cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Search for production of resonant states in the photon-jet mass distribution using pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This Letter describes a model-independent search for production of new resonant states in photon-jet events in 2.11 fb^-1 of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. We compare the photon-jet mass distribution to a data-driven background estimate and find consistency with the background hypothesis. Given the lack of evidence for a signal, we set 95% CL limits on generic Gaussian-shape signals and on a benchmark excited-quark (q*) model, excluding 2 TeV Gaussian resonances with cross section times branching ratio times acceptance times efficiency near 5 fb and excluding q* masses below 2.46 TeV, respectively.
description: 5 pages plus author list (18 pages total), 3 figures, revised author list, matches Physical Review Letters version
title: Духовные, социальные и антропологические последствия современного использования языка религиозных знаков и символов
Creators: name: Мерцалова, И. О.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: Статья посвящена проблемам современного использования языка религиозных знаков и символов. Автор совершает попытку обозначить ряд тем, заслуживающих особого внимания в условиях современности: социальные, культурные и духовно-нравственные перспективы манипуляций сакральными знаками и символами, а также антропологические последствия бездумного использования религиозных символов в повседневности.
Addressing the challenge of linking data and scientific papers within the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre
Creators: name: Zwölf Carlo Maria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: VAMDC
data citation
atomic and molecular data
e-infrastructure
data-article link

description: In this presentation we described methods, techniques and procedures for efficiently interlinking data and scientific articles within the VAMDC infrastructure
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I beni culturali di interesse religioso tra Intesa nazionale e accordi regionali (“vecchi” e “nuovi”)
Creators: name: Bolgiani, Isabella
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Beni culturali

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione
SOMMARIO: 1. Il principio di collaborazione tra autorità civili e religiose - 2. Lo sviluppo delle intese sul piano regionale - 3. Gli accordi regionali vigenti – 4. L’attuale quadro normativo: il doppio livello centro-periferia – 5. Il coinvolgimento degli organi periferici del Ministero - 6. Le ulteriori prospettive di un sistema complesso - 7. Conclusioni.
The cultural goods of religious interest between national agreement and ("old" and "new") regional agreements
Abstract: The Agreement of 1984 deals with the relations between Catholic Church and State regarding cultural heritage in Italy (Article 12). This law gives rise to a complex and articulated system, because essentially based on two-tier “center-periphery”. This dual implementation plan deserves some insights in the light of the reforms that have involved the field of cultural heritage in general and the organization of the Ministry (MiBAC). Also be studied some recent and significant changes in the applications of such laws that appear indicative of the process of collaboration in action.
Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Catholic Church, Cooperation, State-Church Relations
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 5 novembre
Spirits and identity in nineteenth-century Northeastern Japan : Hirata Kokugaku and the Tsugaru disciples
Creators: name: Fujiwara, Gideon
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: While previous research on kokugaku, or nativism, has explained how intellectuals imagined the singular community of Japan, this study sheds light on how posthumous disciples of Hirata Atsutane based in Tsugaru juxtaposed two “countries”—their native Tsugaru and Imperial Japan—as they transitioned from early modern to modern society in the nineteenth century. This new perspective recognizes the multiplicity of community in “Japan,” which encompasses the domain, multiple levels of statehood, and “nation,” as uncovered in recent scholarship. My analysis accentuates the shared concerns of Atsutane and the Tsugaru nativists toward spirits and the spiritual realm, ethnographic studies of commoners, identification with the north, and religious thought and worship. I chronicle the formation of this scholarly community through their correspondence with the head academy in Edo (later Tokyo), and identify their autonomous character. Hirao Rosen conducted ethnography of Tsugaru and the “world” through visiting the northern island of Ezo in 1855, and observing Americans, Europeans, and Qing Chinese stationed there. I show how Rosen engaged in self-orientation and utilized Hirata nativist theory to locate Tsugaru within the spiritual landscape of Imperial Japan. Through poetry and prose, leader Tsuruya Ariyo identified Mount Iwaki as a sacred pillar of Tsugaru, and insisted one could experience “enjoyment” from this life and beyond death in the realm of spirits. The Tsugaru nativists’ cause was furthered when their domain of Hirosaki switched allegiance from the Tokugawa to Imperial forces in the Boshin War of 1868 to 1869, and a domainal samurai from their group fought and died for the emperor. This young samurai was among 64 fallen soldiers who were honoured and deified in the shōkonsai ritual performed by Shinto priests of the group, an event which distinguished the domain as a loyal supporter of Imperial Japan. In conclusion, I describe the Tsugaru nativists’ experience of modernity, as members carried out religious reform, immortalized the domain through editing histories and poetry collections, and observed the rise of Hirata nativism in the creation of the Meiji state, only to witness its decline in a society which modernized rapidly, while embracing new and foreign intellectual influences.
title: Dynamic Ultrasonography of the Shoulder - Standard Procedure and Normal Anatomy
Creators: name: Aguiar, Ana Isabel
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Anatomy
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Education
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of this educational poster is to depict and explain the technique of dynamic ultrasonography of the shoulder and review the fundamental anatomical structures with characteristic US...
title: Practical approach to spinal ultrasound in the newborn
Creators: name: Vouk, Matej
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Congenital
subject: Education
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Obstetrics (Pregnancy / birth / postnatal period)
subject: Neuroradiology spine
subject: CNS

