cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Franklin, J. Benjamin
name: Subramanian, K. A.
name: Fernando, S. Antony
name: Krishnan, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Conus
Conus geographus

description: 25. Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758 (Figure 26)
 Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758: 718 (lectotype, LSL (98 x 48 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); "Indiis").
 Material examined: MBMCS 125, 18 specimens, SL 60–120 mm; SW 28–48 mm.
 Description. Shell thin, large and light in weight, but solid. Body whorl narrowly cylindrical; outline nearly straight or slightly convex above and nearly parallel centrally, slightly concave to convex (right side) or concave (left side) below. Body whorl with a few, very low and indistinct oblique ridges on the base, numerous axial threads over body whorl. Shoulder angulate with low, rounded coronations. Spire low, sides concave, the whorls stepped and with raised margins. Aperture wider at base than near shoulder, outer lip thin, sharp and convex.
Body whorl creamy white, pinkish or bluish white, heavily covered with a reticulated network of fine brownish lines from base to shoulder; reticulations may be distinct or broken appearing mottled; usually two to three broad spiral bands within basal third, above centre and often below shoulder (invariably few specimens showed slight variation in the intensity of the colour pattern of the body whorl). Spire colour like body whorl with large brownish blotches at the margins of the coronations; early whorls pink. Interior of aperture bluish white to pale pinkish, exterior pattern showing through. Periostracum thin, smooth translucent, yellowish-orange.
 Distribution. The first report of C. geographus was from Tuticorin (Thurston 1895). Subsequent records are from Krusadai Island (Satyamurti 1952) and Rameswaram (Sundaram 1969). Kohn (1978) reported a museum specimen collected from Tuticorin (at MGM). He also stated that the distribution of this species in India is probably restricted to the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay.
The specimens from described herein were collected from Gulf of Mannar (Table 6) by trawling in 15–30 m.
 Remarks. One of the specimens of C. geographus collected from Pamban resembles C. fragilissimus, comparatively thinner and with sharp outer lip compared to other specimens (Figure 62M). The restricted distribution of this species to the Gulf of Mannar could be due to its preference for corals and sand bottoms with appropriate prey organisms.
description: Published as part of Franklin, J. Benjamin, Subramanian, K. A., Fernando, S. Antony & Krishnan, K. S., 2009, 2250, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 2250 on pages 30-31
GHASP: an H$α$ kinematical survey of spiral galaxies -- XIII. Distribution of luminous and dark matter in spiral and irregular nearby galaxies using H$α$ and HI rotation curves and WISE photometry
Creators: name: Korsaga, M.
name: Epinat, B.
name: Amram, P.
name: Carignan, C.
name: Adamczyk, P.
name: Sorgho, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the mass models of 31 spiral and irregular nearby galaxies obtained using hybrid rotation curves (RCs) combining high resolution GHASP Fabry-Perot H$α$ RCs and extended WHISP HI ones together with 3.4 $μ$m WISE photometry. The aim is to compare the dark matter (DM) halo properties within the optical radius using only H$α$ RCs with the effect of including and excluding the mass contribution of the neutral gas component, and when using HI or hybrid RCs. Pseudo-isothermal (ISO) core and Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) cuspy DM halo profiles are used with various fiducial fitting procedures. Mass models using H$α$ RCs including or excluding the HI gas component provide compatible disc M/L. The correlations between DM halo and baryon parameters do not strongly depend on the RC. Clearly, the differences between the fitting procedures are larger than between the different datasets. Hybrid and HI RCs lead to higher M/L values for both ISO and NFW best fit models but lower central densities for ISO halos and higher concentration for NFW halos than when using H$α$ RCs only. The agreement with the mass model parameters deduced using hybrid RCs, considered as a reference, is better for HI than for H$α$ RCs. ISO density profiles better fit the RCs than the NFW ones, especially when using H$α$ or hybrid RCs. Halo masses at the optical radius determined using the various datasets are compatible even if they tend to be overestimated with H$α$ RCs. Hybrid RCs are thus ideal to study the mass distribution within the optical radius.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables, accepted in MNRAS
The dS/CFT Correspondence
Creators: name: Strominger, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A holographic duality is proposed relating quantum gravity on dS_D (D-dimensional de Sitter space) to conformal field theory on a single S^{D-1} ((D-1)-sphere), in which bulk de Sitter correlators with points on the boundary are related to CFT correlators on the sphere, and points on I^+ (the future boundary of dS_D) are mapped to the antipodal points on S^{D-1} relative to those on I^-. For the case of dS_3, which is analyzed in some detail, the central charge of the CFT_2 is computed in an analysis of the asymptotic symmetry group at I^\pm. This dS/CFT proposal is supported by the computation of correlation functions of a massive scalar field. In general the dual CFT may be non-unitary and (if for example there are sufficently massive stable scalars) contain complex conformal weights. We also consider the physical region O^- of dS_3 corresponding to the causal past of a timelike observer, whose holographic dual lives on a plane rather than a sphere. O^- can be foliated by asymptotically flat spacelike slices. Time evolution along these slices is generated by L_0+\bar L_0, and is dual to scale transformations in the boundary CFT_2.
