cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Bank Competition and International Financial Integration: Evidence Using a New Index
Creators: name: Pasricha, Gurnain
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2010

description: This paper finds a strong empirical link between domestic banking sector competitiveness and de facto international integration. De-facto international integration is measured through a new index of financial integration, which measures, for deviations from covered interest parity, the size of no-arbitrage bands and the speed of arbitrage outside the no-arbitrage band. The strong empirical link between de-facto integration and domestic financial sector competitiveness allows us to reinterpret the recent literature on the benefits and costs of international financial integration. This literature has emphasized the development of domestic markets as a precondition to benefiting from international integration. This paper offers an alternative view. Lack of competition in domestic financial systems may prevent countries from reaping the benefits of international integration simply because it prevents them from being integrated in a meaningful way – that of price equalization. This finding suggests that financial sector consolidation of the type recently witnessed in the crisis environment may have negative consequences for countries' de-facto international financial integration. Another important result of the paper is that the level of de-jure controls have a limited association with de-facto integration, particularly for developing economies.
description: Notre étude montre qu'il existe un lien empirique étroit entre la compétitivité du secteur bancaire national et l'intégration effective à l'échelle internationale. Cette dernière est mesurée à l'aide d'un nouvel indice qui permet de calculer, pour des écarts par rapport à la parité des taux d'intérêt avec couverture, la taille des zones de non-arbitrage et la rapidité de l'arbitrage en dehors de ces zones. La force du lien empirique entre l'intégration effective et la compétitivité du secteur financier national nous permet de réinterpréter la littérature récente sur les coûts et les avantages de l'intégration financière internationale. Cette littérature présente le développement des marchés intérieurs comme une condition préalable à la capacité de bénéficier de l'ouverture mondiale. Notre étude offre un point de vue différent. Le manque de concurrence au sein des systèmes financiers nationaux empêche certains pays de tirer parti de l'intégration internationale tout simplement parce qu'ils sont privés d'un avantage significatif de l'intégration, à savoir l'égalisation des prix. Ce résultat donne à penser qu'une intégration financière semblable à celle qui a été observée au cours de la récente crise peut avoir des conséquences négatives pour l'intégration financière effective à l'échelle mondiale. Autre résultat important, nous constatons que l'étendue des restrictions officielles n'a qu'un lien limité avec le degré d'intégration effective, surtout dans les économies en développement.
Quasi-particle spectra of perovskites: Enhanced Coulomb correlations at surfaces
Creators: name: Liebsch, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Photoemission spectra of the perovskites Ca$_x$Sr$_{1-x}$VO$_3$, Ca$_x$La$_{1-x}$VO$_3$, and SrRuO$_3$ indicate that Coulomb correlations are more pronounced at the surface than in the bulk. To investigate this effect we use the dynamical mean field theory combined with the Quantum Monte Carlo technique and evaluate the multi-orbital self-energy. These systems exhibit different degrees of band filling and range from metallic to insulating. The key input in the calculations is the layer dependent local density of states which we obtain from a tight-binding approach for semi-infinite cubic systems. As a result of the planar character of the perovskite $t_{2g}$ bands near the Fermi level, the reduced coordination number of surface atoms gives rise to a significant narrowing of the surface density of those subbands which hybridize preferentially in planes normal to the surface. Although the total band width coincides with the one in the bulk, the effective band narrowing at the surface leads to stronger correlation features in the quasi-particle spectra. In particular, the weight of the quasi-particle peak near $E_F$ is reduced and the amplitude of the lower and upper Hubbard bands is enhanced, in agreement with experiments.
A Simplified Design Method for All-Glass Balustrades
Creators: name: Spyra, Thomas
name: Herrmann, Tobias
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018

description: An all-glass balustrade’s continuous handrail enables a horizontal load transfer from more flexible glass panes into adjacent elements with higher stiffness and thereafter – as the case may be – into even more rigid parts of the structure. As all the glass units are interconnected thus supporting each other mutually, a safe and economic design either requires taking a holistic view of the entire structural system or to make appropriate assumptions for the boundary conditions of the handrail in order to assess precisely the stress state of a single element of an all-glass railing. The idea of the method presented is to set elastic springs at the ends of the single element’s rail to simulate the stiffness of the adjacent glazing. As these elements are usually charged by wind or horizontal live load, too, the additional supports must not be applied for the entire load and are therefore divided in up to three parts. Each part is put onto a corresponding model of the considered single element and glass stresses are calculated subsequently. Finally, the superposition principle leads to the actual maximum stress. Within a parameter study the new method is compared to former methods and to the results of calculations done with extended FEA-models that comprise the neighbouring structure. The new approach shows a good accordance with the latter and exceeds the former methods by far. Hence it contributes to a more economic glass design.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 6 (2018): Challenging Glass 6
Heterocerus longilobulus
Creators: name: King, Jonas G.
name: Lago, Paul K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Heteroceridae
Heterocerus
Heterocerus longilobulus

description: 3. Heterocerus longilobulus (Pacheco)
New Combination
(Fig. 15, 36, 56)
 Neoheterocerus longilobulus Pacheco 1964: 74.
 Description. Length 3.5-6.0 mm. Pronotal disc and much of elytra dark brown. Elytra trifasciate, basal series of pale markings usually with a distinct lateral lunate marking and an ovoid medial spot; striae weak or absent. Pronotal disc same color as elytra. Post-metathoracic coxal and post-mesothoracic coxal lines absent. Male genitalia (Fig. 36) of the typical Heterocerus type, parameres triangular, constricted towards apices; dorsal plate of aedeagus depressed on the right anterior edge. Hypermandibulate males common.
 Diagnosis. Heterocerus longilobulus is similar in appearance to H. gnatho, and H. fatuus. The lunate outer marking of the basal series on the elytra is quite distinctive. This species, however, can be positively identified only through inspection of the male genitalia. The constricted tips of the parameres (Fig. 36) easily distinguish this species from all other southeastern species.
 Notes. This species is most often collected along large rivers, including the Mississippi, Pascagoula, Chickasawhay and Big Black rivers in Mississippi, and the Conecuh, Big Flat and Little rivers in Alabama. A few specimens were taken along smaller creeks. On one occasion, three specimens were collected along a tiny, unnamed stream, 1.5 miles north of Dixon, Neshoba County, Mississippi. The habitat was deciduous forest up to the stream edge and did not appear promising for heterocerids.
 Distribution. Heterocerus longilobulus occurs from Iowa east through Illinois and Pennsylvania, south to Mississippi, Alabama and northern Georgia (Fig. 56). Specimens examined. 105 (See Appendix).
description: Published as part of King, Jonas G. & Lago, Paul K., 2012, The variegated mud-loving beetles (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) of Mississippi and Alabama, with discussion and keys to the species occurring in the southeastern United States, pp. 1-53 in Insecta Mundi 2012 (275) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5188356
Weak anti-localization in spin-orbit coupled lattice systems
Creators: name: Hayasaka, Hiroshi
name: Fuseya, Yuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum correction to electrical conductivity is studied on the basis of two-dimensional Wolff Hamiltonian, which is an effective model for a spin-orbit coupled (SOC) lattice system. It is shown that weak anti-localization (WAL) arises in SOC lattices, although its mechanism and properties are different from the conventional WAL in normal metals with SOC impurities. The interband SOC effect induces the contribution from the interband singlet Cooperon, which plays a crucial role for WAL in the SOC lattice. It is also shown that there is a crossover from WAL to weak localization in SOC lattices when the Fermi energy or band gap changes. The implications of the present results to Bi-Sb alloys and PbTe under pressure are discussed.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
MOESM1 of Assessment of precision irradiation in early non-small cell lung cancer and interstitial lung disease (ASPIRE-ILD): study protocol for a phase II trial
Creators: name: Palma, David
name: Hanbo Chen
name: Bahig, Houda
name: Gaede, Stewart
name: Harrow, Stephen
name: Laba, Joanna
name: X. Qu
name: Rodrigues, George
name: Yaremko, Brian P.
name: Yu, Edward
name: Louie, Alexander
name: Inderdeep Dhaliwal
name: Ryerson, Christopher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Â Summary of SABR-related mortality and ILD-specific toxicity. Reproduced from Chen et al [10].
Rotating black hole orbit functionals in the frequency domain
Creators: name: Drasco, Steve
name: Hughes, Scott A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In many astrophysical problems, it is important to understand the behavior of functions that come from rotating (Kerr) black hole orbits. It can be particularly useful to work with the frequency domain representation of those functions, in order to bring out their harmonic dependence upon the fundamental orbital frequencies of Kerr black holes. Although, as has recently been shown by W. Schmidt, such a frequency domain representation must exist, the coupled nature of a black hole orbit's $r$ and $θ$ motions makes it difficult to construct such a representation in practice. Combining Schmidt's description with a clever choice of timelike coordinate suggested by Y. Mino, we have developed a simple procedure that sidesteps this difficulty. One first Fourier expands all quantities using Mino's time coordinate $λ$. In particular, the observer's time $t$ is decomposed with $λ$. The frequency domain description is then built from the $λ$-Fourier expansion and the expansion of $t$. We have found this procedure to be quite simple to implement, and to be applicable to a wide class of functionals. We test the procedure using a simple test function, and then apply it in a particularly interesting case, the Weyl curvature scalar $ψ_4$ used in black hole perturbation theory.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to Phys Rev D. New version gives a vastly improved algorithm due to Drasco for computing the Fourier transforms. Drasco has been added as an author. Also fixed some references and exterminated a small herd of typos; final published version
title: Testing Linear Factor Pricing Models with Large Cross-Sections: A Distribution-Free Approach
Creators: name: Gungor, Sermin
name: Luger, Richard
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2010

description: We develop a finite-sample procedure to test the beta-pricing representation of linear factor pricing models that is applicable even if the number of test assets is greater than the length of the time series. Our distribution-free framework leaves open the possibility of unknown forms of non-normalities, heteroskedasticity, time-varying correlations, and even outliers in the asset returns. The power of the proposed test procedure increases as the time-series lengthens and/or the cross-section becomes larger. This stands in sharp contrast to the usual tests that lose power or may not even be computable if the cross-section is too large. Finally, we revisit the CAPM and the Fama-French three factor model. Our results strongly support the mean-variance efficiency of the market portfolio.
description: Les auteurs élaborent une procédure permettant de tester, en échantillon fini, la représentation des coefficients bêta donnés par les modèles linéaires d'évaluation factorielle, et ce, même si le nombre des actifs dépasse celui des valeurs de la série chronologique. Leur cadre autorise des formes inconnues de distribution autres que la loi normale ainsi que la présence d'hétéroscédasticité, de structures de corrélation variables dans le temps, voire de rendements aberrants. La puissance de la procédure s'accroît avec l'allongement de la série chronologique et la hausse du nombre des actifs. Cette propriété tranche avec les limites des tests habituels, qui perdent de leur puissance ou peuvent même devenir inexécutables si le nombre des actifs est trop élevé. Pour finir, les auteurs réexaminent le modèle d'évaluation des actifs financiers et le modèle trifactoriel de Fama et French. Leurs résultats indiquent clairement que le portefeuille de marché se situe sur la frontière efficiente dans le plan moyenne-variance.
MOESM2 of Assessment of precision irradiation in early non-small cell lung cancer and interstitial lung disease (ASPIRE-ILD): study protocol for a phase II trial
Creators: name: Palma, David
name: Hanbo Chen
name: Bahig, Houda
name: Gaede, Stewart
name: Harrow, Stephen
name: Laba, Joanna
name: X. Qu
name: Rodrigues, George
name: Yaremko, Brian P.
name: Yu, Edward
name: Louie, Alexander
name: Inderdeep Dhaliwal
name: Ryerson, Christopher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2.Â Consent Form for the ASPIRE-ILD Study.
Building and Testing Lenticular Truss Bridge with Glass-Bundle Diagonals and Cast Glass Connections
Creators: name: Snijder, Ate
name: Nijsse, Rob
name: Louter, Christian
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018

description: On the campus of Delft University the Glass and Transparency Research Group is preparing to build a pedestrian bridge as a low arch consisting of dry-stacked glass blocks. As temporary support for the arch, a lens-shaped truss has been constructed and placed on location. This truss has been fitted with as many glass components as was structurally feasible. The diagonals in the truss are glass bundle struts and the nodes of the truss are cast glass components. The lenticular truss will serve as a temporary bridge during the time the team needs to prepare for construction of the eventual Glass Arch Bridge. Due to the experimental nature of the truss, with its unusual and novel applications of structural glass, a number of demonstrative proof loadings were performed to ease concerns about the safety of the structure. The glass bundles have been proof-loaded to twice their maximum expected load just prior to their installation in the structure. The whole system has then been proof-loaded for several critical load combinations (static and dynamic) just after installation. During the proof-loading the strains in the glass diagonals have been measured. These lie easily within the acceptable limits. In the paper the structural design of the bridge, in particular the glass node connector and the glass bundle diagonals will be explained. Then the proof-loading of the bridge will be described. Then the results of the proof-loading are presented and discussed.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 6 (2018): Challenging Glass 6
A density functional study of pressure induced superconductivity in P and its implication for spintronics
Creators: name: Ostanin, S.
name: Trubitsin, V.
name: Staunton, J. B.
name: Savrasov, S. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The stability of high-pressure phases of P has been studied using density functional theory and the local density approximation. Using a linear response technique, we have calculated the phonon spectrum and electron-phonon interaction for bcc P and predict it to be superconducting with $T_c$ of 19 K. We propose that this phase might be realized in epitaxial thin films using templates such as V(100), Fe(100) or Cr(100) relevant to spintronics applications.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Pre-Excavation Plans and Sketches, 1983 and 2014
Creators: name: Lewandowski, Joe
Year: 2014
Subjects: Alamogordo City Landfill
Modern
Atari Dump Site
Trash Midden
Printed Material
Game Media
Hardware
game cartridge
game instruction manual
Atari comic book
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari controller
blister pack
boxed retail games
Data Recovery / Excavation

description: This pre-excavation file contains the following, created/assembled by Joe Lewandowski, Tularosa Basin Historical Society: 1. 1983 color photo of the Atari deposit hand-marked in 2014 with presumed stratigraphic layers. 2. 2014 color sketch of the possible stratigraphy of the landfill cell containing the Atari deposit. 3. 1983 color photo of cement slurry being poured over the Atari deposit. 4. 1983 b/w photo of the Atari deposit. 5. 2014 satellite image from Google Earth of the Alamogordo city landfill, hand-marked in color to indicate likely positions for crowd control, excavation support, excavation site, evacuation point, access control points, mobile bathrooms ("Porta Pots"), water truck, first aid, offices, and public viewing area.
Stability of Dry-Stacked Glass Masonry Arch Bridges
Creators: name: Noteboom, Chris
name: Aurik, Mike
name: Snijder, Ate
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018

description: The plan of the glass group of the TU Delft to realize a 14m span dry-stacked glass arched masonry bridge led to investigation of stability of glass arches in more general. Analytical and numerical analysis are done to compare results. Analytical analyses are based on methods developed for traditional stone arches. A graph is plotted in which the relationship between rise-to-span ratio and thickness-to-span ratio is derived and presented such that the relevant instability mechanism(s) can be determined. The required thickness of a stable arch can be found by applying a geometrical factor of safety. To investigate 2nd order effects and stresses, finite element models are presented. The models verify the analytical solutions and are used to investigate the influence of axial stiffness and nonlinear effects on stability.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 6 (2018): Challenging Glass 6
The Glazing for the Stairs in the Refurbished Margherita Theatre in Livorno
Creators: name: Mamone, Vincenzo
name: Masiello, Gerardo
name: Difonzo, Luca
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018

description: The paper illustrates the design project of the main laminated glass balustrade of a steel staircase installed in the historical Margherita Theatre in Livorno, Italy. After its final closure, almost 15 years ago, the new owners decided to refurbish the building and to convert it into a shopping center. The entire project was developed with particular attention to the conservation of the building style. In order to join the ground level to the former gallery level a new steel staircase has been placed and three laminated glass balustrades were added. The bigger one is a big rectangular glazing 4047 long and 5765 mm high consisting of 8 rectangular laminated glass panels, each composed of two 12 thick fully tempered glass sheets laminated with PVB interlayer. Unique steel connections were designed and built in order to join the glass panels to each other and to the steel staircase. The connections to the staircase were designed so to avoid the out-of-plane movements of the glass panels, and to allow the free vertical relative movement between staircase and glass. The horizontal out-of-plane movements of the top edge of the big glazing is prevented owing to a horizontal 5600 mm long laminated glass fin. The paper illustrates the design and check of the glass panels, their geometry and functioning, the numerical analyses and the results.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 6 (2018): Challenging Glass 6
Nucleation of stable cylinders from a metastable lamellar phase in a diblock copolymer melt
Creators: name: Wickham, Robert A.
name: Shi, An-Chang
name: Wang, Zhen-Gang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nucleation of a droplet of stable cylinder phase from a metastable lamellar phase is examined within the single-mode approximation to the Brazovskii model for diblock copolymer melts. By employing a variational ansatz for the droplet interfacial profile, an analytic expression for the interfacial free-energy of an interface of arbitrary orientation between cylinders and lamellae is found. The interfacial free-energy is anisotropic, and is lower when the cylinder axis is perpendicular to the interface than when the cylinders lie along the interface. Consequently, the droplet shape computed via the Wulff construction is lens-like, being flattened along the axis of the cylinders. The size of the critical droplet and the nucleation barrier are determined within classical nucleation theory. Near the lamellar/cylinder phase boundary, where classical nucleation theory is applicable, critical droplets of size 30--400 cylinders across with aspect ratios of 4--10 and nucleation barriers of 30--40 k_B T are typically found. The general trend is to larger critical droplets, higher aspect ratios and smaller nucleation barriers as the mean-field critical point is approached.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, submitted to J. Chem. Phys
Chaos on a High-Dimensional Torus
Creators: name: Yamagishi, Jumpei F.
name: Kaneko, Kunihiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transition from quasiperiodicity with many frequencies (i.e., a high-dimensional torus) to chaos is studied by using $N$-dimensional globally coupled circle maps. First, the existence of $N$-dimensional tori with $N\geq 2$ is confirmed while they become exponentially rare with $N$. Besides, chaos exists even when the map is invertible, and such chaos has more null Lyapunov exponents as $N$ increases. This unusual form of "chaos on a torus," termed toric chaos, exhibits delocalization and slow dynamics of the first Lyapunov vector. Fractalization of tori at the transition to chaos is also suggested. The relevance of toric chaos to neural dynamics and turbulence is discussed in relation to chaotic itinerancy.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures (Supplemental Material: 4 pages, 8 figures),
Quantifying the Uncertainty in the Orbits of Extrasolar Planets
Creators: name: Ford, Eric B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precise radial velocity measurements have led to the discovery of ~100 extrasolar planetary systems. We investigate the uncertainty in the orbital solutions that have been fit to these observations. Understanding these uncertainties will become more and more important as the discovery space for extrasolar planets shifts to longer and longer periods. While detections of short period planets can be rapidly refined, planets with long orbital periods will require observations spanning decades to constrain the orbital parameters precisely. Already in some cases, multiple distinct orbital solutions provide similarly good fits, particularly in multiple planet systems. We present a method for quantifying the uncertainties in orbital fits and addressing specific questions directly from the observational data rather than relying on best fit orbital solutions. This Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique has the advantage that it is well suited for the high dimensional parameter spaces necessary for the multiple planet systems. We apply the MCMC technique to several extrasolar planetary systems, assessing the uncertainties in orbital elements for several systems. Our MCMC simulations demonstrate that for some systems there are strong correlations between orbital parameters and/or significant non-Gaussianities in parameter distributions, even though the measurement errors are nearly Gaussian. Once these effects are considered the actual uncertainties in orbital elements can be significantly larger or smaller than the published uncertainties. We also present simple applications of our methods such as predicting the times of possible transits for GJ 876.
description: 27 pages, 8 figures, accepted to AJ; discussion of algorithm clarified, minor revisions
Heterocerus sandersoni
Creators: name: King, Jonas G.
name: Lago, Paul K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Heteroceridae
Heterocerus
Heterocerus sandersoni

description: 6. Heterocerus sandersoni (Pacheco)
 New Combination
(Fig. 16, 39, 59)
 Neoheterocerus sandersoni Pacheco 1964: 75.
 Description. Length 4.5 - 5.5 mm. Red to dark brownish-red. Elytra trifasciate; pale markings usually broken into separate spots; striae prominent (Fig. 16). Apical angles of pronotum pale. Post-metathoracic coxal and post-mesothoracic coxal lines absent. Male genitalia (Fig. 39) of the typical Heterocerus type; anterior fifth of phallobase slightly constricted to 90% of its greatest width, then widened slightly; median plate with dark ovate sclerites on either side anteriorly; dorsal plate of phallobase elongated on its right anterior edge; parameres curved ventrally, medial edges diverge slightly in ventral view. Hypermandibulate males unknown.
 Diagnosis. Heterocerus sandersoni is similar in appearance to H. fatuus and previous workers have often confused the two species. It is also similar in appearance to H. angustatus, with which it shares a small crescent of its range (northern Alabama and possibly eastern Tennessee). The presence of prominent elytral striae usually can be used to distinguish this species from both H. fatuus and H. angustatus. Strial definition varies, however, and unless a side-by-side comparison with identified specimens can be made, male genitalia are the most reliable means of separating these species.
 Notes. This species may be encountered in a wide range of habitats. It is almost always present in light trap samples taken along the Mississippi River or oxbow lakes near the river. Ponds and flood control reservoirs also yielded specimens. This is one of the few species that frequently is captured in light traps placed considerable distances away from aquatic habitats.
 Distribution. Heterocerus sandersoni is known from southeastern Canada and the eastern U.S. west to the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, but is not known from the Carolinas south to Florida (Fig. 59).
 Specimens examined. 516 (See Appendix).
description: Published as part of King, Jonas G. & Lago, Paul K., 2012, The variegated mud-loving beetles (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) of Mississippi and Alabama, with discussion and keys to the species occurring in the southeastern United States, pp. 1-53 in Insecta Mundi 2012 (275) on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5188356
title: The Impact of Liquidity on Bank Profitability
Creators: name: Bordeleau, Étienne
name: Graham, Christopher
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2010

description: The recent crisis has underlined the importance of sound bank liquidity management. In response, regulators are devising new liquidity standards with the aim of making the financial system more stable and resilient. In this paper, the authors analyse the impact of liquid asset holdings on bank profitability for a sample of large U.S. and Canadian banks. Results suggest that profitability is improved for banks that hold some liquid assets, however, there is a point at which holding further liquid assets diminishes a banks' profitability, all else equal. Moreover, empirical evidence also suggests that this relationship varies depending on a bank's business model and the state of the economy. These results are particularly relevant as policymakers devise new standards establishing an appropriate level of liquidity for banks. While it is generally agreed upon that banks undervalued liquidity prior to the recent financial crisis, one must also consider the tradeoff between resilience to liquidity shocks and the cost of holding lower-yielding liquid assets as the latter may impact banks' ability to generate revenues, increase capital and extend credit.
description: La récente crise financière a fait ressortir l'importance d'une saine gestion du risque de liquidité par les banques. C'est pourquoi les organismes de réglementation sont en train d'élaborer de nouvelles normes de liquidité en vue d'accroître la stabilité et la résilience du système financier. Les auteurs analysent l'incidence de la détention d'actifs liquides sur la rentabilité d'un groupe de grandes banques américaines et canadiennes. D'après leurs résultats, les établissements qui conservent des liquidités seraient plus profitables, mais au-delà d'un certain volume, la possession d'actifs liquides pèserait sur la rentabilité de l'institution, toutes choses égales par ailleurs. En outre, la relation entre liquidités et rentabilité serait influencée par le modèle de fonctionnement de la banque et l'état de l'économie. Ces résultats sont susceptibles de grandement intéresser les décideurs publics au moment où ces derniers doivent définir de nouvelles normes qui établiront le niveau approprié des liquidités bancaires. Bien que l'on s'accorde généralement à dire que les banques sous-estimaient l'importance de la gestion du risque de liquidité avant la crise financière, il convient aussi de réfléchir à l'arbitrage à opérer entre le degré de résilience souhaitable face aux chocs de liquidité et le coût de la détention d'actifs liquides moins bien rémunérés, puisque celle-ci peut réduire la capacité des établissements de générer des revenus, d'accroître leurs fonds propres et d'octroyer du crédit.
title: Leverage, Balance Sheet Size and Wholesale Funding
Creators: name: Damar, H. Evren
name: Meh, Cesaire
name: Terajima, Yaz
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2010

description: Some evidence points to the procyclicality of leverage among financial institutions leading to aggregate volatility. This procyclicality occurs when financial institutions finance their assets with non-equity funding (i.e., debt financed asset expansions). Wholesale funding is an important source of market-based funding that allows some institutions to quickly adjust their leverage. As such, financial institutions that rely on wholesale funding are expected to have higher degrees of leverage procyclicality. Using high frequency balance sheet data for the universe of banks, this study tries to identify (i) if such a positive link exists between the assets and leverage in Canada, (ii) how wholesale funding plays a role for this link, and (iii) market and macroeconomic factors associated with this link. The findings of the empirical analysis suggest that a strong positive link exists between asset growth and leverage growth, and the use to wholesale funding is an important determinant of this relationship. Furthermore, liquidity of several short-term funding markets matters for procyclicality of leverage.
description: Certaines données semblent indiquer que la procyclicité du levier des institutions financières contribue à la volatilité globale. Cette procyclicité apparaît lorsque l'expansion des actifs de ces institutions est financée par l'endettement plutôt que par l'émission d'actions. Source importante de mobilisation de fonds sur les marchés, le financement de gros permet à certaines institutions de réajuster rapidement leur levier. En conséquence, on devrait observer plus de procyclicité pour la volatilité des institutions financières qui s'appuient sur ce mode de financement. En utilisant des données à haute fréquence des bilans de l'univers bancaire, les auteurs cherchent à déterminer 1) si cette relation positive entre les actifs et le levier existe au Canada, 2) en quoi le financement de gros joue un rôle dans cette relation, et 3) quels facteurs, macroéconomiques et liés aux marchés, sont associés à cette relation. Il ressort de leur analyse empirique qu'une relation positive étroite unit la croissance des actifs et celle du levier, et que le recours au financement de gros est un déterminant de premier plan de cette relation. En outre, la procyclicité du levier est influencée par le degré de liquidité de plusieurs marchés de financement à court terme.
Wilsdruff Filter Factory - Example of the Application of Structural PVB Films in the Façade Area
Creators: name: Kothe, Michael
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018

description: Laminated safety glass with structural PVB interlayer is suitable for a variety of challenging applications in building construction and façade design. Especially in areas with increased static requirements, stiffer interlayer materials are preferred to standard PVB films. This results in a reduction in the number of glass panes or pane thicknesses while maintaining comparable properties. The attainment of relevant safety properties in combination with advantages in both processing and economic terms often allows a more reasonable application than the use of appropriate laminated glass with ionomer interlayers. A new filter factory of a well-known medical technology company is currently being built in Wilsdruff on the outskirts of Dresden. The company's own competence campus is glazed with large-format glass elements. The new building of the Wilsdruff filter factory represents the first application of large-format laminated safety glass panes with structural PVB interlayer under the approach of the shear coupling in Germany. Both the pane sizes of 7.25 m x 2.40 m and the type of two-sided linear support of the façade panes are extraordinary and unique in Germany in this combination. Based on the material properties of the PVB film, the advantages of such elements are demonstrated. It can be seen that projects such as the Wilsdruff filter factory can only be realized in this form by using stiffer interlayers. This project thus demonstrates the possibilities of using such laminated safety glass and thus helps to increase the acceptance of architects, planners and building owners.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 6 (2018): Challenging Glass 6
The information content of Cosmic Infrared Background anisotropies
Creators: name: Reischke, Robert
name: Desjacques, Vincent
name: Zaroubi, Saleem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use analytic computations to predict the power spectrum as well as the bispectrum of Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) anisotropies. Our approach is based on the halo model and takes into account the mean luminosity-mass relation. The model is used to forecast the possibility to simultaneously constrain cosmological, CIB and halo occupation distribution (HOD) parameters in the presence of foregrounds. For the analysis we use wavelengths in eight frequency channels between 200 and 900$\;\mathrm{GHz}$ with survey specifications given by Planck and LiteBird. We explore the sensitivity to the model parameters up to multipoles of $\ell =1000$ using auto- and cross-correlations between the different frequency bands. With this setting, cosmological, HOD and CIB parameters can be constrained to a few percent. Galactic dust is modeled by a power law and the shot noise contribution as a frequency dependent amplitude which are marginalized over. We find that dust residuals in the CIB maps only marginally influence constraints on standard cosmological parameters. Furthermore, the bispectrum yields tighter constraints (by a factor four in $1σ$ errors) on almost all model parameters while the degeneracy directions are very similar to the ones of the power spectrum. The increase in sensitivity is most pronounced for the sum of the neutrino masses. Due to the similarity of degeneracies a combination of both analysis is not needed for most parameters. This, however, might be due to the simplified bias description generally adopted in such halo model approaches.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures
title: Diagnosis of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity: A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Cerrone, Valentina
name: Cascella, Marco
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: Oncology
subject: CIPN
subject: Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity

description: This scoping review aims to systematically map the existing literature on diagnostic methods used to assess chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in adult cancer patients. The review identifies the types of diagnostic tools employed, highlights knowledge gaps, and categorizes methods into clinical assessments, patient-reported outcomes, biomarkers, neurophysiological tests, and digital tools. Following the PCC (Population–Concept–Context) framework, we included studies on adult cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, focusing on diagnostic approaches across any clinical or research setting. Databases searched were PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus (2000–2024). A critical appraisal of included studies was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute tools. The synthesis highlights variability in diagnostic practices and offers insight into underexplored areas.
Effect of curvature on nonlinear magnetization dynamics in submicrometer-sized rings
Creators: name: Granfors, Mirja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: micromagnetic simulation
spin wave
Berry phase
curvilinear magnonics
three magnon scattering

description: This is my bachelor thesis, as submitted to my university.

 One of the interesting characteristics of spin waves, which are collective elementary excitations in magnetic materials, is their nonlinear interaction. Moreover, topological and curvatureinduced effects are gaining increasing attention in the emerging field of curvilinear magnonics. The aim of this thesis is to study the interplay between a topological effect, the Berry phase, and nonlinear dynamics such as three magnon scattering in a magnetic ring in the vortex state. Here, a Berry phase appears when a static external field perpendicular to the ring is applied. The influence on three magnon scattering is studied by first obtaining spin-wave eigenmodes for different external out-of-plane fields. Second, important characteristics, such as the damping of the modes, are calculated. With those results splitting coefficients and thresholds of the three-wave splitting are calculated in order to predict scattering channels
 and to estimate the splitting threshold. It is found that, along with the appearance of a Berry phase, certain selection rules of three-wave splitting in vortices are relaxed; moreover, the threshold microwave fields to excite nonlinear dynamics are drastically decreased.
Demonstration of 3D ISAR Security Imaging at 24GHz with a Sparse MIMO Array
Creators: name: Zhu, Zhanyu
name: Xu, Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: A 3D ISAR security imaging experiment at 24GHz is demonstrated with a sparse MIMO array. The MIMO array is an 8Tx/16Rx linear array to achieve real-aperture imaging along the vertical dimension. It is time-switching multiplexed with a low-cost FMCW transceiver working at 22GHz-26GHz. A calibration procedure is proposed to calibrate the channel imbalance across the MIMO array. The experiment is conducted on human moving on a cart, where we take advantage of the linear motion of human to form inverse synthetic aperture along the horizontal dimension. To track the motion of human, a 3D depth camera is used as an auxiliary sensor to capture the rough position of target to aid ISAR imaging. The back projection imaging algorithm is implemented on GPU for quasi-real-time operation. Finally, experiments are conducted with real human with concealed objects and a preliminary automatic object recognition algorithm based on convolutional neural networks are developed and evaluated on real data.
A Cluster of Compact Radio Sources in NGC 2024 (Orion B)
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Luis F.
name: Gomez, Yolanda
name: Reipurth, Bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present deep 3.6 cm radio continuum observations of the H II region NGC 2024 in Orion B obtained using the Very Large Array in its A-configuration, with $0\rlap.{''}2$ angular resolution. We detect a total of 25 compact radio sources in a region of $4' \times 4'$. We discuss the nature of these sources and its relation with the infrared and X-ray objects in the region. At least two of the radio sources are obscured proplyds whose morphology can be used to restrict the location of the main ionizing source of the region. This cluster of radio sources is compared with others that have been found in regions of recent star formation.
description: 21 pages, 7 figures
Hybrid GLAss-Steel Stele (HYGLASS): Preliminary Mechanical Study on a Smart Tetrahelical Cantilevering Tall Structure
Creators: name: Froli, Maurizio
name: Laccone, Francesco
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018

description: Future smart cities are demanding for new infrastructures and networks. Novel multifunctional objects should be able to acquire, store and transmit information, generate their own energy need, light up the surroundings and more. Thanks to their transparency, glass structures are ideal support for hi-tech components because of the inherent opportunity offered by laminated glass to embed PV cells, sensors, OLEDs and lighting devices. The project HYbrid GLAss-Steel Stele (HYGLASS) aims at the realization of a cantilevering hybrid vertical structure working as a stand-alone or a grid-connected smart tower. The facetted geometry of the construction originates from the tetrahelix solid, and its structural conception is based on segmentation and post-tensioning, which are the same basic principles of the Travi Vitree Tensegrity (TVT). The spatial complexity and the height of the tower (about 7.00 meters) requires a high ULS safety level that is obtained by designing the structure to withstand the worst-case scenario of all panels cracked. To this purpose and to facilitate the assembly operations, a filigree metal skeleton is placed at the edges of the base polyhedron. Equal triangular glass panels are corner clamped into special nodes at the vertices of the solid. Modularity and dry connections facilitate an easy replacement of the damaged components. FE nonlinear analyses highlight the safe design and efficiency of the system. Such structural concept is the key to extent the hybrid glass-steel construction to the domain of self-supporting high-rise and long-spanned structures or building skins.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 6 (2018): Challenging Glass 6
PAPYRUS: Design and integration of the Shack-Hartmann branch
Creators: name: Leroux, Francois
name: Taheri, Mojtaba
name: Boudjema, Idir
name: Schimpf, Armin
name: Bruni-Favier, Anne-Sophie
name: Jouve, Pierre
name: Stadler, Eric
name: Rouquette, Paul
name: Weinberger, Camilo
name: Schmidt, Jerome
name: Neichel, Benoit
name: Fetick, Romain
name: Fusco, Thierry
Publisher: name: Proceedings of AO4ELT7 conference 2023 - Editors: Thierry Fusco and Benoit Neichel
Year: 2023
Subjects: ADAPTIVE OPTICS
WAVEFRONT SENSOR
SHACK
HARTMANN

description: The PAPYRUS project is an adaptive optics bench installed on a 1.5 meter telescope at the Haute-Provence Observatory in south of France. Since the first light of the instrument in June 2022, it has now undergone one year of on-sky experiments.
The purpose of PAPYRUS is to test new hardware components as well as new wavefront sensing and control strategies, and thus serve as a pathfinder to challenging AO systems for the upcoming Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs).
Especially, one of the main feature of PAPYRUS is its Pyramid Wavefront Sensor (PYWFS), that will be the type of wavefront sensor used by many first light instruments of the ELTs.
In this framework, the desire to compare PYWFS and the classical Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (SHWFS) led us to install a new wavefront sensing branch with a SHWFS on PAPYRUS, in parallel of the already existing PYWFS branch.
The technical solution chosen for the SHWFS detector part presents the originality of being a CMOS sensor in the visible with low readout noise (2.5e-) : the Cblue One made by the First Light Imaging company.
The real time computer used to control the AO loop is the same for the PYWFS branch and for the SHWFS branch and is made by the ALPAO company.
This paper provides a description of the design and alignment phase, and present the results of the first on-sky tests of the PAPYRUS SHWFS branch.
Fully Glazed Façade Conception for a Villa with special and Big Size Glass Panels
Creators: name: Corrales Marcos, Raul
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018

description: The aim of this paper is to explain how the design intent of a bespoke glazed façade develops from the point of view of the façade consultant BIFF SA. The explanation of this concept development is not only interesting because of the different phases of the process, but also because of the unusual specifications and demands established by the architects and the Client, and for the project evolution trough several technical solutions up to final project state. During the concept development materials like stone, steel, aluminum or fabric are normally combined with glass. This challenging glazed façade has been developed for a luxury villa in Switzerland where a triple laminated glass cladding has been selected as the final most suitable solution for creating a building envelope with glass panes of 3000mm W x 7000mm H bonded to a back frame with structural silicone. These units have obviously aesthetic requirements and also different functional applications and the solution should fulfill all demands and do not the technical aspects of building up a façade with such a big glass units.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 6 (2018): Challenging Glass 6