cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Finding Yiddishland in Chicago
Creators: name: Price, Alexandra
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Yiddish-language press
subject: immigration
subject: Americanization
subject: cultural identity

description: This thesis explores the ways in which Chicago’s Yiddish-language press responded to the challenges posed by assimilation between 1918-1932. Focusing on two specific Chicago dailies, the Orthodox and Zionist Daily Jewish Courier and the secular and socialist Chicago Jewish Forward, this thesis highlights the diversity of opinions represented in the press and the variety of their responses to the question of Americanization. This thesis ultimately argues that despite their differences in orientation, the Courier and the Forward alike played a dual role in the lives of immigrants; by constructing unique Yiddish-speaking spaces for the immigrant community, Chicago’s Yiddish-language press both challenged the demands of Americanization and facilitated the process of Yiddish speakers becoming “at home” in America. In this way, this thesis adds to the long-standing historiography on role the Yiddish press played in Americanization and provides a much-needed close examination of the Yiddish press in Chicago, which is largely absent in studies of the American Yiddish press.
A study of Be stars in the Magellanic Clouds
Creators: name: Iqbal, Shaheen
name: Keller, Stefan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of a photometric survey for Be stars in eleven young clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud and fourteen young clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud. B stars with hydrogen in emission are identified on the basis of their R-Hα colour. We find that Be star fraction in clusters decreases with cluster age, and also decreases with the metallicity.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
On the eigenvalues of Aharonov-Bohm operators with varying poles
Creators: name: Bonnaillie-Noël, Virginie
name: Noris, Benedetta
name: Nys, Manon
name: Terracini, Susanna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider a magnetic operator of Aharonov-Bohm type with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a planar domain. We analyse the behavior of its eigenvalues as the singular pole moves in the domain. For any value of the circulation we prove that the k-th magnetic eigenvalue converges to the k-th eigenvalue of the Laplacian as the pole approaches the boundary. We show that the magnetic eigenvalues depend in a smooth way on the position of the pole, as long as they remain simple. In case of half-integer circulation, we show that the rate of convergence depends on the number of nodal lines of the corresponding magnetic eigenfunction. In addition, we provide several numerical simulations both on the circular sector and on the square, which find a perfect theoretical justification within our main results, together with the ones in [Bonnaillie-Noël, V., Helffer, B., Exp. Math. 20 (2011), no. 3, 304-322; MR2836255 (2012i:35274)].
description: 39 pages, 28 figures
Physical Layer Network Coding: A Cautionary Story with Interference and Spatial Reservation
Creators: name: Fukui, Hironori
name: Yomo, Hiroyuki
name: Popovski, Petar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Physical layer network coding (PLNC) has the potential to improve throughput of multi-hop networks. However, most of the works are focused on the simple, three-node model with two-way relaying, not taking into account the fact that there can be other neighboring nodes that can cause/receive interference. The way to deal with this problem in distributed wireless networks is usage of MAC-layer mechanisms that make a spatial reservation of the shared wireless medium, similar to the well-known RTS/CTS in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. In this paper, we investigate two-way relaying in presence of interfering nodes and usage of spatial reservation mechanisms. Specifically, we introduce a reserved area in order to protect the nodes involved in two-way relaying from the interference caused by neighboring nodes. We analytically derive the end-to-end rate achieved by PLNC considering the impact of interference and reserved area. A relevant performance measure is data rate per unit area, in order to reflect the fact that any spatial reservation blocks another data exchange in the reserved area. The numerical results carry a cautionary message that the gains brought by PLNC over one-way relaying may be vanishing when the two-way relaying is considered in a broader context of a larger wireless network.
description: 6 pages, 11 figures, Proc. of IEEE CoCoNet Workshop in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2013
Distance Determination To Eight Galaxies Using Expanding Photosphere Method
Creators: name: Bose, Subhash
name: Kumar, Brijesh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Type IIP supernovae are recognized as independent extragalactic distance indicators, however, keeping in view of the diverse nature of their observed properties as well as the availability of good quality data, more and newer events need to be tested for their applicability as a reliable distance indicators. We use early photometric and spectroscopic data of eight type-IIP SNe to derive distances to their host galaxies using the expanding photosphere method (EPM). For five of these, EPM is applied for the first time. In this work, we improved EPM application by using SYNOW estimated velocities and by semi-deconvolving the broadband filter responses while deriving color temperatures and black-body angular radii. We find that the derived EPM distances are consistent with that derived using other redshift independent methods.
