cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Gravity Compensation of the dVRK-Si Patient Side Manipulator based on Dynamic Model Identification
Creators: name: Zhou, Haoying
name: Yang, Hao
name: Deguet, Anton
name: Fichera, Loris
name: Wu, Jie Ying
name: Kazanzides, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK, also known as dVRK Classic) is an open-source teleoperated surgical robotic system whose hardware is obtained from the first generation da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). The dVRK has greatly facilitated research in robot-assisted surgery over the past decade and helped researchers address multiple major challenges in this domain. Recently, the dVRK-Si system, a new version of the dVRK which uses mechanical components from the da Vinci Si Surgical System, became available to the community. The major difference between the first generation da Vinci and the da Vinci Si is in the structural upgrade of the Patient Side Manipulator (PSM). Because of this upgrade, the gravity of the dVRK-Si PSM can no longer be ignored as in the dVRK Classic. The high gravity offset may lead to relatively low control accuracy and longer response time. In addition, although substantial progress has been made in addressing the dynamic model identification problem for the dVRK Classic, further research is required on model-based control for the dVRK-Si, due to differences in mechanical components and the demand for enhanced control performance. To address these problems, in this work, we present (1) a novel full kinematic model of the dVRK-Si PSM, and (2) a gravity compensation approach based on the dynamic model identification.
Neutrino processes in the $K^0$ condensed phase of color flavor locked quark matter
Creators: name: Reddy, Sanjay
name: Sadzikowski, Mariusz
name: Tachibana, Motoi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study weak interactions involving Goldstone bosons in the neutral kaon condensed phase of color flavor locked quark matter. We calculate the rates for the dominant processes that contribute to the neutrino mean free p ath and to neutrino production. A light $K^+$ state, with a mass $\tilde{m}_{K^+} \propto (Δ/μ) (Δ/m_s)(m_d-m_u)$, where $μ$ and $Δ$ are the quark chemical potential and superconducting gap respectively, is shown to play an important role. We identify unique characteristics of weak interaction rates in this novel phase and discuss how they might influence neutrino emission in core collapse supernova and neutron stars.
description: 21 pages, 4 figures
Chronic schistosomiasis infection and obstetric fistula repair outcomes in Lubango, Angola : A retrospective chart review
Creators: name: Chin, Esther
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: INTRODUCTION: Although chronic urogenital schistosomiasis infection is known to cause bladder fibrosis, data pertaining to the effect of schistosomiasis on vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) repair outcome is limited. METHODS: This retrospective chart review aimed to assess the correlation between chronic schistosomiasis infection, determined by bladder biopsies, and VVF repair outcomes at an urban hospital in Angola. Other objectives were to quantify the prevalence of chronic schistosomiasis among patients with VVF and to assess agreement between pelvic x-rays and bladder biopsies for chronic schistosomiasis diagnosis. Data were collected on patients who underwent VVF repair between June 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022 including: age, number of previous fistula repairs, Goh classification of fistula repair, x-ray and biopsy results, fistula repair outcome, perioperative complications, and postoperative incontinence. Age and number of previous repairs were described using means with standard deviations. Goh classification, x-ray and biopsy results, fistula repair outcome, perioperative complications, and postoperative incontinence were described using frequencies. Parametric and non-parametric tests and Cohen’s Kappa were calculated using R software and Excel. RESULTS: Of the 76 charts retrieved, 60 met inclusion criteria. The overall fistula repair failure rate was 26.7% (n=16). There was no statistically significant difference in the fistula repair failure rate between those with (26.9%) and without (26.5%) evidence of chronic schistosomiasis infection (χ² = 2.33 e-31, p=1, 95% CI -0.30 to 0.28). The prevalence of chronic 4 schistosomiasis was 43.3%. There was no agreement between x-ray and biopsy in diagnosing chronic schistosomiasis infection (Cohen’s Kappa = 0.23, 95% CI -0.001 to 0.47). CONCLUSION: There was no statistically significant difference in the chance of fistula repair failure between those with evidence of chronic schistosomiasis infection and those without.
