cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 3 of The OPTIMIZE patient- and family-centered, primary care-based deprescribing intervention for older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and multiple chronic conditions: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Bayliss, E. A.
name: S. M. Shetterly
name: M. L. Drace
name: J. Norton
name: A. R. Green
name: E. Reeve
name: L. A. Weffald
name: L. Wright
name: M. L. Maciejewski
name: O. C. Sheehan
name: J. L. Wolff
name: K. S. Gleason
name: C. Kraus
name: M. Maiyani
name: M. Du Vall
name: C. M. Boyd
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 3. CONSORT 2012 checklist of information to include when reporting a cluster randomised trial.
Additional file 1 of Identification of novel cerebrospinal fluid biomarker candidates for dementia with Lewy bodies: a proteomic approach
Creators: name: Steenoven, Inger Van
name: Koel-Simmelink, Marleen J. A.
name: Vergouw, Leonie J. M.
name: Tijms, Betty M.
name: Piersma, Sander R.
name: Pham, Thang V.
name: Bridel, Claire
name: Gian-Luca Ferri
name: Cocco, Cristina
name: Noli, Barbara
name: Worley, Paul F.
name: Xiao, Mei-Fang
name: Desheng Xu
name: Oeckl, Patrick
name: Otto, Markus
name: Flier, Wiesje M. Van Der
name: Jong, Frank Jan De
name: Jimenez, Connie R.
name: Afina W. Lemstra
name: Teunissen, Charlotte E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1.
Optimal Determination of the Equilibrium Displacement of a Damped Harmonic Oscillator in the Presence of Thermal Noise
Creators: name: Moore, M. W.
name: Steffen, J. H.
name: Boynton, P. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a matched filter technique, we derive the minimum variance, unbiased estimator for the equilibrium displacement of a damped harmonic oscillator in thermal equilibrium when interactions with the thermal bath are the leading source of noise. We compare the variance in this optimal estimator with the variance in other, commonly used estimators in the presence of pure thermal noise and pure white noise. We also compare the variance in these estimators for a mixture of white and thermal noise. This result has implications for experimental design and the collection and analysis of data.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Review of Scientific Instruments, revtex4
Quantum optimal control with quantum computers: an hybrid algorithm featuring machine learning optimization
Creators: name: Castaldo, Davide
name: Rosa, Marta
name: Corni, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop an hybrid quantum-classical algorithm to solve an optimal population transfer problem for a molecule subject to a laser pulse. The evolution of the molecular wavefunction under the laser pulse is simulated on a quantum computer, while the optimal pulse is iteratively shaped via a machine learning (evolutionary) algorithm. A method to encode on the quantum computer the n-electrons wavefunction is discussed, the circuits accomplishing its quantum simulation are derived and the scalability in terms of number of operations is discussed. Performance on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (IBM Q X2) is provided to assess the current technological gap. Furthermore the hybrid algorithm is tested on a quantum emulator to compare performance of the evolutionary algorithm with standard ones. Our results show that such algorithms are able to outperform the optimization with a downhill simplex method and provide performance comparable to more advanced (but quantum-computer unfriendly) algorithms such as Rabitz's.
description: Final accepted version. Copyright APS
EVOLUÇÃO RECENTE DO MERCADO DE TRABALHO DA CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR NO BRASIL (1995-2006)
Creators: name: Toneto Junior, Rudinei
name: Liboni, Lara Bartocci
name: Toneto Junior, Rudinei
name: Liboni, Lara Bartocci
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Employment
subject: sugar and ethanol industry
subject: perspectives.

description: The recent expansion of the sugar and ethanol industries has raised some concerns regarding a number of issues. One major concern is with the quality of employment, the level of remuneration, the presence of child labor, the low qualification of the workers, informality and the high presence of temporary workers, among others. The objective of this study is to analyze the main employment characteristics in this sector to establish whether, in fact, its expansion will cause a deterioration of employment quality in the country. The work is based on information obtained from government databases (RAIS and PNAD). In the case of agricultural activities, the sugar cane labor market is compared to that of other cultures: soybean, maize, rice, meat, etc. And in the case of industrial activities (plants), the comparison is made with the food industry and some specific segments. The main results of this work show that, in general, employment in the sector presents better indicators than the comparison sectors. Therefore, according to the results, the expansion of the sugar and ethanol sector will not deteriorate the quality of employment in the country.
Relationship between feeling fat and inhibited emotional expression in women
Creators: name: Simlett, Maria
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Feeling fat, regardless of one's actual size and shape, is an experience that is commonplace among females in our society, and one that can have detrimental effects on their health and well being. Despite this fact, very little research has been conducted that examines women's experience of feeling fat. Clinical literature has suggested that feeling fat may be a result of females transposing emotions that they do not recognize or express onto their bodies; however, there is no empirical data to date that supports this hypothesis. In the present study, relationships between feeling fat and inhibited emotional expression were explored in 143 women between the ages of 20-59 years. The participants completed 4 measures of feeling fat (frequency per day and per week, intensity, and degree) and 3 measures of inhibited emotional expression (silencing the self, anger expression, and emotional expression). In addition, a subset of women (n=45) responded to the question, "What do you mean when you think or say 'I feel fat'?. Results indicated that there were significant bivariate relationships between feeling fat and inhibited emotional expression. Standard multiple regression analyses suggested that two of the inhibited emotional expression variables (Externalized Self Perception and Divided Self) contributed the most to the models of feeling fat. Analysis of the meaning of feeling fat question indicated that feeling fat is primarily a physical experience, there are differences in how the women describe this experience, and some women have an awareness that feeling fat is exacerbated by emotions brought on by internal and external triggers. Possible explanations for the findings are discussed, and future research directions are suggested.
Microwave photonic crystal with tailor-made negative refractive index
Creators: name: Vodo, P.
name: Parimi, P. V.
name: Lu, W. T.
name: Wing, R.
name: Sridhar, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Negative refraction and left-handed electromagnetism in a metallic photonic crystal (PC) wedge are demonstrated in free space for both transverse magnetic and electric mode propagation. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with numerical calculations based on the band structure with no fit parameters used in modeling. The results demonstrate precision control on the design and fabrication of the PC to achieve tailor-made refractive indices between -0.6 and +1.
Influence of Beginning Body Condition Scores on Net Returns From Feeding Cull Cows
Creators: name: Amadou, Zakou
name: Raper, Kellie Curry
name: Biermacher, Jon T.
name: Cook, Billy
name: Ward, Clement E.
name: Amadou, Zakou
name: Raper, Kellie Curry
name: Biermacher, Jon T.
name: Cook, Billy
name: Ward, Clement E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: The impact of beginning body condition scores on returns from feeding cull cows was investigated in a two year experiment. In each of two culling years, physical performance data and financial data were measured at approximately monthly intervals for culls on pasture versus dry lot. Specifically, data was collected for cows culled in October 2007 and held through April 2008 and for cows culled in October 2008 and held through March 2009. We examine the sensitivity of net returns relative to the choice of body condition score as a sorting trigger for heavy versus thin cows. In this two year study, while a pasture system was generally more profitable than a drylot system, thin cows were typically more profitable than cows with higher BCS, regardless of the feeding system. The importance of the sorting criteria is highlighted in year two. Using the lower BCS criteria for sorting is the only scenario that generates positive net returns, albeit small. Thus, decisions regarding cull cow retention and feeding should consider body condition scores.
Quantum-Dots Dispersed Bent-core Nematic Liquid Crystals and Cybotactic Clusters: Experimental and Theoretical Insights
Creators: name: Patranabish, Sourav
name: Wang, Yiwei
name: Sinha, Aloka
name: Majumdar, Apala
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a quantum-dots (QDs) dispersed bent core liquid crystalline system in planar geometry and present experimental measurements of the order parameter, dielectric dispersion and absorption spectra, optical textures, with attention to variations with temperature. A bent core liquid crystal (LC) 14-2M-CH$_3$ is used as the host material and CdSe/ZnS core-shell type QDs are used as the dopant. The nematic (N) phase exhibited by the pristine (undoped) LC 14-2M-CH$_3$ contains cybotactic clusters, which are retained by its QDs incorporated LC nanocomposite. Our notable findings concern the reduction of the orientational order parameter of the QDs dispersed LC system compared to its pristine counterpart, at fixed temperatures, and a reduction of the size of the cybotactic clusters due to the incorporation of QDs. The reduced order parameter for the doped system is accompanied by reduced birefringence, increased activation energy and a qualitative reduction in the dielectric anisotropy. We complement the experiments with a novel Landau-de Gennes type free energy for a doped bent core LC system, that qualitatively captures the doping-induced reduced order parameter and its variation with temperature. The dependency of the mean order parameter on several other factors (e.g. cluster size, coupling parameter) are also analyzed.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
High Resolution Spectroscopy of 4U 1728-34 from a Simultaneous Chandra-RXTE Observation
Creators: name: D'Ai', A.
name: Di Salvo, T.
name: Iaria, R.
name: Lavagetto, G.
name: Robba, N. R.
name: Burderi, L.
name: Mendez, M.
name: van der Klis, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a simultaneous Chandra and RossiXTE observation of the LMXB atoll bursting source 4U 1728-34 performed on 2002 March 3-5. We fitted the 1.2-35 keV continuum spectrum with a blackbody plus a Comptonized component. An overabundance of Si by a factor of ~2 with respect to Solar abundance is required for a satisfactory fit. Large residuals at 6-10 keV can be fitted by a broad (FWHM ~ 1.6 keV) Gaussian emission line, or, alternatively, by absorption edges associated with Fe I and Fe XXV at ~7.1 keV and ~9 keV, respectively. In this interpretation, we find no evidence of a broad, or narrow Fe Kalpha line, between 6 and 7 keV. We tested our alternative modeling of the iron Kalpha region by reanalyzing a previous BeppoSAX observation of 4U 1728-34, finding a general agreement with our new spectral model.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the conference proceedings of `Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution & Outcomes' (Cefalu', July 4-10 2004)
Towards Realistic Optimization Benchmarks: A Questionnaire on the Properties of Real-World Problems
Creators: name: van der Blom, Koen
name: Deist, Timo M.
name: Tušar, Tea
name: Marchi, Mariapia
name: Nojima, Yusuke
name: Oyama, Akira
name: Volz, Vanessa
name: Naujoks, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Benchmarks are a useful tool for empirical performance comparisons. However, one of the main shortcomings of existing benchmarks is that it remains largely unclear how they relate to real-world problems. What does an algorithm's performance on a benchmark say about its potential on a specific real-world problem? This work aims to identify properties of real-world problems through a questionnaire on real-world single-, multi-, and many-objective optimization problems. Based on initial responses, a few challenges that have to be considered in the design of realistic benchmarks can already be identified. A key point for future work is to gather more responses to the questionnaire to allow an analysis of common combinations of properties. In turn, such common combinations can then be included in improved benchmark suites. To gather more data, the reader is invited to participate in the questionnaire at: https://tinyurl.com/opt-survey
description: 2 pages, GECCO2020 Poster Paper
A Review of Issues about Teachers’ Understanding of the Construct of Tasks in Task-Based Language Teaching
Creators: name: Paweena Jaruteerapan
Publisher: name: Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: task-based language teaching
understanding
the construct of a task

description: Journal of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University, 13, 2, 1-19
Implementation for Teaching Thai Literature as a Foreign Language Based on Literature Approach and Five Steps for Student Development Technique for Middle School Students in International School
Creators: name: Suchaya Santivarakom
Publisher: name: Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: implementation of the literature-based approach
teaching Thai as a foreign language
five steps for student development technique
visible thinking routines

description: Journal of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University, 13, 2, 20-41
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Creators: name: ÐÐ°Ð½Ð´Ð°ÐºÑÑÐ¾Ð², ÐÐ³Ð¾ÑÑ
Publisher: name: Ð¡Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ-ÐÐµÑÐµÑÐ±ÑÑÐ³ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ ÑÐ½Ð¸Ð²ÐµÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑ ÐÐµÑÑÐ° ÐÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾
Year: 2025
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A Survey on Patch-based Synthesis: GPU Implementation and Optimization
Creators: name: Khojasteh, Hadi Abdi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: A.1; I.3.2; I.3.3; I.3.4; I.3.8; I.2.6; I.2.8; I.2.10; H.5.1; I.5.1; I.5.4; I.5.5; J.5

description: This thesis surveys the research in patch-based synthesis and algorithms for finding correspondences between small local regions of images. We additionally explore a large kind of applications of this new fast randomized matching technique. One of the algorithms we have studied in particular is PatchMatch, can find similar regions or "patches" of an image one to two orders of magnitude faster than previous techniques. The algorithmic program is driven by applying mathematical properties of nearest neighbors in natural images. It is observed that neighboring correspondences tend to be similar or "coherent" and use this observation in algorithm in order to quickly converge to an approximate solution. The algorithm is the most general form can find k-nearest neighbor matching, using patches that translate, rotate, or scale, using arbitrary descriptors, and between two or more images. Speed-ups are obtained over various techniques in an exceeding range of those areas. We have explored many applications of PatchMatch matching algorithm. In computer graphics, we have explored removing unwanted objects from images, seamlessly moving objects in images, changing image aspect ratios, and video summarization. In computer vision we have explored denoising images, object detection, detecting image forgeries, and detecting symmetries. We conclude by discussing the restrictions of our algorithmic program, GPU implementation and areas for future analysis.
description: 117 pages, 38 figures, in Persian
Microscopic theory of magnetoconductivity at low magnetic fields in terms of Berry curvature and orbital magnetic moment
Creators: name: Könye, Viktor
name: Ogata, Masao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a microscopic theory for the magnetoconductivity at low magnetic fields we show how the Hall and longitudinal conductivity can be calculated in the low scattering rate limit. In the lowest order of the scattering rate, we recover the result of the semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory. At higher order, we get corrections containing the Berry curvature and the orbital magnetic moment. We use this formalism to study the linear longitudinal magnetoconductivity in tilted Weyl semimetals. We discuss how our result is related to the semiclassical Boltzmann approach and show the differences that arise compared to previous studies related to the orbital magnetic moment.
Atmospheric Characterization via Broadband Color Filters on the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) Mission
Creators: name: Grenfell, John Lee
name: Godolt, Mareike
name: Cabrera, Juan
name: Carone, Ludmila
name: Munoz, Antonio Garcia
name: Kitzmann, Daniel
name: Smith, Alexis
name: Rauer, Heike
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We assess broadband color filters for the two fast cameras on the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations (PLATO) of stars space mission with respect to exoplanetary atmospheric characterization. We focus on Ultra Hot Jupiters and Hot Jupiters placed 25pc and 100pc away from the Earth and low mass low density planets placed 10pc and 25pc away. Our analysis takes as input literature values for the difference in transit depth between the broadband lower (500 to 675nm) wavelength interval (hereafter referred to as blue) and the upper (675-1125nm) broadband wavelength interval (hereafter referred to as red) for transmission, occultation and phase curve analyses. Planets orbiting main sequence central stars with stellar classes F, G, K and M are investigated. We calculate the signal-to-noise ratio with respect to photon and instrument noise for detecting the difference in transit depth between the two spectral intervals. Results suggest that bulk atmospheric composition and planetary geometric albedos could be detected for (Ultra) Hot Jupiters up to about 100pc (about 25pc) with strong (moderate) Rayleigh extinction. Phase curve information could be extracted for Ultra Hot Jupiters orbiting K and G dwarf stars up to 25pc away. For low mass low density planets, basic atmospheric types (primary and water-dominated) and the presence of sub-micron hazes in the upper atmosphere could be distinguished for up to a handful of cases up to about 10pc.
description: accepted in Experimental Astronomy April 2020
Design and Analysis of a Multi-Agent E-Learning System Using Prometheus Design Tool
Creators: name: Ehimwenma, Kennedy E.
name: Krishnamoorthy, Sujatha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Agent unified modeling languages (AUML) are agent-oriented approaches that supports the specification, design, visualization and documentation of an agent-based system. This paper presents the use of Prometheus AUML approach for the modeling of a Pre-assessment System of five interactive agents. The Pre-assessment System, as previously reported, is a multi-agent based e-learning system that is developed to support the assessment of prior learning skills in students so as to classify their skills and make recommendation for their learning. This paper discusses the detailed design approach of the system in a step-by-step manner; and domain knowledge abstraction and organization in the system. In addition, the analysis of the data collated and models of prediction for future pre-assessment results are also presented.
description: 17 figures, 3 tables
Unmasking bias in large language models: A survey
Creators: name: Ozyigit, Eda Bilici
Publisher: name: The Alan Turing Institute
Year: 2025
Subjects: large language models
AI
bias
measuring bias
LLMs
AI Ethics

description: The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various industries has raised significant concerns about potential risks, particularly biases in large language models (LLMs). These models are widely used in applications from customer service and healthcare to educational tools, influencing decisions that impact diverse populations. However, LLMs often inherit and amplify biases present in the large datasets on which they are trained, risking the reinforcement of stereotypes and marginalisation of certain groups. This work presents a comprehensive survey on bias and fairness in LLMs. It explores various sources of biases, and the harms (e.g., toxicity, discrimination, etc.) they can cause. To address these challenges, bias detection, mitigation, and evaluation approaches are reviewed. The study concludes by outlining limitations and offering insights into future research directions for formulating effective strategies. The findings emphasise the significant need for ongoing research and proactive regulatory measures to address and mitigate bias in LLMs to ensure that AI technologies are deployed ethically, equitably, and with public trust as a priority.
On the ice-nucleating potential of warm hydrometeors in mixed-phase clouds
Creators: name: Krayer, Michael
name: Chouippe, Agathe
name: Uhlmann, Markus
name: Dušek, Jan
name: Leisner, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The question whether or not the presence of warm hydrometeors in clouds may play a significant role in the nucleation of new ice particles has been debated for several decades. While the early works of Fukuta and Lee (1986) and Baker (1991) indicated that it might be irrelevant, the more recent study of Prabhakaran et al. (2019) [arXiv:1906.06129] suggested otherwise. In this work, we are aiming to quantify the ice-nucleating potential using high-fidelity flow simulation techniques around a single hydrometeor and use favorable considerations to upscale the effects to a collective of ice particles in clouds. While we find that ice nucleation may be enhanced in the vicinity of a warm hydrometeor by several orders of magnitude and that the affected volume of air is much larger than previously estimated, it is very unlikely that this effect alone causes the rapid enhancement of ice nucleation observed in some types of clouds, mainly due to the low initial volumetric ice concentration. Nonetheless, it is suggested to implement this effect into existing cloud models in order to investigate second-order effects such as ice nucleus preactivation or enhancement after the onset of glaciation.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, accepted as discussion paper
The HDF-North SCUBA Super-map II: Multi-wavelength properties
Creators: name: Borys, C.
name: Scott, D.
name: Chapman, S. C.
name: Halpern, M.
name: Pope, A.
name: Nandra, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present radio, optical and X-ray detected counterparts to the sub-mm sources found using SCUBA in the Hubble Deep Field North region (GOODS-N). A new counterpart identification statistic is developed to identify properties of galaxies detected at other wavelengths that can be used to aid counterpart identification. We discriminate between criteria that can be used to pre-select sub-mm bright objects, and those that identify the counterpart to a known sub-mm object. Optically faint galaxies detected in the deepest 1.4 GHz radio continuum maps are the only effective way of pre-selecting SCUBA galaxies, and radio sources are the best way to identify counterparts to known sub-mm detections. Looking at radio spectral indices, only the steeper sources (indicative of star formation) are detected in the sub-mm. Although we find several X-ray identifications, we show that deep Chandra images do not contribute to counterpart identifications, since in all cases they are already detected in the more easily obtained VLA radio maps. We also find find no evidence for clustering between Chandra and SCUBA sources in this field. For a known SCUBA position, the reddest source tends to be the correct association, although we can find no cut on colour, magnitude, or clustering property that efficiently pre-selects for SCUBA sources. 15 micron ISO sources are statistically detected by SCUBA, but the limiting mid-IR flux is not low enough to provide useful constraints. We present postage stamp strips for each SCUBA detection in separate bands from X-ray to radio, providing direct visual evidence that approximately half of the sub-mm sources in this field remain unidentified, despite an abundance of deep multi-wavelength data.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. High resolution version available at http://www.submm.caltech.edu/~borys/papers
Additional file 2 of The OPTIMIZE patient- and family-centered, primary care-based deprescribing intervention for older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and multiple chronic conditions: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Bayliss, E. A.
name: S. M. Shetterly
name: M. L. Drace
name: J. Norton
name: A. R. Green
name: E. Reeve
name: L. A. Weffald
name: L. Wright
name: M. L. Maciejewski
name: O. C. Sheehan
name: J. L. Wolff
name: K. S. Gleason
name: C. Kraus
name: M. Maiyani
name: M. Du Vall
name: C. M. Boyd
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 2. ICD 9 and ICD 10 codes used to identify patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Models of Giant Planet formation with migration and disc evolution
Creators: name: Alibert, Yann
name: Mordasini, Christoph
name: Benz, Willy
name: Winisdoerffer, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new model of giant planet formation that extends the core-accretion model of Pollack etal (1996) to include migration, disc evolution and gap formation. We show that taking into account these effects can lead to a much more rapid formation of giant planets, making it compatible with the typical disc lifetimes inferred from observations of young circumstellar discs. This speed up is due to the fact that migration prevents the severe depletion of the feeding zone as observed in in situ calculations. Hence, the growing planet is never isolated and it can reach cross-over mass on a much shorter timescale. To illustrate the range of planets that can form in our model, we describe a set of simulations in which we have varied some of the initial parameters and compare the final masses and semi-major axes with those inferred from observed extra-solar planets.
description: Accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics
The closed fragment of IL is PSPACE hard
Creators: name: Bou, Félix
name: Joosten, Joost J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper from 2011 we consider $\textbf{IL}_0$, the closed fragment of the basic interpretability logic $\textbf{IL}$. We show that we can translate $\textbf{GL}_1$, the one variable fragment of Gödel-Löb's provabilty logic $\textbf{GL}$, into $\textbf{IL}_0$. Invoking a result on the PSPACE completeness of $\textbf{GL}_1$ we obtain the PSPACE hardness of $\textbf{IL}_0$.
Coherent transfer of topological domain walls
Creators: name: Comaron, Paolo
name: Shahnazaryan, Vanik
name: Matuszewski, Michał
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate the controlled coherent transfer of topological domain walls in a one-dimensional non-Hermitian chain of interacting Bose-Einstein condensates. The topological protection stems from a spatially patterned pump in an open-dissipative system. As a testbed setup of the proposed phenomenon, we consider a chain of coupled micropillars with embedded quantum wells, possessing exciton-polariton resonances. The transfer of a domain wall is driven by spatially localised, adiabatic pump modulation in the vicinity of the domain wall. The stochastic calculations prove the coherent nature of the domain wall transfer. For appropriate system parameters the coherence degree is preserved after multiple transitions, paving the way towards long-range transfer of a coherent quantum state.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
The cool atmospheres of the binary brown dwarf eps Indi B
Creators: name: Sterzik, M. F.
name: Pantin, E.
name: Hartung, M.
name: Huelamo, N.
name: Kaeufl, H. U.
name: Kaufer, A.
name: Melo, C.
name: Nuernberger, D.
name: Siebenmorgen, R.
name: Smette, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have imaged $ε$ Indi B, the closest brown dwarf binary known, with VISIR at the VLT in three narrow-band mid-infrared bandpasses located around 8.6$μ$m, 10.5$μ$m and 11.3$μ$m. We are able to spatially resolve both components, and determine accurate mid-infrared photometry for both components independently. In particular, our VISIR observations probe the NH$_3$ feature in the atmospheres of the cooler and warmer brown dwarfs. For the first time, we can disentangle the contributions of the two components, and find that % our photometry of $ε$ IndiBb is in good agreement with recent ``cloud-free'' atmosphere models having an effective temperature of $T_\mathrm{eff}=800$ K. With an assumed age of 1 Gyr for the $ε$ Indi system, component Ba agrees more with $T_\mathrm{eff} \approx 1100$ K rather than with $T_\mathrm{eff}=1200$ K, as suggested by SPITZER spectroscopic observations of the combined $ε$ Indi B system (Roellig et al., 2004). Even higher effective temperatures appear inconsistent with our absolute photometry, as they would imply an unphysical small size of the brown dwarf $ε$ IndiBa.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
DeepCorn: A Semi-Supervised Deep Learning Method for High-Throughput Image-Based Corn Kernel Counting and Yield Estimation
Creators: name: Khaki, Saeed
name: Pham, Hieu
name: Han, Ye
name: Kuhl, Andy
name: Kent, Wade
name: Wang, Lizhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The success of modern farming and plant breeding relies on accurate and efficient collection of data. For a commercial organization that manages large amounts of crops, collecting accurate and consistent data is a bottleneck. Due to limited time and labor, accurately phenotyping crops to record color, head count, height, weight, etc. is severely limited. However, this information, combined with other genetic and environmental factors, is vital for developing new superior crop species that help feed the world's growing population. Recent advances in machine learning, in particular deep learning, have shown promise in mitigating this bottleneck. In this paper, we propose a novel deep learning method for counting on-ear corn kernels in-field to aid in the gathering of real-time data and, ultimately, to improve decision making to maximize yield. We name this approach DeepCorn, and show that this framework is robust under various conditions. DeepCorn estimates the density of corn kernels in an image of corn ears and predicts the number of kernels based on the estimated density map. DeepCorn uses a truncated VGG-16 as a backbone for feature extraction and merges feature maps from multiple scales of the network to make it robust against image scale variations. We also adopt a semi-supervised learning approach to further improve the performance of our proposed method. Our proposed method achieves the MAE and RMSE of 41.36 and 60.27 in the corn kernel counting task, respectively. Our experimental results demonstrate the superiority and effectiveness of our proposed method compared to other state-of-the-art methods.
description: 27 pages, 7 figures
Existence and stability of even dimensional asymptotically de Sitter spaces
Creators: name: Anderson, Michael T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A new proof of Friedrich's theorem on the existence and stability of asymptotically de Sitter spaces in 3+1 dimensions is given, which extends to all even dimensions. In addition, we characterize the possible limits of spaces which are globally asymptotically de Sitter, to the past and future.
description: 15pp
Joint growth rate measurements from redshift-space distortions and peculiar velocities in the 6dF Galaxy Survey
Creators: name: Adams, Caitlin
name: Blake, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new model for the cross-covariance between galaxy redshift-space distortions and peculiar velocities. We combine this with the auto-covariance models of both probes in a fully self-consistent, maximum-likelihood method, allowing us to extract enhanced cosmological parameter constraints. When applying our method to the 6-degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS), our constraint on the growth rate of structure is $fσ_8 = 0.384 \pm 0.052 \rm{(stat)} \pm 0.061 \rm{(sys)}$ and our constraint for the redshift-space distortion parameter is $β= 0.289^{+0.044}_{-0.043} \rm{(stat)} \pm 0.049 \rm{(sys)}$. We find that the statistical uncertainty for the growth rate of structure is reduced by 64% when using the complete covariance model compared to the redshift-space distortion auto-covariance model and 50% when compared to using the peculiar velocity auto-covariance model. Our constraints are consistent with those from the literature on combining multiple tracers of large-scale structure, as well as those from other 6dFGS analyses. Our measurement is also consistent with the standard cosmological model.
description: 21 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables
ANÁLISE DA ESTRATÉGIA TECNOLÓGICA EM EMPRESAS AGROINDUSTRIAIS – O CASO DA COLASCRIC
Creators: name: Queiroz, Timoteo Ramos
name: Machado, Joao Guilherme De Camargo Ferraz
name: Bouroullec, Melise Dantas Machado
name: Queiroz, Timoteo Ramos
name: Machado, Joao Guilherme De Camargo Ferraz
name: Bouroullec, Melise Dantas Machado
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: strategic management
subject: technology
subject: dairy industry
subject: consumer needs

description: The aim of this paper is to analyze the technological management in a dairy industry, making it possible to suggest improvements. An open-ended questionnaire was applied, considering two main points: the classification and comprehension of the company’s performance in relation to the technologies available and the understanding of the industry’s technological motivations, making it possible to analyze technological behaviors, forms of acquisition and adoption of technological innovations. It was observed that the company loses competitiveness due to the technology adopted, when compared to bigger players and when the distribution of its products is carried out through supermarkets. The changes introduced in the products’ portfolio were of public-domain, stable and highly divulged, in other words, they were not a technological barrier to the industry’s competitors. The industry established a technological partnership with research institutes for treating the industrial effluents and also with another dairy industry, fortifying its financial, production and marketing areas. It was concluded that improvements in the production process, to reduce costs and better meet the consumers’ needs, are still necessary. The technological partnerships are an important part of this process.
Striatochelys Massonne & Augustin & Matzke & Bohme 2023, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Massonne, Tobias
name: Augustin, Felix J.
name: Matzke, Andreas T.
name: Bohme, Madelaine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Striatochelys

description: Striatochelys gen. nov.
Diagnosis. Striatochelys can be differentiated from other pan-trionychid genera by the combination of the following characters: (1) relatively small size, with a carapace length reaching an estimated maximum of 27 cm; (2) absence of a preneural; (3) strong straight ridges on the carapace, spanning from costal I to costal VIII; and (4) stronger ridges posteriorly.
Etymology. The genus name is female and derives from the Latin word ‘striatus’ meaning ‘streaked’ due to the multiple anteroposteriorly running ridges across the carapace, resulting in a furrowed surface, and ‘chelys’ meaning turtle in Greek.
description: Published as part of Massonne, Tobias, Augustin, Felix J., Matzke, Andreas T. & Bohme, Madelaine, 2023, A new cryptodire from the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on Pan-Trionychidae from Southeast Asia, pp. 1-25 in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2217505) (2217505) 21 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2217505, http://zenodo.org/record/10883757
Additional file 1 of The OPTIMIZE patient- and family-centered, primary care-based deprescribing intervention for older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and multiple chronic conditions: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Bayliss, E. A.
name: S. M. Shetterly
name: M. L. Drace
name: J. Norton
name: A. R. Green
name: E. Reeve
name: L. A. Weffald
name: L. Wright
name: M. L. Maciejewski
name: O. C. Sheehan
name: J. L. Wolff
name: K. S. Gleason
name: C. Kraus
name: M. Maiyani
name: M. Du Vall
name: C. M. Boyd
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1. List of Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMS) used in outcome measurement.
Revisiting the proton mass decomposition
Creators: name: Metz, Andreas
name: Pasquini, Barbara
name: Rodini, Simone
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Different decompositions (sum rules) for the proton mass have been proposed in the literature. All of them are related to the energy-momentum tensor in quantum chromodynamics. We review and revisit these decompositions by paying special attention to recent developments with regard to the renormalization of the energy-momentum tensor. The connection between the sum rules is discussed as well. We present numerical results for the various terms of the mass decompositions up to 3 loops in the strong coupling, and consider their scheme dependence. We also elaborate on the role played by the trace anomaly and the sigma terms.
description: 28 pages; V2: some discussion added, matches PRD version
The Most Probable Size of the Universe
Creators: name: McInnes, Brett
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has recently been suggested, by Firouzjahi, Sarangi, and Tye, that string-motivated modifications of the Hartle-Hawking wave function predict that our Universe came into existence from "nothing" with a de Sitter-like spacetime geometry and a spacetime curvature similar to that of "low-scale" models of Inflation. This means, however, that the Universe was quite large at birth. It would be preferable for the initial scale to be close to the string scale, or perhaps the Planck scale. The problem with this, however, is to explain how any initial homogeneity is preserved during the pre-inflationary era, so that Inflation can indeed begin. Here we modify a suggestion due to Linde and assume that the Universe was born with the topology of a torus; however, we propose that the size of the torus is to be predicted by the FST wave function. The latter does predict an initial size for the torus at about the string scale, and it also predicts a pre-inflationary spacetime geometry such that chaotic mixing preserves any initial homogeneity until Inflation can begin at a relatively low scale.
description: References added; accepted by Nuclear Physics B
ASASSN-18am/SN 2018gk : An overluminous Type IIb supernova from a massive progenitor
Creators: name: Bose, Subhash
name: Dong, Subo
name: Kochanek, C. S.
name: Stritzinger, M. D.
name: Ashall, Chris
name: Benetti, Stefano
name: Falco, E.
name: Filippenko, Alexei V.
name: Pastorello, Andrea
name: Prieto, Jose L.
name: Somero, Auni
name: Sukhbold, Tuguldur
name: Zhang, Junbo
name: Auchettl, Katie
name: Brink, Thomas G.
name: Brown, J. S.
name: Chen, Ping
name: Fiore, A.
name: Grupe, Dirk
name: Holoien, T. W. -S.
name: Lundqvist, Peter
name: Mattila, Seppo
name: Mutel, Robert
name: Pooley, David
name: Post, R. S.
name: Reddy, N.
name: Reynolds, Thomas M.
name: Shappee, Benjamin J.
name: Stanek, K. Z.
name: Thompson, Todd A.
name: Villanueva, S.
name: Zheng, WeiKang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: ASASSN-18am/SN 2018gk is a newly discovered member of the rare group of luminous, hydrogen-rich supernovae (SNe) with a peak absolute magnitude of $M_V \approx -20$ mag that is in between normal core-collapse SNe and superluminous SNe. These SNe show no prominent spectroscopic signatures of ejecta interacting with circumstellar material (CSM), and their powering mechanism is debated. ASASSN-18am declines extremely rapidly for a Type II SN, with a photospheric-phase decline rate of $\sim6.0~\rm mag~(100 d)^{-1}$. Owing to the weakening of HI and the appearance of HeI in its later phases, ASASSN-18am is spectroscopically a Type IIb SN with a partially stripped envelope. However, its photometric and spectroscopic evolution show significant differences from typical SNe IIb. Using a radiative diffusion model, we find that the light curve requires a high synthesised $\rm ^{56}Ni$ mass $M_{\rm Ni} \sim0.4~M_\odot$ and ejecta with high kinetic energy $E_{\rm kin} = (7-10) \times10^{51} $ erg. Introducing a magnetar central engine still requires $M_{\rm Ni} \sim0.3~M_\odot$ and $E_{\rm kin}= 3\times10^{51} $ erg. The high $\rm ^{56}Ni$ mass is consistent with strong iron-group nebular lines in its spectra, which are also similar to several SNe Ic-BL with high $\rm ^{56}Ni$ yields. The earliest spectrum shows "flash ionisation" features, from which we estimate a mass-loss rate of $ \dot{M}\approx 2\times10^{-4}~\rm M_\odot~yr^{-1} $. This wind density is too low to power the luminous light curve by ejecta-CSM interaction. We measure expansion velocities as high as $ 17,000 $ km/s for $H_α$, which is remarkably high compared to other SNe II. We estimate an oxygen core mass of $1.8-3.4$ $M_\odot$ using the [OI] luminosity measured from a nebular-phase spectrum, implying a progenitor with a zero-age main sequence mass of $19-26$ $M_\odot$.