cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Metrocampa ada Butler
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Metrocampa
Metrocampa ada

description: Metrocampa ada Butler (Figs 617–621)
Oviposition
3♀ code nos.: G194, G349, G350.
Oviposition period: 18 Mar.–20 Apr.
Batch size: 27.8 ± 5.4 range: 7–60; (n = 10)
Realised fecundity (range): 15–163
Incubation time (days): 17–29
 Batch configuration and attachment: Securely attached, singly (Fig. 617).
 Colour: Very pale green, becoming pale with small, sparse orange blotches (Fig. 617), then transparent on maturity.
 Size (mm): (n=10) L = 0.68 ± 0.01, W = 0.61 ± 0.01, T = 0.50 ± 0.01
Width/length: 0.90
No. of females: 3
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 2.13 ± 0.07, W = 1.72 ± 0.16.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 3.4
 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 618 & 619)
No. of openings: 4
No. of cells in rosette: 5
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 3
 Shape: Sub­globular, anterior pole slightly truncated; slightly dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 617, 618 & 620).
 Characteristics: Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by hexagonal, slightly convex cells with narrow, recessed walls (Figs 618, 620 & 621). Aeropyles elevated, openings moderately large (Figs 618 & 619), present on all surfaces apart from wider, lateral side (Fig. 619 & 621). Cells in micropylar area slightly recessed. Chorion rough, wrinkled, coarser in micropylar area (Fig. 621).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
Structural insights into ACE2 interactions and immune activation of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants: an in-silico study
Creators: name: Yousefbeigi, Sarina
name: Marsusi, Farah
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: The initial interaction between COVID-19 and the human body involves the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the viral spike protein with the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor. Likewise, the spike protein can engage with immune-related proteins, such as toll-like receptors (TLRs) and pulmonary surfactant proteins A (SP-A) and D (SP-D), thereby triggering immune responses. In this study, we utilize computational methods to investigate the interactions between the spike protein and TLRs (specifically TLR2 and TLR4), as well as (SP-A) and (SP-D). The study is conducted on four variants of concern (VOC) to differentiate and identify common virus behaviours. An assessment of the structural stability of various variants indicates slight changes attributed to mutations, yet overall structural integrity remains preserved. Our findings reveal the spike protein’s ability to bind with TLR4 and TLR2, prompting immune activation. In addition, our in-silico results reveal almost similar docking scores and therefore affinity for both ACE2-spike and TLR4-spike complexes. We demonstrate that even minor changes due to mutations in all variants, surfactant A and D proteins can function as inhibitors against the spike in all variants, hindering the ACE2-RBD interaction.
The Case for a Low Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background
Creators: name: Keshet, Uri
name: Waxman, Eli
name: Loeb, Abraham
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurements of the diffuse extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGRB) are complicated by a strong Galactic foreground. Estimates of the EGRB flux and spectrum, obtained by modeling the Galactic emission, have produced a variety of (sometimes conflicting) results. The latest analysis of the EGRET data found an isotropic flux I_x=1.45+-0.05 above 100 MeV, in units of 10^-5 s^-1 cm^-2 sr^-1. We analyze the EGRET data in search for robust constraints on the EGRB flux, finding the gamma-ray sky strongly dominated by Galactic foreground even at high latitudes, with no conclusive evidence for an additional isotropic component. The gamma-ray intensity measured towards the Galactic poles is similar to or lower than previous estimates of I_x. The high latitude profile of the gamma-ray data is disk-like for 4070; overall it exhibits strong Galactic features and is well fit by a simple Galactic model. Based on the |b|>40 data we find that I_x<0.5 at a 99% confidence level, with evidence for a much lower flux. We show that correlations with Galactic tracers, previously used to identify the Galactic foreground and estimate I_x, are not satisfactory; the results depend on the tracers used and on the part of the sky examined, because the Galactic emission is not linear in the Galactic tracers and exhibits spectral variations across the sky. The low EGRB flux favored by our analysis places stringent limits on extragalactic scenarios involving gamma-ray emission, such as radiation from blazars, intergalactic shocks and production of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos. We suggest methods by which future gamma-ray missions such as GLAST and AGILE could indirectly identify the EGRB.
description: Accepted for publication in JCAP. Increased sizes of polar regions examined, and added discussion of spectral data. Results unchanged
Thermodynamics of $s_{\pm}-to-s_{++}$ transition in iron pnictides in the vicinity of the Born limit
Creators: name: Shestakov, Vadim
name: Korshunov, Maxim M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To study thermodynamical properties of the disorder-induced transition between $s_{\pm}$ and $s_{++}$ superconducting gap functions, we calculate the grand thermodynamic potential $Ω$ in the normal and the superconducting states. Expression for the difference between the two, $ΔΩ$, is derived for a two-band model for Fe-based systems with nonmagnetic impurities. The disorder is considered in a $\mathcal{T}$-matrix approximation within the multiband Eliashberg theory. In the vicinity of the Born limit near the $s_{\pm}$-to-$s_{++}$ transition, we find two solutions obtained for opposite directions of the system's evolution with respect to the impurity scattering rate. By calculating the change in entropy $ΔS$ and the change in electronic specific heat $ΔC$ from $ΔΩ$, we show that such a hysteresis is not due to the time-reversal symmetry breaking state, but it rather points out to the first order phase transition induced by the nonmagnetic disorder. Based on the $ΔΩ$ calculations, phase diagram is plotted representing the energetically favourable $s_{\pm}$ and $s_{++}$ states and the transition between them. At finite temperature, a first order phase transition line there is limited by a critical end point. Above that point, the sharp $s_{\pm} \to s_{++}$ transition transforms to a crossover between $s_{\pm}$ and $s_{++}$ states.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures This is the version of the article before peer review or editing, as submitted by an author to Superconductor Science and Technology journal. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/adc8dd
Metrocampa biplaga Walker
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Metrocampa
Metrocampa biplaga

description: Metrocampa biplaga Walker (Figs 622–627)
Oviposition
2♀ code nos.: G344, G345.
Oviposition period: 15–21 Mar.
Batch size range: 10–50; (n = 3)
Realised fecundity (range): 10–85
Incubation time (days) 9–14 (n=12)
 Batch configuration and attachment: Loosely attached, on the underside of leaves, singly (Fig. 622).
 Colour: White to pale greenish­yellow, becoming pale greenish­yellow with brownish­orange blotches forming around lateral circumference (Fig. 622), then transparent on maturity.
 Size (mm): (n=10) L = 0.90 ± 0.00, W = 0.82 ± 0.01, T = 0.74 ± 0.01
Width/length: 0.91
No. of females: 2
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L = 2.25 ± 0.03, W = 1.64 ± 0.09.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.7
 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 623 & 624)
No. of openings: 4
No. of cells in rosette: 5
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 3
 Shape: Sub­globular, anterior pole slightly truncated, dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 622 & 625).
 Characteristics: Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by hexagonal, slightly convex cells with moderately broad, recessed walls (Figs 623, 625–627), except walls narrowly reticulated in micropylar area (Fig. 624). Aeropyles elevated, openings moderately small (Fig. 626), present on all surfaces apart from wider, lateral side (Fig. 627). Rosette cells, secondary cells in micropylar area slightly recessed (Fig. 624). Chorion generally smooth, undulating (Fig. 627), rougher on anterior pole (Figs 623 & 626).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
Modeling the Multiwavelength Spectra and Variability of BL Lacertae in 2000
Creators: name: Boettcher, M.
name: Reimer, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: BL Lacertae was the target of an extensive multiwavelength monitoring campaign in the second half of 2000. In this paper, we are using leptonic and hadronic jet models to fit the observed broadband spectra and spectral variability patterns. We start out with global spectral models. Subsequently, we investigate various flaring scenarios for comparison with the observed short-term variability. For our leptonic jet model, we find that the short-term variability, in particular the optical and X-ray spectral variability, can be best represented with a flaring scenario dominated by a spectral-index change of the spectrum of ultrarelativistic electrons injected into the jet. Based on this result, a detailed model simulation, reproducing the observed optical and X-ray spectral variability and broadband SED of BL Lacertae simultaneously, is presented. Our leptonic modeling results are compared to fits using the hadronic synchrotron-proton blazar (SPB) model. That model can reproduce the observed SEDs of BL Lacertae in a scenario with muon-synchrotron dominated high-energy emission. It requires a significantly higher magnetic field than the leptonic model (~ 40 G vs. ~ 2 G in the leptonic model) and a lower Doppler factor associated with the bulk motion of the emission region (D ~ 8 vs. D ~ 18 in the leptonic model). The hadronic model predicts a significantly larger > 100 GeV flux than the leptonic models, well within the anticipated capabilities of VERITAS and MAGIC.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ. Uses AASTEX LaTeX macros.41 pages, including 12 figures
Superfluid Fermi Gases with Large Scattering Length
Creators: name: Carlson, J.
name: Chang, S. Y.
name: Pandharipande, V. R.