Analysis of the competitiveness of coffee beans from different origin in the South Korea and US coffee market
Creators: name: Joo, Joonhyung
name: Nam, Kyungsoo
name: Ahn, Byeong-Il
name: Joo, Joonhyung
name: Nam, Kyungsoo
name: Ahn, Byeong-Il
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Presentation ID 16839
The impact on utilities of differences in body weight among Canadian patients with type 2 diabetes
Creators: name: S. Lane
name: A. R. Levy
name: J. Mukherjee
name: J. Sambrook
name: H. Tildesley
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The objective of this study was to estimate utility values for hypothetical health states that describe differences in weight and quality of life associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) from Canadians with type 2 DM. The impact on utility values was examined separately for participants with a body mass index (BMI) of 18 to less than 25 kg/m2 (‘healthy’), 25 to less than 30 (‘overweight’), and 30 or more (‘obese’). The health state descriptions were modified from a published diabetes utility study. Health states included a base-case type 2 DM health state (at participants’ current weight), and six health states where the weight and attendant quality of life impact varied (base case ±3%, ±5%, and ±7% weight). Utilities were elicited using the time trade-off technique. Linear regression modeling was used to estimate the utility increment or decrement associated with a one unit difference in BMI. Among 96 participants, the mean age was 55 years and 51% were men. The mean BMI was 32 kg/m2 and 84% wanted to lose weight. The mean (SD) utility for the base-case state was 0.911 (0.013). Mean utilities (utility decrements) were 0.907 (−0.004), 0.865 (−0.046) and 0.806 (−0.105) for the health states describing an increased weight of 3%, 5% and 7%, respectively; and 0.923 (+0.012), 0.940 (+0.029) and 0.949 (+0.038) for the health states describing a decreased weight of 3%, 5% and 7%, respectively. For every increase of 1 kg/m2 BMI there was an associated decrease in utility of 0.0472 (95% CI: 0.0375, 0.0569) and for every decrease of 1 kg/m2 BMI there was an associated increase in utility of 0.0171 (95% CI: 0.0103, 0.0238). The preferences of Canadian patients with type 2 DM for diabetes-related health states varied according to the weight, and quality of life impact, associated with that health state. Increased weight had a greater effect on utilities than decreased weight.
Control of cardiac alternans in a mapping model with memory
Creators: name: Tolkacheva, Elena
name: Romeo, Monica M.
name: Gauthier, Daniel J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Quantitative Biology (q-bio)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We investigate a map-based model of paced cardiac muscle in the presence of closed-loop feedback control. The model relates the duration of an action potential to the preceding diastolic interval as well as the preceding action potential duration and thus has some amount of `memory.' We find that the domain of control depends on this memory, independently of the specific functional form of the map. The memory-dependent domain of control can encompass large feedback gains, thus providing the first possible explanation of the recent experimental results of Hall et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett, 88, 198102 (2002)] on controlling alternans in small pieces of rapidly-paced cardiac muscle.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
The $H_0$ tension: $ΔG_N$ vs. $ΔN_{\rm eff}$
Creators: name: Ballesteros, Guillermo
name: Notari, Alessio
name: Rompineve, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate whether the $4.4σ$ tension on $H_0$ between SH$_{0}$ES 2019 and Planck 2018 can be alleviated by a variation of Newton's constant $G_N$ between the early and the late Universe. This changes the Hubble rate before recombination, similarly to adding $ΔN_{\rm eff}$ extra relativistic degrees of freedom. We implement a varying $G_N$ in a scalar-tensor theory of gravity, with a non-minimal coupling $(M^2+βϕ^2)R$. If the scalar $ϕ$ starts in the radiation era at an initial value $ϕ_I \sim 0.5~M_p$ and with $β<0$, a dynamical transition occurs naturally around the epoch of matter-radiation equality and the field evolves towards zero at late times. As a consequence, the $H_0$ tension between SH$_{0}$ES (2019) and Planck 2018+BAO slightly decreases, as in $ΔN_{\rm eff}$ models, to the 3.8$σ$ level. We then perform a fit to a combined Planck, BAO and supernovae (SH$_0$ES and Pantheon) dataset. When including local constraints on Post-Newtonian (PN) parameters, we find $H_0=69.08_{-0.71}^{+0.6}~\text{km/s/Mpc}$ and a marginal improvement of $Δχ^2\simeq-3.2$ compared to $Λ$CDM, at the cost of 2 extra parameters. In order to take into account scenarios where local constraints could be evaded, we also perform a fit without PN constraints and find $H_0=69.65_{-0.78}^{+0.8}~\text{km/s/Mpc}$ and a more significant improvement $Δχ^2=-5.4$ with 2 extra parameters. For comparison, we find that the $ΔN_{\rm eff}$ model gives $H_0=70.08_{-0.95}^{+0.91}~\text{km/s/Mpc}$ and $Δχ^2=-3.4$ at the cost of one extra parameter, which disfavors the $Λ$CDM limit just above 2$σ$, since $ΔN_{\rm eff}=0.34_{-0.16}^{+0.15}$. Overall, our varying $G_N$ model performs similarly to the $ΔN_{\rm eff}$ model in respect to the $H_0$ tension, if a physical mechanism to remove PN constraints can be implemented.
