cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Anomalous Hall effect in 2D Rashba ferromagnet
Creators: name: Ado, I. A.
name: Dmitriev, I. A.
name: Ostrovsky, P. M.
name: Titov, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Skew scattering on rare impurity configurations is shown to dominate the anomalous Hall effect in a 2D Rashba ferromagnet. The mechanism originates in scattering on rare impurity pairs separated by distances of the order of the Fermi wave length. Corresponding theoretical description goes beyond the conventional non-crossing approximation. The mechanism provides the only contribution to the anomalous Hall conductivity in the most relevant metallic regime and strongly modifies previously obtained results for lower energies in the leading order with respect to impurity strength.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures + 15 page supplementary information; v3 contains a correction of a mistake in Eqs.(6)
On-chip quantum interference between the origins of a multi-photon state
Creators: name: Feng, Lan-Tian
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Liu, Di
name: Cheng, Yu-Jie
name: Guo, Guo-Ping
name: Dai, Dao-Xin
name: Guo, Guang-Can
name: Krenn, Mario
name: Ren, Xi-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Path identiy induces a broad interest in recent years due to the foundation for numerous novel quantum information applications. Here, we experimentally demonstrate quantum coherent superposition of two different origins of a four-photon state, where multi-photon frustrated interference emerges from the quantum indistinguishability by path identity. The quantum state is created in four probabilistic photon-pair sources on one integrated silicon photonic chip, two combinations of which can create photon quadruplets. Coherent elimination and revival of distributed four-photons are fully controlled by tuning phases. The experiment gives rise to peculiar quantum interference of two possible ways to create photon quadruplets rather than interference of different intrinsic properties of photons. Besides many known potential applications, this new kind of multi-photon nonlinear interference enables the possibility for various fundamental studies such as nonlocality with multiple spatially separated locations.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, article
Additional file 3 of Tilorone mitigates the propagation of α-synucleinopathy in a midbrain-like organoid model
Creators: name: Zhang, Qi
name: Liu, Meng
name: Xu, Yue
name: Lee, Juhyung
name: Jones, Brothely
name: Li, Bing
name: Huang, Wenwei
name: Ye, Yihong
name: Zheng, Wei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 3
A new approach for surveying the Alpine Salamander (Salamandra atra) in Austria
Creators: name: Reinthaler-Lottermoser, Ursula
name: Meikl, Magdalena
name: Gimeno, Ana
name: Weinke, Elisabeth
name: Schwarzenbacher, Robert
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2010

description: The Alpine Salamander is a small pitch black amphibian which is endemic to the European Alps and the Dinarides. It is strictly protected according to the European FFH guidelines. Despite its central role in the alpine ecosystem our actual published record in Austria is small. In order to resolve this shortcoming our project explores its distribution in Austria. It uses a participatory and community based approach to gather data. Everybody can enter and look at Alpine Salamander observations on our website www.alpensalamander.eu. This approach also allows us to establish an “oral history” of Salamander observations in the past 50 years by conducting interviews in the local community. Since July 2009 the website and salamander report database are online. From the actual data (more than 5600 records) we already obtained an overview about the present distribution and data quality. The data are an excellent basis for detailed scientific studies on these remarkable amphibians. With this new and highly interactive approach science and education are combined to initiate protection measures with the public.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 5 No 2 (2010)
Social Network in marketing (Social Media Marketing) Opportunities and Risks
Creators: name: IJMPICT
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011

description: The most well-known social software applications are weblogs, wikis, social networking sites and instant messaging. Social networking at a high level is described as the convergence of technologies that make it possible for individuals to easily communicate, share information, and form new communities online. But the big question today is not what social networking is, but rather what it means for businesses. During the fast growth of social media and software, social networks are forcing companies to increase activities in their traditional CRM systems. These popular websites could be a great approach for companies and customers to improve their communications by applying them in computers and mobile devices. Through the social networks the way, which the company uses in its marketing, is changed. Business can take benefit through applying Social network marketing in order to cooperate with companies to achieve their goals. One of the most important advantages of Internet based application is creating an interactive contact between stakeholders that enable businesses to get feedback directly from their customers.
A Training Set Subsampling Strategy for the Reduced Basis Method
Creators: name: Chellappa, Sridhar
name: Feng, Lihong
name: Benner, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present a subsampling strategy for the offline stage of the Reduced Basis Method. The approach is aimed at bringing down the considerable offline costs associated with using a finely-sampled training set. The proposed algorithm exploits the potential of the pivoted QR decomposition and the discrete empirical interpolation method to identify important parameter samples. It consists of two stages. In the first stage, we construct a low-fidelity approximation to the solution manifold over a fine training set. Then, for the available low-fidelity snapshots of the output variable, we apply the pivoted QR decomposition or the discrete empirical interpolation method to identify a set of sparse sampling locations in the parameter domain. These points reveal the structure of the parametric dependence of the output variable. The second stage proceeds with a subsampled training set containing a by far smaller number of parameters than the initial training set. Different subsampling strategies inspired from recent variants of the empirical interpolation method are also considered. Tests on benchmark examples justify the new approach and show its potential to substantially speed up the offline stage of the Reduced Basis Method, while generating reliable reduced-order models.
description: 35 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables
Organisierte Kriminalität. Lagebild NRW 2016
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Nordrhein-Westfalen , Organisiertes Verbrechen
subject: 360

description: Das Lagebild „Organisierte Kriminalität“ Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) dient dazu, jährlich die Ergebnisse polizeilicher Kriminalitätsbekämpfung im Phänomenbereich der Organisierten Kriminalität (OK) zu dokumentieren. Auf Basis eines bundesweit abgestimmten Erhebungsverfahrens und einheitlicher Definitionskriterien werden mittels statistischer Daten und exemplarischer Falldarstellung sowohl erkannte Brennpunkte kriminellen Handelns als auch Schwerpunkte polizeilicher Ermittlungstätigkeit aufgezeigt. Die Klammerwerte im Text beziehen sich, sofern nicht anders angegeben, auf die entsprechenden Vorjahreswerte. Das Lagebild OK soll polizeiliche und politische Entscheidungsträger unterstützen, das Gefahren- und Schadenspotenzial der OK und dessen Bedeutung für die Kriminalitätslage in Nordrhein-Westfalen einzuschätzen. Gleichzeitig dient es der Information der Öffentlichkeit.
Changes in the blood composition of some anurans
Creators: name: Gül, Çiğdem
name: Tosunoğlu, Murat
name: Erdoğan, Didem
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: We examined some hematological parameters (red blood cell count, white blood cell count, haemoglobin concentration, hematocrit value, mean cell volume, mean cell haemoglobin, mean cell haemoglobin concentration and plasma total protein) on five anuran species of terrestrial (Pseudepidalea viridis, Pelobates syriacus and Hyla arborea), semi-aquatic (Rana dalmatina) and aquatic (Pelophylax ridibundus) nature from Çanakkale, Turkey. Differences between males and females in terms of haemoglobin, hematocrit and mean cell volume in P. viridis were statistically significant. The RBC count was higher in terrestrial and aquatic species than in semi-aquatic species. Haemoglobin concentration, hematocrit value, MCV and MHC were higher in terrestrial species than in semi-aquatic and aquatic species. The MCHC values were all similar to each other. The plasma total protein was higher in terrestrial species than in aquatic species. To sum up, variations were detected in the some hematological parameters under examination among the anuran species.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
title: Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels
Creators: name: Ren, Tiantian
name: Boutin, Stan
name: Humphries, Murray M.
name: Dantzer, Ben
name: Gorrell, Jamieson C.
name: Coltman, David W.
name: McAdam, Andrew G.
name: Wu, Martin
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
subject: Microbial ecology
subject: Squirrels--Dispersal
subject: Squirrels--Physiology
subject: Red squirrels
subject: Gut microbes
subject: Kluane Red Squirrel Project

description: Our understanding of gut microbiota has been limited primarily to findings from human and laboratory animals, but what shapes the gut microbiota in nature remains largely unknown. To fill this gap, we conducted a comprehensive study of gut microbiota of a well-studied North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) population. Red squirrels are territorial, solitary, and live in a highly seasonal environment and therefore represent a very attractive system to study factors that drive the temporal and spatial dynamics of gut microbiota.
Tuning of extended state observer with neural network-based control performance assessment
Creators: name: Kicki, Piotr
name: Łakomy, Krzysztof
name: Lee, Ki Myung Brian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.6; I.2.8; J.2

description: The extended state observer (ESO) is an inherent element of robust observer-based control systems that allows estimating the impact of disturbance on system dynamics. Proper tuning of ESO parameters is necessary to ensure a good quality of estimated quantities and impacts the overall performance of the robust control structure. In this paper, we propose a neural network (NN) based tuning procedure that allows the user to prioritize between selected quality criteria such as the control and observation errors and the specified features of the control signal. The designed NN provides an accurate assessment of the control system performance and returns a set of ESO parameters that delivers a near-optimal solution to the user-defined cost function. The proposed tuning procedure, using an estimated state from the single closed-loop experiment produces near-optimal ESO gains within seconds.
