cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hermes: Enabling Energy-efficient IoT Networks with Generalized Deduplication
Creators: name: Göttel, Christian
name: Nielsen, Lars
name: Yazdani, Niloofar
name: Felber, Pascal
name: Lucani, Daniel E.
name: Schiavoni, Valerio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), the ever growing number of connected devices observed in recent years and foreseen for the next decade suggests that more and more data will have to be transmitted over a network, before being processed and stored in data centers. Generalized deduplication (GD) is a novel technique to effectively reduce the data storage cost by identifying similar data chunks, and able to gradually reduce the pressure from the network infrastructure by limiting the data that needs to be transmitted. This paper presents Hermes, an application-level protocol for the data-plane that can operate over generalized deduplication, as well as over classic deduplication. Hermes significantly reduces the data transmission traffic while effectively decreasing the energy footprint, a relevant matter to consider in the context of IoT deployments. We fully implemented Hermes and evaluated its performance using consumer-grade IoT devices (e.g., Raspberry Pi 4B models). Our results highlight several trade-offs that must be taken into account when considering real-world workloads.
description: This work was partially financed by the SCALE-IoT Project (Grant No. 7026-00042B) granted by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, by the Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond (AUFF) Starting Grant Project AUFF- 2017-FLS-7-1, and Aarhus University's DIGIT Centre. European Commission Project: LEGaTO - Low Energy Toolset for Heterogeneous Computing (EC-H2020-780681)
Anti-Hierarchical Growth of Supermassive Black Holes and QSO lifetimes
Creators: name: Merloni, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I present a new method to unveil the history of cosmic accretion and the build-up of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBH) in the nuclei of galaxies, based on observations of the evolving radio and (hard) X-ray luminosity functions of AGN. The fundamental plane of black hole activity discovered by Merloni, Heinz & Di Matteo (2003) is used as a mass and accretion rate estimator. I adopt the local BH mass function as a boundary condition to integrate backwards in time the continuity equation for the SMBH evolution, neglecting the role of mergers. Under the most general assumption that accretion proceeds in a radiatively efficient way above a certain rate, and in a radiatively inefficient way below, the redshift evolution of the mass and accretion rate functions are calculated self-consistently. The only tunable parameters are the accretion efficiency and the critical ratio of the X-ray to Eddington luminosity at which the transition between accretion modes takes place. The evolution of the BH mass function between z=0 and z ~ 3 shows clear signs of an anti-hierarchical behaviour: while the majority of the most massive objects (M > 10^9) were already in place at z ~ 3, lower mass ones mainly grew at progressively lower redshift. As an example, I will discuss the consequences of these results for the lifetimes of accreting black holes.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to Proceedings of the Conference on "Growing Black Holes" held in Garching, Germany, on June 21-25, 2004, edited by A. Merloni, S. Nayakshin and R. Sunyaev, Springer-Verlag series of "ESO Astrophysics Symposia"
Javanese gamelan in the Paku Alaman Palace : the repertoire of uyon-uyon muryararas
Creators: name: Hartana, Sutrisno Setya
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: In this thesis I would like to present information gathered over the past two decades concerning the repertoires of court Javanese gamelan in the Paku Alaman Palace. My main interest is the time period of the early 20th century to the present; however, some relevant historical background from earlier times is included. The gamelan at the Paku Alaman performs for a variety of palace events, accompanying dance or puppet shows and sometimes playing compositions from ancient times, all of which are outside the scope of this thesis. This thesis will limit discussion to the gamelan performance called uyon-uyon muryararas (UUMR), which refers to a certain gamelan performance held every 35 days in Pura Paku Alaman Palace. This cyclic performance is the only occasion when only the gamelan orchestra, including singers, is featured without theatre, dance, puppetry, or any other art form. Originally, the idea of uyon-uyon muyararas was a ceremonial gamelan performance held by the royal family of Pura Paku Alarnan to celebrate the birthday of the king based on the Javanese lunar calendar. In modem times, because of local government support as part of a program sustaining the traditional culture, uyon-uyon muryararas have been broadcast by local radio stations. The group uses the same repertoire of 100-200 traditional compositions as used in other palaces, with some exceptions. Some are instrumental and some have singing. Lyrics are fi-om traditional poetry, stories, historical and mythical events. Before 1945, attendance at the performance was restricted to the Paku Alaman’s royal family members, special guests, and the palace servants (abdi dalem), but since the reign of Sri Pakualam VIII (1938-1990), performances are open to the general public. In particular, this thesis will explore some basic relationships that exist between a particular social institution, that is the palace gamelan, the musical activities, the musicians who perform, and some selected repertoires of the gendhing (Javanese musical compositions) they play.
Using CRISPR Therapy as a Potential Cure for COVID-19
Creators: name: Quiao, Marc Margaux
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110799 Immunology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: This paper is an academic essay that talks about the possibility of CRISPR serving as potential treatment for COVID-19.
Energy from the Bulk through Parametric Resonance
Creators: name: Diakonos, F. K.
name: Saridakis, E. N.
name: Tetradis, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that energy can be transferred very rapidly from the bulk to the brane through parametric resonance. In a simple realization, we consider a massless bulk field that interacts only with fields localized on the brane. We assume an initial field configuration that has the form of a wave-packet moving towards the brane. During the reflection of the wave-packet by the brane the localized fields can be excited through parametric resonance. The mechanism is also applicable to bulk fields with a potential. The rapid energy transfer can have important cosmological and astrophysical implications.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
Die Rolle des Luftverkehrs und des Flughafens Zürich für die gesamtwirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der Schweiz
Creators: name: Schips, Bernd
name: Mosimann, Christoph
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2005
Subjects: AIR TRAFFIC + AVIATION (TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC)
SWITZERLAND (CENTRAL EUROPE). SWISS CONFEDERATION
SCHWEIZ (MITTELEUROPA). SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FLUGHÄFEN (VERKEHR UND TRANSPORT)
AIRPORTS + AERODROMES (TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC)
WIRTSCHAFTSENTWICKLUNG
LUFTVERKEHR (VERKEHR UND TRANSPORT)
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/330
Economics

description: KOF Working Papers, 136
Material independent crack arrest statistics
Creators: name: Charles, Yann
name: Vandembroucq, Damien
name: Hild, Francois
name: Roux, Stephane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The propagation of (planar) cracks in a heterogeneous brittle material characterized by a random field of toughness is considered, taking into account explicitly the effect of the crack front roughness on the local stress intensity factor. In the so-called strong-pinning regime, the onset of crack propagation appears to map onto a second-order phase transition characterized by universal critical exponents which are independent of the local characteristics of the medium. Propagation over large distances can be described by using a simple one-dimensional description, with a correlation length and an effective macroscopic toughness distribution that scale in a non-trivial fashion with the crack front length. As an application of the above concepts, the arrest of indentation cracks is addressed, and the analytical expression for the statistical distribution of the crack radius at arrest is derived. The analysis of indentation crack radii on alumina is shown to obey the predicted algebraic expression for the radius distribution and its dependence on the indentation load.
The Impact of ECB Communication on Financial Market Expectations
Creators: name: Lamla, Michael J.
name: Rupprecht Sarah M.
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2006
Subjects: ECB
KOMMUNIKATIONSMANAGEMENT (UNTERNEHMENSFUEHRUNG)
Yield Curve
Term Structure of Interest Rates
Expectations
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT (BUSINESS MANAGEMENT)
FINANCIAL MARKETS
NATIONAL BANKS + CENTRAL BANKS
Central Bank Communication
FINANZMÄRKTE
NATIONALBANKEN + ZENTRALBANKEN
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/330
Economics

description: KOF Working Papers, 135
title: Investigating The Use Of Naturally Occurring Spoken French In Adult Foreign Language Learning
Creators: name: Vialleton, Élodie
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2013

description: This study explores the feasibility and desirability of introducing samples of naturally occurring spoken French to adult language learners at an early stage of the learning process to develop perception and listening skills. The literature review examines the status of the spoken language, the notion of authenticity of materials, and the development of listening skills in the context of past and present language teaching methodologies, including recent ecological and data-driven approaches. Linguistic theories and descriptions of the spoken French language are also reviewed. The research is based on an experimental study, set in the context of distance language learning at the Open University, and makes use of mixed methods. Students were asked to work with experimental teaching materials comprising self-study activities based on recorded samples of naturally occurring spoken French matching the topics and structures of the Open University beginners’ French module. A test was then administered to participants and their performance was compared to that of members of a control group. Their reaction to the experimental approach was gauged using semi-structured interviews. The data analysis demonstrates that the students were able to engage with the speech samples and related tasks, and with their specific linguistic features. It also reveals that students found the approach challenging but useful in developing listening skills. Taking into account cognitive, affective and contextual dimensions, and bearing in mind the constraints inherent to the typically mixed context of adult language learning, the study concludes that naturally occurring spoken French and activities aimed at developing awareness of its features should be introduced as part of a mix of materials, striking a balance between ecological and reductionist approaches, offering students a chance to exercise choice between types of materials and providing tools they can reuse when exposed to naturally occurring spoken French autonomously.
Technology proximity between firms and universities and technology transfer
Creators: name: Wörter, Martin
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2009
Subjects: UNIVERSITIES (HIGHER EDUCATION)
UNIVERSITÄTEN + HOCHSCHULEN (HOCHSCHULWESEN)
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
COMPANIES
INNOVATION + MODERNIZATION
TECHNOLOGIETRANSFER
UNTERNEHMEN
INNOVATION + MODERNISIERUNG
Innovation
Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Technology Proximity
Firms
Universities
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/330
Economics

description: KOF Working Papers, 222
Lie maps on alternative rings preserving idempotents
Creators: name: Ferreira, Bruno Leonardo Macedo
name: Guzzo, Henrique
name: Kaygorodov, Ivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $\Re$ and $\Re'$ unital $2$,$3$-torsion free alternative rings and $φ: \Re \rightarrow \Re'$ be a surjective Lie multiplicative map that preserves idempotents. Assume that $\Re$ has a nontrivial idempotents. Under certain assumptions on $\Re$, we prove that $φ$ is of the form $ψ+ τ$, where $ψ$ is either an isomorphism or the negative of an anti-isomorphism of $\Re$ onto $\Re'$ and $τ$ is an additive mapping of $\Re$ into the centre of $\Re'$ which maps commutators into zero.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2002.00304, arXiv:1802.04316
On the fundamental groups of the complements of Hurwitz curves
Creators: name: Kulikova, O. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: It is proved that the commutator subgroup of the fundamental group of the complement of any plane affine irreducible Hurwitz curve (respectively, any plane affine irreducible pseudoholomorphic curve) is finitely presented. It is shown that there exists a pseudo-holomorphic curve (a Hurwitz curve) in $\mathbb C\mathbb P^2$ whose fundamental group of the complement is not Hopfian and, respectively, this group is not residually finite. In addition, it is proved that there exist an irreducible nonsingular algebraic curve $C\subset \mathbb C^2$ and a bi-disk $D\subset \mathbb C^2$ such that the fundamental group $π_1(D\setminus C)$ is not Hopfian.
description: 8 pages
Zarcosia subglaber , Pic 1952
Creators: name: Gompel, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Aderidae
Zarcosia
Zarcosia subglaber

description: Zarcosia subglaber Pic, 1952
(Figures 1; 2y)
 Zarcosia subglaber Pic, 1952: 5; Lectotype, pres. design.: one female specimen labelled « Zarcosia inglaber [sic!] n. sp. », MNHN
 Zarcosia subglaber Pic, 1952: Grzymala, 2016
 Type locality. Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City.
 Distribution. Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City (Figure 1).
 Note on type material: There is no specimen of Zarcosia labelled subglaber from Pic’s collection at the MNHN. There is, however, a single specimen of Zarcosia with multiple labels « Zarcosia inglaber n. sp. » from Pic’s handwritting. This specimen also carries a locality label « Saigon [= Ho Chi Minh city], 5 VI 1950, J. Barbier ». Given that no other Aderidae to date has a species name with the radical *glaber*, it is likely that the name inglaber is a lapsus calami, and that Pic meant subglaber. This hypothesis is reinforced by the original description of subglaber, for 3 reasons. First, the only Zarcosia that Pic described under this genus (rather than under Hylophilus or Xylophilus) is Zarcosia subglaber. Among all the Zarcosia in Pic’s collection, a single specimen is labelled « Zarcosia » with Pic’s handwriting, the very specimen mentioned above and labeled « Zarcosia inglaber n. sp. ». Second, in his description of Zarcosia subglaber, Pic explicitly indicates that the material was given to him by Jean Barbier, who collected it in Saigon. Finally. Pic writes in his paper « Voisin de lateniger Pic », referring to the similarity between Zarcosia subglaber and « lateniger ». Although I could not find out what « lateniger Pic» is, the specimen labeled « Zarcosia inglaber n. sp. » also carries a label that reads « sp près lateniger » from Pic’s handwriting. Together, these elements unambiguously support that the specimen labeled « Zarcosia inglaber n. sp. » at MNHN was used by Pic for the description of Zarcosia subglaber Pic, 1952. I design it here as a lectotype and have added a label « Zarcosia subglaber Pic, 1952, Lectotype ♀, N. Gompel des. 2020 ».
 Material examined. Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City (J. Barbier) 5.VI.1950 (1 ♀ lectotype, MNHN).
description: Published as part of Gompel, Nicolas, 2020, Synopsis of the Asian species in the genus Zarcosia Collado & Alonso-Zarazaga 1996 with new combinations and descriptions of fourteen new species, pp. 151-178 in Zootaxa 4838 (2) on pages 173-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4403783
Am Ende der Expansionsgesellschaft?
Creators: name: Jochum, Georg
Publisher: name: Soziologie und Nachhaltigkeit
Year: 2020

description: In dem Beitrag wird argumentiert, dass die Coronapandemie und andere neuere Epidemien als nichtintendierte Nebenfolgen des expansiven Vordringens der technisch-kapitalistischen Zivilisation in Naturräume zu interpretieren sind. Durch die ‚kolonisierende‘ Rekonfiguration des ökologischen Netzes des Lebens und die Reduktion der Biodiversität wird das Risiko der Übertragung von Viren von Tieren auf Menschen erhöht. Ein historischer Rückblick zeigt, dass ähnliche Prozesse die menschliche Zivilisationsgeschichte stets begleiteten und mit Herausbildung der modernen Expansionsgesellschaft im 16. Jahrhundert die Kolonisierung der Natur forciert wurde. Die hiermit verbundene kapitalistisch-technische Landnahme des Netzes des Lebens gerät aktuell in eine umfassende sozial-ökologische Krise. Es wird eine Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit der modernen Expansionsgesellschaft und deren koloniales Naturverhältnis erkennbar, wie auch die Coronakrise exemplarisch deutlich macht. Um die Zunahme derartiger Krisen zu vermeiden ist eine sozial-ökologische Transformation notwendig, welche mit der Entwicklung eines postkolonialen Naturverhältnisses verbunden ist und den Übergang in eine nachhaltige Integrationsgesellschaft einleitet. The article argues that the coronavirus-pandemic and other recent epidemics can be interpreted as unintended side effects of the expansive penetration of technical-capitalist civilization into natural areas. The ‚colonizing‘ reconfiguration of the ecological web of life and the reduction in biodiversity increase the risk of viruses being transmitted from animals to humans. A historical review makes it clear that similar processes have accompanied human civilization history and that the colonization of nature has been accelerated since the modern expanding society developed in the 16th century. The associated capitalist-technical appropriation of the web of life is currently experiencing a comprehensive social-ecological crisis. The corona crisis also exemplifies the unsustainability of the modern expanding society and its colonial relationship with nature. In order to avoid the increase in such crises, a social-ecological transformation is necessary, which is connected with the development of a post-colonial relationship with nature and initiates the transition to a sustainable integration- society.
description: Soziologie und Nachhaltigkeit, Sonderband II: Die sozial-ökologische Transformation in der Corona-Krise
Des circuits courts pour l'aide alimentaire? Hybridation de régulations dans un marché expérimental en Languedoc-Roussillon
Creators: name: Le Velly, Ronan
name: Paturel, Dominique
name: Le Velly, Ronan
name: Paturel, Dominique
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty

description: This paper describes the design and implementation of an experimental device aiming to supply local fruits and vegetables to food aid recipients in the area of Montpellier in France. It reports the process that led various actors, including one of the authors of the paper, to get involved in the project and shows that the market device they established was a result of their expectations and constraints. The authors then show that the short food supply chain that has been implemented is characterized by small modifications of the work in the food aid centres of the Restos du Cœur and by an important organizational work undertook by commercial intermediaries. One can finally see in this experiment a hybridization of some innovating organizing activities, intended to relocate food, with some existing organizing activities, marked by commercial intermediation, product homogeneity and low prices.
Intrinsic degree of coherence of two-qubit states and measures of two-particle quantum correlations
Creators: name: Meher, Nilakantha
name: Patoary, Abu Saleh Musa
name: Kulkarni, Girish
name: Jha, Anand K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, a basis-invariant measure of coherence known as the intrinsic degree of coherence has been established for classical and single-particle quantum states [JOSA B {\bf 36}, 2765 (2019)]. Using the same mathematical construction, in this article, we define the intrinsic degree of coherence of two-qubit states and demonstrate its usefulness in quantifying two-particle quantum correlations and entanglement. In this context, first of all, we show that the intrinsic degree of coherence of a two-qubit state puts an upper bound on the violations of Bell inequalities that can be achieved with the state and that a two-qubit state with intrinsic degree of coherence less than $1/\sqrt{3}$ cannot violate Bell inequalities. We then show that the quantum discord of a two-qubit state, which quantifies the amount of quantum correlations available in the two-qubit state for certain tasks, is bounded from above by the intrinsic degree of coherence of the state. Next, in the context of two-particle entanglement, we show that the range of values that the concurrence of a two-qubit state can take is decided by the intrinsic degree of coherence of the two-qubit state together with that of the individual qubits. Finally, for the polarization two-qubit states generated by parametric down-conversion of a pump photon, we propose an experimental scheme for measuring the intrinsic degree of coherence of two-qubit states. We also present our theoretical study showing how the intrinsic degree of coherence of a pump photon dictates the maximum intrinsic degree of coherence of the generated two-qubit state.
description: Accepted manuscript
title: Engineering Adaptive Model-Driven User Interfaces for Enterprise Applications
Creators: name: Akiki, Pierre A.
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2014

description: Enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning systems have numerous complex user interfaces (UIs). Usability problems plague these UIs because they are offered as a generic off-the-shelf solution to end-users with diverse needs in terms of their required features and layout preferences. Adaptive UIs can help in improving usability by tailoring the features and layout based on the context-of-use. The model-driven UI development approach offers the possibility of applying different types of adaptations on the various UI levels of abstraction. This approach forms the basis for many works researching the development of adaptive UIs. Yet, several gaps were identified in the state-of-the-art adaptive model-driven UI development systems. To fill these gaps, this thesis presents an approach that offers the following novel contributions: - The Cedar Architecture serves as a reference for developing adaptive model-driven enterprise application user interfaces. - Role-Based User Interface Simplification (RBUIS) is a mechanism for improving usability through adaptive behavior, by providing end-users with a minimal feature-set and an optimal layout based on the context-of-use. - Cedar Studio is an integrated development environment, which provides tool support for building adaptive model-driven enterprise application UIs using RBUIS based on the Cedar Architecture. The contributions were evaluated from the technical and human perspectives. Several metrics were established and applied to measure the technical characteristics of the proposed approach after integrating it into an open-source enterprise application. Additional insights about the approach were obtained through the opinions of industry experts and data from real-life projects. Usability studies showed the approach’s ability to significantly improve usability in terms of end-user efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction.
Improvements in cosmological constraints from breaking growth degeneracy
Creators: name: Perenon, Louis
name: Ilić, Stéphane
name: Maartens, Roy
name: de la Cruz-Dombriz, Alvaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The key probes of the growth of large-scale structure are its rate $f$ and amplitude $σ_8$. Redshift space distortions in the galaxy power spectrum allow us to measure only the combination $fσ_8$, which can be used to constrain the standard cosmological model or alternatives. By using measurements of the galaxy-galaxy lensing cross-correlation spectrum or of the galaxy bispectrum, it is possible to break the $fσ_8$ degeneracy and obtain separate estimates of $f$ and $σ_8$ from the same galaxy sample. Currently there are only a handful of such separate measurements, but even this allows for improved constraints on cosmological models. We explore how having a larger and more precise sample of such measurements in the future could constrain further cosmological models. We consider what can be achieved by a future nominal sample that delivers a $\sim 1\%$ constraint on $f$ and $σ_8$ separately, compared to the case with a similar precision on the combination $fσ_8$. For the six cosmological parameters of $Λ$CDM, we find improvements of $\sim\! 5$--$50\%$ on their constraints. For modified gravity models in the Horndeski class, the improvements on these standard parameters are $\sim\! 0$--$15\%$. However, the precision on the sum of neutrino masses improves by 65\% and there is a significant increase in the precision on the background and perturbation Horndeski parameters.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables. Version accepted by Astron. Astrophys
Structure and star formation in disk galaxies III. Nuclear and circumnuclear H alpha emission
Creators: name: Knapen, J. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: From H alpha images of a carefully selected sample of 57 relatively large, Northern spiral galaxies with low inclination, we study the distribution of the H alpha emission in the circumnuclear and nuclear regions. At a resolution of around 100 parsec, we find that the nuclear H alpha emission in the sample galaxies is often peaked, and significantly more often so among AGN host galaxies. The circumnuclear H alpha emission, within a radius of two kpc, is often patchy in late-type, and absent or in the form of a nuclear ring in early-type galaxies. There is no clear correlation of nuclear or circumnuclear H alpha morphology with the presence or absence of a bar in the host galaxy, except for the nuclear rings which occur in barred hosts. The presence or absence of close bright companion galaxies does not affect the circumnuclear H alpha morphology, but their presence does correlate with a higher fraction of nuclear H alpha peaks. Nuclear rings occur in at least 21% (+-5%) of spiral galaxies, and occur predominantly in galaxies also hosting an AGN. Only two of our 12 nuclear rings occur in a galaxy which is neither an AGN nor a starburst host. We confirm that weaker bars host larger nuclear rings. The implications of these results on our understanding of the occurrence and morphology of massive star formation, as well as non-stellar activity, in the central regions of galaxies are discussed.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics; 11 pages latex with 8 postscript figures
Supplemental Tables and Figures from Costs of reproduction under experimental climate change across elevations in the perennial forb Boechera stricta
Creators: name: Hamann, Elena
name: Wadgymar, Susana M.
name: Anderson, Jill T.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Results of survival analysis using a Cox proportional hazard model, examining longevity as a function of standardized silique length (in mm) and standardized number of failed siliques produced in 2014. ;Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the Cox proportional hazard regression of longevity to standardized silique length (in mm) and standardized number of failed siliques produced in 2014 for all five gardens. ;Results for the logistic regression of the probability of reproduction after 2014 as a function of standardized silique length (mm) and standardized number of failed siliques produced in 2014. ;Slopes (β) ± SE for the logistic regression of the probability of reproducing after 2014 to the standardized silique length in 2014 for each garden × treatment combination. ;Slopes (β) ± SE for the logistic regression of the probability of reproducing after 2014 to the standardized number of failed siliques produced in 2014 for each garden × treatment combination.
Hegemonic stability theory and the evolution of the space weaponization regime during the cold war
Creators: name: Gillard, Matthew
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study analyzes whether hegemonic stability theory can explain the evolution of the principles, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures of the outer space weaponization regime during the Cold War. The thesis begins by defining the term "space weapon." After outlining which weapons are included in this definition, the author argues that there are relative and absolute power variants of hegemonic stability theory. As a security issue, space weaponization is best examined using the relative power strand. For the relative power strand to provide an adequate explanation of the evolution of the space weaponization regime, the regime must be established and remain strong in the presence of a hegemon with increasing relative power. The regime should also weaken when the hegemon’s relative power is decreasing. Relative power is measured through analyzing changes in annual military spending and GDP. Given that the time period under study is the Cold War era, data for the US (the hegemon) and the Soviet Union (the challenger) is examined. British, Chinese, French, German, and Japanese power is also discussed to explain why the thesis focuses primarily on American and Soviet power. Beginning in 1955, the US began a campaign to establish a legal regime that would protect satellite overflight. This would ensure that US reconnaissance satellites could collect intelligence on the Soviet Union. In 1963, the Soviet Union dropped major opposition to satellite reconnaissance, marking the beginning of the space weaponization regime. From 1963- 1972, several international agreements expanded the regime. However, US power steadily declined vis-a-vis the Soviet Union as the space weaponization regime expanded. Hegemonic stability theory thus cannot explain the formation and growth of the space weaponization regime. From 1972 until the end of the Cold War, the space weaponization regime stagnated, neither expanding nor declining. Reagan helped prevent the expansion of the space weaponization regime by refusing to continue antisatellite (ASAT) talks with the Soviet Union. He also attempted to remove an important portion of the space weaponization regime related to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty but ultimately failed. Both of these events cannot be explained by hegemonic stability theory.
Free Energy Difference Fluctuations in Short-Range Spin Glasses
Creators: name: Newman, C. M.
name: Stein, D. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is generally believed (but not yet proved) that Ising spin glasses with nearest-neighbor interactions have a phase transition in three and higher dimensions to a low-temperature spin glass phase, but the nature of this phase remains controversial, especially whether it is characterized by multiple incongruent Gibbs states. Of particular relevance to this question is the behavior of the typical free energy difference restricted to a finite volume between two such putative Gibbs states, as well as the nature of the fluctuations of their free energy difference as the couplings within the volume vary. In this paper we investigate these free energy difference fluctuations by introducing a new kind of metastate which classifies Gibbs states through their edge overlap values with a reference Gibbs state randomly chosen from the support of the periodic boundary condition (PBC) metastate. We find that the free energy difference between any two incongruent pure states, regardless of the details of how they're organized into mixed states within the PBC metastate, converges to a Gaussian (or Gaussian-like) distribution whose variance scales with the volume, proving a decades-old conjecture of Fisher and Huse. The same conclusion applies, though with some additional restrictions, to both mixed Gibbs states and ground states. We discuss some implications of these results.
description: 31 pages, 0 figures
Zarcosia subrobusta Gompel 2020, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Gompel, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Aderidae
Zarcosia
Zarcosia subrobusta

description: Zarcosia subrobusta (Pic, 1943), comb. nov.
(Figures 1; 2 ac)
 Hylophilus subrobustus Pic, 1943: 5; Type: MNHN
 Zarcosia subrobustus [sic!] (Pic, 1943): unpublished combination in Grzymala, 2016
 Type locality. India: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore.
 Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu (Figure 1).
 Material examined. India: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, On edge of field (P. S. Nathan) VIII.1932 (2 syntypes, MNHN).
description: Published as part of Gompel, Nicolas, 2020, Synopsis of the Asian species in the genus Zarcosia Collado & Alonso-Zarazaga 1996 with new combinations and descriptions of fourteen new species, pp. 151-178 in Zootaxa 4838 (2) on page 174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4403783
Az Európai Parlament szerepe a Közös Agrárpolitika 2007 és 2013 közötti többéves pénzügyi keretre vonatkozó jogszabályainak megalkotásában
Creators: name: Kovács, Attila
name: Kovács, Attila
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Public Economics
subject: Közös Agrárpolitika
subject: Európai Parlament
subject: logisztikus regresszió
subject: konzultációs eljárás
subject: Common Agricultural Policy
subject: European Parliament
subject: consultation procedure
subject: logistic regression

description: Az Európai Unió 2004-es bővítését, valamint a 2004-es európai parlamenti választásokat követően az új tagállamok EP-képviselői számára először nyílt lehetőség a Közös Agrárpolitika 2007–2013-as időszakra vonatkozó jogszabályainak kidolgozásában való részvételre. Az EP a konzultációs eljárás keretében tett módosító javaslatokat az Európai Bizottság induló jogszabályi javaslatához. Az EP-képviselők által tett jogszabály-módosító javaslatok 40%-át fogadta el a parlament plenáris ülése. Az elfogadási arány ennél magasabb volt a több képviselő által közösen jegyzett, a női képviselők által jegyzett, az EP zöld, illetve liberális frakciójának tagjai által jegyzett, valamint az EP Mezőgazdasági Bizottságának tagjai által jegyzett módosító javaslatok esetén. Az elfogadás esélyét növelte, ha a képviselő nettó befizető tagállamból érkezett, illetve ha első parlamenti ciklusát töltötte. Csökkentette viszont az elfogadás valószínűségét, ha a képviselő sem tagja, sem póttagja nem volt az EP Mezőgazdasági Bizottságának, illetve ha választókerületet képviselt. Jelen elemzés eredményei a későbbiekben összehasonlíthatók a KAP 2011–2013- as jogszabály-alkotási folyamatával, melyben a Lisszaboni Szerződést követően az EP már társjogalkotóként vett részt. ---------------- After the enlargement of the European Union and the European Parliament (EP) elections in 2004, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) had for the first time the opportunity to participate in the elaboration of the legislative instruments of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2007-2013 programming period. The EP proposed legislative amendments to the European Commission’s proposal under the consultation procedure. The EP plenary adopted 40% of the amendments tabled by the MEPs. The rate of adoption was higher in cases where the amendment was tabled by MEPs jointly, tabled by female MEPs, tabled by MEPs who are members of the EP’s green or liberal groups, or by Members of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the EP. The chance of adoption of a legislative amendment was higher when the MEP was from a net contributor Member State, and when the MEP served its first parliamentary term. The chance of adoption decreased if the MEP was neither a member nor a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the EP and when the MEP represented a constituency in its Member State. The results of this analysis might later be compared with the legislative process of the CAP in the 2011-2013 period, in which the EP was already a co-legislator after the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in 2009.
