions mainly from the business community. The DGA has the major task to enhance contacts and to increase knowledge on contemporary developments in Asian countries in political, economic and social matters. These aims are pursued through annual conferences, intensive language courses as well as publication of the quarterly journal ASIEN.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 60 (1996): ASIEN (Juli)
Patient age modifies the power of histological variables used for tumor grading
Creators: name: J Moorhead
name: J Gonzalez
name: I Roxanis
name: S Pomplun
name: R Lam
name: T Ioannidis
name: Diaz-Cano, Salvador J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: Medicine
Molecular Biology
Cancer
Cell Biology

description: Background: Grading is one of the most powerful variable of tumor prognosis, but is mainly based on subjective features that frequently are site specific and do not consider the patient age. We aim to identify the variables that reliably predict grade, incorporating patient age as additional discriminator. Design: We selected carcinomas (90), sarcomas (25), malignant melanomas (15) and malignant lymphomas (25) from common locations that have appropriate archival material. Neoplasms were graded according to WHO criteria in their respective location, and conventional morphological variables were evaluated, including nuclear features, growth pattern, stromal reaction, inflammatory response, mitotic figure counting. Representative samples were eval- uated by standard immunohistochemistry for Ki67, telomerase, mlh1, msh2, In situ end labeling of DNA fragments for apoptosis, and FISH-PNA of telomere. The tests were assessed in the whole lesion and the positive cells expressed as percentage of tumor cells. Appropriate controls were run in each sample. Cases were stratified according to patient’s age in £50 years (group A, 31 cases), 50– 70 years (group B, 93 cases) and >70 years (group C, 31 cases). The results were statistically compared using chi-square, non-parametric analysis of variance, and stepwise discriminant analysis/ logistic regression (significant if P < 0.05). Cross validation was done only for those cases in the analysis, classifying each case by the functions derived from all cases other than that case. Results: The average age in each group was 34 (group A), 59 (group B) and 78 years (group C). All neoplasms were revealed positive for mlh1 and msh2, regardless of the age group. The variables which contributed most to the poorly differentiated neoplastic phenotype were the primary and secondary growth patterns, presence of confluent necrosis and hemorrhage, anisokaryosis, nucleo- lar prominence, and Ki67 index. The stepwise discriminant analysis correctly classified 97% of cases (well-moderate versus poorly differ- entiated, 96% after cross validation). The most important variables for grade prediction were anisokaryosis for tumors from young patients, and Ki67 index and the average mitotic count for tumors in old patients. Conclusions: A common grading system of malignancies must include a combined evaluation of growth pattern, confluent necro- sis, nuclear and proliferation features. The predictive power of these variables is age-dependent (anisokaryosis for young patient and proliferation features for old patients).