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of this poster is: To present advantages, disadvantages and indications for spinal ultrasound in newborns (SUN), To describe technique, tips and tricks for successful examination, to briefly discuss ultrasound (US) patterns of possible...
Object Detection on Unmanned Arial Vehicles Dataset Using Adaptive HydraNet
Creators: name: Naseri Golestani, Sara
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Multitask Learning
subject: Object Detection
subject: Multilabel Classification
subject: UAV Datasets
subject: Artificial Intelligence

description: Recent years have witnessed substantial developments in object detection methods. However, detecting medium and small objects on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) datasets remains a significant challenge due to the limitations of the current backbone architecture of these methods. This limitation arises from the architecture's multilabel classification step, which lacks precision in detecting small objects and consumes large amounts of computational resources. This study proposes a novel solution to overcome this limitation by introducing AHydraNet, a multitask learning module based on the low-cost dynamic multitask architecture HydraNet. AHydraNet is a multilabel classification template with an adaptive threshold that enhances the precision of the detection for small and medium-sized objects. We integrate AHydraNet into the Mask R-CNN's backbone by introducing a smaller module called the Adaptive Branching Network (ABN), which applies AHydraNet to all the output feature maps of the feature pyramid network. The resulting model is called AHydraFPN. The performance of AHydraFPN is evaluated on two popular datasets, MS-COCO and Arial-Cars, and compare it with the performance of Mask R-CNN. Our experimental results demonstrate that AHydraFPN achieves a significant improvement on average recall (AR) than the baseline model. These results indicate that our proposed solution can remarkably improve the detection of small and medium-sized objects on UAV datasets.
Geometric Phases generated by the non-trivial spatial topology of static vector fields coupled to a neutral spin-endowed particle. Application to 171Yb atoms trapped in a 2D optical lattice
Creators: name: Bouchiat, Marie-Anne
name: Bouchiat, Claude
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have constructed the geometric phases emerging from the non-trivial topology of a space-dependent magnetic field, interacting with the spin magnetic moment of a neutral particle. Our basic tool is the local unitary transformation which recasts the magnetic spin interaction under a diagonal form. Rewriting the kinetic term in the "rotated" frame requires the introduction of non-Abelian covariant derivatives, involving the gradients of the Euler angles which define the orientation of the local field. Within the rotated frame, we have built a perturbation scheme,assuming that the longitudinal non-Abelian field component dominates the transverse ones, to be evaluated to second-order. The geometry embedded in the longitudinal gauge vector field and its curl, the geometric magnetic field, is described by the associated Aharonov-Bohm phase. As an illustration, we study the physics of cold 171Yb atoms dressed by two sets of circularly polarized beams, forming square or triangular 2D optical lattices. The geometric field is computed explicitly from the Euler angles. The magnitude of 2nd-order corrections due to transverse fields can be reduced to the percent level by a choice of light intensity which keeps the dressed atom loss rate below 5 s^{-1}. An auxiliary optical lattice confines the atoms within 2D domains where the geometric field is pointing upward.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures. Comments and one figure added about the effect of the additional scalar potential (sec. V.B). To be published in J. Phys. A:Math. Theor
title: Progression of cerebral lesion patterns in patients with ACTA2 Argenine 179 gene mutation
Creators: name: Lauer, Arne
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Paediatric
subject: MR
subject: Education
subject: Genetic defects