An Expanded RXTE Survey of X-ray Variability in Seyfert 1 Galaxies
Creators: name: Markowitz, Alex
name: Edelson, Rick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The first seven years of RXTE monitoring of Seyfert 1 active galactic nuclei have been systematically analyzed to yield five homogeneous samples of 2-12 keV light curves, probing hard X-ray variability on successively longer durations from ~1 day to ~3.5 years. 2-10 keV variability on time scales of ~1 day, as probed by ASCA, are included. All sources exhibit stronger X-ray variability towards longer time scales, but the increase is greater for relatively higher luminosity sources. Variability amplitudes are anti-correlated with X-ray luminosity and black hole mass, but amplitudes saturate and become independent of luminosity or black hole mass towards the longest time scales. The data are consistent with the models of power spectral density (PSD) movement described in Markowitz et al. (2003a) and McHardy et al. (2004), whereby Seyfert 1 galaxies' variability can be described by a single, universal PSD shape whose break frequency scales with black hole mass. The best-fitting scaling relations between variability time scale, black hole mass and X-ray luminosity imply an average accretion rate of ~5% of the Eddington limit for the sample. Nearly all sources exhibit stronger variability in the relatively soft 2-4 keV band compared to the 7-12 keV band on all time scales. There are indications that relatively less luminous or less massive sources exhibit a greater degree of spectral variability for a given increase in overall flux.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal; 30 pages; 10 figures
Kochen-Specker Vectors
Creators: name: Pavicic, Mladen
name: Merlet, Jean-Pierre
name: McKay, Brendan
name: Megill, Norman D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a constructive and exhaustive definition of Kochen-Specker (KS) vectors in a Hilbert space of any dimension as well as of all the remaining vectors of the space. KS vectors are elements of any set of orthonormal states, i.e., vectors in n-dim Hilbert space, H^n, n>3 to which it is impossible to assign 1s and 0s in such a way that no two mutually orthogonal vectors from the set are both assigned 1 and that not all mutually orthogonal vectors are assigned 0. Our constructive definition of such KS vectors is based on algorithms that generate MMP diagrams corresponding to blocks of orthogonal vectors in R^n, on algorithms that single out those diagrams on which algebraic 0-1 states cannot be defined, and on algorithms that solve nonlinear equations describing the orthogonalities of the vectors by means of statistically polynomially complex interval analysis and self-teaching programs. The algorithms are limited neither by the number of dimensions nor by the number of vectors. To demonstrate the power of the algorithms, all 4-dim KS vector systems containing up to 24 vectors were generated and described, all 3-dim vector systems containing up to 30 vectors were scanned, and several general properties of KS vectors were found.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures, title changed, introduction thoroughly rewritten, n-dim rotation of KS vectors defined, original Kochen-Specker 192 (117) vector system translated into MMP diagram notation with a new graphical representation, results on Tkadlec's dual diagrams added, several other new results added, journal version: to be published in J. Phys. A, 38 (2005). Web page: http://m3k.grad.hr/pavicic
Microeconometric Approaches to the Evaluation of RTD Policies: A Non-technical Summary of the State of the Art: a non-technical summary of the state of the art
Creators: name: Arvanitis, Spyros
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2002
Subjects: MICROECONOMICS
ÖKONOMETRIE
ECONOMETRICS
BUSINESS CYCLE
MIKROÖKONOMIE
KONJUNKTURZYKLUS
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/330
Economics

description: KOF Working Papers, 55
Status of the TORCH Project
Creators: name: Harnew, N.
name: Bhasin, S.
name: Blake, T.
name: Brook, N. H.
name: Cicala, M. F.
name: Conneely, T.
name: Cussans, D.
name: vanDijk, M. W. U.
name: Forty, R.
name: Frei, C.
name: Gabriel, E. P. M.
name: Gao, R.
name: Gershon, T.
name: Gys, T.
name: Hadavizadeh, T.
name: Hancock, T. H.
name: Kreps, M.
name: Milnes, J.
name: Piedigrossi, D.
name: Rademacker, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The TORCH time-of-flight detector will provide particle identification between 2-10 GeV/c momentum over a flight distance of 10 m, and is designed for large-area coverage, up to 30 m^2. A 15 ps time-of-flight resolution per incident particle is anticipated by measuring the arrival times from Cherenkov photons produced in a synthetic fused silica radiator plate of 10 mm thickness. Customised Micro-Channel Plate Photomultiplier Tube (MCP-PMT) photon detectors of 53 x 53 mm^2 active area with a 64 x 64 granularity have been developed with industrial partners. Test-beam studies using both a small-scale TORCH demonstrator and a half-length TORCH module are presented. The desired timing resolution of 70 ps per single photon is close to being achieved.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures. Proceedings of the DIRC2019 Workshop, Castle Rauischholzhausen 11-13 Sept 2019. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1810.06658
Bose-Einstein Condensation and strong-correlation behavior of phonons in ion traps
Creators: name: Porras, D.
name: Cirac, J. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the dynamics of phonons in a set of trapped ions interacting with lasers is described by a Bose-Hubbard model whose parameters can be externally adjusted. We investigate the possibility of observing several quantum many-body phenomena, including (quasi) Bose-Einstein condensation as well as a superfluid-Mott insulator quantum phase transition.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Nachhaltigkeitsperspektiven in der (Post-)Corona Welt
Creators: name: Brand, Karl-Werner
Publisher: name: Soziologie und Nachhaltigkeit
Year: 2020

description: Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie die Corona-Krise den Nachhaltigkeitsprozess transformiert. Die Effekte der Corona-Krise werden dabei im Kontext der verschiedenen, sich derzeit überlagernden globalen Krisen und Umbruchsprozesse diskutiert. Wie verknüpfen sich die Corona-Effekte mit diesen Umbruchsdynamiken, welche Entwicklungen werden beschleunigt, welche gebremst, welche neu gerahmt? Die zentrale These ist, dass Corona eine Verschiebung gesellschaftlicher Wahrnehmungsmuster bewirkt, die zur Herausbildung neuer „Resilienzregime“ führt. Damit ist auch eine Neurahmung des Nachhaltigkeitsverständnisses verbunden. Die zentralen gesellschaftlichen Konflikte werden in den kommenden Jahren auf diesem neuen Diskursterrain ausgetragen, sie werden zu „Resilienzkonflikten“. The article explores the question of how the corona crisis is transforming sustainability processes. The effects of the corona crisis are discussed in the context of the multiple crisis and structural transformations which the world system is running through at the moment. How are the corona effects linked to these dynamics, which developments are accelerated, which are slowed down, which are framed anew? The central thesis is that the experience of the Corona crisis shifts the societal perception of reality, creates a higher awareness for the overall threats and vulnerability of present life which enforces the formation of „ resilience regimes“. This is also associated with a new framing of the understanding of sustainability. In the coming years central political disputes will be carried on in the field of „resilience conflicts“.
description: Soziologie und Nachhaltigkeit, Sonderband II: Die sozial-ökologische Transformation in der Corona-Krise
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS
Creators: name: Xojamuratova, Gulimxan Saparbayevna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article presents the technology used in teaching speaking and its effects to students as they learn to speak in English. Results revealed that students are taught to speak in English using the technologies of today such as video conferencing, email correspondence, social media interaction and real-time actual emceeing and onstage speaking performances where students are engaged in real academic and professional situations. Apparently, the researcher found that the technology used in teaching speaking can be aligned with the communicative way of teaching which allows students to convey themselves in a skillful and competent way of communication.
Gravitational and electromagnetic radiation from binary black holes with electric and magnetic charges: Circular orbits on a cone
Creators: name: Liu, Lang
name: Christiansen, Øyvind
name: Guo, Zong-Kuan
name: Cai, Rong-Gen
name: Kim, Sang Pyo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the equations of motion of dyonic black hole binaries with electric and magnetic charges and explore features of static orbits. By using a Newtonian method with the inclusion of radiation reaction, we calculate the total emission rate of energy and angular momentum due to gravitational radiation and electromagnetic radiation for circular orbits. Moreover, we obtain the evolutions of orbits and calculate merger times of dyonic binaries. We show that electric and magnetic charges significantly suppress the merger times of dyonic binaries. Our results provide rich information about dyonic binaries and can be used to test black holes with magnetic charges.
description: V1,11 pages, 8 figures; V2, 13pages, 8 figures, title changed, PRD version