description: Assorted errors and typos corrected, references addded
Baryons in the nonperturbative string approach
Creators: name: Narodetskii, I. M.
name: Trusov, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present some piloting calculations of masses and short-range correlation coefficients for the ground states of light and heavy baryons in the framework of the simple approximation within the nonperturbative QCD approach.
description: 3 pages, LaTeX 2e. Talk given at the 9th International Symposium on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2001), Washington, DC, USA
Bulk water extraction charge calculator: a tool for sustainable water management in Ontario
Creators: name: Guneet Sandhu
name: Wood, Michael O.
name: Horatiu A. Rus
name: Weber, Olaf
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Given growing anthropogenic pressures on water resources and uncertain climatic conditions, sustainable water management using effective demand management strategies will be crucial to tread the path towards sustainable development. This paper makes a contribution to the interdisciplinary realm of water management by designing a flexible tool that overcomes the weaknesses of current extraction charges and reliance on general taxes to finance water management initiatives. These dynamic water extraction charges are envisioned to be important policy instruments to increase water security in Ontario. To ensure sustainable use of provincial water resources, the province of Ontario not only extended the moratorium imposed in 2016 on new groundwater extraction permits for water bottling until 1 January 2020, but is also reviewing its water taking policies. While the moratorium and the extraction charge hike of $500/Million liters is focused on water bottlers, the need for more long-term comprehensive policy approaches to sustainable management is apparent. Economic theory suggests that pricing a resource by reflecting its economic value and scarcity can incentivize optimal consumption. While economic instruments like extraction charges exist in Ontario, a methodological calculation linking the level of these charges to the actual costs and hydrological water risks is largely lacking. Addressing this gap, this paper designs a calculator that operationalizes the conceptual pricing framework for Ontario to transparently arrive at water extraction charges. The public cost data for water resource management initiatives are considered along with extreme water contamination events as contingency environmental costs. Using data from Statistics Canada for annual volume of water withdrawn, the base provincial water extraction charge for all permit liable sectors is calculated to be $23.08/Million liters. Moreover, price multipliers reflecting the sub-watershed scale water quantity risks (identified in sub-watershed source protection assessment reports) along with sector and source specific risks were embedded in the calculator.
Conus eucoronatus Sowerby III 1903
Creators: name: Franklin, J. Benjamin
name: Subramanian, K. A.
name: Fernando, S. Antony
name: Krishnan, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Conus
Conus eucoronatus

description: 21. Conus eucoronatus Sowerby III, 1903 (Figure 22)
 Conus eucoronatus Sowerby III, 1903: 217, pl. 3, fig. 9 (lectotype, SAMC (45 x 25 mm) (Coomans et al. 1986); " Cape St. Blaize bearing N. 850 W.; distant 4 ½ miles").
 Material examined: MBMCS 121, 2 specimens, SL 32–35 mm; SW 18–20 mm.
 Description. Shell moderately heavy, biconic. Shoulder broad and angulate with many small tubercles. Spire moderately high, sharply pointed, sides straight. Body whorl with 15 broad, flat spiral ribbons from base to shoulder, axially striate. Aperture wide and uniform in width, outer lip thin and sharp.
Ground colour white, body whorl with spirally arranged dark or light brown blotches. Aperture white. Periostracum pale yellow and thin.
 Distribution. Röckel et al. (1995) reported the occurrence of C. eucoronatus in south India. Kohn (2001) reported a specimen trawled at 400 m off Kanyakumari.
The specimens described herein were collected from Tuticorin (Table 6) from the discards of the fishingboats trawled at 50–200 m.
  Remarks. Conus eucoronatus  is a rare deep water species of Conus known for its unique shape, sculpture and pattern (Röckel et al. 1995). The specimen presently collected is the largest (35 mm), compared to the previous recorded (28 mm) by Röckel et al. (1995) from India.
description: Published as part of Franklin, J. Benjamin, Subramanian, K. A., Fernando, S. Antony & Krishnan, K. S., 2009, 2250, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 2250 on page 28
Anharmonicities of giant dipole excitations
Creators: name: de Paula, D. T.
name: Aumann, T.
name: Canto, L. F.
name: Carlson, B. V.
name: Emling, H.
name: Hussein, M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The role of anharmonic effects on the excitation of the double giant dipole resonance is investigated in a simple macroscopic model.Perturbation theory is used to find energies and wave functions of the anharmonic ascillator.The cross sections for the electromagnetic excitation of the one- and two-phonon giant dipole resonances in energetic heavy-ion collisions are then evaluated through a semiclassical coupled-channel calculation.It is argued that the variations of the strength of the anharmonic potential should be combined with appropriate changes in the oscillator frequency,in order to keep the giant dipole resonance energy consistent with the experimental value.When this is taken into account,the effects of anharmonicities on the double giant dipole resonance excitation probabilities are small and cannot account for the well-known discrepancy between theory and experiment.
Stripe Antiferromagnetism and Disorder in the Mott Insulator NaFe$_{1-x}$Cu$_{x}$As ($x \lesssim 0.5$)
Creators: name: Xin, Yizhou
name: Stolt, Ingrid
name: Song, Yu
name: Dai, Pengcheng
name: Halperin, W. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutron scattering measurements have demonstrated that the heavily Cu-doped NaFe$_{1-x}$Cu$_{x}$As compound behaves like a Mott insulator exhibiting both real space Fe-Cu stripes, as well as antiferromagnetism below a Néel temperature for $x\lesssim 0.5$. We have investigated evolution of structural and magnetic ordering using $^{23}$Na and $^{75}$As NMR for single crystals ($x$ = 0.39 and 0.48), confirming antiferromagnetism in the form of magnetic stripes. We show that end-chain defects in these stripes are the principal source of magnetic disorder and are responsible for cluster spin-glass transitions in both compounds, in the latter case coexistent with antiferromagnetism. Aided by our numerical simulation of the $^{75}$As spectra, we show that a staggered magnetization at the Fe sites is induced by non-magnetic Cu dopants.
description: 8 pages, 11 figures
Quantum theory of resonantly enhanced four-wave mixing: mean-field and exact numerical solutions
Creators: name: Johnsson, Mattias T.
name: Fleischhauer, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a full quantum analysis of resonant forward four-wave mixing based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). In particular, we study the regime of efficient nonlinear conversion with low-intensity fields that has been predicted from a semiclassical analysis. We derive an effective nonlinear interaction Hamiltonian in the adiabatic limit. In contrast to conventional nonlinear optics this Hamiltonian does not have a power expansion in the fields and the conversion length increases with the input power. We analyze the stationary wave-mixing process in the forward scattering configuration using an exact numerical analysis for up to $10^3$ input photons and compare the results with a mean-field approach. Due to quantum effects, complete conversion from the two pump fields into the signal and idler modes is achieved only asymptotically for large coherent pump intensities or for pump fields in few-photon Fock states. The signal and idler fields are perfectly quantum correlated which has potential applications in quantum communication schemes. We also discuss the implementation of a single-photon phase gate for continuous quantum computation.
description: 10 pages, 11 figures
Novel Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) for the Sensitive Determination of Kidney Injury Molecule-1 in Human Urine
Creators: name: Li, Lanya
name: Yang, Zhiqiang
name: Lin, Jiayuan
name: Chen, Zhitian
name: Zhang, Bo
name: Fu, Xiaoling
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1) is markedly upregulated in the proximal tubule after injury and is maladaptive when chronically expressed. A practical sensitive chemiluminescence immunoassay combined with magnetic bead separation for the determination of KIM-1 in human urine has been developed. Based on a sandwich-type immunoassay, the analyte is captured by the monoclonal antibodies (mAb) coated in magnetic beads and those labeled with the alkaline phosphatase. The changes of KIM-1 concentration levels were monitored by the CLIA for the early diagnosis of kidney disease. The established immunoassay exhibited a wide linear range from 0.5 to 81 ng/mL with a detection limit of 0.17 ng/mL. The recoveries, specificity, and interference results of the developed method were satisfactory. The whole analysis time was 30 min. The developed method was for the detection of kidney disease in patients. This work is a novel chemiluminescence immunoassay with excellent performance for the early diagnosis of kidney diseases.
Repeated Changes to the Gravitational Field Negatively Affect the Serum Concentration of Select Growth Factors and Cytokines
Creators: name: Stervbo, Ulrik
name: Roch, Toralf
name: Westhoff, Timm H.
name: Gayova, Ludmyla
name: Kurchenko, Andrii
name: Seibert, Felix S.
name: Babel, Nina
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: microgravity
subject: hypergravity
subject: parabolic flights
subject: gravitational stress
subject: bone remodeling
subject: pro-inflammatory cytokine
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Space flights, some physical activities, and extreme sports can greatly alter the gravitational forces experienced by the body. Being a deviation from the constant pull of Earth, these alterations can be considered gravitational stress and have the potential to affect physiological processes. Physical cues play a vital role in the homeostasis and function of the immune system. The effect of recurrent alterations of the gravitational pull on the levels of soluble mediator such as cytokines is unknown. Parabolic flights provide a controlled environment and make these a suitable model to study the effects of gravitational stress. Utilizing this model, we evaluated the effects of short-term gravitational stress on serum concentration of cytokines and other soluble mediators. Blood was taken from 12 healthy volunteers immediately before the first parabola and immediately after the last. Samples taken on the ground at corresponding time points the day before were used to control for circadian effects. A wide range of soluble mediators was analyzed using a multiplex bead assay. We found that the rate-change of eight molecules was significantly affected by the parabolic flight. Among other functions, these molecules, EGF, PDGF-AA, PDGF-BB, HGF, IP-10, Eotaxin (CCL11), TARC, and Angiopoietin-2, can be associated with bone remodeling and immune activation. It is therefore possible that gravitational stress can have clinically relevant impact on the control of a wide range of physiological processes.
