cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Informationsimmune Unbestimmtheit. Bemerkungen und Abschweifungen zu einer klaffenden Wunde der theoretischen Philosophie
Creators: name: Kemmerling, Andreas
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2012

description: Unbestimmtheitsphänomene verschiedener Art sind für viele wissenschaftliche Disziplinen eine theoretische und methodologische Herausforderung. Für die theoretische Philosophie hat sich eine verbreitete Art begrifflicher Unbestimmtheit als besonders schwerwiegend erwiesen. Viele Begriffe des Alltags und der Wissenschaften lassen Grenzfälle zu, in denen sie weder zutreffen noch nicht zutreffen. Solche Grenzfall-Unbestimmtheit ist durch hinzukommende Information nicht zu beseitigen. In der Praxis lassen sich daraus resultierende Probleme umgehen. Das theoretische Problem hingegen, wie die Verwendung solcher Begriffe rational sein kann, ist trotz enormer Forschungsanstrengungen ungelöst. Informationsimmune Unbestimmtheit bringt für viele Kernbereiche der theoretischen Philosophie grundlegende Probleme mit sich. Die Standardkonzeption dessen, was überhaupt ein Begriff ist und welches die Aufgaben, Arbeitsweisen und Leistungsmöglichkeiten theoretischer Philosophie sind, ist ins Wanken geraten.
description: Forschungsansatz, -methode oder -verfahren: analytische Philosophie
description: Forum Marsilius-Kolleg, Bd. 1 (2012), Beginn und Erscheinungsfrequenz: Jahr: 2012
One-parameter families of supersymmetric isospectral potentials from Riccati solutions in function composition form
Creators: name: Rosu, Haret C
name: Mancas, Stefan C
name: Chen, Pisin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the context of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, we define a potential through a particular Riccati solution of the composition form, F(f(x)), and obtain a generalized Mielnik construction of one-parameter isospectral potentials when we use the general Riccati solution. Some examples for special cases of F and f are given to illustrate the method. An interesting result is obtained in the case of a parametric double well potential generated by this method, for which it is shown that the parameter of the potential controls the heights of the localization probability in the two wells, and for certain values of the parameter the height of the localization probability can be higher in the smaller well
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, published version
Feeling the Flip - Investigating Senior High School Students' Satisfaction with Blended Learning.pdf
Creators: name: SEBULLEN, MICHAEL
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Secondary education
Professional education and training

description: This study aimed to determine the level of implementation of blended teaching-learning modality and level of student satisfaction among senior high school students in Baguio City from the school year 2020-2021. Descriptive-evaluative and descriptive comparative research design were employed to analyze the data gathered from 68 teachers and 168 senior high school students. The results of the study revealed that blended teaching-learning modality was implemented with certain degree of effectiveness and both teachers and students expressed moderate satisfaction on the modality. Blended teaching-learning is a type of education whereby classrooms are physically present and online elements and activities are incorporated into the learning process. Results showed that both the students and teachers feel moderately satisfied with the blended modality, with the majority of the participants having expressed that they preferred this to a more traditional class setting. Further, both groups also reported that their abilities in computer use improved due to this teaching-learning platform. These results demonstrate that the blended teaching-learning modality can be effective for senior high school students and teachers, providing an engaging and modern learning environment. The findings should serve as strong basis for possible future modifications and research in the area of blended teaching-learning modality.
First measurement of gravitational lensing by cosmic voids in SDSS
Creators: name: Melchior, Peter
name: Sutter, P. M.
name: Sheldon, Erin S.
name: Krause, Elisabeth
name: Wandelt, Benjamin D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first measurement of the diminutive lensing signal arising from matter underdensities associated with cosmic voids. While undetectable individually, by stacking the weak gravitational shear estimates around 901 voids detected in SDSS DR7 by Sutter et al. (2012a), we find substantial evidence for a depression of the lensing signal compared to the cosmic mean. This depression is most pronounced at the void radius, in agreement with analytical models of void matter profiles. Even with the largest void sample and imaging survey available today, we cannot put useful constraints on the radial dark-matter void profile. We invite independent investigations of our findings by releasing data and analysis code to the public at https://github.com/pmelchior/void-lensing
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, as accepted by MNRAS
An aggregated quality assessment tool for literature review of disparate or homogenous data. Ward & Smith 2022
Creators: name: Ward, Kim
name: Smith-nee Oliver, Melody
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Allied health and rehabilitation science not elsewhere classified
Nursing not elsewhere classified
Public health not elsewhere classified
Health services and systems not elsewhere classified
Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified

description: The authors offer an aggregated quality assessment tool with a numerical scoring system for quantitative, qualitative and disparate data for use when conducting any style of systematised literature review. The scoring system is aligned across all ten assessment domains, with criteria descriptors provided across each of the domains for both quantitative and qualitative material.
SPECKLE-TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN DOGS WITH PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
Creators: name: SPALLA, ILARIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2014

description: PDA is one of the most common congenital cardiac malformation in the dog. Echocardiography has been the cornerstone in diagnosing and providing hemodynamic information in a wide variety of disease.Recently, speckle tracking echocardiography has been regarded as a useful tool to assess cardiac function. Aim of the study was to compare cardiovascular hemodynamics in dogs with PDA with healthy control dogs and evaluate any change in cardiac contractility before and after PDA closure. A statistically significant difference was found between standard and advanced echocardiographic techniques, with absolute higher values in dogs with PDA as compared to healthy controls. Cardiovascular hemodynamics were markedly different before and after PDA closure. Based on the results, STE should be considered in echocardiographic assessment of dogs with PDA, as they represent an animal model of congenital left ventricular overload not affected.
The First Billion Years project: dark matter haloes going from contraction to expansion and back again
Creators: name: Davis, Andrew J.
name: Khochfar, Sadegh
name: Vecchia, Claudio Dalla
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of baryons on the inner dark matter profile of the first galaxies using the First Billion Years simulation between z=16-6 before secular evolution sets in. Using a large statistical sample from two simulations of the same volume and cosmological initial conditions, one with and one without baryons, we are able to directly compare haloes with their baryon-free counterparts, allowing a detailed study of the modifications to the dark matter density profile due to the presence of baryons during the first billion years of galaxy formation. For each of the ~ 5000 haloes in our sample we quantify the impact of the baryons using eta, defined as the ratio of dark matter mass enclosed in 100 pc in the baryonic run to its counterpart without baryons. During this epoch of rapid growth of galaxies, we find that many haloes of these first galaxies show an enhancement of dark matter in the halo centre compared to the baryon-free simulation, while many others show a deficit. We find that the mean value of eta is close to unity, but there is a large dispersion, with a standard deviation of 0.677. The enhancement is cyclical in time and tracks the star formation cycle of the galaxy; as gas falls to the centre and forms stars, the dark matter moves in as well. Supernova feedback then removes the gas, and the dark matter again responds to the changing potential. We study three physical models relating the motion of baryons to that of the dark matter: adiabatic contraction, dynamical friction, and rapid outflows. Abridged, see text for full abstract
description: accepted in MNRAS
Dual Fusion Frames
Creators: name: Heineken, Sigrid
name: Morillas, Patricia
name: Benavente, Ana
name: Zakowicz, María
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42C15, 42C40, 46C99, 41A65

description: The definition of dual fusion frame presents technical problems related to the domain of the synthesis operator. The notion commonly used is the analogous to the canonical dual frame. Here a new concept of dual is studied in infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert spaces. It extends the commonly used notion and overcomes these technical difficulties. We show that with this definition in many cases dual fusion frames behave similar to dual frames. We exhibit examples of non-canonical dual fusion frames.
description: Typos corrected
SEARCH FOR ELECTROWEAK PRODUCTION OF SUPERSYMMETRIC PARTICLES AT THE LHC RUN 2 WITH THE ATLAS DETECTOR
Creators: name: CARRA', SONIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2019

description: Two closely related searches for the electroweak production of Supersymmetric particles are presented in this manuscript. The analyses are based on the proton-proton collision data from the Large Hadron Collider Run 2, with a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected by the ATLAS experiment. Different Supersymmetric signal models are considered. The first search targets the pair production of either the Supersymmetric partners of the leptons (sleptons) or the $W$ boson and charged Higgs boson super-partners (charginos). In the latter case, the decay of charginos via sleptons is assumed. The search uses data collected by ATLAS between 2015 and 2016, with an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb$^{-1}$. The second search targets the direct production of chargino pair with $W$ boson mediated decay. The analysis for the observation of the process was performed using the data collected by ATLAS between 2015 and 2017, reaching an integrated luminosity of 80.5 fb$^{-1}$. The signature, common to all the SUSY signal models considered, consists of two charged leptons (electrons or muons) and missing transverse energy. No significant fluctuation above the Standard Model prediction was observed in the analyses. New exclusion limits, tighter than the previously available results, were placed on the masses of the SUSY particles: slepton masses up to 500 GeV are excluded at 95%~CL. Chargino masses up to 700 GeV are excluded in the case of the decay mediated by a slepton, while considering the $W$ boson mediated decay the limit on the chargino mass is 410 GeV.
NEPHwork: creating a quality improvement and research network for UK renal trainees.
Creators: name: Crowe, Kirsty
name: Savino, Manuela
name: Williams, Jennifer
name: Amaran, Muhammad
name: Humphrey, Toby
name: Medcalf, James
name: NEPHwork Consortium
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Quality education report
1506
quality improvement methodologies
collaborative, breakthrough groups
medical education
registries
acute kidney injury

description: Peer reviewed: True
description: Acknowledgements: We would like to acknowledge members of the NEPHwork consortium that collected the data for the AKI project.
description: NEPHwork was established in 2020 as a renal specialty trainee-driven national quality improvement and research network with the aim of coupling the benefits of trainee-led collaboration with the rich data collection infrastructure established by the UK renal registry. NEPHwork was established to support the development, coordination and delivery of audit and research projects by renal trainees on a national scale. The first collaborative project centred on the compliance with care quality standards in managing acute kidney injury. The project enabled a large amount of data to be collected over a relatively short period of time and allowed comparison between renal units involved in contributing to the data. The initiation of the NEPHwork collaboration had to overcome delays and service pressure related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the method of linkage analysis used in the data collection and lack of cohesion with regional information technology (IT) services prevented trainees from certain regions from contributing to the project and this is a key priority for the next NEPHwork collaboration.
ABNORMALITIES OF THE ENDOTHELIAL LINEAGE IN PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS
Creators: name: ERBA, BENEDETTA GAIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2015

description: Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF) belongs to the family of Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a heterogeneous group of related clonal malignant diseases characterized by the oncogenic transformation of the multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC), which leads PMF patients to develop massive bone marrow (BM) fibrosis. Clinical hallmarks also include progressive splenomegaly, anemia and weakness due to ineffective hematopoiesis and excessive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, which play a central role in mediating increased deposition of BM stromal fibers. So far, no curative treatment for this pathology exists with the exception of allogenic stem cell transplant, thus highlighting the great need to find an alternative and less risky therapy. Although fibroblasts are directly implicated in fibrosis development, endothelial cells (ECs) can also play a role in PMF; indeed, when activated by inflammatory cytokines such as TGF-?, they undergo a process called Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), leading ECs to acquire fibroblastic features. Our results show that ECs can undergo EndMT during the development of PMF both in patients and in a MPN mouse model of the disease. This process occurs during early stages of fibrotic degeneration and is primarily mediated by the release of TGF-? by megakaryocytes (MKs) and platelets. Moreover, patients with different genetic mutations inducing PMF all undergo EndMT, thus proposing it as a common mechanism of fibrosis development. We also demonstrate that TGF-? induces endogenous BMP4 and BMP6 up-regulation in splenic ECs, further sustaining EndMT phenotype. Moreover, our results show that the in vitro treatment of splenic ECs with TGF-? and BMP inhibitors can revert EndMT phenotype, thus opening the possibility to the use of specific and more targeted therapy for PMF patients to achieve fibrosis remission.
Multicentre evaluation of renal impairment in thoracic surgery (MERITS): a retrospective cohort study.
Creators: name: Naruka, Vinci
name: McKie, Mikel Alexander
name: Ahmadi, Navid
name: Pama, EA Claudia
name: Coonar, Aman S
name: Collaborators, Merits
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Surgery
1506
1737
Thoracic surgery
AUDIT
Acute renal failure

description: Peer reviewed: True
description: Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the Society for Cadiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain & Ireland (SCTS) and was made possible by the efforts of their student wing SCTS STUDENTS
description: OBJECTIVES: To measure the unit-level variation in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) incidence post-thoracic surgery over a contemporary 1-year period. Secondary aims include examining the associations with sex, age group, operation type, length of stay and mortality. DESIGN: A multicentre, observational, retrospective study in thoracic surgery. SETTING: 17 of 35 Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) units participated. The student wing, known as SCTS STUDENTS, supported data collection. PARTICIPANTS: Overall, 15 229 patients were collected of which 15 154 were included for analysis after exclusions. All patients (age≥18 years) undergoing any thoracic surgery from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 were included. For analysis, we excluded patients with preoperative end-stage renal failure and those with incomplete data. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome is the incidence of AKI within 7 days of the procedure or discharge date if earlier. Secondary outcomes include assessing associations with patient demographics (age, sex), type of procedure (open and minimally invasive), length of stay and mortality. RESULTS: Out of 15 154 patients AKI was diagnosed in 1090 patients (7.2%) within 7 days of surgery with AKI stage 1 (4.8%), stage 2 (1.7%) and stage 3 (0.7%). There was a statistically significant variation in AKI incidence between units from 3.1 to 16.1% (p<0.05). Significant differences between AKI and non-AKI were found in post-operative length of stay (7 vs 3 days, p<0.001), 30-day mortality (9 vs 1.6%, p<0.001), 90-day mortality (14.7 vs 4.4%, p<0.001) and 1-year mortality (23.1 vs 12.2 %, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Following thoracic surgery, AKI incidence ranged from 3.1% to 16.1% between units (p<0.05) with associations between AKI and both length of stay and mortality. We propose AKI as a suitable comparative and absolute quality measure in thoracic surgery. Reducing rates of AKI may improve patient outcomes, length of stay and reduce costs.
SEMILINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS ON COMPLETE MANIFOLDS WITH BOUNDARY WITH SOME APPLICATIONS TO GEOMETRY AND GENERAL RELATIVITY
Creators: name: ALBANESE, GUGLIELMO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2015

description: The aim of this work is to study the properties of positive smooth solutions of nonlinear equations on a noncompact Riemannian manifold with (possibly empty or noncompact) smooth boundary, and nonlinear boundary conditions of mixed type (Dirichlet-Neumann). In particular we concentrate on two models meaningful for the applications in Geometry and General Relativity, respectively the Yamabe-type equations and the Lichnerowicz-type equations.
Lower bounds on the mix norm of passive scalars advected by incompressible enstrophy-constrained flows
Creators: name: Iyer, Gautam
name: Kiselev, Alexander
name: Xu, Xiaoqian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35Q35

description: Consider a diffusion-free passive scalar $θ$ being mixed by an incompressible flow $u$ on the torus $\mathbb{T}^d$. Our aim is to study how well this scalar can be mixed under an enstrophy constraint on the advecting velocity field.Our main result shows that the mix-norm ($||θ(t)||_{H^{-1}}$) is bounded below by an exponential function of time. The exponential decay rate we obtain is not universal and depends on the size of the support of the initial data. We also perform numerical simulations and confirm that the numerically observed decay rate scales similarly to the rigorous lower bound, at least for a significant initial period of time. The main idea behind our proof is to use recent work of Crippa and DeLellis ('08) making progress towards the resolution of Bressan's rearrangement cost conjecture.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures, some references corrected, some typos corrected
Predicate Logic as a Modeling Language: Modeling and Solving some Machine Learning and Data Mining Problems with IDP3
Creators: name: Bruynooghe, Maurice
name: Blockeel, Hendrik
name: Bogaerts, Bart
name: De Cat, Broes
name: De Pooter, Stef
name: Jansen, Joachim
name: Labarre, Anthony
name: Ramon, Jan
name: Denecker, Marc
name: Verwer, Sicco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper provides a gentle introduction to problem solving with the IDP3 system. The core of IDP3 is a finite model generator that supports first order logic enriched with types, inductive definitions, aggregates and partial functions. It offers its users a modeling language that is a slight extension of predicate logic and allows them to solve a wide range of search problems. Apart from a small introductory example, applications are selected from problems that arose within machine learning and data mining research. These research areas have recently shown a strong interest in declarative modeling and constraint solving as opposed to algorithmic approaches. The paper illustrates that the IDP3 system can be a valuable tool for researchers with such an interest. The first problem is in the domain of stemmatology, a domain of philology concerned with the relationship between surviving variant versions of text. The second problem is about a somewhat related problem within biology where phylogenetic trees are used to represent the evolution of species. The third and final problem concerns the classical problem of learning a minimal automaton consistent with a given set of strings. For this last problem, we show that the performance of our solution comes very close to that of a state-of-the art solution. For each of these applications, we analyze the problem, illustrate the development of a logic-based model and explore how alternatives can affect the performance.
description: To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP)
Absolute calibration of the refractive index in photo-induced photonic lattices
Creators: name: Armijo, Julien
name: Allio, Raphaël
name: Mejía-Cortés, Cristian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a method to experimentally calibrate the refractive index modulation in photorefractive lattices, a task rarely addressed that is crucial for quantitative comparisons of theories with experiments. We consider the linear propagation of a normally incident plane wave through simple lattices and its modulation amplitude at crystal output face. Finding no evidence of longitudinal (Talbot-like) oscillations, we discard an ideal propagation theory and construct a simple effective model that includes longitudinal relaxation. We obtain calibrations of 1D and 2D lattices consistent with standard theory in a high saturation regime. For 2D lattices, we find anisotropies $χ=1.5- 2.5$, stronger for smaller lattice period, and refractive indexes larger than for 1D lattices, also with more noise.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures. To appear in Optics Express (substantial changes, final version)
PDA: Semantically Secure Time-Series Data Analytics with Dynamic Subgroups
Creators: name: Jung, Taeho
name: Han, Junze
name: Li, Xiang-Yang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Third-party analysis on private records is becoming increasingly important due to the widespread data collection for various analysis purposes. However, the data in its original form often contains sensitive information about individuals, and its publication will severely breach their privacy. In this paper, we present a novel Privacy-preserving Data Analytics framework PDA, which allows a third-party aggregator to obliviously conduct many different types of polynomial-based analysis on private data records provided by a dynamic sub-group of users. Notably, every user needs to keep only O(n) keys to join data analysis among O(2^n) different groups of users, and any data analysis that is represented by polynomials is supported by our framework. Besides, a real implementation shows the performance of our framework is comparable to the peer works who present ad-hoc solutions for specific data analysis applications. Despite such nice properties of PDA, it is provably secure against a very powerful attacker (chosen-plaintext attack) even in the Dolev-Yao network model where all communication channels are insecure.
IMMUNOLOGIC PREDICTORS OF RESPONSE TO VEDOLIZUMAB TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: RESULTS OF A PHASE IV PROSPECTIVE INTERVENTIONAL TRIAL
Creators: name: COLETTA, MARINA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2019

description: Objective: Vedolizumab (VDZ) is a monoclonal antibody directed against ?4?7 integrin heterodimer, approved for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study aimed at identifying circulating and mucosal immunologic predictors of response in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn?s disease (CD). Design: This is an explorative, prospective, phase IV interventional trial (Eudract n. 2015- 003270-32). Consecutive CD and UC patients received open-label VDZ at weeks 0, 2, 6 and 14. A week 10 infusion was performed in CD patients. Patients with clinical response at week 14 were maintained with VDZ every 8 weeks up to 54 weeks. At week 0 and 14 peripheral blood was obtained and endoscopy with biopsies was performed. The expression of surface markers, chemokine receptors and ?4?7 heterodimer on peripheral blood and lamina propria lymphocytes was assessed by flow cytometry. Results: 38 IBD patients (20 UC, 18 CD) were included in the study. At week 14, clinical response and remission rates were 87% and 66%, respectively. Endoscopic response rate was 47%. Among week 14 responders, clinical remission rate at week 54 was 69%. No clinical variables were found to predict either clinical or endoscopic outcomes. On the contrary, higher baseline levels of circulating memory CXCR3+CCR6- CD4+ T cells (Th1 cells) were strongly associated with week 14 clinical response (P=0.0001). Reduced baseline levels of lamina propria memory CXCR3-CCR6+ CD4+ T cells (Th17 cells) and CXCR3+CCR6+ CD4+ T cells (Th1/17 cells) were predictive of endoscopic response (P=0.012 and P=0.005 respectively). Circulating levels of Th1 memory T cells predicted clinical remission in IBD patients at week 54. Conclusions: The results of this exploratory study uncovered a panel of circulating and mucosal immunological predictors of response to vedolizumab treatment. These data provide further insights on the mechanism of action of vedolizumab in IBD patients.
THE INDETERMINATE PRESENT: AN ESSAY ON QUANTUM MECHANICS AND THE OPEN FUTURE
Creators: name: MARIANI, CRISTIAN
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2020

description: The dissertation is a defense of the following conditional claim: if there are objective collapses of the wavefunction, then the future is genuinely open. Although this is no radically new idea, the strategy I shall use to defend it is a new one. It proceeds in two main steps. First, building upon the recent literature on metaphysical indeterminacy in quantum mechanics, I argue for the view that systems in superposition have be interpreted as objectively indeterminate state of affairs. Second, I propose an alternative way to think of openness, according to which the future is open as of t, if and only if there is an indeterminate state of affair S at t, and S becomes determinate at t? (with t? later than t). To argue for the second step, I will give an analysis of the objective collapses of the wavefunction as the becoming determinate of previously indeterminate systems. Furthermore, in developing my arguments, I will also make some remarks concerning the ontology of objective collapse interpretations of quantum mechanics, the issue of whether metaphysical indeterminacy can be at some derivate level of reality, and the possibility of the openness of the future being an emergent phenomenon.
Probing Higgs couplings with high p_T Higgs production
Creators: name: Azatov, Aleksandr
name: Paul, Ayan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Possible extensions of the Standard Model predict modifications of the Higgs couplings to gluons and to the SM top quark. The values of these two couplings can, in general, be independent. We discuss a way to measure these interactions by studying the Higgs production at high p_T within an effective field theory formalism. We also propose an observable r_\pm with reduced theoretical errors and suggest its experimental interpretation.
description: 15 pages 10 figures; typos in Eq. 1.1 and 1.3 fixed
Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of a Log-Concave Density based on Censored Data
Creators: name: Duembgen, Lutz
name: Rufibach, Kaspar
name: Schuhmacher, Dominic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 62G07, 62N01, 62N02, 65C60

description: We consider nonparametric maximum-likelihood estimation of a log-concave density in case of interval-censored, right-censored and binned data. We allow for the possibility of a subprobability density with an additional mass at $+\infty$, which is estimated simultaneously. The existence of the estimator is proved under mild conditions and various theoretical aspects are given, such as certain shape and consistency properties. An EM algorithm is proposed for the approximate computation of the estimator and its performance is illustrated in two examples.
title: Das Opfer und das Geopferte. Versuch einer kontextuellen Deutung der reinen Beilhorte und der hölzernen Beilschäftungen in neolithischen Horten der Trichterbecherkultur
Creators: name: Klimscha, Florian
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2013

description: Der Autor präsentiert eine Deutung der reinen Beilhorte und der Beilhorte mit erhaltener Schäftung in der Trichterbecherkultur. Aufgrund von Hinweisen zur Nutzung und Deponierungsdetails werden Erhaltungsbedingungen für diesen Unterschied ausgeschlossen und stattdessen eine Separierung und unterschiedliche Deutung der Horte mit Schäftung vorgeschlagen.
description: The article presents two groups of hoards; one consisting only of axeblades and another in which also the haftings are preserved. Analysis of the use of the axeblades and several details in the deposition of the axes allow to conclude that it is not varying conditions of preservation which are responsible for this difference, but that both groups of hoards represent different catagories of religious offerings.
An ultra-bright atom laser
Creators: name: Bolpasi, V.
name: Efremidis, N. K.
name: Morrissey, M. J.
name: Condylis, P.
name: Sahagun, D.
name: Baker, M.
name: von Klitzing, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel, ultra-bright atom-laser and ultra-cold thermal atom beam. Using rf-radiation we strongly couple the magnetic hyperfine levels of 87Rb atoms in a magnetically trapped Bose-Einstein condensate. At low rf-frequencies gravity opens a small hole in the trapping potenital and a well collimated, extremely bright atom laser emerges from just below the condensate. As opposed to traditional atom lasers based on weak coupling, this technique allows us to outcouple atoms at an arbitrarily large rate. We demonstrate an increase in flux per atom in the BEC by a factor of sixteen compared to the brightest quasi-continuous atom laser. Furthermore, we produce by two orders of magnitude the coldest thermal atom beam to date (200 nK).
description: 20 pages, 9 figures, supplementary material online at http://www.bec.gr
Experiences of Working While Studying – A Phenomenological Study of Baguio Central University College Students
Creators: name: SEBULLEN, MICHAEL
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Higher education

description: This study investigates the strategies that students utilize in order to make the most out of their time when they are working and studying concurrently. The aim is also to record the experiences of students in employment scenarios. The challenges and difficulties faced by students are becoming more apparent as they progress through their studies. This research aims to explore how these issues are tackled by students and the way in which they are able to overcome them. A qualitative approach is taken in this investigation, with a phenomenological approach aiming to capture relevant data. The Snowball Method is used in this part of the study. The results indicate that motivation for working and studying comes in various forms such as supporting oneself financially, developing one's skills, and having an internal drive to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Moreover, these students are also found to exhibit a positive attitude and effective time management. Clue to this is their ability to practice introspection that, in turn, helps them to resolve any issues they encounter. To conclude, the participants offered advice and recommendations for students in similar situations. One of the key points raised was being dedicated and disciplined in order to successfully work while studying.
Risk and protective factors for mental health conditions among migrant children and adolescents: a scoping review
Creators: name: Zhang, Ziyi
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This scoping review will be conducted to identify influences on major mental health conditions, including Schizophrenia, Depressions, Anxiety Disorders and Neurotic Disorder of refugee and migrant children and adolescents.
Geometric median and robust estimation in Banach spaces
Creators: name: Minsker, Stanislav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In many real-world applications, collected data are contaminated by noise with heavy-tailed distribution and might contain outliers of large magnitude. In this situation, it is necessary to apply methods which produce reliable outcomes even if the input contains corrupted measurements. We describe a general method which allows one to obtain estimators with tight concentration around the true parameter of interest taking values in a Banach space. Suggested construction relies on the fact that the geometric median of a collection of independent "weakly concentrated" estimators satisfies a much stronger deviation bound than each individual element in the collection. Our approach is illustrated through several examples, including sparse linear regression and low-rank matrix recovery problems.
description: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/14-BEJ645 in the Bernoulli (http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm)
Potential and Limitations of Grasslands α-Diversity Prediction Using Fine-Scale Hyperspectral Imagery
Creators: name: Ali, Imran Hafiz
name: Gianelle Damiano
name: Scotton Michele
name: Rocchini Duccio
name: Dalponte Michele
name: Stefano, Marcolino
name: Sakowska Karolina
name: Pornaro Cristina
name: Vescovo Loris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Plant biodiversity is an important feature of grassland ecosystems, as it is related to the provision of many ecosystem services crucial for the human economy and well-being. Given the importance of grasslands, research has been carried out in recent years on the potential to monitor them with novel remote sensing techniques. In this study, the optical diversity (also called spectral diversity) approach was adopted to check the potential of using high-resolution hyperspectral images to estimate α-diversity in grassland ecosystems. In 2018 and 2019, grassland species composition was surveyed and canopy hyperspectral data were acquired at two grassland sites: Monte Bondone (IT-MBo; species-rich semi-natural grasslands) and an experimental farm of the University of Padova, Legnaro, Padua, Italy (IT-PD; artificially established grassland plots with a species-poor mixture). The relationship between biodiversity (species richness, Shannon’s, species evenness, and Simpson’s indices) and optical diversity metrics (coefficient of variation-CV and standard deviation-SD) was not consistent across the investigated grassland plant communities. Species richness could be estimated by optical diversity metrics with an R = 0.87 at the IT-PD species-poor site. In the more complex and species-rich grasslands at IT-MBo, the estimation of biodiversity indices was more difficult and the optical diversity metrics failed to estimate biodiversity as accurately as in IT-PD probably due to the higher number of species and the strong canopy spatial heterogeneity. Therefore, the results of the study confirmed the ability of spectral proxies to detect grassland α-diversity in man-made grassland ecosystems but highlighted the limitations of the spectral diversity approach to estimate biodiversity when natural grasslands are observed. Nevertheless, at IT-MBo, the optical diversity metric SD calculated from post-processed hyperspectral images and transformed spectra showed, in the red part of the spectrum, a significant correlation (up to R = 0.56, p = 0.004) with biodiversity indices. Spatial resampling highlighted that for the IT-PD sward the optimal optical pixel size was 1 cm, while for the IT-MBo natural grassland it was 1 mm. The random pixel extraction did not improve the performance of the optical diversity metrics at both study sites. Further research is needed to fully understand the links between α-diversity and spectral and biochemical heterogeneity in complex heterogeneous ecosystems, and to assess whether the optical diversity approach can be adopted at the spatial scale to detect β-diversity. Such insights will provide more robust information on the mechanisms linking grassland diversity and optical heterogeneity.
title: Weihwasser oder Brauchwasser? Einige Gedanken zur Funktion bandkeramischer Brunnen
Creators: name: Elburg, Rengert
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2013

description: Bandkeramische Brunnen sind mit den teilweise hervorragenden Erhaltungsbedingungen für organische Funde eine herausragende Befundkategorie. Rezente Diskussionen fokussieren auf die Frage, ob die Brunnen Kultanlagen sind oder profane Infrastruktur. Mit einem Überblick der bislang veröffentlichten Befunde und einigen Interpretationsansätze wird versucht Klarheit über die Bedeutung der Brunnen innerhalb der frühneolithischen Siedlungslandschaft zu bekommen. Eine abschließende Antwort auf die Frage nach ‚sakral’ oder ‚profan’ ist nicht zu geben und wahrscheinlich auch nicht sinnvoll. Wichtiger sind in Zukunft Untersuchungen zu Bau, Gebrauch und Auflassung, die Einsicht geben in die soziale Organisation und den Umgang mit materieller Kultur während der Bandkeramik.
description: Wells dating to the Linear Pottery Culture with the good organic preservation constitute an extraordinary category of finds. Recent discussion has mainly focussed on the question if these wells are ritual complexes or profane infrastructure. By giving an overview of the published finds and posing some ideas about their function, an attempt is made to get more insight about the role the wells play within the Early Neolithic settlements. A definite interpretation is not possible at the moment and there probably will never be just a single answer. In future investigations it will be more important to look at the details of construction, use and abandonment, which give insight into social organisation and the use of material culture during the Bandkeramik.
title: Andreas Heege: Keramik um 1800. Das historisch datierte Küchen- und Tischgeschirr von Bern, Brunngasshalde, 2010
Creators: name: Falk, Alfred
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2013

description: Rezension zu: Andreas Heege, Keramik um 1800. Das historisch datierte Küchen- und Tischgeschirr von Bern, Brunngasshalde. Mit einem Beitrag von Susanne Frey-Kupper. Archäologischer Dienst des Kantons Bern. Bern 2010. ISBN 978-3-907663- 21-9, 113 Seiten, 93 + 3 Farbabbildungen.
title: Ulrich Brandl, Emmi Federhofer (Hrsg.): Ton + Technik. Römische Ziegel. Schriften des Limesmuseums Aalen 61, 2010
Creators: name: Lösch, Constanze
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2013

description: Rezension zu: Ulrich Brandl, Emmi Federhofer (Hrsg.) Ton + Technik. Römische Ziegel. Schriften des Limesmuseums Aalen 61. Theiss Verlag Stuttgart 2010. Preis 14,90€, 120 Seiten, 100 Abbildungen.
title: Das 21. Treffen der AG Mesolithikum 2012 in Detmold
Creators: name: Gehlen, Birgit
name: Banghard, Karl
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2013

description: Das 21. Treffen der deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mesolithikum fand 2012 auf Einladung des Lippischen Landesmuseums in Detmold statt. Es nahmen mehr als 40 WissenschaftlerInnen und Studierende der Ur- und Frühgeschichte sowie interessierte Amateurarchäologen aus Deutschland, aber auch aus dem benachbarten Ausland teil. Insgesamt 20 Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen zu aktuellen archäologischen Forschungen und den Ergebnissen wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen im Bereich der Mittelsteinzeit wurden vorgestellt. Durch einen Vortagsschwerpunkt Westfalen-Lippe als Einstieg in die mehrtägige Sitzung wurde die Region Westfalen, speziell auch Ostwestfalen-Lippe, als wichtiges und interessantes Forschungsgebiet für das Mesolithikum betont. Die vorgestellten Arbeitsgebiete reichten von Südskandinavien über Nord- und Ostdeutschland bis nach Bayern und den Tiroler Alpen.
Die Exkursion führte zu den Externsteinen, den Retlager Quellen und zum Fundplatz Bokelfenn. Damit wurden nicht nur Fundstellen aus unterschiedlichen mesolithischen Perioden, sondern auch die im Kreis Lippe nahe beieinanderliegenden Naturräume wie das Lipper Bergland, der Teutoburger Wald und die Senne besucht.
description: In 2012, the 21st annual meeting of the German Mesolithic Workgroup took place in Detmold at the invitation of the Lippisches Landesmuseum. More than 40 scientists and students of pre- and early history as well as interested amateur archaeologists from Germany, but also from neighbouring countries, took part in this meeting. Altogether, there were 20 poster and oral presentations on the latest archaeological field research and the results of scientific research relating to the Mesolithic period. In the introductory part of the meeting, which lasted several days, the presentations focused on the region of Westphalia-Lippe. In this context, the region of Westphalia, but also East Westphalia-Lippe in particular, was pointed out as an important and interesting research area for the Mesolithic period. The presented research areas ranged from South Scandinavia and North and East Germany to Bavaria and the Tyrolean Alps.
The excursion led the participants to the “Externsteine”, Retlager sources, and the site of Bokelfenn. Thus, the participants did not only visit sites from different Mesolithic periods, but also the natural areas in the Lippe district that are located in close proximity, such as the Lipper Bergland, Teutoburg Forest, Senne.
title: Identität und Macht: das Mittelrhein- und Moselgebiet von der frühen Eisenzeit bis zur Romanisierung (600 v. Chr. – 70 n. Chr.)
Creators: name: Fernández-Götz, Manuel
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2013

description: Die Erforschung von sozialen Identitäten mit ihren Wechselwirkungen und Machtverhältnissen stellt eine der aktuellsten und zugleich auch wichtigsten Aufgaben der archäologischen und althistorischen Forschung dar. Diese Fragestellung war Gegenstand einer im Januar 2012 abgeschlossenen Dissertation, die sich mit der Analyse der Thematik an Mittelrhein und Mosel während der Eisenzeit beschäftigte. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden sowohl die Struktur als auch einige Ergebnisse der Arbeit umrissen, von der theoretischen Begriffsbildung bis hin zu den Auswirkungen der Romanisierung auf den Identitätswandel.
description: Research into social identities with their interdependencies and power structures is one of the most topical, and at the same time most important tasks facing scholars of Archaeology and Ancient History today. This was the subject of a doctoral thesis completed in January 2012 which addressed the topic in an analysis of the situation on the Middle Rhine-Moselle region during the Iron Age. This contribution outlines the structure and some of the results of the work, ranging from the formation of theoretical terminology to the effects of Romanisation on changes in identity.
Probing Light Higgsinos in Natural SUSY from Monojet Signals at the LHC
Creators: name: Han, Chengcheng
name: Kobakhidze, Archil
name: Liu, Ning
name: Saavedra, Aldo
name: Wu, Lei
name: Yang, Jin Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a strategy to search for light, nearly degenerate higgsinos within the natural MSSM at the LHC. We demonstrate that the higgsino mass range $μ$ in $100-150$ GeV, which is preferred by the naturalness, can be probed at $2σ$ significance through the monojet search at 14 TeV HL-LHC with 3000 fb$^{-1}$ luminosity. The proposed method can also probe certain region in the parameter space for the lightest neutralino with a high higgsino purity, that cannot be reached by planned direct detection experiments at XENON-1T(2017).
description: references and discussions added
CASE SERIES - PEC BLOCK FOR MRM-BCS+ALND.docx
Creators: name: THIEK, JAMES
name: Guha, Akash
name: sharma, devajyoti
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Post operative analgesia and enhanced recovery after pecs 1 and pecs 2 blocks in patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy/breast conserving surgery with axillary lymph nodal clearance: a case series from newly comissioned oncology centre of Assam Cancer Care Foundation, Barpeta district of Assam