cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Search for D^0-\bar{D^0} mixing using semileptonic decays at Belle
Creators: name: Bitenc, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for mixing in the neutral D meson system has been performed using semileptonic D^0 \to K^(*)- e^+ nu decays. Neutral D mesons from D^*+ \to D^0 pi+ decays are used; the flavor at production is tagged by the charge of the slow pion. The measurement is performed using 253 fb^-1 of data recorded by the Belle detector. From the yield of right-sign and wrong-sign decays arising from non-mixed and mixed events, respectively, we estimate the upper limit of the time-integrated mixing rate to be r_D < 1.0 x 10^-3 at 90 % C.L.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PRD-RC; version 2: the result and other numbers are the same; improved description of the motivation and the background, improved grammar, wording and Fig. 1; 1 column -> 2 columns
Kantzenbach, F.W. / Vajta, V. (Hrsg.), Wir sind gefragt
Creators: name: Lell, Joachim
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 16 Nr. 4 (1967): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 16, Heft 4
Arbitrary manipulations of dual harmonics and their wave behaviors based on space-time-coding digital metasurface
Creators: name: Dai, Jun Yan
name: Yang, Jin
name: Tang, Wankai
name: Chen, Ming Zheng
name: Ke, Jun Chen
name: Cheng, Qiang
name: Jin, Shi
name: Cui, Tie Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Space-time modulated metasurfaces have attracted significant attention due to the additional degree of freedom in manipulating the electromagnetic (EM) waves in both space and time domains. However, the existing techniques have limited wave control capabilities, leading to just a few feasible schemes like regulation of only one specific harmonic. Here, we propose to realize independent manipulations of arbitrarily dual harmonics and their wave behaviors using a space-time-coding (STC) digital metasurface. By employing different STC sequences to the reflection phase of the metasurface, independent phase-pattern configurations of two desired harmonics can be achieved simultaneously, which further leads to independent beam shaping at the two harmonic frequencies. An analytical theory is developed to offer the physical insights in the arbitrary dual-harmonic manipulations of spectra and spatial beams, which is verified by experiments with good agreements. The presented STC strategy provides a new way to design multifunctional programmable systems, which will find potential applications such as cognitive radar and multi-user wireless communications.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures
Presentation slides for: "A Simple Machine Learning Framework for Citation Screening of Aging and Longevity Research Studies"
Creators: name: Lalović, Marko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Automated screening
Literature prioritization
Machine learning
Text mining

description: Presentation slides of a research project to develop a machine learning framework to semi-automate citation screening in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The framework was developed and evaluated in context of aging and longevity research studies. Outline: Background Related Work Our Contribution Methods Results
description: 15 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables
Supersymmetric multi-charge AdS_5 black holes
Creators: name: Kunduri, Hari K.
name: Lucietti, James
name: Reall, Harvey S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new supersymmetric, asymptotically anti-de Sitter, black hole solution of five-dimensional U(1)^3 gauged supergravity is presented. All known examples of such black holes arise as special cases of this solution, which is characterized by three charges and two angular momenta, with one constraint relating these five quantities. Analagous solutions of U(1)^n gauged supergravity are also presented.
description: Latex, 14 pages
Bäumer, Remigius / Dolch, Heimo (Hrsg.), Volk Gottes - Zum Kirchenverständnis der katholischen, evangelischen und anglikanischen
Creators: name: Gassmann, Günther
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 16 Nr. 4 (1967): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 16, Heft 4
Development of stabilized plasmid lipid particles as intracellular gene delivery vehicles
Creators: name: Palmer, Lorne R.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis focuses on the development of an efficient, non-viral system capable of delivering genetic information (i.e. plasmid DNA) to cells in vitro and eventually in vivo. The approach taken is to develop small liposomal systems containing plasmid that can deliver intact DNA to disease sites in vivo, and then to examine methods to improve the transfection potential of these systems. In Chapter 2, a detergent dialysis procedure is described which allows encapsulation of plasmid DNA within a lipid envelope, where the resulting particle is stabilized in aqueous media by the presence of a poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG) coating. These "stabilized plasmid-lipid particles" (SPLP) exhibit an average size of 70 nm in diameter, contain one plasmid molecule per particle and fully protect the encapsulated plasmid from digestion by serum nucleases. Encapsulation is a sensitive function of cationic lipid content, with maximum entrapment observed at dioleoyl-dimethylammonium chloride (DODAC) contents of 5 to 10 mol%. The formulation process results in plasmid-trapping efficiencies of up to 70% and permits inclusion of "fusogenic" lipids such as dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE). The in vitro transfection capabilities of SPLP are demonstrated to be strongly dependent on the length of the acyl chain contained in the ceramide group used to anchor the PEG polymer to the surface of the SPLP. Shorter acyl chain lengths result in a PEG coating which can dissociate from the SPLP surface, transforming the SPLP from a stable particle to a transfection-competent entity. In Chapter 3, the ligand employed is a cationic poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) lipid (CPL) consisting of a lipid anchor and a PEG3400 spacer chain with 1, 2, 4, or 8 positive charges at the end of the PEG (CPL1, CPL2 , CPL4 , and CPL8). These CPL are introduced into preformed LUVs by a post-insertion method. The uptake of LUV-CPL by BHK cells is assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The LUV-CPL4 system (containing 4 positive charges) exhibits dramatically improved uptake compared to LUV in the absence of CPL. Chapter 4 examines the influence of CPL4 on the transfection potency of SPLP. It is shown that up to 4 mol% CPL4 can be inserted into preformed SPLP, resulting in up to 50-fold enhancements in uptake into baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells. In the presence of Ca2+ this results in up to 10[superscript 6]-fold enhancements in transgene expression as compared to SPLP in the absence of CPL4 or Ca2+. These transfection levels are comparable to those observed for plasmid DNA-cationic lipid complexes (lipoplexes) but without the toxic effects noted for lipoplex systems. It is concluded that in the presence of Ca2+ and appropriate ligands to stimulate uptake, SPLP are highly transfection potent, supporting their potential as in vivo gene therapy vectors.
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF A RIVER CORRIDOR: INTEGRATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Creators: name: Hitzhusen, Frederick J.
name: Ayalasomayajula, Radha
name: Lowder, Sarah K.
name: Hitzhusen, Frederick J.
name: Ayalasomayajula, Radha
name: Lowder, Sarah K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Hedonic Pricing
subject: Benefit Transfer
subject: Cost Benefit Analysis

description: This analysis was supported by Rivers Unlimited and chambers of commerce in communities along the Muskingum River corridor in southeastern Ohio. Hedonic pricing and travel cost/benefit transfer methods are applied to value and compare various water quality, infrastructure and land use control options for increasing corridor economic value.
EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION EFFECTS ON FARMLAND VALUES IN THE UNITED STATES
Creators: name: Dadakas, Dimitrios
name: Jakus, Paul M.
name: Dadakas, Dimitrios
name: Jakus, Paul M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: El Nino
subject: Farmland Value
subject: Ricardian Rent Theory

description: This paper evaluates the impact of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on U.S. farmland values. Fourier series analysis decomposes climatological variation into ENSO and non-ENSO components. Farmland values, regressed against ENSO variation and other variables, are negatively affected by ENSO related weather variability in about 90% of U.S. climatological regions.
PHOTOBIOMODULATION AT 660 NM PROMOTES CELL PROLIFERATION THROUGH THE RELEASE OF BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR AND ACTIVATION OF THE GSK3Β PATHWAY IN DIABETIC WOUNDED FIBROBLAST CELLS IN VITRO
Creators: name: Jere, Sandy
name: Houreld, Nicolette
Publisher: name: BRICS Workshop on Biophotonics 2023 — Book of Abstracts
Year: 2023

description: Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is broadly used in the management of cutaneous wounds. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3β) is a serine/threonine kinase and plays a major role in the control of β-catenin signalling. bFGF is a multipotent growth factor that stimulates cellular signalling for cell growth, proliferation, and migration in various cell types, including fibroblasts. Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been linked to atypical cell signalling processes thereby promoting the alteration of key cellular regulatory factors, membrane receptor proteins, and development of slow to heal wounds. Wound chronicity is common in DM, and is the main cause of non-traumatic limb amputation. Photobiomodulation (PBM) involves exposing wounds to light from lasers or light emitting diodes (LEDs) to induce healing. However, its mechanisms on fibroblast cellular proliferation remain unclear. In this investigation, WS1 skin fibroblast cells were split into diabetic (D) and diabetic wounded (DW) cell models, and were subjected to a continuous wave diode laser at a wavelength of 660 nm, power density of 11 mW/cm2, and fluence of 5 J/cm2. Non-treated cells (0 J/cm²) were used as controls. Following irradiation, cells were incubated for 48 h and evaluated for cell proliferation using the dimethylthiazoldiphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, and the release of bFGF, phosphorylation of GSK3β, and β-catenin using the Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). PBM significantly affected cell proliferation, the release of bFGF and activation of the GSK3β/β-catenin pathway in diabetic wounded fibroblast cells in vitro, suggesting that PBM at 660 nm with 5 J/cm2 may be used to augment diabetic wound healing.
Elementary proof of the bound on the speed of quantum evolution
Creators: name: Kosinski, Piotr
name: Zych, Magdalena
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An elementary proof is given of the bound on "ortogonalization time".
description: no figures, 6 pages; final version, to appear in Phys.Rev.A
Improving the quality of active millimeter wave standoff imaging by incorporating the cross-polarized scattering
Creators: name: Shojaeian, Seyedehzahra
name: Ahmadi-Boroujeni, Mehdi
name: Hajitabarmarznaki, Shiva
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this paper, we report a polarimetry-based THz imaging technique that highly benefits from backscatter data reflected from PEC hidden objects, considering the edge diffractions of the object as a key point. First, based on physical optic principles, we investigate the cross-polarized reflections of PEC objects in order to show the superiority of reflections of the edges to other parts of the object. Next, we represent the results of a near filed simulation using Feko to study the differences between cross and co-polarized reflections of a PEC object and the human body beneath it. To a further illustration, our experimental results are presented in which we utilized a THz imaging system consisting of a semiconductor-based THz camera and a horn antenna operating at 100 GHz as the source. Cross-polarized backscatter data is analyzed to distinguish PEC objects from the human body. Besides, we used two orthogonal linear polarizations of the source to maximize backscattering from orthogonal edges. Experimental results show a noticeable improvement in edge detection of hidden objects indicating that this method can result in high accuracy in THz real-time imaging.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
Aname callitra Wilson & Harvey & Simmons & Rix 2025
Creators: name: Wilson, Jeremy D.
name: Harvey, Mark S.
name: Simmons, Leigh W.
name: Rix, Michael G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Anamidae
Aname
Aname callitra

description: Aname callitra -complex
Figs 4A, 13, 94–95
Composition
The callitra -complex includes two described species: A. callitra sp. nov. and A. corundaria sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Jeremy D., Harvey, Mark S., Simmons, Leigh W. & Rix, Michael G., 2025, An integrative systematic revision of the wishbone spiders (Araneae: Anamidae: Aname L. Koch, 1873) of subtropical and tropical eastern Australia, with the description of 55 new species, pp. 1-298 in European Journal of Taxonomy 985 on page 146, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.985.2845, http://zenodo.org/record/15169471
Rotating Melvin-like universes and wormholes in general relativity
Creators: name: Bronnikov, K. A.
name: Krechet, V. G.
name: Oshurko, V. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We find a family of exact solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell equations for rotating cylindrically symmetric distributions of a perfect fluid with the equation of state $p = wρ$ ($|w| < 1$), carrying a circular electric current in the angular direction. This current creates a magnetic field along the $z$ axis. Some of the solutions describe geometries resembling that of Melvin's static magnetic universe and contain a regular symmetry axis, while some others (in the case $w > 0$) describe traversable wormhole geometries which do not contain a symmetry axis. Unlike Melvin's solution, those with rotation and a magnetic field cannot be vacuum and require a current. The wormhole solutions admit matching with flat-space regions on both sides of the throat, thus forming a cylindrical wormhole configuration potentially visible for distant observers residing in flat or weakly curved parts of space. The thin shells, located at junctions between the inner (wormhole) and outer (flat) regions, consist of matter satisfying the Weak Energy Condition under a proper choice of the free parameters of the model, and thus we obtain new examples of phantom-free wormhole models in general relativity. In the limit $w \to 1$, the magnetic field tends to zero, and the wormhole model tends to the one obtained previously, where the source of gravity is stiff matter with the equation of state $p = ρ$.
description: 11 pages, no figures
Relic gravitons on Kasner branes
Creators: name: De Risi, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a simple model in which a brane with anisotropic metric is embedded in an AdS bulk. We discuss the localization of the massless mode and the amplification of both the massless and the massive modes on the branes, paying particular attention to the normalization of the perturbed action and to the evaluation of the effective coupling constant that controls the amplitude of the spectrum. In the model under investigation there is no mass gap between massless and massive modes, and the massive modes can be amplified, with mass-dependent amplitudes.
description: 7 pages, talk given at the 4th QG05 meeting, Cala Gonone (Sardinia, Italy), Sept. 12-16, 2005
FACTORS INFLUENCING WEST TENNESSEE FARMERS' WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR A BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION PROGRAM
Creators: name: Larson, James A.
name: Collins, Rebecca L.
name: Roberts, Roland K.
name: English, Burton C.
name: Larson, James A.
name: Collins, Rebecca L.
name: Roberts, Roland K.
name: English, Burton C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Contingent valuation
subject: cotton
subject: regional pest control
subject: pest management groups

description: Data from a survey were used to evaluate Tennessee farmers' willingness to pay for the boll weevil eradication program. Producer experience, boll weevil control costs, and attitudes about boll weevil damage and insecticide usage after the program were significant explanatory variables and had a positive influence on willingness to pay.
INVESTMENT ALLOWANCES FOR PRIMARY PRODUCERS
Creators: name: Barton, A.D.
name: Harcourt, G.C.
name: Barton, A.D.
name: Harcourt, G.C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1959
Subjects: Agricultural Finance

description: The purpose of this article is to show that the scheme of investment allowances outlined below would be preferable to the present system of special depreciation allowances as a means of encouraging investment by primary producers, especially investment by low-income farmers. The need for increased primary production for balance of payments reasons is assumed and increased investment is the major means of bringing this about. (1) The main determinant of the ability of farmers to invest is the excess of their disposable incomes over the costs of maintaining a required standard of life. (2) The effectiveness of the above schemes depends largely upon the extent to which they increase these surpluses. The empirical studies to date suggest that special depreciation allowances have not been very effective in encouraging investment in primary production, especially by low-income farmers. (3) Furthermore, it appears that low-income farmers are not always aware of the existence of special depreciation allowances. (4)Their effectiveness is even further reduced by this ignorance. The article is in four sections. Section 1 contains a description of special depreciation allowances and of the proposed scheme of investment allowances. In the remaining sections the impact of both schemes on investment is analysed for different situations, and the relative merits of the two schemes are assessed.
Energy Flow in Acoustic Black Holes
Creators: name: Choy, K.
name: Kruk, T.
name: Carrington, M. E.
name: Fugleberg, T.
name: Zahn, J.
name: Kobes, R.
name: Kunstatter, G.
name: Pickering, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of an analysis of superradiant energy flow due to scalar fields incident on an acoustic black hole. In addition to providing independent confirmation of the recent results in [5], we determine in detail the profile of energy flow everywhere outside the horizon. We confirm explicitly that in a suitable frame the energy flow is inward at the horizon and outward at infinity, as expected on physical grounds.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures, Comments added to discussion of energy flow and introductory section abbreviated
Continuous Lyapunov Controller and Chaotic Non-linear System Optimization using Deep Machine Learning
Creators: name: Mahmoud, Amr
name: Ismaeil, Youmna
name: Zohdy, Mohamed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The introduction of unexpected system disturbances and new system dynamics does not allow guaranteed continuous system stability. In this research we present a novel approach for detecting early failure indicators of non-linear highly chaotic system and accordingly predict the best parameter calibrations to offset such instability using deep machine learning regression model. The approach proposed continuously monitors the system and controller signals. The Re-calibration of the system and controller parameters is triggered according to a set of conditions designed to maintain system stability without compromise to the system speed, intended outcome or required processing power. The deep neural model predicts the parameter values that would best counteract the expected system in-stability. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, it is applied to the non-linear complex combination of Duffing Van der pol oscillators. The approach is also tested under different scenarios the system and controller parameters are initially chosen incorrectly or the system parameters are changed while running or new system dynamics are introduced while running to measure effectiveness and reaction time.
description: 7 pages, 12 figures
PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF A FERTILIZER TRIAL ON BARLEY
Creators: name: McCarthy, W.O.
name: McCarthy, W.O.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1959
Subjects: Production Economics

description: Production functions of one type or another have been well explored and widely discussed, no less in the literature of agricultural economics than elsewhere. A particularly fruitful area of application in farm economics is the quantification of the relationship between fertilizer inputs and crop output. In this context currently in Australia and New Zealand, more than passing interest is being devoted to problems of experimental design and subsequent interpretation of results. (1) Another problem area relates to the choice of the most appropriate type of function to use. This note examines possible relevant functions for crop fertilization experiments. Subsequently, a set of empirical data are fitted and the derivation of the more elementary economic optima are demonstrated.
title: Updating ESA’s Earth System Model for Gravity Mission Simulation Studies : 1. Model Description and Validation
Creators: name: Dobslaw, Henryk
name: Bergmann, I.
name: Dill, R.
name: Forootan, E.
name: Klemann, Volker
name: Kusche, Jürgen
name: Sasgen, I.
Publisher: name: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
Year: 2014

description: Scientific Technical Report; 14/07
DROUGHTS, FODDER RESERVES AND STOCKING RATES
Creators: name: Mauldon, Roger G.
name: Dillon, John L.
name: Mauldon, Roger G.
name: Dillon, John L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1959
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: The present article relates to pastoral firms in a drought-prone environment. For such firms, it explores the economic relationship between stocking rates, drought possibilities and fodder reserves. (1) The analysis shows that an optimal stocking rate can be ascertained for any given pattern of drought incidence. Using Queensland data, an empirical application covering a range of fodder, livestock and livestock product prices is presented. Nothing is said of the macro aspects of fodder storage for drought relief; nor of the optimum level of livestock population on an aggregate basis. Likewise, the analytics of supplementary feeding for production--as distinct from drought feeding for survival--are not explored on either a micro or a macro basis. Still, the method of analysis used here is not without relevance to all these topics.
Analog ensemble data assimilation and a method for constructing analogs with variational autoencoders
Creators: name: Grooms, Ian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: It is proposed to use analogs of the forecast mean to generate an ensemble of perturbations for use in ensemble optimal interpolation (EnOI) or ensemble variational (EnVar) methods. A new method of constructing analogs using variational autoencoders (VAEs; a machine learning method) is proposed. The resulting analog methods using analogs from a catalog (AnEnOI), and using constructed analogs (cAnEnOI), are tested in the context of a multiscale Lorenz-`96 model, with standard EnOI and an ensemble square root filter for comparison. The use of analogs from a modestly-sized catalog is shown to improve the performance of EnOI, with limited marginal improvements resulting from increases in the catalog size. The method using constructed analogs (cAnEnOI) is found to perform as well as a full ensemble square root filter, and to be robust over a wide range of tuning parameters.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures
AGN Host Galaxies at z~0.4-1.3 : Bulge-dominated and Lacking Merger-AGN Connection
Creators: name: Grogin, N. A.
name: Conselice, C. J.
name: Chatzichristou, E.
name: Alexander, D. M.
name: Bauer, F. E.
name: Hornschemeier, A. E.
name: Jogee, S.
name: Koekemoer, A. M.
name: Laidler, V. G.
name: Livio, M.
name: Lucas, R. A.
name: Paolillo, M.
name: Ravindranath, S.
name: Schreier, E. J.
name: Simmons, B. D.
name: Urry, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate morphological structure parameters and local environments of distant moderate-luminosity active galactic nucleus (AGN) host galaxies in the overlap between the HST/ACS observations of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) and the two Chandra Deep Fields. We compute near-neighbor counts and BViz asymmetry (A) and concentration (C) indices for ~35,500 GOODS/ACS galaxies complete to z_850 ~ 26.6, including the resolved hosts of 322 X-ray-selected AGNs. Distributions of (1) z_850 asymmetry for 130 AGN hosts at z_850 < 23 and (2) near-neighbor counts for 173 AGN hosts at z_850 < 24 are both consistent with non-AGN control samples. This implies no close connection between recent galaxy mergers and moderate-luminosity AGN activity out to appreciable look-back times (z < 1.3), approaching the epoch of peak AGN activity in the universe. The distribution of z_850 concentrations for the AGN hosts is offset by +0.5 compared to the non-AGN, a 6.4-sigma discrepancy much larger than can be explained by the possible influence of unresolved emission from the AGN or a circumnuclear starburst. The local universe association between AGN and bulge-dominated galaxies thus persists to substantial look-back time. We discuss implications in the context of the low-redshift supermassive central black hole mass correlation with host galaxy properties, including concentration.
description: Astrophysical Journal Letters, in press. Figure 1 available at full resolution upon request
A STUDY OF RABAUL MARKET
Creators: name: Epstein, T.S.
name: Epstein, T.S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1961
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: The purpose of the Rabaul Market Survey was threefold: Firstly, to study the price-forming mechanism, to find out how sellers arrive at a price which by previous observation was found to be almost uniform for the same commodity all over the market on anyone day. Secondly, to study the part the market plays in the over-all Tolai economy; and thirdly, to find out how the market fits into the whole Gazelle Peninsula economy. Since I am not aware of any generally accepted technique to study markets, in particular native markets in under-developed areas, I shall start by outlining the techniques employed in the Rabaul market survey. I shall then go on to discuss the price-forming mechanism as I found it operating at Rabaul market, which will be followed by an evaluation of the part the market plays in the overall Tolai economy. Finally, I shall try to draw conclusions which emerge from this study.