name: Schmidt, K. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report quantum Monte Carlo calculations of superfluid Fermi gases with short-range two-body attractive interactions with infinite scattering length. The energy of such gases is estimated to be $(0.44 \pm 0.01)$ times that of the noninteracting gas, and their pairing gap is approximately twice the energy per particle.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Investigation of laser-induced-metal phase of $\mathrm{MoTe}_{2}$ and its contact property via scanning gate microscopy
Creators: name: Sakanashi, Kohei
name: Ouchi, Hidemitsu
name: Kamiya, Kota
name: Krüger, Peter
name: Miyamoto, Katsuhiko
name: Omatsu, Takashige
name: Ueno, Keiji
name: Watanabe, Kenji
name: Taniguchi, Takashi
name: Bird, Jonathan P.
name: Aoki, Nobuyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although semiconductor to metal phase transformation of MoTe$_{2}$ by high-density laser irradiation of more than 0.3 MW/cm$^{2}$ has been reported, we reveal that the laser-induced-metal (LIM) phase is not the 1T' structure derived by a polymorphic-structural phase transition but consists instead of semi-metallic Te induced by photo-thermal decomposition of MoTe$_{2}$. The technique is used to fabricate a field effect transistor with a Pd/2H-MoTe$_{2}$/LIM structure having an asymmetric metallic contact, and its contact properties are studied via scanning gate microscopy. We confirm that a Schottky barrier (a diffusion potential) is always formed at the Pd/2H-MoTe$_{2}$ boundary and obstacles a carrier transport while an Ohmic contact is realized at the 2H-MoTe$_{2}$/LIM phase junction for both n- and p-type carriers.
description: 18 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Nanotechnology
Safety profile of semagacestat, a gamma-secretase inhibitor: IDENTITY trial findings
Creators: name: Henley, David B.
name: Sundell, Karen L.
name: Gopalan Sethuraman
name: Dowsett, Sherie A.
name: May, Patrick C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Semagacestat, a γ-secretase inhibitor, demonstrated an unfavorable risk–benefit profile in a Phase 3 study of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (IDENTITY trials), and clinical development was halted. To assist in future development of γ-secretase inhibitors, we report detailed safety findings from the IDENTITY study, with emphasis on those that might be mechanistically linked to γ-secretase inhibition. The IDENTITY trial was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of semagacestat (100 mg and 140 mg), in which 1537 patients age 55 years and older with probable Alzheimer’s disease were randomized. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) are reported by body system along with pertinent laboratory, vital sign, and ECG findings. Semagacestat treatment was associated with increased reporting of suspected Notch-related adverse events (gastrointestinal, infection, and skin cancer related). Other relevant safety findings associated with semagacestat treatment included cognitive and functional worsening, skin-related TEAEs, renal and hepatic changes, increased QT interval, and weight loss. With few exceptions, differences between semagacestat and placebo treatment groups were no longer significant after cessation of treatment with active drug. Many of these safety findings can be attributed to γ-secretase inhibition, and may be valuable to researchers developing γ-secretase inhibitors.
Arhodia lasiocamparia Guenee
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Arhodia
Arhodia lasiocamparia

description: Arhodia lasiocamparia Guenée (Figs 628–636)
(type species)
Oviposition
1♀ code nos.: G396.
Oviposition period: 29 Oct.–1 Nov.
Batch size range: 20–60; (n = 2)
Realised fecundity (range): 20–60
 Note: McFarland (1988) recorded 6–75.
Incubation time (days): 13–15
 Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, upright, large groups (Figs 628 & 629).
 Colour: Pale dull grey, lustrous (Fig. 628), becoming paler greenish­grey to greyishbrown and reddish­brown, then transparent on maturity.
 Size (mm): (n=10) L = 1.13 ± 0.02, W = 0.83 ± 0.01, T = 0.79 ± 0.01
Width/length: 0.73
No. of females: 1
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 4.85 ± 0.42, W = 4.15 ± 0.38
Relative aeropylar opening size: 4.6
 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 630 & 631)
No. of openings: 4
No. of cells in rosette: 8
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 4
 Shape: Moderately narrow, bluntly ovoid, sub­cuboidal, slightly dorso­ventrally flattened; anterior pole only slightly wider than posterior pole (Figs 628, 630, 632 & 633).