Phase control in La-214 epitaxial thin films
Creators: name: Naito, M.
name: Tsukada, A.
name: Greibe, T.
name: Sato, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lanthanide (Ln) copper oxides of the general chemical formula Ln2CuO4 take two different crystal structures: K2NiF4(T) and Nd2CuO4(T'). La2CuO4 takes the T structure by high-temperature bulk processes. The "thermal expansion mismatch" between the La-O and Cu-O bonds predicts that the T' phase of La2CuO4 can be stabilized at synthesis temperatures below 425 deg. Such low synthesis temperatures are difficult to access by bulk processes, but easy by thin-film processes. We have surveyed growth parameters in molecular beam epitaxy, and succeeded in the selective stabilization of T- and T'-La2CuO4. From our observations, it turns out that the growth temperature as well as the substrate play a crucial role in the selective stabilization: the T' structure is stabilized at low growth temperatures (< 600 deg.) and with substrates of a < 3.70 Ang or a > 3.90 Ang, while the T structure is stabilized at high growth temperatures (> 650 deg) or with substrates of a ~ 3.70 - 3.85 Ang. We have also been attempting hole (Ca, Sr, and Ba) and electron (Ce) doping into both of T- and T'-La2CuO4. In T-La2CuO4, hole doping produces the well-known LSCO and LBCO. Surprisingly, contrary to the empirical law, electron doping is also possible up to x ~ 0.06 - 0.08, although the films do not show superconductivity. In T'-La2CuO4, electron doping produces superconducting T'-(La,Ce)2CuO4 with Tc ~ 30 K, although hole doping has as yet been unsuccessful.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures included, to appear in proceedings of SPIE Vol.#4811
Optionshandel Und Maispreisvolatilitat: Does the Tail Wag the Dog?
Creators: name: Dannemann, Tebbe
name: Prehn, Soren
name: Brümmer, Bernhard
name: Dannemann, Tebbe
name: Prehn, Soren
name: Brümmer, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Mais
subject: MATIF
subject: Optionsmarkt
subject: Futuresmarkt
subject: Agrarpreise
subject: Spekulation
subject: Volatilität
subject: EGARCH

description: In dieser Arbeit werden Auswirkungen von Agar-Optionen auf die Volatilität des den Optionen zugrundeliegenden Futuresmarktes analysiert. Bisherige Analysen bezogen sich nahezu ausschließlich auf den Finanzmarkt. Für den Agrarmarkt scheinen noch keine empirischen Erkenntnisse zu existieren. Es besteht die Sichtweise, dass Optionen exzessive Volatilität im zugrundeliegenden Basismarkt hervorrufen könnten. Die vorliegende Arbeit soll einen Teil zur Diskussion um die Agrarpreisspekulation und den damit verbundenen Auswirkungen auf die Preisentwicklung beitragen. Gegenstand ist der Mais-Derivatemarkt der französischen Terminbörse MATIF. Zur Analyse wird auf ein EGARCH-Modell zurückgegriffen. Die auf zwei Untersuchungszeiträume von Dezember 2000 bis Dezember 2007 und Dezember 2007 bis Dezember 2013 geschätzten Ergebnisse lassen keine signifikanten Zusammenhänge der Volatilität des Futuresmarktes und dem Optionshandel erkennen.
Wess-Zumino term for the AdS superstring and generalized Inonu-Wigner contraction
Creators: name: Hatsuda, Machiko
name: Sakaguchi, Makoto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine a Wess-Zumino term, written in bilinear of superinvariant currents, for a superstring in anti-de Sitter (AdS) space. The standard Inonu-Wigner contraction does not give the correct flat limit but gives zero. This originates from the fact that the fermionic metric of the super-Poincare group is degenerate. We propose a generalization of the Inonu-Wigner contraction which reduces the super-AdS group to the "nondegenerate" super-Poincare group, therefore it gives a correct flat limit of this Wess-Zumino term. We also discuss the M-algebra obtained by this generalized Inonu-Wigner contraction from osp(1|32).
description: 15 pages, Latex, references added, version focused on a generalization of the IW contraction
Conus frigidus Reeve 1848
Creators: name: Franklin, J. Benjamin
name: Subramanian, K. A.
name: Fernando, S. Antony
name: Krishnan, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Conus
Conus frigidus

description: 24. Conus frigidus Reeve, 1848 (Figure 25)
 Conus frigidus Reeve, 1848: pl. 3, no. 284 (type, BMNH (26 x 15 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); locality unknown).
 Conus maltzanianus Weinkauff, 1873: 204–205, pl. 32, figs. 3–6 (two syntypes, LMD (51 x 29; 41.5 x 23 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); "Tahiti und andere Südsee-Inseln").
 Material examined: MBMCS 124, 14 specimens, SL 38–42 mm; SW 15–20 mm.
 Description. Shell small to medium sized, solid. Body whorl conical; outline almost straight. Shoulders sub-angulate; spire of moderate height, outline straight. Body whorl usually with variably spaced generally granulose spiral ribs from base to centre or shoulder, surface seldom smooth.
Shell tan, with paler transverse bands at shoulder and centre, base violet. Aperture purple. Exterior colour band visible as a band along interior border of lip. Periostracum yellowish brown, thick, opaque with numerous axial ridges.
 Distribution. Kohn (1978) first reported C. frigidus from India with precise locality data. He has also reported museum specimens collected from Dwarka, Gujarat (at ZSI) and Tuticorin (at BMNH).
The specimens reported herein were collected from Keelakarai (Table 6) by diving in 3–8 m on sand bottom around rock boulders and within rock crevices and by trawling in 10–30 m.
 Remarks. The previous record by Kohn (1978) and the present observations of this species at Keelakarai suggests that its distribution is limited to the Gulf of Mannar. This is the second record of C. frigidus from the east coast and the largest (38 mm).
description: Published as part of Franklin, J. Benjamin, Subramanian, K. A., Fernando, S. Antony & Krishnan, K. S., 2009, 2250, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 2250 on page 30
Learning Densities in Feature Space for Reliable Segmentation of Indoor Scenes
Creators: name: Marchal, Nicolas
name: Moraldo, Charlotte
name: Siegwart, Roland
name: Blum, Hermann
name: Cadena, Cesar
name: Gawel, Abel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep learning has enabled remarkable advances in scene understanding, particularly in semantic segmentation tasks. Yet, current state of the art approaches are limited to a closed set of classes, and fail when facing novel elements, also known as out of distribution (OoD) data. This is a problem as autonomous agents will inevitably come across a wide range of objects, all of which cannot be included during training. We propose a novel method to distinguish any object (foreground) from empty building structure (background) in indoor environments. We use normalizing flow to estimate the probability distribution of high-dimensional background descriptors. Foreground objects are therefore detected as areas in an image for which the descriptors are unlikely given the background distribution. As our method does not explicitly learn the representation of individual objects, its performance generalizes well outside of the training examples. Our model results in an innovative solution to reliably segment foreground from background in indoor scenes, which opens the way to a safer deployment of robots in human environments.
description: Preprint version after acceptance of publication in the IEEE robotics and automation letters
Scalar fields in multidimensional gravity. No-hair and other no-go theorems
Creators: name: Bronnikov, K. A.
name: Fadeev, S. B.
name: Michtchenko, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Global properties of static, spherically symmetric configurations of scalar fields of sigma-model type with arbitrary potentials are studied in $D$ dimensions, including space-times containing multiple internal factor spaces. The latter are assumed to be Einstein spaces, not necessarily Ricci-flat, and the potential $V$ includes contributions from their curvatures. The following results generalize those known in four dimensions: (A) a no-hair theorem: in case $V\geq 0$, an asymptotically flat black hole cannot have varying scalar fields or moduli fields outside the event horizon; (B) nonexistence of particlelike solutions in models with $V\geq 0$; (C) nonexistence of wormholes under very general conditions; (D) a restriction on possible global causal structures (represented by Carter-Penrose diagrams). The list of structures in all models under consideration is the same as is known for vacuum with a cosmological constant in general relativity: Minkowski (or AdS), Schwarzschild, de Sitter and Schwarzschild--de Sitter, and horizons which bound a static region are always simple. The results are applicable to a wide range of Kaluza-Klein, supergravity and stringy models with multiple dilaton and moduli fields.
description: 10 pages, Latex-2e. Submitted to Gen. Rel. Grav
A new hybrid modified MADM model for the potential evaluation of a comprehensive land consolidation project (LCP) toward achieving sustainable development
Creators: name: Sheng-Hau Lin
name: Kung-Ming Liu
name: Jing-Chzi Hsieh
name: Chiao-Lun Hu
name: Xianjin Huang
name: Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: The potential evaluations of land consolidation projects (LCPs) are core in ex-ante evaluations to ensure that resource allocations are effective for achieving sustainable development. There are some problems with the unrealistic assumptions of the real world in these evaluations, such as the assumed independence of the criteria/dimensions in real-world problems. In this research, to fill this performance gap, a new hybrid modified MADM model was developed to construct an evaluation framework for comprehensive LCPs, covering three dimensions and ten criteria. Two LCPs real cases were used as empirical cases. The results of the DEMATEL method indicate that to achieve sustainable rural development through LCPs, “Production dimension (D1)” and “Ecological dimensions (D3)” having the characteristics that affect others should be the focus, although the DANP suggests that the “Life dimension (D2)” has the highest influence weight. The modified VIKOR suggests that Case A has more potential than Case B.
Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik der EU 2014 - mögliche Folgen des Greenings für die niedersächsische Landwirtschaft
Creators: name: Lakner, Sebastian
name: Holst, Carsten
name: Heinrich, Barbara
name: Lakner, Sebastian
name: Holst, Carsten
name: Heinrich, Barbara
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Political Economy
subject: Reform der Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik der EU
subject: Greening
subject: Direktzahlungen

description: Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit möglichen Auswirkungen der Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) in 2014 auf die niedersächsische Landwirtschaft. Die vorliegende Analyse zeigt, dass vor allem in den Regionen mit intensivem Ackerbau der größte ökologische Nutzen von der geplanten Reform ausgeht, aber auch die größten betriebswirtschaftlichen Einbußen zu erwarten sind.
Double-ionization mechanisms of magnesium driven by electron impact
Creators: name: Mittal, Shivan
name: Dubois, Jonathan
name: Chandre, Cristel
name: Uzer, Ahmet Turgay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study double ionization of Mg by electron impact through the vantage point of classical mechanics. We consider all electron-electron correlations in a Coulomb four-body problem, where three electrons belong to the atom and the fourth electron causes the impact ionization. From our model we compute the double-ionization probability of Mg for impact energies from 15, to 125 eV. Double ionization occurs through eight double-ionization mechanisms, which we classify into four categories: inner shell capture, direct, delay and ionized inner shell mechanisms. We show that delay and ionized inner shell mechanisms require electron-electron correlations among the four electrons, and are responsible for the second increase in the double-ionization probability. Furthermore, we show that our theoretical prediction about the relative prominence of certain double ionization mechanisms is in agreement with experimental results on the relative prominence of non-first- over first-order mechanisms.
Speech Emotion Recognition with Dual-Sequence LSTM Architecture
Creators: name: Wang, Jianyou
name: Xue, Michael
name: Culhane, Ryan
name: Diao, Enmao
name: Ding, Jie
name: Tarokh, Vahid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) has emerged as a critical component of the next generation human-machine interfacing technologies. In this work, we propose a new dual-level model that predicts emotions based on both MFCC features and mel-spectrograms produced from raw audio signals. Each utterance is preprocessed into MFCC features and two mel-spectrograms at different time-frequency resolutions. A standard LSTM processes the MFCC features, while a novel LSTM architecture, denoted as Dual-Sequence LSTM (DS-LSTM), processes the two mel-spectrograms simultaneously. The outputs are later averaged to produce a final classification of the utterance. Our proposed model achieves, on average, a weighted accuracy of 72.7% and an unweighted accuracy of 73.3%---a 6% improvement over current state-of-the-art unimodal models---and is comparable with multimodal models that leverage textual information as well as audio signals.
description: Accepted by ICASSP 2020
Prevalence and associated factors of intertrigo in aged nursing home residents: a multi-center cross-sectional prevalence study
Creators: name: Gabriel, Sabrina
name: Hahnel, Elisabeth
name: Blume-Peytavi, Ulrike
name: Kottner, Jan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Intertrigo
subject: Prevalence
subject: Nursing homes
subject: Elderly
subject: Risk
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background; In geriatric and long-term care settings, intertrigo seems to be common, but generalizable epidemiological estimates are lacking. Aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of intertrigo in aged nursing home residents and to identify possible relationships with demographic and health characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional prevalence study was conducted between September 2014 and May 2015 in a random sample of ten institutional long-term care facilities in Berlin, Germany. In total 223, aged long-term care residents were included. Mean age was 83.6 (SD 8.0) years and mean Barthel score was 45.1 (SD 23.8). Board certified dermatologists and study assistants performed skin assessments and measurements according to standard operating procedures. Mean differences and odds ratios between residents with and without intertrigo were calculated. Results: The prevalence of intertrigo was 16.1% (95% CI 11.6 to 21.2%). The submammary fold was most often affected (9.9%), followed by the inguinal region (9.4%), axilla (0.5%) and abdominal region (0.5%). Increased age was statistically significantly associated with the presence of intertrigo (OR 1.05; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.10). Care dependency in bathing activities was associated with intertrigo.Obesity, sex and skin functional parameters were not associated with intertrigo. Conclusions; Every sixth nursing home resident was affected by intertrigoindicating the high load of this skin condition in this population. Older age seems to be associated with intertrigo. Care dependency in bathing activities was likely to be associated with intertrigo. Structured skin care regimens are needed to prevent and treat intertrigo in this population.
Conservation Laws and Particle Production in Heavy Ion Collisions
Creators: name: Redlich, K.
name: Cleymans, J.
name: Oeschler, H.
name: Tounsi, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the role of the conservation laws related with U(1) internal symmetry group in the statistical model description of particle productions in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. We derive and show the differences in particle multiplicities in the canonical and the grand canonical formulation of quantum number conservation. The time evolution and the approach to chemical equilibrium in the above ensembles is discussed in terms of kinetic master equation. The application of the statistical model to the description of (multi)strange particle yields at GSI/SIS and the SPS energies is also presented.
description: Invited talk at International Symposium on Hadron and Nuclei, Seoul, Korea, 20-22 Feb 2001
Operational Resource Theory of Nonclassicality via Quantum Metrology
Creators: name: Ge, Wenchao
name: Jacobs, Kurt
name: Asiri, Saeed
name: Foss-Feig, Michael
name: Zubairy, M. Suhail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nonclassical properties of quantum states are of tremendous interest due to their potential applications in future technologies. It has recently been realized that the concept of a "resource theory" is a powerful approach to quantifying and understanding nonclassicality. To realize the potential of this approach one must first find resource theoretic measures of nonclassicality that are "operational", meaning that they also quantify the ability of quantum states to provide enhanced performance for specific tasks, such as precision sensing. Here we achieve a significant milestone in this endeavor by presenting the first such operational resource theoretic measure. In addition to satisfying the requirements of a resource measure, it has the closest possible relationship to the quantum-enhancement provided by a non-classical state for measuring phase-space displacement: it is equal to this enhancement for pure states, and is a tight upper bound on it for mixed states. We also show that a lower-bound on this measure can be obtained experimentally using a simple Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure, Updated
Teisei zōyaku Sairan igen. Kan no 1
訂正増譯采覧異言.巻之一
Creators: name: Yamamura, Masanaga.
Publisher: name: [place of publication unknown : publisher not identified]
Year: 2021

description: Cover title: 増譯采覧異言 Zōyaku Sairan igen (Enlarged Sairan igen); 采覧異言 Sairan igen is a geographical work by 新井白石 Arai Hakuseki in 1713. The 14 volumes include a preface volume, 12 volumes of text, and a volume of maps. The maps are coloured with the exception of the last four, which have only the boundaries outlined in red. All the maps occupy two facing pages, with one exception (Beans 1803.9) [East Indies]. Contents: (Beans 1803.1) 歐羅巴洲與地圖 Yōroppashū yochizu (General map of Europe); (Beans 1803.2) Horutogaru Isuhania Furansu Itaria Serumania Aran Heruheshia Suuyusserurando ijō nanakoku no zu (Map of the seven countries Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, and Switzerland); (Beans 1803.3) Teemaruka Noruweshiakoku Shueshiakoku ijō nikoku no zu [and] Koroodo Buritaniakoku no zu (Scandinavia [and] British Isles); (Beans 1803.4) [Balkans, Black Sea region and Asia Minor]; (Beans 1803.5) [Southern Russia and Poland]; (Beans 1803.6) 亞細亞洲與地圖 Ajiashū yochizu (General map of Asia); (Beans 1803.7) [East Asia]; (Beans 1803.8) [Southern Asia]; (Beans 1803.9) [East Indies]; (Beans 1803.10) 亞弗利加洲與地圖 Afurikashū yochizu (General map of Africa); (Beans 1803.11) 南亞墨利加洲與地圖 Minami Amerikashū yochizu (General map of South America); (Beans 1803.12) 北亞墨利加洲與地圖 Kita Amerikashū yochizu (General map of North America). Cited in: WSN; 125
Comprehensive Kinetic Survey of Intestinal, Extra-Intestinal and Systemic Sequelae of Murine Ileitis Following Peroral Low-Dose Toxoplasma gondii Infection
Creators: name: Heimesaat, Markus M.
name: Dunay, Ildiko R.
name: Bereswill, Stefan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: subacute and chronic ileitis
subject: low-dose Toxoplasma gondii infection
subject: Th1-type immunopathology
subject: gut microbiota changes
subject: host-pathogen-interactions
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: We have recently shown that following peroral low-dose Toxoplasma gondii infection susceptible mice develop subacute ileitis within 10 days. Data regarding long-term intestinal and extra-intestinal sequelae of infection are scarce, however. We therefore challenged conventional C57BL/6 mice with one cyst of T. gondii ME49 strain by gavage and performed a comprehensive immunopathological survey 10, 36, and 57 days later. As early as 10 days post-infection, mice were suffering from subacute ileitis as indicated by mild-to-moderate histopathological changes of the ileal mucosa. Furthermore, numbers of apoptotic and proliferating/regenerating epithelial cells as well as of T and B lymphocytes in the mucosa and lamina propria of the ileum were highest at day 10 post-infection, but declined thereafter, and were accompanied by enhanced pro-inflammatory mediator secretion in ileum, colon and mesenteric lymph nodes that was most pronounced during the early phase of infection. In addition, subacute ileitis was accompanied by distinct shifts in the commensal gut microbiota composition in the small intestines. Remarkably, immunopathological sequelae of T. gondii infection were not restricted to the intestines, but could also be observed in extra-intestinal tissues including the liver, kidneys, lungs, heart and strikingly, in systemic compartments that were most prominent at day 10 post-infection. We conclude that the here provided long-term kinetic survey of immunopathological sequalae following peroral low-dose T. gondii infection provides valuable corner stones for a better understanding of the complex interactions within the triangle relationship of (parasitic) pathogens, the host immunity and the commensal gutmicrobiota during intestinal inflammation. The low-dose T. gondii infection model may be applied as valuable gut inflammation model in future pre-clinical studies in order to test potential treatment options for intestinal inflammatory conditions in humans.
Tetramerisation of a frustrated spin-1/2 chain
Creators: name: Becca, Federico
name: Mila, Frederic
name: Poilblanc, Didier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a model of a frustrated spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain coupled to adiabatic phonons with a general form of magnetoelastic coupling. For large enough frustration and lattice coupling a new tetramerised phase with three different bond lengths is found. We argue that the zig-zag spin-1/2 chain LiV$_2$O$_5$ might be a good candidate to observe such a phase.
Anchoring Effects in an Experimental Auction
Creators: name: Holst, Gese Sophie
name: Hermann, Daniel
name: Mußhoff, Oliver
name: Holst, Gese Sophie
name: Hermann, Daniel
name: Mußhoff, Oliver
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Farm Management
subject: anchoring effect
subject: experimental auction
subject: extra-laboratory experiment
subject: agricultural decision maker
subject: previous sale price.

description: Auctioning goods is a widespread practice, particularly in the agricultural sector. The out-come of auctions can be affected by various factors. One of these factors can be anchoring effects, which describe the influence of present available information on numerical values in human decisions. However, the influence of anchoring effects in auctions carried out offline is largely unknown. For this reason, we analyze anchoring effects of exogenously provided values using an experimental auction with farmers. In total, 48 groups of five farmers each participate in a series of four auctions for envelopes containing a €10 banknote with a 50% probability of occurrence. Our results indicate that anchoring based on exogenously presented values can result either in negative adjustment or no adjustment depending on the auction characteristic. Furthermore, the results show that previous bids affect following bids, which might also be an anchoring effect.
Frequency of Hemorrhage on Follow Up Imaging in Stroke Patients Treated With rt-PA Depending on Clinical Course
Creators: name: Schurig, Johannes
name: Haeusler, Karl Georg
name: Grittner, Ulrike
name: Nolte, Christian H.
name: Fiebach, Jochen B.
name: Audebert, Heinrich J.
name: Endres, Matthias
name: Rocco, Andrea
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: thrombolysis
subject: stroke
subject: stroke management
subject: magnetic resonance imaging
subject: computerized tomography
subject: intracerebral hemorrhage
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: According to current guidelines, stroke patients treated with rt-PA should undergo brain imaging to exclude intracerebral bleeding 24 h after thrombolysis, before the start of medical secondary prevention. However, the usefulness of routine follow-up imaging with regard to changes in therapeutic management in patients without neurological deterioration is unclear. We hypothesized that follow up brain imaging solely to exclude bleeding in patients who clinically improved after rt-PA application may not be necessary. Methods: Retrospective single-center analysis including stroke patients treated with rt-PA. Records were reviewed for hemorrhagic transformation one day after systemic thrombolysis and brain imaging-based changes in therapeutic management. Twenty-four hour after thrombolysis patients were divided into four groups: (1) increased NIHSS score; (2) unchanged NIHSS score; (3) improved NIHSS score and; (4) NIHSS score = 0. Results: Out of 188 patients (mean age 73 years, 100 female) receiving rt-PA, 32 (17%) had imaging-proven hemorrhagic transformation including 11 (6%) patients with parenchymal hemorrhage. Patients in group (1, 2) more often had hypertension (p = 0.015) and more often had parenchymal hemorrhage (9 vs. 4%; p < 0.206) compared to group (3, 4) and imaging-based changes in therapeutic management were more frequent (19% vs. 6%; p = 0.007). Patients of group (3, 4) had no changes in therapeutic management in 94% of the cases. Patients in group (4) had no hemorrhagic transformation in routine follow-up brain imaging. Conclusions: Frequency of hemorrhagic transformation in Routine follow-up brain imaging and consecutive changes in therapeutic management were different depending on clinical course measured by NHISS score.
Scaling Hypothesis of Spatial Search on Fractal Lattice Using Quantum Walk
Creators: name: Sato, Rei
name: Nikuni, Tetsuro
name: Watabe, Shohei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a quantum spatial search problem on fractal lattices, such as Sierpinski carpets and Menger sponges. In earlier numerical studies of the Sierpinski gasket, the Sierpinski tetrahedron, and the Sierpinski carpet, conjectures have been proposed for the scaling of a quantum spatial search problem finding a specific target, which is given in terms of the characteristic quantities of a fractal geometry. We find that our simulation results for extended Sierpinski carpets and Menger sponges support the conjecture for the ${\it optimal}$ number of the oracle calls, where the exponent is given by $1/2$ for $d_{\rm s} > 2$ and the inverse of the spectral dimension $d_{\rm s}$ for $d_{\rm s} < 2$. We also propose a scaling hypothesis for the ${\it effective}$ number of the oracle calls defined by the ratio of the ${\it optimal}$ number of oracle calls to a square root of the maximum finding probability. The form of the scaling hypothesis for extended Sierpinski carpets is very similar but slightly different from the earlier conjecture for the Sierpinski gasket, the Sierpinski tetrahedron, and the conventional Sierpinski carpet.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures