cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
From solid solution to cluster formation of Fe and Cr in $α$-Zr
Creators: name: Burr, P. A.
name: Wenman, M. R.
name: Gault, B.
name: Moody, M. P.
name: Ivermark, M.
name: Rushton, M. J. D.
name: Preuss, M.
name: Edwards, L.
name: Grimes, R. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To understand the mechanisms by which Fe and Cr additions increase the corrosion rate of irradiated Zr alloys, a combination of experimental (atom probe tomography, x-ray diffraction and thermoelectric power measurements) and modelling (density functional theory) techniques are employed to investigate the non-equilibrium solubility and clustering of Fe and Cr in binary Zr alloys. Cr occupies both interstitial and substitutional sites in the α-Zr lattice, Fe favours interstitial sites, and a low-symmetry site that was not previously modelled is found to be the most favourable for Fe. Lattice expansion as a function of alloying concentration (in the dilute regime) is strongly anisotropic for Fe additions, expanding the $c$-axis while contracting the $a$-axis. Defect clusters are observed at higher solution concentrations, which induce a smaller amount of lattice strain compared to the dilute defects. In the presence of a Zr vacancy, all two-atom clusters are more soluble than individual point defects and as many as four Fe or three Cr atoms could be accommodated in a single Zr vacancy. The Zr vacancy is critical for the increased solubility of defect clusters, the implications for irradiation induced microstructure changes in Zr alloys are discussed.
description: 15 pages including figure, 9 figures, 2 tables. Submitted for publication in Acta Mater, Journal of Nuclear Materials (2015)
Supplementary materials from The evolutionary ecology of fungal killer phenotypes
Creators: name: Travers-Cook, Thomas J.
name: Jokela, Jukka
name: Buser, Claudia C.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology

description: Table 1 and References
Higgs data constraints on the minimal supersymmetric standard model
Creators: name: Cheung, Kingman
name: Lee, Jae Sik
name: Tseng, Po-Yan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform global fits to the most recent data (after summer 2014) on Higgs boson signal strengths in the framework of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). We further impose the existing limits on the masses of charginos, staus, stops and sbottoms together with the current Higgs mass constraint $|M_{H_1} - 125.5\,{\rm GeV}| < 6$ GeV. The heavy supersymmetric (SUSY) particles such as squarks enter into the loop factors of the $Hgg$ and $Hγγ$ vertices while other SUSY particles such as sleptons and charginos also enter into that of the $Hγγ$ vertex. We also take into account the possibility of other light particles such as other Higgs bosons and neutralinos, such that the 125.5 GeV Higgs boson can decay into. We use the data from the ATLAS, CMS, and the Tevatron, with existing limits on SUSY particles, to constrain on the relevant SUSY parameters. We obtain allowed regions in the SUSY parameter space of squark, slepton and chargino masses, and the $μ$ parameter. We find that $|ΔS^γ/S^γ_{\rm SM}|\lsim 0.1$ at $68\%$ confidence level when $M_{\tildeχ^{\pm}_1}>300$ GeV and $M_{\tildeτ_1}>300$ GeV, irrespective of the squarks masses. Furthermore, $|ΔS^γ/S^γ_{\rm SM}|\lsim 0.03 $ when $M_{\tildeχ^\pm_1,{\tildeτ_1}} > 500$ GeV and $M_{{\tilde t}_1,{\tilde b}_1} \gsim 600$ GeV.
description: 39 pages, 12 figures, references added, Section IV IMPLICATIONS ON THE MSSM SPECTRUM improved, title changed
SNIa detection in the SNLS photometric analysis using Morphological Component Analysis
Creators: name: Möller, A.
name: Ruhlmann-Kleider, V.
name: Lanusse, F.
name: Neveu, J.
name: Palanque-Delabrouille, N.
name: Starck, J. -L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Detection of supernovae and, more generally, of transient events in large surveys can provide numerous false detections.In the case of a deferred processing of survey images, this implies reconstructing complete light curves for all detections, requiring sizable processing time and resources.Optimizing the detection of transient events is thus an important issue for both present and future surveys.We present here the optimization done in the SuperNova Legacy Survey (SNLS) for the 5-year data deferred photometric analysis. In this analysis, detections are derived from stacks of subtracted images with one stack per lunation.The 3-year analysis provided 300,000 detections dominated by signals of bright objects that were not perfectly subtracted.Allowing these artifacts to be detected leads not only to a waste of resources but also to possible signal coordinate contamination.We developed a subtracted image stack treatment to reduce the number of non SN-like events using morphological component analysis.This technique exploits the morphological diversity of objects to be detected to extract the signal of interest.At the level of our subtraction stacks, SN-like events are rather circular objects while most spurious detections exhibit different shapes.A two-step procedure was necessary to have a proper evaluation of the noise in the subtracted image stacks and thus a reliable signal extraction.We also set up a new detection strategy to obtain coordinates with good resolution for the extracted signal.SNIa MC generated images were used to study detection efficiency and coordinate resolution.When tested on SNLS 3 data this procedure decreases the number of detections by a factor of two, while losing only 10% of SN-like events, almost all faint.MC results show that SNIa detection efficiency is equivalent to that of the original method for bright events, while the coordinate resolution is improved.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for Publication in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP). v2 with a new discussion section and information. v3 corrected numbers in Table 2. v4 with correction on Table 2 where coordinate resolutions where underestimated
Mouse Paneth cell antimicrobial function is independent of Nod2
Creators: name: Henning, Susan J
name: Sartor, R Balfour
name: Carroll, Ian M
name: von Furstenberg, Richard J
name: Shanahan, Michael T
name: Barner, Roshonda
name: Grossniklaus, Emily
name: White, Andrew
name: Fodor, Anthony A
name: Gulati, Ajay S
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: ObjectiveAlthough polymorphisms of the NOD2 gene predispose to the development of ileal Crohn's disease, the precise mechanisms of this increased susceptibility remain unclear. Previous work has shown that transcript expression of the Paneth cell (PC) antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) α-defensin 4 and α-defensin-related sequence 10 are selectively decreased in Nod2−/− mice. However, the specific mouse background used in this previous study is unclear. In light of recent evidence suggesting that mouse strain strongly influences PC antimicrobial activity, we sought to characterise PC AMP function in commercially available Nod2−/− mice on a C57BL/6 (B6) background. Specifically, we hypothesised that Nod2−/− B6 mice would display reduced AMP expression and activity.DesignWild-type (WT) and Nod2−/− B6 ileal AMP expression was assessed via real-time PCR, acid urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. PCs were enumerated using flow cytometry. Functionally, α-defensin bactericidal activity was evaluated using a gel-overlay antimicrobial assay. Faecal microbial composition was determined using 454-sequencing of the bacterial 16S gene in cohoused WT and Nod2−/− littermates.ResultsWT and Nod2−/− B6 mice displayed similar PC AMP expression patterns, equivalent α-defensin profiles, and identical antimicrobial activity against commensal and pathogenic bacterial strains. Furthermore, minimal differences in gut microbial composition were detected between the two cohoused, littermate mouse groups.ConclusionsOur data reveal that Nod2 does not directly regulate PC antimicrobial activity in B6 mice. Moreover, we demonstrate that previously reported Nod2-dependent influences on gut microbial composition may be overcome by environmental factors, such as cohousing with WT littermates.
An elementary proof of the $A_2$ Bound
Creators: name: Lacey, Michael T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42B20

description: A martingale transform $ T$, applied to an integrable locally supported function $ f$, is pointwise dominated by a positive sparse operator applied to $ \lvert f\rvert $, the choice of sparse operator being a function of $ T$ and $ f$. As a corollary, one derives the sharp $ A_p$ bounds for martingale transforms, recently proved by Thiele-Treil-Volberg, as well as a number of new sharp weighted inequalities for martingale transforms. The (very easy) method of proof (a) only depends upon the weak-$L^1$ norm of maximal truncations of martingale transforms, (b) applies in the vector valued setting, and (c) has an extension to the continuous case, giving a new elementary proof of the $ A_2$ bounds in that setting.
description: 14 pages
title: Humans of AI3SD: Markus Kraft
Creators: name: Kraft, Markus
name: Pauli, Michelle
Publisher: name: University of Southampton
Year: 2022
Subjects: AI3SD, Interview

description: This interview forms part of our Humans of AI3SD Series.

In this Humans of AI4SD interview, he discusses developing the World Avatar (a world model that can hold anything that is conceptualisable), the potential of AI for decarbonisation, and his advice for early career researchers.
Continuous-variable quantum enigma machines for long-distance key distribution
Creators: name: Lupo, Cosmo
name: Lloyd, Seth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum physics allows for unconditionally secure communication through insecure communication channels. The achievable rates of quantum-secured communication are fundamentally limited by the laws of quantum physics and in particular by the properties of entanglement. For a lossy communication line, this implies that the secret-key generation rate vanishes at least exponentially with the communication distance. We show that this fundamental limitation can be violated in a realistic scenario where the eavesdropper can store quantum information for only a finite, yet arbitrarily long, time. We consider communication through a lossy bononic channel (modeling linear loss in optical fibers) and we show that it is in principle possible to achieve a constant rate of key generation of one bit per optical mode over arbitrarily long communication distances.
description: 13 pages. V2: new title, new result on active attacks, increased rigour in the security proof
Ergodicity in a two-dimensional self gravitating many body system
Creators: name: Silvestre, C. H.
name: Filho, T. M. Rocha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the ergodic properties of a two-dimensional self-gravitating system using molecular dynamics simulations. We apply three different tests for ergodicity: a direct method comparing the time average of a particle momentum and position to the respective ensemble average, sojourn times statistics and the dynamical functional method. For comparison purposes they are also applied to a short-range interacting system and to the Hamiltonian mean-field model. Our results show that a two-dimensional self-gravitating system takes a very long time to establish ergodicity. If a Kac factor is used in the potential energy, such that the total energy is extensive, then this time is independent of particle number, and diverges with $\sqrt{N}$ without a Kac factor.