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Mutations at Arg179 in the ACTA2 gene cause a severe multi-systemic disease characterized by diffuse smooth muscle dysfunction (lung, bladder, bowel disease), aortic aneurysms and devastating cerebrovascular disease. While acute ischemic stroke and...
title: Switzerland–Ireland. The diplomatic relations of two island nations 1918–1992
Creators: name: Hirschi, Jonas
Publisher: name: Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz (Dodis)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 6.1
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: Saggi di Dodis 5 (2023/3)
description: Ireland and Switzerland are two island nations: While Ireland is a geographical island, Switzerland is a political one. Despite this – or perhaps precisely because of it – the two states pursue different foreign policies. This is also evident in bilateral relations: Even before it became a state, Ireland tried to establish contact with Switzerland through clandestine diplomacy, which the latter tried to prevent. It was only with the opening of the respective diplomatic missions and the end of the Second World War that bilateral relations could be normalised. Nevertheless, inter-state relations remained superficial during the Cold War and were mainly characterised by an absence of bilateral visits. It was not until Ireland took over the presidency of the European Community in 1984 and 1990 that Swiss interest in Ireland increased. It is, however, precisely because relations between Ireland and Switzerland were so conflict-free and superficial that they paint an authentic picture of the foreign policy of the two states.
description: Irland und die Schweiz sind Inselstaaten: Irland ist eine geografische Insel, die Schweiz eine politische. Trotzdem – oder vielleicht gerade deshalb – verfolgen die beiden Staaten eine unterschiedliche Aussenpolitik. Dies zeigt sich auch in den bilateralen Beziehungen: Irland versuchte noch vor der Staatswerdung mit einer klandestinen Diplomatie Kontakt zur Schweiz aufzubauen, was diese zu verhindern versuchte. Erst mit der Eröffnung der jeweiligen diplomatischen Vertretungen und dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs normalisierten sich die bilateralen Beziehungen. Dennoch blieben die zwischenstaatlichen Beziehungen im Kalten Krieg oberflächlich und waren hauptsächlich durch das Ausbleiben von bilateralen Besuchen gekennzeichnet. Erst als Irland 1984 und 1990 die Präsidentschaft der EG übernahm, nahm das Interesse der Schweiz an Irland zu. Doch gerade, weil die Beziehungen zwischen Irland und der Schweiz so konfliktfrei und oberflächlich gestaltet waren, zeichnen sie ein authentisches Bild der Aussenpolitik der beiden Staaten.
Antimicrobial Stewardship: A One Health approach with a focus on antimicrobial reduction in dairy cattle
Creators: name: McCubbin, Kayley Dawn
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Antimicrobial Resistance
subject: Antimicrobial Stewardship
subject: One Health
subject: Dairy Industry
subject: Veterinary Science
subject: Public Health

description: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered one of the greatest threats facing humanity. Without intervention, AMR impacts are expected to be substantial, compromising human, animal, environmental health. The complex interplay of contributing factors highlights the need for a One Health approach in AMR mitigation. Improving antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is an integral component of AMR mitigation success. Therefore, thesis objectives included: 1) describe the current state of AMR knowledge in Canada available in the literature, and identify the gaps in our understanding; 2) identify perspectives of AMS, including perceived drivers and barriers across the One Health spectrum of relevant Canadian professionals; 3) focus on the dairy industry as an example where AMS efforts are possible through selective dry cow therapy (SDCT); and 4) describe current SDCT uptake and related practices in the Canadian dairy industry. Current limitations in the understanding of AMR in Canada are described through a comprehensive review focussed on: 1) treatment optimization; 2) surveillance of antimicrobial use (AMU) and AMR; and 3) prevention of transmission of AMR. Whereas identified barriers to AMS described by Canadian professionals included: 1) lack of various prescribing and AMU support mechanisms; 2) shift in prescriber attitudes to drive change; and 3) stronger economic considerations to support shifting prescribing practices. Only treating cows who could benefit from antimicrobials at drying off (i.e., SDCT), represents an opportunity to reduce AMU in the dairy industry. A narrative review was conducted summarizing available literature regarding impacts of SDCT on udder health, milk production, economics, AMU motivations, and AMR. An observational study was conducted utilizing 2 in-person questionnaires between July 2019 and September 2021 on 144 dairy farms in 5 Canadian provinces. Overall, 31% reported adopting SDCT, with approximately 50% less intramammary AMU at drying off compared to treating all cows. A slight majority of farms (56%) applied teat sealants (TS) to all cows at drying off, whereas 12% used TS selectively, and 32% did not use TS. Results highlighted the variability in antimicrobial and TS use protocols at drying off on Canadian dairy farms, and the potential for further AMU reduction with increased SDCT adoption.
Ion-lithium collision dynamics studied with an in-ring MOTReMi
Creators: name: Fischer, D.
name: Globig, D.
name: Goullon, J.
name: Grieser, M.
name: Hubele, R.
name: de Jesus, V. L. B.
name: Kelkar, A.
name: LaForge, A.
name: Lindenblatt, H.
name: Misra, D.
name: Najjari, B.
name: Schneider, K.
name: Schulz, M.
name: Sell, M.
name: Wang, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel experimental tool allowing for kinematically complete studies of break-up processes of laser-cooled atoms. This apparatus, the 'MOTReMi', is a combination of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) and a Reaction Microscope (ReMi). Operated in an ion-storage ring, the new setup enables to study the dynamics in swift ion-atom collisions on an unprecedented level of precision and detail. In first experiments on collisions with 1.5 MeV/amu O$^{8+}$-Li the pure ionization of the valence electron as well as ionization-excitation of the lithium target has been investigated.
Complex 2D Matrix Model and Geometrical Map on Complex-Nc Plane
Creators: name: Nawa, Kanabu
name: Ozaki, Sho
name: Nagahiro, Hideko
name: Jido, Daisuke
name: Hosaka, Atsushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the parameter dependence of the internal structure of resonance states by formulating Complex two-dimensional (2D) Matrix Model, where the two dimensions represent two-levels of resonances. We calculate a critical value of the parameter at which "nature transition" with character exchange occurs between two resonance states, from the viewpoint of geometry on complex-parameter space. Such critical value is useful to know the internal structure of resonance states with variation of the parameter in the system. We apply the model to analyze the internal structure of hadrons with variation of the color number Nc from infinity to a realistic value 3. By regarding 1/Nc as the variable parameter in our model, we calculate a critical color number of nature transition between hadronic states in terms of quark-antiquark pair and mesonic molecule as exotics from the geometry on complex-Nc plane. For the large-Nc effective theory, we employ the chiral Lagrangian induced by holographic QCD with D4/D8/D8-bar multi-D brane system in the type IIA superstring theory.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, figures and appendixes added, results unchanged
title: Post contrast double inversion recovery in the evaluation of cerebral tumors
Creators: name: Grasso, Daniela
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The DIR sequences represent a recent imaging modality able to provide a high contrast between areas of altered neoplastic signal and sorrounding white matter throughthe dual suppression of the liquor and fat signal. The purpose of our study is to...
title: Сторителлинг: от повседневного формата к медийному
Creators: name: Михайлова, Е. Н.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: В статье рассмотрены основные особенности сторителлинга в качестве медиажанра. Также изучены изменения, которые произошли в формате рассказывания историй с появлением медиа. Описаны актуальные тенденции сторителлинга в медиасреде. Выделены виды и принципы, которых придерживаются авторы в формате рассказывания историй. На примере устного (подкаст) и письменного (статья) жанров выделены главные
отличия каждого из них. Указаны обязательные элементы, которые присутствуют в сторителлинге вне зависимости от способа подачи информации.
Amplicon Deep Sequencing Elucidates the Complexity of Infection in Pathogens of Global Health Importance
Creators: name: Castañeda Mogollón, Daniel
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Amplicon Deep Sequencing
subject: Plasmodium falciparum
subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: Clostridioides difficile
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have revolutionized the field of genomics, diagnostics, and surveillance. NGS enables rapid, cost-effective, and high-throughput analysis of nucleic acids. Many clinical applications of NGS can be used for detecting genetic variants associated with a disease, treatment failure, or surveillance purposes. Amplicon deep sequencing (ADS) is a powerful and highly sensitive molecular tool that allows for the characterization of an amplified product from a genomic region of interest. ADS can be used to accurately detect single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), perform small genome assembly, identify the components within a microbial community, and act as a surveillance tool for pathogens of interest. In this thesis, I have described the applicability of ADS to three different microorganisms belonging to three taxonomic systems: Clostridioides difficile (a Gram-positive bacteria), SARS-CoV-2 (positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus), and Plasmodium falciparum (protozoan parasite). The findings of ADS applied to patients with C. difficile infection (CDI) have shown that the gut microbial diversity of CDI individuals is significantly lower when compared to a healthy cohort or to symptomatic patients with no CDI. ADS was also employed for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) and variants of interest (VOI) by amplifying and sequencing the S gene of the virus, followed by a haplotype assessment. The results of this experiment indicate that ADS generates a higher depth of coverage which increases the likelihood of calling a VOC/VOI. The workflow employed here allowed for the appropriate mutant analysis of samples with a low viral load (Ct > 30). Finally, ADS was utilized for haplotype assessment and SNP calling in two longitudinal studies of patients diagnosed with P. falciparum malaria under constant treatment. The results of the study have demonstrated the superior power of ADS over traditional genotyping techniques. Overall, the findings in this thesis contribute to the literature on the epidemiological and transmission variables revolving around SARS-CoV-2, Clostridioides difficile, and Plasmodium falciparum. Amplicon deep sequencing can be easily scalable and adapted to any biological system to examine the behaviour of certain pathogens further.
Constraints on Fluid Dynamics from Equilibrium Partition Functions
Creators: name: Banerjee, Nabamita
name: Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy
name: Bhattacharyya, Sayantani
name: Jain, Sachin
name: Minwalla, Shiraz
name: Sharma, Tarun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the thermal partition function of quantum field theories on arbitrary stationary background spacetime, and with arbitrary stationary background gauge fields, in the long wavelength expansion. We demonstrate that the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics are significantly constrained by the requirement of consistency with any partition function. In examples at low orders in the derivative expansion we demonstrate that these constraints coincide precisely with the equalities between hydrodynamical transport coefficients that follow from the local form of the second law of thermodynamics. In particular we recover the results of Son and Surowka on the chiral magnetic and chiral vorticity flows, starting from a local partition function that manifestly reproduces the field theory anomaly, without making any reference to an entropy current. We conjecture that the relations between transport coefficients that follow from the second law of thermodynamics agree to all orders in the derivative expansion with the constraints described in this paper.
description: Typos corrected, References added
Expanded Single and Multicomponent Adsorption/Desorption Isotherm Research
Creators: name: Wolf, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Adsorption
subject: Desorption
subject: Langmuir
subject: Unconventional
subject: Single component
subject: Multicomponent
subject: Natural gas
subject: Engineering--Petroleum
subject: Chemistry--Physical

description: Within unconventional reservoirs, gas is stored in a free gas phase (occupying the reservoir’s pore space), in an adsorbed gas phase (where gas is stored on the surface of the rock matrix), and as diffused gas within kerogen (which is outside of the scope of this thesis). Because adsorbed gas exhibits a liquid-like density, significantly more gas can be stored in the adsorbed phase compared to the free gas phase. It is essential to consider these two mechanisms of gas storage when evaluating reservoirs for original gas in place calculations or the implementation of enhanced gas recovery (EGR) techniques. The following thesis aims to further the literature’s comprehension of the effects of multiple parameters simultaneously on adsorption capacity and gas recovery in two comprehensive sets of experiments. The first set of experiments evaluated single component adsorption/desorption isotherms for five different gases (methane, ethane, propane, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide) on activated carbon at three distinct temperatures (30 °C, 45 °C, and 80 °C) up to 1500 psi. The isothermal adsorption and desorption data was calculated using the Gibbs sorption method and modelled with the Langmuir isotherm, where Langmuir parameters for each experiment were determined. The effects of pressure, temperature, gas type, and process (adsorption vs. desorption), as well as the fit of the Langmuir model, were assessed. The second set of experiments expanded upon the previous set, where binary-component mixtures were tested in conjunction with activated carbon, at the three aforementioned temperatures to highlight the effects of competitive adsorption. In this set of experiments, methane was injected into an activated carbon sample and following a “primary production” phase, was displaced by either nitrogen or carbon dioxide in five subsequent injection/production cycles, simulating a huff-n-puff-like displacement. Sorption capacities, changing adsorbed/free gas compositions, selectivity ratios, and recovery factors were determined, and the effects of displacement gas type and temperature were compared. Further, the Langmuir parameters from the first set of experiments were utilized to generate Extended Langmuir models for the binary mixtures and the quality of the model fits were evaluated. The numerous results of both studies are presented in the Conclusions section of this thesis.
Effect of the cosmological constant on the bending of light and the cosmological lens equation
Creators: name: Arakida, Hideyoshi
name: Kasai, Masumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the effect of cosmological constant $Λ$ on the light deflection and its role in the cosmological lens equation. First, we re-examine the motion of photon in the Schwarzschild spacetime, and explicitly describe the trajectory of photon and deflection angle $α$ up to the second-order in $G$. Then the discussion is extended to the contribution of the cosmological constant $Λ$ in the Schwarzschild-de Sitter or Kottler spacetime. Contrary to the previous arguments, we emphasize the following points: (a) the cosmological constant $Λ$ does appear in the orbital equation of light, (b) nevertheless the bending angle of light $α$ does not change its form even if $Λ\neq 0$ since the contribution of $Λ$ is thoroughly absorbed into the definition of the impact parameter, and (c) the effect of $Λ$ is completely involved in the angular diameter distance $D_A$.
description: Revised version accepted for publication in Physical Review D. 5 pages including 3 figures and 4 references are added
Group completion and units in I-spaces
Creators: name: Sagave, Steffen
name: Schlichtkrull, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55P48

description: The category of I-spaces is the diagram category of spaces indexed by finite sets and injections. This is a symmetric monoidal category whose commutative monoids model all E-infinity spaces. Working in the category of I-spaces enables us to simplify and strengthen previous work on group completion and units of E-infinity spaces. As an application we clarify the relation to Gamma-spaces and show how the spectrum of units associated with a commutative symmetric ring spectrum arises through a chain of Quillen adjunctions.
description: v3: 43 pages. Minor revisions, accepted for publication in Algebraic and Geometric Topology
Digital Twins for Distributed Control Systems in IEC 61499
Creators: name: Lesage, Jonathan Lee Vivian
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Distributed Control System
subject: Digital Twin
subject: IEC 61499
subject: Cyber Physical Production Systems
subject: Engineering--Mechanical

description: Digital twins are at the centre of smart manufacturing and production in Industry 4.0. Literature surrounding digital twins demonstrates them to be key in optimizing production systems, monitoring system performance, detecting and predicting faults, intervening in production operations if needed, and even designing new manufacturing systems. They achieve these feats by applying a high-fidelity model of a device built from the understood physics in combination with all available and applicable sensor data, and by establishing a bidirectional communication pathway that allows the digital twin to receive data and send signals. Whatever the goal of a specific digital twin, it typically achieves it by using its model to simulate the physical system in some form. While the features described here are common amongst nearly all digital twins, the concept becomes less clear once the literature is reviewed more thoroughly. Not only do the features of a digital twin vary with different authors, but the method of constructing them varies even further. This issue is noted in research on the topic and acts to bar the application of digital twins in a widespread manner. This thesis aims to resolve this issue for production systems managed through distributed control systems. An architecture for digital twins that makes use of a high level programming language, in this case MATLAB, in combination with IEC61499 function blocks is proposed. The architecture produces a twin capable of the key functions necessary for it to be useful in a production system, such as model construction and system monitoring and simulation, and produces a bi-directional communication pathway which allows it to interact with the device and the remaining control system. The digital twin architecture’s functionality is demonstrated and evaluated through a series of tests. Digital twins are a key element to establishing a distributed intelligent sensing and control system, that is a distributed control system which can self manage and operate intelligently and autonomously. This thesis explains how this may be achieved in the IEC61499 standard, and how the digital twin architecture produced here supports this objective.
Modulated Instability in Five-Dimensional U(1) Charged AdS Black Hole with R**2-term
Creators: name: Takeuchi, Shingo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of R**2 term to the modulated instability in the U(1) charged black hole in five-dimensional Anti-de Sitter space-time. We consider the first-order corrections of R**2 term to the background and the linear order perturbations in the equations of motion. From the analysis, we clarify the effect of R**2 term in the modulated instability, and conclude that fluctuations are stable in the whole bulk in the range of values the coefficient of R**2 term can take.
description: 19 pages, 1 figures; (v4) Published version in JHEP
Moisture sorption and gas emissions during the storage of high moisture woody biomass
Creators: name: He, Xiao
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: Moisture sorption and gas emissions are major processes associated with biomass storage. Depending on the storage conditions, these processes alter the structure and composition of biomass. The objectives of this research are (1) to develop moisture relations for woody biomass exposed to drying and wetting environments; (2) to quantify gas emissions from biomass stored under aerobic and anaerobic conditions; and (3) to develop dry matter loss equations for the stored biomass. Moisture adsorption and desorption (drying) experiments were carried out on Aspen branches in a controlled temperature and humidity chamber. Frequent wetting-drying cycles were simulated by spraying water on the biomass. A lump model for simulating moisture adsorption-desorption was developed and calibrated with experimental results. The model was applied to the Aspen bales stored for one year in the field under natural conditions. The predicted moisture contents using the lump moisture transfer model were found to be in reasonably good agreement with the moisture contents measured in the stored bales. In another set of experiments, gas emissions from stored Western Red Cedar (WRC) and Douglas fir (DF) were analyzed. The emissions of CO₂, CO, H₂ and CH₄, and the depletion of O₂ were measured. The highest total CO₂ emissions from WRC stored in the non-aerobic and aerobic reactors were 2.8 g/kg DM and 6.6 g/kg DM, respectively. Higher gas emissions were measured from stored DF materials than from WRC. Common volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measured using GC-MS were methanol, aldehydes, terpene, acid, acetone, hexane, ketone, benzene, ethers and esters from WRC and DF. The total VOC concentrations were found to have a positive correlation with temperature. The results of microbial analysis were compatible with gas emission results. Positive correlations between percent dry matter losses and gas emissions were found for both aerobic and non-aerobic storage conditions. The summation of gas emissions from aerobic reactors is greater than accumulated gas emissions from non-aerobic reactors over the same storage period. It was found that DF is more readily degradable than WRC. Greens (leaves and twigs) degrade faster than wood chips.
Orbital Linearization of Smooth Completely Integrable Vector Fields
Creators: name: Zung, Nguyen Tien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37G05, 58K50, 37J35

