cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Research Directions in Distributed Computing and Communications
Creators: name: Yemini, Yechiam
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1983
Subjects: Computer science

description: This paper presents a brief discussion of some research directions and open problems in the areas of distributed computing and communications. Three areas of theoretical problems and two technical problem domains are considered. The paper aims at providing a brief tutorial/survey of the respective problem domains. The presentation is naturally biased to reflect the interests of the author.
Bodies in motion : the films of transmigrant queer Chinese women filmmakers in Canada
Creators: name: Lin, Hui-Ling
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This dissertation examines the representations of racialized, gendered, queer sexuality in selected films produced by four transmigrant queer “Chinese” women filmmakers in Vancouver, with a main focus on body images. Personal interviews with these filmmakers about their lives and films were collected and analyzed in-depth using feminist qualitative method informed by standpoint epistemology. The analyses are framed by discussions of what it means to be “Chinese” outside of China, in relation to what it means to be female and “queer.” Selected films were analyzed drawing on feminist film theory, postcolonial and poststructuralist theories, and transnational feminist theory. Judith Butler’s ideas on gender performance and performativity and José E. Muñoz’s concept of “disidentification,” and their application to theories of the body serve as a framework to examine the following research questions: How do these filmmakers re-present “Chineseness,” “queerness,” and “femininity” by deploying their own bodies or those of others? How do they evoke or challenge mainstream stereotypes, and what kinds of narratives and film techniques do they exploit in order to re-conceptualize the non-conforming and transmigrant queer female body? Chapter 2 provides a detailed, contextualized introduction to the filmmakers, based on the interviews, and information on the Canadian context. Chapter 3 explores how racialized, queered, and gendered bodies are presented, appropriated, or subverted in a selection of films. Chapter 4 examines three major strategies of disidentification in the films: the appropriation of dominant stereotypical images; the use of hybrid genres and technical effects; and the reinvention of language(s). The analysis of the films and interviews shows that these filmmakers produce alternative forms of embodied knowledge based on their lived experiences, showing that there is no essential queer “Chinese” women body. Their sense of “Chineseness” is highly contextualized and intersectional, which opens up the possibility that transnational “Chineseness,” like gender and sexuality, could be cited and re-cited in ways that disclose its vulnerability and instability. These filmmakers and their films contribute to new articulation of mobile queerness in the context of transmigrant “Chineseness,” and create a temporary and transnational “utopian performative,” a safe and hopeful space for queer women viewers.
Overcoming Active Directory Woes with Plain Text Caches and Replacing Passwords
Creators: name: St. John, Jason
name: Younts, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Reliable authentication is a key component of all HPC systems. This paper discusses an approach that bypasses systemic authentication problems experienced by the authors to provide a simple and reliable manner of managing service accounts and user groups for HPC centers using plain text caches and alternatives to passwords.
Automorphisms and twisted forms of the N = 1, 2, 3 Lie conformal superalgebras
Creators: name: Chang, Zhihua
name: Pianzola, Arturo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17B65, 12G05, 17B81

description: We classify the N = 1, 2, 3 superconformal Lie algebras of Schwimmer and Seiberg by means of differential non-abelian cohomology, and describe the general philosophy behind this new technique. The structure of the group (functor) of automorphisms of the corresponding Lie conformal superalgebra is a key ingredient of the proof.
High-angular-precision gamma-ray astronomy and polarimetry
Creators: name: Bernard, Denis
name: Delbart, Alain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We are developing a concept of a "thin" detector as a high-angular-precision telescope and polarimeter for cosmic gamma-rays above the pair-creation threshold.
description: Presented at the 6th International Conference On New Developments In Photodetection: NDIP 2011 4-8 Jul 2011, Lyon, France
Colorado water, January/February 2011
Creators: name: Knebel, Lindsey A.
name: Colorado Water Institute, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Water resources development -- Colorado
subject: Water use -- Colorado
subject: Water-supply -- Colorado
subject: Water-supply -- Management -- Colorado

description: The newsletter is devoted to enhancing communication between Colorado water users and managers and faculty at the state's research universities.
description: Newsletter of the Water Center of Colorado State University. Theme: Decision support systems.
Distributed Algorithms in Synchronous Broadcasting Networks
Creators: name: Galil, Zvi
name: Landau, Gad M.
name: Yung, Moti
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1985
Subjects: Computer science

description: In this paper we consider a synchronous broadcasting network, a distributed computation model which represents communication networks that are used extensively in practice. This is the first work we know of that deals with this model in a theoretical context. The problem we consider is a basic problem of information sharing, the computation of the multiple identification function. That is, given a network of p processors, each of which contains an n-bit string of information, the question is how every processor can compute the subset of processors which have the same information as itself. The problem was suggested by Yao in his classical paper in communication complexity [17], as a generalization of the two-processor case studied in that paper. The immediate algorithm which solves this problem takes O(np) time (time = communication time in bits, which is our complexity measure). We present the following algorithms: - a. An algorithm which takes advantage of properties of strings, uses a very simple scheduling policy, and does not use arithmetic operations. (In fact, the processor can be a Turing machine). 'the algorithm's complexity is O(nlog2p+p). - b. An algorithm which uses a simulation of sorting networks by the distributed system. If t(p) is the depth of the sorting network of p processors, then our algorithm takes O( n t(p) + p) time. Using recent results on sorting networks we get an O(nlogp+p) (impractical) algorithm. The algorithm also uses addition and subtraction operations. -c. By letting the processor use modular arithmetic operations as well, we can use Yao's probabilistic version, modify our algorithms and get probabilistic algorithms (with small error) where logn replaces n in the complexity expressions. To prove lower bounds for the problem we use Yao's result to get an fl(n) bound, and we also show an fl(p) bound. We suggest open problems concerning new techniques for proving lower bounds in the presence of broadcasting, as well as other problems about efficient use of the model and comparisons between different models of distributed computation.
llc Reference Manual
Creators: name: Mills, Russell C.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1989
Subjects: Computer science

description: llc is an extension of C for hierarchically parallel processing on distributed-memory parallel processors. In an llc program, a single controlling processor invokes operations in parallel in subsets of a set of attached processors, which themselves can invoke parallel operations in remaining processors. This manual succinctly describes the language syntax and the implementation-independent aspects of its semantics.
Classification of Material Surfaces Using the Polarization of Specular Highlights
Creators: name: Wolff, Lawrence B.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1988
Subjects: Computer science