 Characteristics: Tough chorion. Egg marked on all surfaces by hexagonal, concave cells with moderately broad, slightly elevated walls (Figs 629, 630, 632–634), cell walls on wider top side, barely discernible, not defined by aeropyles (Figs 632 & 34), anterior polar cell walls narrow (Fig. 631). Aeropyles slightly elevated, openings moderately large, (Fig. 635) present only on anterior pole (Fig. 630). Micropylar cells slightly recessed (Fig. 631). Chorion rather granular, blistered (Fig. 636).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
Control of spin dynamics with laser pulses: Generation of entangled states of donor-bound electrons in a Cd1-xMnxTe quantum well
Creators: name: Bao, J. M.
name: Bragas, A. V.
name: Furdyna, J. K.
name: Merlin, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quantum-mechanical many-particle system may exhibit non-local behavior in that measurements performed on one of the particles can affect a second one that is far apart. These so-called entangled states are crucial for the implementation of quantum information protocols and gates for quantum computation. Here, we use ultrafast optical pulses and coherent pump-probe techniques to create and control spin entangled states in an ensemble of up to three non-interacting electrons bound to donors in a Cd1-xMnxTe quantum well. Our method, relying on the exchange interaction between optically-excited excitons and the paramagnetic impurities, can in principle be applied to entangle an arbitrarily large number of electrons. A microscopic theory of impulsive stimulated Raman scattering and a model for multi-spin entanglement are presented. The signature of entanglement is the observation of overtones of donor spin-flips in the differential reflectivity of the probe pulse. Results are shown for resonant excitation of localized excitons below the gap, and above the gap where the signatures of entanglement are significantly enhanced. Data is also presented on the generation of coherent excitations of antiferromagnetically-coupled manganese pairs, folded acoustic phonons, exciton Zeeman beats and entanglement involving two Mn2+ ions.
description: Long version of quant-ph/0206191
A first-passage approach to diffusion-influenced reversible binding: insights into nanoscale signaling at the presynapse
Creators: name: Reva, Maria
name: DiGregorio, David A.
name: Grebenkov, Denis S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Synaptic transmission between neurons is governed by a cascade of stochastic reaction-diffusion events that lead to calcium-induced vesicle release of neurotransmitter. Since experimental measurements of such systems are challenging due their nanometer and sub-millisecond scale, numerical simulations remain the principal tool for studying calcium dependent synaptic vesicle fusion, despite limitations of time-consuming calculations. In this paper we develop an analytical solution to rapidly explore dynamical stochastic reaction-diffusion problems, based on first-passage times. This is the first analytical model that accounts simultaneously for relevant statistical features of calcium ion diffusion, buffering, and its binding/unbinding reaction with a vesicular sensor. In particular, unbinding kinetics are shown to have a major impact on the calcium sensor's occupancy probability on a millisecond scale and therefore cannot be neglected. Using Monte Carlo simulations we validated our analytical solution for instantaneous calcium influx and that through voltage-gated calcium channels. Overall we present a fast and rigorous analytical tool to study simplified reaction-diffusion systems that allow a systematic exploration of the biophysical parameters at a molecular scale, while correctly accounting for the statistical nature of molecular interactions within cells, that can also serve as a building block for more general cell signaling simulators.
The application of microalgae in removing organic micropollutants in wastewater
Creators: name: Nguyen, Hoang Tam
name: Yeomin Yoon
name: Ngo, Huu Hao
name: Jang, Am
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Micropollutants have become a serious environmental problem with several negative outcomes for human health and ecosystems. Many efforts have been made to remove micropollutants using a variety of physical, chemical and biological methods. By far, the most attention has been paid to microalgae-based technologies for wastewater treatment in order to obtain high-quality effluents, recover algal biomass for fertilizers, protein-rich feed, biofuel, and put them to other practical use. This paper reviews the potential of microalgae-based systems for the removal of organic micropollutants from open ponds to closed photobioreactors coupled by suspended microalgal cells, immobilized cells, or microalgae-microbial consortia. The inhibition of micropollutants on microalgae growth as well as micropollutant removal mechanisms performed by microalgae-based systems are also discussed. Other treatment methods for the removal of micropollutants are analyzed to show the advantages and limitations of microalgae-based treatment strategies, from which some possible combined systems can be suggested. Finally, some recommendations for future studies on this topic are proposed.
Model-driven generation of artificial yeast promoters
Creators: name: Kotopka, Benjamin J.
name: Smolke, Christina D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: Supplementary Data for "Model-driven generation of artificial yeast promoters" (original submission). Abstract: Promoters play a central role in controlling gene regulation; however, a small set of promoters is used for most genetic construct design in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Generating and utilizing models that accurately predict protein expression from promoter sequences would enable rapid generation of novel useful promoters and facilitate synthetic biology efforts in this model organism. We measured the gene expression activity of over 675,000 unique sequences in a constitutive promoter library, and over 327,000 sequences in an inducible promoter library. Training an ensemble of convolutional neural networks jointly on the two datasets enabled very high (R2 > 0.79) predictive accuracies on multiple sequence-activity prediction tasks. We developed model-guided design strategies which yielded large, sequence-diverse sets of novel promoters exhibiting activities similar to current best-in-class sequences. In addition to providing large sets of new promoters, our results show the value of model-guided design as an approach for generating useful DNA parts.
Biosynthesis and study of bimetallic copper and silver nanoparticles on cellulose cotton fabrics using Moringa oliefiera leaf extraction as reductant
Creators: name: Jaswanth Seetha
name: Mallavarapu, Uma Mahesh
name: Akepogu, Prasad
name: Arundathi Mesa
name: Venkata Ramanamurthy Gollapudi
name: Hariram Natarajan
name: Varada Rajulu Anumakonda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: In situ generation method for the formation of bimetallic copper and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs and CuNPs) on cellulose cotton fabrics was employed in the present work, utilizing Moringa oliefiera (MO) leaf broth as reductant. The bio synthesized bimetallic nanoparticles (BNPs) on nanocomposite cellulose cotton fabrics (NCCFs) were confirmed by different characterization techniques such as FTIR spectroscopy, XRD and SEM with EDX and tensile and antibacterial tests. The BNPs were in situ generated in large numbers with lower size as compared to individual monometallic AgNPs and CuNPs. The generated BNPs are globular in shape with an average size of 87 nm. Instantaneously generated BNPs on NCCFs exhibited good induced mechanical properties and high thermal stability at higher loads and temperature. The biodegradable NCCFs formed good zones of inhibition indicating the killing ability of S. aureus and K. pneumonia human pathogenic bacteria. These NCCFs can be considered for medical and packaging applications.
title: Evaluation of the Thermal Performance of Fly Ash Foam Concrete Containing Phase Change Materials (PCMs)
Creators: name: Bat-Erdene, Purev-Erdene
name: Pareek, Sanjay
name: Koenders, Eddie
name: Mankel, Christoph
name: Löher, Max
name: Xiao, Peng
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of fly ash foam concrete containing two varying temperature ranges of microencapsulated phase change materials (PCMs): PCM28D (26–30 °C) and PCM43D (41–45 °C). In total, five different fly ash foam concrete samples were prepared, and the unit weight of cement was substituted with varying percentages of PCM (0%, 10% and 30%). As a result, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis revealed that PCM43D-30% exhibited a heat storage capacity of 45.32 °C and 37.89 °C with 42.87 J/g and 41.01 J/g in its liquid and solid phases, respectively. Furthermore, thermocycle analysis indicated that PCM43D-30% maintained the temperature within the stated phase change range for a duration of 7 h. In conclusion, the incorporation of PCMs (28D and 43D) in fly ash foam concrete shows promise in reducing indoor temperature fluctuations, thereby improving energy efficiency. The improved thermal performance can be suitable for various applications such as inner and outside walls of energy-efficient construction designs.
Composable Security for Multipartite Entanglement Verification
Creators: name: Yehia, Raja
name: Diamanti, Eleni
name: Kerenidis, Iordanis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a composably secure protocol allowing $n$ parties to test an entanglement generation resource controlled by a possibly dishonest party. The test consists only in local quantum operations and authenticated classical communication once a state is shared among them and provides composable security, namely it can be used as a secure subroutine by $n$ honest parties within larger communication protocols to test if a source is sharing quantum states that are at least $ε$-close to the GHZ state. This claim comes on top of previous results on multipartite entanglement verification where the security was studied in the usual game-based model. Here, we improve the protocol to make it more suitable for practical use in a quantum network and we study its security in the Abstract Cryptography framework to highlight composability issues and avoid hidden assumptions. This framework is a top-to-bottom theory that makes explicit any piece of information that each component (party or resource) gets at every time-step of the protocol. Moreover any security proof, which amounts to showing indistinguishability between an ideal resource having the desired security properties (up to local simulation) and the concrete resource representing the protocol, is composable for free in this setting. This allows us to readily compose our basic protocol in order to create a composably secure multi-round protocol enabling honest parties to obtain a state close to a GHZ state or an abort signal, even in the presence of a noisy or malicious source. Our protocol can typically be used as a subroutine in a Quantum Internet, to securely share a GHZ state among the network before performing a communication or computation protocol.
Intrinsic spectral blueshifts in rapidly rotating stars?