Properties of dust in the high-latitude translucent cloud L1780 I: Spatially distinct dust populations and increased dust emissivity from ISO observations
Creators: name: Ridderstad, M.
name: Juvela, M.
name: Lehtinen, K.
name: Lemke, D.
name: Liljestrom, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have analyzed the properties of dust in the high galactic latitude translucent cloud Lynds 1780 using ISOPHOT maps at 100 and 200 micrometers and raster scans at 60, 80, 100, 120, 150 and 200 micrometers. In far-infrared (FIR) emission, the cloud has a single core that coincides with the maxima of visual extinction and 200um optical depth. At the resolution of 3.0 arcmin, the maximum visual extinction is 4.0 mag. At the cloud core, the minimum temperature and the maximum 200um optical depth are 14.9+/-0.4 K and 2.0+/-0.2x10^{-3}, respectively, at the resolution of 1.5 arcmin. The cloud mass is estimated to be 18M_{SUN}. The FIR observations, combined with IRAS observations, suggest the presence of different, spatially distinct dust grain populations in the cloud: the FIR core region is the realm of the "classical" large grains, whereas the very small grains and the PAHs have separate maxima on the Eastern side of the cold core, towards the "tail" of this cometary-shaped cloud. The color ratios indicate an overabundance of PAHs and VSGs in L1780. Our FIR observations combined with the optical extinction data indicate an increase of the emissivity of the big grain dust component in the cold core, suggesting grain coagulation or some other change in the properties of the large grains. Based on our observations, we also address the question, to what extent the 80um emission and even the 100um and the 120um emission contain a contribution from the small-grain component.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, minor changes, one table added
title: Updating ESA’s Earth System Model for Gravity Mission Simulation Studies : 2. Comparison with the Original Model
Creators: name: Bergmann-Wolf, I.
name: Dill, R.
name: Forootan, E.
name: Klemann, Volker
name: Kusche, Jürgen
name: Sasgen, I.
name: Dobslaw, H.
Publisher: name: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
Year: 2014

description: Scientific Technical Report; 14/08
Masses for the seven planets in K2-32 and K2-233. Four diverse planets in resonant chain and the first young rocky worlds
Creators: name: Lillo-Box, J.
name: Lopez, T. A.
name: Santerne, A.
name: Nielsen, L. D.
name: Barros, S. C. C.
name: Deleuil, M.
name: Acuña, L.
name: Mousis, O.
name: Sousa, S. G.
name: Adibekyan, V.
name: Armstrong, D. J.
name: Barrado, D.
name: Bayliss, D.
name: Brown, D. J. A.
name: Demangeon, O. D. S.
name: Dumusque, X.
name: Figueira, P.
name: Hojjatpanah, S.
name: Osborn, H. P.
name: Santos, N. C.
name: Udry, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-precision planetary densities are key to derive robust atmospheric properties for extrasolar planets. Measuring precise masses is the most challenging part, especially in multi-planetary systems. We measure the masses and densities of a four-planet near resonant chain system (K2-32), and a young ($\sim400$ Myr old) planetary system consisting of three close-in small planets (K2-233). We obtained 199 new HARPS observations for K2-32 and 124 for K2-233 covering a more than three year baseline. We find that K2-32 is a compact scaled-down version of the Solar System's architecture, with a small rocky inner planet (M$_e=2.1^{+1.3}_{-1.1}$~M$_{\oplus}$, P$_e\sim4.35$~days) followed by an inflated Neptune-mass planet (M$_b=15.0^{+1.8}_{-1.7}$~M$_{\oplus}$, P$_b\sim8.99$~days) and two external sub-Neptunes (M$_c=8.1\pm2.4$~M$_{\oplus}$, P$_c\sim20.66$~days; M$_d=6.7\pm2.5$~M$_{\oplus}$, P$_d\sim31.72$~days). K2-32 becomes one of the few multi-planetary systems with four or more planets known with measured masses and radii. Additionally, we constrain the masses of the three planets in K2-233. For the two inner Earth-size planets we constrain their masses to be smaller than M$_b<11.3$ M$_{\oplus}$ (P$_b\sim2.47$~days), M$_c<12.8$ M$_{\oplus}$ (P$_c\sim7.06$~days). The outer planet is a sub-Neptune size planet with an inferred mass of M$_d=8.3^{+5.2}_{-4.7}$ M$_{\oplus}$ (M$_d<21.1$ M$_{\oplus}$, P$_d\sim24.36$~days). Our observations of these two planetary systems confirm for the first time the rocky nature of two planets orbiting a young star, with relatively short orbital periods ($<7$ days). They provide key information for planet formation and evolution models of telluric planets. Additionally, the Neptune-like derived masses of the three planets K2-32 b, c, d puts them in a relatively unexplored regime of incident flux and planet mass, key for transmission spectroscopy studies.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A. 21 pages, 12 figures, 11 Tables
Distributed Kernel Regression: An Algorithm for Training Collaboratively
Creators: name: Predd, Joel B.
name: Kulkarni, Sanjeev R.
name: Poor, H. Vincent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper addresses the problem of distributed learning under communication constraints, motivated by distributed signal processing in wireless sensor networks and data mining with distributed databases. After formalizing a general model for distributed learning, an algorithm for collaboratively training regularized kernel least-squares regression estimators is derived. Noting that the algorithm can be viewed as an application of successive orthogonal projection algorithms, its convergence properties are investigated and the statistical behavior of the estimator is discussed in a simplified theoretical setting.
description: To be presented at the 2006 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Punta del Este, Uruguay, March 13-17, 2006
GAME THEORY AND A TIME-OF-MARKET DECISION
Creators: name: Throsby, C.D.
name: Throsby, C.D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1961
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: The contribution of the theory of games to decision making has been twofold. Firstly, it has described and clarified many of those decision complexes which are reducible to a direct conflict of interests ("game") between two or more irreconcilably opposing parties who have some control over the outcome of the conflict. Secondly, it has supplied means of obtaining solutions to some of the problems so posed. The best examples of non-trivial real-world game situations are to be found in warfare and, in the field of business, in duopolies and oligopolies. But the number of applications has been limited to a large extent by some assumptions required by the theory, mainly those which define the strictness of the competition between the players and the degree of knowledge each has about the others' strategies. In agriculture, too, it is rare that these assumptions can be rigorously met. However by adopting a rather liberal interpretation of these conditions, it is possible to conceive of some farm situations in terms of the theory; landlord vs. tenant or owner vs. sharefarmer competitions spring readily to mind, as do auction sales and other direct farmer-market contacts. One of the most fruitful areas for investigation in the agricultural field is the study of games against nature. This covers a range of situations, from direct conflict between the farmer and his physical environment, (for example, raising crops subject to irregular weather conditions) to a competition between the farmer and his economic environment, that is an amalgamation of all his "adversaries"--marketing authorities, other farmers, etc. In either case "nature" is considered as a fictitious player having no known objective and, as a starting point, no known strategy.
Concept Proofs of Goldbach's Conjecture and the Riemann Hypothesis
Creators: name: Ruijgrok, Jan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 10101 Algebra and Number Theory
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This article contains concept proofs of the Goldbach's Conjecture and the Riemann Hypothesis.
Inclusive and exclusive diffraction: overview of the experimental presentations at Diffraction2004
Creators: name: Levy, Aharon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some issues in inclusive and exclusive diffractive processes are discussed.
description: 10 pages, 14 figures
Fluctuation and dissipation of work in a Joule experiment
Creators: name: Cleuren, B.
name: Broeck, C. Van den
name: Kawai, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We elucidate the connection between various fluctuation theorems by a microcanonical version of the Crooks relation. We derive the microscopically exact expression for the work distribution in an idealized Joule experiment, namely for an object, convex but otherwise of arbitrary shape, moving at constant speed through an ideal gas. Analytic results are compared with molecular dynamics simulations of a hard disk gas.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
A Remark on the Strict Positivity of the Entropy Production
Creators: name: Aschbacher, Walter H.
name: Spohn, Herbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish an algebraic criterion which ensures the strict positivity of the entropy production in quantum models consisting of a small system coupled to thermal reservoirs at different temperatures.
Hamiltonian structures for Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator
Creators: name: Bolonek, Katarzyna
name: Kosinski, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hamiltonian structures for quartic oscillator are considered. All structures admitting quadratic hamiltonians are classified.
description: 16 pages, no figures, final version published in Acta Phys. Polon.B
Geomechanical simulation of energy storage in salt formations
Creators: name: Kumar, Kishan Ramesh
name: Makhmutov, Artur A.
name: Spiers, Christopher J.
name: Hajibeygi, Hadi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A promising option for storing large-scale quantities of green gases (e.g., hydrogen) is in subsurface rock salt caverns. The mechanical performance of salt caverns utilized for long-term subsurface energy storage plays a significant role in long-term stability and serviceability. However, rock salt undergoes non-linear creep deformation due to long-term loading caused by subsurface storage. Salt caverns have complex geometries and the geological domain surrounding salt caverns has a vast amount of material heterogeneity. To safely store gases in caverns, a thorough analysis of the geological domain becomes crucial. To date, few studies have attempted to analyze the influence of geometrical and material heterogeneity on the state of stress in salt caverns subjected to long-term loading. In this work, we present a rigorous and systematic modeling study to quantify the impact of heterogeneity on the deformation of salt caverns and quantify the state of stress around the caverns. A 2D finite element simulator was developed to consistently account for the non-linear creep deformation and also to model tertiary creep. The computational scheme was benchmarked with the already existing experimental study. The impact of cyclic loading on the cavern was studied considering maximum and minimum pressure that depends on lithostatic pressure. The influence of geometric heterogeneity such as irregularly-shaped caverns and material heterogeneity, which involves different elastic and creep properties of the different materials in the geological domain, is rigorously studied and quantified. Moreover, multi-cavern simulations are conducted to investigate the influence of a cavern on the adjacent caverns.
Pathwise uniqueness for a degenerate stochastic differential equation
Creators: name: Bass, Richard F.
name: Burdzy, Krzysztof
name: Chen, Zhen-Qing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60H10 (Primary) 60J60 (Secondary)

description: We introduce a new method of proving pathwise uniqueness, and we apply it to the degenerate stochastic differential equation \[dX_t=|X_t|^α dW_t,\] where $W_t$ is a one-dimensional Brownian motion and $α\in(0,1/2)$. Weak uniqueness does not hold for the solution to this equation. If one restricts attention, however, to those solutions that spend zero time at 0, then pathwise uniqueness does hold and a strong solution exists. We also consider a class of stochastic differential equations with reflection.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117907000000033 the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Light pollution in USA and Europe: The good, the bad and the ugly
Creators: name: Falchi, Fabio
name: Furgoni, Riccardo
name: Gallaway, Terrel A.
name: Rybnikova, Nataliya A.
name: Portnov, Boris A.
name: Baugh, Kim
name: Cinzano, Pierantonio
name: Elvidge, Christopher D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Light pollution is a worldwide problem that has a range of adverse effects on human health and natural ecosystems. Using data from the New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness, VIIRS-recorded radiance and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data, we compared light pollution levels, and the light flux to the population size and GDP at the State and County levels in the USA and at Regional (NUTS2) and Province (NUTS3) levels in Europe. We found 6800-fold differences between the most and least polluted regions in Europe, 120-fold differences in their light flux per capita, and 267-fold differences in flux per GDP unit. Yet, we found even greater differences between US counties: 200,000-fold differences in sky pollution, 16,000-fold differences in light flux per capita, and 40,000-fold differences in light flux per GDP unit. These findings may inform policy-makers, helping to reduce energy waste and adverse environmental, cultural and health consequences associated with light pollution.
Magnetostatic field noise near metallic surfaces
Creators: name: Henkel, Carsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop an effective low-frequency theory of the electromagnetic field in equilibrium with thermal objects. The aim is to compute thermal magnetic noise spectra close to metallic microstructures. We focus on the limit where the material response is characterized by the electric conductivity. At the boundary between empty space and metallic microstructures, a large jump occurs in the dielectric function which leads to a partial screening of low-frequency magnetic fields generated by thermal current fluctuations. We resolve a discrepancy between two approaches used in the past to compute magnetic field noise spectra close to microstructured materials.
description: 9 pages, 1 figure, EPJ D style, accepted in Topical Issue on "Atom Chips"
Kovacs Effect in a Fragile Glass Model
Creators: name: Aquino, Gerardo
name: Leuzzi, Luca
name: Nieuwenhuizen, Theo M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Kovacs protocol, based on the temperature shift experiment originally conceived by A.J. Kovacs for glassy polymers, is implemented in an exactly solvable dynamical model. This model is characterized by interacting fast and slow modes represented respectively by spherical spins and harmonic oscillator variables. Due to this fundamental property, the model reproduces the characteristic non-monotonic evolution known as the ``Kovacs effect'', observed in polymers, in granular materials and models of molecular liquids, when similar experimental protocols are implemented.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
EFFECTS OF RESERVOIR AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT ON RECREATIONAL EXPENDITURES AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Creators: name: Bergstrom, John C.
name: Teasley, R. Jeff
name: Cordell, H. Ken
name: Souter, Ray A.
name: English, Donald B.K.
name: Bergstrom, John C.
name: Teasley, R. Jeff
name: Cordell, H. Ken
name: Souter, Ray A.
name: English, Donald B.K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Aquatic plants
subject: Input-output analysis
subject: Public reservoir management
subject: Recreational expenditures
subject: Regional economic activity

description: Exotic aquatic plant management is a major concern for public reservoir management in many regions of the United States. A study was conducted to measure the effects of alternative aquatic plant management strategies on recreational expenditures and regional economic activity. The study areas was Lake Guntersville, Alabama, and the local economy surrounding the lake. Lake Guntersville is one of the largest reservoirs in the Tennessee Valley Authority system. Results suggested the relatively moderate levels of aquatic plant control are associated with the highest levels of recreation-related economic effects on the economy surrounding Lake Guntersville.