description: 11 Pages, 13 Figures, 6 Tables. Accepted to ApJ
Emergency management and the final frontier: Preparing local communities for falling space debris
Creators: name: Louis-Charles, HM
name: Kalokoh, A
name: Torres, J
name: Jamieson, Thomas
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 4001
subject: Aerospace engineering

description: Global dependence on satellite technologies, along with expanding space exploration, and commercial space travel have made rocket launches routine modern-day events. As a result, there is an increasing probability of civilian casualty from rocket launch anomalies, or from falling space debris already in orbit. This study provides an empirical analysis of local emergency management publicly available guidelines for the risks associated with human-made space hazards, natural space hazards, and unknown space hazards. A multicase approach is utilized with a document analysis of 391 emergency management documents provided by 512 local jurisdictions across the states of California, Florida, Texas, and Virginia. Descriptive statistics and a QGIS vector spatial analysis is conducted to identify high risk counties in close proximity to rocket launch sites. A logit regression model informs us on the relationship between a county containing a rocket launch site or being in close proximity to a launch site and their likelihood of including falling space hazards in their emergency management documents. A significant number of documents mention falling aircrafts, missiles from tornadoes and weapons of mass destruction. Rocket launch anomalies and falling space debris remain outside the scope or imaginability of local emergency management plans.
“Read Our Articles in American Language:” World War I and German-American Identity in German-language Newspapers in Chicago
Creators: name: Treitel, Mark
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: German-American Identity
subject: German-language press
subject: World War I

description: There were Germans, and there were Americans, but by the time the United States entered World War I, it was very hard to be a German-American. Anti-German hysteria and nativist American nationalism attempted to denigrate and suppress German-American culture, punishing any sympathy for Germany or German culture. These tales of wartime prejudice and division occupy such a prominent place in the history of German-Americans that it can be hard to believe the extent to which German-Americans were comfortable being both German and American, or the ways in which other Americans both tolerated and opposed these sentiments. Chicago is particularly apt place to investigate such tensions, as it hosted a large German population (in 1910, 19.5% of the city was German-born) with at least two large German-language newspapers, but was far from an ethnic enclave, making the city a site for potential conflict. Examining English and German-language newspapers from the city can shed light on both differences in perspective and the construction of German-American identity. When studying tensions between German-Americans and non-German-Americans in Chicago, comparing English and German-language newspapers of that city provides useful insights into the priorities of each community, giving numerous examples of how they expressed their own views and even how the different presses interacted with each other. A focus on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the outbreak of war, and the sinking of the Lusitania allows a comparison of the newspapers’ different biases and priorities in covering these divisive incidents. The German press, as might be expected, expends both more ink and more emotion on news of Germany and matters of German-American identity. Indeed, the Illinois Staats-zeitung (ISZ) and the Abendpost, Chicago’s main German-language dailies, were unabashedly pro-German throughout their war coverage. What is more surprising, however, is the way Chicago’s German-American press supported an identity that involved bonds of loyalty to both America and Germany. Although the sinking of the Lusitania resulted in a dramatic upswing of anti-German sentiment, English-speaking newspapers did not entirely exclude German-American voices. Through the early days of the war, the German newspapers of Chicago continued to engage with the English-speaking press in a desperate effort to convince them of Germany’s righteousness while also promoting a particular ideal of German-American identity to their readers.
Optimization of conductive and electroactive polymer hydrogels as electroactive muscle scaffolds
Creators: name: Kamara, Zalikatu
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2023

description: Skeletal muscles have great regeneration abilities after small wounds or injuries. However, in extreme cases with chronic damage, and traumatic injuries, the regenerative properties of skeletal muscle can be hindered. Biocompatible material muscle grafts such as electroactive muscle scaffolds are currently studied as an alternative treatment method. Electroactive muscle scaffolds serve as great alternatives because of their ability to mimic native muscle with its mechanical and contractile properties. We can produce active materials that contract and expand as needed, much like skeletal muscle, by strategically placing conductive elements around electroactive polymer (EAP) hydrogels. These ideas can be combined to produce active materials that can electrically, physically, and biochemically activate cells. Their design allows them to function similarly to native muscle when electrically stimulated by converting polymer bending into overall scaffold contraction. The electroactive and conductive portions of the muscle scaffold are needed to stimulate the actuation and contraction of the scaffold. The electroactive portion is made with an electroactive polymer made from polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) and acrylic acid (AA). The conductive portion can be created with several different conductive materials combined with PEGDA. In this study, we investigated the use of carbon nanotubes, gold nanoparticles, and FeCl3 as conductive elements for our scaffolds. These elements were combined with PEGDA alone and PEGDA-AA. Results show a concentration-based change in mechanical properties and conductivity with the addition of these elements. These materials were able to create electric fields strong enough to move the electroactive material PEGDA-AA.
The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor across the Perseus Molecular Cloud
Creators: name: Lee, Min-Young
name: Stanimirovic, Snezana
name: Wolfire, Mark G.
name: Shetty, Rahul
name: Glover, Simon C. O.
name: Molina, Faviola Z.
name: Klessen, Ralf S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the CO-to-H2 conversion factor, X_CO = N(H2)/I_CO, across the Perseus molecular cloud on sub-parsec scales by combining the dust-based N(H2) data with the I_CO data from the COMPLETE Survey. We estimate an average X_CO ~ 3 x 10^19 cm^-2 K^-1 km^-1 s and find a factor of ~3 variations in X_CO between the five sub-regions in Perseus. Within the individual regions, X_CO varies by a factor of ~100, suggesting that X_CO strongly depends on local conditions in the interstellar medium. We find that X_CO sharply decreases at Av < 3 mag but gradually increases at Av > 3 mag, with the transition occurring at Av where I_CO becomes optically thick. We compare the N(HI), N(H2), I_CO, and X_CO distributions with two models of the formation of molecular gas, a one-dimensional photodissociation region (PDR) model and a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model tracking both the dynamical and chemical evolution of gas. The PDR model based on the steady state and equilibrium chemistry reproduces our data very well but requires a diffuse halo to match the observed N(HI) and I_CO distributions. The MHD model generally matches our data well, suggesting that time-dependent effects on H2 and CO formation are insignificant for an evolved molecular cloud like Perseus. However, we find interesting discrepancies, including a broader range of N(HI), likely underestimated I_CO, and a large scatter of I_CO at small Av. These discrepancies likely result from strong compressions/rarefactions and density fluctuations in the MHD model.
description: accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
"Investing into a Fallacy": The Demand for an Abolitionist Critique and Restructuring of Safety
Creators: name: Krishnan, Apoorva
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Public Safety
subject: Community Organizing
subject: hate crime
subject: power and privilege

description: In 2016, Chicago Alderman Ed Burke sought to establish a city ordinance that would extend hate-crime protections to law enforcement officials. The result of similar laws in places such as New Orleans has been harsher penalties for crimes committed against a newly established “special victim” category of police officers (Chang, “What Does the ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Ordinance Really Mean?” Chicago Magazine, 2016). The ordinance—popularly referred to as the “Blue Lives Matter” ordinance, in reference to its affront to Black Lives Matter—is just one example among many that shows the entanglements of power, privilege, and vulnerability that inhere in group claims for legal protection from the state on the basis of marginalized status. Even legislation that is initially created under the guise of protecting those most vulnerable—rather than protecting policemen who wield power over such vulnerable groups---is often enforced by punitive state forces. This creates hierarchies of risk and violence as opposed to methods of harm prevention and response. The tendency to rely on harsher punishments to deter harm effectively results in an expansion of the system of law enforcement. This system disproportionately targets those who are most likely to experience violence, either at the hands of police or otherwise.
Normality sensing licenses local T cells for innate-like tissue surveillance
Creators: name: McKenzie, Duncan R
name: Hart, Rosie
name: Bah, Nourdine
name: Ushakov, Dmitry S
name: Muñoz-Ruiz, Miguel
name: Feederle, Regina
name: Hayday, Adrian C
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Model organisms
subject: Tumour Biology
subject: Genetics & Genomics
subject: Genome Integrity & Repair
subject: Human Biology & Physiology
subject: Chemical Biology & High Throughput
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Computational & Systems Biology

description: The increasing implication of lymphocytes in general physiology and immune surveillance outside of infection poses the question of how their antigen receptors might be involved. Here, we show that macromolecular aggregates of intraepidermal γδ T cell antigen receptors (TCRs) in the mouse skin aligned with and depended on Skint1, a butyrophilin-like (BTNL) protein expressed by differentiated keratinocytes (KCs) at steady state. Interruption of TCR-mediated ‘normality sensing’ had no impact on γδ T cell numbers but altered their signature phenotype, while the epidermal barrier function was compromised. In addition to the regulation of steady-state physiology, normality sensing licensed intraepidermal T cells to respond rapidly to subsequent tissue perturbation by using innate tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily receptors. Thus, interfering with Skint1-dependent interactions between local γδ T cells and KCs at steady state increased the susceptibility to ultraviolet B radiation (UVR)-induced DNA damage and inflammation, two cancer-disposing factors.
