cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Active SLAM: A Review On Last Decade
Creators: name: Ahmed, Muhammad Farhan
name: Masood, Khayyam
name: Fremont, Vincent
name: Fantoni, Isabelle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This article presents a comprehensive review of the Active Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (A-SLAM) research conducted over the past decade. It explores the formulation, applications, and methodologies employed in A-SLAM, particularly in trajectory generation and control-action selection, drawing on concepts from Information Theory (IT) and the Theory of Optimal Experimental Design (TOED). This review includes both qualitative and quantitative analyses of various approaches, deployment scenarios, configurations, path-planning methods, and utility functions within A-SLAM research. Furthermore, this article introduces a novel analysis of Active Collaborative SLAM (AC-SLAM), focusing on collaborative aspects within SLAM systems. It includes a thorough examination of collaborative parameters and approaches, supported by both qualitative and statistical assessments. This study also identifies limitations in the existing literature and suggests potential avenues for future research. This survey serves as a valuable resource for researchers seeking insights into A-SLAM methods and techniques, offering a current overview of A-SLAM formulation.
description: 34 pages, 8 figures, 6 tables
Temporal factorization of a non-stationary electromagnetic cavity field
Creators: name: Ramos-Prieto, I.
name: Román-Ancheyta, R.
name: Soto-Eguibar, F.
name: Récamier, J.
name: Moya-Cessa, H. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When an electromagnetic field is confined in a cavity of variable length, real photons may be generated from vacuum fluctuations due to highly nonadiabatic boundary conditions. The corresponding effective Hamiltonian is time-dependent and contains infinite intermode interactions. Considering one of the cavity mirrors fixed and the other describing uniform motion (zero acceleration), we show that it is possible to factorize the entire temporal dependency and write its formal solution, i.e., the Hamiltonian becomes a product of a time-dependent function and a time-independent operator. With this factorization, we prove in detail that the photon production is proportional to the Planck factor involving a velocity-dependent effective temperature. This temperature significantly limits photon generation even for ultra-relativistic motion. The time-dependent unitary transformations we introduce to obtain temporal factorization help establishing connections with the shortcuts to adiabaticity of quantum thermodynamics and with the quantum Arnold transformation.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures. Accepted in Phys. Rev. A
Cancer incidence in immunocompromised patients: a single-center cohort study
Creators: name: Ilham, Sabrina
name: Willis, Connor
name: Kim, Kibum
name: Chung, Karen C
name: Wood, Brenda M
name: Tan, Malinda S
name: Tan, Chia Jie
name: Nguyen, Danielle T
name: Brixner, Diana I
name: Stenehjem, David D
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Abstract Background Diminished immune defense plays an important role in cancer development. Cancer risk in immunocompromised patients may differ. Identifying individuals with elevated cancer risk can inform strategies for routine cancer screening. This study aimed to understand and compare cancer incidence and risk in three patient groups: recipients of solid organ transplant (SOT) or hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT); diagnosis of primary or secondary immunodeficiency disorder (PID/SID); and recipients of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNF-i) therapy. Methods This retrospective cohort study used the University of Utah Health System database and Huntsman Cancer Institute tumor registry. Patients aged ≥18 years with SOT/HSCT, PID/SID or ≥ 3 months of TNF-i therapy were included. The date of transplant, diagnosis of PID/SID, or 1st TNF-i medication order date was defined as the index date. We calculated cumulative cancer incidence by Kaplan-Meier method. A Cox-proportional hazard regression model with a stepwise variable selection process was used to identify independent risk factors associated with the time to onset of a new primary cancer. Results In total, 13,887 patients were included which comprised of 2982 (21%) SOT/HSCT, 7542 (54%) PID/SID and 3363 (24%) patients receiving TNF-i. The mean (SD) age ranged from 46.8 (15) years - 50.4 (18.2) years. The proportion of white patients ranged from 72.3–84.8%. The estimated cumulative cancer incidence was 11.5% in the SOT/HSCT cohort, 14.3% in the PID/SID cohort, and 8.8% in the TNF-i cohort. The multivariable model adjusted for age, benign in-situ disease, Charlson Comorbidity Index, hypertension/cardiovascular disease/end stage renal disease, gender, race/ethnicity, and renal cyst as significant risk factors. The adjusted hazard ratios for cancer development in SOT/HSCT and PID/SID cohorts compared to the TNF-i cohort over the full follow-up period were 1.57 (95% CI: 1.16–2.13) and 2.14 (95% CI: 1.65–2.77), respectively. Conclusion A significantly increased risk of cancer was observed in PID/SID patients and SOT/HSCT patients compared to TNF-i patients. Age ≥ 50 years, male gender, and clinical comorbidities were additional factors impacting cancer risk. PID/SID and SOT/HSCT patients may benefit from more intensive cancer screening.
Ferroelectrically switchable magnetic multistates in MnBi$_2$Te$_4$(Bi$_2$Te$_3$)$_n$ and MnSb$_2$Te$_4$(Sb$_2$Te$_3$)$_n$ (n = 0, 1) thin films
Creators: name: Yu, Guoliang
name: Tang, Chuhan
name: Tian, Zhiqiang
name: Zhu, Ziming
name: Pan, Anlian
name: Chen, Mingxing
name: Chen, Xing-Qiu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferroelectric control of two-dimensional magnetism is promising in fabricating electronic devices with high speed and low energy consumption. The newly discovered layered MnBi$_2$Te$_4$(Bi$_2$Te$_3$)$_n$ and their Sb counterparts exhibit A-type antiferromagnetism with intriguing topological properties. Here, we propose to obtain tunable magnetic multistates in their thin films by ferroelectrically manipulating the interlayer magnetic couplings (IMCs) based on the Heisenberg model and first-principles calculations. Our strategy relies on that interfacing the thin films with appropriate ferroelectric materials can switch on/off an interlayer hopping channel between Mn-$e_g$ orbitals as the polarizations reversed, thus resulting in a switchable interlayer antiferromagnetism-to-ferromagnetism transition. On the other hand, the interface effect leads to asymmetric energy barrier heights for the two polarization states. These properties allow us to build ferroelectrically switchable triple and quadruple magnetic states with multiple Chern numbers in thin films. Our study reveals that ferroelectrically switchable magnetic and topological multistates in MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ family can be obtained by rational design for multifunctional electronic devices, which can also be applied to other two-dimensional magnetic materials.
description: 8.2 pages and 3 figures
Restricted rational Cherednik algebras
Creators: name: Thiel, Ulrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We give an overview of the representation theory of restricted rational Cherednik algebras. These are certain finite-dimensional quotients of rational Cherednik algebras at t=0. Their representation theory is connected to the geometry of the Calogero-Moser space, and there is a lot of evidence that they contain certain information about Hecke algebras even though the precise connection is so far unclear. We outline the basic theory along with some open problems and conjectures, and give explicit results in the cyclic and dihedral cases.
description: To appear in "Representation theory: Recent developments and perspectives from a priority programme"
Biomechanical, biochemical and genetic determinants of unstable coronary disease
Creators: name: White., Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Topology optimization of variable thickness Reissner-Mindlin plate using multiple in-plate bi-directional functionally graded materials
Creators: name: Luu, Nam G.
name: Banh, Thanh T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper firstly presents an implementation of multi-material topology optimization (MTO) for in-plane bi-directional functionally graded (IBFG) non-uniform thickness Reissner-Mindlin plates. The mathematical formulation of the MTO is associated with a first shear deformation theory (FSDT) to solve the minimization of compliance as the objective function. From a multi-phase TO problem with multi-volume fraction constraints, the problem is transferred into many binary phases TO sub-problems with only one volume fraction constraint using an alternating active-phase algorithm in conjunction with the block Gauss-Seidel method. In the study's scope, IBFG materials following effective local bulk and shear modulus are considered to show a more accurate interaction of materials. Besides, the numerical technique of the well-established mixed interpolation of tensorial components 4-node elements (MITC4) is utilized to overcome the shear locking problem occurring to thin plate models. The study formulates in great detailed mathematical expressions for IBFG plates MTO. Several numerical examples of IBFG plates are presented to verify the efficiency and reliability of the current methodology.
description: There was a conflict with the second author (Thanh T. Banh) so I asked to be removed from the system
Fuzzy approach for CNOT gate in quantum computation with mixed states
Creators: name: Sergioli, Giuseppe
name: Freytes, Hector
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the framework of quantum computation with mixed states, a fuzzy representation of CNOT gate is introduced. In this representation, the incidence of non-factorizability is specially investigated.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures
Modified gravity: a unified approach to metric-affine models
Creators: name: Boehmer, Christian G.
name: Jensko, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The starting point of this work is the original Einstein action, sometimes called the Gamma squared action. Continuing from our previous results, we study various modified theories of gravity following the Palatini approach. The metric and the connection will be treated as independent variables leading to generalised theories which may contain torsion or non-metricity or both. Due to our particular approach involving the Einstein action, our setup allows us to formulate a substantial number of new theories not previously studied. Our results can be linked back to well-known models like Einstein-Cartan theory and metric-affine theories and also links to many recently studied modified gravity models. In particular we propose an Einstein-Cartan type modified theory of gravity which contains propagating torsion provided our function depends non-linearly on a boundary term. We also can state precise conditions for the existence of propagating torsion. Our work concludes with a brief discussion of cosmology and the role of cosmological torsion in our model. We find solutions with early-time inflation and late-time matter dominated behaviour. No matter sources are required to drive inflation and it becomes a purely geometrical effect.
description: Final version published in JMP
D1.3.2 Data and ethical management
Creators: name: Rovira, Antonio
name: Avgousti, Gianna
name: Christofi, Stelios
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The goal of this deliverable is to document ASTEP’s procedures on data and ethical management. It is identified as D1.3 and entitled “Data and ethical management” and it is the result of activities performed in WP1 and specifically under Task 1.5 “Data and Ethical Management”. This document provides the reader with the initial report of ASTEP project activities around data and ethics and its implementation within the consortium.
 Its key purpose is to create awareness about ethics and data management issues inside the consortium and to create a mindset shared among partners to prevent potential risks by applying a set of common methods and procedures for the project research process.
 It gives a recap of the project intention and concept, as well as its objectives, in order to determine the data managed in each Work Package, which is also presented, the flow data, the expected results and the management approach.
 In the different sections, the roles and responsibilities are presented, as well as the methodology and the data collection and materialisation activities. It is also stated that all data used in the project will be publicly available and will be freely used for the purposes of the project, and requirement to fulfil the FAIR approach are presented.
 The procedures and guidelines for dissemination and intellectual properties rights issues are also explained and provided.
 Last sections are devoted to Global Data Protection Policy compliance, showing the importance of the technical and organizational implemented measures, depersonalisation methods of personal data and the ethical data management. Ethical issues in ASTEP project are then analysed and presented, highlighting the tasks in which the issues can arise. Finally, information on informed consent procedures, privacy policy and data security are provided.
 This document an update to the first version of the periodical report D1.3 ‘Data and ethical management’. There will be another updated version of this document by M48 (April 2024).
Spectral properties of Dirac billiards at the van Hove singularities
Creators: name: Dietz, B.
name: Klaus, T.
name: Miski-Oglu, M.
name: Richter, A.
name: Wunderle, M.
name: Bouazza, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study distributions of the ratios of level spacings of a rectangular and an Africa-shaped superconducting microwave resonator containing circular scatterers on a triangular grid, so-called Dirac billiards (DBs). The high-precision measurements allowed the determination of all 1651 and 1823 eigenfrequencies in the first two bands, respectively. The resonance densities are similar to that of graphene. They exhibit two sharp peaks at the van Hove singularities, that separate the band structure into regions with a linear and a quadratic dispersion relation, respectively. In their vicinity we observe rapid changes, e.g., in the wavefunction structure. Accordingly, the question arose, whether there the spectral properties are still determined by the shapes of the DBs. The commonly used statistical measures, however, are no longer applicable whereas, as demonstrated in this Letter, the ratio distributions provide most suitable ones.
Convergence of an approximation for rotationally symmetric two-phase lipid bilayer membranes
Creators: name: Helmers, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 49J45, 82B26, 49Q10, 92C10

description: We consider a diffuse interface approximation for the lipid phases of rotationally symmetric two-phase bilayer membranes and rigorously derive its $Γ$-limit. In particular, we prove that limit vesicles are $C^1$ across interfaces, which justifies a regularity assumption that is widely made in formal asymptotic and numerical studies. Moreover, a limit membrane may consist of several topological spheres, which are connected at the axis of revolution and resemble complete buds of the vesicle.
title: Volcanic Memories
Creators: name: Cerritos, Rosalina Libertad
Publisher: name: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: New media art
valueUri: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009005030
subject: Indigo
valueUri: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065667
subject: Installations (Art)
valueUri: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85066731
subject: Experimental films
valueUri: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046442

description: Volcanic Memories is a thesis project that explores cultural identity and how this unfolds through memory, history, time, and intergenerational experiences of trauma, celebration, hope, immigration and collective and personal nostalgia in the context of El Salvador and its diaspora. The entry point to this thesis project began with Ajkewa, which is my first installation in the MFA program. This work marks a transformation in regards to the character of my practice from working with 2D projected experimental digital moving image to one that inhabits space and dimensionality. With this first exercise of projection mapping, I became very interested in activating the way in which the viewer interacts with moving image, visual narrative, objects and the space that these elements inhabit. Somos Shikilit is an experimental digital interactive installation and forms part of my thesis exhibition. The title translates into We are Indigo - Somos is Spanish and Shikilit is Nahuat. This work explores cultural identity through the history of indigo in El Salvador. It is a nostalgic celebration and exploration of cultural identity through the use of colour, texture and abstract forms. With this piece I began exploring an iterative manner of working which has been a great creative exercise and is now informing my practice in a very significant way. The artwork titled Shuchikisa completes my thesis exhibition and project. It is a commemoration of the spirit of resistance and how this moves through time, history and memory. The title in Nahuat translates into “to bloom”. Shuchikisa is conceived to be a projection mapping moving image installation. Through this thesis project, I have learned to invest my practice further in a deep emotionality that is concerned with the complexities of my cultural identity as well as my experiences as part of the Salvadoran diaspora. Acknowledging the weight and significance of cultural, social and political inheritance has become important in my creative process and practice. In my work, these experiences are expressed in a manner where moving image, sound and sculptural form encompass the subliminal corners of my emotional intellect and imagination.
Investigation and pharmacological modulation of inflammatory processes following stroke and spinal cord injury
Creators: name: Weston., Robert Marcus
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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A Suzaku Observation of the Low-Mass X-Ray Binary GS 1826-238 in the Hard State
Creators: name: Ono, K.
name: Sakurai, S.
name: Zhang, Z.
name: Nakazawa, K.
name: Makishima, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The neutron star Low-Mass X-ray Binary GS 1826-238 was observed with Suzaku on 2009 October 21, for a total exposure of 103 ksec. Except for the type I bursts, the source intensity was constant to within ~10%. Combining the Suzaku XIS, HXD-PIN and HXD-GSO data, burst-removed persistent emission was detected over the 0.8-100 keV range, at an unabsorbed flux of 2.6e-9 erg/s/cm/cm. Although the implied 0.8-100 keV luminosity, 1.5e37 erg/s (assuming a distance of 7 kpc), is relatively high, the observed hard spectrum confirms that the source was in the hard state. The spectrum was successfully explained with an emission from a soft standard accretion disk partially Comptonized by a hot electron cloud. These results are compared with those from previous studies, including those on the same source by Thompson et al. (2005) and Cocchi et al. (2011), as well as that of Aql X-1 in the hard state obtained with Suzaku (Sakurai et al. 2014).
description: 14 pages, 3 figures
The application of gene expression microarrays to the study of angiogenesis in the human female reproductive tract
Creators: name: Weston., Gareth Charles
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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The Conformation of Interfacially Adsorbed Ranaspumin-2 is an Arrested State on the Unfolding Pathway
Creators: name: Morris, Ryan J.
name: Brandani, Giovanni B.
name: Desai, Vibhuti
name: Smith, Brian O.
name: Schor, Marieke
name: MacPhee, Cait E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ranaspumin-2 (Rsn-2) is a surfactant protein found in the foam nests of the túngara frog. Previous experimental work has led to a proposed model of adsorption which involves an unusual clam shell-like `unhinging' of the protein at an interface. Interestingly, there is no concomitant denaturation of the secondary structural elements of Rsn-2 with the large scale transformation of its tertiary structure. In this work we use both experiment and simulation to better understand the driving forces underpinning this unusual process. We develop a modified Gō-model approach where we have included explicit representation of the side-chains in order to realistically model the interaction between the secondary structure elements of the protein and the interface. Doing so allows for the study of the underlying energy landscape which governs the mechanism of Rsn-2 interfacial adsorption. Experimentally, we study targeted mutants of Rsn-2, using the Langmuir trough, pendant drop tensiometry and circular dichroism, to demonstrate that the clam-shell model is correct. We find that Rsn-2 adsorption is in fact a two-step process: the hydrophobic N-terminal tail recruits the protein to the interface after which Rsn-2 undergoes an unfolding transition which maintains its secondary structure. Intriguingly, our simulations show that the conformation Rsn-2 adopts at an interface is an arrested state along the denaturation pathway. More generally, our computational model should prove a useful, and computationally efficient, tool in studying the dynamics and energetics of protein-interface interactions.
description: 8 figures
Effects of HIV-1 infection in vitro on transendothelial migration by cells of the macrophage lineage
Creators: name: Westhorpe., Clare L. V.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Low-energy singlet sector in spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ $J_1$--$J_2$ Heisenberg model on square lattice
Creators: name: Aktersky, A. Yu.
name: Syromyatnikov, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on a special variant of plaquette expansion, an operator is constructed whose eigenvalues give the low-energy singlet spectrum of spin-$\frac12$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on square lattice with nearest- and frustrating next-nearest-neighbor exchange couplings $J_1$ and $J_2$. It is well known that a non-magnetic phase arises in this model at $0.4\lesssim J_2/J_1\lesssim 0.6$ sandwiched by two Néel ordered phases. In agreement with previous results, we observe a first-order quantum phase transition (QPT) at $J_2\approx 0.64J_1$ from the non-magnetic phase to the Néel one. Large gap ($\gtrsim0.4J_1$) is found in the singlet spectrum at $J_2<0.64J_1$ that excludes a gapless spin-liquid state at $0.4\lesssim J_2/J_1\lesssim 0.6$ and the deconfined quantum criticality scenario for the QPT to another Néel phase. We observe a first-order QPT at $J_2\approx 0.55J_1$ presumably between two non-magnetic phases.
On temporal correlations in high-resolution frequency counting
Creators: name: Dunker, Tim
name: Hauglin, Harald
name: Rønningen, Ole Petter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze noise properties of time series of frequency data from different counting modes of a Keysight 53230A frequency counter. We use a 10 MHz reference signal from a passive hydrogen maser connected via phase-stable Huber+Suhner Sucoflex 104 cables to the reference and input connectors of the counter. We find that the high resolution gap-free (CONT) frequency counting process imposes long-term correlations in the output data, resulting in a modified Allan deviation that is characteristic of random walk phase noise. Equally important, the CONT mode results in a frequency bias. In contrast, the counter's undocumented raw continuous mode (RCON) yields unbiased frequency stability estimates with white phase noise characteristics, and of a magnitude consistent with the counter's 20 ps single-shot resolution. Furthermore, we demonstrate that a 100-point running average filter in conjunction with the RCON mode yields resolution enhanced frequency estimates with flicker phase noise characteristics. For instance, the counter's built-in moving-average function can be used. The improved noise characteristics of the averaged RCON mode versus the CONT mode imply that the former mode yields frequency estimates with improved confidence for a given measurement time.
description: Submitted to the proceedings of the 30th European Frequency and Time Forum, held at the University of York, UK, 4 April to 7 April 2016
Deliverable 9.5: Policy Briefs Report Covering First Four White Papers for Policy  Dissemination
Creators: name: Amba, Concheso
name: Margaux, Le Gallou
name: Radha, Daniel
name: Caroline, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Linked to T9.6. Provides the Policy briefs report covering first four white papers for policy dissemination for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a summary of the EU policy framework for Circular Economy and Sustainable Products in the context of the EU Green Deal with legislation developed to M27, a summary of the selected four white paper policy brief themes, and a summary of the developed policy briefs. Based on the recommendations in the policy briefs in relation to a Circular Economy in Europe the deliverable is marked as contributing to policy issues/recommendations.
Virological and immunological dynamics of cytomegalovirus associated chronic rejection in lung transplantation
Creators: name: Westall., Glen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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D1.4.2 Risk Management
Creators: name: Rovira, Antonio
name: Avgousti, Gianna
name: Philippou, Philippos
name: Christofi, Stelios
name: Barbero, Rubén
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The success of the project depends partly on the internal management of the risks, by anticipating, understanding and deciding whether or not to introduce mitigation measures. This process involves communication and consulting with stakeholders as well as monitoring and reviewing the risks and factors modifying the risks. This live document serves as a guide to risk management within the context of the ASTEP project and includes the inputs of the risk analysis, which have been identified from the kick-off of the project to the present moment (M24). This analysis will be reviewed and updated periodically along the project development.
 One of the main risks, which is related to the risk management exercise, is that all partners follow the same path when using risk management terminology, so a glossary is included within the document.
 The risk management must be integrated in the project management process and also the internal and external rules, so it is important to analyse the already built framework. Although part of this framework was analysed in previous deliverables, some details that directly influence the risk management have been introduced again.
 The methodology proposed for the risk management is based on the ISO-31000, and it has been adapted to the consortium objectives and characteristics. The different stages, the relationship between these stages, the expected information and the ownership of the different tasks are described in the corresponding sections. Communication, consultation, monitoring and review are common activities for all the risk management stages and they have also been integrated within the procedures already established for the day-to-day working within the consortium. The methodology includes not only the monitor and assessment of risks as isolated entities but also the interaction among them, i.e. considering positive or negative effects that the combination of some risk can introduce.
 A register of the identified risks and the information related to the risk analysis and evaluation is created, which serves as the input for making decisions. A tool is generated to aid in the generation of this register, in which, part of the information is selected through drop down lists and the evaluation is automatically done. This register is accessible by all the partners and continuously updated by the risk owners and the Management Support Team.
 Some new risks, additional to those described in the Grant Agreement, have been identified and added to the register. All risks have been analysed in depth and evaluated. The corresponding relevant information has also been included in the register.
Light Curve Analysis of GSC 2750-0054 and GSC 03208-02644
Creators: name: Elkhateeb, M. M.
name: Nouh, M. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first photometric analysis for the newly discovered eclipsing binary systems of Algole-type GSC 2750-0054 and GSC 03208-02644. Our analysis was carried out by means of the most recent version of Wilson Devinney (WD) code, which applies the model atmosphere by Kurucz (1993) with prescription in pass band for the radiative treatment. The accepted light curve solutions reveal absolute physical parameters and the spectral classifications for the components are adopted. Distance to each system was calculated based on the parameters of the accepted photometric solutions. Comparison with the evolutionary models are presented.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures, Submitted to New Astronomy
Spin-orbit transitions in $α$ and $γ$-CoV$_{2}$O$_{6}$
Creators: name: Wallington, F.
name: Arevalo-Lopez, A. M.
name: Taylor, J. W.
name: Stewart, J. R.
name: Garcia-Sakai, V.
name: Attfield, J. P.
name: Stock, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: $γ$-triclinic and $α$-monoclinic polymorphs of CoV$_{2}$O$_{6}$ are two of the few known transition metal ion based materials that display stepped $1/3$ magnetization plateaus at low temperatures. Neutron diffraction [M. Markkula et al. Phys. Rev. B 86, 134401 (2012)], x-ray dichroism [N. Hollmann et al. Phys. Rev. B 89, 201101(R) (2014)], and dielectric measurements [K. Singh et al. J. Mater. Chem. 22, 6436 (2012)] have shown a coupling between orbital, magnetic and structural orders in CoV$_{2}$O$_{6}$. We apply neutron inelastic scattering to investigate this coupling by measuring the spin-orbit transitions in both $α$ and $γ$ polymorphs. We find the spin-exchange and anisotropy in monoclinic $α$-CoV$_{2}$O$_{6}$ to be weak in comparison with the spin-orbit coupling $λ$ and estimate an upper limit of $|J/λ| \sim$ 0.05. However, the spin exchange is larger in the triclinic polymorph and we suggest the excitations are predominately two dimensional. The local compression of the octahedra surrounding the Co$^{2+}$ ion results in a direct coupling between higher energy orbital levels, the magnetic ground state, and elastic strain. CoV$_{2}$O$_{6}$ is therefore an example where the local distortion along with the spin-orbit coupling provides a means of intertwining structural and magnetic properties. We finish the paper by investigating the low-energy magnetic fluctuations within the ground state doublet and report a magnetic excitation that is independent of the local crystalline electric field. We characterize the temperature and momentum dependence of these excitations and discuss possible connections to the magnetization plateaus.
description: (15 pages, 10 figures)
MPEC 2023-Q11 : 2023 QB
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 QB

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Studies of naturally acquired antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface proteins in malaria endemic populations
Creators: name: Weisman., Simon
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Гипотеза о динамических саморегулирующихся агентах в темной энергии
Creators: name: Сучков, Василий Михайлович
Publisher: name: zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: темная энергия

description:  Гипотеза о динамических саморегулирующихся агентах в темной энергии, которая возможно раскрывает суть темной энергии и темной материи
Endothelin interactions with brain dopamine
Creators: name: Webber., Kim M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Determinants of antigenicity : analysis of natural and non-natural T cell epitopes
Creators: name: Webb., Andrew Ian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Symplectic Double Extensions for Restricted Quasi-Frobenius Lie (Super)Algebras
Creators: name: Bouarroudj, Sofiane
name: Ehret, Quentin
name: Maeda, Yoshiaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we present a method of symplectic double extensions for restricted quasi-Frobenius Lie superalgebras. Certain cocycles in the restricted cohomology represent obstructions to symplectic double extension, which we fully describe. We found a necessary condition for which a restricted quasi-Frobenius Lie superalgebras is a symplectic double extension of a smaller restricted Lie superalgebra. The constructions are illustrated with a few examples.
Carotenoid profile and selected non-communicable disease risk factors
Creators: name: Wattanapenpaiboon., Naiyana
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Entropic corrected Newton's law of gravitation and the Loop Quantum Black Hole gravitational atom
Creators: name: Aragão, R. G. L.
name: Silva, C. A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One proposal by Verlinde \cite{Verlinde:2010hp} is that gravity is not a fundamental, but an entropic force. In this way, Verlinde has provide us with a way to derive the Newton's law of gravitation from the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy-area formula. On the other hand, since it has been demonstrated that this formula is susceptible to quantum gravity corrections, one may hope that these corrections could be inherited by the Newton's law. In this way, the entropic interpretation of Newton's law could be a prolific way in order to get verifiable or falsifiable quantum corrections to ordinary gravity in an observationally accessible regimes. Loop quantum gravity is a theory that provide a way to approach the quantum properties of spacetime. From this theory, emerges a quantum corrected semiclassical black hole solution called loop quantum black holes or self-dual black holes. Among the interesting features of loop quantum black holes is the fact that they give rise to a modified entropy-area relation where quantum gravity corrections are present. In this work, we obtain the quantum corrected Newton's law from the entropy-area relation given by loop quantum black holes. In order to relate our results with the recent experimental activity, we consider the quantum mechanical properties of a huge gravitational atom consisting in a light neutral elementary particle in the presence of a loop quantum black hole.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1503.00559
A Universal Coding Scheme for Remote Generation of Continuous Random Variables
Creators: name: Li, Cheuk Ting
name: Gamal, Abbas El
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider a setup in which Alice selects a pdf $f$ from a set of prescribed pdfs $\mathscr{P}$ and sends a prefix-free codeword $W$ to Bob in order to allow him to generate a single instance of the random variable $X\sim f$. We describe a universal coding scheme for this setup and establish an upper bound on the expected codeword length when the pdf $f$ is bounded, orthogonally concave (which includes quasiconcave pdf), and has a finite first absolute moment. A dyadic decomposition scheme is used to express the pdf as a mixture of uniform pdfs over hypercubes. Alice randomly selects a hypercube according to its weight, encodes its position and size into $W$, and sends it to Bob who generates $X$ uniformly over the hypercube. Compared to previous results on channel simulation, our coding scheme applies to any continuous distribution and does not require two-way communication or shared randomness. We apply our coding scheme to classical simulation of quantum entanglement and obtain a better bound on the average codeword length than previously known.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures
D1.5.1 Project Management Report
Creators: name: Rovira, Antonio
name: Barbero, Rubén
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Task T1.1 - ‘Work plan, Coordination and Document Management’ of ASTEP project is devoted to the project planning, coordination and management. This deliverable summarizes the overall progress of the project during the first reporting period, which covers the project execution from the beginning to month M18.
 After describing the overall objectives of the project, the deliverable presents the objective of each work package, paying special attention to the main results expected and obtained from them. The progress in WP1, of crosscutting nature, is quantified at 38%. Regarding the design technical work packages, WP2 is finished, while progress in WP3 & WP4 is 90%, and in WP5 is 85%. The work in WP6 and WP7, which focus on the testing and use-cases, respectively, is starting, so the progress is small (2%). Progress of WP8, which started at M6 and finalises at M46, is adequate (10%) despite the termination of participation of VERTECH (responsible partner) and the corresponding amendment. Finally, the progress of WP9, also of crosscutting nature, is 38%.
 The status of the deliverables is good. Some of them have been merged and/or slightly delayed with the approval of the Project Officer.
 The deliverable also analyses the project impact up to the moment, paying special attention to the identified Key Exploitable Results (three up to the moment) and the dissemination activities (7 technical contributions and 16 non-technical ones). The performance of the website and social media is also commented upon.
 Afterwards, the use of resources is presented. Workload in terms of person-month shows, overall, a good agreement with the estimations in the Grant Agreement. This agreement is also found in the use of financial resources related to the personnel costs. Other costs are still low due, on the one side, to the pandemic situation with travel restrictions and, on the other hand, to the fact that activities related to the construction and commissioning of components have not started yet.
 Finally, the main deviations are commented upon. They include both deviations in activities within the tasks and in the use of resources.
Functional characterisation of the FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum
Creators: name: Belda, Hugo Marie Jean-Raymond
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Key to P. falciparum virulence is its capacity to remodel the host erythrocyte. Infected erythrocytes become rigid and cytoadhere to the vascular endothelium leading to the disease symptoms and preventing their filtration by the spleen. Unlike other human- infecting Plasmodium species, P. falciparum exports a family of 18 FIKK kinases into the host cell. Here, a conditional knockout strategy based on the DiCre/LoxPint technology was used to study 4 FIKK kinases (FIKK4.1, FIKK7.1, FIKK10.1 and FIKK11) and identify their potential targets by quantitative phosphoproteome analysis. The deletion of FIKK4.1 led to a significant reduction in the phosphorylation of host cytoskeletal proteins and parasite proteins involved in remodelling. The characterisation of FIKK4.1 KO parasites confirmed its role both in the rigidification of the infected erythrocytes and in the trafficking of the adherence-mediating virulence factor PfEMP1 to the host cell surface. Additionally, recombinant versions of several FIKK kinase domains were used to identify potential pan-FIKK inhibitors. When tested in vitro, these compounds showed activity on both P. falciparum and P. knowlesi, raising concerns regarding their specificity. A whole genome sequencing on drug-resistant parasites did not allow to identify additional targets. Moreover, it was shown that the compounds were not active on the FIKK kinases in culture due to the high intra-erythrocytic ATP concentration. Using the recombinant FIKK kinase domains it was also shown that FIKK kinases possess distinct substrate specificity. Whereas most of them conserved the ancestral basophilicity, some evolved to phosphorylate preferentially acidic motifs. Strikingly, FIKK13 was found to be a tyrosine kinase, a feature supposed to be absent in Plasmodium. Finally, by studying the FIKK kinases from another Plasmodium species closely related to P. falciparum, it was shown that FIKK kinases substrate specificity is conserved across species of the Laverania clade.
Strong lensing selection effects
Creators: name: Sonnenfeld, Alessandro
name: Li, Shun-Sheng
name: Despali, Giulia
name: Gavazzi, Raphael
name: Shajib, Anowar J.
name: Taylor, Edward N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Strong lenses are a biased subset of the general population of galaxies. Aims. The goal of this work is to quantify how lens galaxies and lensed sources differ from their parent distribution, namely the strong lensing bias. Methods. We first studied how the strong lensing cross-section varies as a function of lens and source properties. Then, we simulated strong lensing surveys with data similar to that expected for Euclid and measured the strong lensing bias in different scenarios. We focused particularly on two quantities: the stellar population synthesis mismatch parameter, $α_{sps}$, defined as the ratio between the true stellar mass of a galaxy and the stellar mass obtained from photometry, and the central dark matter mass at fixed stellar mass and size. Results. Strong lens galaxies are biased towards larger stellar masses, smaller half-mass radii and larger dark matter masses. The amplitude of the bias depends on the intrinsic scatter in the mass-related parameters of the galaxy population and on the completeness in Einstein radius of the lens sample. For values of the scatter that are consistent with observed scaling relations and a minimum detectable Einstein radius of $0.5''$, the strong lensing bias in $α_{sps}$ is $10\%$, while that in the central dark matter mass is $5\%$. The bias has little dependence on the properties of the source population: samples of galaxy-galaxy lenses and galaxy-quasar lenses that probe the same Einstein radius distribution are biased in a very similar way. Conclusions. Given current uncertainties, strong lensing observations can be used directly to improve our current knowledge of the inner structure of galaxies, without the need to correct for selection effects. Time-delay measurements of $H_0$ from lensed quasars can take advantage of prior information obtained from galaxy-galaxy lenses with similar Einstein radii.
description: Published on Astronomy & Astrophysics. A two-minute summary video of this paper is available at https://youtu.be/UmS9jRHTmZU