cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Designing electricity transmission auctions
Creators: name: Greve, Thomas
name: Pollitt, Michael G.
Publisher: name: Faculty of Economics
Year: 2012
Subjects: Energy Transmission
Auction Design
Combinatorial Auctions
Package Bidding

description: The UK has ambitious plans for exploiting offshore wind for electricity production in order to meet its challenging target under the EU Renewable Energy Directive. This could involve investing up to 20bn in transmission assets to bring electricity ashore. An investment of this magnitude calls for an efficient mechanism to determine which projects get financed and ensuring that only those projects that are selected can be delivered at least costs to consumers. The electricity regulatorﾒs ongoing tender auctions are likely to work well for point-to-point transmission and for networks already built. However, it is still unclear what kinds of models could be considered for complex meshed offshore (and onshore) networks where licences are granted not only to own and operate, but also to build a transmission network. This paper provides an extensive survey on the current theory and experience of auctions. The main objective is to discuss the design of auctions for transmission assets in which bidding for packages of transmission assets is a possibility.
The twin paradox: the role of acceleration
Creators: name: Gamboa, J.
name: Mendez, F.
name: Paranjape, M. B.
name: Sirois, Benoit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The twin paradox, which evokes from the the idea that two twins may age differently because of their relative motion, has been studied and explained ever since it was first described in 1906, the year after special relativity was invented. The question can be asked: "Is there anything more to say?" It seems evident that acceleration has a role to play, however this role has largely been brushed aside since it is not required in calculating, in a preferred reference frame, the relative age difference of the twins. Indeed, if one tries to calculate the age difference from the point of the view of the twin that undergoes the acceleration, then the role of the acceleration is crucial and cannot be dismissed. In the resolution of the twin paradox, the role of the acceleration has been denigrated to the extent that it has been treated as a red-herring. This is a mistake and shows a clear misunderstanding of the twin paradox.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures
Planet Formation: An Optimized Population-Synthesis Approach
Creators: name: Chambers, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physics of planet formation is investigated using a population synthesis approach. We develop a simple model for planetary growth including pebble and gas accretion, and orbital migration in an evolving protoplanetary disk. The model is run for a population of 2000 stars with a range of disk masses and radii, and initial protoplanet orbits. The resulting planetary distribution is compared with the observed population of extrasolar planets, and the model parameters are improved iteratively using a particle swarm optimization scheme. The characteristics of the final planetary systems are mainly controlled by the pebble isolation mass, which is the mass of a planet that perturbs nearby gas enough to halt the inward flux of drifting pebbles and stop growth. The pebble isolation mass increases with orbital distance so that giant planet cores can only form in the outer disk. Giants migrate inwards, populating a wide range of final orbital distances. The best model fits have large initial protoplanet masses, short pebble drift timescales, low disk viscosities, and short atmospheric cooling times, all of which promote rapid growth. The model successfully reproduces the observed frequency and distribution of giant planets and brown dwarfs. The fit for super Earths is poorer for single-planet systems, but improves steadily when more protoplanets are included. Although the study was designed to match the extrasolar planet distribution, analogs of the Solar System form in 1-2% of systems that contain at least 4 protoplanets.
description: Astrophysical Journal, in press
The Transverse Momentum and Total Cross Section of E+ E- Pairs in the Z-Boson Region from P Anti-P Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-Tev
Creators: name: CDF Collaboration
name: Affolder, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transverse momentum and total cross section of e^+e^- pairs in the Z-boson region of 66
description: Accepted for Publication in Phys. Rev. Letters, 7 pages
Additional file 5 of Identification of immune infiltration-related genes as prognostic indicators for hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Dai, Kunfu
name: Liu, Chao
name: Guan, Ge
name: Cai, Jinzhen
name: Wu, Liqun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 5: Figure S2. Heat map of 89 DEGs related to immune infiltration in the data set GSE89377.
Hylaeus (Dentigera) pallidicornis Morawitz 1876
Creators: name: Risch, Stephan
name: Roberts, Stuart P. M.
name: Smit, Jan
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Michez, Denis
name: Reverté, Sara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Hylaeus
Hylaeus pallidicornis

description: Hylaeus (Dentigera) pallidicornis Morawitz, 1876
(Figs 11A, B)
 The European records of Hylaeus breviceps Morawitz, 1876 in Dathe (1980) refer to Hylaeus (Dentigera) pallidicornis (Dathe & Proshchalykin 2017).
description: Published as part of Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Smit, Jan, Wood, Thomas J., Michez, Denis & Reverté, Sara, 2023, The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), pp. 1-147 in Zootaxa 5327 (1) on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5327.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8244373
title: An analysis of the discourse topics, discursive and ideological strategies in the political speeches of the ousted Arab leaders during the Arab Spring: a critical discourse analysis
Creators: name: Alharahsheh, Entessar
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04haebc03
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: This study aims at exploring how the ousted Arab leaders Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and Muammar al Qaddafi of Libya de/legitimize the Self and the Other in their political speeches during the Arab Spring via the use of discourse topics (macro-strategies), discursive strategies, and ideological strategies. In order to achieve this objective, I employ two theories of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Reisigl and Wodak’s (2001, 2009) Discourse-Historical Approach is utilized to identify how discourse topics and the discursive strategies of nomination, predication, and intensification/mitigation are used in the examined speeches to de/legitimize the Self/Other. Second, van Dijk’s (1998) Ideological Square is employed to identify the ideological strategies used by the three leaders to socially include/exclude the Self/Other. These two approaches highlights that integrating the social, historical, and political contexts of these speeches also helps to better understand how the concepts of de/legitimization of the Self/Other evolved over time. The study revealed that the three leaders use the discourse topics of the harmful effects of the protests and foreign intervention to negatively represent the Other. Counting the sacrifices and offering evidence of reforms, on the other hand, are used to positively represent the Self. All three leaders rely more on the nomination strategy to positively represent the Self, while they rely more on the predication strategy to negatively represent the Other. They rely on repetition as a tool of intensification mainly to gain sympathy and support from their audience. All speeches exhibit ideological overtones which are communicated via the ideological strategies of authorization, narrativization, moral evaluation, self-victimization, comparison, blame attribution, arousing emotions, and personification. Finally, a substantial portion of CDA research has traditionally concentrated on Western democratic political environments. This research expands the domain of CDA to non-Western authoritarian environments by analyzing the speeches of Arab leaders. During crises, these leaders employed nationalistic narratives to establish themselves as protectors of national identity and stability. This emphasis on identity construction corresponds with the extensive CDA literature regarding the interplay between language and identity, especially in contexts where identity is utilized to advance political objectives.
Description of the COVID 2.0 survey in the NAKO and first results
Creators: name: Mikolajczyk, Rafael
name: Diexer, S.
name: Fricke, J.
name: Ahnert, Peter
name: Pischon, Tobias
name: Karch, A.
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on society and raised attention to the challenges related to infectious diseases. While a lot of research was initiated during the pandemic, the recruitment of participants in most instances started at the time point of infection. In contrast, the German National Cohort (NAKO Gesundheitsstudie) has the ability to study pre-existing risk factors. In order to obtain information about SARS-CoV-2 infections and the following sequelae a dedicated data collection was conducted. Methods: An online survey was conducted in the NAKO between September 2022 and February 2023. Invitation via e-mail was followed by two reminders sent to all NAKO study participants who provided e-mail addresses. The questionnaire was implemented in LimeSurvey and included the following topics: current health status including mental health measurements, restrictions of health services during the pandemic, other collateral effects of the pandemic, reported infections with SARS-CoV-2 and symptoms of acute infection, 4-12 weeks, 12 or more weeks, and one year after infection as well as vaccination status. Results: Of 150766 invited NAKO participants, 110362 responded to the second COVID-19 questionnaire. Respondents in 60% reported at least one SARS-CoV-2 infection, 59453 reported one, 6061 two, and 414 three or more infections. The time points of infections followed the general incidence in the German population and thus infections could be mapped to specific variants based on periods of dominance. Of those who reported an infection with SARS-CoV-2, 42% reported symptoms 4 to 12 weeks after infection (ongoing COVID- 19), 35% reported symptoms 12 or more weeks after infection (Post-COVID-19), and 37% one year after infection. Conclusions: Combined with existing biosamples and measurements prior to infection, NAKO offers an excellent opportunity to study risk factors for infection and post-infection syndromes.
Robust Standard Errors in Transformed Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic Panel Models
Creators: name: Hayakawa, Kazuhiko
name: Pesaran, M. Hashem
Publisher: name: Faculty of Economics
Year: 2012
Subjects: Dynamic Panels
Cross-sectional heteroskedasticity
Monte Carlo simulation
GMM

description: This paper extends the transformed maximum likelihood approach for estimation of dynamic panel data models by Hsiao, Pesaran, and Tahmiscioglu (2002) to the case where the errors are crosssectionally heteroskedastic. This extension is not trivial due to the incidental parameters problem that arises, and its implications for estimation and inference. We approach the problem by working with a mis-specified homoskedastic model. It is shown that the transformed maximum likelihood estimator continues to be consistent even in the presence of cross-sectional heteroskedasticity. We also obtain standard errors that are robust to cross-sectional heteroskedasticity of unknown form. By means of Monte Carlo simulation, we investigate the finite sample behavior of the transformed maximum likelihood estimator and compare it with various GMM estimators proposed in the literature. Simulation results reveal that, in terms of median absolute errors and accuracy of inference, the transformed likelihood estimator outperforms the GMM estimators in almost all cases.
The Supersymmetric Flavor Problem for Heavy First-Two Generation Scalars at Next-to-Leading Order
Creators: name: Contino, Roberto
name: Scimemi, Ignazio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze in detail the constraints on SUSY-model parameters obtained from K-Kbar mixing in the hypothesis of a splitted SUSY spectrum. FCNC contributions from gluino-squark-quark interactions are studied in the so-called mass insertion approximation. We present boundaries on mass insertions and on SUSY mass scales. We improve previous results by including the NLO-QCD corrections to Delta S=2 effective Hamiltonian and the complete set of B-parameters for the evaluation of hadronic matrix elements. A full set of magic-numbers, that can be used for further analyses of these models, is also given. We find that the inclusion of NLO-QCD corrections and the B-parameters change the results obtained at LO and in the Vacuum Insertion Approximation by an amount of about 25-35%.
description: 22 Latex pages, 5 figures; Figs. 1,2 redrawn for K=0.22, section 4.1 revisited, references corrected. Submitted to European Journal of Physics C
Tree diversity increases productivity through enhancing structural complexity across mycorrhizal types
Creators: name: Ray, Tama
name: Delory, Benjamin M.
name: Beugnon, Rémy
name: Bruelheide, Helge
name: Cesarz, Simone
name: Eisenhauer, Nico
name: Ferlian, Olga
name: Quosh, Julius
name: Oheimb, Goddert
name: Fichtner, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 580

description: Tree species diversity and mycorrhizal associations play a central role for forest productivity, but factors driving positive biodiversity-productivity relationships remain poorly understood. In a biodiversity experiment manipulating tree diversity and mycorrhizal associations, we examined the roles of above- and belowground processes in modulating wood productivity in young temperate tree communities and potential underlying mechanisms. We found that tree species richness, but not mycorrhizal associations, increased forest productivity by enhancing aboveground structural complexity within communities. Structurally complex communities were almost twice as productive as structurally simple stands, particularly when light interception was high. We further demonstrate that overyielding was largely explained by positive net biodiversity effects on structural complexity with functional variation in shade tolerance and taxonomic diversity being key drivers of structural complexity in mixtures. Consideration of stand structural complexity appears to be a crucial element in predicting carbon sequestration in the early successional stages of mixed-species forests.
The Differential Effects of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on the Global Economy
Creators: name: Cashin, Paul
name: Mohaddes, Kamiar
name: Raissi, Maziar
name: Raissi, Mehdi
Publisher: name: Faculty of Economics
Year: 2012
Subjects: Global VAR (GVAR)
interconnectedness
global macroeconomic modeling
impulse responses
international business cycle
oil-demand and oil-supply shocks.

description: We employ a set of sign restrictions on the generalized impulse responses of a Global VAR model, estimated for 38 countries/regions over the period 1979Q2.2011Q2, to discriminate between supply-driven and demand-driven oil-price shocks and to study the time profile of their macroeconomic effects for different countries. The results indicate that the economic consequences of a supply-driven oil-price shock are very different from those of an oil-demand shock driven by global economic activity, and vary for oil-importing countries compared to energy exporters. While oil importers typically face a long-lived fall in economic activity in response to a supply-driven surge in oil prices, the impact is positive for energy-exporting countries that possess large proven oil/gas reserves. However, in response to an oil-demand disturbance, almost all countries in our sample experience long-run inflationary pressures and a short-run increase in real output.
Lyapunov exponents, holomorphic flat bundles and de Rham moduli space
Creators: name: Costantini, Matteo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider Lyapunov exponents for flat bundles over hyperbolic curves defined via parallel transport over the geodesic flow. We refine a lower bound obtained by Eskin, Kontsevich, Moeller and Zorich showing that the sum of the first k exponents is greater or equal than the sum of the degree of any rank k holomorphic subbundle of the flat bundle and the asymptotic degree of its equivariant developing map. We also show that this inequality is an equality if the base curve is compact. We moreover relate the asymptotic degree to the dynamical degree defined by Daniel and Deroin. We then use the previous results to study properties of Lyapunov exponents on variations of Hodge structures and on Shatz strata of the de Rham moduli space. In particular we show that the top Lyapunov exponent function is unbounded on the maximal Shatz stratum, the oper locus. In the final part of the work we specialize to the rank two case, generalizing a result of Deroin and Dujardin about Lyapunov exponents of holonomies of projective structures.
description: Final version accepted by journal
Effect of maximum exercise on left ventricular deformation and its correlation with cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in competitive athletes
Creators: name: Kandels, Joscha
name: Stöbe, Stephan
name: Kogel, Alexander Ralf
name: Hepp, Pierre Robert Louis
name: Riepenhof, Helge
name: Droste, J. N.
name: Stoeggl, T.
name: Marshall, R. P.
name: Rudolph, U.
name: Laufs, Ulrich
name: Fikenzer, Sven
name: Hagendorff, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Background: Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and global myocardial work index (GWI) allow early detection of subclinical changes in left ventricular (LV) systolic function. The aim of the study was to investigate the immediate effects of maximum physical exercise by different exercise testing methods on early post exercise LV deformation parameters in competitive athletes and to analyze their correlation with cardiopulmonary exercise capacity. Methods: To reach maximum physical exercise, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) was performed by semi-recumbent ergometer in competitive handball players (n = 13) and by treadmill testing in competitive football players (n = 19). Maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) indexed to body weight (relative VO2max) was measured in all athletes. Transthoracic echocardiography and blood pressure measurements were performed at rest and 5 min after CPET in all athletes. GLS, GWI and their changes before and after CPET (ΔGLS, ΔGWI) were correlated with (relative) VO2max. Results: In handball and football players, GLS and GWI did not differ significantly before and after CPET. There were no significant correlations between GLS and relative VO2max, but moderate correlations were found between ΔGWI and relative VO2max in handball (r = 0.631; P = 0.021) and football players (r = 0.592; P = 0.008). Furthermore, handball (46.7 ml/min*kg ± 4.7 ml/min*kg vs. 37.4 ml/min*kg ± 4.2; P = 0.004) and football players (58.3 ml/min*kg ± 3.7 ml/min*kg vs. 49.7 ml/min*kg ± 6.8; P = 0.002) with an increased ΔGWI after CPET showed a significant higher relative VO2max. Conclusion: Maximum physical exercise has an immediate effect on LV deformation, irrespective of the used testing method. The correlation of relative VO2max with ΔGWI in the early post exercise period, identifies ΔGWI as an echocardiographic parameter for characterizing the current individual training status of athletes.
VRE op maat: samen in controle
Creators: name: Hoogerwerf, Maarten
name: Horsley, Tako
name: Boonstra, Lolke
name: Flikkenschild, Erik
name: Brouwer, Hans
name: Beliën, Jeroen
name: Bergh, Erik van den
name: Boiten, Jan-Willem
name: Cole, Mark
name: Berg, Ymke van den
name: Verheul, Ingeborg
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Virtual Research Environment
VRE
Drivers
Incentives
Balance
RDM
Infographic
LCRDM

description: Infographic gemaakt door de LCRDM taakgroep Research Workspace, die beschrijft wat de vijf drijfveren zijn voor een virtuele onderzoeksomgeving (Virtual Research Environment/VRE) en het belang van het zoeken naar een balans tussen deze incentives bij het selectieproces van een VRE- voor bestuurders, onderzoekers en beleidsmakers. Infographic is ontwikkeld als hulpmiddel om het denken over een VRE in onderzoeksinstellingen op verschillende niveau's te ondersteunen. Nederlandse vertaling van A tailor-made VRE (English version of the infographic)
New Physics and Short-Distance s->d gamma Transition in Omega^- -> Cascade^- gamma Decay
Creators: name: Tandean, Jusak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the contributions of physics beyond the standard model to the short-distance s->d gamma transition in Omega^- -> Cascade^- gamma decay. We explore the possibility that the new interactions remove the chirality suppression which occurs in the standard-model contribution to s->d gamma and enhance the effect of this coupling by factors of a heavy-mass scale relative to the s-quark mass. We consider two of the popular models for new physics, and, after taking into account constraints from other processes, find that their contributions can be larger than that of the standard model by up to a few times, which suggests that the yet unobserved Omega^- -> Cascade^- gamma decay is a likely probe for new physics.
description: 9 pages, latex, few minor changes and additions, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Additional file 1 of Biomimetic recombinant of red blood cell membranes for improved photothermal therapy
Creators: name: Wu, Pengkai
name: Jiang, Xing
name: Yin, Shuai
name: Yang, Ying
name: Liu, Tianqing
name: Wang, Kaikai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1. Additional figures and table. Figure S1.The fluorescence spectra of free IR780, IR780@RBC and IR780@rRBC in PBS and ethanol solutions. Figure S2.The digital pictures of the IR780@rRBC NPs in water, PBS and 10wt% sucrose. Figure S3.IR images of water, free IR780, IR780@RBC and IR780@rRBC after 808-nm laser irradiation for 180s. Figure S4.Cell viability of different formulations on CT26 cells at different incubation time with or without laser (2h, 8h). Figure S5.The representative organ images of free IR780, IR780@RBC and IR780@rRBC NPs in biodistribution study. Figure S6.In vivo toxicity. a) Body weight changes over the treatment period. b) Table of serum biochemical indicators acquired from mice on day 14. c) H&E staining of the heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney from mice on day 14.Table S1.Pharmacokinetic parameters for i.v. injection in mice.
The political economy of electricity market liberalization
Creators: name: Erdogdu, Erkan
Publisher: name: Faculty of Economics
Year: 2012
Subjects: Electric utilities
industrial policy
political economy

description: More than half of the countries in the world have introduced a reform process in their power sectors and billions of dollars have been spent on liberalizing electricity markets around the world. Ideological considerations, political composition of governments and educational/professional background of leaders have played and will play a crucial role throughout the reform process. Adapting a political economy perspective, this paper attempts to discover the impact of political economy variables on the liberalization process in electricity markets. Empirical models are developed and analysed using panel data from 55 developed and developing countries covering the period 1975ﾖ2010. The research findings suggest that there is a significant negative relationship between electricity market liberalization and the size of industry sector, meaning that countries with larger industry sectors tend to liberalize less. Also, we detect a negative correlation between polity score and power sector liberalization, that is; it cannot be argued that liberalization policies are stronger in more democratic countries. On the other hand, our results imply that countries that receive foreign financial aid or assistance are more likely to liberalize their electricity markets. In OECD countries, single-party governments accelerate the reform process by reducing public ownership and vertical integration. Moreover, we detect a negative relationship between the years the chief executive has been in office and the reform progress in OECD countries. Furthermore, we identify a decrease in vertical integration in electricity industry during the terms of parties with ﾓrightﾔ or ﾓleftﾔ ideologies in OECD countries. Additionally, professional and educational background of head of executive branch (prime minister, president and so on) seem to have very significant impact on reform process in OECD countries, but this is not the case in non-OECD countries. Leaders with a professional background as entrepreneurs speed up electricity market liberalization process in OECD countries while those with a background as economists slow it down. As for educational background, the reforms seem to progress slower in OECD countries if the head of executive has an educational background in economics or natural science. As a final point, the study suggests that EU or OECD membership, the existence of electricity market reform idea, population density, electricity consumption, income level, educational level, imports of goods and services (as % of GDP) and country specific features have a strong correlation with liberalization process in electricity markets.
Ri-Considerazioni topografiche sulla via Annia tra Muranum e Valentia
Creators: name: Salvador, Silvano
Publisher: name: Knowledge Commons
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Cartography

description: Due importanti contributi di Armando Taliano Grasso segnano un punto fermo nella ricostruzione del tracciato della via Regio-Capuam, la cosiddetta Annia Popilia (Considerazioni topografiche sulla via Annia tra Muranum e Valentia, in "Atlante tematico...
Protein intake and body weight, fat mass and waist circumference : an umbrella review of systematic reviews for the evidence-based guideline on protein intake of the German Nutrition Society
Creators: name: Ellinger, Sabine
name: Amini, Anna M.
name: Haardt, Julia
name: Lehmann, Andreas
name: Schmidt, Annemarie
name: Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike
name: Buyken, Anette E.
name: Kroke, Anja
name: Kühn, Tilman
name: Louis, Sandrine
name: Lorkowski, Stefan
name: Nimptsch, Katharina
name: Schulze, Matthias Bernd
name: Schwingshackl, Lukas
name: Siener, Roswitha
name: Stangl, Gabriele I.
name: Volkert, Dorothee
name: Zittermann, Armin
name: Watzl, Bernhard
name: Egert, Sarah
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 641

description: Purpose: This umbrella review aimed to assess whether dietary protein intake with regard to quantitative (higher vs. lower dietary protein intake) and qualitative considerations (total, plant-based or animal-based protein intake) affects body weight (BW), fat mass (FM) and waist circumference (WC). Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews for systematic reviews (SRs) with and without meta-analyses of prospective studies published between 04 October 2007 and 04 January 2022. Methodological quality and outcome-specific certainty of evidence of the retrieved SRs were assessed by using AMSTAR 2 and NutriGrade, respectively, in order to rate the overall certainty of evidence using predefined criteria. Results: Thirty-three SRs were included in this umbrella review; 29 were based on randomised controlled trials, a few included cohort studies. In studies without energy restriction, a high-protein diet did not modulate BW, FM and WC in adults in general (all “possible” evidence); for older adults, overall certainty of evidence was “insufficient” for all parameters. Under hypoenergetic diets, a high-protein diet mostly decreased BW and FM, but evidence was “insufficient” due to low methodological quality. Evidence regarding an influence of the protein type on BW, FM and WC was “insufficient”. Conclusion: “Possible” evidence exists that the amount of protein does not affect BW, FM and WC in adults under isoenergetic conditions. Its impact on the reduction in BW and FM under hypoenergetic conditions remains unclear; evidence for an influence of protein type on BW, FM and WC is “insufficient”.
4d Simplicial Quantum Gravity Interacting with Gauge Matter Fields
Creators: name: Bilke, S.
name: Burda, Z.
name: Krzywicki, A.
name: Petersson, B.
name: Tabaczek, J.
name: Thorleifsson, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of coupling non-compact $U(1)$ gauge fields to four dimensional simplicial quantum gravity is studied using strong coupling expansions and Monte Carlo simulations. For one gauge field the back-reaction of the matter on the geometry is weak. This changes, however, as more matter fields are introduced. For more than two gauge fields the degeneracy of random manifolds into branched polymers does not occur, and the branched polymer phase seems to be replaced by a new phase with a negative string susceptibility exponent $γ$ and fractal dimension $d_H \approx 4$.
description: latex2e, 10 pages incorporating 2 tables and 3 figures (using epsf)
Hylaeus (Hylaeus) mariannae Theunert 2013
Creators: name: Risch, Stephan
name: Roberts, Stuart P. M.
name: Smit, Jan
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Michez, Denis
name: Reverté, Sara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Hylaeus
Hylaeus mariannae

description: Hylaeus (Hylaeus) mariannae Theunert, 2013
 Hylaeus (Hylaeus) mariannae Theunert, 2013: 63. Holotype ♀; France: Corsica, around Punta Stranciacone (SDEI).
 Distribution. France (Corsica).
description: Published as part of Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Smit, Jan, Wood, Thomas J., Michez, Denis & Reverté, Sara, 2023, The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), pp. 1-147 in Zootaxa 5327 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5327.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8244373
Additional file 2 of Identification of immune infiltration-related genes as prognostic indicators for hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Dai, Kunfu
name: Liu, Chao
name: Guan, Ge
name: Cai, Jinzhen
name: Wu, Liqun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. The complete results of GO and KEGG analysis.
Fair splittings by independent sets in sparse graphs
Creators: name: Black, Alexander
name: Cetin, Umur
name: Frick, Florian
name: Pacun, Alexander
name: Setiabrata, Linus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C69, 05C15, 52A35

description: Given a partition $V_1 \sqcup V_2 \sqcup \dots \sqcup V_m$ of the vertex set of a graph, we are interested in finding multiple disjoint independent sets that contain the correct fraction of vertices of each $V_j$. We give conditions for the existence of $q$ such independent sets in terms of the topology of the independence complex. We relate this question to the existence of $q$-fold points of coincidence for any continuous map from the independence complex to Euclidean space of a certain dimension, and to the existence of equivariant maps from the $q$-fold deleted join of the independence complex to a certain representation sphere of the symmetric group. As a corollary we derive the existence of $q$ pairwise disjoint independent sets accurately representing the $V_j$ in certain sparse graphs for $q$ a power of a prime.
description: 14 pages
Additional file 4 of Identification of immune infiltration-related genes as prognostic indicators for hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Dai, Kunfu
name: Liu, Chao
name: Guan, Ge
name: Cai, Jinzhen
name: Wu, Liqun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 4: Figure S1. Heat map of 89 DEGs related to immune infiltration in the data set GSE87630.
Additional file 5: of A comparison of outcome measures used to report clubfoot treatment with the Ponseti method: results from a cohort in Harare, Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Smythe, Tracey
name: Maxman Gova
name: Rumbidzai Muzarurwi
name: Foster, Allen
name: Lavy, Christopher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Summary of outcomes: Relapse score. Individual category calculations for the Relapse score. (DOCX 15 kb)
Enhancing ecosystem services through collaborative grass removal and fire exclusion in the Eastern Ghats
Creators: name: Cherapurath Soman, Saneesh
name: Anjaneyulu, Paradesi
name: Kumar, Midigesi Anil
name: Sharma, Himani
name: Prasad Rao, Boyina Ravi
name: Ladouceur, Emma
name: Knight, Tiffany M.
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 570

description: Human activities in mesic savanna ecosystems have resulted in plant communities that are heavily dominated by fire-tolerant grass species, are less diverse, and offer fewer ecosystem services such as palatable plant biomass. Experimental studies ma- nipulating fire and grass presence have mostly been conducted in ecosystems invaded by exotic grass species. However, these experiments are also relevant to ecosystems that have become dominated by native grass species due to changes in human ac- tivities. Our study compared three different management treatments in the Eastern Ghats of India, where mesic savanna ecosystems are highly dominated by the unpal- atable native Cymbopogon grasses, specifically: (1) control (both Cymbopogon grasses and fire are present), (2) fire exclusion, and (3) manual removal of Cymbopogon grasses and fire exclusion. We found that both grass removal and fire exclusion were neces- sary to significantly increase palatable herbaceous plant biomass and species diver- sity, and that species diversity responses were only significant at larger spatial grains of investigation. High site-to-site variation in the grass removal and fire exclusion treatment prevented us from detecting significant differences in species composition across treatments, even though particular palatable grass species benefited from the treatment. Our study is in line with research from other mesic savanna systems show- ing that fire management alone is not sufficient to transition ecosystems to a desired or historical state. We demonstrate how normally costly management practices, such as manual removal of dominant grasses, can be reasonably achieved through collabo- ration between scientists, community governed village institutions, and government and nongovernment agencies in socioecological systems.
Addendum to: 2HDMs predictions for $B \to X_s γ$ in NLO QCD
Creators: name: Borzumati, F.
name: Greub, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We update our work ``Two Higgs Doublet Model predictions for B->X_s gamma in NLO QCD'', hep-ph/9802391 by taking into account the recently calculated electromagnetic corrections. We present a new exclusion contour plot (tan(β),m_H), where these corrections are included.
description: 4 pages including 1 postscript figure; uses epsfig. Addendum to hep-ph/9802391
Building performance evaluation and certification in the UK
Creators: name: Kelly, Scott
name: Pollitt, Michael G.
name: Crawford Brown, Doug
Publisher: name: Faculty of Economics
Year: 2012
Subjects: Dwellings
Energy Demand.
Building Stock
Buildings
SAP
Energy Performance Certificates
Efficiency

description: Improving the efficiency and performance of the UK residential sector is now necessary for meeting future energy and climate change targets. Building Performance Evaluation and Certification (BPEC) tools are vital for estimating and recommending cost effective improvements to building energy efficiency and lowering overall emissions. In the UK, building performance is estimated using the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) for new dwellings and Reduced SAP (RdSAP) for existing dwellings. Using a systems based approach we show there are many opportunities for improving the effectiveness of BPEC tools. In particular, if the building stock is going to meet future energy and climate change targets the system driving building energy efficiency will need to become more efficient. In order to achieve this goal, building performance standards across Europe are compared highlighting the most effective strategies where they are found. It is shown that the large variance between estimated and actual energy performance from dwellings in the UK may be preventing the adoption of bottom-up energy efficiency measures. We show that despite popular belief, SAP and RdSAP do not estimate building energy efficiency but instead attempt to estimate the cost-effective performance of a building and thus create perverse incentives that may lead to additional CO2 emissions. In this regard, the SAP standard confounds cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency and environmental performance giving an inadequate estimate of all three policy objectives. Important contributions for improving measurement, analysis, synthesis and certification of building performance characteristics are offered.
Additional file 4: of A comparison of outcome measures used to report clubfoot treatment with the Ponseti method: results from a cohort in Harare, Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Smythe, Tracey
name: Maxman Gova
name: Rumbidzai Muzarurwi
name: Foster, Allen
name: Lavy, Christopher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Summary of outcomes: ACT score. .Individual category calculations for the ACT score. (DOCX 16 kb)
Measurement of D0 ->omega eta Branching Fraction with CLEO-c Data
Creators: name: Smith, M.
name: Cinabro, D.
name: Naik, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using CLEO-c data, we confirm the observation of D0 ->omega eta by BESIII. In the Dalitz Plot of D0 -> Kshort eta pi0, we find a background in the Kshort(->pipi)pi0 projection with a m(pipipi0) equal to the omega(782) mass. In a direct search for D0 -> (omega eta) we find a clear signal and measure BF(D0 ->omega eta) = (1.78+/-0.19+/-0.14) x 10**(-3), in good agreement with BESIII.
description: 10 pages, submitted to PRD
Additional file 4: of Droplet digital PCR for the quantification of Alu methylation status in hematological malignancies
Creators: name: Orsini, Paola
name: Impera, Luciana
name: Parciante, Elisa
name: Cumbo, Cosimo
name: Crescenzio Minervini
name: Minervini, Angela
name: Zagaria, Antonella
name: Anelli, Luisa
name: Coccaro, Nicoletta
name: Casieri, Paola
name: Tota, Giuseppina
name: Brunetti, Claudia
name: Ricco, Alessandra
name: Carluccio, Paola
name: Specchia, Giorgina
name: Albano, Francesco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Table S4. Genomic distribution of Alu consensus sequences, considering a Transcription starting site (TSS) range of 3000â bp. (DOCX 13 kb)
Reply to comment on `Parton distributions, d/u, and higher twist effects at high x'
Creators: name: Yang, U. K.
name: Bodek, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: M. Melnitchouk et al. [hep-ex/9912001] misunderstand the model of Frankfurt and Strikman for nuclear binding effects in deep inelastic scattering (DIS). In addition, their comment is entirely irrelevant to the results of our article.
description: 1 page, submitted as a reply to Phys. Rev. Letters
Enhanced Transmission Through Disordered Potential Barrier
Creators: name: Freilikher, V.
name: Pustilnik, M.
name: Yurkevich, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Effect of weak disorder on tunneling through a potential barrier is studied analytically. A diagrammatic approach based on the specific behavior of subbarrier wave functions is developed. The problem is shown to be equivalent to that of tunneling through rectangular barriers with Gaussian distributed heights. The distribution function for the transmission coefficient $T$ is derived, and statistical moments $\left< T^n\right>$ are calculated. The surprising result is that in average disorder increases both tunneling conductance and resistance.
description: 10 pages, REVTeX 3.0, 2 figures available upon request
Optimal Treatment of an SIS Disease with Two Strains
Creators: name: Telalagic, Selma
Publisher: name: Faculty of Economics
Year: 2012
Subjects: Epidemiological modelling
Optimal control
Simulations

description: This paper explores optimal treatment of an SIS (Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible) disease that has two strains with diﾤerent infectivities. When we assume that neither eradication nor full infection are possible, it is shown that there are two categories of equilibria. First, there are two continua of interior equilibria characterised by a fixed, positive total level of infection, where both strands of the disease prevail. It is hypothesised that a Skiba curve of indiﾤerence lies between them. Second, there are two sets of equilibria where one strand of the disease is eradicated asymptotically. The feasibility of equilibria depends on parameter assumptions; a combination of low natural rate of recovery and large diﾤerence between infectivities leaves only a small proportion of equilibria as feasible. Simulations exploring the relationship between cost and optimal policy are carried out. There exists a parameter range such that, counter-intuitively, it is optimal to allow the high-infectivity strain of the disease to prevail, while asymptotically eradicating the low-infectivity strain. Within this parameter range, there is added benefit from policy flexibility. At higher costs, simulations of the interior equilibria demonstrate the existence of a Skiba curve. The curve delineates two regions, each of which has a clear optimal policy.
Blood immune cells as biomarkers in long-term surviving patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer undergoing a combined immune/chemotherapy
Creators: name: Möller, Miriam
name: Schütte, Wolfgang
name: Turzer, Steffi
name: Seliger, Barbara
name: Riemann, Dagmar
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: An important challenge remains in identifying the baseline characteristics of cancer patients who will mostly benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies. Furthermore, biomarkers could help in the choice of an optimal therapy duration after a primary therapy response. In this pilot study, the time courses of four different immune cell parameters were followed in 12 patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) undergoing ICI therapy combined with chemotherapy and surviving at least 12 months. Blood was collected at the time point of the first and third antibody administration, as well as after 12 months of patients’ survival. Using multi-color flow cytometry, two suppressive markers (neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the frequency of circulating HLA-DRlow monocytes), as well as two markers of an ongoing immune response (6-Sulfo LacNAc (slan)+ non-classical monocytes and dendritic cell (DC) subtypes), were determined. In most of those who survived > 12 months, a low NLR and a low number of HLA-DRlow monocytes combined with clearly detectable numbers of slan+ non-classical monocytes and of DC subtypes were seen. Two of the patients had an increase in the suppressive markers paired with a decrease in slan+ non-classical monocytes and in DC subtypes, which, in at least one patient, was the correlate of an ongoing clinical progression. Our results implicate that the NLR, specific subtypes of monocytes, and the number of blood DCs might be useful predictive biomarkers for cancer patients during long-term treatment with ICI/chemotherapy.
The Hunter Valley Access Undertaking
Creators: name: Bordignon, Stephen
name: Littlechild, Stephen
Publisher: name: Faculty of Economics
Year: 2012
Subjects: regulation
negotiated settlement

description: On 29 June 2011 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) accepted an access undertaking from Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) in relation to the Hunter Valley rail network. The ACCC encouraged ARTC and its users (principally coal producers) to discuss and negotiate the detail of the undertaking. At the final stage the parties were able to resolve their differences and put an agreed undertaking to the ACCC. Compared to the undertaking that the ACCC would likely otherwise have accepted, this agreement was for a shorter term and embodied other provisions preferred by the users, in return for a higher rate of return requested by ARTC. The paper discusses the nature and lessons of this settlement process.