description: 20 pages, 7 figures. v2: Pantheon dataset added, additional new results for model without PN constraints, additional short discussion of S8. Version accepted for publication in JCAP
The Impacts of the US Interstate Highway on Farmland Values and Agricultural Production: A Market Access Approach
Creators: name: Li, Wen
name: Ortiz-Bobea, Ariel
name: Ifft, Jennifer E.
name: Li, Wen
name: Ortiz-Bobea, Ariel
name: Ifft, Jennifer E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Presentation ID 16844
Conformation Controllable Inelastic Charge Transport and Shot Noise Behavior in Metal-String Single Molecular Devices
Creators: name: Roy, Talem Rebeda
name: Sen, Arijit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is often intriguing experimentally to take stock of how conformational changes in the device configuration may impact the overall charge transport behavior of single-molecule junctions. Based on the allied approach of density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we explore here the effect of junction heterogeneity on inelastic charge transport in various metal-string based single-molecule devices. The constituent active elements being sensitive to the resonant levels, transition metal centers are found to influence stretching, bending, and torsional excitation modes, while rocking and scissoring modes are controlled largely by the axial ligands. For certain molecular conformations and electrode orientations, phonon-assisted quantum interference effect may crop up, leading to the suppression of higher wavenumber vibrational modes. The resulting inelastic spectra are likely to take the shape of dominant Fano resonance or anti-resonance, depending on whether phonons are emitted or absorbed. Such nanoscale quantum interference effect is manifested especially in those metal-string molecular junctions for which the energy gap (between localized and delocalized virtual states) lies well within the optical phonon energies ($Δ{E}_{|HOMO-LUMO|}
description: 8 figures
Prevalence and incidence of adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a large managed care population
Creators: name: Knight, Tara K.
name: Aniket Kawatkar
name: Hodgkins, Paul
name: Moss, Robert
name: Chu, Li-Hao
name: Sikirica, Vanja
name: M. Haim Erder
name: Nichol, Michael B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To estimate longitudinal trends in prevalence and incidence rates of adult ADHD 2006–2009. Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) electronic medical records were analyzed to assess prevalence and incidence rates for adult ADHD. Trends over time were estimated and compared using three case definitions (ADHD diagnosis only [DX], ADHD DX and ≥2 FDA-approved ADHD prescriptions [DX + RX], and ADHD DX and ≥1 behavioral therapy visit [DX + BT]). Prevalence and incidence rates of adult ADHD. Prevalence ranged from 151 (DX + RX) to 312 (DX) cases per 100,000 members in 2006, increasing to 239 (DX + RX) and 415 (DX) cases in 2009. Prevalence based on DX + BT declined from 185 in 2006 to 94 cases per 100,000 in 2009. In 2006, incidence ranged from 15 (DX + BT) to 68 (DX) cases per 100,000 person-years. Incidence rates remained stable throughout the study period. Stratified analyses based on DX + RX revealed only slight variations by gender, but sharp differences by age, with younger adults demonstrating a higher prevalence overall as well as dramatic increases over the study period. Prevalence was highest among Caucasians, increasing substantially across all race groups over time. A limitation of this study is that incidence rates may not be representative of new cases if diagnoses existed prior to enrollment in KPSC. Similarly, prevalence rates may be affected if patients sought care outside of the health plan. Adult ADHD prevalence in this managed care organization appears low, but showed increasing prevalence and incidence rates over time.
Who are Hired? The Impact of the Minimum Wage Increase on Job Recruitment by Agri-Business Companies
Creators: name: Kim, So-Jin
name: Kim, Hyunjung
name: Kim, Miseok
name: Park, Soonkeun
name: Yoo, Do-Il
name: Kim, So-Jin
name: Kim, Hyunjung
name: Kim, Miseok
name: Park, Soonkeun
name: Yoo, Do-Il
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Presentation ID 16886
Chrysolarentia hedylepta Turner
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Chrysolarentia
Chrysolarentia hedylepta

description: Chrysolarentia hedylepta Turner (Figs 735–739)
Oviposition
1♀ code nos.: G484
Oviposition date: 11 Feb.
Batch size: 20; (n = 1)
Realised fecundity: 20
Incubation time (days): 25
 Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.
 Colour: Pale olive green, becoming yellowish green then transparent grey on maturity.
 Size (mm): L = 0.49, W = 0.47, T = 0.41.
Width/length: 0.96
No. of females: 1
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 0.59 ± 0.07, W = 0.40 ± 0.04.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.2
 Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 735 & 736)
No. of openings: 3
No. of cells in rosette: 9
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2
 Shape: Globular, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated (Figs 735 & 737).
 Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg faintly marked all over with flat hexagonal cells with narrow walls (Figs 735, 737 & 738). Aeropyles inconspicuous, openings very small, only visible around anterior pole (Fig. 738). Chorion smooth with shallow undulations (Fig. 739).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
To Help or Not to Help: LLM-based Attentive Support for Human-Robot Group Interactions
Creators: name: Tanneberg, Daniel
name: Ocker, Felix
name: Hasler, Stephan
name: Deigmoeller, Joerg
name: Belardinelli, Anna
name: Wang, Chao
name: Wersing, Heiko
name: Sendhoff, Bernhard
name: Gienger, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.8; I.2.9

description: How can a robot provide unobtrusive physical support within a group of humans? We present Attentive Support, a novel interaction concept for robots to support a group of humans. It combines scene perception, dialogue acquisition, situation understanding, and behavior generation with the common-sense reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). In addition to following user instructions, Attentive Support is capable of deciding when and how to support the humans, and when to remain silent to not disturb the group. With a diverse set of scenarios, we show and evaluate the robot's attentive behavior, which supports and helps the humans when required, while not disturbing if no help is needed.
description: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2024
Impact of Interatomic Electronic Decay Processes on Xe 4d Hole Decay in the Xenon Fluorides
Creators: name: Buth, Christian
name: Santra, Robin
name: Cederbaum, Lorenz S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A hole in a 4d orbital of atomic xenon relaxes through Auger decay after a lifetime of 3 fs. Adding electronegative fluorine ligands to form xenon fluoride molecules, results in withdrawal of valence-electron density from Xe. Thus, within the one-center picture of Auger decay, a lowered Xe 4d Auger width would be expected, in contradiction, however, with experiment. Employing extensive ab initio calculations within the framework of many-body Green's functions, we determine all available decay channels in XeFn and characterize these channels by means of a two-hole population analysis. We derive a relation between two-hole population numbers and partial Auger widths. On this basis, interatomic electronic decay processes are demonstrated to be so strong in the xenon fluorides that they overcompensate the reduction in intra-atomic Auger width and lead to the experimentally observed trend. The nature of the relevant processes is discussed. These processes presumably underlie Auger decay in a variety of systems.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, RevTeX4, extensively revised, the discussion of single ionization of XeFn was published separately: J. Chem. Phys. 119, 7763--7771 (2003), preprint arXiv: physics/0306123
Dose-finding study of luseogliflozin in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II study
Creators: name: Seino, Yutaka
name: Sasaki, Takashi
name: Fukatsu, Atsushi
name: Michito Ubukata
name: Sakai, Soichi
name: Yoshishige Samukawa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Luseogliflozin is a selective sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor under development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This phase II study was conducted to confirm the efficacy and safety of luseogliflozin monotherapy at doses of up to 10 mg in Japanese patients with T2DM. Patients with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of 6.9–10.5% on diet therapy were randomized in a double-blind manner to treatment with 1, 2.5, 5, or 10 mg luseogliflozin or placebo for 12 weeks (n = 56, 56, 54, 58, and 58, respectively). Japan Pharmaceutical Information Center (identifier: Japic CTI-101191). The primary endpoint was the change in HbA1c from baseline to the end of treatment. Other endpoints included fasting plasma glucose (FPG), postprandial plasma glucose (PPG) and body weight. Adverse events were recorded throughout the study. HbA1c decreased significantly at the end of treatment in the 1, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg luseogliflozin groups compared with placebo (−0.29, −0.39, −0.46, and −0.43%, respectively, versus +0.22%; all P P P In Japanese patients with T2DM, luseogliflozin was well tolerated, improved glycemic control, and reduced body weight over 12 weeks of treatment at all tested doses. Doses of ≥2.5 mg achieved similar improvements in glycemic control.
Chrysolarentia polycarpa Meyrick
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Chrysolarentia
Chrysolarentia polycarpa

description: Chrysolarentia polycarpa Meyrick (Figs 749–752)
Oviposition
1♀ code no.: G486
Oviposition date: 12 Feb.
Batch size: 20; (n = 1)
Realised fecundity: 20
Incubation time (days): N/A
 Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.
 Colour: Pale olive green, then transparent grey on maturity.
 Size (mm): L = 0.52, W = 0.47.
Width/length: 0.90
No. of females: 1
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 0.59 ± 0.02, W = 0.31 ± 0.03.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.1
 Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 749 & 750)
No. of openings: 5
No. of cells in rosette: 7
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 1
 Shape: Very broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated (Fig. 751).
 Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by barely discernible, flat, hexagonal cells with unelevated, narrow walls (Figs 749 & 751). Aeropyles inconspicuous, unelevated, openings small (Fig. 752), present around anterior pole and narrow lateral sides. Chorion smooth with shallow undulations (Fig. 752).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
Decoherence in the quantum walk on the line
Creators: name: Romanelli, A.
name: Siri, R.
name: Abal, G.
name: Auyuanet, A.
name: Donangelo, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the quantum walk on the line when decoherences are introduced either through simultaneous measurements of the chirality and particle position, or as a result of broken links. Both mechanisms drive the system to a classical diffusive behavior. In the case of measurements, we show that the diffusion coefficient is proportional to the variance of the initially localized quantum random walker just before the first measurement. When links between neighboring sites are randomly broken with probability $p$ per unit time, the evolution becomes decoherent after a characteristic time that scales as $1/p$. The fact that the quadratic increase of the variance is eventually lost even for very small frequencies of disrupting events, suggests that the implementation of a quantum walk on a real physical system may be severely limited by thermal noise and lattice imperfections.
description: Elsevier style, 18 pages. New enhanced version with more material: new title, a new section was added and the discussion was updated; references added; submitted to Physica A
Epyaxa subidaria Guenee
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Epyaxa
Epyaxa subidaria

description: Epyaxa subidaria Guenée (Figs 762–768)
Oviposition
1♀ code no.: G382
Oviposition date: 14 Oct.
Batch size: 50; (n = 1)
Realised fecundity: 50
Incubation time (days): 9
 Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly.
 Colour: Pale yellowish­green, becoming yellow then transparent grey on maturity.
 Size (mm) (n=10): L = 0.60 ± 0.00, W = 0.40 ± 0.00, T = 0.35 ± 0.01.
Width/length: 0.66
No. of females: 1
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 1.37 ± 0.18, W = 0.93 ± 0.13.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.4
 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 762 & 763)
No. of openings: 3
No. of cells in rosette: 6
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 6
 Shape: Narrow, elongated, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated, dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 762, 764 & 765).
 Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by concave, hexagonal cells with elevated, moderately broad walls (Figs 762, 764–767). Aeropyles small, unelevated, many arranged along walls of cells, openings small (Fig. 767), present on narrow lateral sides and around anterior pole. Rosette cells slightly recessed; micropylar cell walls overlain by very narrow reticulum (Fig. 763). Chorion regularly pitted (Figs 766–768).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
The Effect of Liquidity Shocks on the Resiliency of Agricultural Futures Markets
Creators: name: Verhulst, Marjolein
name: Pennings, Joost M. E.
name: Trujillo-Barrera, Andres A.
name: Verhulst, Marjolein
name: Pennings, Joost M. E.
name: Trujillo-Barrera, Andres A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Presentation ID 15674
PatDNN: Achieving Real-Time DNN Execution on Mobile Devices with Pattern-based Weight Pruning
Creators: name: Niu, Wei
name: Ma, Xiaolong
name: Lin, Sheng
name: Wang, Shihao
name: Qian, Xuehai
name: Lin, Xue
name: Wang, Yanzhi
name: Ren, Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the emergence of a spectrum of high-end mobile devices, many applications that formerly required desktop-level computation capability are being transferred to these devices. However, executing the inference of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) is still challenging considering high computation and storage demands, specifically, if real-time performance with high accuracy is needed. Weight pruning of DNNs is proposed, but existing schemes represent two extremes in the design space: non-structured pruning is fine-grained, accurate, but not hardware friendly; structured pruning is coarse-grained, hardware-efficient, but with higher accuracy loss. In this paper, we introduce a new dimension, fine-grained pruning patterns inside the coarse-grained structures, revealing a previously unknown point in design space. With the higher accuracy enabled by fine-grained pruning patterns, the unique insight is to use the compiler to re-gain and guarantee high hardware efficiency. In other words, our method achieves the best of both worlds, and is desirable across theory/algorithm, compiler, and hardware levels. The proposed PatDNN is an end-to-end framework to efficiently execute DNN on mobile devices with the help of a novel model compression technique (pattern-based pruning based on extended ADMM solution framework) and a set of thorough architecture-aware compiler- and code generation-based optimizations (filter kernel reordering, compressed weight storage, register load redundancy elimination, and parameter auto-tuning). Evaluation results demonstrate that PatDNN outperforms three state-of-the-art end-to-end DNN frameworks, TensorFlow Lite, TVM, and Alibaba Mobile Neural Network with speedup up to 44.5x, 11.4x, and 7.1x, respectively, with no accuracy compromise. Real-time inference of representative large-scale DNNs (e.g., VGG-16, ResNet-50) can be achieved using mobile devices.
