cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Multi-Attribute Robust Component Analysis for Facial UV Maps
Creators: name: Moschoglou, Stylianos
name: Ververas, Evangelos
name: Panagakis, Yannis
name: Nicolaou, Mihalis
name: Zafeiriou, Stefanos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recently, due to the collection of large scale 3D face models, as well as the advent of deep learning, a significant progress has been made in the field of 3D face alignment "in-the-wild". That is, many methods have been proposed that establish sparse or dense 3D correspondences between a 2D facial image and a 3D face model. The utilization of 3D face alignment introduces new challenges and research directions, especially on the analysis of facial texture images. In particular, texture does not suffer any more from warping effects (that occurred when 2D face alignment methods were used). Nevertheless, since facial images are commonly captured in arbitrary recording conditions, a considerable amount of missing information and gross outliers is observed (e.g., due to self-occlusion, or subjects wearing eye-glasses). Given that many annotated databases have been developed for face analysis tasks, it is evident that component analysis techniques need to be developed in order to alleviate issues arising from the aforementioned challenges. In this paper, we propose a novel component analysis technique that is suitable for facial UV maps containing a considerable amount of missing information and outliers, while additionally, incorporates knowledge from various attributes (such as age and identity). We evaluate the proposed Multi-Attribute Robust Component Analysis (MA-RCA) on problems such as UV completion and age progression, where the proposed method outperforms compared techniques. Finally, we demonstrate that MA-RCA method is powerful enough to provide weak annotations for training deep learning systems for various applications, such as illumination transfer.
Mesocoelopus niger
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Demetriou, Jakovos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anobiidae
Mesocoelopus
Mesocoelopus niger

description: Mesocoelopus niger (P. W. J. M̧ller, 1821)
Distribution. P: AG AU BE CR CZ FR GE GR HU IT LS LU ME MO PL PT RU SK SL SP SZ TR UK YU N i: US. Europe (except of the northern part), north Africa, introduced to North America (White 1962; Zahradník 2007a).
Material examined. Paphos prov., Akamas Peninsula, Avakas Gorge, 3 km NE of Agios Georgios, 100 m a. s. l., 34°55’31’’ N, 32°20’49’’ E, 22.v.2017, 3 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM (2 spec.), PZPC (1 spec.); New species for Cyprus.
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Demetriou, Jakovos, 2023, A review of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) of Cyprus, including new faunistic records and the description of a new species, pp. 243-265 in Zootaxa 5306 (2) on page 254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/8061315
Sampled-data implementation of derivative-dependent control using artificial delays
Creators: name: Selivanov, Anton
name: Fridman, Emilia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study a sampled-data implementation of linear controllers that depend on the output and its derivatives. First, we consider an LTI system of relative degree $r\ge 2$ that can be stabilized using $r-1$ output derivatives. Then, we consider PID control of a second order system. In both cases, the Euler approximation is used for the derivatives giving rise to a delayed sampled-data controller. Given a derivative-dependent controller that stabilizes the system, we show how to choose the parameters of the delayed sampled-data controller that preserves the stability under fast enough sampling. The maximum sampling period is obtained from LMIs that are derived using the Taylor's expansion of the delayed terms with the remainders compensated by appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals. Finally, we introduce the event-triggering mechanism that may reduce the amount of sampled control signals used for stabilization.
Fast Equilibration of Hadrons in an Expanding Fireball
Creators: name: Noronha-Hostler, J.
name: Greiner, C.
name: Shovkovy, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to long chemical equilibration times within standard hadronic reactions during the hadron gas phase in relativistic heavy ion collisions it has been suggested that the hadrons are "born" into equilibrium after the quark gluon plasma phase. Here we develop a dynamical scheme in which possible Hagedorn states contribute to fast chemical equilibration times of baryon anti-baryon pairs (as well as kaon anti-kaon pairs) inside a hadron gas and just below the critical temperature. Within this scheme, we use master equations and derive various analytical estimates for the chemical equilibration times. Applying a Bjorken picture to the expanding fireball, the kaons and baryons as well as the bath of pions and Hagedorn resonances can indeed quickly chemically equilibrate for both an initial overpopulation or underpopulation of Hagedorn resonances. Moreover, a comparison of our results to $(B+\bar{B})/π^{+}$ and $K/π^{+}$ ratios at RHIC, indeed, shows a close match.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
A matter of life and breath: childhood socioeconomic status is related to young adult pulmonary function in the CARDIA study
Creators: name: Jackson, Benita
name: Kubzansky, Laura D
name: Cohen, Sheldon
name: Weiss, Scott
name: Wright, Rosalind J
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Background Socioeconomic status (SES) may contribute to the trajectory of pulmonary function over the life course. Studies suggest that people with lower (versus higher) SES during childhood subsequently have lower levels of adult pulmonary function. But prospective studies are sparse across young adulthood, an important phase in pulmonary development. Methods Participants were from the Coronary Artery (Disease) Risk Development in (Young) Adults (CARDIA) study: 5113 young adults ages 18–30 at baseline, approximately balanced within centres across gender, self-identified race/ethnicity (Black, White), and current SES. Childhood SES was ascertained from baseline self-reports of parents' highest completed education. Pulmonary function in young adulthood was measured using FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in one second) and FVC (forced vital capacity), assessed on three occasions over a period of 5 years. Results Longitudinal analyses suggested that rates of change in both FEV1 and FVC differed in a gradient fashion by childhood SES. As shown by significant childhood SES by time interaction terms, these associations with FEV1 were robust for men (b = 1.59E–3, SE = 5.21E–4, P < 0.001) and women (b = 1.93E–3, SE = 4.80E–4, P < 0.001), and adjusted for multiple potential confounders including smoking. Results were similar for FVC. Subsequent examination of the interaction terms suggested that FEV1 and FVC declined for participants in the lowest childhood SES group, showed continued plateau or growth for those in the highest group, and were intermediate for the middle group. Conclusions Childhood SES may influence men's and women's young adult pulmonary function in two ways. First, individuals with lower childhood SES may not attain as high levels of pulmonary function in early adulthood relative to individuals with higher childhood SES. Second, pulmonary function may decline earlier and faster for individuals with lower childhood SES.
The Standard Model is Natural as Magnetic Gauge Theory
Creators: name: Sannino, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We suggest that the Standard Model can be viewed as the magnetic dual of a gauge theory featuring only fermionic matter content. We show this by first introducing a Pati-Salam like extension of the Standard Model and then relating it to a possible dual electric theory featuring only fermionic matter. The absence of scalars in the electric theory indicates that the associated magnetic theory is free from quadratic divergences. Our novel solution to the Standard Model hierarchy problem leads also to a new insight on the mystery of the observed number of fundamental fermion generations by naturally explaining why it has to be at least three.
description: RevTeX, 5 pages. Version to match the published one. Added several paragraphs suggesting how nonsupersymmetric gauge-gauge duality can work. This work opens the doors to a new way to address the hierarchy problem of the Standard Model
Sustainable Development Goal 2.4.1 for Ukraine Based on Geospatial Data
Creators: name: Yailimova, Hanna
name: Yailimov, Bohdan
name: Mazur, Yevhen
name: Kussul, Nataliia
name: Shelestov, Andrii
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 004

