cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CLOSER Discovery update: user-driven redesign
Creators: name: Mills, Hayley
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: CLOSER Discovery is the UK's most comprehensive research tool for longitudinal population studies (LPS). DDI-Lifecycle is used to document questionnaire, question, dataset and variable metadata from 11 (and counting) leading UK studies. CLOSER Discovery is powered by the Colectica software stack including a customised Colectica Portal which sits on top of Colectica Repository, and provides access to item level metadata through display as web pages. Since the launch in 2017, the CLOSER Discovery portal has had only minor visual updates within the bounds of the underlying software. In the latest update, launched in September 2023, we have worked with Colectica to update the Portal software, enabling the implementation of the design created by Bravand, a digital design and build company with experience of complex websites. CLOSER Discovery has been redesigned using detailed feedback from one-to-one interviews with users, focussing on the home, search and explore pages. The poster will detail the new design features and the feedback it is based on.
Developing Deployable Spoken Language Translation Systems given Limited Resources
Creators: name: Eck, Matthias
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2008
Subjects: Spoken Language Translation
Low Cost Portability
Mobile Devices

description: Approaches are presented that support the deployment of spoken language translation systems. Newly developed methods allow low cost portability to new language pairs. Proposed translation model pruning techniques achieve a high translation performance even in low memory situations. The named entity and specialty vocabulary coverage, particularly on small and mobile devices, is targeted to an individual user by translation model personalization.
A note on Gornik's perturbation of Khovanov-Rozansky homology
Creators: name: Lobb, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25

description: We show that the information contained in the associated graded vector space to Gornik's version of Khovanov-Rozansky knot homology is equivalent to a single even integer s_n(K). Furthermore we show that s_n is a homomorphism from the smooth knot concordance group to the integers. This is in analogy with Rasmussen's invariant coming from a perturbation of Khovanov homology.
description: 11 pages, 1 figure, proofs expanded, corollary added
Continuum and line modeling of disks around young stars II. Line diagnostics for GASPS from the DENT grid
Creators: name: Kamp, I.
name: Woitke, P.
name: Pinte, C.
name: Tilling, I.
name: Thi, W. -F.
name: Menard, F.
name: Duchene, G.
name: Augereau, J. -C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. We want to understand the chemistry and physics of disks on the basis of a large unbiased and statistically relevant grid of disk models. One of the main goals is to explore the diagnostic power of various gas emission lines and line ratios for deriving main disk parameters such as the gas mass. Methods. We explore the results of the DENT grid (Disk Evolution with Neat Theory) that consists of 300 000 disk models with 11 free parameters. Through a statistical analysis, we search for correlations and trends in an effort to find tools for disk diagnostic. Results. All calculated quantities like species masses, temperatures, continuum and line fluxes differ by several orders of magnitude across the entire parameter space. The broad distribution of these quantities as a function of input parameters shows the limitation of using a prototype T Tauri or Herbig Ae/Be disk model. The statistical analysis of the DENT grid shows that CO gas is rarely the dominant carbon reservoir in disks. Models with large inner radii (10 times the dust condensation radius) and/or shallow surface density gradients lack massive gas phase water reservoirs. Also, 60% of the disks have gas temperatures averaged over the oxygen mass in the range between 15 and 70 K; the average gas temperatures for CO and O differ by less than a factor two. Studying the observational diagnostics, the [CII] 158 \mum fine structure line flux is very sensitive to the stellar UV flux and presence of a UV excess and it traces the outer disk radius (Rout). In the submm, the CO low J rotational lines also trace Rout. Low [OI] 63/145 line ratios (< a few) can be explained with cool atomic O gas in the uppermost surface layers leading to self-absorption in the 63 \mum line; this occurs mostly for massive non-flaring, settled disk models without UV excess. ... abbreviated
description: 15 pages, 25 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Interfacial halogen bonding boosts the photovoltage of the dye-sensitized solar cell
Creators: name: Simon, Sarah June Charlene
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A series of donor-bridge-acceptor (D-π-A) compounds, differing only by the identity of two halogen atoms substituted on the triphenylamine (TPA, donor), were synthesized and characterized for insight into the regeneration reactions within dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) [Dye-X⁺/TiO₂(e-) + I− → Dye-X/TiO₂ + I₂•−]. The structures of each series conformed to a molecular scaffold bearing a TPA donor, thiophene spacer, and acrylic acid unit as the anchoring group. In Chapter 2, each Dye-X (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) was immobilized on a TiO₂ surface to investigate how the halogen substituents affect the reaction rate between the light-induced charge-separated state, TiO₂(e−)/Dye-X⁺, with iodide in solution. Transient absorption spectroscopy showed progressively faster reactivity towards nucleophilic iodide with more polarizable halogen substituents: Dye-F < Dye-Cl < Dye-Br < Dye-I. In Chapter 3, it is reported that the Dye-X series show a higher photovoltage for DSSCs where intermolecular halogen bonding interactions exist between a nucleophilic electrolyte species (I−) and a photo-oxidized dye immobilized on a TiO₂ surface. Given that all other structural and electronic properties for the series are held at parity, with the exception of an increasingly larger electropositive σ-hole on the heavier halogens, the differences in dye regeneration kinetics for Dye-Cl, Dye-Br, and Dye-I are ascribed to the extent of halogen bonding with the nucleophilic solution species. The open-circuit voltages (VOC) tracked these rate of regeneration (kreg) values and provides incontrovertible evidence that the DSSC photovoltage is sensitive to kreg and halogen bonding. This study also provides the first direct evidence that halogen bonding interactions between the dye and the electrolyte can bolster DSSC performance.
Die weltraumqualifizierte Datenakquisition des Übergangsstrahlungsdetektors im AMS-02 Experiment auf der Internationalen Raumstation. The Space Qualified Data Acquisition for the Transition Radiation Detector of the AMS-02 Experiment on the International Space Station
Creators: name: Sabellek, Andreas
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2008
Subjects: AMS-02
AMS
TRD
UDR2

description: The transition radiation detector (TRD) of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) for cosmic rays allows a separation of positrons and protons and will be operated on the International Space Station for three years. Its space qualified readout electronics, developed and operated under responsibility of University of Karlsruhe, and the TRD front end have shown an excellent performance  with cosmic rays on the ground in 2008. The readout system and the results of the first data are discussed.
Additional file 1 of Effects of aerobic exercise on tear secretion and tear film stability in dry eye patients
Creators: name: Sun, Chao
name: Chen, Xiaofan
name: Huang, Yanming
name: Zou, Huan
name: Fan, Wei
name: Yang, Mei
name: Yuan, Rongdi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI). The OSDI is the most widely used questionnaire for dry eye clinical trials.
Runtime Adaptive System-on-Chip Communication Architecture
Creators: name: Al Faruque, Mohammad Abdullah
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2009
Subjects: Networks-on-Chip
Multi-Processor System-on-Chip
Runtime adaptive architecture
Quality-of-Service
Runtime agent-based algorithms

description: The adaptive system provides adaptivity both
in the system-level and in the architecture-level. The system-level adaptation is provided
using a runtime application mapping. The architecture-level adaptation is implemented by using
several novel methodologies to increase the resource utilization of the underlying silicon
fabric, i.e. sharing the Virtual Channel Buffers among different output ports. To achieve successful runtime adaptation, a runtime observability infrastructure is included.
Single-dopant resonance in a single-electron transistor
Creators: name: Golovach, V. N.
name: Jehl, X.
name: Houzet, M.
name: Pierre, M.
name: Roche, B.
name: Sanquer, M.
name: Glazman, L. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single dopants in semiconductor nanostructures have been studied in great details recently as they are good candidates for quantum bits, provided they are coupled to a detector. Here we report coupling of a single As donor atom to a single-electron transistor (SET) in a silicon nanowire field-effect transistor. Both capacitive and tunnel coupling are achieved, the latter resulting in a dramatic increase of the conductance through the SET, by up to one order of magnitude. The experimental results are well explained by the rate equations theory developed in parallel with the experiment.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures
ECCGNN Date and Code
Creators: name: Zeng, Haowei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 40604 Natural Hazards
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: this repo contains code accompaning the paper, Environmental Consistency-Constrained Graph Neural Networks for Reliable Landslide Susceptibility Evaluation. It contains the code of 1) Environmental classification; 2) Graph construction; 3) the GraphSAGE model for LSM prediction. Also, it provides the drawing of most experimental figures. For details, see 'README.md'
Mitigating the effect of propagation impairments on higher layer protocols and algorithms in wireless sensor networks
Creators: name: Abouzar, Pooyan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) range from body area networks (BANs) that involve a relatively small number of nodes, short paths and frequent update rates to precision agriculture wireless sensor networks (PAWSNs) that involve a relatively large number of nodes, long paths and infrequent update rates. They are distinguished from wireless access networks by: 1) their mesh architecture and reliance on higher layer protocols and algorithms to perform routing, scheduling, localization, and node placement, 2) their need to operate for long periods of time with only limited access to battery or scavenged power. Energy conservation has long been an important goal for developers of WSNs and the potential for reducing energy consumption in such networks by reducing the strength and/or frequency of transmission has long been recognized. Although the impact of propagation impairments on the physical and media access control layers of WSNs has long been considered, few previous studies have sought to assess their impact on higher layer protocols and algorithms and devise schemes for mitigating or accounting for such impacts. Here, we present four case studies that demonstrate how higher layer protocols and algorithms can be devised to achieve greater energy efficiency by accounting for the nature of the propagation impairments experienced. In the first two case studies, we focus on BANs and: 1) propose a routing protocol that uses linear programming techniques to ensure that all nodes expend energy at a similar rate and thereby maximize network lifetime and 2) propose a scheduling algorithm that accounts for the periodic shadowing observed over many BAN links and thereby reduce the transmit power required to transfer information and thereby maximize network lifetime. In the second two case studies, we focus on PAWSNs and 3) propose an efficient localization algorithm based on the Bayesian model for information aggregation and 4) demonstrate that path loss directionality observed in sites such as high density apple orchards greatly affects WSN connectivity and, therefore, energy consumption and must be considered when designing node placement in agricultural fields.
Additional file 1 of Leaving the profession as a medical assistant: a qualitative study exploring the process, reasons and potential preventive measures
Creators: name: Mambrey, Viola
name: Dreher, Annegret
name: Loerbroks, Adrian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Science Policy
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Agent Based Processing of Global Evaluation Function
Creators: name: Hossain, M. Shahriar
name: Fuad, M. Muztaba
name: Joarder, Md. Mahbubul Alam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Load balancing across a networked environment is a monotonous job. Moreover, if the job to be distributed is a constraint satisfying one, the distribution of load demands core intelligence. This paper proposes parallel processing through Global Evaluation Function by means of randomly initialized agents for solving Constraint Satisfaction Problems. A potential issue about the number of agents in a machine under the invocation of distribution is discussed here for securing the maximum benefit from Global Evaluation and parallel processing. The proposed system is compared with typical solution that shows an exclusive outcome supporting the nobility of parallel implementation of Global Evaluation Function with certain number of agents in each invoked machine.
Characterization of NIP theories by ordered graph-indiscernibles
Creators: name: Scow, Lynn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03C45, 03C68, 05C55

description: We generalize the Unstable Formula Theorem characterization of stable theories from \citep{sh78}: that a theory $T$ is stable just in case any infinite indiscernible sequence in a model of $T$ is an indiscernible set. We use a generalized form of indiscernibles from \citep{sh78}: in our notation, a sequence of parameters from an $L$-structure $M$, $(b_i : i \in I)$, indexed by an $L'$-structure $I$ is \emph{$L'$-generalized indiscernible in $M$} if qftp$^{L'}(\ov{i};I)$=qftp$^{L'}(\ov{j};I)$ implies tp$^L(\ov{b}_{\ov{i}}; M)$ = tp$^L(\ov{b}_{\ov{j}};M)$ for all same-length, finite $\ov{i}, \ov{j}$ from $I$. Let $T_g$ be the theory of linearly ordered graphs (symmetric, with no loops) in the language with signature $L_g=\{
description: (to appear in APAL)
7.4 Ecosystèmes
Creators: name: Neff, Christophe
name: Aloui, Ali
name: EL Hamrouni, Abdelmajid
name: Souissi, Ahmed
name: Großmann, Anne
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2007

description: The paper presents a forecast of the quality of Tunisian ecosystems in 2030. Two different scenarios are presented – one with climate change forcing, - one without climate change forcing.  Under climate change conditions the north of Tunisia will have increasing forest fire risks. Climate change conditions could also increase the risks of biological invasions.
Remote Preparation of Single-Photon "Hybrid" Entangled and Vector-Polarization States
Creators: name: Barreiro, Julio T.
name: Wei, Tzu-Chieh
name: Kwiat, Paul G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum teleportation faces increasingly demanding requirements for transmitting large or even entangled systems. However, knowledge of the state to be transmitted eases its reconstruction, resulting in a protocol known as remote state preparation. A number of experimental demonstrations to date have been restricted to single-qubit systems. We report the remote preparation of two-qubit "hybrid" entangled states, including a family of vector-polarization beams. Our single-photon states are encoded in the photon spin and orbital angular momentum. We reconstruct the states by spin-orbit state tomography and transverse polarization tomography. The high fidelities achieved for the vector-polarization states opens the door to optimal coupling of down-converted photons to other physical systems, such as an atom, as required for scalable quantum networks, or plasmons in photonic nanostructures.
description: Letter: 4 pages, 1 figure. Supplementary material: 1 page
Are those who [mind]wander lost? : examining the mechanism of mind wandering through its relationship with sleep and cognitive performance
Creators: name: Pricop, Diana F.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Whether we like it or not, we spend a large portion of our day thinking introspectively instead of paying attention to what is around us. This is known as mind wandering, and we do it often, are unaware we are doing so, and are impaired cognitively and perceptually during the process. However, it is also true that we sleep often, are unaware we are doing so, and are impaired cognitively and perceptually during the process. Yet we would not conclude that, like mind wandering, sleep is detrimental. There is a newly growing literature providing evidence for potential benefits of mind wandering, as well as suggesting various similarities between mind wandering and sleep. The present study aimed to add to this literature by examining whether the similarity between mind wandering and sleep extends to effects on dissociated aspects of cognitive functioning. Based on two studies showing the pattern of relationship between sleep and mind wandering, and the effect of sleep deprivation on cognitive functioning, the present study examined whether, studied together, sleep and mind wandering had comparable effects on these cognitive performance measures. It was found that sleepiness was a significant predictor of both mind wandering and cognitive performance, replicating the findings of the two previously mentioned studies using a combination of their measures. However, mind wandering, unlike sleep, was not a significant predictor of cognitive functioning. Alternatively, the results suggested that cognitive performance, either executive or non-executive, was not affected by mind wandering, even though both cognitive performance and mind wandering were affected by sleep. This finding suggests that mind wandering does not affect performance on a global level the way it does on an acute level. However, limitations of the study which may potentially undermine this interpretation of the results, as well as consequent future directions, are also discussed.
Measurement of the Inclusive Upsilon production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Upsilon production cross section in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is measured using a data sample collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.1 +/- 0.3 inverse picobarns. Integrated over the rapidity range |y|<2, we find the product of the Upsilon(1S) production cross section and branching fraction to dimuons to be sigma(pp to Upsilon(1S) X) B(Upsilon(1S) to mu+ mu-) = 7.37 +/- 0.13^{+0.61}_{-0.42}\pm 0.81 nb, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is associated with the estimation of the integrated luminosity of the data sample. This cross section is obtained assuming unpolarized Upsilon(1S) production. If the Upsilon(1S) production polarization is fully transverse or fully longitudinal the cross section changes by about 20%. We also report the measurement of the Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S), and Upsilon(3S) differential cross sections as a function of transverse momentum and rapidity.
title: On Resisting "Awayness" and Being a Good Insider: Early Career Scholars Revisit Coladarci's Swan Song a Decade Later
Creators: name: Biddle, Catharine
name: Hall Sutherland, Daniella
name: McHenry-Sorber, Erin
Publisher: name: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: The Journal of Research in Rural Education, Volume 35, ISSN: 1551-0670
Formation of Hydrogenated Graphene Nanoripples by Strain Engineering and Directed Surface Self-assembly
Creators: name: Wang, Z. F.
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Liu, Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new class of semiconducting graphene-based nanostructures: hydrogenated graphene nanoripples (HGNRs), based on continuum-mechanics analysis and first principles calculations. They are formed via a two-step combinatorial approach: first by strain engineered pattern formation of graphene nanoripples, followed by a curvature-directed self-assembly of H adsorption. It offers a high level of control of the structure and morphology of the HGNRs, and hence their band gaps which share common features with graphene nanoribbons. A cycle of H adsorption/desorption at/from the same surface locations completes a reversible metal-semiconductor-metal transition with the same band gap.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures
Detailed model description and additional results from Modelling gambiense human African trypanosomiasis infection in villages of the Democratic Republic of Congo using Kolmogorov forward equations
Creators: name: Davis, Christopher N.
name: Keeling, Matt J.
name: Rock, Kat S.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60114 Systems Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A complete description of the model with additional results, full results for the health zone Mosango, and a comparison to an equivalent ordinary differential equation model.
Mining Multi-Level Frequent Itemsets under Constraints
Creators: name: Gouider, Mohamed Salah
name: Farhat, Amine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.2.4; H.2.8; I.2.6; I.2.4; I.1.2
subject: 68P04, 68Q04, 68T04, 68U04

description: Mining association rules is a task of data mining, which extracts knowledge in the form of significant implication relation of useful items (objects) from a database. Mining multilevel association rules uses concept hierarchies, also called taxonomies and defined as relations of type 'is-a' between objects, to extract rules that items belong to different levels of abstraction. These rules are more useful, more refined and more interpretable by the user. Several algorithms have been proposed in the literature to discover the multilevel association rules. In this article, we are interested in the problem of discovering multi-level frequent itemsets under constraints, involving the user in the research process. We proposed a technique for modeling and interpretation of constraints in a context of use of concept hierarchies. Three approaches for discovering multi-level frequent itemsets under constraints were proposed and discussed: Basic approach, "Test and Generate" approach and Pruning based Approach.
description: 20 pages
Additional file 3 of Leaving the profession as a medical assistant: a qualitative study exploring the process, reasons and potential preventive measures
Creators: name: Mambrey, Viola
name: Dreher, Annegret
name: Loerbroks, Adrian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Science Policy
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 3.
Birthday Variations for Ulysses Kay, 1967
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2019

description: Birthday music composed for piano, four hands, from Kay’s “Suite for Strings” 2nd movement. Includes six variations composed by Slonimsky, Vincent, Cortes, Stevens, Dahl, and Kohs. Ingolf Dahl and Ramiro Cortes, pianists. See Also: Box 103, which contains the scores
Fingerprint: DWT, SVD Based Enhancement and Significant Contrast for Ridges and Valleys Using Fuzzy Measures
Creators: name: Bennet, D.
name: Perumal, Dr. S. Arumuga
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The performance of the Fingerprint recognition system will be more accurate with respect of enhancement for the fingerprint images. In this paper we develop a novel method for Fingerprint image contrast enhancement technique based on the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and singular value decomposition (SVD) has been proposed. This technique is compared with conventional image equalization techniques such as standard general histogram equalization and local histogram equalization. An automatic histogram threshold approach based on a fuzziness measure is presented. Then, using an index of fuzziness, a similarity process is started to find the threshold point. A significant contrast between ridges and valleys of the best, medium and poor finger image features to extract from finger images and get maximum recognition rate using fuzzy measures. The experimental results show the recognition of superiority of the proposed method to get maximum performance up gradation to the implementation of this approach.
description: Submitted to Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, see http://sites.google.com/site/jcseuk/volume-6-issue-1-march
Additional file 4 of Leaving the profession as a medical assistant: a qualitative study exploring the process, reasons and potential preventive measures
Creators: name: Mambrey, Viola
name: Dreher, Annegret
name: Loerbroks, Adrian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Science Policy
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 4.
Continuous opinion model in small world directed networks
Creators: name: Gandica, Yérali
name: del Castillo-Mussot, Marcelo
name: Vázquez, Gerardo J.
name: Rojas, Sergio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the compromise model of continuous opinions proposed by Deffuant et al, the states of two agents in a network can start to converge if they are neighbors and if their opinions are sufficiently close to each other, below a given threshold of tolerance $ε$. In directed networks, if agent i is a neighbor of agent j, j need not be a neighbor of i. In Watts-Strogatz networks we performed simulations to find the averaged number of final opinions $$ and their distribution as a function of $ε$ and of the network structural disorder. In directed networks $$ exhibits a rich structure, being larger than in undirected networks for higher values of $ε$, and smaller for lower values of $ε$.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures
Disk Evolution in OB Associations - Deep Spitzer/IRAC Observations of IC 1795
Creators: name: Roccatagliata, Veronica
name: Bouwman, Jeroen
name: Henning, Thomas
name: Gennaro, Mario
name: Feigelson, Eric
name: Kim, Jinyoung Serena
name: Sicilia-Aguilar, Aurora
name: Lawson, Warrick A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a deep Spitzer/IRAC survey of the OB association IC 1795 carried out to investigate the evolution of protoplanetary disks in regions of massive star formation. Combining Spitzer/IRAC data with Chandra/ACIS observations, we find 289 cluster members. An additional 340 sources with an infrared excess, but without X-ray counterpart, are classified as cluster member candidates. Both surveys are complete down to stellar masses of about 1 Msun. We present pre-main sequence isochrones computed for the first time in the Spitzer/IRAC colors. The age of the cluster, determined via the location of the Class III sources in the [3.6]-[4.5]/[3.6] color-magnitude diagram, is in the range of 3 - 5 Myr. As theoretically expected, we do not find any systematic variation in the spatial distribution of disks within 0.6 pc of either O-type star in the association. However, the disk fraction in IC 1795 does depend on the stellar mass: sources with masses >2 Msun have a disk fraction of ~20%, while lower mass objects (2-0.8 Msun) have a disk fraction of ~50%. This implies that disks around massive stars have a shorter dissipation timescale.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
Envisioning a building information model (BIM) integrated building performance visualization (iPViz) interface
Creators: name: Jaffery, Syed Raza Ali
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The dispersed nature, complexity, and amount of information available in modern buildings with advanced management and control systems, makes it challenging for building operators to holistically understand building performance. One of the reasons is the lack of integration among multiple information sources and tools making it harder to align performance data with user’s experiential model of the physical systems. The goal of this research is to envision an integrated building performance visualization interface that provides contextually relevant, on-demand information to building operators. The research was executed in three sequential phases including an extensive literature review, a detailed case study, and development of a mockup prototype. I conducted an extensive literature review to capture the state-of-the-art in related academic domains and to establish a point-of-departure for the proposed research. The case study focused on a high performance building to understand operation and maintenance practices with an emphasis on building management systems (BMS). The case study involved two phases. In the first phase, I collected qualitative data by conducting interviews, contextual inquiries, and shadowing of building operators. In the second phase, I conducted a survey to collect quantitative data that further expanded upon the initial findings from first phase. The results revealed several overlapping and interrelated challenges that were further analyzed and grouped into two sets of issues: visualization related and system’s interactivity related. I also identified two core problems in the overall use of the BMS: a lack of spatial and informational context, and disconnected monitoring of energy and system performance data. Based on the findings, I developed a BIM Integrated Performance Visualization (iPViz) interface mockup as a proof-of-concept to support the work of building operators. I demonstrated the proposed interface features by using storyboard illustrations based on task-specific scenarios. I designed the scenarios and storyboards to demonstrate the proposed interface’s ability to provide spatially contextual information in response to a building operator’s interactions. The research provides some future directions for the development of BIM-based performance visualization systems. Additional research is required to implement and evaluate the proposed solutions and to analyze their effectiveness in facilitating building management functions.
All-optical switching of photonic entanglement
Creators: name: Hall, Matthew A.
name: Altepeter, Joseph B.
name: Kumar, Prem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Future quantum optical networks will require the ability to route entangled photons at high speeds, with minimal loss and added in-band noise, and---most importantly---without disturbing the photons' quantum state. Here we present an all-optical switch which fulfills these requirements and characterize its performance at the single photon level. It exhibits a 200-ps switching window, 120:1 contrast, 1.5-dB loss, and induces no measurable degradation in the switched photons' entangled-state fidelity (< 0.002). As a proof-of-principle demonstration of its capability, we use the switch to demultiplex a single quantum channel from a dual-channel, time-division-multiplexed entangled photon stream. Furthermore, because this type of switch couples the temporal and spatial degrees of freedom, it provides an important new tool with which to encode multiple-qubit quantum states on a single photon.
Rabhas and Their Changing Livelihood-A Study in Andu Forest Village of Chilapata Beat in Jaldapara Wildlife Division
Creators: name: Das, Partha
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Rabha
Forest Dwellers
Indigenous Livelihood
Socio-economic Status

description: Rabhas are one of the most noteworthy ethnic communities living in foothills of North Bengal and in Assam. They have been living in these regions for centuries maintaining their self-designed society, culture and indigenous livelihood; separate from other tribes. Rabhas found over this broad Sub-Himalayan belt have one thing in common, that is their closeness to nature which is evident in their religion, customs and everyday life. The groups of Rabhas living in North Bengal across the flood plains of river Teesta, Torsa, Jaldhaka, Kaljani, Raidak etc. are mostly forest dwellers. They have lived in harmony with their natural surroundings, using available forest resources, for time immemorial. The first push to their ethnic life style came during the British Rule with the introduction of draconian Forest Act of 1878 and 1927, which tried to evacuate these forest dwellers from their natural habitat. Since independence, there have been changes in the forest law to ensure the rights of forest dwellers on forest. But the ground scenario has not improved much, because- forest dwelling is totally conditioned by the whip of the forest officials who often fail to balance between protecting the forest and allowing the forest dwellers to exercise their right on forest. Again since adoption of ‘Look East Policy’ by Government of India and successive development works by Government of West Bengal, drastic changes have come to the lives of these forest dwellers. Both the physical and social distance of these people with modern civic life have considerably reduced. Again with the expansion of majoritarian culture and silent conversion in these places, the age-old indigenous life of Rabhas is at risk. The present study aims to identify the socio-economic status of the Rabhas of Andu Forest Village, changes in their livelihood and their interaction with surrounding forest of Chilapata Beat of Jaldapara Wild Life Division in Alipurduar District of West Bengal.
A Dusty Mg~II absorber Associated with the Quasar SDSS J003545.13+011441.2
Creators: name: Jiang, P.
name: Ge, J.
name: Prochaska, J. X.
name: Kulkarni, V. P.
name: Lu, H. L.
name: Zhou, H. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a dusty Mg~II absorber associated with the quasar SDSSJ003545.13+011441.2 (hereafter J0035+0114) at $z$=1.5501, which is the strongest one among the three Mg~II absorbers along the sight line of quasar. The two low redshift intervening absorbers are at $z$=0.7436, 0.5436, respectively. Based on the photometric and spectroscopic data of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (hereafter SDSS), we infer the rest frame color excess E(\bv) due to the associated dust is more than 0.07 by assuming a Small Magellanic Cloud (hereafter SMC) type extinction curve. Our follow-up moderate resolution spectroscopic observation at the 10-m Keck telescope with the ESI spectrometer enable us to reliably identify most of the important metal elements, such as Zn, Fe, Mn, Mg, Al, Si, Cr, and Ni in the associated system. We measure the column density of each species and detect significant dust depletion. In addition, we develop a simulation technique to gauge the significance of 2175-Å dust absorption bump on the SDSS quasar spectra. By using it, we analyze the SDSS spectrum of J0035+0114 for the presence of a associated 2175-Å extinction feature and report a tentative detection at $\sim$2$σ$ significant level.
description: 24 Pages, 8 Figures, 4 Tables; Published on ApJ
Determining Suitable Spacings and Distances for Self-tapping Screws by Experimental and Numerical Studies
Creators: name: Uibel, Thomas
name: Blaß, Hans Joachim
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2010

description: For the determination of suitable spacings, end and edge distances as well as of the corresponding timber thickness for self-tapping screws extensive conventional insertion tests have to be carried out. In order to reduce the effort of these tests a calculation method was developed which allows an estimation of the splitting behaviour of timber during the insertion process. Therefore the forces exerting on the timber during the insertion were determined using a new test method.
Additional file 2 of Leaving the profession as a medical assistant: a qualitative study exploring the process, reasons and potential preventive measures
Creators: name: Mambrey, Viola
name: Dreher, Annegret
name: Loerbroks, Adrian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Science Policy
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 2.
Homologous Control of Protein Signaling Networks
Creators: name: Napoletani, Domenico
name: Signore, Michele
name: Sauer, Timothy
name: Liotta, Lance
name: Petricoin, Emanuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a previous paper we introduced a method called augmented sparse reconstruction (ASR) that identifies links among nodes of ordinary differential equation networks, given a small set of observed trajectories with various initial conditions. The main purpose of that technique was to reconstruct intracellular protein signaling networks. In this paper we show that a recursive augmented sparse reconstruction generates artificial networks that are homologous to a large, reference network, in the sense that kinase inhibition of several reactions in the network alters the trajectories of a sizable number of proteins in comparable ways for reference and reconstructed networks. We show this result using a large in-silico model of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) driven signaling cascade to generate the data used in the reconstruction algorithm. The most significant consequence of this observed homology is that a nearly optimal combinatorial dosage of kinase inhibitors can be inferred, for many nodes, from the reconstructed network, a result potentially useful for a variety of applications in personalized medicine.
description: 33 pages, 6 figures
Additional file 1 of Development of a decision flowchart to identify the patients need high-dose vancomycin in early phase of treatment
Creators: name: Yamaguchi, Ryo
name: Kani, Hiroko
name: Yamamoto, Takehito
name: Tanaka, Takehiro
name: Suzuki, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1.
Star cluster formation and evolution in Mrk 930: properties of a metal-poor starburst
Creators: name: Adamo, A.
name: Ostlin, G.
name: Zackrisson, E.
name: Papaderos, P.
name: Bergvall, N.
name: Rich, R. M.
name: Micheva, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a HST multiband analysis of the large population of star clusters in the blue compact galaxy (BCG) Mrk 930. We have reconstructed the spectral energy distributions of the star clusters and estimated age, mass, and extinction for a representative sample. We observe a very young cluster population with 70% of the systems formed less than 10 Myr ago. The peak in the star cluster age distribution at 4 Myr is corroborated by the presence of Wolf-Rayet spectral features, and by the observed optical and IR lines ratios [OIII]/H_beta and [NeIII]/[NeII]. The recovered extinction in these very young clusters shows large variations, with a decrease at older ages. It is likely that our analysis is limited to the optically brightest objects (i.e. systems only partially embedded in their natal cocoons). We map the extinction across the galaxy using low-resolution spectra and the H_alpha/H_beta ratio, as obtained from ground-based narrow band imaging. We find that the mean optical extinction derived in the starburst regions is close to the averaged value observed in the clusters, but locally, do not trace the more extinguished clusters. Previous HST studies of BCGs have revealed a population of young and extremely red super star clusters. We detect a considerable fraction of clusters affected by a red excess also in Mrk 930. The nature of the red excess, which turns up at near-IR wavelengths remains unknown. We compare the cluster and the star formation history, the latter derived from the fit of spectral population synthesis models to the spectra. We find a general agreement between the two independently estimated quantities. Using the cluster properties we perform a study of the host environmental properties. We find that the cluster formation efficiency is significantly higher, suggesting a key role of the environment for the formation of these massive objects.[Abridged]
description: 21 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. For high-resolution figures ask the authors
High Dust Depletion in Two Intervening Quasar Absorption Line Systems with the 2175-Å Extinction Bump at $z\sim1.4$
Creators: name: Jiang, Peng
name: Ge, Jian
name: Prochaska, J. Xavier
name: Wang, Junfeng
name: Zhou, Hongyan
name: Wang, Tinggui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the column densities of heavy-elements and dust depletion studies in twostrong Mg~II absorption systems at $z\sim1.4$ displaying the 2175-Å dust extinction feature. Column densities are measured from low-ionization absorption lines using Apparent Optical Depth Method on the Keck/ESI spectra. We find the dust depletion patterns resemble to that of cold diffuse clouds in the Milky Way (MW). The values, [Fe/Zn]$\approx -1.5$ and [Si/Zn]$
description: 28 Pages, 9 Figures, 5 Tables; Accepted by ApJ
Mathematical modelling of partially absorbing boundaries in biological systems
Creators: name: Iyaniwura, Sarafa Adewale
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: This project presents a mathematical framework for identifying partially permeable biological boundaries, and estimating the rate of absorption of diffusing objects at such a boundary based on limited experimental data. We used partial differential equations (PDEs) to derive probability distribution functions for finding a particle performing Brownian motion in a region. These distribution functions can be fit to data to infer the existence of a boundary. We also used the probability distribution functions together with maximum likelihood estimation to estimate the rate of absorption of objects at the boundaries, based on simulated data. Furthermore, we consider a switching boundary and provide a technique for approximating the boundary with a partially permeable boundary.
Supercuspidal characters of $\operatorname{SL}_2$ over a $p$-adic field
Creators: name: Adler, Jeffrey D.
name: DeBacker, Stephen
name: Sally,, Paul J.
name: Spice, Loren
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 22E35, 22E50, 20G05

description: The character formulas of Sally and Shalika are an early triumph in $p$-adic harmonic analysis, but, to date, the calculations underlying the formulas have not been available. In this paper, which should be viewed as a precursor of the forthcoming volume by the authors and Alan Roche, we leverage modern technology (for example, the Moy-Prasad theory) to compute explicit character tables. An interesting highlight is the computation of the 'exceptional' supercuspidal characters, i.e., those depth-zero representations not arising by inflation-induction from a Deligne-Lusztig representation of finite $\operatorname{SL}_2$; this provides a concrete application for the recent work of DeBacker and Kazhdan.
description: 51 pages; 1 figure; to appear in "Harmonic analysis on reductive, p-adic groups"
Additional file 1 of Upregulation of miR-205 induces CHN1 expression, which is associated with the aggressive behaviour of cervical cancer cells and correlated with lymph node metastasis
Creators: name: Liu, Jianbing
name: Li, Yunfeng
name: Chen, Xihua
name: Xu, Xiangbo
name: Zhao, Haoqi
name: Wang, Shufang
name: Hao, Jianqing
name: He, Bin
name: Liu, Shuyan
name: Wang, Jiedong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1 : Supplementary Figure 1. The original drawing of the cropped blots in the Fig. 3. Red dashed line showed where the cut was made.