cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: <>: perceptions of foreignness in late-medieval and Renaissance Florence
Creators: name: McClelland, Neil
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2021

description: Research on the socio-economic element of immigration to late-medieval and Renaissance Florence has cultivated detailed understandings of Florence’s economy, but with less interest in more cultural considerations of foreignness. Yet perceptions of foreignness contribute substantially to self-identification. Studying primarily chronicles and diaries, and secondarily novelle and poetry, this thesis attempts to examine Florentine perceptions of foreignness, c.1300-c.1520, concentrating on perceptions of non-Florentine Italians. We first inquire what was foreign to Florentines, analysing where geographically sources indicated when using words translatable as foreign/foreigner(s). We then consider indicators of foreignness. Sources reinforce ‘Florentine’ by negatively marking perceived national characters, which were thought nurtured through political traditions, materially expressed through clothing styles, and further expressed through language. We detect a Florentine self-confidence, as the Florentine vernacular and republic contemporaneously gained respective pan-Italian and regional primacy. Perceptions of foreignness thus contributed to intersecting Florentine national and socio-political self-identities. Foreign people were sometimes actively encouraged and could receive privileges unavailable to Florentines. However, anti-immigrant sentiment reflects Florentines reacting against unprecedented thirteenth-century immigration and immigrants’ naturalisation. Yet anti-immigrant polemics targeted artisanal and working-class immigrants, and anti-foreigner legislation reflects elite attempts to undermine popular politics. Again, perceptions of foreignness contributed to intersecting class and political identities. Perceptions of foreign soldiers, officials, and displaced persons are also discussed. A trend appears, whereby foreigners are sometimes invited to Florence when Florentines perceive their utility, yet having fulfilled that utility they lose their privileges and sometimes experience local opposition. Future comparative research between perceptions of foreignness in republican Florence and aristocratic republics or principalities would illuminate late-medieval and Renaissance Italian self-identification. Furthermore, future research might compare how perceptions of foreignness contribute to our own self-identification, for these perceptions affect foreign people’s treatment at ‘our’ hands.
Little terrors : the child antagonist in the horror film
Creators: name: Lennard, Dominic
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Since the 1950s children have proven to be among the most effective and enduring antagonists in the popular horror film, beginning with Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack) of The Bad Seed (1956) and the space-invader infants of Village of the Damned (1960), and progressing to the possessed child (Linda Blair) of The Exorcist (1973) and, more recently, the psychic ghost-girl Samara (Daveigh Chase) of The Ring (2002). Using theoretical approaches adopted from Marxism, feminism, film theory and cultural studies, this thesis analyses representations of the \child antagonist\" in the horror film across the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In contrast with the traditionally innocent characterisations of the child in Western film and literature the child antagonist brings to the surface the complexities and contradictions underlying the apparently hannless meanings readily attributed to the child. This thesis identifies the social and cinematic discourses in which the horror film situates children. In particular it demonstrates that the portrayal and behaviour of child antagonists enables theorisation of the key discourses that construct popular understandings of childhood including innocence class gender sexuality consumer culture and parenting. Readings of The Bad Seed and Village of the Damned discuss the use of child antagonists as representatives of class conflict; an examination of It 's Alive (1974) considers monstrous offspring as reflections of paternal masculinity; discussions of The Brood (1979) and The Ring demonstrate the child antagonist's grounding in ideas of motherhood; an analysis of Alien (1979) considers the film's creature as a manifestation of anxieties about reproductive technologies; and a chapter on Hard Candy (2005) addresses the evolution of the child antagonist in light of contemporary panic over paedophilia. These analyses emphasise the unconscious symbolic value of the figure of the child and the crises provoked when that symbolism is subverted. Representations of children in popular film are of great cultural and political significance because of their capacity to reflect and influence public perceptions. The Abstract Little Terrors unique prevalence of the child antagonist in the horror film along with the exclusion of children as viewers renders the genre perhaps the primary domain for the examination of those representations. Through investigation of the child antagonist in horror this thesis seeks to construct a clearer view of the cultural conceptualisation of\"childhood\" and the role of horror in charting the relationship between children and adults."
Large scale directional anomalies in the WMAP 5yr ILC map
Creators: name: Gruppuso, Alessandro
name: Gorski, Krzysztof M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the alignments of the low multipoles of CMB anisotropies with specific directions in the sky (i.e. the dipole, the north Ecliptic pole, the north Galactic pole and the north Super Galactic pole). Performing $10^5$ random extractions we have found that: 1) separately quadrupole and octupole are mildly orthogonal to the dipole but when they are considered together, in analogy to \cite{Copi2006}, we find an unlikely orthogonality at the level of 0.8% C.L.; 2) the multipole vectors associated to $\ell=4$ are unlikely aligned with the dipole at $99.1 %$ C.L.; 3) the multipole vectors associated to $\ell=5$ are mildly orthogonal to the dipole but when we consider only maps that show exactly the same correlation among the multipoles as in the observed WMAP 5yr ILC, these multipole vectors are unlikely orthogonal to the dipole at $99.7 %$ C.L..
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in JCAP. Few references added and some typos corrected
Trilinear Gauge Interactions in Extensions of the Standard Model and Unitarity
Creators: name: Armillis, Roberta
name: Coriano, Claudio
name: Rose, Luigi Delle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We summarize recent work on the characterization of anomaly poles in connection with the field-theory interpretation of the Green-Schwarz mechanism of anomaly cancellation and on their effective field theories, stressing on the properties of the anomaly vertex in two representations, the Rosenberg and the Longitudinal/Transverse. The presence of polar amplitudes in these theories causes a violation of unitarity at high energy which is cured by the exchange of the axion. We comment on the possible physical implications of this mechanism.
description: 5 pages, 6 Figs. Presented at IFAE 2009, Bari, 15-17 April 2009, Italy
Mg/Ti multilayers: structural, optical and hydrogen absorption properties
Creators: name: Baldi, A.
name: Palsson, G. K.
name: Gonzalez-Silveira, M.
name: Schreuders, H.
name: Slaman, M.
name: Rector, J. H.
name: Krishnan, G.
name: Kooi, B. J.
name: Walker, G. S.
name: Fay, M. W.
name: Hjorvarsson, B.
name: Wijngaarden, R. J.
name: Dam, B.
name: Griessen, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mg-Ti alloys have uncommon optical and hydrogen absorbing properties, originating from a "spinodal-like" microstructure with a small degree of chemical short-range order in the atoms distribution. In the present study we artificially engineer short-range order by depositing Pd-capped Mg/Ti multilayers with different periodicities and characterize them both structurally and optically. Notwithstanding the large lattice parameter mismatch between Mg and Ti, the as-deposited metallic multilayers show good structural coherence. Upon exposure to H2 gas a two-step hydrogenation process occurs, with the Ti layers forming the hydride before Mg. From in-situ measurements of the bilayer thickness L at different hydrogen pressures, we observe large out-of-plane expansions of the Mg and Ti layers upon hydrogenation, indicating strong plastic deformations in the films and a consequent shortening of the coherence length. Upon unloading at room temperature in air, hydrogen atoms remain trapped in the Ti layers due to kinetic constraints. Such loading/unloading sequence can be explained in terms of the different thermodynamic properties of hydrogen in Mg and Ti, as shown by diffusion calculations on a model multilayered systems. Absorption isotherms measured by hydrogenography can be interpreted as a result of the elastic clamping arising from strongly bonded Mg/Pd and broken Mg/Ti interfaces.
SHADOWS OF THE PAST: INDIA-AFGHANISTAN FRIENDSHIP THROUGH THE AGES
Creators: name: M., Kanchana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440808
subject: International relations
classificationCode: 480310
subject: Public international law
classificationCode: 480303
subject: Conflict of laws (incl. private international law)

description: This study explores the geopolitical and geostrategic significance of Afghanistan as a key state, serving as a gateway to Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia. Despite historical attempts by world powers to expand their influence in Afghanistan, the nation has proven to be a challenging resting place for invaders. India, recognizing the importance of Afghanistan, has actively sought to strengthen its ties with the country, viewing it as a hub of Indian civilization. This paper delves into the enduring bond between India and Afghanistan, grounded in shared history and culture, positioning India as a steadfast partner in Afghanistan’s development and reconstruction efforts. India’s development assistance has focused on enhancing Afghanistan’s governance capabilities, public services, socio-economic infrastructure, safety, and livelihood opportunities. The study adopts a normative approach, emphasizing the historical and cultural ties that underpin the relationship between India and Afghanistan. The research underscores the commitment to Afghanistan’s connectivity and free transit for all goods, with India and Afghanistan collaborating on identifying ways to enhance bilateral commerce. Through a two-decade lens, this study provides a comprehensive overview of India’s significant contributions to the reconstruction of Afghanistan, shedding light on the multifaceted dimensions of their relationship.