description: To be published in the Proceedings of Twenty-Fifth International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS 20)
title: Numerical simulation of debris flows focusing on the behavior of fine sediment
Creators: name: Sakai, Yuichi
name: Hotta, Norifumi
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2019
Subjects: debris flow
numerical simulation
fine sediment
pore fluid density
hydrograph

description: Debris flows generally includes a wide range of grain sizes, in which fine sediment behaves as a fluid phase rather than as a solid phase and enlarges the pore fluid density. Although in existing models fine sediment constantly behave as fluid phase from initiation to deposition, previous researches have reported that behavior of fine sediment can vary through debris-flow propagations depending on the kinematic conditions (i.e., relation of turbulence and the settling velocity of the particles). To test the effects of this transitional behavior of fine sediment and compare with existing models, we conduct numerical simulations of debris flows with bidisperse granular materials, employing two models for the behavior of small particles: (i) all small particles constantly behave as a fluid phase (Model I); and (ii) the ratio of small particles behaving as a fluid phase varies depending on the kinematic conditions (Model II). In the simulations, we used an inclined channel with erodible bed at the upper stream end of the reach, where debris flows initiate by supplying water. Varying the inclination from 15° to 20°, we measured the time series of discharges, flow depths, sediment concentrations and pore fluid densities at the downstream end. Hydrographs of the two models are significantly different at higher slopes, with a sharp peak at the front of debris flows in Model I and relatively moderate peak in Model II. These differences are caused by higher pore fluid densities from the front to the tail of debris flows in Model I, in contrast to lower pore fluid densities in Model II, where not all of small particles behave as a fluid phase. This infers that discharge rate of debris flows can be overestimated especially at higher slopes if the transitional behavior of fine sediment is not considered.
Running coupling and fermion mass in strong coupling QED
Creators: name: Sauli, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Simple toy model is used in order to exhibit the technique of extracting the non-perturbative information about Green's functions in Minkowski space. The effective charge and the dynamical electron mass are calculated in strong coupling 3+1 QED by solving the coupled Dyson-Schwinger equations for electron and photon propagators. The minimal Ball-Chiu vertex was used for simplicity and we impose the Landau gauge fixing on QED action. The solution obtained separately in Euclidean and Minkowski space were compared, the latter one was extracted with the help of spectral technique.
description: 23 pages, 4 figures, v4: revised and extended version, one introductory section added
Flexible filaments buckle into helicoidal shapes in strong compressional flows
Creators: name: Chakrabarti, Brato
name: Liu, Yanan
name: LaGrone, John
name: Cortez, Ricardo
name: Fauci, Lisa
name: Roure, Olivia du
name: Saintillan, David
name: Lindner, Anke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The occurrence of coiled or helical morphologies is common in nature, from plant roots to DNA packaging into viral capsids, as well as in applications such as oil drilling processes. In many examples, chiral structures result from the buckling of a straight fiber either with intrinsic twist or to which end moments have been applied in addition to compression forces. Here, we elucidate a generic way to form regular helicoidal shapes from achiral straight filaments transported in viscous flows with free ends. Through a combination of experiments using fluorescently labeled actin filaments in microfluidic divergent flows and of two distinct sets of numerical simulations, we demonstrate the robustness of helix formation. A nonlinear stability analysis is performed and explains the emergence of such chiral structures from the nonlinear interaction of perpendicular planar buckling modes, an effect that solely requires a strong compressional flow, independent of the exact nature of the fiber or type of flow field. The fundamental mechanism for the uncovered morphological transition and characterization of the emerging conformations advance our understanding of several biological and industrial processes and can also be exploited for the controlled microfabrication of chiral objects.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures. Supplementary Information: 13 pages, 10 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1803.10979
Effective superpotential for U(N) with antisymmetric matter
Creators: name: Argurio, Riccardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider an N=1 U(N) gauge theory with matter in the antisymmetric representation and its conjugate, with a tree level superpotential containing at least quartic interactions for these fields. We obtain the effective glueball superpotential in the classically unbroken case, and show that it has a non-trivial N-dependence which does not factorize. We also recover additional contributions starting at order S^N from the dynamics of Sp(0) factors. This can also be understood by a precise map of this theory to an Sp(2N-2) gauge theory with antisymmetric matter.
description: 22 pages. v2: comment (and a reference) added at the end of section 2 on low rank cases; minor typos corrected. v3: 2 footnotes added with additional clarifications; version to appear in journal
Affine calculus for constrained minima of the Kullback-Leibler divergence
Creators: name: Pistone, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The non-parametric version of Amari's dually affine Information Geometry provides a practical calculus to perform computations of interest in statistical machine learning. The method uses the notion of a statistical bundle, a mathematical structure that includes both probability densities and random variables to capture the spirit of Fisherian statistics. We focus on computations involving a constrained minimization of the Kullback-Leibler divergence. We show how to obtain neat and principled versions of known computation in applications such as mean-field approximation, adversarial generative models, and variational Bayes.
description: Revised version after referee from Stats MDPI. Published
QCEDA: Using Quantum Computers for EDA
Creators: name: Jung, Matthias
name: Krumke, Sven O.
name: Schroth, Christof
name: Lobe, Elisabeth
name: Mauerer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Emerging Technologies (cs.ET)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is crucial for microelectronics, but the increasing complexity of Integrated Circuits (ICs) poses challenges for conventional EDA: Corresponding problems are often NP-hard and are therefore in general solved by heuristics, not guaranteeing optimal solutions. Quantum computers may offer better solutions due to their potential for optimization through entanglement, superposition, and interference. Most of the works in the area of EDA and quantum computers focus on how to use EDA for building quantum circuits. However, almost no research focuses on exploiting quantum computers for solving EDA problems. Therefore, this paper investigates the feasibility and potential of quantum computing for a typical EDA optimization problem broken down to the Min-$k$-Union problem. The problem is mathematically transformed into a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problem, which was successfully solved on an IBM quantum computer and a D-Wave quantum annealer.
Solidity without inhomogeneity: Perfectly homogeneous, weakly coupled, UV-complete solids
Creators: name: Esposito, Angelo
name: Krichevsky, Rafael
name: Nicolis, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solid-like behavior at low energies and long distances is usually associated with the spontaneous breaking of spatial translations at microscopic scales, as in the case of a lattice of atoms. We exhibit three quantum field theories that are renormalizable, Poincaré invariant, and weakly coupled, and that admit states that on the one hand are perfectly homogeneous down to arbitrarily short scales, and on the other hand have the same infrared dynamics as isotropic solids. All three examples presented here lead to the same peculiar solid at low energies, featuring very constrained interactions and transverse phonons that always propagate at the speed of light. In particular, they violate the well known $c_L^2 > \frac{4}{3} c_T^2$ bound, thus showing that it is possible to have a healthy renormalizable theory that at low energies exhibits a negative bulk modulus (we discuss how the associated instabilities are absent in the presence of suitable boundary conditions). We do not know whether such peculiarities are unavoidable features of large scale solid-like behavior in the absence of short scale inhomogeneities, or whether they simply reflect the limits of our imagination.
description: 23 pages
Eccymatoge callizona Lower 1894
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Eccymatoge
Eccymatoge callizona

description: Eccymatoge callizona Lower (Figs 769–772)
(type species)
Oviposition
1♀ Female code no.: G20
No oviposition details available
 Size (mm) (n=1): L = 0.70, W = 0.52.
Width/length: 0.74
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 1.29 ± 0.07, W = 1.02 ± 0.00.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.8
 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 769 & 770)
No. of openings: 4
No. of cells in rosette: 10
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: approx. 2
 Shape: Moderately broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole abruptly truncated, slightly dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 769 & 771).
 Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by flat, hexagonal cells with, narrow walls (Figs 769, 771 & 772); cell form only faintly discernible on anterior pole (Fig. 769), top wider side apart from mesal area (Fig. 771); in this area cell walls narrow, slightly elevated. Aeropyles small, slightly elevated, openings small (Fig. 772), present on narrow lateral sides. Rosette cells slightly recessed (Fig. 770). Chorion very rough, ridged (Figs 770 & 772).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
A randomized dose-finding study demonstrating the efficacy and tolerability of albiglutide in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Creators: name: Seino, Yutaka
name: Nobuya Inagaki
name: Miyahara, Hajime
name: Inaha Okuda
name: Bush, Mark
name: Ye, June
name: M. Claire Holland
name: Johnson, Susan
name: Lewis, Eric
name: Hiromu Nakajima
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: To investigate the optimal dosage/regimen and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of albiglutide in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, parallel-group, dose-ranging, superiority study in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Patients (n = 215) who were treatment naive or washed out of one oral antidiabetic drug were randomized to placebo or albiglutide 15 mg weekly, 30 mg weekly, or 30 mg every other week (biweekly). NCT01098461. The primary end point was the change from baseline in HbA1c at week 16, measured using the Japan Diabetes Society standardization scheme and presented here using the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program equivalents. Other measures of efficacy as well as safety and population pharmacokinetics and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of albiglutide were assessed. Baseline HbA1c was 8.53%. There was a statistically significant difference between each albiglutide treatment group and placebo for change from baseline in HbA1c at week 16, with treatment effects of −0.89% for 15 mg weekly, −1.55% for 30 mg weekly, and −1.10% for 30 mg biweekly (P 1c <7.4% and <6.9%, respectively. No serious adverse events were related to study therapy; no deaths occurred. Nasopharyngitis was the most frequently reported adverse event in all treatment groups (n = 43 [20.3%]). Albiglutide exhibited therapeutic hypoglycemic effects with good tolerability among Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; the 30 mg weekly dose was the most efficacious in this study. The 16 week duration of the study prevents generalizing these conclusions to longer treatment periods.