Creators: name: Madsen, Soeren
name: Dravins, Dainis
name: Ludwig, Hans-Guenter
name: Lindegren, Lennart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spectroscopic radial velocities for several nearby open clusters suggest that spectra of (especially earlier-type) rapidly rotating stars are systematically blueshifted by 3 km/s or more, relative to the spectra of slowly rotating ones. Comparisons with astrometrically determined radial motions in the Hyades suggests this to be an absolute blueshift, relative to wavelengths naively expected from stellar radial motion and gravitational redshift. Analogous trends are seen also in most other clusters studied (Pleiades, Coma Berenices, Praesepe, Alpha Persei, IC 2391, NGC 6475, IC 4665, NGC 1976 and NGC 2516). Possible mechanisms are discussed, including photospheric convection, stellar pulsation, meridional circulation, and shock-wave propagation, as well as effects caused by template mismatch in determining wavelength displacements. For early-type stars, a plausible mechanism is shock-wave propagation upward through the photospheric line-forming regions. Such wavelength shifts thus permit studies of certain types of stellar atmospheric dynamics and - irrespective of their cause - may influence deduced open-cluster membership (when selected from common velocity) and deduced cluster dynamics (some types of stars might show fortuitous velocity patterns).
description: Accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics; 6 pages, 3 figures
Oenochroma vinaria Guenee
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Oenochroma
Oenochroma vinaria

description: Oenochroma vinaria Guenée (Figs 651–657)
(type species)
Oviposition
2♀ code nos.: G87, G307.
Oviposition period: 26 Sept.–31 Oct.
Batch size range: 5–60; (n = 2)
Realised fecundity (range): 4–60
Incubation time (days): 9
 Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly (Fig. 651).
 Colour: Off­white, becoming irregularly blotched rust­red, then transparent grey on maturity (Fig. 651).
 Size (mm): (n= 4) L = 1.01 ± 0.01, W = 0.82 ± 0.01, T = 0.69 ± 0.01.
Width/length: 0.81
No. of females: 1
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=10): L = 1.44 ± 0.07, W = 1.08 ± 0.04
Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.4
 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 652 & 653)
No. of openings: 6
No. of cells in rosette: 9
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5
 Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, dorso­ventrally flattened, anterior pole angled to horizontal axis (Figs 651, 652 & 654).
 Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by round to hexagonal, concave cells with broad walls (Figs 652, 654–657), micropylar cell walls narrow (Fig. 653). Aeropyles, slightly elevated, openings very small (Fig. 655), present on all surfaces apart from top of wider lateral side (Fig. 656). Micropylar cells slightly recessed (Fig. 653). Micropyles offcentred (Fig. 652). Chorion undulating, irregularly pitted (Figs 655–657).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
Calculation of electron-ion temperature equilibration rates and friction coefficients in plasmas and liquid metals using quantum molecular dynamics
Creators: name: Simoni, Jacopo
name: Daligault, Jérôme
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a method to calculate with quantum molecular dynamics simulations the rate of energy exchanges between electrons and ions in two-temperature plasmas, liquid metals and hot solids. Promising results from this method were recently reported for various materials and physical conditions [J. Simoni and J. Daligault, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 205001 (2019)]. Like other ab-initio calculations, the approach offers a very useful comparison with the experimental measurements and permits an extension into conditions not covered by the experiments. The energy relaxation rate is related to the friction coefficients felt by individual ions due to their non-adiabatic interactions with electrons. Each coefficient satisfies a Kubo relation given by the time integral of the autocorrelation function of the interaction force between an ion and the electrons. These Kubo relations are evaluated using the output of quantum molecular dynamics calculations in which electrons are treated in the framework of finite-temperature density functional theory. The calculation presents difficulties that are unlike those encountered with the Kubo formulas for the electrical and thermal conductivities. In particular, the widely used Kubo-Greenwood approximation is inapplicable here. Indeed, the friction coefficients and the energy relaxation rate diverge in this approximation since it does not properly account for the electronic screening of electron-ion interactions. The inclusion of screening effects considerably complicates the calculations. We discuss the physically-motivated approximations we applied to deal with these complications in order to investigate a widest range of materials and physical conditions.
description: 22 pages
Data visualization and R
Creators: name: Womack, Ryan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014

description: This workshop will focus on principles and techniques for the visualization of data, with an equal emphasis on theory and implementation. Drawing on classic works by Cleveland (Visualizing Data), Tufte (The Visual Display of Quantitative Information), and Wilkinson (The Grammar of Graphics), a range of best practices for visualization will be illustrated. Recently developed techniques for large-scale, 3D, and interactive visualization will also be discussed. This discussion will be based on works such as Graphics of Large Datasets: Visualizing a Million (Unwin, Theus, and Hofmann), the Handbook of Data Visualization (Chen, Hardle, and Unwin), and Trends in Interactive Visualization: A State of the Art Survey (Liere, Adriaansen and Zudilova-Seinstra) For each of these approaches, methods for creating similar graphics in the R open-source statistical language will be demonstrated, using packages such as ggplot2, lattice, and rggobi. Interactive visualization packages such as shiny and healthvis will also be explored. Prior familiarity with R is helpful but not required.