description: Recently there has been interest, in computer vision research, in the segmentation of images based upon the actual material makeup of the objects or object parts that constitute image regions. The idea is to identify image characteristics which can be used to predict the material properties of objects that are being imaged. A majority of object surfaces can be simply classified according to their basic electrical properties; metal objects (e.g. Aluminum, Copper) conduct electricity rather well while dielectric objects (e.g. Rubber, Plastic, Ceramic) conduct electricity poorly. Distinguishing image regions according to whether they correspond to metal or dielectric material can provide important information for scene understanding especially in industrial machine vision. One such major application is circuit board inspection where the presence of dielectric or metal material in the wrong place can cause trouble. A previous approach to the problem of identifying metal or dielectric material in images is based upon careful spectral (i.e. color) analysis of reflected light from material objects. This paper presents a technique for identifying the material properties of objects in an image using a polarizing lens (i.e. Polaroid filter). Two images of the same scene are taken with a polarizing lens placed in front of a camera in two different respective orientations. Effectively these two images represent two linearly independent polarization components of the reflected light. It is shown that when the linearly independent components of polarization are taken parallel and perpendicular with respect to the plane in which specular rays travel that dielectric objects can be distinguished from metallic objects when specular highlights are present. In particular the two polarization components are very similar at specular highlights on metals while the two polarization components for specular highlights on dielectrics are very different, the perpendicular component having much larger magnitude than the parallel component. This is shown to hold regardless of whether the surface is polished or rough. Results for coated surfaces will be presented at a future date.
Employing advanced airborne remotely sensed data to improve terrestrial ecosystem mapping
Creators: name: Jones, Trevor Gareth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Information representing the species composition and structural configuration of forested ecosystems is critical for effective, sustainable management. In Canada, the methods employed to map forest species and structure vary, however, they conventionally include photogrammetric techniques. Despite common use, aerial photograph delineation and interpretation is time consuming and laborious, often yielding subjective results which cannot be easily updated, and is thus not well suited for quantitative mapping over extensive areas. In contrast, advanced methods for remotely quantifying forest characteristics show promise for improving conventional approaches. Two data sources of particular interest are hyperspectral and light detection and ranging (LiDAR). Hyperspectral sensors acquire data simultaneously in upwards of hundreds of narrow spectral channels, providing an unprecedented tool for differentiating between vegetation species. LiDAR systems directly measure the vertical distribution of foliage, providing detailed information on height, cover, and structure. This thesis integrated new generation remote sensing technologies with field data to improve forest species and structural information in the British Columbian southern Gulf Islands (SGI). Results indicate the objective was met, providing a state-of-the-art, step-by-step protocol for forest managers and ecologists to undertake detailed and accurate species and structural mapping of protected areas, while decreasing associated labor, time and subjectivity, and increasing repeatability, at a cost comparable, if not less, than conventional aerial photography. The unique outcomes of this thesis include the first spectral library of dominant tree species in Canada’s coastal Pacific Northwest, the first SGI inventory of LiDAR-metrics able to characterize and differentiate forest structure, significantly improved data for rare Garry oak habitat, markedly more detailed and accurate distribution information for 11 dominant tree species derived using an innovative classification approach and newly developed LiDAR metrics, and the first assessment in any environ of hyperspectral metrics for describing and differentiating avifaunal guilds based on diversity. In addition, results provide the first tree species heterogeneity predictions for the SGI, yielded through an object-based classification incorporating airborne hyperspectral data and space-borne multispectral data. The innovative methods described are not limited to the SGI, and can be replicated where targeted species/structural characteristics can be defined and differentiated based on hyperspectral-derived and/or LiDAR-derived metrics.
Low mass neutralino dark matter in mSUGRA and more general models in the light of LHC data
Creators: name: Bhattacharyya, Nabanita
name: Choudhury, Arghya
name: Datta, Amitava
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $bτj \etslash$ signal at the ongoing LHC experiments is simulated with Pythia in the mSUGRA and other models of SUSY breaking. Special attention is given on the compatibility of this signature with the low mass neutralino dark matter (LMNDM) scenario consistent with WMAP data. In the mSUGRA model the above signal as well as the LMNDM scenario are strongly disfavoured due to the constraints from the on going SUSY searches at the LHC. This tension, however, originates from the model dependent correlations among the parameters in the strong and electroweak sectors of mSUGRA. That there is no serious conflict between the LMNDM scenario and the LHC data is demonstrated by constructing generic phenomenological models such that the strong sector is unconstrained or mildly constrained by the existing LHC data and parameters in the electroweak sector, unrelated to the strong sector,yield DM relic density consistent with the WMAP data. The proposed models, fairly insensitive to the conventional SUSY searches in the jets + $\etslash$ and other channels, yield observable signal in the suggested channel for $\lum \gsim 1 \ifb$ of data. They are also consistent with the LMNDM scenario and can be tested by the direct dark matter search experiments in the near future. Some of these models can be realized by non-universal scalar and gaugino masses at the GUT scale.
description: 33 pages, 2 figures, analyses updated for 1 fb^{-1} of LHC data and presented in a new section, some new references have been added, published in Phys. Rev. D
Figure S4: from CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity
Creators: name: Rusu, Alexandra D.
name: Cornhill, Zoe E.
name: Coutiño, Brenda Canales
name: Uribe, Marcos Castellanos
name: Lourdusamy, Anbarasu
name: Markus, Zsuzsa
name: May, Sean T.
name: Rahman, Ruman
name: Georgiou, Marios
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

description: Identification of differences in gene expression induced by ING1KD through microarray analysis of the MCF7 transcriptome
The Lake Minnewanka site: patterns in late pleistocene use of the Alberta Rocky Mountains
Creators: name: Landals, Alison J.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2008

description: Bibliography: p. 333-362
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: A five year excavation program at the Lake Minnewanka site, near Banff, Alberta (totaling 87 square meters) yielded 26 occupations, including eight, well defined, well stratified occupation floors, dating between 10,000 and 10,800 radiocarbon years before present (ea. 11,300 to 13,150 calibrated years B.P.). Individual floors were sealed by a rapidly deposited blanket of aeolian loess. Some of the oldest floors in the site contained the remains of mountain sheep, hearths, red ochre, and pieces esquillées associated with small, enigmatic, blade-like flakes. Slightly later floors exhibited quite different patterns of lithic reduction and raw material preference, more typical of plains Paleolndians. The concordance with some aspects of the Vermilion Lakes site (Fedje et al. 1995) is striking, verifying the presence of at least two closely subsequent early cultural traditions, typified by very different patterns of raw material use and reduction strategies. The earliest groups at both sites were hunting mountain sheep in the expanded alpine zone during the cold, dry Younger Dryas climatic interval. The ice-free corridor has been increasingly portrayed as a desolate waste, incapable of allowing the passage of humans until after populations were established south of the ice (Dixon 2001, Mandryk et al. 2001, Stanford and Bradley 2002). However, recent study of mountain sheep genetics (Loehr et al. 2006) indicates the existence of at least two cryptic refugia that supported populations of mountain sheep within the ice-free corridor throughout the last ice age. Deglaciation permitted a rapid expansion of sheep into newly available, highly productive ranges. A consideration of the calibrated radiocarbon dates suggests that the "late" dates for Pleistocene sites within the ice-free corridor has been somewhat exaggerated. This evaluation suggests that the corridor was a suitable route for migration coetaneous with the current earliest known Alaskan Complexes. This does not negate the potential of the coastal route for migration, nor is the possibility for earlier human occupation obviated. It simply seems as though the ice-free corridor should not yet be discounted as a potentially important variable in the first peopling equation.
Psi: A Silicon Compiler for Very Fast Protocol Processing
Creators: name: Abu-Amara, H.
name: Balraj, Timothy S.
name: Barzilai, T.
name: Yemini, Yechiam
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1989
Subjects: Computer science

description: Conventional protocols implementations typically fall short, by a few orders of magnitude, of supporting the speeds afforded by high-speed optical transmission media. This protocol processing bottleneck is a key hurdle in taking advantage of the opportunities presented by high-speed communications. This paper describes PSi, a silicon compiler that transforms formal protocol specifications into efficient VLSI implementations. PSi takes advantage of the parallelisms intrinsic to a given protocol to accomplish very high-speed implementations. Initial application of PSi to the IEEE 802.2 (logical link control) leads to processing rates in the order of 106 packets per second (p/s). The 802.2 was selected as a benchmark of complexity; light-weight protocols can accomplish even higher processing rates, reaching the limits set by chip clock rates (i.e., a packet per cycle). These speeds significantly exceed typical of software implementations (up to a few hundred p/s) or special hardware-assisted implementations (up to a few thousands p/s). More importantly, at these rates when the packet size is 103-4 bits the protocol throughput of 109-10 bits/sec reaches the limiting throughput afforded by memory technology. Thus, the protocol processing bottleneck is pushed to the ultimate bounds set by VLSI technologies.
Data Structures and Algorithms for Disjoint Set Union Problems
Creators: name: Galil, Zvi
name: Italiano, Giuseppe F.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1989
Subjects: Computer science

description: This paper surveys algorithmic techniques and data structures that have been proposed to solve the set union problem and its variants. Their discovery required a new set of algorithmic tools that have proven useful in other areas. Special attention is devoted to recent extensions of the original set union problem, and some effort is made to provide a unifying theoretical framework for this growing body of algorithms.
Canada after 9/11: the economic security of anti-terrorism and border security
Creators: name: Kent, Jonathan
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2008

description: Bibliography: p. 129-144
description: After the al Qaeda attacks against New York City and Washington, D.C., the Canadian Government introduced a variety of security initiatives and strengthened existing arrangements with the ostensible aim of protecting Canadians from terrorism. Although 24 Canadians were killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11, Canada did not suffer a terrorist attack, nor was Canada used as a staging ground for the attacks. Nevertheless, Ottawa's response would lead many observers to believe that Canada had been attacked on 9/11. Successive Canadian governments have devoted considerable resources to fighting terrorism internally and at its borders. Beginning with introduction of Bill C-36 in December 2001, followed by immigration reform, the creation of the Public Safety Department, and increased intelligence capabilities, Canada imitated Washington's domestic response to the 9/11 attacks. Canada worked and continues to work extensively with the United States on security issues along their shared border. Both countries agreed to the Smart Borders Agreement (SBA), the Container Security Initiative (CSI), and the Security Prosperity Partnership (SPP). This thesis will argue that while protecting Canadians from danger is the primary responsibility of the government, Canada's security initiatives after 9/11 have been the result of powerful economic relations more than primarily protection from terrorism. America's economic preponderance, Canada's dependence on American markets, and Washington's security policies mean that Canada faced an implicit yet powerful ultimatum after 9/11: improve security and counterterrorism or face economic consequences.
The need for text generation
Creators: name: McKeown, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1985
Subjects: Computer science

description: For a variety of systems, such as expert systems, database systems, and problem-solving systems, text generation is one way for the system to communicate effectively with its users. This is particularly true when the system is likely to be used by a wide range of users with varying levels of expertise and background. In this paper I will show why explanation is a crucial feature of expert systems, how text generation can be used within database systems to familiarize users with the database, and where text generation can aid communication with problem-solving systems. Given that text generation is more than just a frill for such systems, a second focus of the paper will be on the kinds of problems that any designer of a text generation system must address. Some of the problems include being able to decide what to say, how to organize that information, and how to express it in natural language.
Colorado water, August 2003
Creators: name: Flanagan, Marian
name: Miller, Shirley
name: Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Water resources development -- Colorado
subject: Water use -- Colorado
subject: Water-supply -- Colorado
subject: Water-supply -- Management -- Colorado

description: The scope of the newsletter is devoted to enhancing communication between Colorado water users and managers and faculty at the research universities in the state.
description: Newsletter of the Water Center at Colorado State University.
Feasibility of Voice over IP on the Internet
Creators: name: Sherman, Alex
name: Nieh, Jason
name: Freund, Yoav
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Computer science

description: VoIP (Voice over IP) services are using the Internet infrastructure to enable new forms of communication and collaboration. A growing number of VoIP service providers such as Skype, Vonage, Broadvoice, as well as many cable services are using the Internet to offer telephone services at much lower costs. However, VoIP services rely on the user's Internet connection, and this can often translate into lower quality communication. Overlay networks offer a potential solution to this problem by improving the default Internet routing and overcome failures. To assess the feasibility of using overlays to improve VoIP on the Internet, we have conducted a detailed experimental study to evaluate the benefits of using an overlay on PlanetLab nodes for improving voice communication connectivity and performance around the world. Our measurements demonstrate that an overlay architecture can significantly improve VoIP communication across most regions and provide their greatest benefit for locations with poorer default Internet connectivity. We explore overlay topologies and show that a small number of well-connected intermediate nodes is sufficient to improve VoIP performance. We show that there is significant variation over time in the best overlay routing paths and argue for the need for adaptive routing to account for this variation to deliver the best performance.
Understanding the different rotational behaviors of $^{252}$No and $^{254}$No
Creators: name: Liu, H. L.
name: Xu, F. R.
name: Walker, P. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Total Routhian surface calculations have been performed to investigate rapidly rotating transfermium nuclei, the heaviest nuclei accessible by detailed spectroscopy experiments. The observed fast alignment in $^{252}$No and slow alignment in $^{254}$No are well reproduced by the calculations incorporating high-order deformations. The different rotational behaviors of $^{252}$No and $^{254}$No can be understood for the first time in terms of $β_6$ deformation that decreases the energies of the $νj_{15/2}$ intruder orbitals below the N=152 gap. Our investigations reveal the importance of high-order deformation in describing not only the multi-quasiparticle states but also the rotational spectra, both providing probes of the single-particle structure concerning the expected doubly-magic superheavy nuclei.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, the version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C
Выбор ветродвигателей ветроэнергетических установок по аэродинамическим параметрам
Creators: name: Владимировна, Шевченко Валентина
name: Горюшкин Никита Игоревич
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: ветроэнергетические установки
ветроэнергетика
ветродвигатели

description: На русском: [Шевченко В.В., Горюшкин Н.И. Выбор ветродвигателей ветроэнергетических установок по аэродинамическим параметрам // Материалы 5-й межвузовской научно-технической конференции преподавателей, молодых ученых и студентов "Энерго- и ресурсосберегающие технологии при эксплуатации машин и оборудования", 11-12 декабря 2013 года, секция "Усовершенствование технологических режимов и надежность машин". - Украина, Донецк: Донецкий институт железнодорожного транспорта, 2013. - С. 54-56. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2555488]

Ветроэнергетика является небольшой, но увеличивающейся частью энергогенерирующей системы Украины. Обсуждаются ветродвигатели разных конструкций и мощности, расчет параметров их работы.

Ключевые слова: ветроэнергетические установки, ветроэнергетика, ветродвигатели.

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Additional file 3 of Establishment of a new prognostic risk model of GNG7 pathway-related molecules in clear cell renal cell carcinoma based on immunomodulators
Creators: name: Zheng, Jun
name: Zhang, Weili
name: Zhang, Junyong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3: Figure 3. The relationship between GNG7 expression and tumor immune cell infiltration. (A) Relationships between the GNG7 expression and six tumor-infiltrating immune cells. (B) Relationships between the GNG7 expression and 4 types of immunosuppressive cells.
Figure S1: from CG7379/ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity
Creators: name: Rusu, Alexandra D.
name: Cornhill, Zoe E.
name: Coutiño, Brenda Canales
name: Uribe, Marcos Castellanos
name: Lourdusamy, Anbarasu
name: Markus, Zsuzsa
name: May, Sean T.
name: Rahman, Ruman
name: Georgiou, Marios
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

description: Abnormal protrusion morphology following CG7379KD
Self-generated cognitive fluency: consequences on evaluative judgments
Creators: name: von Hecker, Ulrich
name: Hanel, Paul H. P.
name: Jin, Zixi
name: Winkielman, Piotr
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: People can support abstract reasoning by using mental models with spatial simulations. Such models are employed when people represent elements in terms of ordered dimensions (e.g. who is oldest, Tom, Dick, or Harry). We test and find that the process of forming and using such mental models can influence the liking of its elements (e.g. Tom, Dick, or Harry). The presumed internal structure of such models (linear-transitive array of elements), generates variations in processing ease (fluency) when using the model in working memory (see the Symbolic Distance Effect, SDE). Specifically, processing of pairs where elements have larger distances along the order should be easier compared to pairs with smaller distances. Elements from easier pairs should be liked more than elements from difficult pairs (fluency being hedonically positive). Experiment 1 shows that unfamiliar ideographs are liked more when at wider distances and therefore easier to process. Experiment 2 replicates this effect with non-words. Experiment 3 rules out a non-spatial explanation of the effect while Experiments 4 offers a high-powered replication. Experiment 5 shows that the spatial effect spontaneously emerges after learning, even without a task that explicitly focuses on fluency. Experiment 6 employed a shorter array, but yielded no significant results.
A Procedure for the Selection of Connectives: How Deep Is the Surface?
Creators: name: Elhadad, Michael
name: McKeown, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1989
Subjects: Computer science

description: We present an implemented procedure to select an appropriate connective to link two propositions. Each connective is defined as a set of constraints between features of the propositions it connects. Our focus has been to identify pragmatic features that can be produced by a deep generator to provide a simple representation of connectives. Using these features, we can account for a variety of connective usages. We describe how a surface generator can produce complex sentences when given these features in input. The selection procedure is implemented as part of a large functional unification grammar.
Figure S2: from CG7379/ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity
Creators: name: Rusu, Alexandra D.
name: Cornhill, Zoe E.
name: Coutiño, Brenda Canales
name: Uribe, Marcos Castellanos
name: Lourdusamy, Anbarasu
name: Markus, Zsuzsa
name: May, Sean T.
name: Rahman, Ruman
name: Georgiou, Marios
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

description: CG7379KD does not affect the localisation of apicobasal polarity determinants
Energy-Based Segmentation of Very Sparse Range Surfaces
Creators: name: Boult, Terrance E.
name: Lerner, Mark D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1989
Subjects: Computer science

description: This paper describes a new segmentation technique for very sparse surfaces which is based on minimizing the energy of the surfaces in the scene. While it could be used in almost any system as part of surface reconstruction/model recovery, the algorithm is designed to be usable when the depth information is scattered and very sparse, as is generally the case with depth generated by stereo algorithms. We show results from a sequential algorithm that processes laser range-finder data or synthetic data. We then discuss a parallel implementation running on the parallel Connection Machine. The idea of segmentation by energy minimization is not new. However, prior techniques have relied on discrete regularization or Markov random fields to model the surfaces to build smooth surfaces and detect depth edges. Both of the aforementioned techniques are ineffective at energy minimization for very sparse data. In addition, this method does not require edge detection and is thus also applicable when edge information is unreliable or unavailable. Our model is extremely general; it does not depend on a model of the surface shape but only on the energy for bending a surface. Thus the surfaces can grow in a more data-directed manner. The technique presented herein models the surfaces with reproducing kernel-based splines, which can be shown to solve a regularized surface reconstruction problem. From the functional form of these splines we derive computable bounds on the energy of a surface over a given finite region. The computation of the spline, and the corresponding surface representation are quite efficient for very sparse data. An interesting property of the algorithm is that it makes no attempt to determine segmentation boundaries; the algorithm can be viewed as a classification scheme which segments the data into collections of points which are "from" the same surface. Among the significant advantages of the method is the capacity to process overlapping transparent surfaces, as well as surfaces with large occluded areas.
CoRoT's view on variable B8/9 stars: spots versus pulsations: Evidence for differential rotation in HD 174648
Creators: name: Degroote, P.
name: Acke, B.
name: Samadi, R.
name: Aerts, C.
name: Kurtz, D. W.
name: Noels, A.
name: Miglio, A.
name: Montalban, J.
name: Bloemen, S.
name: Baglin, A.
name: Baudin, F.
name: Catala, C.
name: Michel, E.
name: Auvergne, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. There exist few variability studies of stars in the region in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram between the A and B-star pulsational instability strips. With the aid of the high precision continuous measurements of the CoRoT space satellite, low amplitudes are more easily detected, making a study of this neglected region worthwhile. Aims. We collected a small sample of B stars observed by CoRoT to determine the origin of the different types of variability observed. Methods. We combine literature photometry and spectroscopy to measure the fundamental parameters of the stars in the sample, and compare asteroseismic modelling of the light curves with (differentially rotating) spotted star models. Results. We found strong evidence for the existence of spots and differential rotation in HD 174648, and formulated hypotheses for their origin. We show that the distinction between pulsations and rotational modulation is difficult to make solely based on the light curve, especially in slowly rotating stars.
description: 16 pages, 18 figures, accepted for publication by Astronomy and Astrophysics
An integrated approach to stereo matching, surface reconstruction and depth segmentation using consistent smoothness assumptions
Creators: name: Chen, Liang-Hua
name: Boult, Terrance E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1988
Subjects: Computer science