Kitobo Forest of Kenya, a unique hotspot of herpetofaunal diversity
Creators: name: Malonza, Patrick K.
name: Bwong, Beryl A.
name: Muchai, Vincent
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: Herpetologically, the remoteness of Kitobo forest in south-eastern Kenya has partly contributed to it remaining virtually un-explored until 2007. Three surveys were conducted in December 2007, December 2009 and April 2010 aimed at generating a comprehensive list of the forest amphibians and reptiles. Using largely timed-species count method, 13 species of amphibians representing eight families and 32 reptiles belonging to 11 families were recorded. Overall species diversity was highest during the 2007 sampling. The richness and abundance of amphibians was highest during the April 2010 sampling period when the amount of rainfall was also highest. The results of species accumulation curves of the three sampling periods did not plateau demonstrating that more species occur in this forest. Pressure on this forest fragment from the adjacent local people is high which in addition to the annual floods threatens its long-term survival. For example the distribution and abundance of some forest associated species such as the tree frogs Leptopelis flavomaculatus and Hyperolius puncticulatus appear to fluctuate with flood events and may decline in future. Considering the forest associated herpetofanua recorded, Kitobo forest is zoogeographically assignable to the East African coastal forest biodiversity hotspot. The documentation of high species richness and diversity in this small forest fragment strongly highlight its biodiversity importance and place it among the most important sites for the conservation of reptiles and amphibians in Kenya.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
Perception Through 2D-MIMO FMCW Automotive Radar Under Adverse Weather
Creators: name: Gao, Xiangyu
name: Roy, Sumit
name: Xing, Guanbin
name: Jin, Sian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Millimeter-wave (mmWave) radars are being increasingly integrated in commercial vehicles to support new Adaptive Driver Assisted Systems (ADAS) features that require accurate location and Doppler velocity estimates of objects, independent of environmental conditions. To explore radar-based ADAS applications, we have updated our test-bed with Texas Instrument's 4-chip cascaded FMCW radar (TIDEP-01012) that forms a non-uniform 2D MIMO virtual array. In this paper, we develop the necessary received signal models for applying different direction of arrival (DoA) estimation algorithms and experimentally validating their performance on formed virtual array under controlled scenarios. To test the robustness of mmWave radars under adverse weather conditions, we collected raw radar dataset (I-Q samples post demodulated) for various objects by a driven vehicle-mounted platform, specifically for snowy and foggy situations where cameras are largely ineffective. Initial results from radar imaging algorithms to this dataset are presented.
description: 5 pages
A Sobolev rough path extension theorem via regularity structures
Creators: name: Liu, Chong
name: Prömel, David J.
name: Teichmann, Josef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60L20, 60L30

description: We show that every $\mathbb{R}^d$-valued Sobolev path with regularity $α$ and integrability $p$ can be lifted to a Sobolev rough path provided $α< 1/p<1/3$. The novelty of our approach is its use of ideas underlying Hairer's reconstruction theorem generalized to a framework allowing for Sobolev models and Sobolev modelled distributions. Moreover, we show that the corresponding lifting map is locally Lipschitz continuous with respect to the inhomogeneous Sobolev metric.
description: This manuscript is mainly part of the preprint arXiv:1811.05173v2, which is now divided in two separate works. Typos are corrected, to appear in ESAIM:Probability and Statistics
Dance on neurofunctional rehabilitation: a scoping review
Creators: name: Zuliani, Flávia
name: de Souza Fonseca, Bruno
name: de Aquino Miranda, Jéssica
name: de Souza, Luciane
name: Luvizutto, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Physical Therapy
subject: Dance
subject: Neurofunctional Physiotherapy
subject: Scoping review

description: Carry out mapping of scientific production identifying evidence of studies that applied a rehabilitation protocol using dance in the treatment of individuals with diseases, disorders and/or neurological impairments, in addition to identifying which methods and styles of dances are being applied in these cases today.
A single-qubit position verification protocol that is secure against multi-qubit attacks
Creators: name: Bluhm, Andreas
name: Christandl, Matthias
name: Speelman, Florian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The position of a device or agent is an important security credential in today's society, both online and in the real world. Unless in direct proximity, however, the secure verification of a position is impossible without further assumptions. This is true classically, but also in any future quantum-equipped communications infrastructure. We show in this work that minimal quantum resources, in the form of a single qubit, combined with classical communication are sufficient to thwart quantum adversaries that pretend to be at a specific position and have the ability to coordinate their action with entanglement. More precisely, we show that the adversaries using an increasing amount of entanglement can be combatted solely by increasing the number of classical bits used in the protocol. The presented protocols are noise-robust and within reach of current quantum technology.
description: 29 pages, 4 figures. Updated to match the journal version
Cochlear Implantation In Children Under 12 Months: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Whitson, Caitlyn
name: Valverde, Mariana
name: Osborne, Lorraine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Research Question: How does cochlear implantation in children under 12 months of age affect speech and language outcomes compared to children implanted after 12 months of age? Background: Cochlear implantation is indicated for children with significant hearing loss who demonstrate limited benefit from a conventional hearing aid trial. Although the FDA only permits implantation in children 12 months of age or older, off-label implantation has occurred in children under 12 months of age. While some studies do not find statistically significant results due to small sample sizes (Miyamoto et al., 2008), others offer support for implantation in the population in question by demonstrating significant speech and language benefit as compared to children implanted over 12 months of age (Dettman et al., 2016). The aim of the present systematic review is to assess the efficacy of cochlear implantation in children under 12 months of age with regard to speech and language outcomes. Methods: We conducted a search of the following databases: CINAHL, PubMed and PsychInfo. The search was limited to articles published between 1990-2017. Our search retrieved 128 articles of which 45 were from CINAHL, 57 from PubMed, and 26 from PsychInfo. Articles were accepted into the initial pool if the participants included infants implanted before 12 months of age who received follow-up evaluations assessing receptive and/or expressive language. Upon title and abstract review, 86 studies were eliminated. Forty-two studies were included for full-text review. Of those 42 articles, 27 were eliminated due to lack of control comparison group, lack of participants under 12 months of age, and/or lack of speech/language outcome follow-up. The articles were evaluated by two independent reviewers. Interrater reliability was calculated to be 96% while performing title and abstract review. Anticipated Results: This systematic review included 15 articles, including systematic reviews, retrospective cohort studies, and longitudinal cohort intervention studies. Quality appraisals of the included articles and data extraction are in progress at this time. Discussion: Although this systematic review is not yet complete, the potential contribution of the anticipated results above is evident. Current evidence is mostly composed of retrospective cohort studies, and the included studies suggest evidence that supports cochlear implantation before 12 months of age.
Numerical simulation of conservation laws with moving grid nodes: Application to tsunami wave modelling
Creators: name: Khakimzyanov, Gayaz
name: Dutykh, Denys
name: Mitsotakis, Dimitrios
name: Shokina, Nina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present article we describe a few simple and efficient finite volume type schemes on moving grids in one spatial dimension combined with appropriate predictor-corrector method to achieve higher resolution. The underlying finite volume scheme is conservative and it is accurate up to the second order in space. The main novelty consists in the motion of the grid. This new dynamic aspect can be used to resolve better the areas with large solution gradients or any other special features. No interpolation procedure is employed, thus unnecessary solution smearing is avoided, and therefore, our method enjoys excellent conservation properties. The resulting grid is completely redistributed according the choice of the so-called monitor function. Several more or less universal choices of the monitor function are provided. Finally, the performance of the proposed algorithm is illustrated on several examples stemming from the simple linear advection to the simulation of complex shallow water waves. The exact well-balanced property is proven. We believe that the techniques described in our paper can be beneficially used to model tsunami wave propagation and run-up.
description: 46 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, 94 references. Accepted to Geosciences. Other author's papers can be downloaded at http://www.denys-dutykh.com/
Ontogenetic pattern change in amphibians: the case of Salamandra corsica
Creators: name: Beukema, Wouter
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: Ontogenetic, post-metamorphic pattern development is a rarely studied topic in amphibian science. As there are indications that the pattern of Salamandra corsica might expand over time, digital image analyses were applied in order to measure several phenotypical variables which were related to the snout vent length. Results show a significant increase of patches which change to irregular shapes while SVL increases. Digital image analysis is identified as a suitable tool to explore pattern shape and change in general, while the documented pattern development in S. corsica might be one of the first quantified cases of post-metamorphic ontogenetic pattern change in amphibians.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
Hessenberg varieties, intersections of quadrics, and the Springer correspondence
Creators: name: Chen, Tsao-Hsien
name: Vilonen, Kari
name: Xue, Ting
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we introduce a certain class of families of Hessenberg varieties arising from Springer theory for symmetric spaces. We study the geometry of those Hessenberg varieties and investigate their monodromy representations in detail using the geometry of complete intersections of quadrics. We obtain decompositions of these monodromy representations into irreducibles and compute the Fourier transforms of the IC complexes associated to these irreducible representations. The results of the paper refine (part of) the Springer correspondece for the split symmetric pair (SL(N),SO(N)) in [CVX2].
description: Final version
Ecological associations and genetic divergence in Black-bellied Salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Creators: name: Wooten, Jessica
name: Rissler, Leslie
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: The discovery and subsequent description of cryptic biodiversity is often challenging, especially for groups that have undergone rapid lineage accumulation in the relatively recent past. Even without formal descriptions, understanding genetic diversity patterns as they relate to underlying ecological or historical processes can be important for conservation. The dusky salamanders of the genus Desmognathus, with 20 described species, comprise the second largest genus of plethodontid salamanders in the eastern United States. However, due to the presence of high genetic diversity and relatively few morphological synapomorphies, the number of species is likely to increase. For the three nominal species within the D. quadramaculatus species complex, including D. quadramaculatus, D. folkertsi, and D. marmoratus, we used a portion of the mitochondrial genome and nuclear markers in the form of amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) to uncover spatial patterns of genetic diversity. Within D. quadramaculatus and D. marmoratus, we uncovered four well-supported lineages with the mitochondrial sequences; phylogeographic patterns were not congruent with the AFLP data. Both sets of markers identified a clear isolation by stream distance. Using multiple regressions, we found that historical river drainages and terrestrial ecoregions explained the phylogeographic patterning we observed for D. quadramaculatus.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
An unconditional experimental test of Nonclassicality
Creators: name: Hameedi, A.
name: Marques, B.
name: Mironowicz, P.
name: Saha, D.
name: Pawlowski, M.
name: Bourennane, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically introduce and experimentally demonstrate the realization of a nonclassicality test that allows for arbitrarily low detection efficiency without invoking any extra assumptions as independence of the devices. Our test and its implementation is set in a prepare-and-measure scenario with an upper limit on the communication capacity of the channel through which the systems are communicated. The essence for our novel test is the use of two preparation and two measurement devices, which are randomly paired in each round. Our work opens up the possibility of experimental realizations of device independent protocols with current off-the-shelf technology.
Organisierte Kriminalität in NRW. Lagebild 2012
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nordrhein-Westfalen , Organisiertes Verbrechen
subject: 360

description: Das Lagebild Nordrhein-Westfalen „Organisierte Kriminalität“ dokumentiert jährlich die Ergebnisse polizeilicher Kriminalitätsbekämpfung im Phänomenbereich der Organisierten Kriminalität (OK). Auf Basis eines bundesweit abgestimmten Erhebungsverfahrens und einheitlicher Definitionskriterien zeigt es mittels statistischer Datenerfassung und exemplarischer Falldarstellung sowohl erkannte Brennpunkte kriminellen Handelns als auch Schwerpunkte polizeilicher Ermittlungstätigkeit auf. Das Lagebild OK soll polizeiliche und politische Entscheidungsträger unterstützen, das Gefahren- und Schadenspotenzial der OK und dessen Bedeutung für die Kriminalitätslage in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) einzuschätzen. Gleichzeitig dient es der Information der Öffentlichkeit.
Thermoelectricity in confined liquid electrolytes
Creators: name: Dietzel, Mathias
name: Hardt, Steffen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electric field in an extended phase of a liquid electrolyte exposed to a temperature gradient is attributed to different thermophoretic mobilities of the ion species. As shown herein, such Soret-type ion thermodiffusion is not required to induce thermoelectricity even in the simplest electrolyte if it is confined between charged walls. The space charge of the electric double layer leads to selective ion diffusion driven by a temperature-dependent electrophoretic ion mobility, which -- for narrow channels -- may cause thermo-voltages larger in magnitude than for the classical Soret equilibrium.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
title: A scoping review of women in marine industries: the importance of female leadership
Creators: name: Long, Cole
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: Marine industries are traditionally male-dominated, where women make up only 2% of the workforce. For the sustainability and growth of marine industries, it is important to bring more diversity into the workforce. Methods: The aim of this project was to conduct a scoping review on peer-reviewed published literature that examined the experience of women working on the water within marine industries over the past 25 years. Standardized scoping review methodology and PICO model framework proposed by Tricco in 2017 was followed to conduct this review. Results: A total of 1028 abstracts were produced by a SCOPUS search, and of this list, 207 abstracts were selected, 201 papers were then identified for review. Only 121 publications were deemed relevant to the study after review. A summary of the papers was divided into eight themes. Themes highlighted four current challenges for women within the marine industry, and the other four themes offered solutions to gender inequality. Conclusion: The results highlighted the importance of recruitment of women within the marine industry to sustain its growth and success. Women leaders are needed to help promote female recruitment and support working female mariners. Female enrollment in educational institutions needs to increase. Women leaders are needed to help recruit, educate, and train the next generations of women mariners.
Using gravitational waves to distinguish between neutron stars and black holes in compact binary mergers
Creators: name: Brown, Stephanie M.
name: Capano, Collin D.
name: Krishnan, Badri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In August 2017, the first detection of a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, made it possible to study neutron stars in compact binary systems using gravitational waves. Despite being the loudest gravitational wave event detected to date (in terms of signal-to-noise ratio), it was not possible to unequivocally determine that GW170817 was caused by the merger of two neutron stars instead of two black holes from the gravitational-wave data alone. That distinction was primarily due to the accompanying electromagnetic counterpart. This raises the question: under what circumstances can gravitational-wave data alone, in the absence of an electromagnetic signal, be used to distinguish between different types of mergers? Here, we study whether a neutron star-black hole binary merger can be distinguished from a binary black hole merger using gravitational-wave data alone. We build on earlier results using chiral effective field theory to explore whether the data from LIGO and Virgo, LIGO A+, LIGO Voyager, the Einstein Telescope, or Cosmic Explorer could lead to such a distinction. The results suggest that the present LIGO-Virgo detector network will most likely be unable to distinguish between these systems even with the planned near-term upgrades. However, given an event with favorable parameters, third-generation instruments such as Cosmic Explorer will be capable of making this distinction. This result further strengthens the science case for third-generation detectors.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures, 13 tables
Organisierte Kriminalität in NRW. Lagebild 2013
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nordrhein-Westfalen , Organisiertes Verbrechen
subject: 360

description: Das Lagebild Nordrhein-Westfalen „Organisierte Kriminalität“ dokumentiert jährlich die Ergebnisse polizeilicher Kriminalitätsbekämpfung im Phänomenbereich der Organisierten Kriminalität (OK). Auf Basis eines bundesweit abgestimmten Erhebungsverfahrens und einheitlicher Definitionskriterien zeigt es mittels statistischer Datenerfassung und exemplarischer Falldarstellung sowohl erkannte Brennpunkte kriminellen Handelns als auch Schwerpunkte polizeilicher Ermittlungstätigkeit auf. Das Lagebild OK soll polizeiliche und politische Entscheidungsträger unterstützen, das Gefahren- und Schadenspotenzial der OK und dessen Bedeutung für die Kriminalitätslage in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) einzuschätzen. Gleichzeitig dient es der Information der Öffentlichkeit.
Preliminary results on biological aspects of the grass snake, Natrix natrix in the southern coastal area of the Caspian Sea
Creators: name: Ahmadzadeh, Faraham
name: Carretero, Miguel A.
name: Mebert, Konrad
name: Faghiri, Afshin
name: Ataei, Saeedeh
name: Hamidi, Samaneh
name: Böhm, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: Natrix natrix is, together with N. tessellata, the only representative of water snakes found in Iran. The lack of ecological studies on this species in Iran stimulated the current preliminary research on some basic biological traits. From April to July 2008, a total of fifty five snakes were collected from two stations in the southern part of the Caspian Sea coast, Iran: Gomishan Wetland and Sari. Basic morphometrics were compared between sexes and stations and gonadal development was compared between stations and seasons. At the two stations, adult sex ratio was not different from 1:1 and juveniles composed a predominant portion of the sample. Both sexes had unimodal length class size with a peak at 40-45 cm snout-vent length (SVL). Body sizes were unusually small for the species and no SVL sexual dimorphism was detected although males were relatively heavier than females for the same SVL. Snakes of both sexes attained larger size with better body condition at Sari than in Gomishan. Males and females carried more mature gonads in summer. However, in Sari males developed relatively larger testes earlier in the season and both sexes displayed less synchronic reproduction at this station. These results are best explained by local variations in habitat, trophic availability and degree of environmental disturbance.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
Pre-registration Digital Competence across the Lifespan - Survey 2
Creators: name: de Vries, Dian
name: Piotrowski, Jessica
name: de Vreese, Claes
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Communication
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Communication Technology and New Media
subject: Computer Skills
subject: Digital Competence
subject: Digital Knowledge
subject: Digital Literacy
subject: Digital Skills
subject: Media Literacy

description: This pre-registration describes the goals, research design, data collection process, and planned analyses for the second of four planned surveys within the project Digital Competence across the Lifespan (DigCom). This project aims to get a clear view of the current state of Dutch people's (age 10 and older) digital competence, whether it changes, and which groups of people might be most vulnerable online. The second round of the survey builds on the first round, with the goal to further develop and test a measure that can reliably assess digital competence across the population and lifespan.
Shimura Lifts of Weakly Holomorphic Modular Forms
Creators: name: Li, Yingkun
name: Zemel, Shaul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11F37, 11F27

description: We show how to realize the Shimura lift of arbitrary level and character using the vector-valued theta lifts of Borcherds. Using the regularization of Borcherds' lift we extend the Shimura lift to take weakly holomorphic modular forms of half-integral weight to meromorphic modular forms of even integral weight having poles at CM points.
description: 24 pages, exposition slightly modified after Equation (2), and a small typo corrected in the proof of the last theorem
The effects of electronic versus print books on the language outcomes of early readers: A systematic review
Creators: name: Gyori, Ashley
name: Traub, Caroline
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Question: Among emerging readers, does the use of electronic or print books yield stronger language outcomes? What is an e-book? Electronic storybooks (e-books) contain text and illustrations presented identically as in their printed forms. E-books have a central theme and contains hypermedia enhancements. Enhancements can include: Electronic reading of the story aloud Highlighting of the text as it is narrated Animations Games Sound effects Conclusion: Both print book reading and e-book reading have their own benefits in emergent literacy Print book reading has a greater impact on word recognition and overall comprehension E-book reading has a greater impact on letter knowledge and phonological awareness Using both mediums would be beneficial for children in their emergent literacy stages. We are confident in the areas that we indicated were improved by either print book reading or e-book reading. Future research is needed that focuses on more specific areas of language Given that overall comprehension benefited the most from print books, more research is needed to define the e-book experience and determine why that might be. More research is needed to see if these results translate to older, more experienced readers
Dynamics of ovarian follicles in Tupinambis merianae lizards
Creators: name: García Valdez, María
name: Chamut, Silvia
name: Valdez Jaen, Gonzalo
name: Arce, Osvaldo
name: Manes, Mario
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: Follicular dynamics of Tupinambis merianae lizards was analyzed by means of ultrasound examination and radio frequency identification, during three consecutive reproductive periods, both in reproduction and in sexual isolation. Series of follicular development which ended in ovulation, and series of follicular development without ovulation, followed by a regression process, were observed, as well as a combination of both. Ovulation was found to be strongly dependent on mating consummation. In 34% of the cases in which follicular development ended with ovulation, and hence oviposition, follicles showed a steady and uniform growth up to the periovulatory period, also acquiring a mild echogenicity. In the absence of ovulation (66% of cases), follicular development showed two patterns: a short and a long-term anovulatory follicular cycle. In the first pattern, follicles showed limited growth and a non-echoic aspect, which suggests a previtellogenic condition. In the second pattern, follicles exhibited a growth and echogenicity similar to periovulatory ones, presumably attaining a vitellogenic stage. In addition, follicular development in reproducing females was superior to that of sexually isolated females. Follicular development, ovulation, and follicular regression appeared to constitute generalized events affecting most, if not all, of the recruited follicles.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
Medical cautery units as a permanent and non-invasive method of marking lizards
Creators: name: Ekner, Anna
name: Sajkowska, Zofia
name: Dudek, Krzysztof
name: Tryjanowski, Piotr
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: The identification of previously captured individuals is essential for a wide variety of ecological and behavioural studies. A lot of different methods are used for marking lizards, however they have many drawbacks. In presented study we used heat-branding method, using pen-like medical cautery units, previously employed to successfully mark other lizard species and snakes. The technique is permanent, readable and harmless for lizards, as well quick and easy. In 2009 we marked 111 individuals of sand lizard, Lacerta agilis. Next year we caught 88 lizards, 17 of them were re-captured. Among these re-captured lizards, five were caught after 26.8 (± 16.3) days (means in the same year) and 12 after 308.8 (± 64.3) days (means in the next year). Recaptured individuals were still unambiguously recognisable.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
Organisierte Kriminalität. Lagebild für NRW 2014
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nordrhein-Westfalen , Organisiertes Verbrechen
subject: 360

description: Das Lagebild Nordrhein-Westfalen „Organisierte Kriminalität“ dokumentiert jährlich die Ergebnisse polizeilicher Kriminalitätsbekämpfung im Phänomenbereich der Organisierten Kriminalität (OK). Auf Basis eines bundesweit abgestimmten Erhebungsverfahrens und einheitlicher Definitionskriterien zeigt es mittels statistischer Datenerfassung und exemplarischer Falldarstellung sowohl erkannte Brennpunkte kriminellen Handelns als auch Schwerpunkte polizeilicher Ermittlungstätigkeit auf. Das Lagebild OK soll polizeiliche und politische Entscheidungsträger unterstützen, das Gefahren- und Schadenspotenzial der OK und dessen Bedeutung für die Kriminalitätslage in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) einzuschätzen. Gleichzeitig dient es der Information der Öffentlichkeit.
A skeletochronological estimate of age in a population of the Siberian Wood Frog, Rana amurensis, from northeastern China
Creators: name: Liao, Wen Bo
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: I used skeletochronology to estimate age structure of the Siberian Wood Frog, Rana amurensis, from northeastern China. Average age did not differ significantly between males and females. Age at sexual maturity in both males and females was 1 year. For both sexes the maximum age observed was 4 years. Average body size differed significantly between the sexes, with males being larger than females. A significantly and positively correlation between body size and age was found within each sex in the population. When the effect of age was controlled, males also had larger size than females, suggesting that sexual selection for larger males might improve male mating success.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
Shadow of quantum extended Kruskal black hole and its super-radiance property
Creators: name: Devi, Saraswati
name: S, Abhinove Nagarajan
name: Chakrabarti, Sayan
name: Majhi, Bibhas Ranjan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform the shadow calculation of the loop quantum gravity motivated regular black hole recently proposed by Ashtekar, Olmedo and Singh (will be termed AOS black hole hereafter). In the process, we also construct the rotating loop quantum gravity inspired solution of the originally proposed static spherically symmetric AOS black hole by applying the modified Newman-Janis algorithm. We study the quantum effects on the shadows of both the non-rotating and rotating loop quantum black hole solutions. It is observed that the general shape of the shadow for non-rotating AOS black hole is circular in shape as is expected for its classical counter part too, but the presence of loop quantum gravity inspired modification contracts the shadow radius and the effect reduces with the increase in the mass of the black hole. On a similar note, in the rotating situation, we find contraction in shadow radius due to quantum effects and the tapered nature of the shadow as expected from the classical Kerr case. However, instead of the symmetrical contraction, like non-rotating one, we found more contraction on one side relative to the other when we compare our result with the shadow of the Kerr black hole. We finally studied super-radiance in rotating AOS background and observed that the super-radiance condition for massless scalar field is identical to that of the Kerr case with the rotation of the BH being more compared to Kerr in the low mass regime. With an increase in mass of the rotating AOS black hole, the difference from Kerr starts to become insignificant.
description: Minor modifications done, published in Physics of the Dark Universe
Escape by the Balearic Lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) is affected by elevation of an approaching predator, but not by some other potential predation risk factors
Creators: name: Cooper, William
name: Pérez-Mellado, Valentín
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2011

description: Many predation risk factors to affect escape behavior by lizards, but effects of some potential risk factors are unknown or are variable among species. We studied effects of several risk factors on escape responses by the Balearic lizard (Podarcis lilfordi, Lacertidae) on escape responses. Escape was elicited by an approaching experimenter who recorded flight initiation distance (predator-prey distance when escape begins) and distance fled. When an experimenter approached from above (upslope), flight initiation distance and distance fled were longer than when the experimenter approached from below. This novel effect suggests that lizards exposed to aerial predation might have been naturally selected to respond rapidly to predators approaching from above or that effects of path inclination of escape ability may differ between predators and prey in a manner requiring a larger margin of safety during approaches from above than below. Although sex differences in aspects of escape occur in some lizards, including lacertids, no sex difference was observed in P. lilfordi. Because vigilance and some other aspects of antipredatory behavior exhibit cortical lateralization, we tested effects of approach from the left and right sides of lizards. As predicted by optimal escape theory, side of approach did not affect flight initiation distance. Because many lizards have color vision and respond to pigmentation of conspecifics in social settings, researchers have often worn only drably colored clothing when simulating predators. This precaution may be unnecessary because flight initiation distance did not differ among investigator shirt colors (red, orange, olive).
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 6 No 2 (2011)