The J-Pit in the Media
Creators: name: Press-Williams, Joshua
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: media reporting
subject: environmental sustainability
subject: local newspaper reporting

description: The manner in which the news media reports on environmental issues is important because the production and reproduction of narratives, analysis of quotes, and audience engagement tactics all affect the way that readers think about and respond to critical issues (McCombs and Shaw 1972). However, many analyses of framing focus on content produced by large media networks which are more likely to hire experienced journalists and cover news items with regional and national significance (Maxwell Boykoff and Roberts 2007). This is important because local newspapers account for most of the news that is consumed by the general populace, and the constraints of advertising sales and public backlash against controversial reporting may sometimes limit editorial options to reproductions of local interests, values, and partisan politics (Armstrong et al. 2010). As this reporting bias is most paramount in the local news coverage of environmental issues, the impact of reporting trends as they evolve in a community over time needs to be better understood. This paper will examine the case study of a landfill in Gary, Indiana to assess how the frameworks used by local newspapers have changed over the chronological lifetime of this environmental issue.
Expressive Writing for all: Interactive Supportive Website in English and Arabic
Creators: name: Campbell, Siobhan
name: Jensen, Meg
name: Blackburn-Daniels, Sally
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)
Site-based writing
Public participation and community engagement
Counselling, wellbeing and community services

description: Following research findings that Expressive Writing and Telling can be a tool for Social Workers and HRDs in GBV work, in enhancing general care provision, in valuing individual experience and therefore enabling agency, and as a potential ancillary research tool in survey and data gathering, this project has developed an interactive website.
This has two functions: it is a locus to receive Expressive Writing and Telling and it also provides a model for modes and approaches to ethical co-research into these methods. The Interactive Website acts as a data gathering opportunity that is uniquely poised to gather stories, testimony and personally voiced experience from arenas which may be difficult to reach in person.
These texts respond to the EWT writing exercises that have been specially designed for use in crisis contexts. Anonymised data in the form of written responses provided by participants following the acceptance of the participant information and informed consent permissions, are available to the project’s named researchers for textual analysis and to inform the further development and refinement of EWT approaches that may be rapidly deployed in other emergency contexts.

Contents:
 o EW training materials and techniques that have been specifically adapted to the specific challenges or crises can be shared which enables the potential to be adapted to other crisis contexts in the future. o Dissemination of the research findings on how the EW methodology can be applied and rolled out in crisis contexts in a quick, versatile and cost-efficient way. o A collection of the Expressive Life Writing and Storytelling materials produced throughout the project, where participants have given consent, and their work has been anonymised. This collection, in its variety and complexity, will reflect the very exacting nature of each locale and the challenges faced by individuals, thus enabling aid workers and human rights defenders to more o The Interactive Website acts as an online training delivery portal which presents modules on training of social workers (eg in GBV provision and for Youth) that have been pre-piloted, tested and refined and are now ready to be adapted and used elsewhere.
URLS: https://expressivewritingforall.com/en/ https://expressivewritingforall.com/ar/
Coherent propagation of a single photon in a lossless medium: $0π$ pulse formation, slow photon, storage and retrieval in multiple temporal modes
Creators: name: Petrosyan, Shushan
name: Malakyan, Yuri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single-photon coherent optics represents a fundamental importance for the investigation of quantum light-matter interactions. While most work has considered the interaction in the steady-state regime, here we demonstrate that a single-photon pulse shorter than any relaxation time in a medium propagates without energy loss and is consistently transformed into a zero-area pulse. A general analytical solution is found for photon passage through a cold ensemble of $Λ$-type atoms confined inside a hollow core of a single-mode photonic-crystal fiber. We use the robust far off-resonant Raman scheme to control the pulse reshaping by an intense control laser beam and show that in the case of cw control field, for exact two-photon resonance, the outgoing photon displays an oscillating temporal distribution, which is the quantum counterpart of a classical field ringing, while for nonzero two-photon detuning a slow photon is produced. We demonstrate also that a train of readout control pulses coherently recalls the stored photon in many well-separated temporal modes, thus producing time-bin entangled single-photon states. Such states, which allow sharing quantum information among many users, are highly demanded for applications in long-distance quantum communication.