description: This paper presents a new algorithm for stereo matching which makes use of simultaneous matching, surface reconstruction, and segmentation of world surfaces. By integrating these three phases, which are traditionally temporally separated, the algorithm can make use of the current surface information to help disambiguate the potential matches. After discussing the required mathematical background, the paper describes the integrated process of matching, reconstruction and segmentation. Unlike past attempts at integrating these processes, the presented algorithm uses a single smoothness criterion for both matching, reconstruction and segmentation. The segmentation part of the process is based on estimates of surface bending energy, and is significantly different from previous segmentation algorithms. Examples are presented showing results on both synthetic images and camera acquired images. The camera-based examples include both a traditional type scene with two objects, and a scene with transparent objects.
title: Die Verfassung der Erwerbsarbeit in der Europäischen Union – Rechtsgrundlagen eines Sozialen Europa
Creators: name: Kocher, Eva
Publisher: name: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
Year: 2018

description: Prozesse der wirtschaftlichen Globalisierung und Europäisierung betreffen auch die Arbeitsmärkte. Da Arbeitskräfte weniger mobil sind als Kapital, Waren, Unternehmen und Dienstleistungen, vollziehen sich diese Prozesse nicht mit derselben Geschwindigkeit wie im Falle der Kapital-, Ware- und Dienstleistungsmärkte. Dennoch hat die Globalisierung und Europäisierung der Arbeitsmärkte unübersehbar zugenommen: Beschäftigte wechseln zu Unternehmen ins Ausland, Unternehmen entsenden ihre Beschäftigten für kurze oder längere Zeit ins Ausland, es werden ausländische Niederlassungen gegründet oder Betriebe ("Standorte") ins Ausland verlagert (allgemein zur Globalisierung der Arbeitsmärkte und des Arbeitsrechts Hepple 2005).
Colorado water, November/December 2008
Creators: name: Schmidt, Laurie
name: Colorado Water Institute, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Water resources development -- Colorado
subject: Water use -- Colorado
subject: Water-supply -- Colorado
subject: Water-supply -- Management -- Colorado

description: The scope of the newsletter is devoted to enhancing communication between Colorado water users and managers and faculty at the research universities in the state.
description: Newsletter of the Water Center at Colorado State University.
title: Die historische "Zeitschrift für soziales Recht" - 1928-1934. Gegenstände und Bedeutung des Konzepts in heutiger Zeit
Creators: name: Kocher, Eva
Publisher: name: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
Year: 2018

description: Mit dem Namen "Soziales Recht" nimmt diese Zeitschrift Bezug auf eine Debatte in der Weimarer Zeit und einen Begriff, der insbesondere von Sinzheimer und Radbruch entwickelt und verwendet wurde. Achim Seifert wies schon darauf hin, dass es damals auch eine rechtswissenschaftliche Zeitschrift gab, die sich mit dem Namen "Zeitschrift  für soziales Recht" explizit diesen Ansatz zu Eigen gemacht hatte. An dieser Zeitschrift soll hier erinnert werden; anhand ihrer Autoren und Artikel eröfnet sich auch ein Einblick in die arbeitsrechtlichen Konflikte, die damals mit dem Begriff "soziales Recht" verbunden wurden.
Determination of chemical and physical properties of two asphalts of different origin
Creators: name: Michalica, Peter
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2008

description: Bibliography: p. 208-225
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: It is shown in this thesis that there is a definite relationship between the chemical and physical properties of asphalts; however, it is very complex due to the concurrent actions of various material properties. The chemical properties of the compounds present in the asphalts, such as their chemical structure, polarity, molecular weight, their mutual interaction and probably many others, are more important for asphalt's overall behaviour than just the amount of the compounds themselves. The chemical properties of the two asphalts of different origins showed that the asphalt, with a lower content of asphaltenes, was actually more stiff and brittle at low and mid temperatures than the asphalt with higher asphaltene content. On the other hand, asphalt with higher asphaltene content revealed higher viscosity at high temperatures. This fact clearly shows that the asphaltene content itself cannot be used as a general indicator of asphalt's viscosity when comparing two different asphalts, especially at low temperatures. It seems that the content and chemical character of the low-polar asphalt fractions (saturates, naphthene aromatics, waxes) plays very important role in both, low­temperature and high temperature properties of tested asphalts as these fractions tend to become hard at low temperatures but easily soften at high temperatures. On the other hand, the content and chemical character of the highly polar fractions (polar aromatics, asphaltenes) in asphalt is more important for its "good" behaviour at higher temperatures. The results show that especially the molecular weight, its distribution, and polarity of present chemical compounds appear to play one of the most important roles in the asphalt's overall physical behaviour. Low content of easily oxidizable "benzylic" carbons and aliphatic sulphur atoms reveals to be important for good long term performance of asphalt binder and its low temperature susceptibility. Overall increase in viscosities of tested asphalts reveals to be a result of increased molecular weight and polarity of present chemical compounds because of oxidative aging.
Thesis Proposal: The Expected-Outcome Model of Two-Player Games
Creators: name: Abramson, Bruce
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1986
Subjects: Computer science

description: This paper introduces a new, crisp definition of two-player evaluation functions. These functions calculate a node's expected-outcome value, or the probability that a randomly chosen leaf beneath it will represent a win. The utility of these values to game programs will be assessed by a series of experiments that compare the performance of expected-outcome functions with that of some popular, previously studied evaluators. To help demonstrate the domain-independence of these new functions, the experiments will be run on variants of several games, including tic-tac-toe, Othello, and chess. In addition, the paper outlines a. new probabilistic model of game-trees which involves rethinking many long-accepted assumptions in light of the newly defined expected-outcome functions.
Women's spiritual writings in the beat and San Francisco renaissance movements
Creators: name: McMann, Cindy
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2008

description: Bibliography: p. 227-237
description: Abstract This dissertation explores the connections between the subversive spiritual writings of women involved in the Beat and San Francisco Renaissance movements and the writings of second-wave spiritual feminists, and finds a common foundation in the individualist ethos of postwar American literary subcultures. The essentially spiritual project of conferring value on individuals undertaken within Beat poetics held special promise for women, in that while conventional religions excluded women from a full participation in the spiritual universe, the Beats' insistence that each person has a connection with the numinous without institutional mediation theoretically allowed women the ability to identify fully with divinity, and to make themselves their own spiritual authorities. Having applied to themselves the Beat principle of the inviolability of the individual, the writings of women involved in the Beat and San Francisco Renaissance movements take the necessity of women's liberation as the starting point of their poetry. However, the greatly expanded landscape of spiritual possibility opened to women remained, in the basic structures of language and imagery, governed by masculinist assumptions that limited women's autonomy. These writers adopted strategies similar to those of later spiritual feminists in order to make religious systems conform to their individualist ideals. This thesis traces the development of spiritual feminism forward from Valerie Saiving's 1960 article "The Human Situation: A Feminine View," to the initial writings of the feminist Goddess religions of the late 1970s. It examines those strategies common to women in both movements in their attempts to establish positive space for women within patriarchal religions, and to create religious systems that honour the divine as feminine and take women's experiences as the basis of any theo/thealogy.
A Survey of Interfaces to Data Base and Expert Systems.
Creators: name: Moerdler, Galina Datskovsky
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1987
Subjects: Computer science

description: The problem of natural language recognition has been studied by many researchers since the early 1960‘s. In particular, researchers are concerned with building interfaces to existing systems, such as data base and expert systems. Such interfaces focus on easing communications between the underlying systems and the user. In this paper we survey various interfaces to both expert and data base systems. Natural language interfaces to data base systems have been quite successful. In contrast, natural language interfaces for expert systems are still in the initial stages of design. One mode of communication between an expert system and a user is via a menu interface. Such an interface presents many limitations [Datskovsky 84] [Datskovsky 85]. A natural language interface to expert systems that would not only alleviate such limitations, but also be domain independent and easily transportable from one system to another is desirable. By studying natural language interfaces to data base systems as well as existing interfaces to expert systems, we hope to gain insights on requirements for expert system interfaces and existing natural language technology that may help us in building natural language interfaces to ex pen systems.
Table S3: from CG7379/ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity
Creators: name: Rusu, Alexandra D.
name: Cornhill, Zoe E.
name: Coutiño, Brenda Canales
name: Uribe, Marcos Castellanos
name: Lourdusamy, Anbarasu
name: Markus, Zsuzsa
name: May, Sean T.
name: Rahman, Ruman
name: Georgiou, Marios
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

description: Table of genetic and protein interactions between DEGs following ING1KD and AJ components