Gravitational redshift determination in the Sun and other stars
Creators: name: Hernández, Jonay I. González
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Large telescopes with increased light-collecting power have alleviated the photon-noise limitation to high precision spectroscopy and prompted the need for a more precise calibration source. A collaboration between ESO, MPQ, Menlo GmbH, IAC, UFRN has been studying the capabilities of laser frequency combs (LFC) as a calibration source for high-resolution astronomical spectrographs. The LFC attached to the ultra-stable spectrograph HARPS (designed to detect exoplanets using the radial velocity technique; Mayor et al. 2003), has been demonstrated to be a very accurate calibration system, achieving short-term repeatability at the cm/s level (Wilken et al. 2012; Probst et al. 2020). One interesting application is the empirical determination of the gravitational redshift (GRS) of the Sun from accurate measurements of wavelength positions of spectral lines, as predicted from the General Theory of Relativity (Einstein 1916). The high accuracy of the LFC calibrated HARPS spectra of solar system objects allowed recently to measure the solar gravitational redshift as a test of the general theory of relativity (González Hernández et al. 2020). Additional efforts in trying to measure the GRS in other stars have been also carried out in different types of stars, while dealing with their relative motions with respect to the Sun. In this talk I will try to summarize these attempts and the prospects for additional more accurate measurements of the gravitational redshift.
A gate defined quantum dot on the two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductor WSe2
Creators: name: Song, Xiang-Xiang
name: Liu, Di
name: Mosallanejad, Vahid
name: You, Jie
name: Han, Tian-Yi
name: Chen, Dian-Teng
name: Li, Hai-Ou
name: Cao, Gang
name: Xiao, Ming
name: Guo, Guang-Can
name: Guo, Guo-Ping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-dimensional layered materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), are promising materials for future electronics owing to their unique electronic properties. With the presence of a band gap, atomically thin gate defined quantum dots (QDs) can be achieved on TMDCs. Here, standard semiconductor fabrication techniques are used to demonstrate quantum confined structures on WSe2 with tunnel barriers defined by electric fields, thereby eliminating the edge states induced by etching steps, which commonly appear in gapless graphene QDs. Over 40 consecutive Coulomb diamonds with a charging energy of approximately 2 meV were observed, showing the formation of a QD, which is consistent with the simulations. The size of the QD could be tuned over a factor of 2 by changing the voltages applied to the top gates. These results shed light on quantum nano-devices on TMDCs for further researches.
3d mirror symmetry as a canonical transformation
Creators: name: Drukker, Nadav
name: Felix, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalize the free Fermi-gas formulation of certain 3d ${\cal N}=3$ supersymmetric Chern-Simons-matter theories by allowing Fayet-Iliopoulos couplings as well as mass terms for bifundamental matter fields. The resulting partition functions are given by simple modifications of the argument of the Airy function found previously. With these extra parameters it is easy to see that mirror-symmetry corresponds to linear canonical transformations on the phase space (or operator algebra) of the 1-dimensional fermions.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures. v2: figure added - version published in JHEP
Nrf2 deficiency impairs the barrier function of mouse oesophageal epithelium
Creators: name: Chen, Hao
name: Shaheen, Nicholas J
name: Hu, Yuhui
name: Djukic, Zorka
name: Fang, Yu
name: Yamamoto, Masayuki
name: Chen, Xiaoxin
name: Orlando, Roy C
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: As a major cellular defense mechanism, the Nrf2/Keap1 pathway regulates expression of genes involved in detoxification and stress response. Our previous study revealed activation of the Nrf2/Keap1 pathway at the maturation phase during mouse esophageal development, suggesting a potential function in epithelial defense. Here we hypothesize that Nrf2 is involved in the barrier function of esophageal epithelium, and plays a protective role against gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Parabolic presentations of the super Yangian $Y(\mathfrak{gl}_{M|N})$ associated with arbitrary 01-sequences
Creators: name: Peng, Yung-Ning
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For any fixed composition $μ$ of $M+N$ and any fixed $0^M1^N$-sequence $\mathfrak{s}$, we obtain a new presentation of the super Yangian $Y_{M|N}$ associated to the general linear Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{gl}_{M|N}$.
description: v2, 37 pages, revised title/introduction, added some details, expanded Section 7, fixed typos, comments are welcome, to appear in CMP
title: Il realismo giuridico americano
Creators: name: Tarello, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2023

description:

Apparso nel 1962, Il realismo giuridico americano ha fatto conoscere ai giuristi italiani – fino ad allora poco interessati a quanto prodotto dalla cultura giuridica statunitense – una corrente di pensiero innovatrice e dissacrante, ispirata ad una metodologia apertamente antiformalista e alla programmatica connessione del “giuridico” alle altre scienze sociali (l’economia, la sociologia, l’antropologia). Ma non solo. Il realismo giuridico americano ha anche imposto, nel panorama della cultura giuridica italiana, la personalità di Giovanni Tarello: allora ancora ventottenne, ma già perfettamente riconoscibile nei suoi tratti di acuto analista della mentalità e delle operazioni dei giuristi, e di geniale demistificatore dei luoghi comuni ricevuti.
Pleiotropic effects of genetic risk variants for other cancers on colorectal cancer risk: PAGE, GECCO and CCFR consortia
Creators: name: Baron, John A
name: Avery, Christy L
name: Schumacher, Fredrick R
name: Jenkins, Mark A
name: Lin, Yi
name: Park, Sungshim Lani
name: Chang-Claude, Jenny
name: Hoffmeister, Michael
name: Duggan, David J
name: Hopper, John L
name: Conti, David V
name: Ma, Jing
name: Dumitrescu, Logan
name: Hou, Lifang
name: Slattery, Martha L
name: Giovannucci, Edward L
name: Newcomb, Polly A
name: Carty, Cara L
name: Chan, Andrew T
name: Cheng, Iona
name: Mann, Sue
name: Lindor, Noralane M
name: Love, Shelly-Ann
name: Haile, Robert W
name: Kocarnik, Jonathan M
name: Hindorff, Lucia A
name: Caberto, Christian P
name: Carlson, Chris S
name: Butler, Anne M
name: Kraft, Peter
name: Fuchs, Charles S
name: Monroe, Kristine R
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with a wide array of cancer sites. Several of these variants demonstrate associations with multiple cancers, suggesting pleiotropic effects and shared biological mechanisms across some cancers. We hypothesized that SNPs previously associated with other cancers may additionally be associated with colorectal cancer. In a large-scale study, we examined 171 SNPs previously associated with 18 different cancers for their associations with colorectal cancer.
Point Optimal Testing: A Survey of the Post 1987 Literature
Creators: name: King, Maxwell L.
name: Sriananthakumar, Sivagowry
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: In the absence of uniformly most powerful (UMP) tests or uniformly most powerful invariant (UMPI) TESTS, King (1987c) suggested the use of Point Optimal (PO) tests, which are most powerful at a chosen point under the alternative hypothesis. This paper surveys the literature and major developments on point optimal testing since 1987 and suggests some areas for future research. Topics include tests for which all nuisance parameters have been eliminated and dealing with nuisance parameters via (i) a weighted average of p values, (ii) approximate point optimal tests, (iii) plugging in estimated parameter values, (iv) using asymptotics and (v) integration. Progress on using point-optimal testing principles for two-sided testing and multi-dimensional alternatives is also reviewed. The paper concludes with thoughts on how best to deal with nuisance parameters under both the null and alternative hypotheses, as well as the development of a new class of point optimal test for multi-dimensional testing.
Monitoring Ethnic and Immigrant Discrimination in Hiring Decisions in Times of Crisis
Creators: name: Hangartner, Dominik
name: Siegenthaler, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Migration
Research

description: Monitoring Ethnic and Immigrant Discrimination in Hiring Decisions in Times of Crisis is a project of the National Center of Competence "nccr – on the move "
Sensitivity improvement of a laser interferometer limited by inelastic back-scattering, employing dual readout
Creators: name: Meinders, Melanie
name: Schnabel, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inelastic back-scattering of stray light is a long-standing and fundamental problem in high-sensitivity interferometric measurements and a potential limitation for advanced gravitational-wave detectors. The emerging parasitic interferences cannot be distinguished from a scientific signal via conventional single readout. In this work, we propose the subtraction of inelastic back-scatter signals by employing dual homodyne detection on the output light, and demonstrate it for a table-top Michelson interferometer. The additional readout contains solely parasitic signals and is used to model the scatter source. Subtraction of the scatter signal reduces the noise spectral density and thus improves the measurement sensitivity. Our scheme is qualitatively different from the previously demonstrated vetoing of scatter signals and opens a new path for improving the sensitivity of future gravitational-wave detectors and other back-scatter limited devices.
title: Το ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο την εποχή της πανδημίας του κoρoνoϊoύ
title: E-commerce in the time of coronavirus pandemic
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Κανέλλου, Λυδία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο

description: Στη σημερινή επoχή, η τεχνoλoγία εξελίσσεται µε ραγδαίoυς ρυθμoύς και επηρεάζει τις ζωές όλων των ανθρώπων, καθώς επίσης αυξάνεται και η χρήση τoυ διαδικτύoυ. Από τις αρχές τoυ 2020, η πανδημία υπήρξε πηγή αλλαγών σε διεθνές επιχειρηματικό περιβάλλoν και στo ηλεκτρoνικό εμπόριo, τα ηλεκτρoνικά καταστήματα και τις ηλεκτρoνικές αγoρές έχoντας δημιoυργήσει ένα νέo πλαίσιo στις συναλλαγές, ανoίγoντας νέoυς oρίζoντες και δημιoυργώντας νέες ευκαιρίες τόσo στις επιχειρήσεις όσo και στoυς καταναλωτές. Σκoπός της παρoύσης διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι να μελετήσει τη συνεισφoρά αλλά και τη μεταβoλή τoυ ηλεκτρoνικoύ εμπoρίoυ κατά τη διάρκεια της πανδημίας τoυ κoρoνoϊoύ. Στα επόμενα κεφάλαια αναλύoνται κάπoιες βασικές έννoιες όπως αυτή τoυ ηλεκτρoνικoύ εμπoρίoυ και τoυ διαδικτυακoύ μάρκετινγκ καθώς επίσης περιγράφoνται oι τάσεις, τα μoντέλα και oι στρατηγικές στo ηλεκτρoνικό εμπόριo. Τέλoς, παρoυσιάζoνται κάπoια στατιστικά σε εγχώριo αλλά και παγκόσμιo επίπεδo.
A Littlewood-Richardson Rule for Dual Stable Grothendieck Polynomials
Creators: name: Galashin, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For a given skew shape, we build a crystal graph on the set of all reverse plane partitions that have this shape. As a consequence, we get a simple extension of the Littlewood-Richardson rule for the expansion of the corresponding dual stable Grothendieck polynomial in terms of Schur polynomials.
Global detection and analysis of coastline associated rainfall using an objective pattern recognition technique
Creators: name: Bergemann, Martin
name: Jakob, Christian
name: Lane, Todd P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 68T20, 68T10, 68U10, 76R05

description: Coastally associated rainfall is a common feature especially in tropical and subtropical regions. However, it has been difficult to quantify the contribution of coastal rainfall features to the overall local rainfall. We develop a novel technique to objectively identify precipitation associated with land-sea interaction and apply it to satellite based rainfall estimates. The Maritime Continent, the Bight of Panama, Madagascar and the Mediterranean are found to be regions where land-sea interactions plays a crucial role in the formation of precipitation. In these regions $\approx$ 40% to 60% of the total rainfall can be related to coastline effects. Due to its importance for the climate system, the Maritime Continent is a particular region of interest with high overall amounts of rainfall and large fractions resulting from land-sea interactions throughout the year. To demonstrate the utility of our identification method we investigate the influence of several modes of variability, such as the Madden-Julian-Oscillation and the El Niño Southern Oscillation, on coastal rainfall behavior. The results suggest that during large scale suppressed convective conditions coastal effects tend modulate the rainfall over the Maritime Continent leading to enhanced rainfall over land regions compared to the surrounding oceans. We propose that the novel objective dataset of coastally influenced precipitation can be used in a variety of ways, such as to inform cumulus parametrization or as an additional tool for evaluating the simulation of coastal precipitation within weather and climate models.
Doing things differently: Resilience is relational
Creators: name: Bell, Emilia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: libraries

description: Slides for a presentation at ALIA New Librarians Symposium 2023 (NLSX) on 30 July 2023 titled 'Doing things differently: Resilience is relational'. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-SA).
description: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-SA).
X(3872), I^G(J^{PC})=0^+(1^{++}), as the χ_{1c}(2P) charmonium
Creators: name: Achasov, N. N.
name: Rogozina, E. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Contrary to almost standard opinion that the X(3872) resonance is the D^{*0}\bar D^0+c.c. molecule or the qc\bar q\bar c four-quark state, we discuss the scenario where the X(3872)resonance is the c\bar c = χ_{c1}(2P) charmonium which "sits on" the D^{*0}\bar D^0 threshold. We explain the shift of the mass of the X(3872) resonance with respect to the prediction of a potential model for the mass of the χ_{c1}(2P) charmonium by the contribution of the virtual D^*\bar D+c.c. intermediate states into the self energy of the X(3872) resonance. This allows us to estimate the coupling constant of the X(7872) resonance with the D^{*0}\bar D^0 channel, the branching ratio of the X(3872) \to D^{*0}\bar D^0 + c.c. decay, and the branching ratio of the X(3872) decay into all non-D^{*0}\bar D^0 + c.c. states. We predict a significant number of unknown decays of X(3872) via two gluon:X(3872)\to gluon\ gluon\to hadrons. We suggest a physically clear program of experimental researches for verification of our assumption.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, corrected typos, changed Abstract, added reference, added the phrase: - in conclusion in comparison with the publication Mod. Phys. Lett. A , 30, 1550181 (2015). added clarifications
Prospective evaluation of methylated SEPT9 in plasma for detection of asymptomatic colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Day, Robert W
name: Wandell, Michael
name: Blumenstein, Brent A
name: Rösch, Thomas
name: Ransohoff, David F
name: Payne, Shannon R
name: Castaños-Vélez, Esmeralda
name: Snover, Dale
name: Lofton-Day, Catherine
name: Burger, Matthias
name: Osborn, Neal
name: Church, Timothy Robert
name: Mongin, Steven J
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: As screening methods for colorectal cancer (CRC) are limited by uptake and adherence, further options are sought. A blood test might increase both, but none has yet been tested in a screening setting.
Radiotherapy for bone metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma: a hybrid systematic review with meta-analyses
Creators: name: Rim, Chai Hong
name: Park, Sunmin
name: Yoon, Won Sup
name: Shin, In-Soo
name: Park, Hee Chul
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is commonly used as a palliative treatment for bone metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We planned a hybrid systematic review that meta-analyzed the efficacy and feasibility of EBRT and reviewed the literature to answer specific clinical questions. The PubMed, Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched through 1 December 2021. Primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and response rate (RR). Secondary endpoints were comparative data, including treatment response and survival related to dose escalation, number of metastases, and fractionation scheme. Formal pooled analyses were performed on the primary endpoints, and the secondary endpoints were systematically reviewed. Complications were also reviewed. Nineteen studies involving 1613 patients with HCC and bone metastases were included. The median OS was 6 months (range: 3–13 months). The pooled one-year OS was 23.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 18.4–28.6); pooled pain RR was 81.5% (95% CI: 76.4–85.7) and of pain complete remission was 26.5% (95% CI: 21.7–32.0). Pain response might be related to dose escalation, considering the moderate consistency of results and plausibility, with a low-quality grade of evidence†. Considering the indeterminate results, we cannot suggest that dose escalation is correlated with OS. The oligometastasis status might be related to better OS, considering the high consistency of results and plausibility with low to moderate quality of evidence. Hypofractionated EBRT might yield comparable efficacy to conventional EBRT, with a low-quality grade of evidence. There were few complications of grade ≥3, except for hematologic complications, which ranged from 11.5to 34%. EBRT is an efficient and feasible palliative option. Clinical consideration of hematologic complications is necessary. Future studies are needed to increase the quality of evidence for actual clinical questions. †Reference to a system of the American Society for Radiation Oncology primary liver cancer clinical guidelines.
Conformal Frame Dependence of Inflation
Creators: name: Domènech, Guillem
name: Sasaki, Misao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Physical equivalence between different conformal frames in scalar-tensor theory of gravity is a known fact. However, assuming that matter minimally couples to the metric of a particular frame, which we call the matter Jordan frame, the matter point of view of the universe may vary from frame to frame. Thus, there is a clear distinction between gravitational sector (curvature and scalar field) and matter sector. In this paper, focusing on a simple power-law inflation model in the Einstein frame, two examples are considered; a super-inflationary and a bouncing universe Jordan frames. Then we consider a spectator curvaton minimally coupled to a Jordan frame, and compute its contribution to the curvature perturbation power spectrum. In these specific examples, we find a blue tilt at short scales for the super-inflationary case, and a blue tilt at large scales for the bouncing case.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures
Progenitor cell expansion and impaired hepatocyte regeneration in explanted livers from alcoholic hepatitis
Creators: name: Cannesson, Amélie
name: Gantier, Emilie
name: Louvet, Alexandre
name: Bataller, Ramon
name: Maggiotto, François
name: Pruvot, François-René
name: Dubuquoy, Laurent
name: Lassailly, Guillaume
name: Mathurin, Philippe
name: Moreno, Christophe
name: Boleslawski, Emmanuel
name: Dharancy, Sébastien
name: Leteurtre, Emmanuelle
name: Buob, David
name: Truant, Stéphanie
name: Artru, Florent
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: In alcoholic hepatitis (AH), development of targeted therapies is crucial and requires improved knowledge of cellular and molecular drivers in liver dysfunction. The unique opportunity of using explanted livers from patients with AH having undergone salvage liver transplantation allowed to perform more in-depth molecular translational studies.
Role of tumour molecular and pathology features to estimate colorectal cancer risk for first-degree relatives
Creators: name: Baron, John A
name: Hopper, John L
name: Newcomb, Polly A
name: Buchanan, Daniel D
name: Win, Aung Ko
name: Dite, Gillian S
name: Potter, John D
name: Jenkins, Mark A
name: MacInnis, Robert J
name: Giles, Graham G
name: Rosty, Christophe
name: Boussioutas, Alex
name: Ahnen, Dennis J
name: Clendenning, Mark
name: Walters, Rhiannon J
name: Young, Joanne P
name: Haile, Robert W
name: Walsh, Michael D
name: Gallinger, Steven
name: Southey, Melissa C
name: Le Marchand, Loïc
name: Dowty, James G
name: Smyrk, Thomas C
name: Thibodeau, Stephen N
name: Lindor, Noralane M
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: To estimate risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) for first-degree relatives of CRC cases based on CRC molecular subtypes and tumor pathology features.
Nonparametric Kernel Estimation of the Impact of Tax Policy on the Demand for Private Health Insurance in Australia
Creators: name: Gong, Xiaodong
name: Gao, Jiti
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: This paper is motivated by our attempt to answer an empirical question: how is private health insurance take-up in Australia affected by the income threshold at which the Medicare Levy Surcharge (MLS) kicks in? We propose a new difference de-convolution kernel estimator for the location and size of regression discontinuities. We also propose a bootstrapping procedure for estimating confidence bands for the estimated discontinuity. Performance of the estimator is evaluated by Monte Carlo simulations before it is applied to estimating the effect of the income threshold of Medicare Levy Surcharge on the take-up of private health insurance in Australia using contaminated data.
‘I'm still a hustler’: entrepreneurial responses to precarity by participants in phase I clinical trials
Creators: name: Fisher, Jill A.
name: Monahan, Torin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: This paper questions the implications of entrepreneurial responses to conditions of employment precarity by ‘healthy volunteers’ in phase I clinical trials in the United States. Such individuals are typically serial participants who often identify as professional volunteers and seek out drug studies as their primary source of income. Drawing on extensive qualitative research, this paper illustrates how healthy volunteers selectively import the identity of ‘hustler’ from the street environment and reposition it as connoting a set of valuable creative skills that give them a competitive edge over other participants. An entrepreneurial ethos allows them to view personal sacrifice and exposure to potentially dangerous drugs as smart investments leading to financially stable futures. These discursive moves normalize extractive, and at times dehumanizing, labour relations that offload expenses and risks to workers.
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt regulates the balance between plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and urokinase to promote migration of SKOV-3 ovarian cancer cells
Creators: name: Whitley, Brandi R.
name: Beaulieu, Lea M.
name: Church, Frank C.
name: Carter, Jennifer C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Increased levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) are associated with shortened overall survival in ovarian cancer patients. Additionally, elevated levels of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), a uPA inhibitor, have also been correlated with an unfavorable prognosis in ovarian cancer. Therefore, it is critical to understand the signaling pathways that regulate PAI-1 and uPA expression in cancer cell migration-invasion.
Sunitinib malate in the treatment of recurrent or persistent uterine leiomyosarcoma: A Gynecologic Oncology Group phase II study
Creators: name: Gehrig, Paola A.
name: Hartenbach, Ellen M.
name: DeBernardo, Robert L.
name: Sill, Michael W.
name: McCourt, Carolyn K.
name: Hensley, Martee L.
name: Brown, Jubilee
name: Bosscher, James R.
name: Scribner, Dennis R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: New agents are needed for patients with metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma who progress after treatment with doxorubicin or gemcitabine-docetaxel. Agents targeting tumor vasculature have potential for activity in leiomyosarcoma. We aimed to assess the activity of sunitinib in patients with recurrent uterine leiomyosarcoma who had received one or two prior therapies by determining the frequency of patients who survived progression-free for at least six months or who achieved objective tumor response. We also aimed to characterize the toxicity of sunitinib and to estimate time-to-progression.
Metformin is a potent inhibitor of endometrial cancer cell proliferation—implications for a novel treatment strategy
Creators: name: Bae-Jump, Victoria L.
name: Mendivil, Alberto
name: Cantrell, Leigh A.
name: Zhou, Chunxiao
name: Gehrig, Paola A.
name: Malloy, Kimberly M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Obesity and diabetes are strong risk factors that drive the development of type I endometrial cancers. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that metformin may lower cancer risk and reduce rates of cancer deaths among diabetic patients. In order to better understand metformin's anti-tumorigenic potential, our goal was to assess the effect of metformin on proliferation and expression of key targets of metformin cell signaling in endometrial cancer cell lines.
Partially Linear Panel Data Models with Cross-Sectional Dependence and Nonstationarity
Creators: name: Dong, Chaohua
name: Gao, Jiti
name: Peng, Bin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: In this paper, we consider a partially linear panel data model with cross-sectional dependence and non-stationarity. Meanwhile, we allow fixed effects to be correlated with the regressors to capture unobservable heterogeneity. Under a general spatial error dependence structure, we then established some consistent closed-form estimates for both the unknown parameters and the unknown function for the case where N and T go jointly to infinity. Rates of convergence and asymptotic normality results are established for the proposed estimators. Both the finite-sample performance and the empirical applications show that the proposed estimation method works well when the cross-sectional dependence exists in the data set.
Promising novel therapies for the treatment of endometrial cancer
Creators: name: Bae-Jump, Victoria L.
name: Gehrig, Paola A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: To discuss the novel agents which are being developed for the treatment of advanced and recurrent endometrial carcinoma and to review other molecular targets that may be interesting in the treatment of this disease. While the majority of women with endometrial cancer enjoy a relatively good prognosis, the options for those women who suffer from a disease recurrence are limited and there is a need to identify novel agents.
Rapamycin inhibits cell proliferation in type I and type II endometrial carcinomas: A search for biomarkers of sensitivity to treatment
Creators: name: Bae-Jump, Victoria L.
name: Barroilhet, Lisa
name: Gehrig, Paola A.
name: Whang, Young E.
name: Zhou, Chunxiao
name: Boggess, John F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Our goal was to evaluate the effect of rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, in type I and II human endometrial cancer tumor explants.
A phase II evaluation of nanoparticle, albumin-bound (nab) paclitaxel in the treatment of recurrent or persistent platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study
Creators: name: Brady, William E.
name: Coleman, Robert L.
name: Rose, Peter G.
name: Lentz, Samuel S.
name: Hoffman, James S.
name: Soper, John T.
name: McMeekin, D. Scott
name: Shahin, Mark S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Nab-paclitaxel is a novel Cremophor®-free nanoparticle of albumin-stabilized paclitaxel, which has favorable efficacy and toxicity characteristics relative to other solvent-based taxanes, such as paclitaxel and docetaxel.
title: Humans of AI3SD: Nessa Carson
Creators: name: Pauli, Michelle
name: Carson, Nessa
Publisher: name: University of Southampton
Year: 2022
Subjects: AI3SD, Interview

description: This interview forms part of our Humans of AI3SD Series.

In this Humans of AI4SD interview she discusses the speed and power of automation in the lab, the importance of data management, getting a job via Twitter and her advice for early career researchers.
Phase II trial of cetuximab in the treatment of persistent or recurrent squamous or non-squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study
Creators: name: Santin, Alessandro D.
name: Leitao, Mario M.
name: McMeekin, D. Scott
name: Van Le, Linda
name: Brown, Jubilee
name: Sutton, Gregory P.
name: Boardman, Cecelia H.
name: Sill, Michael W.
name: Griffin, Patricia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: The Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) conducted a phase II trial to assess the efficacy and tolerability of the anti-EGFR antibody cetuximab, in persistent or recurrent carcinoma of the cervix.
Optimal quasi-Monte Carlo rules on order 2 digital nets for the numerical integration of multivariate periodic functions
Creators: name: Hinrichs, Aicke
name: Markhasin, Lev
name: Oettershagen, Jens
name: Ullrich, Tino
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We investigate quasi-Monte Carlo rules for the numerical integration of multivariate periodic functions from Besov spaces $S^r_{p,q}B(\mathbb{T}^d)$ with dominating mixed smoothness $1/p
description: 7 figures in Num. Mathem., online 2015
title: How Magnetotelluric (MT) Surveys Work
Creators: name: M., Sweeney
name: M., Sweeney
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: GEOCHEMISTRY
subject: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
subject: EARTH SCIENCES
subject: stakeholder engagement
subject: magnetotelluric
subject: MT
subject: geophysical survey
subject: passive survey
subject: AusLAMP
subject: long period MT survey
subject: audio MT survey
subject: broadband MT survey
subject: lithospheric architecture
subject: electromagnetic wave
subject: magnetic field
subject: electric field
subject: magnetometer
subject: electrode
subject: conductivity
subject: resistivity
subject: Published_External
subject: EFTF - Exploring For The Future
subject: Geoscience Knowledge Sharing

description: This animation shows how Magnetotelluric (MT) Surveys Work. It is part of a series of Field Activity Technique Engagement Animations. The target audience are the communities that are impacted by our data acquisition activities. There is no sound or voice over. The 2D animation includes a simplified view of what magnetotelluric (MT) stations and equipment looks like what the equipment measures and how the survey works.
Virasoro Conformal Blocks and Thermality from Classical Background Fields
Creators: name: Fitzpatrick, A. Liam
name: Kaplan, Jared
name: Walters, Matthew T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that in 2d CFTs at large central charge, the coupling of the stress tensor to heavy operators can be re-absorbed by placing the CFT in a non-trivial background metric. This leads to a more precise computation of the Virasoro conformal blocks between heavy and light operators, which are shown to be equivalent to global conformal blocks evaluated in the new background. We also generalize to the case where the operators carry U(1) charges. The refined Virasoro blocks can be used as the seed for a new Virasoro block recursion relation expanded in the heavy-light limit. We comment on the implications of our results for the universality of black hole thermality in $AdS_3$, or equivalently, the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis for $CFT_2$ at large central charge.
description: 27+7 pages, 3 figures; typos corrected, citations added