description: In this work, the indicator of sustainable development goal (SDG) 2.4.1 for Ukraine is calculated based on geospatial and satellite data. The generally accepted technology for calculating the given indicator cannot be applied for the territory of Ukraine due to the lack of systematic collection of the necessary indicators. Therefore, the authors have developed the complex method for land degradation estimation that uses different schemes for separate land cover and crop types at the country level based on satellite and modeling data using WOFOST model. The paper describes the sources of information used to create crop type classification maps and the data required for leaf area index (LAI) modeling for the WOFOST model. Calculated indicators from 2018 to 2022 for each of the regions of Ukraine. In 2022, the decrease of the indicator is monitored in almost all regions of Ukraine, which is a direct result of military actions on the territory of Ukraine.
A longitudinal study of changes in evoked otoacoustic emissions and pure-tone thresholds as measured in a hearing conservation program.
Creators: name: Miller, Judi A. Lapsley
name: Marshall, Lynne
name: Heller, Laurie M.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Non-linear transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) at 74dB pSPL, distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) at 65/45dB SPL and pure-tone audiometry were used to detect noise-induced, inner car changes in a longitudinal study. Repeated-measures ANOVAs were made on the Noise (n=69) and Quiet (n=42) groups. The Noise group's hearing thresholds increased by 1.2 dB and DPOAE amplitude decreased by -0.9 dB. For both groups, TEOAE amplitude decreased by approximately -0.6 dB. Eight of 12 ears with permanent threshold shift (PTS) and 10 of 13 ears with temporary threshold shift (TTS) showed TEOAE decrements or low baseline TEOAE amplitudes. Fewer TTS and PTS ears also showed DPOAE decrements, and there was never a DPOAE decrement without a corresponding TEOAE decrement or low TEOAE baseline. Some TTS ears showed permanent emission decrements. Although otoacoustic emissions show promise in detecting noise-induced inner ear changes, it is premature to use them in hearing conservation programs.
Exploring the Effects of Initial Stellar Parameters on the RGB Bump
Creators: name: Kosowski, Jacob
name: Hekker, Saskia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Stellar Astrophysics
Red-giant Stars
Red-giant Branch Bump
Stellar Modeling
MESA

