cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
What the Semantic Web Will Mean for Smart Grids
Creators: Inaki Laresgoiti
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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A really smart grid will, among other things, allow network control strategies to be adjusted to a dynamically changing environment so as to meet the requirements of all stakeholders. The adoption of advanced techniques that are being developed in the semantic web initiative will make grids more intelligent by automatically adjusting the situation of the network to the connection and to the removal of resources available to participate in the operation of the network.
Single laser pulse driven thermal limit of the quasi-two dimensional magnetic ordering in Sr$_2$IrO$_4$
Creators: name: Wang, Ruitang
name: Sun, J.
name: Meyers, D.
name: Lin, J. Q.
name: Yang, J.
name: Li, G.
name: Ding, H.
name: DiChiara, Anthony D.
name: Cao, Y.
name: Liu, J.
name: Dean, M. P. M.
name: Wen, Haidan
name: Liu, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Upon femtosecond-laser stimulation, generally materials are expected to recover back to their thermal-equilibrium conditions, with only a few exceptions reported. Here we demonstrate that deviation from the thermal-equilibrium pathway can be induced in canonical 3D antiferromagnetically (AFM) ordered Sr$_2$IrO$_4$ by a single 100-fs-laser pulse, appearing as losing long-range magnetic correlation along one direction into a glassy condition. We further discover a `critical-threshold ordering' behavior for fluence above approximately 12 mJ/cm$^2$ which we show corresponds to the smallest thermodynamically stable $c$-axis correlation length needed to maintain long-range quasi-two-dimensional AFM order. We suggest that this behavior arises from the crystalline anisotropy of the magnetic-exchange parameters in Sr$_2$IrO$_4$, whose strengths are associated with distinctly different timescales. As a result, they play out very differently in the ultrafast recovery processes, compared with the thermal equilibrium evolution. Thus, our observations are expected to be relevant to a wide range of problems in the nonequilibrium behavior of low-dimensional magnets and other related ordering phenomena.
The theatrical aesthetic of John Cage
Creators: name: Ozier, Joyce Ruth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The topic of this thesis is an analysis of John Cage's aesthetic from a theatrical point of view. I have done this by examining his performed works and his theoretical writings. A short biographical chapter is included in order that the reader may become aware of certain influences and events which have affected his basic ideas. In addition, two short chapters- one on Happenings and another on the Living Theatre- are included as specific examples of theatrical applications of his aesthetic. It is concluded that Cage's ideas have influenced the general development of recent theatrical experimentation.
From Today''s Distribution System to Tomorrow''s Smart Distribution
Creators: Georges Simard
Robert Uluski and George Larry Clark
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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Emerging smart grid technologies are accelerating the transformation of the distribution system into the smart distribution system of the future. New operating techniques and design practices will be developed to continue improving the reliability of the distribution system. Engineers will develop tools and applications to be integrated with today's technologies so as to ensure the resilience of the distribution system and to achieve a self-healing grid.
Quasars Are Not Light-Bulbs: Testing Models of Quasar Lifetimes with the Observed Eddington Ratio Distribution
Creators: name: Hopkins, Philip F.
name: Hernquist, Lars
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the observed distribution of Eddington ratios as a function of supermassive black hole (BH) mass to constrain models of AGN lifetimes and lightcurves. Given the observed AGN luminosity function, a model for AGN lifetimes (time above a given luminosity) translates directly to a predicted Eddington ratio distribution. Models for self-regulated BH growth, in which feedback produces a 'blowout' decay phase after some peak luminosity (shutting down accretion) make specific predictions for the lifetimes distinct from those expected if AGN are simply gas starved (without feedback) and very different from simple phenomenological 'light bulb' models. Present observations of the Eddington ratio distribution, spanning 5 decades in Eddington ratio, 3 in BH mass, and redshifts z=0-1, agree with the predictions of self-regulated models, and rule out 'light-bulb', pure exponential, and gas starvation models at high significance. We compare the Eddington ratio distributions at fixed BH mass and fixed luminosity (both are consistent, but the latter are much less constraining). We present empirical fits to the lifetime distribution and show how the Eddington ratio distributions place tight limits on AGN lifetimes at various luminosities. We use this to constrain the shape of the typical AGN lightcurve, and provide simple analytic fits. Given independent constraints on episodic lifetimes, most local BHs must have gained their mass in no more than a couple of bright episodes, in agreement with merger-driven fueling models.
description: 21 pages, 13 figures, accepted to ApJ (revised to match accepted version; modeling and tests of redshift evolution added)
Time-dependent, long-term hydrodynamic simulations of the inner protoplanetary disk I: The importance of stellar magnetic torques
Creators: name: Steiner, D.
name: Gehrig, L.
name: Ratschiner, B. W.
name: Ragossnig, F.
name: Vorobyov, E. I.
name: Güdel, M.
name: Dorfi, E. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We conduct simulations of the inner regions of protoplanetary disks (PPDs) to investigate the effects of protostellar magnetic fields on their long-term evolution. We use an inner boundary model that incorporates the influence of a stellar magnetic field. The position of the inner disk is dependent on the mass accretion rate as well as the magnetic field strength. We use this model to study the response of a magnetically truncated inner disk to an episodic accretion event. Additionally, we vary the protostellar magnetic field strength and investigate the consequences of the magnetic field on the long-term behavior of PPDs. We use the fully implicit 1+1D TAPIR code which solves the axisymmetric hydrodynamic equations self-consistently. Our model allows us to investigate disk dynamics close to the star and to conduct long-term evolution simulations simultaneously and includes the radial radiation transport in the stationary diffusion limit. We include stellar magnetic torques, the influence of a pressure gradient, and a variable inner disk radius in the TAPIR code to describe the innermost disk region in a more self-consistent manner and can show that this approach alters the disk dynamics considerably compared to a simplified diffusive evolution equation, especially during outbursts. The influences of a prescribed stellar magnetic field, local pressure gradients, and a variable inner disk radius result in a more consistent description of the gas dynamics in the innermost regions of PPDs. Combining magnetic torques acting on the innermost disk regions with the long-term evolution of PPDs yields previously unseen results, whereby the whole disk structure is affected over its entire lifetime. Additionally, we want to emphasize that a combination of our 1+1D model with more sophisticated multi-dimensional codes could improve the understanding of PPDs even further.
An examination of development models for innovative, low carbon, ecological dwellings for rural areas of Wales
Creators: name: Hatherley, Simon
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Development studies not elsewhere classified

description: The provision of housing in rural areas has been identified as crucial for the long term sustainability of rural communities. However, there are questions about how rural developers are responding to legislative requirements to reduce carbon emissions, whether the fulfilment of a need for affordable housing in rural areas can be reconciled with higher energy performance and whether higher energy performance will affect thermal comfort when climate change is taken into account. To understand these issues a review of published and monitored case studies in rural areas of the UK was undertaken which highlighted a number of development models that might be applied by house builders in the Welsh context. An analysis of two exemplar projects in Pembroke Dock, West Wales, examined the following: the social, economic and legislative context of rural development; the significance of energy and carbon used to construct rural houses; and the quantity of energy required to keep rural dwellings at a comfortable temperature in a typical year. Dynamic thermal modelling was then used to investigate a number of design approaches highlighted in the earlier studies as significant including: increasing thermal mass; increasing south facing glazing; adjusting building form and the layout of the site; and higher levels of insulation. The application of these approaches on a housing scheme in West Wales established the benefits of incorporating thermal mass into the building fabric, maintaining a compact form and, where reasonable, using passive solar gain, to reduce heating load. This study identified that these approaches, if carefully combined, could achieve significant (i.e. 16.4%-29.8%) reductions in heating load without compromising the affordability of the original scheme. However, the study also identified that one possible consequence of improving the energy performance would be a reduction in thermal comfort as a result of higher internal temperatures. To gain a better understanding of this further modelling examined the potential for overheating using the following: current and future climate files; an algorithm based on window opening behaviour; detailed simulation of airflow; and bivariate data analysis techniques. The results from this study identified that thermal mass and ventilation techniques could be employed to address the issues of overheating.
Scalar Meson Photoproduction
Creators: name: Donnachie, A
name: Kalashnikova, Yu S
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The light-quark non-strange scalar mesons a0(980), f0(980), f0(1370), a0(1450), f0(1500) and f0(1710) are of great interest as there is no generally accepted view of their structure which can encompass q-q-qbar-qbar, molecular, q-qbar and glueball states in various combinations. It has been shown previously that the radiative decays of the scalar mesons to rho and omega are a good probe of their structure and provide good discrimination among models. Scalar meson photoproduction is proposed as an alternative to measuring radiative decays and it is shown that it is a feasible proposition.
description: 32 pages, 11 figures, 7 tables
A cost analysis of a simplified model for HCV screening and treatment at a tertiary hospital in Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Dzingirai, Blessing
name: Katsidzira, Leolin
name: Mwanesani, Vongai
name: Postma, Maarten Jacobus
name: van Hulst, Marinus
name: Mafirakureva, Nyashadzaishe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: The treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection using directly acting antivirals was recently adopted in the treatment guidelines of Zimbabwe. The objectives of this study were to design a simplified model of HCV care and estimate the cost of screening and treatment of hepatitis C infection at a tertiary hospital in Zimbabwe. We developed a model of care for HCV using WHO 2018 guidelines for the treatment of HCV infection and expert opinion. We then performed a micro-costing to estimate the costs of implementing the model of care from the healthcare sector perspective. Deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed to explore the impact of uncertainty in input parameters on the estimated total cost of care. The total cost of screening and treatment was estimated to be US$2448 (SD=$290) per patient over a 12-week treatment duration using sofosbuvir/velpatasvir. The cost of directly acting antivirals contributed 57.5% to the total cost of care. The second largest cost driver was the cost of diagnosis, US$819, contributing 34.6% to the total cost of care. Screening and treatment of HCV-infected individuals using directly acting antivirals at a tertiary hospital in Zimbabwe may require substantial financial resources.
Giving Trends in Myanmar: More Than Merit Making
Creators: name: Dove, Cavelle
Publisher: name: Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies
Year: 2017

description: Myanmar, with a human development index ranking of 145 out of 188 countries (UNDP,2016), has been given the prestigious title as the number one giving nation in the world for three years running (2014-2016) by Charities Aid Foundation, challenging the notion that giving is tied to wealth. Explanations for why this is the case tend to focus on the religious practices of Theravada Buddhism and merit-making. This explanation is only part of the picture, however, and does not account for the similarly high rates of giving by other religious groups in Myanmar or for the failing of other Buddhist nations to equal Myanmar’s generosity. I will argue that the low levels of state investment in basic human welfare and the widespread deprivation in the country due to the long years of military rule, coupled with the lack of effective institutions to provide basic social welfare services, are equally strong motivators for charity. At the same time, I will demonstrate that giving trends in Myanmar - even those motivated by compassion or religious duty - area response to immediate needs that are unmet by government or institutional support. For the vast majority of people, reliance on your neighbor is the only available insurance. Such charitable giving rarely extends to philanthropic giving, which addresses systemic and root causes of poverty rather than targeting symptoms. I provide explanations for the high level of charitable giving in Myanmar, looking at everyday examples of giving in Myanmar from both individuals and local businesses and considering the humanitarian disaster of Cyclone Nargis in 2008 as a case example.
description: Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, Vol 10 No 2 (2017): Philanthropy, Giving, and Development
Intrinsic Ellipticity Correlation of SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies and Misalignment with their Host Dark Matter Halos
Creators: name: Okumura, Teppei
name: Jing, Y. P.
name: Li, Cheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the orientation correlation of giant elliptical galaxies by measuring the intrinsic ellipticity correlation function of 83,773 luminous red galaxies (LRGs) at redshifts 0.16 -- 0.47 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We have accurately determined the correlation up to 30 $h^{-1}$Mpc. Luminosity dependence of the ellipticity correlation is also detected although the error bars are large, while no evidence is found for its redshift evolution between $z=0.2$ and $z=0.4$. Then we use a cosmological $N$-body simulation to examine misalignment between the central LRGs and their parent dark matter halos. Central and satellite galaxies are assigned to simulated halos by employing a halo occupation distribution model for the LRGs. The ellipticity correlation is predicted to have the same shape as but an amplitude about 4 times higher than our observation if the central LRGs are perfectly aligned with their host halos. This indicates that the central LRG galaxies are preferentially but not perfectly aligned with their host halos. With the assumption that there is a misalignment angle between a central LRG and its host halo which follows a Gaussian distribution with a zero mean and a width $σ_θ$, we obtain a tight constraint on the misalignment parameter, $σ_θ={35.4}^{+4.0}_{-3.3}$ deg. This type of intrinsic ellipticity correlation, if not corrected, can lead to contamination at 5% level to the shear power spectrum in weak lensing surveys of limiting magnitude $R_{AB}=24.5$ if the source central galaxies follow the same misalignment distribution as the LRGs.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures, minor changes made and references added with respect to published version
Qatari Philanthropy and Out-of-School Children in Southeast Asia: An Interview With the Director of Educate A Child
Creators: name: Morrissey, Michael
Publisher: name: Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies
Year: 2017

description: In September 2015, the UN agreed on Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4), which aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, 2017). Embedded in this broad goal, Educate A Child (EAC) is the only global support program that focuses solely on out-of-school children1 (OOSC) across the world, including Southeast Asia.EAC is an initiative of the Education Above All Foundation of Qatar. It works through co-funding interventions of trusted partners to bring OOSC into quality primary education programs. It pairs with organizations to support innovative programs and methods of education for the most vulnerable children, especially those affected by poverty, conflict, natural disaster, and cultural barriers. EAC’s partners range from international educational, development, and humanitarian organizations to locally-based groups. It currently has around fifty partners, also in Southeast Asia, among others, Aide et Action and its 25-NGO consortium in Cambodia, the Monastic Education Development Group (MEDG), Save the Children, UNESCO, UNHCR, and United World Schools. Dr. Mary Joy Pigozzi is Executive Director of EAC and member of the WISE Prize Committee.
description: Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, Vol 10 No 2 (2017): Philanthropy, Giving, and Development
Pomalidomide combined with dexamethasone for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Luo, Ying
name: Li, Chen
name: Niu, Yuanchen
name: Wu, Shuanzhi
name: Tian, Jingyuan
name: Hu, Zhiqin
name: He, Jin
name: Zhang, Zhixin
name: Liu, Haiyan
name: Li, Yongmei
name: Wang, Tenghua
name: Fang, Yi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pomalidomide in combination treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Published clinical trials were searched in the Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE to February 2023. The literature was screened and evaluated according to the inclusion criteria, and the data were analyzed by a random effect model. Overall response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and full grade or ≥ 3 adverse events (AEs) were the outcomes. This study included 31 clinical trials, which included 4776 patients. The pooled ORR of the doublet regimens was 33.3% (95%CI: 27–39%) and the triplet regimens was 66% (95%CI: 58–74%). Among the 25 included studies, the median PFS was 8.29 months (95%CI: 7.27–9.31), and nine studies reported median OS of 19.43 months (95%CI: 14.56–24.30). In terms of safety, the most common hematologic AEs of grade ≥ 3 were neutropenia (41%) and anemia (20%); Non-hematologic AEs were pneumonia (14%) and infection/febrile neutropenia (14%). Pomalidomide combined treatment regimens have shown good clinical efficacy, especially in pomalidomide + dexamethasone combined with other drugs. In terms of safety, it’s important to pay attention to the likelihood of hematological adverse events when used clinically. PROSPERO: CRD42023420644.
Coordinated Scheduling, Dispatch and Control of Demand Response, Distributed Generation and Storage Resources
Creators: Farrokh Albuyeh
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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Emerging distributed and renewable sources of energy present challenges in operating power systems. At the distribution level, generalizing the functional model for balancing areas and adapting it to lower hierarchical levels of the distribution grid can address some of these challenges. Ubiquitous and inexpensive sensing, control and communication technologies allow the coordinated scheduling, dispatch and control of demand response, distributed energy resources and storage assets to address energy balance and phase balance issues in the distribution grid.
A Realization of the Cohen-Glashow Very Special Relativity
Creators: name: Sheikh-Jabbari, M. M.
name: Tureanu, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the Cohen-Glashow Very Special Relativity (VSR) theory [1] can be realized as the part of the Poincaré symmetry preserved on a noncommutative Moyal plane with light-like noncommutativity. Moreover, we show that the three subgroups relevant to the Cohen-Glashow VSR can also be realized in the noncommutative space-time setting. For all these three cases the noncommutativity parameter $θ^{μν}$ should be light-like ($θ^{μν}θ_{μν}=0$). A fixed constant noncommutativity parameter respects the T(2) subgroup of Lorentz, while for the E(2) and SIM(2) cases the form of noncommutativity among the coordinates should be of linear (Lie algebra) and quadratic (quantum group) type, respectively. We discuss some physical implications of this realization of the Cohen-Glashow VSR.
description: 5 pages, minor corrections, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
Advanced Metering Infrastructure Using Wireless Broadband Networks
Creators: Vibhor Julka and Ronald Mao
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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Advanced metering with two-way communications has the potential to make meters a core element of an integrated system to better manage utility services. But what kind of communications are appropriate? Smart meter traffic is characterized by small session duration, limited mobility and large number of devices, and as such is not handled efficiently by existing wireless broadband access networks run the usual way.
Development and internal validation of a prediction model for patients with hematologic diseases of fall risk: a cohort study
Creators: name: Xinrui, Huang
name: Min, Xu
name: Min, Cao
name: Chenyi, Xu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: To develop and internally validate a prediction model for identifying patients with hematologic diseases of fall risk. This is a prospective cohort study from a prospective collection of data for 6 months. We recruited 412 patients with hematologic diseases in medical institutions and home environment of China. The outcome of the prediction model was fall or not. These variables were filtered via univariable logistic analysis, LASSO, and multivariable logistic analysis. We adopt an internal validation method of K-fold cross validation. The area under the ROC curve and the H-L test were used to evaluate the discrimination and calibration of the model. Five influencing factors were identified multivariable logistic regression analysis. The established model equation is as follows: the H-L goodness-of-fit test of the model p > 0.05. The area under the ROC curve of train is 0.957 (95% CI: 0.936 ~ 0.978), and the area under the ROC curve of test is 0.962 (95% CI: 0.884 ~ 1), so the model calibration and discriminant validity are good. Our equation has good sensitivity and specificity in predicting the fall risk of patients with hematologic diseases, and has certain positive significance for clinical assessment of their fall risk. ChiCTR2200063940
Searching for modified growth patterns with tomographic surveys
Creators: name: Zhao, Gong-Bo
name: Pogosian, Levon
name: Silvestri, Alessandra
name: Zylberberg, Joel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In alternative theories of gravity, designed to produce cosmic acceleration at the current epoch, the growth of large scale structure can be modified. We study the potential of upcoming and future tomographic surveys such as DES and LSST, with the aid of CMB and supernovae data, to detect departures from the growth of cosmic structure expected within General Relativity. We employ parametric forms to quantify the potential time- and scale-dependent variation of the effective gravitational constant, and the differences between the two Newtonian potentials. We then apply the Fisher matrix technique to forecast the errors on the modified growth parameters from galaxy clustering, weak lensing, CMB, and their cross-correlations across multiple photometric redshift bins. We find that even with conservative assumptions about the data, DES will produce non-trivial constraints on modified growth, and that LSST will do significantly better.
description: Matches the version accepted to PRD. New plots, typos fixed, references added. The MGCAMB code is available at http://www.sfu.ca/~gza5/MGCAMB.html
On the Briancon-Skoda theorem on a singular variety
Creators: name: Andersson, Mats
name: Samuelsson, Håkan
name: Sznajdman, Jacob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32C30, 13P10, 32A26, 32A27

description: Let $Z$ be a germ of a reduced analytic space of pure dimension. We provide an analytic proof of the uniform Briancon-Skoda theorem for the local ring $\mathcal{O}_Z$; a result which was previously proved by Huneke by algebraic methods. For ideals with few generators we also get much sharper results.
The impact of priors and observables on parameter inferences in the Constrained MSSM
Creators: name: Trotta, R.
name: Feroz, F.
name: Hobson, M. P.
name: Roszkowski, L.
name: de Austri, R. Ruiz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a newly released version of the SuperBayeS code to analyze the impact of the choice of priors and the influence of various constraints on the statistical conclusions for the preferred values of the parameters of the Constrained MSSM. We assess the effect in a Bayesian framework and compare it with an alternative likelihood-based measure of a profile likelihood. We employ a new scanning algorithm (MultiNest) which increases the computational efficiency by a factor ~200 with respect to previously used techniques. We demonstrate that the currently available data are not yet sufficiently constraining to allow one to determine the preferred values of CMSSM parameters in a way that is completely independent of the choice of priors and statistical measures. While b->s gamma generally favors large m_0, this is in some contrast with the preference for low values of m_0 and m_1/2 that is almost entirely a consequence of a combination of prior effects and a single constraint coming from the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, which remains somewhat controversial. Using an information-theoretical measure, we find that the cosmological dark matter abundance determination provides at least 80% of the total constraining power of all available observables. Despite the remaining uncertainties, prospects for direct detection in the CMSSM remain excellent, with the spin-independent neutralino-proton cross section almost guaranteed above sigma_SI ~ 10^{-10} pb, independently of the choice of priors or statistics. Likewise, gluino and lightest Higgs discovery at the LHC remain highly encouraging. While in this work we have used the CMSSM as particle physics model, our formalism and scanning technique can be readily applied to a wider class of models with several free parameters.
description: Minor changes, extended discussion of profile likelihood. Matches JHEP accepted version. SuperBayeS code with MultiNest algorithm available at http://www.superbayes.org
Virtualization of the Evolving Power Grid
Creators: Olufemi A. Omitaomu
Alexandre Sorokine and Varun Chandola
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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Power grid information processing is becoming increasingly important as we transition to smart grid architectures that collect and analyze massive data. Groups at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed tools to help utilities manage the greater flows of information. But the data collection and analysis center itself could become a failure point during major disruptions when situational awareness is most desperately needed. Ultimately, cloud-computing infrastructure will allow for secure virtual information and analysis centers that can distribute results to a large number of analysts, including operational personnel, regardless of their physical locations.
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A New Architecture for Distributed Energy Management
Creators: Dr. Mani Vadari
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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It is proposed that the utility be put at the center of the distributed energy equation and manage the output of all the distributed energy in its territory. The key to this approach is to use principles of transactive energy all the way down to the retail/premises level and to optimize all available sources of energy based on their pricing characteristics and user preferences
Noncommmutative solitons and kinks in the affine Toda model coupled to matter
Creators: name: Blas, H.
name: Carrion, H. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some properties of the non-commutative (NC) versions of the generalized sine-Gordon model (NCGSG) and its dual massive Thirring theory are studied. Our method relies on the NC extension of integrable models and the master lagrangian approach to deal with dual theories. The master lagrangian turns out to be the NC version of the so-called affine Toda model coupled to matter related to the group GL(n), in which the Toda field $g \subset GL(n), (n=2, 3)$. Moreover, as a reduction of GL(3) NCGSG one gets a NC version of the remarkable double sine-Gordon model.
description: 6 pages. Talk presented at the Fifth International Conference of Applied Mathematics and Computing (Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 12 - 18, 2008). Proceedings to appear in special issues of "International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics"
Resolution of Interference Issues Will Make Power Line Communications an Attractive Option
Creators: Stefano Galli
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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The smart grid will employ many kinds of communications technologies, ranging from fiberoptics to wireless and to wireline, including Power Line Communications and broadband access modes like xDSL. Among the wireline options, several PLC technologies are already available or being standardized. But this wide availability of PLC technologies also has some drawbacks.
Broken scale invariance, massless dilaton and confinement in QCD
Creators: name: Kharzeev, Dmitri
name: Levin, Eugene
name: Tuchin, Kirill
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Classical conformal invariance of QCD in the chiral limit is broken explicitly by scale anomaly. As a result, the lightest scalar particle (scalar glueball, or dilaton) in QCD is not light, and cannot be described as a Goldstone boson. Nevertheless basing on an effective low-energy theory of broken scale invariance we argue that inside the hadrons the non-perturbative interactions of gluon fields result in the emergence of a massless dilaton excitation (which we call the "scalaron"). We demonstrate that our effective theory of broken scale invariance leads to confinement. This theory allows a dual formulation as a classical Yang-Mills theory on a curved conformal space-time background. Possible applications are discussed, including the description of strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma and the spin structure of hadrons.
description: 18 pages, 2 figures; v2: fixed numerous typos
Stochastic Information Management in Microgrid Operations
Creators: Hao Liang and Weihua Zhuang
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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Designed to supply electrical and heat loads in local areas based on distributed energy resources, microgrids can significantly reduce power transmission and distribution losses and improve the utilization of renewable energy. Given the randomness in renewable power generation, and the buffering effect of energy storage devices and various customer behavior patterns, stochastic information management employment of stochastic modeling and optimization techniques for information processing and decision making is critical for microgrid operations to ensure system efficiency, reliability and sound economics.
Chiasognathus Paulsen & Smith, 2010, sp. n.
Creators: name: Paulsen, M. J.
name: Smith, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Key to Adults of Chiasognathus Species 1. Apex of elytra spinose. Males with large tooth projecting ventrally from each mandible, females with ridge or large tubercle in the same spot...  C. grantii Stephens – Apex of elytra not spinose, either subdentate or rounded. Males and females at most with small ventral tooth at base of mandible.................................. 2 2. Epipleuron strongly concave in basal third of elytra. Elytral apex with beaded margins to just before apex......................................................................... 3 – Epipleuron more or less flat in basal third of elytra. Elytral apex thickened, with margin lacking bead........................................................................... 4 3. Prothorax with lateral margin obsolete anteriorly. Elytra distinctly shiny; surface glabrous in males, with long scattered bristles in females.........  C. impubis Parry – Prothorax with lateral margin strongly indicated throughout, crenulate. Elytra usually densely squamose (rarely abraded)....  C. mniszechii Thomson 4. Dorsal surface entirely squamose with short scales.......  C. jousselinii Reiche – Dorsal surface (especially pronotum) more or less glabrous........................ 5 5. Mesotibia thickened (Fig. 10). Specimens known only from Ñuble Province (VIII Región del Biobío, Chile)..........  C. sombrus Paulsen & Smith, sp. n. – Mesotibia not thickened (Fig. 11). Specimens from farther south.............. 6
description: Published as part of Paulsen, M. J. & Smith, Andrew, 2010, Revision of the genus Chiasognathus Stephens of southern South America with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae, Chiasognathini), pp. 33-63 in ZooKeys 43 (43) on page 41, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.43.397, http://zenodo.org/record/576657
Radial structure, inflow & central mass of stationary radiative galaxy clusters
Creators: name: Saxton, Curtis J.
name: Wu, Kinwah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the radial structure of self-gravitating spheres consisting of multiple interpenetrating fluids, such as the X-ray emitting gas and the dark halo of a galaxy cluster. In these dipolytropic models, adiabatic dark matter sits in equilibrium, while the gas develops a gradual, smooth, quasi-stationary cooling flow. Both affect and respond to the collective gravitational field. We find that all subsonic, radially continuous, steady solutions require a non-zero minimum central point mass. For Mpc-sized halos with 7 to 10 effective degrees of freedom (F2), the minimum central mass is compatible with observations of supermassive black holes. Smaller gas mass influxes enable smaller central masses for wider ranges of F2. The halo comprises a sharp spike around the central mass, embedded within a core of nearly constant density (at 10-10^2.5kpc scales), with outskirts that attenuate and naturally truncate at finite radius (several Mpc). The gas density resembles a broken power law in radius, but the temperature dips and peaks within the dark core. A finite minimum temperature occurs due to gravitational self-warming, without cold mass dropout nor needing regulatory heating. X-ray emission from the intracluster medium mimics a beta-model plus bright compact nucleus. Near-sonic points in the gas flow are bottlenecks to allowed steady solutions; the outermost are at kpc scales. These sites may preferentially develop cold mass dropout during strong perturbations off equilibrium. Within the sonic point, the profile of gas specific entropy is flatter than s r^{1/2}, but this is a shallow ramp and not an isentropic core. When F2 is large, the inner halo spike is only marginally Jeans stable in the central pc, suggesting that a large non-linear disturbance could trigger local dark collapse onto the central object.
description: 38 pages, 26 figures. MNRAS accepted
The generalized scaling function of AdS/CFT and semiclassical string theory
Creators: name: Beccaria, Matteo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, Freyhult, Rej and Staudacher (FRS) proposed an integral equation determining the leading logarithmic term of the anomalous dimension of sl(2) twist-operators in N=4 SYM for large Lorentz spin M and twist L at fixed j = L/log(M). We discuss the large j limit of the FRS equation. This limit can be matched with the {\em fast long string} limit of AdS_5 X S^5 superstring perturbation theory at all couplings. In particular, a certain part of the classical and one-loop string result is known to be protected and can be computed in the weakly coupled large-j limit of the FRS equation. We present various analytical and numerical results supporting agreement at one and two loops in the gauge theory.
description: 31 pages, 8 eps figures
The Complexity of Smart Grids
Creators: Ferdinanda Ponci and Antonello Monti
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

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As generally envisaged, the smart grid is not only a complicated system made of many parts, but also a complex system, one in which overall behavior cannot not be directly inferred from the behavior of the individual components, and one that no single entity can control, monitor and manage in real-time. Because it is complex, distributed control is more than a convenience; it is required.
Extended Reality – Code and Materiality in Art and Culture: Technical Insights
Creators: name: Droste, Michael
name: Barsht, Leonid
name: Selmanagić, André
name: Thielen, Elisabeth
name: Schauer, Sophie
name: Holtmann, Christoph
name: Letellier, Julien
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: extended reality
mixed reality
augmented reality
virtual reality
art and culture
digitalization
Berlin culture
HTW Berlin
INKA reserach group

description: Together with the catalog, the »Technical Insights« accompanied the interactive exhibition »Extended Reality – Code and Materiality in Art and Culture«, Berlin, 03.–05.10.2021, an event by the INKA research group at the HTW Berlin in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Media Theater, and the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

description: The publication is funded by the European Regional Development Fund's (ERDF) special program »Strengthening the Potential for Innovation in Culture II« (INP-II) with kind support from the Berlin Senate Administration for Culture and Europe.
Electronic conduction in a three-terminal molecular transistor
Creators: name: He, Haiying
name: Pandey, Ravindra
name: Karna, Shashi P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electronic conduction of a novel, three-terminal molecular architecture, analogous to a heterojunction bipolar transistor is studied. In this architecture, two diode arms consisting of donor-acceptor molecular wires fuse through a ring, while a gate modulating wire is a π-conjugated wire. The calculated results show the enhancement or depletion mode of a transistor by applying a gate field along the positive or negative direction. A small gate field is required to switch on the current in the proposed architecture. The changes in the electronic conduction can be attributed to the intrinsic dipolar molecular architecture in terms of the evolution of molecular wavefunctions, specifically the one associated with the terphenyl group of the modulating wire in the presence of the gate field.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures
Kali worship and its implications for the study of Bengali women
Creators: name: Filteau, Carolyn Helen
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The subject of this thesis is the description of the logic of power relations between men and women as they correspond with images held of Kali, a Hindu goddess. Kali is described in the religious literature as both a benevolent mother goddess and a demonic shrew. Kali is seen here, in my analysis, as a symbolic manifestation as well as a model for male-female interaction in the traditional Indian society. The thesis serves as a prelude and justification for intended research in Bengal. It is meant to challenge the notion that the social worlds of men arid women can be reduced to two spheres (domestic and public) with power limited to males in a so-called public arena. Power is defined as that aspect of social relations what has the effect of constraining or directing the behavior of another (Belshaw 1967). Two features of Kali are considered especially important; Kali's dual-nature and the fact that in India, women are seen as goddesses and goddesses as women. Mostly the analysis considers women as wives and mothers, however one chapter looks at the Indian courtesan. The courtesan represents an interesting juxtaposition of relations with the wife.
The Amati relation in the "fireshell" model
Creators: name: Guida, Roberto
name: Bernardini, Maria Grazia
name: Bianco, Carlo Luciano
name: Caito, Letizia
name: Dainotti, Maria Giovanna
name: Ruffini, Remo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (Shortened) CONTEXT: [...] AIMS: Motivated by the relation proposed by Amati and collaborators, we look within the ``fireshell'' model for a relation between the peak energy E_p of the νF_νtotal time-integrated spectrum of the afterglow and the total energy of the afterglow E_{aft}, which in our model encompasses and extends the prompt emission. METODS: [...] Within the fireshell model [...] We can then build two sets of ``gedanken'' GRBs varying the total energy of the electron-positron plasma E^{e^\pm}_{tot} and keeping the same baryon loading B of GRB050315. The first set assumes for the effective CBM density the one obtained in the fit of GRB050315. The second set assumes instead a constant CBM density equal to the average value of the GRB050315 prompt phase. RESULTS: For the first set of ``gedanken'' GRBs we find a relation E_p\propto (E_{aft})^a, with a = 0.45 \pm 0.01, whose slope strictly agrees with the Amati one. Such a relation, in the limit B \to 10^{-2}, coincides with the Amati one. Instead, in the second set of ``gedanken'' GRBs no correlation is found. CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis excludes the Proper-GRB (P-GRB) from the prompt emission, extends all the way to the latest afterglow phases and is independent on the assumed cosmological model, since all ``gedanken'' GRBs are at the same redshift. The Amati relation, on the other hand, includes also the P-GRB, focuses on the prompt emission only, and is therefore influenced by the instrumental threshold which fixes the end of the prompt emission, and depends on the assumed cosmology. This may well explain the intrinsic scatter observed in the Amati relation.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, to appear on A&A Letters
A simple proof of Hardy-Lieb-Thirring inequalities
Creators: name: Frank, Rupert L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a short and unified proof of Hardy-Lieb-Thirring inequalities for moments of eigenvalues of fractional Schroedinger operators. The proof covers the optimal parameter range. It is based on a recent inequality by Solovej, Soerensen, and Spitzer. Moreover, we prove that any non-magnetic Lieb-Thirring inequality implies a magnetic Lieb-Thirring inequality (with possibly a larger constant).
description: 12 pages
ENGINEERING OF CHEMICAL COMPLEXITY, 10th International Conference
Creators: name: Beta, Carsten
name: Hollmann, Susanne
name: Unger, Beatrice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: conference booklet

description: Booklet of the 10th International Conference “Engineering of Chemical Complexity”.  The aim of this conference is to review and discuss the most recent scientific breakthroughs and findings in complex systems research with a particular emphasis on complex chemical systems and their relation to self-organization in biology and active matter physics.

The conference take place June 3-6, 2019 in Potsdam, Germany