cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Suzaku Observation of Abell 1555 and Abell 1558: Searching for Non-thermal Emission from Large Scale Structure Formation
Creators: name: Makiya, Ryu
name: Totani, Tomonori
name: Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report X-ray observations of two galaxy clusters Abell 1555 and Abell 1558 with Suzaku, which are included in a large scale filamentary structure and a supercluster, to search for non-thermal emission driven by shocks produced in structure formation. These two clusters are detected by Suzaku/XIS for the first time in the X-ray band of 0.5-7 keV. No significant flux is detected by HXD in the energy band of 13-40 keV, and upper limits are reported. From the analysis of the XIS data, we find that the spectrum of A1555 is fit by a thermal plus power-law model, significantly better than a single-temperature pure thermal spectrum. If this power-law component is due to inverse-Compton scattering, the fraction of total baryon energy imparted to non-thermal electrons is consistent with the typical value inferred from the observation of other clusters. However, other scenarios (e.g., under lying AGNs, multi-temperature thermal models) cannot be excluded and further investigation of this system is desired. Basic physical properties of A1555 (e.g., total mass) are also reported.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in the PASJ
title: User Guide for Urban Canopy Modeling in WRF. Version 1.0
Creators: name: Smithson, Cory L.
name: White, Natalie J.
name: Klomp, Hans R.
name: Monson, Eric C.
name: Adams, Bradley R.
Publisher: name: Brigham Young University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 2.3
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: WRF simulation
subject: urban canopy model

description: Researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU) have developed this guide for running a WRF simulation using a single layer urban canopy model (UCM). This was developed specifically for the Greater Salt Lake Area but is adaptable to other urban areas. This guide includes information on running WRF simulations to study theoretical urban growth scenarios.
Search for first-generation leptoquarks at HERA
Creators: name: ZEUS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for first-generation leptoquarks was performed in electron-proton and positron-proton collisions recorded with the ZEUS detector at HERA in 2003-2007 using an integrated luminosity of 366 pb^-1. Final states with an electron and jets or with missing transverse momentum and jets were analysed, searching for resonances or other deviations from the Standard Model predictions. No evidence for any leptoquark signal was found. The data were combined with data previously taken at HERA, resulting in a total integrated luminosity of 498 pb^-1. Limits on the Yukawa coupling, lambda, of leptoquarks were set as a function of the leptoquark mass for different leptoquark types within the Buchmueller-Rueckl-Wyler model. Leptoquarks with a coupling lambda=0.3 are excluded for masses up to 699 GeV.
description: 29 pages, 17 figures
Collapsing fibres under Kähler Ricci flow on Hirzebruch manifolds
Creators: name: Dixon, Kael
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: In this article we study the Kähler Ricci flow on a class of ℂℙ¹ bundles over ℂℙⁿ⁻¹ known as Hirzebruch manifolds. These are defined by ℙ(Hⁱ⊕ℂ-1), where H is the canonical line bundle, ℂ is the trivial line bundle, and n,i∈ℕ. We follow the work by Song and Weinkove, who study solutions to the Kähler Ricci flow for a Calabi symmetric Kähler metrics on Hirzebruch manifolds. They were able to show that, depending on the initial Kähler class, the Ricci flow would reach a finite time singularity corresponding to the manifold either shrinking to a point, contracting the zero section to a point, or collapsing the fibres. In this paper, we investigate how the fibres collapse in the latter case with the further assumptions that the singularity is formed at a type I rate, and that the length of a generic vector does not decay too quickly in some sense. In this case we show that the fibres converge to round spheres after blowing up around a singular point on a fibre.
Dopaminergic Modulation of Mammalian Locomotor Networks
Creators: name: Humphreys, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Electrophysiology
subject: Dopamine

description: Central pattern generators (CPGs), which are intrinsic to the spinal cord, contain sufficient circuitry to generate complex and coordinated muscle activities necessary for locomotion. A class of neurotransmitters termed monoamines (dopamine, serotonin, noradrenaline) exerts neuromodulatory effects on mammalian CPGs. Monoamines are released within the spinal cord during walking and can change the excitability of neurons that comprise the CPG. In contrast with the other monoamines, the neuromodulatory role of dopamine (DA) on locomotor CPGs has been largely neglected in the mammal. Therefore, the goal of my work was to examine the multiple changes in locomotor CPG network output induced by DA. I have employed a “systems” to “cells” approach. Utilizing the neonatal mouse isolated spinal cord preparation and electrophysiological techniques, I first characterized how DA modulates locomotor patterns evoked by either drug application or electrical stimulation. I found that while DA application boosts the stability of a fictive drug-evoked locomotor rhythm, it functions to depress the activation of locomotor networks following ventral root stimulation. By examining disinhibited rhythms, where the Renshaw cell pathway was blocked, I found that DA depresses a putative recurrent excitatory pathway that projects onto rhythm generating circuitry of the spinal cord. These data demonstrate that DA can potentiate network activity, while at the same time, reducing the gain of recurrent excitatory feedback loops from motoneurons onto the network. Next, at the motoneuronal level I examined the ability of DA to modulate the intrinsic membrane property of postinhibitory rebound (PIR), which has been shown to play an important role in producing stable rhythmic locomotor patterns. I found that DA boosts the PIR response in motoneurons, which may account for part of the mechanism by which DA exerts a modulatory role during drug-evoked locomotion. Finally, using a pharmacological approach, I confirm that the primary ionic conductance underlying the observed PIR response in motoneurons, T-type calcium conductance, also plays an important role at the level of the CPG network. Collectively, my work demonstrates that in a mammalian system, DA exerts complex modulatory actions at the level of the CPG network and ultimately contributes to the sculpting of motor output.
A Vital Mind in a Vital Body: Integrating Yoga Practice into an Undergraduate Positive Education Course
Creators: name: McAllister, Sarah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2023
Subjects: Mental health
positive education
positive psychology
yoga
self-compassion
subjective vitality

description: With the high prevalence of mental illnesses in university students worldwide, researchers are investigating the effectiveness of mental health practices geared toward this subpopulation. Two encouraging approaches to promote student well-being are positive education (i.e., the teaching of applied positive psychology) and yoga. Nonetheless, few researchers have studied the combined effect of positive education and yoga on mental health. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the immediate and prolonged impact of integrating a yoga program into a positive education course offered at the University of Ottawa on undergraduate students’ mental health, affect, self-compassion, and vitality. In this mixed method single case experimental A1BA2 design, seven volunteer students completed a two-week baseline (A1), followed by a six-week yoga program including two weekly virtual yoga classes (B), and another two-week baseline (A2; post-yoga), all while taking the positive education course. Trait variables (i.e., mental health, trait self-compassion, and trait subjective vitality) were assessed via validated questionnaires during the baseline phases preceding and following the yoga program, while state variables (i.e., affect, state self-compassion, and state subjective vitality) were evaluated immediately before and after one of the weekly yoga sessions. Participants also completed diary entries guided by open-ended journal prompts related to the outcome variables following one of the weekly yoga sessions. Differences in trait and state quantitative variables pre- and post-yoga were compared by means of visual, stability, level, and trend analyses, while the qualitative data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Practicing yoga was found to improve all trait and state well-being outcomes, especially trait self-compassion and state subjective vitality, via greater pride, self-kindness, serenity, energy, and alertness. Results demonstrate that yoga and positive education mutually enhance university students’ mental health, affect, self-compassion, and vitality both immediately and prolongedly. This study addressed gaps in the literature and will help inform future implementation of yoga and positive education courses on university campuses.
ZULFIYA ISROILOVA IJODIDA METONIMIYA UNSURLARI
Creators: name: Yusupova, Gulchexra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada o’zbek tilida keng uchraydigan ma’no ko’chish turlaridan biri – metonimiyaning badiiy adabiyotda, xususan, shoira Zulfiya Isroilova ijodida keng uchrashi, metonimiyaning tilshunoslik hamda badiiy adabiyotdagi vazifasi haqida so’z yuritiladi. Metonimiyaning hosil bo’lish usullari tahlil qilinib, Zulfiyaxonim ijod namunalari  bilan izohlanadi.
From Adaptation to Staging: Directing Molière's The Learned Ladies
Creators: name: Touzin, Inouk
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fine Arts
subject: Theater
subject: Education--Bilingual and Multicultural
subject: Molière
subject: The Learned Ladies
subject: Inouk Touzin
subject: Directing
subject: Adaptation
subject: Staging
subject: Comedy
subject: Planchon
subject: Mnouchkine
subject: Copeau
subject: Gascon

description: The Purpose of this artist statement is to demonstrate proficiency in directing for the theatre. The performance referred to throughout is Molière's The Learned Ladies, presented from February 16th to 27th 2016 in the University Theatre at the University of Calgary. This essay is a reflection of my directing process, from relevant contextual research on approaches to directing Molière, through the process of adaptation of the performance text, including an analysis of the pre-production and production elements relevant to the directing of the play, as well as an appreciation of the performance.
Theoretical Analysis of Electronic and Magnetic Properties of NaV$_2$O$_4$: Crucial Role of the Orbital Degrees of Freedom
Creators: name: Pchelkina, Z. V.
name: Solovyev, I. V.
name: Arita, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using realistic low-energy model with parameters derived from the first-principles electronic structure calculation, we address the origin of the quasi-one-dimensional behavior in orthorhombic NaV$_2$O$_4$, consisting of the double chains of edge-sharing VO$_6$ octahedra. We argue that the geometrical aspect alone does not explain the experimentally observed anisotropy of electronic and magnetic properties of NaV$_2$O$_4$. Instead, we attribute the unique behavior of NaV$_2$O$_4$ to one particular type of the orbital ordering, which respects the orthorhombic $Pnma$ symmetry. This orbital ordering acts to divide all $t_{2g}$ states into two types: the `localized' ones, which are antisymmetric with respect to the mirror reflection $y \rightarrow -$$y$, and the symmetric `delocalized' ones. Thus, NaV$_2$O$_4$ can be classified as the double exchange system. The directional orientation of symmetric orbitals, which form the metallic band, appears to be sufficient to explain both quasi-one-dimensional character of interatomic magnetic interactions and the anisotropy of electrical resistivity.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures
Schema di raccolta dati delle entità microbiologiche della base di dati MIC su RaDISAN flusso unico, costruito partendo da PARAM_14.30 di EFSA Catalogue Browser 1.2.14
Creators: name: Saiu Rita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: microbiological contaminants, food, monitoring

description: Guida
È stata utilizzata l'ultima versione della matrice PARAM pubblicata in EFSA Catalogue browser.
Tutti i lemmi (term) selezionati sono approvati, non ve ne sono di deprecated, di dismissed o di preliminary.
La matrice non contiene:

RF-00000001-CHE               Chemical elements (including derivatives) and others
RF-00000001-REP               Process Contaminants
RF-00000001-ORG             Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other organic contaminants
RF-00000001-TOX              Toxins
RF-00000001-VET               Veterinary medicinal products  (vmp)
RF-00000001-PPP               Prodotti fitosanitari chimici e biologici
RF-00000001-ADD              Food additives
RF-00001458-PAR              Food contact materials
RF-00001401-PAR              Flavourings
RF-00000001-NTR              Nutrients
RF-00001347-PAR              Feed additives
RF-00003395-PAR              Botanicals
RF-00003397-PAR              Compendium Chemical Groups
RF-00003396-PAR              Compendium Chemical Substances
RF-00007644-PAR              OFT termSale à Term used to group terms coming from the OpenFoodTox
RF-00004871-PAR      Terms used for grouping purposes

RF-00004874-PAR              Groups for vmpr
RF-00005733-PAR              Groups for chemicals
RF-00009484-PAR              Groups for additives
RF-00009892-PAR              Groups for zoonoses
RF-00011520-PAR              Groups for pesticides
 

Altri, non utili (e.g. RAD, elementi radioattivi o radiazioni) 
 
Complessità di progetto
Il progetto di raccolta di una base di dati, flusso unico RaDISAN, per il monitoraggio del rischio microbiologico (RaDISAN-Microbiologico) delle matrici alimentari che sono oggetto dei controlli nazionali è complesso. La matrice PARAM_14.30_TERM_MIC rappresenta il silo per la corretta raccolta dei termini che daranno luogo ai nomi dei contaminanti microbiologici nei campioni di analisi delle matrici alimentari.
 
description: Nella precedente versione le ammine biogeniche di alimenti (BGA) erano state escluse. Ora, invece, si trova presente la voce istamina
How Transcription Factor Affinity Influences Target Gene Transcription
Creators: name: Lancaster, Brett
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biology--Molecular
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Transcription
subject: Gene Regulation

description: Transcriptional activation is a complex multifactorial process that centres on two fundamental properties of transcription factor proteins: sequence specific DNA binding and the subsequent recruitment of RNA polymerase to a target gene promoter. I have established an experimental system to investigate, inside the living animal, how transcription factor binding affinity at a promoter quantitatively influences transcriptional activity of a target gene. In C. elegans, the major intestinal transcription factor ELT-2 binds to a core TGATAA motif. The intestine-specific asp-1 protease gene is a direct target of ELT-2 and is controlled by two TGATAA sites. Two versions of asp-1 were created by introducing a novel KpnI restriction site at different locations in the coding region, thereby producing two reporters distinguishable by restriction digestion. The two reporters are combined into multicopy extrachromosomal transgenic arrays in the same animal, one reporter controlled by a wildtype promoter, the other by a promoter with altered ELT-2 binding sites. RNA isolation followed by RT-PCR, restriction digestion, and electrophoresis, allows the levels of both reporter transcripts to be measured simultaneously. We have measured relative affinities of ELT-2 for TGATAA variants in vitro by competitive band shifts, by both direct competition of two target sequences and by high-throughput competition of a library of target sequences (Spec-seq). As an example, the in vitro ELT-2 binding affinity to the core sequence CATGATAATC is ten-fold lower than to ACTGATAAGA. When this low affinity sequence is introduced into both of two TGATAA sites of the asp-1 promoter, the level of asp-1 transcripts measured in vivo are reduced five-fold. Overall, the relation between transcription factor binding affinity at the promoter and mRNA production by the target gene appears monotonic until plateauing at maximum output.
Schema di raccolta dati delle entità microbiologiche della base di dati MIC su RaDISAN flusso unico, costruito partendo da PARAM_14.30 di EFSA Catalogue Browser 1.2.14
Creators: name: Saiu Rita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: microbiological contaminants, food, monitoring

description: Guida È stata utilizzata l’ultima versione della matrice PARAM pubblicata in EFSA Catalogue browser. Tutti i lemmi (term) selezionati sono approvati, non ve ne sono di deprecated, di dismissed o di preliminary. La matrice non contiene: RF-00000001-CHE Chemical elements (including derivatives) and others RF-00000001-REP Process Contaminants RF-00000001-ORG Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other organic contaminants RF-00000001-TOX Toxins RF-00000001-VET Veterinary medicinal products (vmp) RF-00000001-PPP Prodotti fitosanitari chimici e biologici RF-00000001-ADD Food additives RF-00001458-PAR Food contact materials RF-00001401-PAR Flavourings RF-00000001-NTR Nutrients RF-00001347-PAR Feed additives RF-00003395-PAR Botanicals RF-00003397-PAR Compendium Chemical Groups RF-00003396-PAR Compendium Chemical Substances RF-00007644-PAR OFT termSale à Term used to group terms coming from the OpenFoodTox RF-00004871-PAR Terms used for grouping purposes RF-00004874-PAR Groups for vmpr RF-00005733-PAR Groups for chemicals RF-00009484-PAR Groups for additives RF-00009892-PAR Groups for zoonoses RF-00011520-PAR Groups for pesticides Altri, non utili (e.g. RAD, elementi radioattivi o radiazioni; BGA, Ammine biogeniche di alimenti, istamina) Complessità di progetto Il progetto di raccolta di una base di dati, flusso unico RaDISAN, per il monitoraggio del rischio microbiologico (RaDISAN-Microbiologico) delle matrici alimentari che sono oggetto dei controlli nazionali è complesso. La matrice PARAM_14.30_TERM_MIC rappresenta il silo per la corretta raccolta dei termini che daranno luogo ai nomi dei contaminanti microbiologici nei campioni di analisi delle matrici alimentari.
description: Questo documento va letto insieme al documento 10.528/zenodo.8393687, data di pubblicazione: 29/09/2023
Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XVIII. CoRoT-18b: a massive hot jupiter on a prograde, nearly aligned orbit
Creators: name: Hebrard, G.
name: Evans, T. M.
name: Alonso, R.
name: Fridlund, M.
name: Ofir, A.
name: Aigrain, S.
name: Guillot, T.
name: Almenara, J. M.
name: Auvergne, M.
name: Baglin, A.
name: Barge, P.
name: Bonomo, A. S.
name: Borde, P.
name: Bouchy, F.
name: Cabrera, J.
name: Carone, L.
name: Carpano, S.
name: Cavarroc, C.
name: Csizmadia, Sz.
name: Deeg, H. J.
name: Deleuil, M.
name: Diaz, R. F.
name: Dvorak, R.
name: Erikson, A.
name: Ferraz-Mello, S.
name: Gandolfi, D.
name: Gibson, N.
name: Gillon, M.
name: Guenther, E.
name: Hatzes, A.
name: Havel, M.
name: Jorda, L.
name: Lammer, H.
name: Leger, A.
name: Llebaria, A.
name: Mazeh, T.
name: Moutou, C.
name: Ollivier, M.
name: Parviainen, H.
name: Patzold, M.
name: Queloz, D.
name: Rauer, H.
name: Rouan, D.
name: Santerne, A.
name: Schneider, J.
name: Tingley, B.
name: Wuchterl, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the detection of CoRoT-18b, a massive hot jupiter transiting in front of its host star with a period of 1.9000693 +/- 0.0000028 days. This planet was discovered thanks to photometric data secured with the CoRoT satellite combined with spectroscopic and photometric ground-based follow-up observations. The planet has a mass M_p = 3.47 +/- 0.38 M_Jup, a radius R_p = 1.31 +/- 0.18 R_Jup, and a density rho_p = 2.2 +/- 0.8 g/cm3. It orbits a G9V star with a mass M_* = 0.95 +/- 0.15 M_Sun, a radius R_* = 1.00 +/- 0.13 R_Sun, and a rotation period P_rot = 5.4 +/- 0.4 days. The age of the system remains uncertain, with stellar evolution models pointing either to a few tens Ma or several Ga, while gyrochronology and lithium abundance point towards ages of a few hundred Ma. This mismatch potentially points to a problem in our understanding of the evolution of young stars, with possibly significant implications for stellar physics and the interpretation of inferred sizes of exoplanets around young stars. We detected the Rossiter-McLaughlin anomaly in the CoRoT-18 system thanks to the spectroscopic observation of a transit. We measured the obliquity psi = 20 +/- 20 degrees (sky-projected value: lambda = -10 +/- 20 degrees), indicating that the planet orbits in the same way as the star is rotating and that this prograde orbit is nearly aligned with the stellar equator.
description: 14 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables, A&A in press, final version
Pilumnus caribaeus Desbonne & Schramm 1867
Creators: name: Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De
name: Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia
name: Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Pilumnidae
Pilumnus
Pilumnus caribaeus

description: Pilumnus caribaeus Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
Material examined (N=1). 1m, 31/X/2004, St. 0 6 (MZUESC #721).
Distribution. Western Atlantic – East coast of the USA, Antilles, northern South America, and Brazil (from Pará to Santa Catarina) (Melo 1996).
Ecological notes. On sand, mud and shell bottoms. Intertidal to 55 m (Melo 1996).
Previous records in Bahia. Rathbun (1930), Joly et al. (1969), Gomes Corrêa (1972), Melo (1985), Barreto et al. (1993).
description: Published as part of Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 1553 on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178168
Additional file 1 of Targeting of H19/cell adhesion molecules circuitry by GSK-J4 epidrug inhibits metastatic progression in prostate cancer
Creators: name: Pecci, Valeria
name: Troisi, Fabiola
name: Aiello, Aurora
name: De Martino, Sara
name: Carlino, Angela
name: Fiorentino, Vincenzo
name: Ripoli, Cristian
name: Rotili, Dante
name: Pierconti, Francesco
name: Martini, Maurizio
name: Porru, Manuela
name: Pinto, Francesco
name: Mai, Antonello
name: Bassi, Pier Francesco
name: Grassi, Claudio
name: Gaetano, Carlo
name: Pontecorvi, Alfredo
name: Strigari, Lidia
name: Farsetti, Antonella
name: Nanni, Simona
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1
Quantum Theory and Conceptuality: Matter, Stories, Semantics and Space-Time
Creators: name: Aerts, Diederik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We elaborate the new interpretation of quantum theory that we recently proposed, according to which quantum particles are considered conceptual entities mediating between pieces of ordinary matter which are considered to act as memory structures for them. Our aim is to identify what is the equivalent for the human cognitive realm of what physical space-time is for the realm of quantum particles and ordinary matter. For this purpose, we identify the notion of 'story' as the equivalent within the human cognitive realm of what ordinary matter is in the physical quantum realm, and analyze the role played by the logical connectives of disjunction and conjunction with respect to the notion of locality. Similarly to what we have done in earlier investigations on this new quantum interpretation, we use the specific cognitive environment of the World-Wide Web to elucidate the comparisons we make between the human cognitive realm and the physical quantum realm.
description: 14 pages
Compact Optical Sensing Systems for pH and Other Substances Detection - Theory and Implementation
Creators: name: Cao, Muyun
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: Sensor
subject: optical
subject: Chemical
subject: CMOS
subject: pH

description: Chemical detection is of importance in research and industry. Optical sensors based on contact imaging realize the chemical detection in compact, efficient and inexpensive ways. In the first project real-time optical pH sensor based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) contact imaging and microfluidics, an optical contact imaging sensor for pH detection with capillary microfluidics is proposed. The CMOS array detects the changes of light intensity after absorption by phenol red doped sol-gel filters while the level of absorbance corresponds to a pH value of the analyte. Deposition methods of sol-gel are optimized and compared. In the second project, real-time optical concentration sensor based on Raman scattering, CMOS contact imaging is presented. This biochemical optical sensor is designed for detecting the concentration of solutions. It is built with a laser diode, an optical filter, a sample holder and a commercial CMOS sensor.
Real-Time Panorama Maps
Creators: name: Brown, Stephen Alex
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Science
subject: rendering
subject: real-time rendering
subject: non-photorealistic rendering
subject: Digital Earth
subject: panorama maps

description: Panorama maps are stylized paintings of terrain often seen at tourist destinations. They are difficult to create since they are both artistic and grounded in real geographic data. In this paper we present techniques for rendering real-world data in the style of Heinrich Berann's panorama maps in a real-time application. We analyze several of Berann's paintings to capture the conventions used for form, shape, projection, colour, and texture. We use this analysis to form algorithms that mimic the style of the panorama map, focusing on replicating the terrain deformation, distorted projection, terrain colouring, tree brush strokes, water rendering, and atmospheric scattering. In our approach, we use freely available digital earth data to render interactive panorama maps without any further design work necessary.
Fluctuations in Hadronizing QGP
Creators: name: Csernai, Laszlo P.
name: Mocanu, Gabriela
name: Neda, Zoltan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamical development of the cooling and hadronizing quark-gluon Plasma (QGP) is studied in a simple model assuming critical fluctuations in the QGP to Hadronic Matter (HM) and a first order transition in a small finite system. We consider an earlier determined free-energy density curve in the neighbourhood of the critical point, with two local minima corresponding to the equilibrium hadronic and QGP configurations. In this approach the divergence at e = 0 eliminates fluctuations with negative or zero energy. The barrier between the equilibrium states is obtained from an estimated value of the surface tension between the two phases. We obtain a characteristic behavior for the skewness and the kurtosis of energy density fluctuations, which can be studied via a beam energy scan program.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
An in vitro evaluation of two novel oncolytic viruses for the treatment of esophageal cancer
Creators: name: Fratiloiu, Andreea
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Biology--Molecular
subject: Molecular
subject: cancer
subject: Virology

description: Abstract Novel therapeutic regimens are needed to improve the dismal outcomes of patients with esophageal cancer as it is the 9th most common malignancy and the 6th most frequent cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. The major goal of anti-cancer therapies is to destroy the tumor cells with little damage to the surrounding normal cells. Oncolytic viruses are experimental agents that are intended to target and kill various types of cancer cells, leaving normal cells healthy. Two novel oncolytic viruses, Reovirus and Coxsackievirus, were investigated for the possible treatment of esophageal cancer by determining whether these two agents can replicate and kill esophageal cancer cells in vitro by apoptosis. Both viruses meet this goal and Reovirus appears to be the most effective.
Coexistence of quantum-confined Stark effect and localized states in an (In,Ga)N/GaN nanowire heterostructure
Creators: name: Lähnemann, Jonas
name: Brandt, Oliver
name: Pfüller, Carsten
name: Flissikowski, Timur
name: Jahn, Uwe
name: Luna, Esperanza
name: Hanke, Michael
name: Knelangen, Matthias
name: Trampert, Achim
name: Grahn, Holger T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the emission of single GaN nanowires with (In,Ga)N insertions using both micro-photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. The emission spectra are dominated by a green luminescence band that is strongly blueshifted with increasing excitation density. In conjunction with finite-element simulations of the structure to obtain the piezoelectric polarization, these results demonstrate that our (In,Ga)N/GaN nanowire heterostructures are subject to the quantum-confined Stark effect. Additional sharp peaks in the spectra, which do not shift with excitation density, are attributed to emission from localized states created by compositional fluctuations in the ternary (In,Ga)N alloy.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
Deriving Evidence for Healthcare Decision Makers: The Case of Patient Flow
Creators: name: Yergens, Dean W
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Epidemiology
subject: Health Care Management
subject: Health Services Research
subject: Health Care Management
subject: Evidence Informed Decision Making

description: In an ideal world, decision makers in health systems would make optimal decisions in a timely manner, fully informed by relevant information and evidence delivered in a timely way. This paradigm of Evidence-informed Decision Making (EIDM) is one that health systems can realistically strive for, so that decision makers can be enabled with the best available evidence for informed operational, tactical and strategic decisions. Methods to generate and convey evidence-based information include various types of literature reviews; data collection and statistical analysis through existing data sources or primary data collection; and the timely presentation of data and information in various presentation formats, sometimes referred to as dashboards and/or scorecards. One particularly challenging area in the healthcare sector, where EIDM could be of benefit, is in the management of patient flow in acute care hospitals. This dissertation showcases a mixed methodology program of work, applied to several sub-studies examining several aspects of patient flow in acute care hospitals: 1) A scoping review on the topic of patient flow in hospitals demonstrated a wide body of literature, but an overall lack of hospital-wide approaches; 2) An analysis of existing administrative data examined sepsis patients admitted to the hospital via the emergency department (ED) and demonstrated that patient outcomes may be impacted by Intensive Care Unit (ICU) occupancy; 3) A narrative review on information dashboards; 4) An accompanying survey study of ward-level patient flow decision-makers demonstrated a variety of views (and some fundamental disagreement) on what dashboards and scorecards actually are, but also some general enthusiasm for their potential in an EIDM paradigm; 5) A scoping review exploring novel machine learning methods demonstrated their potential application around various patient flow concepts in hospital settings; 6) A systematic review and meta-analysis of Medical Assessment Units (MAUs), solicited by health system decision-makers, summarized existing published evidence on MAUs and their benefits; and finally 7) An accompanying national environmental scan survey study of existing MAU-like initiatives in Canada. This dissertation illustrates how a variety of methods can be used to support a paradigm of EIDM in the area of patient flow.
Implementation-specific Barriers And Measures For Chatbots In B2B Customer Service
Creators: name: Greven, Daniela
name: Endres, Kathrin
name: Sundralingam, Shugana
name: Stich, Volker
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Chatbot
subject: Socio-technical Analysis
subject: B2B Customer Service
subject: Implementation Success Factors
subject: Implementation Barriers
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: The use of chatbots has hardly been established in B2B companies to date and involves various challenges. The goal of this paper is to identify the biggest barriers to the successful implementation of chatbots in B2B customer service and to develop measures to overcome them. The barriers are identified by conducting expert interviews within the framework of Eisenhardt's case study research. These are examined through a socio-technical analysis focusing on people, technology, and organization. By means of systematic literature research and in-depth interviews with German chatbot providers and customers of chatbots, measures for overcoming the barriers are identified. Using interviews with experts from German chatbot providers, the responsible stakeholders of each measure according to the RASCI Responsibility Matrix are determined. A total of 46 implementation barriers and 100 measures to overcome these barriers are identified. The study shows that there are major barriers in the areas of people, technology, and organization of a socio-technical system that can cause the implementation of a chatbot to fail. A holistic view is therefore essential. The results provide firms with a guideline on how to overcome potential barriers during chatbot implementation in B2B customer service.
A new model for mixing by double-diffusive convection (semi-convection): I. The conditions for layer formation
Creators: name: Mirouh, Giovanni M.
name: Garaud, Pascale
name: Stellmach, Stephan
name: Traxler, Adrienne L.
name: Wood, Toby S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The process referred to as "semi-convection" in astrophysics and "double-diffusive convection in the diffusive regime" in Earth and planetary sciences, occurs in stellar and planetary interiors in regions which are stable according to the Ledoux criterion but unstable according to the Schwarzschild criterion. In this series of papers, we analyze the results of an extensive suite of 3D numerical simulations of the process, and ultimately propose a new 1D prescription for heat and compositional transport in this regime which can be used in stellar or planetary structure and evolution models. In a preliminary study of the phenomenon, Rosenblum et al. (2011) showed that, after saturation of the primary instability, a system can evolve in one of two possible ways: the induced turbulence either remains homogeneous, with very weak transport properties, or transitions into a thermo-compositional staircase where the transport rate is much larger (albeit still smaller than in standard convection). In this paper, we show that this dichotomous behavior is a robust property of semi-convection across a wide region of parameter space. We propose a simple semi-analytical criterion to determine whether layer formation is expected or not, and at what rate it proceeds, as a function of the background stratification and of the diffusion parameters (viscosity, thermal diffusivity and compositional diffusivity) only. The theoretical criterion matches the outcome of our numerical simulations very adequately in the numerically accessible "planetary" parameter regime, and can easily be extrapolated to the stellar parameter regime. Subsequent papers will address more specifically the question of quantifying transport in the layered case and in the non-layered case.
description: Submitted to ApJ
Relativistic Interferometry Using Aqueous Waves
Creators: name: Aswan Korula
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: special relativity
Michelson-Morley Experiment

description: For almost 120 years, the Michelson-Morley experiment and its resolution by special relativity have formed a foundational truth in physics. What if it were possible to test this truth using no more than high school physics and a platter of water? Consider the approximate equivalence of optical and aqueous waves. If somehow we were able to re-create an aqueous equivalent of the Michelson-Morley experiment, and if we believe that nature is consistent in her implementation of traveling waves, then we would expect every characteristic of the Michelson-Morley experiment to be manifested to some approximate degree in our aqueous experiment as well. In this paper we investigate the geometry and sequence of events within a Michelson-Morley interferometer and generalise our findings into the aqueous domain. In doing so we uncover a conflict between the predictions of special relativity and the symmetry of nature.
Additional file 1 of Relationship between oral health and depression: data from the National Health Survey 2016–2017
Creators: name: Palomer, Tomás
name: Ramírez, Valeria
name: Ortuño, Duniel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1. Sensitivity analysis: Odds ratio vs. Prevalence ratio comparison
Maturity SCAN 4.0 - An analysis and discussion of results from the scanning of digital capabilities adopted in Argentinian CPG companies
Creators: name: Muñoz, Lourdes Perea
name: Hagemann, Marcel
name: Palandella, Lucila
name: Cagliari, Paz
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Industry 4.0
subject: Maturity Models
subject: Readiness Assessment
subject: Consumer Packaged Goods
subject: Digital Transformation Challenges
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: Industry 4.0 is a new dynamic paradigm for manufacturing companies, being studied by academia and evolving at the same time as companies are trying to leverage its potentials. Readiness and maturity models have been developed to assess Industry 4.0 adoption, diagnose the current state of companies regarding digital transformation and help them understand how to move from the current situation to a desirable future one. However, these models are generic, based on general principles of Industry 4.0 and do not consider the particular challenges and potentials of each industry and company. In practice, the success of Industry 4.0 implementation depends on how companies manage to match the concepts and technologies with specific potentials in the context of their strategy. For this purpose, a study within companies of the same industrial sector is proposed. It serves as first step of "customization" of industry 4.0 concepts to help companies identify their specific benefits. The results of the study within 30 companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods sector in Argentina is presented. It combines the findings from surveys and self-assessments based on a proven maturity model with workshops and semi-structured interviews within a group of managers who are responsible for digital transformation, IT and Operations in their companies. In addition to an initial evaluation of the current Status quo, the analysis focusses on the main challenges and needs of the sector and possible actions to address them.
Effect of Ru susbstitution on atomic displacements in the layered SmFe_{1-x}Ru_xAsO_{0.85}F_{0.15} superconductor
Creators: name: Iadecola, A.
name: Joseph, B.
name: Simonelli, L.
name: Maugeri, L.
name: Fratini, M.
name: Martinelli, A.
name: Palenzona, A.
name: Putti, M.
name: Saini, N. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of Ru substitution on the local structure of layered SmFe$_{1-x}$Ru$_x$AsO$_{0.85}$F$_{0.15}$ superconductor has been studied by As $K$- and Sm $L_3$ - edges x-ray-absorption spectroscopy. The extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure measurements reveal distinct Fe-As and Ru-As bondlengths in the Ru substituted samples with the latter being $\sim$0.03 Å longer. Local disorder induced by the Ru substitution is mainly confined to the FeAs layer while the SmO spacer layer sustains a relative order, consistent with the x-ray-absorption near-edge structure spectra. The results suggest that, in addition to the order/disorder in the active active iron-arsenide layer, its coupling to the rare-earth\textminus oxygen spacer layer needs to be considered for describing the electronic properties of these layered superconductors.
Topological Properties from Einstein's Equations?
Creators: name: Monte, Edmundo M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we propose a new procedure for to extract global information of a space-time. We considered a space-time immersed in a higher dimensional space and we formulate the equations of Einstein through of the Frobenius conditions to immersion. Through of an algorithm and the implementation into algebraic computing system we calculate normal vectors from the immersion to find out the second fundamental form. We make a application for space-time with spherical symmetry and static. We solve the equations of Einstein to the vacuum and we obtain space-times with different topologies.