description: The main purpose of this paper is to prove the smooth local orbital linearization theorem for smooth vector fields which admit a complete set of first integrals near a nondegenerate singular point. The main tools used in the proof of this theorem are the formal orbital linearization theorem for formal integrable vector fields, the blowing-up method, and the Sternberg-Chen isomorphism theorem for formally-equivalent smooth hyperbolic vector fields.
Comparison of Completely Positive Maps on Hilbert C*-Modules
Creators: name: Joiţa, Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce a preorder relation in the collection of all operator valued completely positive maps on a full Hilbert C*-module and characterize this relation in terms of the Stinespring construction associated to each completely positive map.
description: Definition 2.8 has been corrected
Understanding the Invasion Dynamics of Mycobacterium avium subspecies Paratuberculosis (MAP)
Creators: name: Baruta, Grace M
Publisher: name: Cumming School of Medicine
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: organoidMycobacterium paratuberculosisMicrofold cell
subject: Biology--Physiology
subject: Biology--Veterinary Science

description: Paratuberculosis is a global infectious disease caused by the bacterium, Mycobacterium avium subspecies Paratuberculosis (MAP). Infection of ruminants with MAP can trigger progressive wasting disease characterized by granulomatous lymphadenitis, enteritis, and severe intestinal pathology potentially leading to death of the animal. The role of MAP infection within innate immune cells, including macrophages, in the small intestine has been extensively examined; however, the mechanisms of MAP entrance into the mucosal barrier of the small intestine are poorly defined. Additionally, there is a potential zoonotic risk of MAP linked to Crohn’s Disease (CD), but these claims have yet to be substantiated. Due to this and the economic burden and welfare impact on the livestock industry, a deeper understanding of the initial mechanisms of MAP uptake within the host is crucial to revealing novel treatment strategies. While the current paradigm suggests MAP travels to the small intestine, where it gains entry through the epithelium, the exact cellular tropism/-mechanism(s) of entry are not well defined. Therefore, we developed an enteroid system to visualize entrance of MAP into distinct cells of the intestinal epithelium using a GFP-expressing MAP strain. We sought to test the hypothesis that MAP uptake occurs via M cells through receptor mediated transcytosis.To evaluate this hypothesis, we generated a novel mouse enteroid-derived monolayer with functional M cells capable of transcytosis. MAP was detected mainly within M cells, more notably with the fibronectin pre-incubation. Integrin-blocking peptides decreased this M cell tropism. With this novel model system developed, we were able to examine MAP-host pathogen interactions, which will provide insight into blocking MAP entry at its initial point. Beyond this, our model will add valuable information to the field of mouse enteroid-derived monolayer techniques and can be used in the future to study alternate intestinal pathogens. In the process of characterizing a mouse enteroid-derived monolayer with M cells for use in establishing a model for MAP invasion dynamics, we discovered unique roles for RANKL/RANK signalling regarding M cell differentiation and the intestinal epithelium.
Immanenza e trascendenza: Dal Pra, il medioevo e il problema di Dio
Creators: name: De Fortunato, Alice
name: Rossini, Marco
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2008

description: La discussione delle grandi narrazioni storiografiche del pensiero medievale. Il definirsi di una prospettiva teorica e di una storiografica attraverso il confronto con Scoto Eriugena. La ricerca di un senso e il problema di Dio. Gli anni della guerra e l'importanza della prassi.
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Dal Pra e la storia della filosofia come impegno teorico
Creators: name: Lanaro, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2008