description: As low mass stars (< 2.3 Msol) ascend the red-giant branch, they experience a brief period of contraction, paired with decreasing luminosity and increasing effective temperature, known as the red-giant branch bump. This period ends when the hydrogen-burning shell surpasses the mean-molecular weight discontinuity. The effects of the star's initial parameters on the behavior of the bump is not fully understood. I used MESA to model a grid of stars, varying in mass and metallicity, in order to provide insight into the inner workings of red-giants during this evolutionary period and to compare the bump across a range of initial stellar parameters. Analysis of the MESA data shows possible relationships between a star’s initial parameters and the state of its internal structure during the period of the bump. These relationships may provide insight into the mechanisms that govern the bump and its effect on the evolution of these low-mass stars.
description: {"references": ["Hekker, Saskia et al. (2020). Mirror principle and the red-giant bump: the battle of entropy in low-mass stars arXiv:2001.06064v1"]}
Method for determining the number of states of the Markov Model of damage accumulation in predicting the technical condition of a fiber-optic cable
Creators: name: Ionikova, Elena
name: Karpov, Kirill
name: Shuvalov, Viacheslav
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 004

description: Estimation of the residual service life of operating fiber-optic cables is an urgent t ask. Usually this problem is solved based on the use of the Markov chain model. However, due to the nonlinear dependence of the probability of rejection on the rate of gradual failures, the task of selecting the number of states of a Markov chain becomes difficult. The article discusses a technique for determining the required number of states of the Markov model of damage accumulation based on a given value of the modeling accuracy. The characteristic values of the time and the probability of failure are found for the model of the destruction of optical fibers made of silica glass. The determination of the required number of states of a Markov chain in the article is carried out using the Python programming language.
title: ADCO, Quatrième cartulaire de Saint-Etienne de Dijon (XIIIe siècle), Cart. 36 (G 128), 31 folios, f. 0020
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2009
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire

description: Quatrième cartulaire de Saint-Etienne de Dijon (XIIIe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 36 (G 128), 31 folios, f. 0020, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Quatrième cartulaire de Saint-Etienne de Dijon (XIIIe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 36 (G 128), 31 folios, f. 0020, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
Is there a tower of charges to be discovered?
Creators: name: Mansson, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate higher loop integrability for a q-deformation of the su(2)-sector of N=4 SYM theory. First we construct a generalisation of the long range spin chain, which for the lowest orders describes the non-deformed dilatation operator. This generalised model is built up from Temperley-Lieb algebra generators and describes the deformed theory to at least two loops. When constructing the model we have demanded the existence of one commuting charge, which puts strong constraints on the parameters to three loop orders. We also write down the five first charges for this model at two loops order. Our main goal is to obtain an explicit expression for an infinite number of commuting charges, all commuting with the dilatation operator. This would imply integrability. As a step towards this goal we present in this paper an expression for a generic local charge of the one-loop dilatation operator, which happens to be a generator of the Temperley-Lieb algebra.
description: 9 pages, some typos corrected
A Flavorful Factoring of the Strong CP Problem
Creators: name: Agrawal, Prateek
name: Howe, Kiel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the intimate connection between the strong CP problem and the flavor structure of the Standard Model, we present a flavor model that revives and extends the classic ${m_u=0}$ solution to the strong CP problem. QCD is embedded into a $SU(3)_1\times SU(3)_2 \times SU(3)_3$ gauge group, with each generation of quarks charged under the respective $SU(3)$. The non-zero value of the up-quark Yukawa coupling (along with the strange quark and bottom-quark Yukawas) is generated by contributions from small instantons at a new scale $M \gg Λ_{QCD}$. The Higgsing of $SU(3)^3\to SU(3)_c$ allows dimension-5 operators that generate the Standard Model flavor structure and can be completed in a simple renormalizable theory. The smallness of the third generation mixing angles can naturally emerge in this picture, and is connected to the smallness of threshold corrections to $\barθ$. Remarkably, $\barθ$ is essentially fixed by the measured quark masses and mixings, and is estimated to be close to the current experimental bound and well within reach of the next generation of neutron and proton EDM experiments.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures
A Literature Review and New Data Supporting an Interactive Account of Letter-by-Letter Reading
Creators: name: Behrmann, Marlene
name: Plaut, David C.
name: Nelson, James
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: We present a theoretical account of letter-by-letter reading (LBL) that reconciles discrepant findings associated with this form of acquired dyslexia. We claim that LBL reading is caused by a deficit that affects the normal activation of the orthographic representation of the stimulus. In spite of this lower-level deficit, the degraded orthographic information may be processed further, and lexical, semantic, and higher-order orthographic information may still influence the reading patterns ofthese patients.In supportof our position, w e present a review of 57 published cases of LBL reading in w hich w e demonstrate that a peripheral deficit was evident in almost all of the patients and that, simultaneously, strong effects oflexical/ semantic variables were observed on reading performance. We then go on to report findings from an empirical analysis of seven LBL readers in whom w e document the joint effects of lexical variables (word frequency and im ageability) and word length on naming latency. We argue that the reading perform ance of these patients reflects the residual functioning of the same interactive system that supported normal reading premorbidly.
86-km optical link with a resolution of 2.10-18 for RF frequency transfer
Creators: name: Lopez, Olivier
name: Amy-Klein, Anne
name: Daussy, Christophe
name: Chardonnet, Christian
name: Narbonneau, François
name: Lours, Michel
name: Santarelli, Georgio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: RF frequency transfer over an urban 86 km fibre has been demonstrated with a resolution of 2.10-18 at one day measuring time using an optical compensator. This result is obtained with a reference carrier frequency of 1 GHz, and a rapid scrambling of the polarisation state of the input light in order to reduce the sensitivity to the polarisation mode dispersion in the fibre. The limitation due to the fibre chromatic dispersion associated with the laser frequency fluctuations is highlighted and analyzed. A preliminary test of an extended compensated link over 186 km using optical amplifiers gives a resolution below 10-17 at 1 day.
Xyletinus (Xyletinus) subrotundatus Lareynie 1852
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Demetriou, Jakovos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anobiidae
Xyletinus
Xyletinus subrotundatus

description: Xyletinus (Xyletinus) subrotundatus Lareynie, 1852
Distribution. P: AU BH BU CR CZ FI FR GE GG GR HU IS IT KZ MC RO RU SK SP SV SY TR UK YU. Northern, Central and Southern Europe, Middle East, Central Asia (Zahradník 2007a, 2016b). New species for Cyprus.
Material examined. Paphos prov., Akamas Peninsula, 35°03’32’’ N, 32°20’29’’ E, 4.v.2014, 1 spec., lgt. D. Frank, coll. PCDF; Paphos prov., Akamas peninsula, 5.-6.x.2012, 1 spec., lgt. J. Pelikán, coll. PCJPE; Paphos prov., Kouklia, Aphrodite’s rock (Petra tou Romiou), forest steppe by the sea, beating of bushes, 34°39‘54‘‘ N, 32°37‘39‘‘ E, 18.v.2012, 1 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM.
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Demetriou, Jakovos, 2023, A review of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) of Cyprus, including new faunistic records and the description of a new species, pp. 243-265 in Zootaxa 5306 (2) on page 261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/8061315
Monitoring in the Physical Channels of Optical Access Networks
Creators: name: Bogachkov, Igor
name: Gorlov, Nicolay
name: Monastyrskaya, Tatiana
name: Medvedeva, Natalya
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 004

description: This research concerns the issues of monitoring in the physical channels optical access networks. This is relevant because automated diagnostic and monitoring systems in passive optical networks (PONs) are not available at the moment. The authors discuss the technique for monitoring physical channels of the tree to-pology in PONs by Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) using end reflections. The paper analyses the main factors affecting the transmission and mechanical characteristics of the optical fiber, presents the results of the comparative analysis of optical fiber deformation measurement methods, and justifies the appli-cation of the technique based on the principles of Mandelstam-Brillouin scattering. Also, it provides the the-oretical basis and the calculated relations, which allow us to evaluate the main functional capabilities of BOTDA reflectometry. The feasibility of monitoring the physical channels of the tree topology of the optical access network by Brillouin analysis in the time domain using end reflections is evaluated.
A Hybrid Model of Categorization
Creators: name: Anderson, John R.
name: Betz, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Category learning is often modeled as either an exemplar-based or a rule-based process. This paper shows that both strategies can be combined in a cognitive architecture that was developed to model other task domains. Variations on the exemplar-based random walk (EBRW) model of Nosofsky and Palmeri (1997b) and the rule-plus-exception (RULEX) rule-based model of Nosofsky, Palmeri, and McKinley (1994) were implemented in the ACT-R cognitive architecture. The architecture allows the two strategies to be mixed to produce classification behavior. The combined system reproduces latency, learning, and generalization data from three category-learning experiments—Nosofsky and Palmeri (1997b), Nosofsky et al., and Erickson and Kruschke (1998). It is concluded that EBRW and ACT-R have different but equivalent means of incorporating similarity and practice. In addition, ACT-R brings a theory of strategy selection that enables the exemplar and the rule-based strategies to be mixed.
A review and comparison of mapping and trajectory selection algorithms
Creators: name: Vershininand, Dmitrii
name: Mylnikov, Leonid
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 004

description: The dire need to solve orientation and localization tasks is directly related to the development of autonomous robotics systems as autonomous modules. In this article, we have reviewed and analyzed possible areas and peculiarities when implementing existing localization approaches in autonomous robotics systems operating under various weather conditions with possible obstacles on their way without preliminarily generated maps. In the paper, we especially pay attention to existing SLAM algorithms and a multitude of hardware concerned with this problem. Every considered and addressed algorithm in this paper comes with its main principles and generated, as a result of its performance, map type. The comparison of the algorithms was mainly based on the data of several articles and projects, in which almost perfect indoor experiments without any weather impact in order to examine the efficiency of the algorithms were conducted. Using the results acquired by the authors, a comparative table with main statistics for every considered algorithm was created. Apart from that, similar statistics for trajectory selection algorithms that meant to help researchers solve scenario/scripted tasks were covered. As a result of our review piece, we presented a ranging technique for the pair algorithms/sensors that uses the renowned TOPSIS outranking methodology. The proposed approach may become of significant help while selecting the pair for every case study.
Xyletinus (Xyletinus) sveci Zahradnik 2016
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Demetriou, Jakovos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anobiidae
Xyletinus
Xyletinus sveci

description: Xyletinus (Xyletinus) sveci Zahradník, 2016
Distribution. Greece (continental part and Crete I.) (Zahradník 2016a). New species for Cyprus.
Material examined. Paphos, prov., Pomos, forest steppe and fruit orchards, beating of bushes evening and night, 100 m a. s. l., 35°09‘37‘‘ N, 32°32‘45‘‘ E, 25. v. 2017, 1 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM.
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Demetriou, Jakovos, 2023, A review of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) of Cyprus, including new faunistic records and the description of a new species, pp. 243-265 in Zootaxa 5306 (2) on page 261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/8061315
Optimal planning and design of waste-to-energy plant for aquaculture systems
Creators: name: Ighravwe, Desmond Eseoghene
name: Solomon Abijah, Akpevweoghene
name: Osezua Aikhuele, Daniel
name: Thomas Ajayi, Sunday
name: Adeleke Adeyiga, Johnson
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: Background: Several aquaculture industries in underdeveloped nations use fossil fuel-powered generators to produce electricity. This pattern has raised greenhouse gas emissions as well as the price of aquaculture products. Methods: To address this issue, this study contains a bi-objective model that optimizes the parametric settings of waste-to-energy (WTE) plants for aquaculture firms: Levelized cost of energy and power expenses for reverse logistics. The best values for these objectives were created using a genetic algorithm and goal programming. Results: Four planning periods were taken into account during implementation, and actual data were gathered from a Nigerian aquaculture company. The electricity costs from biodiesel ranged from N0.7541 per kW to N0.7628 per kW, respectively. Reverse logistics has energy costs ranging from N6 329 492.10 to N7 121 015.53. The proposed model produced average values for several WTE parametric parameters, including a 1.69 million kg hydrogen gas, a 59.16% hydrogen gas compression efficiency, and an 83.39% electricity conversion efficiency. Furthermore, the system had logistics’ minimum and maximum fractions of 0.18% and 21%, respectively. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated how WTE parametric parameters impact the aquaculture industry’s electrical power unit
Asymptotically (A)dS dilaton black holes with nonlinear electrodynamics
Creators: name: Hajkhalili, S.
name: Sheykhi, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is well-known that with an appropriate combination of three Liouville-type dilaton potentials, one can construct charged dilaton black holes in an (anti)-de Sitter [(A)dS] spaces in the presence of linear Maxwell field. However, asymptotically (A)dS dilaton black holes coupled to nonlinear gauge field have not been found. In this paper, we construct, for the first time, three new classes of dilaton black hole solutions in the presence of three types of nonlinear electrodynamics, namely Born-Infeld, Logarithmic and Exponential nonlinear electrodynamics. All these solutions are asymptotically (A)dS and in the linear regime reduce to the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton black holes in AdS spaces. We investigate physical properties and the causal structure, as well as asymptotic behavior of the obtained solutions, and show that depending on the values of the metric parameters, the singularity can be covered by various horizons. Interestingly enough, we find that the coupling of dilaton field and nonlinear gauge field in the background of (A)dS spaces leads to a strange behaviour for the electric field. We observe that the electric field is zero at singularity and increases smoothly until reaches a maximum value, then it decreases smoothly until goes to zero as $r\rightarrow\infty$. The maximum value of the electric field increases with increasing the nonlinear parameter $β$ or decreasing the dilaton coupling $α$ and is shifted to the singularity in the absence of either dilaton field ($α=0$) or nonlinear gauge field ($β\rightarrow\infty$).
description: 24 pages
Time Reversal in Neutrino Oscillations
Creators: name: Henley, Ernest M.
name: Johnson, Mikkel B.
name: Kisslinger, Leonard S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We estimate the time reversal violations for neutrino oscillations in matter for typical experimental energies and baselines. We examine the present status of experiments on neutrino oscillations, propose experiments for TRV, and discuss the future.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures
Advanced method of land cover classification based on high spatial resolution data and convolutional neural network
Creators: name: Shelestov, Andrii
name: Yailymov, Bohdan
name: Yailymova, Hanna
name: Shumilo, Leonid
name: Lavreniuk, Mykola
name: Lavreniuk, Alla
name: Sylantyev, Sergiy
name: Kussul, Nataliia
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 004