title: Effects of fences and fence gaps on the movement behavior of three southern African antelope species
Creators: name: Hering, Robert
name: Hauptfleisch, Morgan
name: Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
name: Stiegler, Jonas
name: Blaum, Niels
Publisher: name: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Globally, migratory ungulates are affected by fences. While field observational studies reveal the amount of animal–fence interactions across taxa, GPS tracking-based studies uncover fence effects on movement patterns and habitat selection. However, studies on the direct effects of fences and fence gaps on movement behavior, especially based on high-frequency tracking data, are scarce. We used GPS tracking on three common African antelopes (Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Antidorcas marsupialis, and T. oryx) with movement strategies ranging from range residency to nomadism in a semi-arid, Namibian savanna traversed by wildlife-proof fences that elephants have regularly breached. We classified major forms of ungulate–fence interaction types on a seasonal and a daily scale. Furthermore, we recorded the distances and times spent at fences regarding the total individual space use. Based on this, we analyzed the direct effects of fences and fence gaps on the animals’ movement behavior for the previously defined types of animal–fence interactions. Antelope-fence interactions peaked during the early hours of the day and during seasonal transitions when the limiting resource changed between water and forage. Major types of ungulate–fence interactions were quick, trace-like, or marked by halts. We found that the amount of time spent at fences was highest for nomadic eland. Migratory springbok adjusted their space use concerning fence gap positions. If the small home ranges of sedentary kudu included a fence, they frequently interacted with this fence. For springbok and eland, distance traveled along a fence declined with increasing utilization of a fence gap. All species reduced their speed in the proximity of a fence but often increased their speed when encountering the fence. Crossing a fence led to increased speeds for all species. We demonstrate that fence effects mainly occur during crucial foraging times (seasonal scale) and during times of directed movements (daily scale). Importantly, we provide evidence that fences directly alter antelope movement behaviors with negative implications for energy budgets and that persistent fence gaps can reduce the intensity of such alterations. Our findings help to guide future animal–fence studies and provide insights for wildlife fencing and fence gap planning.
description: Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe; 1308
spi2.34.756-765.pdf
Creators: name: Yusriani Sapta Dewi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160507 Environment Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This research aims to determine the relationship between knowledge about environmental sanitation, healthy life
attitude, and income on quality of environmental healthy housing at Muara Angke North Jakarta, Indonesia. The
method used was quantitative with a correlation study by applying regression and correlational analysis. Research
results showed there was a significant correlation between fisherman knowledge about environmental sanitation,
healthy life attitude, and income with fisherman quality of environmental healthy housing (0.01), where the figure
was much lower than the level of sig 0.05. These results indicated that knowledge about environmental sanitation,
healthy life attitude, and income has significantly contribution on the quality of environmental healthy housing.
Therefore, if fisherman quality of environmental housing should be improved, factors such as knowledge about
sanitation, healthy life attitude and income could be taken into consideration.
Stark broadening of B IV lines for astrophysical and laboratory plasma research
Creators: name: Dimitrijević, Milan S.
name: Christova, Magdalena
name: Simić, Zoran
name: Kovačević, Andjelka
name: Sahal-Bréchot, Sylvie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Stark broadening parameters for 36 multiplets of B IV have been calculated using the semi-classical perturbation formalism. Obtained results have been used to investigate the regularities within spectral series and temperature dependence.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, in press in Advances in Space Research
Evaluation of a Late Pregnancy ‘Sleep-On-Side’ Public Health Campaign Protocol
Creators: name: McCowan, Lesley
name: Cronin, Robin
name: Falloon, Karen
name: Rennae Taylor
name: Mitchell, Edwin
name: Thompson, John
Publisher: name: The University of Auckland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111712 Health Promotion
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111006 Midwifery
subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111716 Preventive Medicine
subject: 111401 Foetal Development and Medicine
subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: 111717 Primary Health Care
subject: 111404 Reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology

description: A nationwide ‘Sleep-On-Side When Baby’s Inside’ public health campaign was initiated in New Zealand in 2018. This was in response to evidence that maternal supine late pregnancy going-to-sleep position was an independent risk factor for stillbirth from 28 weeks’ gestation. We plan to evaluate the success of the campaign through two nation-wide surveys of 1) pregnant women in the third trimester and 2) health professionals who provide care for pregnant women.
Clostophis sankeyi Benson 1860
Creators: name: Páll-Gergely, Barna
name: Hunyadi, András
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Gastrocoptidae
Clostophis
Clostophis sankeyi

description: Clostophis sankeyi Benson, 1860 (Figs. 1, 2) Clostophis sankeyi Benson, 1860: 95. Clostophis sankeyi — Páll-Gergely et al., 2020: 352, fig. 3 A. Material examined. 1 shell (coll. HA, Fig. 2), Myanmar, Mon Province, Mawlamyine centre ENE ca. 26 km, Dhammasa Cave, 8 m a.s.l., 16°30.403′N, 97°48.646′E (locality code 2018/49a), coll. A. Hunyadi, K. Okubo & J.U. Otani, 11 October 2018; 1 shell (coll. HA, Fig. 1), Myanmar, Mon Province, Mawlamyine NE ca. 14 km, Kalagon, Kha Yone Cave, 0 m a.s.l., 16°31.986′N, 97°42.910′E (locality code: 2018/50), coll. A. Hunyadi, K. Okubo & J.U. Otani, 11 October 2018. Measurements (in mm). SH = 1.53, SW = 1.41 (2018/49a); SH = 1.34, SW = 1.22 (2018/50). Remarks. In our previous paper (Páll-Gergely et al., 2020) we reported this species from two localities, but they were not figured. Here we figure both shells and add the following observation. The holotype and specimen from locality 2018/50 lack a parietal tooth (Fig. 1B, E, G), whereas the shell from locality 2018/49a has a blunt, low, but clearly visible parietal tooth (Fig. 2B, E). The presence or absence of the parietal tooth is best interpreted as part of intraspecific variability, because all other traits of the three examined available shells are similar.
description: Published as part of Páll-Gergely, Barna & Hunyadi, András, 2022, New and little-known species of Clostophis Benson, 1860 from Southeast Asia (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Hypselostomatidae), pp. 417-439 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 70 on page 419, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2022-0023, http://zenodo.org/record/7174433
description: {"references": ["Benson WH (1860) On Clostophis and Rhiostoma, new Burmese genera of land-shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 5: 95 - 97.", "Pall-Gergely B, Hunyadi A, Grego J, Reischutz A, Buczko K & Vermeulen JJ (2020) Clostophis Benson, 1860, is not a monotypic diplommatinid but a speciose hypselostomatid (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata), with descriptions of six new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 350 - 368."]}
Multi-residue determination of pesticides in green tea by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation using nitrogen as the carrier gas
Creators: name: Saito-Shida, Shizuka
name: Nagata, Mari
name: Nemoto, Satoru
name: Akiyama, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Helium is commonly used as a carrier gas in gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS); however, there are growing concerns regarding its global shortage and the resulting limited supply and high cost. Using nitrogen as an alternative carrier gas in GC-MS/MS with the widely used electron ionisation (EI) technique leads to a significantly lower sensitivity; thus, in this study, we explored the use of atmospheric-pressure chemical ionisation (APCI) as the ionisation method and examined the applicability of GC-(APCI)MS/MS with nitrogen gas for the determination of pesticide residues. GC-(APCI)MS/MS using nitrogen provided slightly wider peaks, and poorer isomeric separation compared to those using helium under identical conditions; however, the peak intensities were comparable. GC-(APCI)MS/MS using nitrogen was validated for 166 pesticides in green tea at a spiking level of 0.01 mg/kg and was compared with the conventional GC-(EI)MS/MS using helium gas. Except dimethomorph and resmethrin, GC-(APCI)MS/MS showed satisfactory results that were comparable to those of GC-(EI)MS/MS for most compounds, with trueness in the range of 73%–95% and relative standard deviations of <11%. The sensitivity and selectivity of GC-(APCI)MS/MS with nitrogen were superior to those of GC-(EI)MS/MS with helium. Therefore, GC-(APCI)MS/MS using nitrogen as the carrier gas, which has minimal concerns related to availability, could be a promising alternative to the conventional GC-(EI)MS/MS technique that employs helium.
Chronic dietary exposure to nickel from selected foods consumed in Belgium
Creators: name: Babaahmadifooladi, Mehrnoosh
name: Jacxsens, Liesbeth
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
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: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The risk assessment conducted by the European Food Safety Authority stated some concerns regarding the chronic exposure of the European population to nickel due to food intake. This study aimed to evaluate the extent of the Belgian population’s exposure to nickel via intake of different foods/drinks available in their market. Ni concentrations were measured in selected foods consumed in Belgium, and exposures from this limited group of foods were estimated for consumers of these foods. Legumes, soy products, breakfast cereals, and chocolate spreads were responsible for 26%, 14%, 11% and 8% of the overall exposure (overall chronic exposure through consuming all the included food types in this study except tap water) of children (3–9 years) to nickel. For adolescents (10–17 years), the highest percentage of overall chronic exposure again originated from legumes (19%). This was followed by breakfast cereals (14%), soy products (11%) and chocolate spreads (11%). For adults (18–64 years), major contributors to the overall chronic daily exposure were legumes (16%), dark chocolate (15%) and breakfast cereals (10%). The aggregate exposure assessment, including the highest contaminated foods, for different sub-populations, revealed mean exposure levels of 1.02, 0.60 and 0.34 μg kg−1 b.w. day−1 for children, adolescents, and adults respectively. The mean, P75, P90 and P95 values for aggregate chronic exposure of the overall consumer’s population were 0.62, 0.80, 1.5 and 210 μg kg−1 b.w. day−1 respectively. This study recommends controlling the intake of food products with elevated nickel content especially for the more vulnerable sub-population groups such as children with lower body weight and nickel sensitised individuals. It also demonstrates a shift in potential risk on human health to nickel exposure due to the transition towards a more plant-based diet.
The NLO twist-3 contribution to the pion electromagnetic form factors in $k_{T}$ factorization
Creators: name: Cheng, Shan
name: Fan, Ying-Ying
name: Xiao, Zhen-Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, by employing the $k_{T}$ factorization theorem, we calculate firstly the next-to-leading-order (NLO) twist-3 contributions to the pion electromagnetic form factors in the $πγ^* \to π$ process. From the analytical and numerical calculations we find the following points: (a) For the leading order (LO) twist-2, twist-3 and the NLO twist-2 contributions, our results agree very well with those obtained in previous works; (b) We extract out two factors $F^{(1)}_{\rm T3}(x_i,t,Q^2)$ and $\ov{F}^{(1)}_{\rm T3}(x_i,t,Q^2)$, which describe directly the NLO twist-3 contributions to the pion electromagnetic form factors $F^+(Q^2)$; (c) The NLO twist-3 contribution is negative in sign and cancel partially with the NLO twist-2 part, the total NLO contribution can therefore provide a roughly $\pm 20\%$ corrections to the total LO contribution in the considered ranges of $Q^2$; and (d) The theoretical predictions for $Q^2 F^+(Q^2)$ in the low-$Q^2$ region agree well with currently available data, this agreement can be improved by the inclusion of the NLO contributions.
description: 26 pages, 10 ps figures and 2 Tables, minor corrections
A structure for quasars under the scope of polarisation I. The UV/optical polarisation dichotomy of type-1 and type-2 AGN
Creators: name: Marin, F.
name: Goosmann, R. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: J.2.3; J.2.9
subject: 85-05

description: We present UV/optical spectropolarimetric modelling of the phenomenologically-based structure for quasars proposed by Elvis (2000). In this first paper of a series, we explore the continuum polarisation emerging from radiatively accelerated and bent winds that were vertically launched from the accretion disc in an active galactic nucleus (AGN). We simulate the radiative transfer occurring in Thomson scattering and dust extinction media over a range of morphological parameters and optical depths of the wind. We demonstrate that the wind geometry proposed by Elvis with a phenomenologically-derived bending angle of theta = 60deg still underestimates the observed optical polarisation percentage of type-1 and type-2 AGN and does not yet reproduce the expected dichotomy of the polarisation position angle. To recover the observed polarisation properties, a smaller bending angle and some amount of dust shielding in the equatorial region should be considered. A two-phase outflow is found to generate both the observed polarisation dichotomy and acceptable levels of polarisation degree if the wind has a bending angle theta = 45deg, and the conical shells have a half-openingangle of 3deg < delta_theta < 10deg. The absorbing dust column at the wind base should be in the range of 1 < tau_dust < 4 (tau being integrated over 2000 - 8000 Angs). Straightforward observational tests from spectropolarimetry and from determining the number density of different AGN types can be performed to further constrain the wind geometry.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
AGN behind the SMC selected from radio and X-ray surveys
Creators: name: Sturm, R.
name: Drašković, D.
name: Filipović, M. D.
name: Haberl, F.
name: Collier, J.
name: Crawford, E. J.
name: Ehle, M.
name: De Horta, A.
name: Pietsch, W.
name: Tothill, N. F. H.
name: Wong, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) revealed 3053 X-ray sources with the majority expected to be active galactic nuclei (AGN) behind the SMC. However, the high stellar density in this field often does not allow assigning unique optical counterparts and hinders source classification. On the other hand, the association of X-ray point sources with radio emission can be used to select background AGN with high confidence, and to constrain other object classes like pulsar wind nebula. To classify X-ray and radio sources, we use clear correlations of X-ray sources found in the XMM-Newton survey with radio-continuum sources detected with ATCA and MOST. Deep radio-continuum images were searched for correlations with X-ray sources of the XMM-Newton SMC-survey point-source catalogue as well as galaxy clusters seen with extended X-ray emission. Eighty eight discrete radio sources were found in common with the X-ray point-source catalogue in addition to six correlations with extended X-ray sources. One source is identified as a Galactic star and eight as galaxies. Eight radio sources likely originate in AGN that are associated with clusters of galaxies seen in X-rays. One source is a PWN candidate. We obtain 43 new candidates for background sources located behind the SMC. A total of 24 X-ray sources show jet-like radio structures.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Clostophis bactrianus Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi 2022, new species
Creators: name: Páll-Gergely, Barna
name: Hunyadi, András
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Gastrocoptidae
Clostophis
Clostophis bactrianus

description: Clostophis bactrianus, new species (Fig. 8) Type material. Holotype (SH: 1.1 mm, SW: 1.6 mm) (HNHM 105324), Pahang, Gua Bama, 9 km from Kuala Lipis toward Padang Tungku, 120 m a.s.l., 4°11.652′N, 101°57.936′E (locality code: 2013/28), coll. A. Hunyadi, 19 January 2013. Paratypes: 24 shells (coll. HA), same data as for holotype. Diagnosis. Uniquely characterised within the genus by the two low, blunt teeth on the columellar and basal side of the aperture. Description. Shell conical, wider than high, apex blunt. Whorls rounded or slightly shouldered. Last whorl not detached from penultimate whorl, although aperture may be slightly protruding (parietal callus elevated from penultimate whorl). Protoconch consisting of 1.5 whorls, spirally striated except for the first ca. 0.25 whorl. Entire shell with 4.25 whorls. Umbilicus relatively narrow, less than one third of shell width. Entire teleoconch with strong, elevated, rather equidistant spiral striae (ca. 20–22 on body whorl in apertural view), and some weak, irregular radial growth lines. Aperture almost heart-shaped due to large sinulus. Parietal tooth pronounced, relatively short, reaches peristome. Palatal tooth also strong, elevated, but blunt. Sinulus clearly separated from rest of aperture due to strong parietal and palatal teeth. Two low, blunt denticles situated next to each other on the peristome on the basal and columellar sides of the aperture; the lower one is situated slightly left (i.e., direction of the columella) from the basal most point, whereas the upper one sits on the columellar side. Measurements (in mm). SH = 0.94–1.05, SW = 1.03–1.06 (n = 4). Differential diagnosis. Clostophis bactrianus, new species, differs from C. neglectus by the smaller shell size, the more elevated parietal tooth, the more basally-situated palatal tooth (and as a result, a larger sinulus), and the two low denticles on the columellar and basal sides of the aperture. Clostophis laidlawi has five apertural barriers. Etymology. The specific epithet derives from the scientific name of the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758). The two blunt columellar teeth of this new species resemble the two humps on the camel’s back.
description: Published as part of Páll-Gergely, Barna & Hunyadi, András, 2022, New and little-known species of Clostophis Benson, 1860 from Southeast Asia (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Hypselostomatidae), pp. 417-439 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 70 on pages 423-427, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2022-0023, http://zenodo.org/record/7174433
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Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Pekerja Migran Indonesia Non Prosedural
Creators: name: Heni Sutra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Negara Republik Indonesia adalah negara yang didasarkan atas hukum (Rechtsstaats), bukan negara yang didasarkan atas kekuasaan belaka (Machtsstaat). Pada alinea keempat Pembukaan Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945 disebutkan bahwa tujuan dibentuk Pemerintah Negara Indonesia, antara lain adalah: “…, melindungi segenap bangsa Indonesia dan seluruh tumpah darah Indonesia dan untuk memajukan kesejahteraan umum, …”. Dari ketentuan Pembukaan tersebut diketahui bahwa dua tujuan strategis dibentuknya pemerintahan Negara Republik Indonesia sebagaimana diamanatkan oleh founding fathers adalah melindungi segenap bangsa Indonesia dan seluruh tumpah darah Indonesia serta memajukan kesejahteraan umum
Compact Representations of Extended Causal Models
Creators: name: Halpern, Joseph Y.
name: Hitchcock, Christopher
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Judea Pearl was the first to propose a definition of actual causation using causal models. A number of authors have suggested that an adequate account of actual causation must appeal not only to causal structure, but also to considerations of normality. In earlier work, we provided a definition of actual causation using extended causal models, which include information about both causal structure and normality. Extended causal models are potentially very complex. In this paper, we show how it is possible to achieve a compact representation of extended causal models.