description: 7 pages, accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Potentials and Implementation Strategies For Flexible Battery Cell Production
Creators: name: Kampker, Achim
name: Heimes, Heiner
name: Dorn, Benjamin
name: Clever, Henning
name: Scheibe, Artur
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Battery Cell Production
subject: Production Planning
subject: Flexibility
subject: Implementation Strategies
subject: Lithium-ion battery
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: The effects of a fossil fuel-based economy are becoming increasingly apparent. The storage and use of renewable energy sources are a key strategy to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions. In this context, the demand for batteries as a suitable medium for energy storage is increasing rapidly. Lithium-ion batteries pioneered in consumer electronics are nowadays used in ever more applications, with the e-mobility sector being one of the most prominent. From a production perspective, the process chain for manufacturing of such lithium-ion batteries can be divided into three main sections: electrode production, cell assembly and cell finishing. However, actual implementation of the process chain differs substantially, depending on the selected cell format (pouch, cylindric, prismatic) and design, manifesting in cell-specific processes (e.g. stacking vs. winding), supplementary and/or omitted process steps and manufacturing technologies (e.g. pouch foil heat sealing vs. hard case laser welding). Currently there is no strictly preferred cell format, as each format has its advantages and disadvantages, depending on its intended application and system integration. Production of different battery cell types thus is spread across various international mostly Asian manufacturers, most of which have large scale mass production lines dedicated to a single specific format. Only a few manufacturers have a portfolio of formats (e.g. round and prismatic) in large quantities. Against this background, the following paper provides an overview of the product variety of lithium-ion batteries available on the market, following up with a discussion of potentials and implementation strategies for flexible battery cell production. First, applications and business areas for lithium-ion batteries are analysed and general flexibility areas regarding the battery cell design are derived. Subsequently, the impacts of the different flexibility areas on the production processes are analysed. In a final step, different implementation strategies and approaches for increased flexibility in battery cell production are elaborated.
A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter
Creators: name: Hastings, Simon Philip
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: A relative calibration of the Fine-Grained Detector (FGD) in the T2K experiment is presented, with emphasis on the saturation calibration effects in Hamamatsu's multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs). The calibration is produced on a test bed with a Hamamatsu Pico-Second Pulsed laser, on a small model of the FGD on a sample of fibers and MPPCs. The wavelength shifting fiber-MPPC complex used in the FGD is found to have an effective pixel count of 518, and to exhibit an effective after-pulsing and crosstalk fraction of 1.6% when measured between 0.6 and 0.9 Volts over-voltage (V OV).
Implementation of Neural Network Adaptive Digital Pre-distortion for Wireless Transmitters
Creators: name: Hasan, Md Mahmud
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: ADAPTIVE DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION
subject: NEURAL NETWORK PRE-DISTORTION

description: An Artificial Neural Network, more precisely Real Valued Spatiotemporal Neural Network (RVSNN) based real time adaptive digital pre-distorter (DPD) is proposed and implemented on FPGA for the linearization of nonlinear dynamic wireless transmitter. Power amplifier is the core component of wireless transmitter, and is the source of all the nonlinearities and distortions. To alleviate these distortions, DPD, designed based on the inverse characteristics of power amplifier, is the key technology in 3G and beyond wireless communications. Though off-line DPD ameliorates system performance considerably, it is still dependent on changes in system temperature, voltage, load mismatch and average signal power. In this regard, real time DPD provides increased stability along with the standard linearity and inter-modulation distortion requirements. But the proposed online RVSNN model is very sensitive to hardware delay and hard to realize, thus offline RVSNN model is implemented on FPGA which provides identical performance to its MATLAB counterpart.