description: La storiografia filosofica italiana nella seconda metà del XX secolo. La fase della ";normalizzazione"; e il circolo di filosofia e storia della filosofia.
description: Doctor Virtualis, No 4 (2005): Dal Pra e il medioevo
Fractionalized topological insulators from frustrated spin models in three dimensions
Creators: name: Bhattacharjee, Subhro
name: Kim, Yong Baek
name: Lee, Sung-Sik
name: Lee, Dung-Hai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theory of three dimensional fractionalized topological insulators in the form of U(1) spin liquids with gapped fermionic spinons in the bulk and topologically protected gapless spinon surface states. Starting from a spin-1/2 model on a pyrochlore lattice, with frustrated antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic exchange interactions, we show that decomposition of the latter interactions, within slave-fermion representation of the spins, can naturally give rise to an emergent spin-orbit coupling for the spinons. This stabilizes a fractionalized topological insulators which also have bulk bond spin-nematic order. Finally, we describe the low energy properties of these states.
description: 10 pages
Il permanere della formazione cristiana nel percorso da Gentile a Preti
Creators: name: Rambaldi, Enrico I.
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2008

description: La tradizione cristiana e il ";trascendentalismo della prassi"; nella riflessione di Dal Pra. La presenza di Vasa e l'assenza di Martinetti.
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Dal Pra e lo scetticismo medievale
Creators: name: Fedriga, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2008

description: Lo studio dello scetticismo medievale è in Dal Pra anche proposta di un pensiero critico che si pone come alternativa alla storiografia idealista e alle indagini puramente filologiche. Giovanni di Salisbury, Nicola d'Autrecourt e l'impossibilità di una fondazione teorica della filosofia.
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title: Авторские инструменты разрушения «четвёртой стены» в пространстве литературного произведения
Creators: name: Наволоцкая, О. В.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: В данной статье рассмотрены лингвистические и экстралингвистические авторские инструменты разрушения «четвёртой стены» в отношениях между писателем, изображаемым им миром и читателем. Исследование проводится с помощью семантического, стилистического, структурного и переводческого анализа примеров из
нескольких романов современного классика британской литературы Ника Хорнби.
Geometry of mixed states for a q-bit and the quantum Fisher information tensor
Creators: name: Ercolessi, E.
name: Schiavina, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81S10 94A15

description: After a review of the pure state case, we discuss from a geometrical point of view the meaning of the quantum Fisher metric in the case of mixed states for a two-level system, i.e. for a q-bit, by examining the structure of the fiber bundle of states, whose base space can be identified with a co-adjoint orbit of the unitary group. We show that the Fisher Information metric coincides with the one induced by the metric of the manifold of SU(2), i.e. the 3-dimensional sphere $S^3$, when the mixing coefficients are varied. We define the notion of Fisher Tensor and show that its anti-symmetric part is intrinsically related to the Kostant Kirillov Souriau symplectic form that is naturally defined on co-adjoint orbits, while the symmetric part is nontrivially again represented by the Fubini Study metric on the space of mixed states, weighted by the mixing coefficients.
description: 20 pages; Abstract and Introduction modified, references added. Final published version
La valle di Giosafat e le crepe della metafisica
Creators: name: Selogna, Chiara
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2008

description: Il trascendentalismo della prassi per andare oltre lo scetticismo e oltre ogni pretesa da parte della filosofia di cogliere l'essere nella sua definizione universale e razionale. Una proposta anche storiografica.
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Sample of Charles V handwriting
Creators: name: Ball, Rachael
name: Parker, Geoffrey
name: America, The Hispanic Society Of
name: Romein, Christel Annemieke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Transkribus
Digital Humanities
HTR
Charles V

description: Samples of Charles V/ Carlos V’s handwriting  It is based upon the book: Rachael Ball and Geoffrey Parker (eds.), Cómo ser rey. Instrucciones del emperador Carlos V a su hijo Felipe. Mayo de 1543. Spanish-English bilingual edition; jointly published with the CSA and The Hispanic Society of America; 2014; ISBN 978-84-15245-45-2. You can find an HTR+-model in Transkribus as of 3 September 2021 named Carlos V/ Charles V – Early modern Spanish – 15th century (1543). The samples below give an indication how the handwriting of Charles V looked like in 1543. These examples are provided with The Hispanic Society of America’s permission.
Dal Pra e Hume
Creators: name: Rigamonti, Marzia
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2008

description: Un confronto fra le due edizioni dello studio dedicato a Hume e la trasformazione della posizione teorica di Dal Pra.
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