Employment Growth in the Rural West From 1985 to 1995 Outpaced the Nation
Creators: name: Beyers, William B.
name: Beyers, William B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Public Economics

description: Employment growth was much stronger in the rural West between 1985 and 1995 than it was in all U.S. rural areas and in the United States as a whole. Although the bulk of this job growth was in services, the rural West gained manufacturing jobs, as was the case elsewhere in the rural United States. Counties adjacent to metro areas grew more rapidly than those not adjacent, with employment gains led by health services, producer services, and retailing.
In-Medium Effects on Charmonium Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions
Creators: name: Grandchamp, L.
name: Rapp, R.
name: Brown, G. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charmonium production in heavy-ion collisions is investigated within a kinetic theory framework incorporating in-medium properties of open- and hidden-charm states in line with recent QCD lattice calculations. A continuously decreasing open-charm threshold across the phase boundary of hadronic and quark-gluon matter is found to have important implications for the equilibrium abundance of charmonium states. The survival of $J/ψ$ resonance states above the transition temperature enables their recreation also in the Quark-Gluon Plasma. Including effects of chemical and thermal off-equilibrium, we compare our model results to available experimental data at CERN-SPS and BNL-RHIC energies. In particular, earlier found discrepancies in the $ψ'/ψ$ ratio can be resolved.
description: 4 pages RevTex including 4 eps-figures. v2: Minor modifications and clarifications, typos corrected, Fig. 4 updated
Estimating the Unruh effect via entangled many-body probes
Creators: name: Wang, Jieci
name: Zhang, Li
name: Chen, Songbai
name: Jing, Jiliang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the estimation of parameters in a quantum metrology scheme based on entangled many-body Unruh-DeWitt detectors. It is found that the precision for the estimation of Unruh effect can be enhanced via initial state preparations and parameter selections. It is shown that the precision in the estimation of the Unruh temperature in terms of a many-body-probe metrology is always better than the precision in two probe strategies. The proper acceleration for Bob's detector and the interaction between the accelerated detector and the external field have significant influences on the precision for the Unruh effect's estimation. In addition, the probe state prepared with more excited atoms in the initial state is found to perform better than less excited initial states. However, different from the estimation of the Unruh temperature, the estimation of the effective coupling parameter for the accelerated detector requires more total atoms but less excited atoms in the estimations.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Lett. B
Nearcha curtaria Guenee 1857
Creators: name: Young, Catherine J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Nearcha
Nearcha curtaria

description: Nearcha curtaria Guenée (Figs 658–663)
Oviposition
2♀ code nos.: G343, G354.
Oviposition period: 26 Feb.–8 Apr.
Batch size range: 4–17; (n = 4)
Realised fecundity (range): 15–31
Incubation time (days): 11–12
 Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly (Fig. 658).
 Colour: Very pale yellowish­green, becoming pale orange (Fig. 658), then transparent grey on maturity.
 Size (mm): (n=9) L = 0.73 ± 0.00, W = 0.56 ± 0.00, T = 0.54 ± 0.01.
Width/length: 0.77
No. of females: 1
 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 0.84 ± 0.07, W = 0.59 ± 0.10
Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.2
 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 659–660)
No. of openings: 3
No. of cells in rosette: 7
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2
 Shape: Moderately broad, bluntly ovoid, dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 658, 659 & 661)
 Characteristics: Egg marked by sub­quadrate, concave cells with moderately broad, elevated walls, forming longitudinal rows from posterior pole to almost as far as anterior pole (Figs 658, 659, 661 & 662); remaining cells irregularly arranged, hexagonal, concave, with moderately broad walls (Fig. 659); micropylar cell walls overlaid by a narrow reticulum (Fig. 660). Aeropyles large, domed, openings very small, present on all surfaces (Fig. 662). Rosette cells slightly recessed (Fig. 660). Chorion cobbled, slightly granular (Figs 662 & 663).
description: Published as part of Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-294 in Zootaxa 1287 on pages 1-294
Radial solitons in armchair carbon nanotubes
Creators: name: Dikande, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radial solitons are investigated in armchair carbon nanotubes using a generalized Lennard-Jones potential. The radial solitons are found in terms of moving kink defects whose velocity obeys a dispersion relation. Effects of lattice discreteness on the shape of kink defects are examined by estimating the Peierls stress. Results suggest that the typical size for an unpinned kink phase is of the order of a lattice spacing.
description: 11 pages, 3(eps) figures
Wildlife Conservation and Economic Development in the West
Creators: name: Ingram, Kevin
name: Lewandrowski, Jan
name: Ingram, Kevin
name: Lewandrowski, Jan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Environmental Economics and Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: The economic expansion and population growth that have continued for almost a decade in many rural communities of the West are posing a new set of wildlife conservation issues for the region. Unlike economic development in the past, this expansion is not associated with the traditional economic base, but instead is tied to services sectors and wildlife amenities of the region.
Teaching an introductory workshop in digital preservation
Creators: name: Horton, Laurence
name: Katsanidou, Alexia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014

description: GESIS's Archive and Data Management Training Center provides introductory level two-day training events in "First steps towards digital preservation". This workshop is an overview of our training, introducing participants to the design and intended target audience of our events and showcases our digital preservation support and training.Adopting a "train the trainers" approach, the workshop addresses those interested in conducting organizational level training. The workshop addresses archivists, librarians, repository or research data center staff, and anyone responsible for planning curation and preservation of digital assets independent of disciplinary background. Intended as a primer, the workshop requires no previous experience, introducing participants to the "organizational dimension" of digital preservation.Participants have the chance to try our training materials and exercises on:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; What is digital preservation and why do we need it?nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Introduction to the OAIS Reference Modelnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Preserving information for a designated communitynbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Acquisition policies and selection criterianbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Sustainable digital preservation and cost modelsnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Licensing for preservation and re-usenbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Trusted digital repositoriesBenefits:learning the conceptualization and structure of introductory workshops on digital preservationfamiliarity with content of the workshop and an overview of workshop materials and exercisesuse of the materials to design their own training workshops.
Relative importance of benefits and risks associated with antithrombotic therapies for acute coronary syndrome: patient and physician perspectives
Creators: name: Yuan, Zhong
name: Levitan, Bennett
name: Burton, Paul
name: Poulos, Christine
name: A. Brett Hauber
name: Berlin, Jesse A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: In acute coronary syndrome (ACS), antithrombotic therapies prevent thrombotic events, but also increase bleeding risk. Knowledge is limited about how patients and physicians balance these benefits and risks. To quantify US patient and physician preferences for outcomes associated with antithrombotic therapies in ACS. Two independent web-based surveys were conducted using best–worst scaling in board-certified cardiologists and adult patients hospitalized within the last 5 years due to heart attack and who used aspirin or prescription antithrombotic therapies. Participants selected best and worst of three possible outcomes across a series of questions. Outcomes included death, various levels of stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and bleeding. Data were analyzed using a maximum difference model employing random-parameters logit. Relative importance of each outcome was estimated relative to death. Patients (n = 206) and physicians (n = 273) who met face validity requirements, viewed death and nonfatal major disabling stroke as nearly equivalent and most important outcomes to avoid. Relative to death and disabling stroke, physicians considered nondisabling stroke, all nonfatal bleeding, and mild MI all as least important to avoid, while patients considered all bleeds, except major bleeding requiring transfusion, as least important to avoid. Physicians considered severe MI equivalent to 0.92 (0.02 SE) deaths. Patients (∼0.35 [0.04] deaths) and physicians (∼0.64 [0.05] deaths) had different views for nonfatal moderate stroke. Patients viewed nonfatal major bleeding requiring transfusion ∼0.13 (0.02) deaths, and nonfatal heart attack ∼0.09 (0.02) deaths. US patients and physicians agree on the relative importance of avoiding death, disabling stroke and bleeding without transfusions. Differing perspectives on bleeding requiring transfusions, MI, and moderately disabling stroke suggest that patients and physicians may have different benefit–risk preferences. Transparent discussion between physicians and patients in ACS treatment shared decision-making seems warranted, although limitations of survey methodology and cultural differences compared with US participants should be considered.
Intersubband plasmons in quasi-one-dimensional electron systems on a liquid helium surface
Creators: name: Tavares, Marcos R. S.
name: Hai, G. -Q.
name: Petters, F. M.
name: Studart, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The collective excitation spectra are studied for a multisubband quasi-one-dimensional electron gas on the surface of liquid helium. Different intersubband plasmon modes are identified by calculating the spectral weight function of the electron gas within a 12 subband model. Strong intersubband coupling and depolarization shifts are found. When the plasmon energy is close to the energy differences between two subbands, Landau damping in this finite temperature system leads to plasmon gaps at small wavevectors.
description: To be published as a Rapid Communication in Phys. Rev. B