cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India
Creators: name: Davis, Kyle Frankel
name: Chiarelli, Davide Danilo
name: Cristina Rulli, Maria
name: Chhatre, Ashwini
name: Richter, Brian
name: Singh, Deepti
name: DeFries, Ruth S.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Food security
Sustainable agriculture
Cereal grasses
Crops--Nutrition
Water conservation

description: Humanity faces the grand challenge of feeding a growing, more affluent population in the coming decades while reducing the environmental burden of agriculture. Approaches that integrate food security and environmental goals offer promise for achieving a more sustainable global food system, yet little work has been done to link potential solutions with agricultural policies. Taking the case of cereal production in India, we use a process-based crop water model and government data on food production and nutrient content to assess the implications of various crop-shifting scenarios on consumptive water demand and nutrient production. We find that historical growth in wheat production during the rabi (non-monsoon) season has been the main driver of the country’s increased consumptive irrigation water demand and that rice is the least water-efficient cereal for the production of key nutrients, especially for iron, zinc, and fiber. By replacing rice areas in each district with the alternative cereal (maize, finger millet, pearl millet, or sorghum) with the lowest irrigation (blue) water footprint (WFP), we show that it is possible to reduce irrigation water demand by 33% and improve the production of protein (+1%), iron (+27%), and zinc (+13%) with only a modest reduction in calories. Replacing rice areas with the lowest total (rainfall + irrigation) WFP alternative cereal or the cereal with the highest nutritional yield (metric tons of protein per hectare or kilograms of iron per hectare) yielded similar benefits. By adopting a similar multidimensional framework, India and other nations can identify food security solutions that can achieve multiple sustainability goals simultaneously.
Two formalisms, one renormalized stress-energy tensor
Creators: name: Barceló, Carlos
name: Carballo, Raúl
name: Garay, Luis J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explicitly compare the structure of the renormalized stress-energy tensor (RSET) of a massless scalar field in a (1+1) curved spacetime as obtained by two different strategies: normal-mode construction of the field operator and one-loop effective action. We pay special attention to where and how it is encoded the information related to the choice of vacuum state in both formalisms. By establishing a clear translation map between both procedures, we show that these two potentially different RSET are actually equal, when using vacuum-state choices related by this map. One specific aim of the analysis is to facilitate the comparison of results regarding semiclassical effects in gravitational collapse as obtained within these different formalisms.
description: 9 pages, no figures; v2: minor changes, version accepted for publication
title: Ultrasound Mediated Mild Hyperthermia Resolves Neuroinflammation in an Animal Model
Creators: name: Seasons, Graham
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Heat shock response
subject: CD200R
subject: Inflammation
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Sex differences
subject: Hyperthermia
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Chronic neuroinflammation is an often overlooked aspect of the development of neurodegenerative and autoimmune disease, especially in older populations, and there are few treatments capable of addressing this type of inflammation. We sought to address this gap by following up on our clinical finding where focused ultrasound resolved chronic radiation-related neuroinflammation Using ultrasound-mediated mild hyperthermia to treat chronic neuroinflammation in a preclinical mouse model, we investigated the impact on the immune response, and the resolution of inflammation. Seven days after peripheral infection, we targeted the mouse midbrain with focal hyperthermia (4 mins at 39 oC and 6 mins at 42 oC). Proteomic changes were analyzed, and demonstrated that hyperthermia reduced inflammation in female mice 24 hours after treatment, alleviating blood brain barrier disruption, antigen presentation, and anti-viral signalling. In contrast, male mice did not show a change in inflammatory mediators at 24 hours, but showed an upregulation in proteins associated with the heat shock response, chromatin maintenance, and chaperone mediated autophagy. At the cellular level, microglia and astrocytes demonstrated homeostatic phenotypes seven days after hyperthermia treatment in both males and females. We also investigated the role of the immunosuppressive CD200/CD200R signalling pathway in immune resolution, and discovered that it is dysregulated in chronic neuroinflammation – exacerbating inflammation in males, while maintaining a resolving function in females. Ultrasound mediated mild hyperthermia was able to restore homeostatic CD200/CD200R signalling, alleviating the pro-inflammatory rewiring observed in males. Consequently, we demonstrate that ultrasound mediated mild hyperthermia is capable of restoring the homeostatic function of receptors, and resolving chronic neuroinflammation across pathology, through the induction of the heat shock response. We propose a new application of clinically approved magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound systems in the treatment of chronic neuroinflammation, with the potential for rapid clinical translation.
Landau levels in a 2D noncommutative space: matrix and quaternionic vector coherent states
Creators: name: Hounkonnou, M. N.
name: Aremua, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The behavior of an electron in an external uniform electromagnetic background coupled to a harmonic potential, with noncommuting space coordinates, is considered in this work. The thermodynamics of the system is studied. Matrix vector coherent states (MVCS) as well as quaternionic vector coherent states (QVCS), satisfying required properties, are also constructed and discussed.
Optimization decision maker algorithm for infrastructure interdependencies with I2Sim applications
Creators: name: Bai, Ming
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The study of complex interdependent systems is an important research area. In recent years, it has been applied to disaster response management and building energy systems. I2Sim (Infrastructures Interdependencies Simulator) is a software simulation toolbox developed by the Power Lab at the University of BC. It has a wide range of capabilities including simulation of disasters scenarios and energy system optimization. The user needs to provide Human Readable Tables (HRTs) as inputs for the program. The basic ontology of the I2Sim Resource Layer includes cells, channels and tokens, which are abstractions from real life objects. Initially, the intent of this thesis was to examine the energy usage pattern of the Kaiser Building, perform energy optimization modeling and examine how it relates to energy policies. After some initial research, it was not possible to proceed further due to a lack of metered data. The research focus was changed to disaster scenario simulation. This thesis proposes a new optimization algorithm named Lagrange Based Optimization (LBO). The main objective is to maximize the number of discharged patients from the hospitals simulated in this study. The first scenario modeled is a three-hospital scenario with no transportation to illustrate the principles of the algorithm. Then a three-venue three-hospital scenario with transportation was modeled to maximize both the number of patients transported to the hospitals and the number of patients discharged from the hospitals. After that, the first scenario is compared against the performance of a Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent method concurrently developed in the same research group. Overall, the LBO algorithm demonstrates optimal results in the various I2Sim modeling scenarios.
Optical imaging of metabolic dynamics in animals
Creators: name: Shi, Lingyan
name: Zheng, Chaogu
name: Shen, Yihui
name: Chen, Zhixing
name: Silveira, Edilson S.
name: Zhang, Luyuan
name: Wei, Mian
name: Liu, Chang
name: De Sena-Tomas, Carmen
name: Targoff, Kimara
name: Min, Wei
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Imaging systems in medicine
Metabolism
Raman effect
Deuterium oxide
Microscopy
Tissues--Imaging

description: Direct visualization of metabolic dynamics in living animals with high spatial and temporal resolution is essential to understanding many biological processes. Here we introduce a platform that combines deuterium oxide (D2O) probing with stimulated Raman scattering (DO-SRS) microscopy to image in situ metabolic activities. Enzymatic incorporation of D2O-derived deuterium into macromolecules generates carbon–deuterium (C–D) bonds, which track biosynthesis in tissues and can be imaged by SRS in situ. Within the broad vibrational spectra of C–D bonds, we discover lipid-, protein-, and DNA-specific Raman shifts and develop spectral unmixing methods to obtain C–D signals with macromolecular selectivity. DO-SRS microscopy enables us to probe de novo lipogenesis in animals, image protein biosynthesis without tissue bias, and simultaneously visualize lipid and protein metabolism and reveal their different dynamics. DO-SRS microscopy, being noninvasive, universally applicable, and cost-effective, can be adapted to a broad range of biological systems to study development, tissue homeostasis, aging, and tumor heterogeneity.
Growth Inside a Corner: The Limiting Interface Shape
Creators: name: Olejarz, Jason
name: Krapivsky, P. L.
name: Redner, S.
name: Mallick, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the growth of a crystal that is built by depositing cubes onto the inside of a corner. The interface of this crystal evolves into a limiting shape in the long-time limit. Building on known results for the corresponding two-dimensional system and accounting for the symmetries of the three-dimensional problem, we conjecture a governing equation for the evolution of the interface profile. We solve this equation analytically and find excellent agreement with simulations of the growth process. We also present a generalization to arbitrary spatial dimension.
description: 4 pages, 2-column revtex4 format. Revised version in response to referee comments
Forecasting the Export Values from hailand to China by Decomposition Method, Smoothing Method and BoxJenkins Method
Creators: name: Thanapohn Moliphan
Publisher: name: Thammasat University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Forecasting
Export Values from Thailand to China
Decomposition Method
HoltWinters Exponential Smoothing Method
Triple Exponential Smoothing Method
BoxJenkins Method

description: Thai Journal of Science and Technology, 10, 1, 26-41
Additional file 3 of A comparison of transcriptome analysis methods with reference genome
Creators: name: Liu, Xu
name: Zhao, Jialu
name: Xue, Liting
name: Zhao, Tian
name: Ding, Wei
name: Han, Yuying
name: Ye, Haihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3.
Effects of 1-Methylcyclopropene to Atemoya Fruits (Annona atemoya Hort. cv. Petchpakchong) Postharvest Quality
Creators: name: Lanchai, Mayura
Publisher: name: Thammasat University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Annona atemoya Hort. cv. Petchpakchong
1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)
shelf life
postharvest quality

description: Thai Journal of Science and Technology, 10, 1, 42-53
title: Identifying Somatic Variants using DNA Derived from Stereo-Electroencephalography Electrodes in Patients with Focal Epilepsy
Creators: name: Mascarenhas, Rumika
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Epilepsy
subject: Focal Epilepsy
subject: Somatic Variants
subject: Somatic Mosaicism
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Brain somatic variants play a crucial role in the etiology of focal epilepsy. Detecting these variants is challenging due to their presence in a subset of cells, resulting in a reduced variant allele frequency (VAF). Traditional methods rely on brain tissue obtained during resective epilepsy surgery, limiting accessibility and applicability, especially in patients with non-lesional epilepsies who are less likely to undergo surgery. In response to these limitations, a novel approach utilizes DNA extracted from depth electrodes employed in stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) procedures. This method offers several advantages over resected brain tissue, such as the inclusivity of patients not undergoing surgery and access to multiple brain regions through implanted depth electrodes. Recent studies demonstrated the feasibility of detecting somatic variants using SEEG-derived DNA, highlighting its potential in non-lesional epilepsies. However, challenges remain, including potential cell contaminations and lower cell yields, necessitating DNA amplification that introduces associated artifacts. This thesis introduces an improved SEEG harvesting protocol addressing these issues. Our optimized technique purifies neuronal nuclei, mitigating cell contaminations, and incorporates a newer amplification method to minimize artifacts. Additionally, the thesis introduces the implementation of quality control steps for sample selection and a bioinformatic workflow to reduce artifactual and false positive variants, enhancing the reliability of downstream variant identification. With these improvements, this project aims to enhance the reliability and applicability of SEEG-derived DNA in understanding the molecular basis of focal epilepsy, paving the way for diagnosis and improved treatment strategies.
The integrable harmonic map problem versus Ricci flow
Creators: name: Lukyanov, Sergei L
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a zero-curvature representation for a four-parameter family of non-linear sigma models with a Kalb-Ramond term. The one-loop renormalization is performed that gives rise to a new set of ancient and eternal solutions to the Ricci flow with torsion. Our analysis provides an explicit illustration of the role of the dilaton field for the renormalization of the non-linear sigma model.
description: 24 pages
Transformasi Teknologi dalam Penambangan Batubara: Menuju Keberlanjutan Energi
Creators: name: Tambang.org - Komunitas Tambang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Transformasi teknologi dalam penambangan batubara merupakan tonggak penting menuju keberlanjutan energi. Industri tambang batubara telah mengalami perubahan mendasar dalam penerapan teknologi, terutama untuk mengurangi dampak lingkungan dan meningkatkan efisiensi operasional. Inovasi mencakup penggunaan alat berat yang lebih efisien energi, teknologi otomatisasi dan robotisasi, serta solusi hijau untuk meminimalkan jejak karbon. Transformasi ini tidak hanya bertujuan untuk meningkatkan produktivitas, tetapi juga untuk memenuhi tuntutan keselamatan kerja yang lebih tinggi.
Penerapan teknologi hijau, seperti penggunaan energi terbarukan dalam proses operasional tambang, menjadi prioritas untuk mengurangi emisi karbon. Selain itu, pengembangan sistem pemantauan lingkungan yang canggih membantu mengendalikan dampak negatif pada ekosistem sekitar tambang. Transformasi ini membuka jalan menuju masa depan di mana penambangan batubara tidak hanya efisien dari segi operasional, tetapi juga berkelanjutan secara lingkungan.
Keberlanjutan energi membutuhkan transformasi teknologi yang berkelanjutan pula dalam industri tambang batubara. Adopsi teknologi baru yang berfokus pada efisiensi, keselamatan kerja, dan perlindungan lingkungan menjadi langkah esensial dalam menjaga keberlangsungan dan relevansi industri ini di era energi yang berubah.
Additional file 4 of A comparison of transcriptome analysis methods with reference genome
Creators: name: Liu, Xu
name: Zhao, Jialu
name: Xue, Liting
name: Zhao, Tian
name: Ding, Wei
name: Han, Yuying
name: Ye, Haihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4.
Study of the decay $B_s^0 \rightarrow J/ψf_2^{\prime}(1525)$ in $μ^+ μ^- K^+K^-$ final states
Creators: name: D0 Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the decay $B_s^0 \rightarrow J/ψK^+ K^-$ for invariant masses of the $K^+K^-$ pair in the range $1.35
description: 12 pages, 17 figures
title: Long-Term Opioid Prescribing among Patients Living with Metastatic Cancer as a Chronic Disease
Creators: name: Harsanyi, Hannah
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Opioid
subject: Palliative Care
subject: Cancer Pain
subject: Metastatic Cancer
subject: Oncology
subject: Epidemiology

description: Patients living with metastatic cancer often experience pain which requires involvement of palliative care and symptom management teams. Opioids are a commonly used tool for the treatment of this cancer-related pain. While opioids serve an important purpose in symptom management and end-of-life care, harms related to their use are increasingly recognized as having a significant impact on patients with cancer. This changing perception has resulted from a growing body of literature investigating opioid-related harms, such as long-term prescribing, opioid-related healthcare utilization, and nonmedical use within cancer populations. However, many of these studies exclude patients with metastatic disease, and very few specifically investigate this population. The work reported in this thesis aims to address this knowledge gap by reviewing perceptions of opioid use among patients with metastatic disease, investigating the incidence of opioid-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits among recipients of long-term opioid prescribing, and determining the contribution of nonmedical opioid use to these encounters. Based on a review of previously published literature, stigmatization of opioid use was identified as a significant barrier to effective cancer pain management. Patients reported fears of addiction, tolerance, and side-effects which led to opioid-restricting behaviours. Despite these reported concerns, a large proportion of patients in Alberta received long-term opioid prescribing, with 23% of opioid-naïve patients with chronic metastatic disease being affected. Among these patients, the incidence of opioid-related healthcare encounters was higher than that reported in other cancer populations and was significantly associated with higher dosage and concurrent prescribing of psychoactive medications. Increased implementation of harm-reduction measures may be useful to mitigate this risk. From reviewing medical records of patients who experienced opioid-related healthcare encounters, nonmedical opioid use was identified as a possible contributing factor for 35% of patients. However, a majority of encounters were not primarily attributable to nonmedical opioid use and many patients experienced poorly controlled pain and displayed possible manifestations of opioid stigma. While risk assessment for nonmedical opioid use is important for patients receiving long-term opioid prescribing, it should be conducted in a non-stigmatizing manner which encourages patients to prioritize effective management of their pain.
Additional file 5 of A comparison of transcriptome analysis methods with reference genome
Creators: name: Liu, Xu
name: Zhao, Jialu
name: Xue, Liting
name: Zhao, Tian
name: Ding, Wei
name: Han, Yuying
name: Ye, Haihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5.
Fractional power-law behavior and its origin in iron-chalcogenide and ruthenate superconductors: Insights from first-principles calculations
Creators: name: Yin, Z. P.
name: Haule, K.
name: Kotliar, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform realistic first-principles calculations of iron chalcogenides and ruthenate based materials to identify experimental signatures of Hund's coupling induced correlations in these systems. We find that FeTe and K$_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ display unusual orbital dependent fractional powerlaw behavior in their quasiparticle self energy and optical conductivity, a phenomena first identified in SrRuO$_3$. Strong incoherence in the paramagnetic state of these materials results in electronic states hidden to angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy which reemerge at low temperatures. We identify the effective low energy Hamiltonian describing these systems and show that these anomalies are not controlled by the proximity to a quantum critical point but result from coexistence of fast quantum mechanical orbital fluctuations and slow spin fluctuations.
description: Phys. Rev. B 86, 195141 (2012), two typos corrected
Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Capacities of Stephania sp.Crude Extract from Khanongpra subdistric, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province
Creators: name: Vanida Choomuenwai
Publisher: name: Thammasat University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Stephania sp.
Antioxidant capacities
Phytochemicals
Phenolic compounds

description: Thai Journal of Science and Technology, 10, 1, 86-95
title: Cross-sectionally Exploring Proxy Usage for Historical Data Analysis: A Proof of Concept
Creators: name: Adeboye, Promise Anjolaoluwa
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology--Theory and Methods
subject: Health Sciences
subject: Psychometrics
subject: Biostatistics

description: Introduction: Longitudinal cohorts routinely collect information that encompass many different aspects of the life course, but their analysis is often restricted to validated scales. Such validated scales are often routinely shifting to reflect contemporary understandings of important concepts. Such routine changes often mean that a present-day scale measuring a concept may be incomparable to a different scale measuring the same concept in previous time-points. This restriction greatly hampers the strength of longitudinal cohorts in being able to make comparisons across time points. In this problem lies an opportunity to create a method of proxy development such that the proxy would be impervious to scale evolution over time. Flourishing is a common, well-studied concept that is a good candidate for this proof of concept. This thesis explores the use of proxy measurements as an optimization procedure for longitudinal cohorts going forward. Methods: As a proof of concept, two methods were explored for proxy creation using the test concept of flourishing. Using a bootstrapped linear regression approach, the proxy models were evaluated on performance metrics. Discussion: Although the proxy models performed similarly, the interpretation of results differed per model. Through the development of a flourishing proxy based on available data, it is possible to quantify historical flourishing, such that associations can be made between that and other concepts. Due to the context of the model derivation, the coefficients of either models cannot be extrapolated to other cohorts, but the coefficients of the knowledge-driven model can be furthur validated temporally within the derivation cohort. The included variables from both proxies contribute to the conceptual understanding of flourishing, but only in this specific cohort. Conclusion: Proxy derivation methods have the capacity to increase the value-add of historically collected data. However, more evaluations and validations of both the coefficients and the derivation method are needed before this can be used as a finalized procedure.
Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 17
Creators: name: Dunn, L. (Ed.)
name: Geytenbeek, H. (Ed.)
name: Glasgow, K. (Ed.)
name: McGregor, W. (Ed.)
name: Oates, L. (Ed.)
name: Swartz, S. (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1988

description: A-71
description: Contents iii{Peter Austin} 1-17CLASSIFICATION OF SOUTHERN PILBARA LANGUAGES.{Leone Dunn} 19-149BADIMAYA, A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE.{Stephen M. Swartz} 151-166PRAGMATIC STRUCTURE AND WORD ORDER IN WARLPIRI.{William B. McGregor} 167-184EXISTENTIAL CLAUSES IN GOONIYANDI: A SYSTEMIC-FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION.{Lunette F. Oates} 185-204BARRANBINYA: FRAGMENTS OF A N.S.W. ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE.{Kathleen Glasgow} 205-251THE STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM OF BURARRA SENTENCES.{Helen Geytenbeek} 253-274CASE RELATIONSHIPS IN NYANGUMARTA.
Effect of Ethanolic Extraction and Partial Purification on Phenolic Compounds Content and Antioxidant Capacities of Caesalpinia sappan Heartwood
Creators: name: Aylada Kaenu
Publisher: name: Thammasat University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Antioxidant activity
Caesalpinia sappanL.
Ethanolic extraction
Partial purification

description: Thai Journal of Science and Technology, 10, 1, 96-108
Azimuthal asymmetries in single polarized proton-proton Drell-Yan processes
Creators: name: Lu, Zhun
name: Ma, Bo-Qiang
name: Zhu, Jiacai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the azimuthal asymmetries in proton-proton Drell-Yan processes with one incident proton being transversely or longitudinally polarized. We consider particularly the asymmetries contributed by the leading-twist chiral-odd quark distributions. We analyze the asymmetries with $\sin(2ϕ+ϕ_S)$ and $\sin(2ϕ-ϕ_S)$ modulations in transverse single polarized $p^\uparrow p$ Drell-Yan and $\sin2ϕ$ asymmetries in longitudinal single polarized $p^\rightarrow p$ Drell-Yan at RHIC, J-PARC, E906 (Fermi Lab) and NICA (JINR). We show that the measurements of the asymmetries in those facilities can provide valuable information of the chiral-odd structure of the nucleon both in the valence and sea regions.
description: 12 latex pages, 7 figures. Final version to appear in PRD
Nanoporous Metals: From Plasmonic Properties to Applications in Enhanced Spectroscopy and Photocatalysis
Creators: name: Koya, Alemayehu Nana
name: Zhu, Xiangchao
name: Ohannesian, Nareg
name: Yanik, A. Ali
name: Alabastri, Alessandro
name: Zaccaria, Remo Proietti
name: Krahne, Roman
name: Shih, Wei-Chuan
name: Garoli, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The field of plasmonics is capable of enabling interesting applications in the different wavelength ranges, spanning from the ultraviolet up to the infrared. The choice of plasmonic material and how the material is nanostructured have significant implications for ultimate performance of any plasmonic device. Artificially designed nanoporous metals have interesting material properties including large specific surface area, distinctive optical properties, high electrical conductivity, and reduced stiffness, implying their potentials for many applications. This manuscript reviews the wide range of available nanoporous metals, mainly focusing on their properties as plasmonic materials. While extensive reports on the use and characterization of NPMs exist, a detailed discussion on their connection with surface plasmons and enhanced spectroscopies as well as photocatalysis is missing. Here, we report on different metals investigated, from the most used nanoporous gold to mixed metal compounds, and discuss each of these plasmonic materials suitability for a range of structural design and applications. Finally, we discuss the potentials and limitations of the traditional and alternative plasmonic materials for applications in enhanced spectroscopy and photocatalysis.
Bad boundary behavior in star invariant subspaces I
Creators: name: Hartmann, Andreas
name: Ross, William T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We discuss the boundary behavior of functions in backward shift invariant subspaces $(B H^2)^{\perp}$, where $B$ is a Blaschke product. Extending some results of Ahern and Clark, we are particularly interested in the growth rates of functions at points of the spectrum of $B$ where $B$ does not admit a derivative in the sense of Carathéodory.
description: 17 pages, shortened and revised version
title: A Weighted Multilevel Monte Carlo Method
Creators: name: Li, Yu
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Monte Carlo Method
subject: Education--Mathematics

description: This thesis begins by introducing the Weighted Multilevel Monte Carlo (WMLMC) method in a one-dimensional context, expanding upon the established Multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) method. The focus is on demonstrating that the WMLMC method provides even greater computational savings compared to the traditional MLMC method, which has already shown superior efficiency over the standard Monte Carlo (MC) approach under similar conditions. In the second part, we apply a mixed Partial Differential Equation (PDE)/Weighted Multilevel Monte Carlo (WMLMC) method to the pricing of Double-No-Touch options. We compare these results with those obtained using a mixed PDE/Multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) method. The analysis reveals a significant reduction in total computational costs when substituting the MLMC method with the more efficient WMLMC method. This finding prompts us to explore the broader applicability of the WMLMC method as a superior alternative to the MLMC method across various domains, anticipating substantial cost savings in computational tasks traditionally dominated by the MLMC approach. The adoption of the WMLMC method is expected to optimize resource utilization and enhance computational performance, making it a promising avenue for future research and application in diverse fields beyond options pricing. The third part integrates the WMLMC method with one-step Richardson Extrapolation (RE), resulting in a considerable boost in efficiency from a convergence standpoint. A comparative analysis highlights this computational advantage, demonstrating that the WMLMC method with one-step RE achieves the greatest reduction in computational cost. This approach could potentially be extended to combine WMLMC with multi-step RE for even greater efficiency. In the final section, we present the Weighted Multi-Index Multilevel Monte Carlo (WMIMLMC) method designed for a multi-dimensional setting, building on the Multi-Index Monte Carlo (MIMC) method. By utilizing high-order mixed differences instead of first-order differences, the WMIMLMC method significantly reduces the variance of hierarchical differences while adhering to similar assumptions as its predecessors. We provide a 2-dimensional example to showcase the computational advantages of the WMIMLMC method.
Additional file 6 of A comparison of transcriptome analysis methods with reference genome
Creators: name: Liu, Xu
name: Zhao, Jialu
name: Xue, Liting
name: Zhao, Tian
name: Ding, Wei
name: Han, Yuying
name: Ye, Haihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6.
title: AestheticID: Human Identification Using Audio-Visual Preferences
Creators: name: Iffath, Fariha
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biometrics
subject: Aesthetics
subject: Person Identification
subject: Information Fusion
subject: Deep Learning
subject: Computer Science

description: Over the last decade, Online Social Media platforms have witnessed a substantial expansion due to the extensive reliance of individuals on these communication channels. These platforms are widely utilized to convey emotions, share opinions, and express preferences through various means such as artworks, multimedia content, and blogs. These individual-specific traits have a wide range of applications such as personalized recommender systems, human behavior analysis, human-computer interaction, robotics, and biometric security. Aesthetic biometric systems utilize users’ unique preferences towards various subjective forms such as images, music, and textual content. This study introduces a novel deep learning-based multi-modal aesthetic system, with a primary contribution to the development of an attention-based fusion method for person identification. The proposed identification system leverages a deep pre-trained model for high-level feature extraction from visual and auditory modalities. The paper introduces a novel fusion architecture named attention-based residual fusion network (ARF-Net) to incorporate two heterogeneous aesthetic modalities. The proposed system is validated on two proprietary aesthetic datasets outperforming the existing state-of-the-art aesthetic biometric systems for person identification. The proposed architecture stands out for its efficiency, showcasing a lightweight architecture with minimal parameters, ensuring optimal performance across multiple aesthetic modalities.
Importance of including small body spin effects in the modelling of intermediate mass-ratio inspirals. II Accurate parameter extraction of strong sources using higher-order spin effects
Creators: name: Huerta, E. A.
name: Gair, Jonathan R.
name: Brown, Duncan A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: J.2

description: We improve the numerical kludge waveform model introduced in [1] in two ways. We extend the equations of motion for spinning black hole binaries derived by Saijo et al. [2] using spin-orbit and spin-spin couplings taken from perturbative and post-Newtonian (PN) calculations at the highest order available. We also include first-order conservative self-force corrections for spin-orbit and spin-spin couplings, which are derived by comparison to PN results. We generate the inspiral evolution using fluxes that include the most recent calculations of small body spin corrections, spin-spin and spin-orbit couplings and higher-order fits to solutions of the Teukolsky equation. Using a simplified version of this model in [1], we found that small body spin effects could be measured through gravitational wave observations from intermediate-mass ratio inspirals (IMRIs) with mass ratio eta ~ 0.001, when both binary components are rapidly rotating. In this paper we study in detail how the spin of the small/big body affects parameter measurement using a variety of mass and spin combinations for typical IMRIs sources. We find that for IMRI events of a moderately rotating intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) of ten thousand solar masses, and a rapidly rotating central supermassive black hole (SMBH) of one million solar masses, gravitational wave observations made with LISA at a fixed signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 1000 will be able to determine the inspiralling IMBH mass, the central SMBH mass, the SMBH spin magnitude, and the IMBH spin magnitude to within fractional errors of ~0.001, 0.001, 0.0001, and 9%, respectively. LISA can also determine the location of the source in the sky and the SMBH spin orientation to within ~0.0001 steradians. We show that by including conservative corrections up to 2.5PN order, systematic errors no longer dominate over statistical errors for IMRIs with typical SNR ~1000.
description: 21 pages, 7 figures. v2: three references added, edits in Sections II-V, including additional results in Section V to address comments by the referee. v3: mirrors version accepted to PRD
Livistona rotundifolia Mart.
Creators: name: Mehmud, Selim
name: Roy, Himu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Arecales
Arecaceae
Livistona
Livistona rotundifolia

description: Livistona rotundifolia (Lam.) Mart. Diagnostic characters. Stems solitary, erect, 25–30 m tall tree, 22–30 cm in diameter; trunk smooth and grey. Leaf costapalmate, 1.8–2.9 m long; petiole curved at the base with brown fibre, red, margin spiny; lamina ca 1 m long, leaflets 0.7–1 m long, apices bifid, ca 12 cm long, acute, glabrous. Inflorescence three branched, 1.8–2 m long; each branch with 6–7 partial inflorescences, 12– 26 cm long; rachilla 4–7 cm long; flowers yellow. Fruits round, red, ca 1 cm. Flowering and fruiting. April to August. Distribution. Throughout Assam. Uses. Ornamental. Material examined. USA • Hawaii, University of Hawaii Campus; 19 Feb. 1962; V. J. Krajina leg.; NYBG 23195621. INDIA • Assam, Kamrup Metro, Guwahati, Panbazar; 26°11′10.9″N, 091°45′07.4″E; alt. 72 m; 05 Apr. 2018; S. Mehmud leg.; CH, ASSAM 96244.
description: Published as part of Mehmud, Selim & Roy, Himu, 2021, Diversity and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in Assam, India, pp. 69-93 in Check List 17 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.15560/17.1.69
title: Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) in the Late Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Calgary, Canada: 2022-2023
Creators: name: Ricketson, Leah J
name: Pyra, Shannon N
name: Kellner, James D
Publisher: name: Canadian Public Health Association
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Streptococcus pneumoniae
subject: Pneumococcus
subject: Invasive pneumococcal disease
subject: COVID--19 Pandemic
subject: Incidence
subject: Epidemiology

description: Poster presented at 2024 Canadian Immunization Conference, Ottawa, November 26-28, 2024
description: Invasive pneumococcal disease in the later years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Calgary, Canada: 2022-2023 Ricketson, LJ, Kellner, JD Background: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines were introduced in 2002 (PCV7) and 2010 (PCV13) in Alberta. IPD declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in Calgary then increased following reduction of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Methods: The Calgary area Streptococcus pneumoniae Epidemiology Research (CASPER) team conducts population-based surveillance on all IPD cases presenting to Calgary and area health facilities. Here we examine the changes in incidence per 3-month periods (quarters) during the early pandemic years 2020-2021 and the late-pandemic years 2022-2023 for all ages combined. Results: Late 2022 incidence increased to above pre-PCV levels. January to June 2023 had an average incidence of 4 cases per 100,000 people per quarter, which is above the average incidence of 2.5 in the same two quarters of the late-PCV13 years: 2017-2019 (IRR: 1.5, 95%CI: 1.0-2.2, P=0.0382). By Oct-Dec 2023 incidence remained above late PCV13-era levels (IRR: 1.5, 95%CI: 1.02-2.1, P=0.0317). In 2023, PCV serotypes 4 (18.9%), 9V (12.3%), 7F (9.9%), and 3 (9.9%) were most common. The rise of ST9V is notable as this was a relatively uncommon serotype in Calgary after the introduction of PCVs. Childhood vaccine rates in Calgary declined slightly, but not significantly during the COVID-19 era. Conclusions: With the reduction of NPIs, IPD increased in 2022 to above levels seen in the late-PCV era and this continued into 2023. By the end of 2023 IPD incidence remained above late vaccine-era levels. This is likely associated with increases in antecedent viral infections, particularly influenza and RSV, as childhood vaccine rates remained stable. The most common serotypes in 2023 are serotypes found in PCV13, as well as the new PCV15 and PCV20 vaccines. PCV13 serotypes persist, especially in adults and some are on the rise despite universal PCV13 use in children. This highlights the need for more effective direct protection for adults through vaccination.
Additional file 7 of A comparison of transcriptome analysis methods with reference genome
Creators: name: Liu, Xu
name: Zhao, Jialu
name: Xue, Liting
name: Zhao, Tian
name: Ding, Wei
name: Han, Yuying
name: Ye, Haihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7.
Front matter for: Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 17
Creators: name: Dunn, L. (Ed.)
name: Geytenbeek, H. (Ed.)
name: Glasgow, K. (Ed.)
name: McGregor, W. (Ed.)
name: Oates, L. (Ed.)
name: Swartz, S. (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1988

description: Contents iii
The Best Matrix Conjecture
Creators: name: Bright, Curtis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This note describes the best matrix conjecture from combinatorial design theory and the latest results that are known on the conjecture.  In particular, examples of best matrices in orders \(r^2+r+1\) for all \(r\) up to and including 6 are given.
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Rhapis excelsa Henry
Creators: name: Mehmud, Selim
name: Roy, Himu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Arecales
Arecaceae
Rhapis
Rhapis excelsa

description: Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) Henry Diagnostic characters. Stems clustered, erect, unarmed, ca 1.5 m long and ca 1 cm in diameter; covered by black fibre of leaf sheath. Leaf palmate, alternate, 30–32 cm long; petiole ca 16 cm long; leaflets 6 or 7 in number, 15– 18 cm long, connate at the base up to 1–1.2 cm, free parts oblong to linear, ensiform, and veins 2 or 3. Uses. Ornamental. Material examined. USA • California, San Diego; 32° 44′N, 117°10′W; alt. 30 m; 16 Feb. 1995; Jay B. Walker leg.; NYBG 00201827. INDIA • Assam, Kamrup Metro, Guwahati; 26°11′10″N, 091°45′09.6″E; alt. 77 m; 14 Jun. 2018; S. Mehmud leg.; CH, ASSAM 96252.
description: Published as part of Mehmud, Selim & Roy, Himu, 2021, Diversity and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in Assam, India, pp. 69-93 in Check List 17 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.15560/17.1.69
Monitoring Data Publications - A Dashboard Approach in HMC Hub Matter
Creators: name: Kubin, Markus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Data
FAIR Data
Dashboard
Helmholtz Association
Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration

description: In this talk, held at the 2nd Helmholtz Open Science Practice Forum in October 2022, a pilot dashboard for monitoring data publishing practices in selected Helmholtz research centers is discussed. The project is part of a multi-method approach by Hub Matter in the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC). It involves identification of publicly available research data based on the SCHOLIX API as well as an automated assessment of FAIR data criteria using the F-UJI tool, developed by FAIRsFAIR. First results obtained from this approach are discussed and validated.
title: Vaccine Serotypes Continue to Cause Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Late PCV Era Especially in Unhoused Adults
Creators: name: Ricketson, Leah J
name: Pyra, Shannon N
name: Kellner, James D
Publisher: name: Canadian Public Health Association
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Streptococcus pneumoniae
subject: Pneumococcus
subject: Serotypes
subject: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
subject: Unhoused persons
subject: Homelessness

description: Poster presentation, 2024 Canadian Immunization Conference, Ottawa, November 26-28, 2024
description: Vaccine serotypes continue to cause invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV era especially in unhoused adults Introduction: PCV7 vaccine was introduced in 2002 to Calgary, and PCV13 was introduced in 2010 in Calgary. Unhoused people account for about 0.2% of the population of Calgary, but 19% of IPD cases from 2000 to 2016. Methods: The Calgary area Streptococcus pneumoniae research (CASPER) team has been conductin population based surveillance on invasive pneumococcal disease in Calgary, Alberta since 1998. When S. pneumoniae is isolated by culture from a sterile sample, the CASPER team completes a chart review. In addition, antibiotic susceptibility testing, and serotyping through the Quellung reaction are completed by the collaborating laboratory. Results: Following PCV7 introduction we saw a decline in serotype 4 (ST4). However, after PCV13 was introduced in 2010, ST4 began to increase in prevalence again, primarily in adults. From 2020-2022 unhoused adults accounted for over 30% of all IPD cases despite representing a small proportion of the Calgary population. ST4 represented 42% of IPD cases amongst the unhoused population in 2022, and has been a prevalent serotype in unhoused adults since 2014. The second most prevalent were ST3, ST7F, and ST19A, each accounting for 10% of cases in unhoused adults in 2022. All of these serotypes are included in PCV13 and the newly licenced PCV15 and PCV20. However, ST9V and ST4 are not included in the novel unlicenced V116 vaccine, which includes 9 serotypes that are in PCV20 and 11 unique serotypes. Conclusions: Serotypes 4, 3, 7F and 9V are the most prevalent serotypes causing disease in Calgary in 2022/2023 in adults despite high levels of vaccination in children. The newly licenced PCV15 and PCV20 vaccines include all these serotypes, but the novel 21-valent V116 vaccine does not. Over 30% of IPD in the last three years was amongst unhoused or provisionally housed people highlighting the importance of reaching this population with vaccines.
Renormalization flow for extreme value statistics of random variables raised to a varying power
Creators: name: Angeletti, Florian
name: Bertin, Eric
name: Abry, Patrice
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Using a renormalization approach, we study the asymptotic limit distribution of the maximum value in a set of independent and identically distributed random variables raised to a power q(n) that varies monotonically with the sample size n. Under these conditions, a non-standard class of max-stable limit distributions, which mirror the classical ones, emerges. Furthermore a transition mechanism between the classical and the non-standard limit distributions is brought to light. If q(n) grows slower than a characteristic function q*(n), the standard limit distributions are recovered, while if q(n) behaves asymptotically as k.q*(n), non-standard limit distributions emerge.
description: 21 pages, 1 figure,final version, to appear in Journal of Physics A
The prehistoric site at Petit - Lanaye - Caster (Caestert), community of Visé (Belgium). A short overview
Creators: name: Groen, Jimmy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Caestert, Visé, prehistory, Stone Age, Neolithic, Paleolithic, flint, extraction

description: South of the Iron Age fortification a field has been 55 times surveyed during four years. The many hours inthe field resulted in much finds, which showed prehistoric activity from the Middle Paleolithic (Levallois techniques) till the late Neolithic period. Finds of mining pcks and many local Hesbaye type flint cores are suggesingt extraction of flint from local the calcareous soils.