Pointwise inequalities for Sobolev functions on outward cuspidal domains
Creators: name: Eriksson-Bique, Sylvester
name: Koskela, Pekka
name: Maly, Jan
name: Zhu, Zheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that the first order Sobolev spaces on cuspidal symmetric domains can be characterized via pointwise inequalities. In particular, they coincide with the Hajlasz-Sobolev spaces.
A reappraisal of the deconditioning hypothesis in low back pain: review of evidence from a triumvirate of research methods on specific lumbar extensor deconditioning
Creators: name: Steele, James
name: Bruce-Low, Stewart
name: Smith, Dave
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: ‘Disuse’ and ‘Deconditioning’ in relation to low back pain (LBP) are terms often used interchangeably. Discussions of ‘disuse’ refer to general physical inactivity, which evidence suggests does not differ between symptomatic and asymptomatic persons. ‘Deconditioning’ refers to a decrease in function, commonly both cardiovascular/aerobic fitness and muscular strength/endurance, again noting little difference. However, examination of decreased function relating specifically to lumbar extensor musculature deconditioning has yet to be examined, corroborating all possible methods. Thus, this review attempts to reappraise the deconditioning hypothesis in LBP, specifically considering lumbar extensor deconditioning. A literature review was conducted examining both cross-sectional and prospective data on specific lumbar extensor deconditioning and LBP. A narrative approach and ‘snowballing’ style literature search was used involving initial use of PubMed and Google Scholar databases searching up to December 2012. Included were studies utilizing the following three research methods, allowing specific induction of the role of such deconditioning; (1) strength/endurance testing of the isolated lumbar extensor musculature, (2) imaging and histochemical examination of the lumbar extensor musculature, and (3) fatigue testing of the lumbar extensor musculature using electromyography. Despite issues interpreting individual studies due to methods, the majority of evidence suggests LBP is associated with decreased strength/endurance, atrophy, and excessive fatigability of the lumbar extensors. Prospective studies also suggest lumbar extensor deconditioning may be a common risk factor predicting acute low back injury and LBP. The hypothesis of specific lumbar extensor deconditioning as being a causal factor in LBP is presently well supported. It is by no means the only causative factor and further research should more rigorously test this hypothesis addressing the methodological issues highlighted regarding previous studies. However, its role suggests specific exercise may be a worthwhile preventative and rehabilitative approach.
Machine learning dynamical phase transitions in complex networks
Creators: name: Ni, Qi
name: Tang, Ming
name: Liu, Ying
name: Lai, Ying-Cheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In recent years, machine learning has been adopted to complex networks, but most existing works concern about the structural properties. To use machine learning to detect phase transitions and accurately identify the critical transition point associated with dynamical processes on complex networks thus stands out as an open and significant problem. Here we develop a framework combining supervised and unsupervised learning, incorporating proper sampling of training data set. In particular, using epidemic spreading dynamics on complex networks as a paradigmatic setting, we start from supervised learning alone and identify situations that degrade the performance. To overcome the difficulties leads to the idea of exploiting confusion scheme, effectively a combination of supervised and unsupervised learning. We demonstrate that the scheme performs well for identifying phase transitions associated with spreading dynamics on homogeneous networks, but the performance deteriorates for heterogeneous networks. To strive to meet this challenge leads to the realization that sampling the training data set is necessary for heterogeneous networks, and we test two sampling methods: one based on the hub nodes together with their neighbors and another based on k-core of the network. The end result is a general machine learning framework for detecting phase transition and accurately identifying the critical transition point, which is robust, computationally efficient, and universally applicable to complex networks of arbitrary size and topology. Extensive tests using synthetic and empirical networks verify the virtues of the articulated framework, opening the door to exploiting machine learning for understanding, detection, prediction, and control of complex dynamical systems in general.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures