cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dark Before Light: Testing the Cosmic Expansion History through the Cosmic Microwave Background
Creators: name: Linder, Eric V.
name: Smith, Tristan L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cosmic expansion history proceeds in broad terms from a radiation dominated epoch to matter domination to an accelerated, dark energy dominated epoch. We investigate whether intermittent periods of acceleration are possible in the early universe -- between Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and recombination and beyond. We establish that the standard picture is remarkably robust: observations of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background exclude any extra period of accelerated expansion between 1 \leq z \lesssim 10^5 (corresponding to 5\times10^{-4}\ {\rm eV} \leq T \lesssim 25\ {\rm eV}).
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Additional file 4 of Differential effects of radiation fractionation regimens on glioblastoma
Creators: name: McKelvey, Kelly J.
name: Hudson, Amanda L.
name: Donaghy, Heather
name: Stoner, Shihani P.
name: Wheeler, Helen R.
name: Diakos, Connie I.
name: Howell, Viive M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 4. Fig. S2: Single cell stains for DNA damage and Annexin-V MUSE assays. Cells are gated for cells size to exclude debris (red rectangle; top) then cell populations gated against fluorophores (quadrants; bottom). (a) Dot plots of cell size and DNA damage - p-H2A.X-PE/Cy5 and pATM-PE – 1 hr post 20 Gy irradiation of Gl261 cells. (b) Dot plots of cell size and viability (7-AAD) against phosphatidylserine membrane translocation (Annexin-V-PE) in untreated Gl261 cells after 72 hrs. Note, the 7-AAD and Annexin-V dyes in the MUSE kit are provided as a combination dye, so single stain of annexin-V-PE is not available (N/A). The 7-AAD dye from another MUSE kit was used to provide a 7-AAD single stain.
Simpson's paradox in epistemology and decision theory
Creators: name: Memetea, Sonia
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: I discuss the implications of Simpson’s paradox for epistemology and decision theory. In Chapter One I outline the paradox, focussing on its identiﬁcation, nature, and type of reasoning that it involves. In Chapter Two I discuss the view that Simpson’s paradox is resolved by means of graph-based causal analysis. In Chapter Three I outline a major problem (hitherto unacknowledged) that Simpson’s paradox poses for the probabilistic Bayesian theory of evidence. I make a proposal to split the probabilistic concept of evidence into a causal and a news-value kind of evidence, tracking causal probabilities under an intervention, and tracking overall probabilistic relevance under conditioning. In Chapters Four and Five I apply the proposal to two further areas of concern. In Chapter Four I defend a uniﬁed causal view of Simpson’s paradox. In Chapter Five I defuse a problem about counterfactual force of evidence. In Chapters Six and Seven I discuss Simpson’s paradox and the sure thing principle in decision theory. I then conclude in Chapter Eight.
Additional file 3 of Differential effects of radiation fractionation regimens on glioblastoma
Creators: name: McKelvey, Kelly J.
name: Hudson, Amanda L.
name: Donaghy, Heather
name: Stoner, Shihani P.
name: Wheeler, Helen R.
name: Diakos, Connie I.
name: Howell, Viive M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 3. Fig. S1: Schematic of the SARRP image-guided irradiation methodology. Animals are imaged by cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and then Hounsfield unit-based tissue segmentation. Dose planning for brain tumors is performed based on the inoculation coordinates and known tumor growth characteristics, and tumors irradiated with 2 or 5 Gy per dose fraction. Purple lines denote the radiation field from the target isocentre (IsoC). For high throughput studies, dose evaluations are performed retrospectively based on tumor location, dose planning, and treatment delivered.
The taming of recurrences in computability logic through cirquent calculus, Part II
Creators: name: Japaridze, Giorgi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: F.1.1; F.1.2; F.1.3
subject: 03B47, 03B70, 68Q10, 68T27, 68T15

description: This paper constructs a cirquent calculus system and proves its soundness and completeness with respect to the semantics of computability logic (see http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~giorgi/cl.html). The logical vocabulary of the system consists of negation, parallel conjunction, parallel disjunction, branching recurrence, and branching corecurrence. The article is published in two parts, with (the previous) Part I containing preliminaries and a soundness proof, and (the present) Part II containing a completeness proof.
Isolation of Listeria species and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from a ready-to-eat seafood processing facility in British Columbia : examination of source, persistence, and risk
Creators: name: Johnston, Keely Nicole
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) causes listeriosis, a rare but severe disease affecting at risk populations. Contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) food has been linked with persistent Lm in the food processing environment (FPE), though mechanisms of persistence are not fully understood. Recent surveys in British Columbia (BC) detected Lm in seafood processing facilities and in RTE seafood products, yet little is known regarding Lm persistence and risk posed by strains from these sources. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of Listeria spp., including Lm, in a RTE seafood processing facility and assess persistence capabilities and potential risk of Lm recovered. Environmental and RTE food samples were collected over 18 months from a BC seafood processor (n=2,959) and assessed for the presence of Listeria spp. Isolated Lm were subjected to phenotypic and genetic characterization and a subset of isolates (n=28) were characterized for attributes that may facilitate FPE persistence: surface adherence, resistance to quaternary ammonium-based sanitizers, and adaptation to salt and refrigerated temperatures. Ability of cold-smoked salmon from this processor to support Lm growth, evaluation of virulence gene (inlA) sequence, and antibiotic resistance in the subset were used to assess consumer risk. Non-Lm Listeria spp. and Lm were found in 2.6% and 1.5% of samples, respectively. Molecular characterization revealed raw materials as the primary contamination source and two recurrent subtypes. Lm typically possessed one attribute favorable to persistence in the FPE, though there was no association between these attributes and strain recurrence. Cold-smoked salmon supported the growth of Lm and most strains recovered in the FPE (n=14) belonged to serotypes linked to listeriosis (92%) and possessed full-length inlA (93%). These strains, however, did not show resistance to antibiotics commonly used to treat listeriosis. The results of this study highlight the importance of processor-level control strategies to minimize Lm FPE persistence, product contamination, and risk to consumers. While these results improve understanding of Lm in a BC seafood processing environment, more work is needed to determine whether these strains are truly persisting in this FPE and how these findings compare to similar facilities.
Additional file 1 of Does the 5–2-1 criteria identify patients with advanced Parkinson's disease? Real-world screening accuracy and burden of 5–2-1-positive patients in 7 countries
Creators: name: Malaty, Irene A.
name: Martinez-Martin, Pablo
name: Chaudhuri, K. Ray
name: Odin, Per
name: Skorvanek, Matej
name: Jimenez-Shahed, Joohi
name: Soileau, Michael J.
name: Lindvall, Susanna
name: Domingos, Josefa
name: Jones, Sarah
name: Alobaidi, Ali
name: Jalundhwala, Yash J.
name: Kandukuri, Prasanna L.
name: Onuk, Koray
name: Bergmann, Lars
name: Femia, Samira
name: Lee, Michelle Y.
name: Wright, Jack
name: Antonini, Angelo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1.
Stable isotope analysis of Rivers Inlet sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) : investigating the contribution of environmental conditions in the high seas to British Columbia population declines.
Creators: name: Doson Coll, Yago
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) populations in BC have undergone varying degrees of decline coinciding with a shift to a warmer phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in 1977. The PDO, and other climate cycles, have been shown to significantly affect the physical and biological characteristics of the North East Pacific Ocean. Changes in ocean productivity have implications for pelagic food webs and may cause shifts in the abundance of potential prey for sockeye salmon, impacting their long-term production patterns. We investigated the coupling of ocean conditions and population fluctuations using Rivers Inlet as a case study, a system that suffered probably the most catastrophic sockeye stock collapse in BC history. Stable isotope analysis was used to access information on ocean conditions stored in the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of archived sockeye scales for the period 1915-2013. Our results indicated that Rivers Inlet sockeye salmon experienced highly variable open ocean conditions during this period. Both decadal scale shifts in North Pacific climate (e.g., PDO) and interannual scale shifts in climate (e.g., El Niño/La Niña events) were reflected in the physical and biological environment of the offshore Gulf of Alaska. Positive phases of the PDO and El Niño events were associated with a warmer and less productive ocean, while negative phases of the PDO and La Niña events were associated with a colder and more productive ocean. Moreover, the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope time-series indicated that the foraging habits of Rivers Inlet sockeye salmon were affected by these shifts of North Pacific climate. A lengthening (shortening) of the food web was associated to warm (cold) and less productive (more productive) periods. In addition, the isotope data also supports Rivers Inlet sockeye salmon shifting diet depending upon prey availability. We concluded that a combination of the two factors was responsible for the changes in the feeding ecology of Rivers Inlet sockeye salmon during the period 1915-2013. Such variation in the feeding ecology of Rivers Inlet sockeye salmon could potentially have a negative effect in the overall survival rates of sockeye salmon.
Universal corrections to scaling for block entanglement in spin-1/2 XX chains
Creators: name: Calabrese, Pasquale
name: Essler, Fabian H. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the Rényi entropies $S_n(\ell)$ in the one dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg XX chain in a magnetic field. The case n=1 corresponds to the von Neumann ``entanglement'' entropy. Using a combination of methods based on the generalized Fisher-Hartwig conjecture and a recurrence relation connected to the Painlevé VI differential equation we obtain the asymptotic behaviour, accurate to order ${\cal O}(\ell^{-3})$, of the Rényi entropies $S_n(\ell)$ for large block lengths $\ell$. For n=1,2,3,10 this constitutes the 3,6,10,48 leading terms respectively. The o(1) contributions are found to exhibit a rich structure of oscillatory behaviour, which we analyze in some detail both for finite $n$ and in the limit $n\to\infty$.
description: 25 pages, 5 figures
Ultra-Light Scalar Fields and the Growth of Structure in the Universe
Creators: name: Marsh, David J. E.
name: Ferreira, Pedro G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultra-light scalar fields, with masses of between m=10^{-33} eV and m=10^{-22} eV, can affect the growth of structure in the Universe. We identify the different regimes in the evolution of ultra-light scalar fields, how they affect the expansion rate of the universe and how they affect the growth rate of cosmological perturbations. We find a number of interesting effects, discuss how they might arise in realistic scenarios of the early universe and comment on how they might be observed.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
title: Slow Touch and Fast Nociception: Exploration of the Interactions Between Noxious and Innocuous Mechanical Touch Sensation
Creators: name: Marshall, A
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2019

description: Human cutaneous somatosensation is a multimodal physiological process by which physical stimuli on the body surface activate neural substrates that consequently give rise to perceptions such as pressure/vibration, temperature, itch, and pain. When considering skin mechanosensation, the canonical view is that low force innocuous mechanical stimuli are encoded by cutaneous low threshold mechanosensitive receptor (LTMR) endings, innervated by fast conducting, thickly myelinated Aβ afferent nerves (Mountcastle, 2005). In contrast, higher force, potentially tissue damaging, mechanical stimuli are, according to this view, encoded by high threshold mechanosensitive receptor (HTMR) endings that receive innervation from slowly conducting thinly myelinated Aδ or unmyelinated C afferent fibres. The discovery of a system of LTMR afferents that are C-fibres has challenged this view and led to the recognition of a second ‘slow’ touch pathway, a pathway that has an affective rather than discriminative function (McGlone, Wessberg and Olausson, 2014). Conversely, the recent suggestion that fast-conducting afferent fibres innervating a type of ending previously considered to be an LTMR actually have nociceptive properties in rodents (Bai et al., 2015) has focussed attention on putative Aβ ‘fast’ nociceptive pathways. The work in this thesis investigates the neural basis for ‘slow’ touch and ‘fast pain’ in the human cutaneous somatosensory system concentrating first in the peripheral nervous system before addressing spinal pathways and higher-level consequences of a pathological lack of specific afferent fibre types. The thesis closes with an assessment of alterations in the perception of tactile sensation in a human model of allodynia.
Phase-coherent detection of an optical dipole force by Doppler velocimetry
Creators: name: Biercuk, M. J.
name: Uys, H.
name: Britton, J. W.
name: VanDevender, A. P.
name: Bollinger, J. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report phase-coherent Doppler detection of optical dipole forces using large ion crystals in a Penning trap. The technique is based on laser Doppler velocimetry using a cycling transition in $^{9}$Be$^{+}$ near 313 nm and the center-of-mass (COM) ion motional mode. The optical dipole force is tuned to excite the COM mode, and measurements of photon arrival times synchronized with the excitation potential show oscillations with a period commensurate with the COM motional frequency. Experimental results compare well with a quantitative model for a driven harmonic oscillator. This technique permits characterization of motional modes in ion crystals; the measurement of both frequency and phase information relative to the driving force is a key enabling capability -- comparable to lockin detection -- providing access to a parameter that is typically not available in time-averaged measurements. This additional information facilitates discrimination of nearly degenerate motional modes.
description: Related manuscripts at http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~mbiercuk/
title: Unlocking Doors:  Decolonising the Event Design Process
Creators: name: Zigomo, Pamela
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2018

description: Participatory Event Design (PED) is a potential innovative approach to the design of planned events intended to trigger social change. It is a values-based, transparent process that focuses on using safe, open spaces and dialogic encounters. The design of events for social change has traditionally relied on the voice of specialists commissioned by funders who prioritise socio-economic development objectives. This can result in the marginalisation of communities of interest. A Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach was applied to design an art exhibition with 17 Zimbabwean visual artists. The project focused on addressing problems relating to the access to spaces and resources that enable visual artists to achieve their economic empowerment. In PAR the researcher actively engages participants in the conduct of the research using an iterative process that requires periods of reflection for the researchers to identify key learning points. Post-Colonial theory was applied to examine the inherent power structures which enframed the traditional spaces of exhibition event design and to understand the beliefs and ideologies that informed the actions of the research community. The research drew on Participatory International Development practice to establish possibilities for solutions to the problems identified, this prompted the development of PED. The decolonisation of traditional event design processes is recommended to remove oppressive structures that compartmentalise stakeholders, encourage patronage systems and restrict the agency of marginalised communities. Event designers working on events with a social mission need to apply skills that enable them to empathise with communities that have experienced the traumas of being marginalised. They need to focus on facilitative and reflexive skills to leverage sustainable transformation. The notion of the colonial veranda is offered to explore the liminoid aspects of the PED experience which can be a safe space for communities to come together and create the necessary solutions for social change.
Métodos de história religiosa
Creators: name: Bethencourt, Francisco
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: O texto parte da perceção dos processos de mudança que a história religiosa tem sofrido desde os anos 50, da rutura ocorrida relativamente à metodologia e às tendências anteriores à segunda guerra mundial, e do arsenal de métodos e de recursos que se têm vindo a constituir. São depois apresentados três casos que exemplificam diferentes métodos de história religiosa: o caso da pesquisa do próprio autor sobre a Inquisição, e que revela a importância do método comparativo e da procura de novos tipos de fontes; o caso da primeira crítica sistemática (elaborada em 1629-31) da Propaganda Fide às práticas da missionação portuguesa no Oriente; e um caso concreto de uma fonte não escrita, que alerta para a importância deste tipo de fontes.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
A diferenciação religiosa e o seu lugar na historiografia
Creators: name: Santos, Luís Aguiar
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: Este texto propõe a ligação entre a problemática da diferenciação no universo religioso e a reflexão sobre os limites do objeto de estudo da história da religião. O estudo da manifestação da diferença é, para tanto, equacionado da perspetiva do fenómeno da crença, considerando-se este o limite (abrangente) do objeto de estudo da história da religião. Crença e diferença são vistas como uma única dinâmica histórica que não pode ser captada apenas pela história das instituições (religiosas), mas que exige outras abordagens e registos historiográficos. Nesse sentido, é sugerida uma reavaliação conceptual, relativizando-se a validade do paradigma da secularização e questionando-se a operacionalidade da ideia de laicização, vista como uma proposição mais valorativa do que rigorosamente conceptual.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
Optical and Mid-Infrared Observations of the Planetary Nebula NGC 6781
Creators: name: Phillips, J. P.
name: Ramos-Larios, Gerardo
name: Guerrero, Martin A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although the planetary nebula NGC 6781 appears to possess an elliptical morphology, its kinematic and emission characteristics are in many ways unusual, and it is possible that it may represent a bipolar source oriented close to the line of sight. We shall present deep imaging of this nebula in [O III], Ha and [N II], and using broad-band (F555W and F814W) filters. These were taken with the 2.56-m Nordic Optical Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. This is combined with mid-infrared (MIR) imaging and spectroscopy acquired with the Spitzer Space Telescope (Spitzer), and near-infrared spectroscopy deriving from the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). These reveal details of the complex [N II] structure associated with extended shell emission, perhaps associated with highly inclined bipolar lobes. We also note the presence of narrow absorbing filaments and clumps projected against the surface of the envelope, components which may be responsible for much of the molecular emission. We point out that such clumps may be responsible for complex source structure in the MIR, and give rise to asymmetries in emission along the major axis of the source.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 32 pages in arXiv
Investigation into the feasibility and operation of a magnetized target fusion reactor : insights from mathematical modelling
Creators: name: Lindstrom, Michael
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Magnetized target fusion reactors are a modern idea to generate hydrogen fusion energy on earth. The design entails confining a plasma with a magnetic field and crushing it in an imploding shell of molten metal. Such a design has many unresolved questions in terms of its feasibility as a power source and ways to make it efficient. In this thesis, we will look into two of the approaches undertaken to explore these questions. Firstly, we use a coordinate transformation and implement a novel flux-limited, split-step, finite volume scheme for nonlinear coupled hyperbolic partial differential equations. With this numerical scheme, we do a parameter sensitivity analysis for the design performance. Secondly, by a careful series of asymptotic arguments, we establish a leading order asymptotic expression for the plasma compression. This expression is qualitatively consistent with the numerical work, but it also gives new insights into how the device operates. Together these approaches allow us to infer key design parameters for the success of magnetized target fusion. We will conclude with a look into the viability of magnetized target fusion and some problems for future work.
As correntes do movimento católico na época contemporânea
Creators: name: Almeida, João Miguel
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: A diversidade do movimento católico em Portugal durante o século XX é vivida como tensão, pois o catolicismo procura afirmar a sua unidade face à desintegração social que associa à modernidade. Em Portugal, o desenvolvimento de correntes católicas é condicionado primeiro pela política laicizante da I República e depois pela identificação dos interesses da Igreja com os do regime pelo Estado Novo. Mas também pela reduzida dimensão do país, o seu carácter periférico e a exiguidade das elites portuguesas. O artigo examina algumas expressões que cristalizaram tendências e polarizaram tensões: católicos monárquicos e catolaicos, nacionalistas católicos e católicos progressistas, catolicismo social e democracia-cristã.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
Computer modeling of rock fall : improvement and calibration of the PIERRE 2 stochastic rock fall simulation program
Creators: name: Mitchell, Andrew David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Rock falls are a common hazard affecting people and infrastructure below natural cliffs and in man-made environments such as roads, railways, quarries and open pit mines. Computer models have become standard in assessing the hazards posed by rock falls, and there are a wide variety of models currently available. The main difference between these models is the way in which they represent the impact process. New models utilizing rigorous solutions for rigid body impacts have become more common, however, the complexity of these models makes them difficult to calibrate and difficult to apply in practice. The PIERRE 2 model, presented here, returns to a simplified lumped-mass model assuming collinear impact conditions. The natural variability of rock falls is represented using the following features: • The slope angle is varied by a stochastic roughness angle to approximate the effects of non-collinear impacts. • The conservation of momentum during an impact is determined using hyperbolic relationships so that high energy impacts will have greater losses than low energy impacts. • A stochastic shape factor is used to vary the sphere dimensions at impact to approximate the rotational effects of real, non-spherical boulders. Impact mechanics theory was used as the basis for these features; however their validity is demonstrated through 2D and 3D model calibration. The model was calibrated using data from experiments with detailed kinematic information on two natural slopes, Vaujany, France and Ehime, Japan, and excavated slopes at three Austrian quarries. The results from the calibrations were then applied to a natural slope, Tornado Mountain, and an excavated slope at Nicolum quarry, both in British Columbia. The results of this calibration and validation program showed the model can reproduce runout and kinematic behaviours of rocks based on relatively limited site characterization data. Select results were also compared to design guidelines. Using reliability engineering principles, the probability of the design parameters derived from the model being exceeded was found to be acceptably low. The model is also capable of reproducing observed relationships between impact incidence angle and the normal restitution coefficient reported by others.
Iron Based Superconductors: Pnictides versus Chalcogenides
Creators: name: Sadovskii, M. V.
name: Kuchinskii, E. Z.
name: Nekrasov, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a brief review of the present day situation with studies of high-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides and chalcogenides. Recent discovery of superconductivity with T_c > 30 K in A_xFe_{2-x/2}Se_2 (A=K,Cs,Tl,...) represents the major new step in the development of new concepts in the physics of Fe - based high-temperature superconductors. We compare LDA and ARPES data on the band structure and Fermi surfaces of novel superconductors and those of the previously studied FeAs superconductors, especially isostructural 122 - superconductors like BaFe_2As_2. It appears that electronic structure of new superconductors is rather different from that of FeAs 122 - systems. In particular, no nesting properties of electron and hole - like Fermi surfaces is observed, casting doubts on most popular theoretical schemes of Cooper pairing for these systems. The discovery of Fe vacancies ordering and antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering at pretty high temperatures (T_N> 500 K), much exceeding superconducting T_c makes these systems unique antiferromagnetic superconductors with highest T_N observed up to now. We discuss the role of both vacancies and AFM ordering in transformations of band structure and Fermi surfaces, as well as their importance for superconductivity. In particular, we show that system remains metallic with unfolded Fermi surfaces quite similar to that in paramagnetic state. Superconducting transition temperature T_c of new superconductors is discussed within the general picture of superconductivity in multiple band systems. It is demonstrated that both in FeAs - superconductors and in new FeSe - systems the value of T_c correlates with the value of the total density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures, talk to be given at Moscow International Symposium on Magnetism (MISM-2011), August 21-25, 2011
S1. Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) husbandry and sex determination from Female–female aggression in the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
Creators: name: Schuett, Gordon W.
name: Peterson, Karl H.
name: Powell, Anthony R.
name: Taylor, John D.
name: Alexander, Jennifer R.
name: Lappin, A. Kristopher
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Description of husbandry of captive subjects used in study. Description of how sex of captive subjects was determined.
O Catolicismo e o Estado na história religiosa contemporânea
Creators: name: Reis, Bruno Cardoso
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: O nosso propósito é abordar – não em tom de síntese, mas de ensaio problematizante – a investigação histórica sobre a relação entre o catolicismo e o Estado na época contemporânea. Para tal, as páginas deste estudo são estruturadas em torno de três questões: que conceitos?; que cronologias?; e que problemas futuros? Detemo-nos particularmente em torno dos períodos da Primeira República e do Estado Novo, da relação entre revolução, democracia e Igreja Católica e do destaque de quatro tendências que, em grau excessivo, se deverão evitar na orientação da historiografia.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
A Daoist's encounter with modernity : subsuming western science under a Daoist epistemology in The Story of Eight Immortals Who Attained the Dao
Creators: name: An, Michelle Yingzhi
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This study of a mid-nineteenth century novel, The Story of Eight Immortals Who Attained the Dao (Baxian dedao zhuan 八仙得道传, 1868), focuses on how the author Wugou daoren 无垢道人 (Immaculate Daoist, fl. 1868) employs the novel form to propagate his religious beliefs and confront Western ideas that were spreading through China during his lifetime. Examining the historical background of the novel and textual evidence within the narrative, this study argues that Wugou daoren, as a Daoist practitioner, tries to validate Daoism by subsuming Western science under a Daoist epistemology. The author is very skilful in setting up an epistemological structure that claims that Western scientific discoveries and inventions—specifically knowledge about electricity and the moon—are derived from Daoist knowledge. To this end, Wugou daoren employs several rhetorical strategies, including commentaries and characters’ discursive speeches, to make his case. The author’s reaction to Western science provides valuable textual evidences of a religious crisis in mid-nineteenth century China in its encounter with the West. This novel, in which history and religion play equally important roles in its literary formation, provides modern readers with textual traces of how religion negotiated its co-existence with modernity during this period of China’s history.
A produção historiográfica portuguesa sobre a história religiosa na época moderna: questões e perspectivas
Creators: name: Santos, Zulmira C.
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: Este texto parte de um olhar sobre a forma como a época moderna escreveu a sua própria história. Prossegue pela identificação dos estudos de maior relevo e dos grupos e unidades de investigação que mais se têm destacado na atenção ao estudo da época moderna na perspetiva da história religiosa. No final, é identificado um conjunto de lacunas que presentemente se impõem à produção historiográfica em causa e que, vistas de outro modo, podes ser consideradas um programa de estudos a prosseguir e aprofundar.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
Additional file 14 of Integrative analysis of 3604 GWAS reveals multiple novel cell type-specific regulatory associations
Creators: name: Breeze, Charles E.
name: Haugen, Eric
name: Reynolds, Alex
name: Teschendorff, Andrew
name: van Dongen, Jenny
name: Lan, Qing
name: Rothman, Nathaniel
name: Bourque, Guillaume
name: Dunham, Ian
name: Beck, Stephan
name: Stamatoyannopoulos, John
name: Franceschini, Nora
name: Berndt, Sonja I.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 14: Review history.
Implementing Elements of The Physics Suite at a Large Metropolitan Research University
Creators: name: Efthimiou, Costas
name: Maronde, Dan
name: McGreevy, Tim
name: del Barco, Enrique
name: McCole, Stefanie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A key question in physics education is the effectiveness of the teaching methods. A curriculum that has been investigated at the University of Central Florida (UCF) over a period of two years is the use of particular elements of The Physics Suite. Select sections of the introductory physics classes at UCF have made use of Interactive Lecture Demonstrations as part of the lecture component of the class. The lab component of the class has implemented the RealTime Physics curriculum, again in select sections. The remaining sections have continued with the teaching methods traditionally used. Using pre- and post-semester concept inventory tests, a student survey, student interviews, and a standard for successful completion of the course, the data indicates improved student learning.
A Reforma Tridentina em Portugal: balanço historiográfico
Creators: name: Costa, Susana Goulart
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: Nesta comunicação, apresentamos uma reflexão sobre as principais coordenadas historiográficas produzidas em Portugal a propósito da Reforma Tridentina. Na primeira parte, elaboramos uma análise estatística das temáticas abordadas, tendo como base fundamental os artigos e textos publicados na revista Lusitania Sacra e no segundo volume da História Religiosa de Portugal, editado em 2000 pelo Círculo de Leitores. O objetivo é construir um quadro referencial dos principais temas que têm preocupado os historiadores até à atualidade. Na segunda parte, refletimos sobre as linhas programáticas que podem ser exploradas em investigações futuras, considerando essencial a utilização de fontes diversas e as novas sensibilidades historiográficas desenvolvidas no espaço europeu.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
Una bibliografía imperfecta o el análisis fragmentario a treinta años de estudios sobre historia religiosa de la península Ibérica en los siglos XVI-XVIII
Creators: name: Palomo, Federico
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: Tal como o próprio título anuncia, este trabalho percorre, ainda que de forma fragmentária, a produção historiográfica sobre história moderna feita nas três últimas décadas em Portugal e Espanha. Parte de uma breve referência à origem e ao percurso das revistas Hispania Sacra e Lusitania Sacra como exemplares do próprio percurso da historiografia em causa: inicialmente de cariz eclesiástico e apologético, e progressivamente palco e testemunho da viragem ocorrida no modo de se fazer história religiosa. Detém-se na análise da produção historiográfica a partir de duas grandes áreas temáticas: agentes, poderes e instituições; e instrumentos de persuasão. O texto é acrescido de uma bibliografia que, em 25 páginas, apresenta parte da produção de referência para a historiografia sobre a época e a região acima referidas.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
Additional file 1 of Integrative analysis of 3604 GWAS reveals multiple novel cell type-specific regulatory associations
Creators: name: Breeze, Charles E.
name: Haugen, Eric
name: Reynolds, Alex
name: Teschendorff, Andrew
name: van Dongen, Jenny
name: Lan, Qing
name: Rothman, Nathaniel
name: Bourque, Guillaume
name: Dunham, Ian
name: Beck, Stephan
name: Stamatoyannopoulos, John
name: Franceschini, Nora
name: Berndt, Sonja I.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary figures S1-S26. and supplementary figure and table legends.
Caratterizzazione chimica di particolato in dodici diverse classi dimensionali
Creators: name: , Gregoris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: size distribution
nanoparticelle
particolato atmosferico
source apportionment
caratterizzazione chimica

description: Campioni di particolato atmosferico in dodici diverse classi dimensionali sono stati raccolti nel periodo agosto-novembre 2018 a Sacca Fisola (Venezia), utilizzando un impattore multistadio MOUDI 110. Dopo la pesata, ciascun filtro è stato suddiviso in porzioni, che sono state trattate ed analizzate separatamente. Gli ioni maggiori ed alcuni acidi carbossilici sono stati analizzati in IC- MS dopo estrazione con ultrasuoni in acqua ultrapura; per l'analisi dei metalli le porzioni di filtro sono state digerite in microonde ed analizzate in ICP-MS; la frazione di carbonio organico ed elementare è state quantificata con metodo termo-ottico usando un Sunset analyser. Dalle analisi effettuate sono state ottenute le distribuzioni dimensionali sia della concentrazione di particolato che di tutte le specie selezionate. Il confronto tra le distribuzioni dimensionali, il calcolo di coefficienti diagnostici e l'applicazione di specifiche equazioni ha permesso di effettuare delle valutazioni sulle sorgenti presenti nella zona ed in particolare sull'impatto delle sorgenti nelle diverse classi dimensionali. E' stato infine applicato il modello a recettore Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF5) per ottenere informazioni sui contributi size-resolved delle sorgenti.
description: This work was carried out within the ECOMOBILITY project (ECOlogical supporting for traffic Management in cOastal areas By using an InteLlIgenT sYstem, Interreg Italy-Croatia V).
Perspectivas de investigação em história religiosa medieval portuguesa
Creators: name: Mattoso, José
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2009

description: O tema proposto parte do reconhecimento do progresso científico da história religiosa medieval desde a década de 80 do século XX e assenta em três pontos: a identificação de “lacunas”, situando-as no contexto da acumulação do saber e da consciência da complexidade desse saber; considerações acerca das fontes documentais e da sua importância para o labor historiográfico; e a apresentação de perspetivas de investigação futura. São ensaiadas, a respeito deste último ponto, algumas reflexões teóricas e exemplificações de desafios concretos que se apresentam à história religiosa em Portugal.
description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 21 (2009): Da História Eclesiástica à História Religiosa
Exposure to work place and war time violence among female sex workers living in conflict-affected northern Uganda
Creators: name: Muldoon, Katherine Anne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Background and objectives: Sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa are dually affected by HIV/STIs and violence. It is estimated that over one-third of commercial sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa are living with HIV; within Uganda, the site of the current study, 37.2% of female sex workers are reportedly living with HIV compared to 8.5% among the general Ugandan female population. There is limited information on the health and safety of sex workers living in environments affected by conflict despite the structural conditions that heighten risk of HIV infection and exposure to violence. This dissertation explores the prevalence and factors associated with exposure to violence among women currently involved in sex work in conflict-affected northern Uganda. Methods: This dissertation drew on data from a community-based cross-sectional study of HIV prevention, treatment, and care among 400 sex workers living in northern Uganda. Analyses investigated exposure to violence from commercial sources (e.g., clients) and non-commercial sources (e.g., conflict-related violence, including abduction). Descriptive statistics were used to display the individual-level, sex work environment, and conflict related characteristics of study participants. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression methods were used to examine demographic, conflict-related, and sex work-related factors associated with exposure to violence. Results: 49.0% of sex workers had experienced sexual and physical violence in the previous six months, including physical assault, rape, and gang rape. Police harassment, inconsistent condom use, and managers/pimps that controlled sex workers’ negotiations were factors independently associated with increased odds of violence from clients. Exposure to historical conflict-related violence was common, as 32.3% of sex workers had been abducted into the Lord’s Resistance Army. From this sample, less than half reported accessing post-abduction reintegration programming. Conclusion: Sex workers in this study were exposed to extreme levels of commercial and non-commercial violence while concurrently facing substantial barriers to care. Rights-based policies, programming, and protective services for sex workers are needed to improve access to care and social services to reduce the burden of violence and improve health and well-being outcomes.
Nonlocal conductance via overlapping Andreev bound states in ferromagnet-superconductor heterostructures
Creators: name: Metalidis, Georgo
name: Eschrig, Matthias
name: Grein, Roland
name: Schön, Gerd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a setup where two ferromagnetic electrodes are attached to a superconductor, Andreev bound states are induced at both ferromagnet/superconductor (FM/SC) interfaces. We study how these states propagate through the SC and interact with each other. As a result of this interaction, the energetic positions of the Andreev states are not anymore determined solely by the magnetic properties of a single interface, but also depend on the interface distance and the relative magnetization orientation of the FM contacts. We discuss how these bound states show up as distinct peaks in the nonlocal conductance signal, and lead to marked asymmetries with respect to the applied voltage. We relate our results to nonlocal crossed Andreev and elastic co-tunneling processes.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
The Coherent-Constructible Correspondence and Fourier-Mukai Transforms
Creators: name: Fang, Bohan
name: Liu, Chiu-Chu Melissa
name: Treumann, David
name: Zaslow, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In arXiv:math/0311139, as evidence for his conjecture in birational log geometry, Kawamata constructed a family of derived equivalences between toric orbifolds. In arXiv:0911.4711, we showed that the derived category of a toric orbifold is naturally identified with a category of polyhedrally-constructible sheaves on R^n. In this paper we investigate and reprove some of Kawamata's results from this perspective.
description: 34 pages, 11 figures; dedicated to Loo-Keng Hua on the occasion of his 100th birthday
A low gain fine mesh photomultiplier tube for pure CsI
Creators: name: Fujimoto, Derek Jun
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The increased luminosity of the upgraded SuperKEKB accelerator in turn mandates an upgrade to the Belle detector. One proposed upgrade is to exchange the existing thallium doped cesium iodide scintillation crystals (CsI(Tl)) in the endcap calorimeter with pure cesium iodide (CsI). One advantage of pure CsI is its shorter decay time constant. This would reduce the amount of time taken to process each event, which in turn reduces the chance of simultaneously measuring the energy of different two particles (pileup). Hamamatsu Photonics has produced the R11283 photomultiplier tube with a nominal average gain of 255 ± 11, ideal for measuring the light produced by scintillation in pure CsI while in a magnetic field. A prototype array of 16 photomultiplier tubes was built and tested at TRIUMF. This work documents the characterization of the photomultiplier tube as well as University of Montreal’s pre-amplification and shaper electronics. The primary results can be split into four distinct measurements: the electronic noise, the short term stability, the excess noise factor, and the lifetime. The electronic noise was initially measured with cosmic rays and was found to be (77 ± 2) keV using a Belle II pure CsI crystal. The short term stability was measured with a set of calibration sources, and the variation over a week was (0.28 ± 0.03)% after temperature corrections. The excess noise factor was found to be (1.9 ± 0.1 ± 0.4) using a pulsed UV laser. This result was accompanied by an additional electronic noise measurement of 1730 ± 33 electrons at the anode. The lifetime was found using a UV LED array and a ²⁰⁷Bi source, with the gain × quantum efficiency reduced to (93 ± 3)% after about 48 days of aging in real time. This was equivalent to 70 years of standard Belle II operation with 7 C having passed through the anode. There were several sets of aging behaviours observed, with some evidence that the anode charge is not the sole factor in aging.