description: Based on modern satellite products Planet with high spatial resolution 3 meters, authors of this paper improved the neural network methodology for constructing land cover classification maps based on satellite data of high spatial resolution using the latest architectures of convolutional neural networks. The process of information features formation for types of land cover is described and the method of land cover type classification on the basis of satellite data of high spatial resolution is improved. A method for filtering artificial objects and other types of land cover using a probabilistic channel is proposed, and a convolutional neural network architecture to classify high-resolution spatial satellite data is developed. The problem of building density maps for the quarters of the city atlas construction is solved and the metrics for estimating the accuracy of classification map construction methods are analyzed. This will make it possible to obtain high-precision building maps to calculate the building area by functional segments of the Urban Atlas and monitor the development of the city in time. This will make it possible to create the first geospatial analogue of the product Copernicus Urban Atlas for Kyiv using high spatial resolution data. This Urban Atlas will be the first such product in Ukraine, which can be further extended to other cities in Ukraine. As a further development, the authors plan to create a methodology for combining satellite and in-situ air quality monitoring data in the city based on the developed Urban Atlas, which will provide high-precision layers of PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations with high spatial and temporal resolution of Ukraine.
Additional file 6 of Evolution of PHAS loci in the young spike of Allohexaploid wheat
Creators: name: Zhang, Rongzhi
name: Huang, Siyuan
name: Li, Shiming
name: Song, Guoqi
name: Li, Yulian
name: Li, Wei
name: Li, Jihu
name: Gao, Jie
name: Gu, Tiantian
name: Li, Dandan
name: Zhang, Shujuan
name: Li, Genying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 6: Supplementary Figure 6. The correlation between the percentage of mapped 21- and 24-PHAS to the AA, DD and AABB genomes and the times of ploidy.
title: Hydraulic Performance of Homogeneous Low-Crested Structures
Creators: name: Medina, Josep
name: Gómez-Martín, M. Esther
name: Mares-Nasarre, Patricia
name: Odériz, Itxaso
name: Mendoza, Edgar
name: Silva, Rodolfo
Publisher: name: Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau
Year: 2019

description: Presented at: Coastal Structures Conference 2019, Hannover, Germany, September 30th – October 2nd, 2019
On the Triggers of Hazardous Border Crossings: Evidence from the US-Mexican Border
Creators: name: Chau, Nancy H.
name: Garip, Filiz
name: Oritz-Bobea, Ariel
name: Chau, Nancy H.
name: Garip, Filiz
name: Oritz-Bobea, Ariel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Border Walls
subject: Trade Walls
subject: Migrant Border Crossing

description: We study the self-selection of migrants at crossing locations along the Mexican-U.S. border distinguished by stark differences in physiography and border enforcement intensities. We model the triggers of hazardous crossings, and reveal self-selection patters that are alternative-specific: individuals with low economic prospects at origin communities are favorably selected at high-risk, high-reward crossing locations. Using comprehensive migrant journey level trajectories from the Mexican Migration Project (1980-2005), and identification based on enforcement reforms, community-level trade and weather shocks, as well as migrant-specificc characteristics, we estimate a McFadden choice model of border crossing. Results confirm the negative-selection of migrants in high-risk, high-likelihood of success border crossing locations, in addition to nuanced variations when economic shocks are idiosyncratic rather than permanent. The implications of these observations on the effectiveness of border walls and trade walls in mediating cross-border migration flows are also discussed.
A higher sense of purpose in life is associated with sexual enjoyment in midlife women.
Creators: name: Prairie, Beth A.
name: Scheier, Michael
name: Matthews, Karen A.
name: Chung-Chou H. Chang
name: Hess, Rachel
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to understand the association between sense of purpose in life and sexual well-being in a cohort of midlife women. METHODS: Participation in partnered sexual activities and indicators of sexual well-being (the engagement in and enjoyment of sexually intimate activities) were measured in a longitudinal cohort of 677 eligible women aged 40 to 65 years. At a single time point, women completed the Life Engagement Test, a measure of life purpose. Univariable and multivariable mixed models were used to assess the association between the Life Engagement Test and longitudinal sexual well-being. RESULTS: A higher sense of purpose in life was associated with higher levels of enjoyment (coefficient = 2.89, P < 0.001) but not with participation in partnered sexual activity (coefficient = 0.49, P = 0.63) or engagement in partnered sexually intimate activities (coefficient = 1.0, P = 0.30). Participation was associated with younger age, lower body mass index, being married, reporting any vaginal dryness, and better emotional well-being. Hormone therapy use approached, but did not reach significance in association with participation, with P = 0.05. Engagement in sexually intimate activities was associated with younger age, more social support, and better emotional well-being. Higher levels of enjoyment were associated with more social support, better emotional well-being, and less vaginal dryness. Menopause status was not associated with engagement or enjoyment, and only being 5 years or more postmenopausal was related to decreased participation. CONCLUSIONS: Higher sense of purpose in life is associated with more enjoyment of sexually intimate activities, adjusting for other known factors that influence sexual well-being and independent of demographic factors and menopause or hormone therapy status.
Time-Depentent Hartree-Fock description of heavy ions fusion
Creators: name: Simenel, Cédric
name: Avez, Benoît
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A microscopic mean-field description of heavy ions fusion is performed in the framework of the Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory using a Skyrme interaction with the SLy4d parametrization. A good agreement with experiments is obtained on the position of the fusion barriers for various total masses, mass asymmetries and deformations. The excitation function of the 16O+208Pb is overestimated by about 16% above the barrier. The restriction to an independent particles state in the mean-field dynamics prevents the description of sub-barrier fusion. Effect of transfer on fusion is discussed.
A first nonperturbative calculation in light-front QED for an arbitrary covariant gauge
Creators: name: Chabysheva, S. S.
name: Hiller, J. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work is the first check of gauge invariance for nonperturbative calculations in light-front QED. To quantize QED in an arbitrary covariant gauge, we use a light-front analog of the equal-time Stueckelberg quantization. Combined with a Pauli-Villars regularization, where massive, negative-metric photons and fermions are included in the Lagrangian, we are then able to construct the light-front QED Hamiltonian and the associated mass eigenvalue problem in a Fock-space representation. The formalism is applied to the dressed-electron state, with a Fock-space truncation to include at most one photon. From this eigenstate, we compute the anomalous magnetic moment. The result is found to be gauge independent, to an order in $α$ consistent with the truncation.
description: 22 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX 4.1; minor additions and corrections
Методология технологического знания
Creators: name: Шумилкин Николай Николаевич
Publisher: name: Теория и практика общественного развития
Year: 2011
Subjects: ТЕХНОЛОГИЯ
ЗНАНИЯ
КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТЬ
ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ЗНАНИЯ
ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТЬ

description: В статье раскрывается специфика технологического знания и выявляются основные положения его методологии.
Conversion and use of Solar Energy Calculation Methodology for Photovoltaic Systems
Creators: name: Saitov, Elyor
name: Jurayev, Obid
name: Axrorova, Sevara
name: Ismailov, Jushqinbek
name: Baymirzaev, Bakhtiyor
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 004

description: The needs of the population and industry for electrical energy are limited by oil and gas reserves, which leads to the need to use renewable energy sources. Myanmar is one of the developing countries in Asia. Its specific power consumption is low compared to neighboring countries. Currently, one of the most important tasks of the electric power industry is to ensure reliable, uninterrupted power supply to all industrial and domestic facilities. At the same time, the development of small solar photovoltaic installations (PMT), operating both in parallel with the grid and in autonomous mode, can improve the power supply of closely located consumers more efficiently and faster than the development of a large power system. Therefore, the work devoted to the improvement of the equipment of a small solar photovoltaic installation is relevant and of great practical importance.
The Evolution of Multiplanetary Systems With Misaligned USP Planets
Creators: name: Brefka, Lucas
name: Becker, Juliette
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Exoplanets
Exoplanet Dynamics
Exoplanet Systems

description: Ultra-short period (USP) planets are exoplanets which orbit within the magnetic truncation gap of their respective star. There are several known systems in which the USP planet in a multi-planet system orbits misaligned to the plane of the outer planets. TESS offers a unique opportunity to observe a large number of transiting systems and find these misaligned planets. With this poster I explore the unique parameters of such a system, hoping to answer the question of how such a geometry comes about. I explore the relationship between the inclination of the USP planet and the quadrupole moment (J2) of the star TOI-125, investigating whether this relationship is parameter-dependent by comparing it with the misaligned system K2-266. I used the secular perturbation theory to assess this effect of J2on inclination and determine the planets’ eigenfrequencies. N-body simulations were also used to test how the misalignment changes with changing J2, as stars tend to “spin down” with age. I intend to derive a better understanding of systems with misaligned USP planets and how these parameters can occur. This will also help to expand our knowledge of how systems evolve with time through an ever decreasing J2.
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Reliability Measurements: Methods And Estimation In Healthcare Research
Creators: name: Balasubramanian, N.
name: S, Sudha Rani
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420599
subject: Nursing not elsewhere classified

description: The primary purpose of this paper is to discuss the idea of reliability for research. The authors present methods
for calculating statistical reliability. Reliability is crucial for tests intended to be stable across time. That means
that if a user conducted a test multiple times, its result should be identical every time. Although it's impossible to
determine reliability precisely, there are ways to assess it. Each instrument has an element of reliability. This
article focuses on methods for computing reliability in quantitative information, including ratio and interval data.
Interval data has equally spaced intervals between the numbers; however, they aren't connected to the actual zero
point and do not accurately represent the quantity. Ratio data comprises numbers that represent units that have
equal intervals. They are measured from a true zero. Reliability refers to how much the test, process, or
instrument (such as an instrument or questionnaire) produces similar results under different conditions as long as
nothing else has changed. Stability, internal consistency, and equivalence are all reliability measures employed
in research. Stability is the term used to describe the instrument's capacity to give the same results using repeated
measurements. Internal consistency refers to all components of the apparatus having an identical concept,
feature, or characteristic. Equivalence signifies that the device yields exact results when similar or parallel
procedures or instruments are employed.
Escape of ionizing radiation from high redshift dwarf galaxies: role of AGN feedback
Creators: name: Trebitsch, Maxime
name: Volonteri, Marta
name: Dubois, Yohan
name: Madau, Piero
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: While low mass, star forming galaxies are often considered as the primary driver of reionization, their actual contribution to the cosmic ultraviolet background is still uncertain, mostly because the escape fraction of ionizing photons is only poorly constrained. Theoretical studies have shown that efficient supernova feedback is a necessary condition to create paths through which ionizing radiation can escape into the intergalactic medium. We investigate the possibility that accreting supermassive black holes in early dwarf galaxies may provide additional feedback and enhance the leakage of ionizing radiation. We use a series of high resolution cosmological radiation hydrodynamics simulations where we isolate the different sources of feedback. We find that supernova feedback prevents the growth of the black hole, thus quenching its associated feedback. Even in cases where the black hole can grow, the structure of the interstellar medium is strongly dominated by supernova feedback. We conclude that, in the dwarf galaxy regime, supermassive black holes do not appear to play a significant role in enhancing the escape fraction and in contributing to the early UV background.
description: 13+4 pages, 12+7 figures. Submitted to MNRAS
A Global Measure of Perceived Stress
Creators: name: Cohen, Sheldon
name: Kamarck, Tom
name: Mermelstein, Robin
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This paper presents evidence from three samples, two of college students and one of participants in a community smoking-cessation program, for the reliability and validity of a 14-item instrument, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), designed to measure the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. The PSS showed adequate reliability and, as predicted, was correlated with life-event scores, depressive and physical symptomatology, utilization of health services, social anxiety, and smoking-reduction maintenance. In all comparisons, the PSS was a better predictor of the outcome in question than were life-event scores. When compared to a depressive symptomatology scale, the PSS was found to measure a different and independently predictive construct. Additional data indicate adequate reliability and validity of a four-item version of the PSS for telephone interviews. The PSS is suggested for examining the role of nonspecific appraised stress in the etiology of disease and behavioral disorders and as an outcome measure of experienced levels of stress.