cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 2 of Dog leucocyte antigen (DLA) class II haplotypes and risk of canine diabetes mellitus in specific dog breeds
Creators: name: A. L. Denyer
name: J. P. Massey
name: L. J. Davison
name: W. E. R. Ollier
name: B. Catchpole
name: Kennedy, L. J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2.
On KKLT/CFT and LVS/CFT Dualities
Creators: name: de Alwis, Senarath
name: Gupta, Rajesh Kumar
name: Quevedo, Fernando
name: Valandro, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a general discussion of the properties of three dimensional CFT duals to the AdS string theory vacua coming from type IIB Calabi-Yau flux compactifications. Both KKLT and Large Volume Scenario (LVS) minima are considered. In both cases we identify the large `central charge', find a separation of scales between the radius of AdS and the size of the extra dimensions and show that the dual CFT has only a limited number of operators with small conformal dimension. Differences between the two sets of duals are identified. Besides a different amount of supersymmetry ($\mathcal{N}=1$ for KKLT and $\mathcal{N}=0$ for LVS) we find that the LVS CFT dual has only one scalar operator with $\mathcal{O}(1)$ conformal dimension, corresponding to the volume modulus, whereas in KKLT the whole set of $h^{1,1}$ Kähler moduli have this property. Also, the maximal number of degrees of freedom is estimated to be larger in LVS than in KKLT duals. In both cases we explicitly compute the coefficient of the logarithmic contribution to the one-loop vacuum energy which should be invariant under duality and therefore provides a non-trivial prediction for the dual CFT. This coefficient takes a particularly simple form in the KKLT case.
description: 28+12 pages, Substantial changes in the presentation. Final results unchanged. Version to match the published version
Peter and Wendy and Narratological Point of View: A Stylistic Analysis
Creators: name: Kriangkrai Vathanalaoha
Publisher: name: Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2023
Subjects: narrative point of view
modality
children’s literature
cognitive stylistics
Peter and Wendy

description: Journal of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University, 15, 2, 268850, pp.1-17
Uncertainty Estimation Using Riemannian Model Dynamics for Offline Reinforcement Learning
Creators: name: Tennenholtz, Guy
name: Mannor, Shie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Model-based offline reinforcement learning approaches generally rely on bounds of model error. Estimating these bounds is usually achieved through uncertainty estimation methods. In this work, we combine parametric and nonparametric methods for uncertainty estimation through a novel latent space based metric. In particular, we build upon recent advances in Riemannian geometry of generative models to construct a pullback metric of an encoder-decoder based forward model. Our proposed metric measures both the quality of out-of-distribution samples as well as the discrepancy of examples in the data. We leverage our method for uncertainty estimation in a pessimistic model-based framework, showing a significant improvement upon contemporary model-based offline approaches on continuous control and autonomous driving benchmarks.
Additional file 7: of Comparative genomic analysis suggests that the sperm-specific sodium/proton exchanger and soluble adenylyl cyclase are key regulators of CatSper among the Metazoa
Creators: name: Romero, Francisco
name: Nishigaki, Takuya
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S4. The least gene-loss events of CatSper, sNHE and sAC in the Metazoa. (PDF 305 kb)
Small scale clustering of late forming dark matter
Creators: name: Agarwal, Shankar
name: Corasaniti, Pier Stefano
name: Das, Subinoy
name: Rasera, Yann
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform a study of the nonlinear clustering of matter in the late-forming dark matter (LFDM) scenario in which dark matter results from the transition of a nonminimally coupled scalar field from radiation to collisionless matter. A distinct feature of this model is the presence of a damped oscillatory cutoff in the linear matter power spectrum at small scales. We use a suite of high-resolution N-body simulations to study the imprints of LFDM on the nonlinear matter power spectrum, the halo mass and velocity functions and the halo density profiles. The model largely satisfies high-redshift matter power spectrum constraints from Lyman-$α$ forest measurements, while it predicts suppressed abundance of low-mass halos ($\sim 10^{9}-10^{10}$ h$^{-1}$ M$_\odot$) at all redshifts compared to a vanilla $Λ$CDM model. The analysis of the LFDM halo velocity function shows a better agreement than the $Λ$CDM prediction with the observed abundance of low-velocity galaxies in the local volume. Halos with mass $M\gtrsim 10^{11}$ h$^{-1}$ M$_\odot$ show minor departures of the density profiles from $Λ$CDM expectations, while smaller-mass halos are less dense, consistent with the fact that they form later than their $Λ$CDM counterparts.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, added analysis from higher resolution simulations
Clinical readiness for essential maternal and child health services in Kenya: A cross-sectional survey
Creators: name: Pieper, Carl F.
name: Weber, Jeremy M.
name: Hagey, Jill M.
name: Huchko, Megan J.
name: Oketch, Sandra Y.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: High rates of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in Kenya may be influenced by provider training and knowledge in emergency obstetric and neonatal care in addition to availability of supplies necessary for this care. While post-abortion care is a key aspect of life-saving maternal health care, no validated questionnaires have been published on provider clinical knowledge in this arena. Our aim was to determine provider knowledge of maternal-child health (MCH) emergencies (post-abortion care, pre-eclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage, neonatal resuscitation) and determine factors associated with clinical knowledge. Our secondary aim was to pilot a case-based questionnaire on post-abortion care. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of providers at health facilities in western Kenya providing maternity services. Providers estimated facility capacity through perceived availability of both general and specialized supplies. Providers reported training on the MCH topics and completed case-based questions to assess clinical knowledge. Knowledge was compared between topics using a linear mixed model. Multivariable models identified variables associated with scores by topic. 132 providers at 37 facilities were interviewed. All facilities had access to general supplies at least sometime while specialized supplies were available less frequently. While only 56.8% of providers reported training on post-abortion care, more than 80% reported training on pre-eclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage, and neonatal resuscitation. Providers’ clinical knowledge across all topics was low (mean score of 63.3%), with significant differences in scores by topic area. Despite less formal training in the subject area, providers answered 71.6% (SD 16.7%) questions correctly on post-abortion care. Gaps in supply availability, training, and clinical knowledge on MCH emergencies exist. Increasing training on MCH topics may decrease pregnancy and postpartum complications. Further, validated tools to assess knowledge in post-abortion care should be created, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where legal restrictions on abortion services exist and many abortions are performed in unsafe settings.
The Orbital Eccentricities of Planets Orbiting M Dwarfs
Creators: name: Sagear, Sheila
name: Ballard, Sarah
name: Price-Whelan, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Exoplanet orbital eccentricities encode key information about planetary system formation and evolution. For M dwarf planets in particular, the proximity of the habitable zone to the host star makes eccentricity additionally important for understanding habitability. We investigate the underlying distribution of orbital eccentricities for planets around early-to-mid M dwarf host stars. We employ a sample of 163 planets around early- to mid-M dwarfs across 101 systems detected by NASA's Kepler Mission. We constrain the orbital eccentricity for each planet by leveraging the Kepler lightcurve with a stellar density prior, constructed using metallicity from spectroscopy and stellar parallax from ESA's Gaia mission. Within a Bayesian hierarchical framework, we extract the underlying eccentricity distribution for both single- and multi-transit systems. The data suggest the possibility of distinct dynamically warmer and cooler sub-populations within the single-transit distribution: the single-transit data prefer a mixture model composed of two distinct Rayleigh distributions, one preferring higher eccentricities and one lower eccentricities, over a single Rayleigh distribution with 7:1 odds. We contextualize our findings within a planet formation framework by comparing them to analogous results in the literature for planets orbiting FGK stars. By combining our derived eccentricity distribution with other M dwarf demographic constraints, we estimate the underlying eccentricity distribution for the population of early- to mid-M dwarf planets in the local neighborhood. Comparisons between the eccentricity distribution for singly- and multiply-transiting systems, as well as the distribution between M dwarfs and FGK dwarfs, help illuminate the dynamical states of M dwarf planets at a population level. Extending this work, we construct a flexible stellar age prediction model by combining stellar rotation information with age-correlated galactic kinematics information from Gaia for a calibration sample of roughly 50,000 stars. We use this model to estimate ages for Kepler M dwarfs, and constrain their metallicities using Gaia color-magnitude information and spectral data from the SDSS APOGEE survey. We investigate possible relationships between M dwarf stellar properties and the occurrence and dynamics of their planetary systems.
Additional file 1 of Virtual reality and non-invasive brain stimulation for rehabilitation applications: a systematic review
Creators: name: Cassani, Raymundo
name: Novak, Guilherme S.
name: Falk, Tiago H.
name: Alcyr A. Oliveira
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Hardware and software used for the VR and NIBS protocols.
From depinning transition to plastic yielding of amorphous media: A soft modes perspective
Creators: name: Tyukodi, Botond
name: Patinet, Sylvain
name: Roux, Stéphane
name: Vandembroucq, Damien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A mesoscopic model of amorphous plasticity is discussed in the context of depinning models. After embedding in a d + 1 dimensional space, where the accumulated plastic strain lives along the additional dimension, the gradual plastic deformation of amorphous media can be regarded as the motion of an elastic manifold in a disordered landscape. While the associated depinning transition leads to scaling properties, the quadrupolar Eshelby interactions at play in amorphous plasticity induce specific additional features like shear-banding and weak ergodicity breakdown. The latters are shown to be controlled by the existence of soft modes of the elastic interaction, the consequence of which is discussed in the context of depinning.
Tightness of the maximum likelihood semidefinite relaxation for angular synchronization
Creators: name: Bandeira, Afonso S.
name: Boumal, Nicolas
name: Singer, Amit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Maximum likelihood estimation problems are, in general, intractable optimization problems. As a result, it is common to approximate the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) using convex relaxations. In some cases, the relaxation is tight: it recovers the true MLE. Most tightness proofs only apply to situations where the MLE exactly recovers a planted solution (known to the analyst). It is then sufficient to establish that the optimality conditions hold at the planted signal. In this paper, we study an estimation problem (angular synchronization) for which the MLE is not a simple function of the planted solution, yet for which the convex relaxation is tight. To establish tightness in this context, the proof is less direct because the point at which to verify optimality conditions is not known explicitly. Angular synchronization consists in estimating a collection of $n$ phases, given noisy measurements of the pairwise relative phases. The MLE for angular synchronization is the solution of a (hard) non-bipartite Grothendieck problem over the complex numbers. We consider a stochastic model for the data: a planted signal (that is, a ground truth set of phases) is corrupted with non-adversarial random noise. Even though the MLE does not coincide with the planted signal, we show that the classical semidefinite relaxation for it is tight, with high probability. This holds even for high levels of noise.
description: 2 figures
An Archival Radial Velocity Survey of Targets for NASA's Direct Imaging Flagship Mission
Creators: name: Burt, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Exoplanets, Radial Velocities, Doppler Sensitivity, HWO

description: Talk presented at the Towards Other Earths III meeting in 2023, detailing the results of Laliotis et al. 2023 which examined the current Doppler Sensitivity of ~50 southern hemisphere stars that are likely to be targeted by NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory
Additional file 9: of Comparative genomic analysis suggests that the sperm-specific sodium/proton exchanger and soluble adenylyl cyclase are key regulators of CatSper among the Metazoa
Creators: name: Romero, Francisco
name: Nishigaki, Takuya
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S6. Distribution of genes encoding the three proteins in representative species with and without an axoneme. (PDF 238 kb)
Commentary: Tissue factor as a potential coagulative/vascular marker in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Sachetto A.T.A.
name: Mackman N.
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media SA
Year: 2023

description: Koudriavtseva and colleagues measured levels of different biomarkers in healthy controls, patients with remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), and patients with relapsing MS. The Quantikine enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (R&D Systems, Minneapolis,MN, Cat. No. DCF300) was used to measure plasma tissue factor (TF) (S. Lorenzano, personal communication). The authors found that patients with relapsing MS had lower levels of plasma TF compared to either patients with remitting MS or the control group. It was concluded that plasma TF is a promising biomarker and possible therapeutic target in relapsing-remitting MS.
Towards Coupling Full-disk and Active Region-based Flare Prediction for Operational Space Weather Forecasting
Creators: name: Pandey, Chetraj
name: Ji, Anli
name: Angryk, Rafal A.
name: Georgoulis, Manolis K.
name: Aydin, Berkay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Solar flare prediction is a central problem in space weather forecasting and has captivated the attention of a wide spectrum of researchers due to recent advances in both remote sensing as well as machine learning and deep learning approaches. The experimental findings based on both machine and deep learning models reveal significant performance improvements for task specific datasets. Along with building models, the practice of deploying such models to production environments under operational settings is a more complex and often time-consuming process which is often not addressed directly in research settings. We present a set of new heuristic approaches to train and deploy an operational solar flare prediction system for $\geq$M1.0-class flares with two prediction modes: full-disk and active region-based. In full-disk mode, predictions are performed on full-disk line-of-sight magnetograms using deep learning models whereas in active region-based models, predictions are issued for each active region individually using multivariate time series data instances. The outputs from individual active region forecasts and full-disk predictors are combined to a final full-disk prediction result with a meta-model. We utilized an equal weighted average ensemble of two base learners' flare probabilities as our baseline meta learner and improved the capabilities of our two base learners by training a logistic regression model. The major findings of this study are: (i) We successfully coupled two heterogeneous flare prediction models trained with different datasets and model architecture to predict a full-disk flare probability for next 24 hours, (ii) Our proposed ensembling model, i.e., logistic regression, improves on the predictive performance of two base learners and the baseline meta learner measured in terms of two widely used metrics True Skill Statistic (TSS) and Heidke Skill core (HSS), and (iii) Our result analysis suggests that the logistic regression-based ensemble (Meta-FP) improves on the full-disk model (base learner) by $\sim9\%$ in terms TSS and $\sim10\%$ in terms of HSS. Similarly, it improves on the AR-based model (base learner) by $\sim17\%$ and $\sim20\%$ in terms of TSS and HSS respectively. Finally, when compared to the baseline meta model, it improves on TSS by $\sim10\%$ and HSS by $\sim15\%$.
Near-equilibrium universality and bounds on efficiency in quasi-static regime with finite source and sink
Creators: name: Johal, Ramandeep S.
name: Rai, Renuka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show the validity of some results of finite-time thermodynamics, also within the quasi-static framework of classical thermodynamics. First, we consider the efficiency at maximum work (EMW) from finite source and sink modelled as identical thermodynamic systems. The near-equilibrium regime is characterized by expanding the internal energy upto second order (i.e. upto linear response) in the difference of initial entropies of the source and the sink. It is shown that the efficiency is given by a universal expression $2 η_C / (4-η_C)$, where $η_C$ is the Carnot efficiency. Then, different sizes of source and sink are treated, by combining different numbers of copies of the same thermodynamic system. The efficiency of this process is found to be ${\boldsymbolη}_0 = η_C/ (2-γη_C)$, where the parameter $γ$ depends only on the relative size of the source and the sink. This implies that within the linear response theory, EMW is bounded as ${η_C}/{2} \le {\boldsymbolη}_0 \le {η_C}/{(2 - η_C)}$, where the upper (lower) bound is obtained with a sink much larger (smaller) in size than the source. We also remark on the behavior of the efficiency beyond linear response.
description: 11 pages, no figures. New discussion added on universality beyond linear response
Passenger-Centric Urban Air Mobility: Fairness Trade-Offs and Operational Efficiency
Creators: name: Bennaceur, Mehdi
name: Delmas, Rémi
name: Hamadi, Youssef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has the potential to revolutionize transportation. It will exploit the third dimension to help smooth ground traffic in densely populated areas. To be successful, it will require an integrated approach able to balance efficiency and safety while harnessing common resources and information. In this work we focus on future urban air-taxi services, and present the first methods and algorithms to efficiently operate air-taxi at scale. Our approach is twofold. First, we use a passenger-centric perspective which introduces traveling classes, and information sharing between transport modes to differentiate quality of services. This helps smooth multimodal journeys and increase passenger satisfaction. Second, we provide a flight routing and recharging solution which minimizes direct operational costs while preserving long term battery life through reduced energy-intense recharging. Our methods, which surpass the performance of a general state-of-the-art commercial solver, are also used to gain meaningful insights on the design space of the air-taxi problem, including solutions to hidden fairness issues.
description: Published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Typos corrected
Aktivierende Sozialpolitik im Kanton Solothurn: Eine Politikfeldanalyse anhand des Advocacy Coalition Framework
Creators: name: Burgunder, Christina
Publisher: name: Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit
Year: 2024

description: Seit den 1990er Jahren hat sich in der schweizerischen Sozialpolitik das Leitprinzip der Aktivierung etabliert, mit dem Ziel, soziale Massnahmen so zu gestalten, dass sie die Eigeninitiative der Menschen fördern und sie befähigen, ihre Möglichkeiten unabhängig von staatlicher Unterstützung zu nutzen. Bei der Umsetzung des Leitprinzips der aktivierenden Sozialpolitik lassen sich verschiedene Aspekte identifizieren.

Das Erkenntnisinteresse der vorliegenden Master-Thesis liegt in der Untersuchung der aktivierenden Sozialpolitik im Kanton Solothurn. Dabei orientiert sich die Arbeit an sieben Forschungsfragen. Zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfragen wird eine Politikfeldanalyse anhand des Analyserahmens des Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) nach Paul Sabatier durchgeführt. Mit Hilfe der Politikfeldanalyse werden die Akteure und Akteurinnen, ihre Überzeugungen und die daraus resultierenden Koalitionen untersucht.

Aufbauend auf einer theoretischen Auseinandersetzung wird ein zweistufiges qualitatives Vorgehen zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfragen durchgeführt. In einem ersten Schritt erfolgt eine Dokumentenanalyse der Stellungnahmen von sechs öffentlich sichtbaren und relevanten Akteuren und Akteurinnen zu den aktivierungspolitischen Geschäften der Jahre 2004 bis 2023. In einem zweiten Schritt werden sechs qualitative Leitfadeninterviews mit Akteuren und Akteurinnen der aktivierenden Sozialpolitik im Kanton Solothurn durchgeführt.

Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Arbeit zeigen die unterschiedlichen Gewichtungen und Interpretationen der Aspekte der aktivierenden Sozialpolitik, die sich in einem Spektrum von reaktiven und subsidiären bis hin zu präventiven und strukturellen Aspekten widerspiegeln. Zudem verdeutlicht die vorliegende Untersuchung, den Einfluss der kantonalen Strukturen der ausgeprägten Gemeindeautonomie auf das Politikfeld der aktivierenden Sozialpolitik. Sowohl empirisch als auch theoretisch lassen sich unterschiedliche Interpretationen und Schwerpunktsetzungen der Aspekte aktivierender Sozialpolitik feststellen, welche die Varianz dieses Leitprinzips innerhalb eines breiten Verständnisses widerspiegeln.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa masa be + Fussnote: Master of Science in Sozialer Arbeit, Bern, Luzern, St. Gallen, 2024 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202409
Day one postoperative MRI findings following electrode placement for deep brain stimulation: analysis of a large case series
Creators: name: Kessler, Brice
name: Hadar, Eldad
name: Quinsey, Carolyn
name: Succop, Benjamin S.
name: Roque, Daniel Alberto
name: Zamora, Carlos
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media SA
Year: 2023

description: Objective This study sought to characterize postoperative day one MRI findings in deep brain stimulation (DBS) patients.MethodsDBS patients were identified by CPT and had their reviewed by a trained neuroradiologist and neurosurgeon blinded to MR sequence and patient information. The radiographic abnormalities of interest were track microhemorrhage, pneumocephalus, hematomas, and edema, and the occurrence of these findings in compare the detection of these complications between T1/T2 gradient-echo (GRE) and T1/T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) magnetic resonance (MR) sequences was compared. The presence, size, and association of susceptibility artifact with other radiographic abnormalities was also described. Lastly, the association of multiple microelectrode cannula passes with each radiographic finding was evaluated. Ad-hoc investigation evaluated hemisphere-specific associations. Multiple logistic regression with Bonferroni correction (corrected p = 0.006) was used for all analysis. Results Out of 198 DBS patients reviewed, 115 (58%) patients showed entry microhemorrhage; 77 (39%) track microhemorrhage; 44 (22%) edema; 69 (35%) pneumocephalus; and 12 (6%) intracranial hematoma. T2 GRE was better for detecting microhemorrhage (OR = 14.82, p < 0.0001 for entry site and OR = 4.03, p < 0.0001 for track) and pneumocephalus (OR = 11.86, p < 0.0001), while T2 FLAIR was better at detecting edema (OR = 123.6, p < 0.0001). The relatively common findings of microhemorrhage and edema were best visualized by T2 GRE and T2 FLAIR sequences, respectively. More passes intraoperatively was associated with detection of ipsilateral track microhemorrhage (OR = 7.151, p < 0.0001 left; OR = 8.953, p < 0.0001 right). Susceptibility artifact surrounding electrodes possibly interfered with further detection of ipsilateral edema (OR = 4.323, p = 0.0025 left hemisphere only). Discussion Day one postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for DBS patients can be used to detect numerous radiographic abnormalities not identifiable on a computed tomographic (CT) scan. For this cohort, multiple stimulating cannula passes intraoperatively was associated with increased microhemorrhage along the electrode track. Further studies should be performed to evaluate the clinical relevance of these observations.
The Impact of Stealthy Attacks on Smart Grid Performance: Tradeoffs and Implications
Creators: name: Abdallah, Yara
name: Zheng, Zizhan
name: Shroff, Ness B.
name: Gamal, Hesham El
name: El-Fouly, Tarek M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The smart grid is envisioned to significantly enhance the efficiency of energy consumption, by utilizing two-way communication channels between consumers and operators. For example, operators can opportunistically leverage the delay tolerance of energy demands in order to balance the energy load over time, and hence, reduce the total operational cost. This opportunity, however, comes with security threats, as the grid becomes more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. In this paper, we study the impact of such malicious cyber-attacks on the energy efficiency of the grid in a simplified setup. More precisely, we consider a simple model where the energy demands of the smart grid consumers are intercepted and altered by an active attacker before they arrive at the operator, who is equipped with limited intrusion detection capabilities. We formulate the resulting optimization problems faced by the operator and the attacker and propose several scheduling and attack strategies for both parties. Interestingly, our results show that, as opposed to facilitating cost reduction in the smart grid, increasing the delay tolerance of the energy demands potentially allows the attacker to force increased costs on the system. This highlights the need for carefully constructed and robust intrusion detection mechanisms at the operator.
description: Technical report - this work was accepted to IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2016. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1209.1763
Additional file 9: of Comparative genomic analysis suggests that the sperm-specific sodium/proton exchanger and soluble adenylyl cyclase are key regulators of CatSper among the Metazoa
Creators: name: Romero, Francisco
name: Nishigaki, Takuya
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S6. Distribution of genes encoding the three proteins in representative species with and without an axoneme. (PDF 98 kb)
Additional file 1 of Home-based palliative care management: what are the useful resources for general practitioners? a qualitative study among GPs in France
Creators: name: Carol-Anne Boudy
name: Bouchez, Tiphanie
name: Caprini, Didier
name: Pourrat, Isabelle
name: Munck, Stéphane
name: Barbaroux, Adriaan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1:. Interview guide.
SHARP: Environment and Person Independent Activity Recognition with Commodity IEEE 802.11 Access Points
Creators: name: Meneghello, Francesca
name: Garlisi, Domenico
name: Fabbro, Nicolò Dal
name: Tinnirello, Ilenia
name: Rossi, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this article we present SHARP, an original approach for obtaining human activity recognition (HAR) through the use of commercial IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) devices. SHARP grants the possibility to discern the activities of different persons, across different time-spans and environments. To achieve this, we devise a new technique to clean and process the channel frequency response (CFR) phase of the Wi-Fi channel, obtaining an estimate of the Doppler shift at a radio monitor device. The Doppler shift reveals the presence of moving scatterers in the environment, while not being affected by (environment-specific) static objects. SHARP is trained on data collected as a person performs seven different activities in a single environment. It is then tested on different setups, to assess its performance as the person, the day and/or the environment change with respect to those considered at training time. In the worst-case scenario, it reaches an average accuracy higher than 95%, validating the effectiveness of the extracted Doppler information, used in conjunction with a learning algorithm based on a neural network, in recognizing human activities in a subject and environment independent way. The collected CFR dataset and the code are publicly available for replicability and benchmarking purposes.
description: This work has been published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (Open Access)
title: Erranze libridinose. Ricerche erudite su testi rari e dimenticati
Creators: name: Cherchi, Paolo
Publisher: name: UNICApress
Year: 2023

description: Questo “vagabondaggio fra testi rari” raccoglie ricerche fatte quasi tutte nell’ultimo lustro, e aventi in comune il registro “erudito”, tipico dei lavori che esplorano zone poco visitate quando non proprio sconosciute, e che compulsano testi rari, distribuiti in un ampio arco di tempo, fra il Medioevo e le soglie dell’Ottocento. Li accomuna anche un certo desiderio di libertà dalle grandi tesi del nostro periodo che insistono sull’impegno sociale e civile assegnando alla letteratura il compito di rivelare i mali del nostro mondo e di offrire rimedi per migliorarlo; ma si allontanano anche dalle ricerche formaliste che s’incentrano sulle funzioni e dimenticano del tutto i valori.
Ricerca, dunque, per il piacere della ricerca. Ma non è un edonismo irresponsabile: l’autore cerca di appurare fatti storici, di ricostruire tradizioni degne di essere conosciute e valutate. Semmai è l’edonismo della ricerca storica e filologica che, se non avanza tesi, rivaluta almeno l’esistenza di opere dimenticate e che ora, ricollocate nel loro contesto storico, acquistano il valore dei tesori sepolti e riportati alla luce. È una mostra di “rarità” e di esplorazioni inconsuete che, grazie al tipo di analisi storico-filologica praticata dall’autore, sorprendono ad ogni pagina e aiutano a capire che anche la ricerca erudita procura piaceri e sorprese affatto impreviste.
Momentum-resolved electronic band structure and offsets in an epitaxial NbN/GaN superconductor/semiconductor heterojunction
Creators: name: Yu, Tianlun
name: Wright, John
name: Khalsa, Guru
name: Pamuk, Betül
name: Chang, Celesta S.
name: Matveyev, Yury
name: Schmitt, Thorsten
name: Feng, Donglai
name: Muller, David
name: Xing, Grace
name: Jena, Debdeep
name: Strocov, Vladimir N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electronic structure of heterointerfaces play a pivotal role in their device functionality. Recently, highly crystalline ultrathin films of superconducting NbN have been integrated by molecular beam epitaxy with the semiconducting GaN. We use soft X-ray angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to directly measure the momentum-resolved electronic band structures for both NbN and GaN constituents of this Schottky heterointerface, and determine their momentum-dependent interfacial band offset as well as the band-bending profile into GaN. We find, in particular, that the Fermi states in NbN are aligned against the band gap in GaN, which excludes any significant electronic cross-talk of the superconducting states in NbN through the interface to GaN. We support the experimental findings with first-principles calculations for bulk NbN and GaN. The Schottky barrier height obtained from photoemission is corroborated by electronic transport and optical measurements. The momentum-resolved understanding of electronic properties elucidated by the combined materials advances and experimental methods in our work opens up new possibilities in systems where interfacial states play a defining role.
A Krull-Remak-Schmidt theorem for fusion systems
Creators: name: Oliver, Bob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20D20

description: We prove that the factorization of a saturated fusion system over a discrete $p$-toral group as a product of indecomposable subsystems is unique up to normal automorphisms of the fusion system and permutations of the factors. In particular, if the fusion system has trivial center, or if its focal subgroup is the entire Sylow group, then this factorization is unique (up to the ordering of the factors). This result was motivated by questions about automorphism groups of products of fusion systems.
Additional file 1 of Physiologically variable ventilation reduces regional lung inflammation in a pediatric model of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Creators: name: Rocha, Andre Dos Santos
name: Fodor, Gergely H.
name: Miklos Kassai
name: Loic Degrugilliers
name: Bayat, Sam
name: Petak, Ferenc
name: Habre, Walid
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary information on methods and ancillary results (Figures S1–S4 and Tables S1–S3).
SELFAQUASENS Advanced manufacturing of self-sensing bio-based membranes for environmental detoxification and revalorization
Creators: name: Fernández de Luis, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Poster of MSCA-ES-Action: SELFAQUASENS Advanced manufacturing of self-sensing bio-based membranes for environmental detoxification and revalorizationGrant agreement ID: 101131379
Deep analysis of CD4 T cells in the rhesus CNS during SIV infection
Creators: name: Lifson J.D.
name: Ott S.
name: Kashuba A.D.M.
name: Hawes C.E.
name: Iyer S.S.
name: Ma Z.-M.
name: Elizaldi S.R.
name: Lakshmanappa Y.S.
name: Rajasundaram D.
name: Cottrell M.L.
name: Ambrose Z.
name: Verma A.
name: Morrison J.H.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Virologic suppression with antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly improved health outcomes for people living with HIV, yet challenges related to chronic inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS)—known as Neuro-HIV- persist. As primary targets for HIV-1 with the ability to survey and populate the CNS and interact with myeloid cells to co-ordinate neuroinflammation, CD4 T cells are pivotal in Neuro-HIV. Despite their importance, our understanding of CD4 T cell distribution in virus-targeted CNS tissues, their response to infection, and potential recovery following initiation of ART remain limited. To address these gaps, we studied ten SIVmac251-infected rhesus macaques using an ART regimen simulating suboptimal adherence. We evaluated four macaques during the acute phase pre-ART and six during the chronic phase. Our data revealed that HIV target CCR5+ CD4 T cells inhabit both the brain parenchyma and adjacent CNS tissues, encompassing choroid plexus stroma, dura mater, and the skull bone marrow. Aligning with the known susceptibility of CCR5+ CD4 T cells to viral infection and their presence within the CNS, high levels of viral RNA were detected in the brain parenchyma and its border tissues during acute SIV infection. Single-cell RNA sequencing of CD45+ cells from the brain revealed colocalization of viral transcripts within CD4 clusters and significant activation of antiviral molecules and specific effector programs within T cells, indicating CNS CD4 T cell engagement during infection. Acute infection led to marked imbalance in the CNS CD4/CD8 ratio which persisted into the chronic phase. These observations underscore the functional involvement of CD4 T cells within the CNS during SIV infection, enhancing our understanding of their role in establishing CNS viral presence. Our findings offer insights for potential T cell-focused interventions while underscoring the challenges in eradicating HIV from the CNS, particularly in the context of sub-optimal ART.
title: ICT use for teaching media literacy: a closer look at the relationships between teaching with and teaching about media
Creators: name: Berger, Priscila
Publisher: name: TU Ilmenau
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 300

description: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are often considered crucial for teaching media and information literacy (MIL). However, there is a wide variety in educational media, and there are different competence areas in MIL. Thus, the idea that using any ICT can facilitate the fostering of different MIL areas equally seems oversimplified. This study investigates associations between three types of ICT use and four MIL competence areas. It analyzes data of 315 secondary teachers in Germany employing exploratory structural equation modeling. After controlling for teacher and school traits, the findings show that teachers who use the computer lab in their schools and basic computer applications tend to foster their students’ critical, safety, information, and operational competencies more often. Conversely, using ICTs that mainly serve presentation and visualization purposes has a negative or no association with fostering the four MIL areas. Finally, using mobile devices and online resources is positively associated with fostering students’ information competence. The analysis contributes to a more specific understanding of teachers’ practices with digital media. Possible implications are discussed for teachers’ practice and training as well as for research and policy.
description: Media literacy and academic research: scientific journal of the Faculty of Mass Media Communication at the University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, vol. 4, no. 2, p. 6
Development of a Pilot Literacy Scale to Assess Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors towards Climate Change and Infectious Disease Dynamics in Suriname
Creators: name: Shankar, Arti
name: Lichtveld, Maureen
name: Abdoel Wahid, Firoz
name: Zijlmans, Wilco
name: Matlack, Meghan
name: Hindori-Mohangoo, Ashna
name: Covert, Hannah
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Year: 2023

description: Prior research has shown that climate literacy is sparse among low- and middle-income countries. Additionally, no standardized questionnaire exists for researchers to measure climate literacy among general populations, particularly with regards to climate change effects on vector-borne diseases (VBDs). We developed a comprehensive literacy scale to assess current knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards climate change and VBD dynamics among women enrolled in the Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH) cohort in Suriname. Items were generated by our research team and reviewed by a group of six external climate and health experts. After the expert review, a total of 31 climate change and 21 infectious disease items were retained. We estimated our sample size at a 10:1 ratio of participants to items for each scale. In total, 301 women were surveyed. We validated our scales through exploratory (n = 180) and confirmatory factor analyses (n = 121). An exploratory factor analysis for our general Climate Change Scale provided a four-construct solution of 11 items. Our chi-squared value (X2 = 74.32; p = 0.136) indicated that four factors were sufficient. A confirmatory factor analysis reinforced our findings, providing a good model fit (X2 = 39.03; p = 0.23; RMSEA = 0.015). Our Infectious Disease Scale gave a four-construct solution of nine items (X2 = 153.86; p = 0.094). A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed these results, with a chi-squared value of 19.16 (p = 0.575) and an RMSEA of 0.00. This research is vitally important for furthering climate and health education, especially with increases in VBDs spread by Aedes mosquitoes in the Caribbean, South America, and parts of the southern United States.
Growth of Stationary Hastings-Levitov
Creators: name: Berger, Noam
name: Procaccia, Eviatar B.
name: Turner, Amanda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct and study a stationary version of the Hastings-Levitov$(0)$ model. We prove that, unlike in the classical HL$(0)$ model, in the stationary case the size of particles attaching to the aggregate is tight, and therefore SHL$(0)$ is proposed as a potential candidate for a stationary off-lattice variant of Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA). The stationary setting, together with a geometric interpretation of the harmonic measure, yields new geometric results such as stabilization, finiteness of arms and arm size distribution. We show that, under appropriate scaling, arms in SHL$(0)$ converge to the graph of Brownian motion which has fractal dimension $3/2$. Moreover we show that trees with $n$ particles reach a height of order $n^{2/3}$, corresponding to a numerical prediction of Meakin from 1983 for the gyration radius of DLA growing on a long line segment.
description: 32 pages, 2 figures
Konstruktion eines Entscheidungsmodells für die Vergabe von Projektmanagementleistungen bei öffentlichen Aufträgen
Creators: name: Wapelhorst, Vincent
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Projektmanagement
subject: Vergaberecht
subject: Entscheidungstheorie
subject: Entscheidungsmodell
subject: Öffentliche Aufträge
subject: 690
subject: Projektmanagement
subject: Vergaberecht
subject: Entscheidungstheorie
subject: Entscheidungsmodell
subject: Öffentlicher Auftrag

description: Das Projektmanagement hat einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf den Erfolg von Bauprojekten. Bisher wenig erforscht ist dagegen, wie der optimale Auftragnehmer für Projektmanagementleistungen bei öffentlichen Aufträgen vergaberechtskonform ausgewählt werden kann. Bei der Bewertung werden öffentlichen Auftraggebern erhebliche Gestaltungs- und Bewertungsspielräume eingeräumt, die oftmals ungenutzt bleiben. Insbesondere die Konstruktion von Zuschlagskriterien wird nicht ausreichend zur Förderung von Wettbewerb und Innovation genutzt, da öffentliche Auftraggeber häufig im Sinne einer maximalen Rechtssicherheit handeln. Das Vergabeverfahren sollte daher so ausgestaltet werden, dass die Auftragnehmer ermittelt werden können, die eine wirtschaftliche Erfüllung ihrer Aufgaben erwarten lassen. Im Ergebnis wird ein allgemeines Entscheidungsmodell konstruiert, in dem die wesentlichen Zuschlagskriterien zur Auswahl von Projektmanagementleistungen bei öffentlichen Aufträgen berücksichtigt sind. Aus dem allgemeinen Entscheidungsmodell kann projektspezifisch ein konkretes Entscheidungsmodell erstellt werden, das an den Zielen bzw. Herausforderungen des Projektes orientiert werden kann. Öffentlichen Auftraggebern wird damit ein modulares System zur Verfügung gestellt, mit dem zum einen die Zuschlagskriterien für die jeweilige Ausschreibung und zum anderen projektspezifische Bewertungskriterien je Zuschlagskriterium gewählt werden können.