Relativistic Thermodynamics with an Invariant Energy Scale
Creators: name: Das, Sudipta
name: Ghosh, Subir
name: Roychowdhury, Dibakar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A particular framework for Quantum Gravity is the Doubly Special Relativity (DSR) formalism that introduces a new observer independent scale, the Planck energy. Our aim in this paper is to study the effects of this energy upper bound in relativistic thermodynamics. We have explicitly computed the modified equation of state for an ideal fluid in the DSR framework. In deriving our result we exploited the scheme of treating DSR as a non-linear representation of the Lorentz group in Special Relativity.
description: 14 pages, Latex, No figures, minor corrections, two new references added, to appear in PRD
Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Derived Galois Deformation Rings and Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: The purpose of the workshop was to study derived generalizations of Mazur's deformation ring of Galois representations, and the relationship of such a derived deformation ring to the homology of arithmetic groups.
Additional file 1 of Satisfaction can co-exist with hesitation: qualitative analysis of acceptability of telemedicine among multi-lingual patients in a safety-net healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Nguyen, Michelle-Linh T.
name: Garcia, Faviola
name: Juarez, Jennifer
name: Zeng, Billy
name: Khoong, Elaine C.
name: Nijagal, Malini A.
name: Sarkar, Urmimala
name: Su, George
name: Lyles, Courtney R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Interview Guide.
High-pressure stability and compressibility of APO4 (A = La, Nd, Eu, Gd, Er, and Y) orthoposphates: A synchrotron powder x-ray diffraction study
Creators: name: Lacomba-Perales, R.
name: Errandonea, D.
name: Meng, Y.
name: Bettinelli, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Room temperature angle-dispersive x-ray diffraction measurements on zircon-type YPO4 and ErPO4, and monazite-type GdPO4, EuPO4, NdPO4, and LaPO4 were performed in a diamond-anvil cell up to 27 GPa using neon as pressure-transmitting medium. In the zircon-structured oxides we found evidence of a reversible pressure-induced structural phase transformation from zircon to a monazite-type structure. The onset of the transition is near 17-20 GPa. In LaPO4 a non-reversible transition is found around 26 GPa, being a barite-type structure proposed for the high-pressure phase. In the other three monazites, this structure is found to be stable up to highest pressure reached in the experiments. No additional phase transitions or evidences of chemical decomposition are found in the experiments. The equations of state and axial compressibility for the different phases are also determined. In particular, we found that in a given compound the monazite structure is less compressible than zircon structure, being this fact related to the larger packing efficiency of monazite compared with zircon. The differential bond compressibility of different polyhedra is also reported and related the anisotropic compressibility of both structures. Finally, the sequence of structural transitions and compressibilities are discussed in comparison with other orhtophosphates.
description: 38 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables
Economic patterns of games cosmetic purchases
Creators: name: Hawk.live
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: dota 2
subject: esport
subject: Sport
subject: Video games

description: The landscape of video gaming has evolved significantly from the days of mereentertainment to becoming a robust platform for economic exchange, particularly inthe realm of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games. The U.S. has been a fertileground for this evolution, witnessing a surge in the transaction of virtual goods,particularly cosmetic items, which serve as a testament to the game's integral socialand economic components.Source: Hawk.live
Interaction and excitonic insulating transition in graphene
Creators: name: Liu, Guo-Zhu
name: Li, Wei
name: Cheng, Geng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The strong long-range Coulomb interaction between massless Dirac fermions in graphene can drive a semimetal-insulator transition. We show that this transition is strongly suppressed when the Coulomb interaction is screened by such effects as disorder, thermal fluctuation, doping, and finite volume. It is completely suppressed once the screening factor $μ$ is beyond a threshold $μ_{c}$ even for infinitely strong coupling. However, such transition is still possible if there is an additional strong contact four-fermion interaction. The differences between screened and contact interactions are also discussed.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B
Distribution Functions of the Nucleon and Pion in the Valence Region
Creators: name: Holt, Roy J.
name: Roberts, Craig D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide an experimental and theoretical perspective on the behavior of unpolarized distribution functions for the nucleon and pion on the valence-quark domain; namely, Bjorken-x \gtrsim 0.4. This domain is key to much of hadron physics; e.g., a hadron is defined by its flavor content and that is a valence-quark property. Furthermore, its accurate parametrization is crucial to the provision of reliable input for large collider experiments. We focus on experimental extractions of distribution functions via electron and muon inelastic scattering, and from Drell-Yan interactions; and on theoretical treatments that emphasize an explanation of the distribution functions, providing an overview of major contemporary approaches and issues. Valence-quark physics is a compelling subject, which probes at the heart of our understanding of the Standard Model. There are numerous outstanding and unresolved challenges, which experiment and theory must confront. In connection with experiment, we explain that an upgraded Jefferson Lab facility is well-suited to provide new data on the nucleon, while a future electron ion collider could provide essential new data for the mesons. There is also great potential in using Drell-Yan interactions, at FNAL, J-PARC and GSI, to push into the large-x domain for both mesons and nucleons. We argue furthermore that explanation, in contrast to modeling and parametrization, requires a widespread acceptance of the need to adapt theory: to the lessons learnt already from the methods of nonperturbative quantum field theory; and a fuller exploitation of those methods.
description: Review article: 133 double-spaced pages, 44 figures, 6 tables
New Directions in Rough Path Theory (online meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: Rough path theory emerged as novel approach for dealing with interactions in complex random systems. It settled significant questions and provided an effective deterministic alternative to Itô calculus, itself a major contribution to 20$^{\mathrm{th}}$ century mathematics. Its impact has grown substantially in recent years: most prominently, rough paths ideas are at the core of Martin Hairer's Fields Medal-winning work on regularity structures, but there are also original and successful applications in other areas. The workshop focused on three areas that have been strongly influenced by the core ideas in rough path theory and which have witnessed considerable activity over the past few years: applications to data science, algebraic aspects and connections with stochastic analysis.
Small Collaboration: Modeling Phenomena from Nature by Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: Nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations constitute a plethora of models from physics, biology, engineering, etc. In this workshop we cover the range from modeling, mathematical questions of well-posedness, numerical discretization and numerical simulations to compare with the phenomenon from nature that was modeled in the first place. Both kinetic and fluid models were discussed.
Primordial Black Holes in Phantom Cosmology
Creators: name: Jamil, Mubasher
name: Qadir, Asghar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the effects of accretion of phantom energy onto primordial black holes. Since Hawking radiation and phantom energy accretion contribute to a {\it decrease} of the mass of the black hole, the primordial black hole that would be expected to decay now due to the Hawking process would decay {\it earlier} due to the inclusion of the phantom energy. Equivalently, to have the primordial black hole decay now it would have to be more massive initially. We find that the effect of the phantom energy is substantial and the black holes decaying now would be {\it much} more massive -- over 10 orders of magnitude! This effect will be relevant for determining the time of production and hence the number of evaporating black holes expected in a universe accelerating due to phantom energy.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Gen. Relativ. Gravit
Geometry, Dynamics and Spectrum of Operators on Discrete Spaces (online meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: Spectral theory is a gateway to fundamental insights in geometry and mathematical physics. In recent years the study of spectral problems in discrete spaces has gained enormous momentum. While there are some relations to continuum spaces, fascinating new phenomena have been discovered in the discrete setting throughout the last decade. The goal of the workshop was to bring together experts reporting about the recent developments in a broad variety of dynamical or geometric models and to reveal new connections and research directions.
Cluster Algorithm Renormalization Group Method
Creators: name: Palma, Guillermo
name: Zambrano, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a self consistent method based on cluster algorithms and Renormalization Group on the lattice to study critical systems numerically. We illustrate it by means of the 2D Ising model. We compute the critical exponents $ν$ and $η$ and the renormalization group flow of the probability density function of the magnetization. The results, compared to the standard Monte Carlo Renormalization Group proposed by Swendsen [1], are very accurate and the method works faster by a factor which grows monotonically with the lattice size. This allows to simulate larger lattices in reachable computational times.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures, Presented at the 26th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2008), Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, July 14-19, 2008
Algebraic Groups (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: Linear algebraic groups is an active research area in contempo- rary mathematics. It has rich connections to algebraic geometry, representa- tion theory, algebraic combinatorics, number theory, algebraic topology, and differential equations. The foundations of this theory were laid by A. Borel, C. Chevalley, J.-P. Serre, T. A. Springer and J. Tits in the second half of the 20th century. The Oberwolfach workshops on algebraic groups, led by Springer and Tits, played an important role in this effort as a forum for re- searchers, meeting at approximately 3 year intervals since the 1960s. The present workshop continued this tradition, covering a range of topics, with an emphasis on recent developments in the subject.
The asymptotic behaviour in Schwarzschild time of Vlasov matter in spherically symmetric gravitational collapse
Creators: name: Andreasson, Hakan
name: Rein, Gerhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Given a static Schwarzschild spacetime of ADM mass M, it is well-known that no ingoing causal geodesic starting in the outer domain r>2M will cross the event horizon r=2M in finite Schwarzschild time. In the present paper we show that in gravitational collapse of Vlasov matter this behaviour can be very different. We construct initial data for which a black hole forms and all matter crosses the event horizon as Schwarzschild time goes to infinity, and we show that this is a necessary condition for geodesic completeness of the event horizon. In addition to a careful analysis of the asymptotic behaviour of the matter characteristics our proof requires a new argument for global existence of solutions to the spherically symmetric Einstein-Vlasov system in an outer domain, since our initial data have non-compact support in the radial momentum variable and previous methods break down.
description: 22 pages
Computability Theory (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: Over the last decade computability theory has seen many new and fascinating developments that have linked the subject much closer to other mathematical disciplines inside and outside of logic. This includes, for instance, work on enumeration degrees that has revealed deep and surprising relations to general topology, the work on algorithmic randomness that is closely tied to symbolic dynamics and geometric measure theory. Inside logic there are connections to model theory, set theory, effective descriptive set theory, computable analysis and reverse mathematics. In some of these cases the bridges to seemingly distant mathematical fields have yielded completely new proofs or even solutions of open problems in the respective fields. Thus, over the last decade, computability theory has formed vibrant and beneficial interactions with other mathematical fields. The goal of this workshop was to bring together researchers representing different aspects of computability theory to discuss recent advances, and to stimulate future work.
Asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with polyhomogeneous metric
Creators: name: Marazzi, Leonardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35L25, 35R30, 58J50

description: We analyze the resolvent and define the scattering matrix for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with metrics which have a polyhomogeneous expansion near the boundary, and also prove that there is always an essential singularity of the resolvent in this setting. We use this analysis to prove an inverse result for conformally compact odd dimensional Einstein manifolds.
description: 22 pages, mistake on previous version corrected
Foundations of Bayesian Inference for Complex Statistical Models (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: In this virtual workshop a variety of recent developments in Bayesian high-dimensional and nonparametric statistics were discussed in depth. There were 12 in depth talks delivered via zoom in the afternoons (to allow for US attendance), and several informal evening time meetings on wonder.me, where follow up discussions of the most important mathematical developments took place.
Domestic violence
Creators: name: Hopcroft, RB
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: While concern about the plight of victims of family violence was influential in selecting this area for study, my concern extends to all situations where differential treatment by the legal system either directly or indirectly deprives a class or category of victims of equal access to the law to their ultimate detriment. The thesis took, as a starting point, homicide and serious assault: Those statistics which gave the sex and relationship of victim and aggressor, concluded that such violence was more likely to be perpetrated by an acquaintance than a stranger, a nd that the aggressors were overwhelmingly male. Given that the law governing assault makes no distinction based on marital status, (other than an indecent assault charge in an instance of marital rape), the hypothesis was that procedurally the entire legal system operated in a manner that distinguished assaults on the basis of whether such assaults occurred between intimates or strangers. In other words, one law would be implemented differentially and consistently over time and in relation to a certain class of victims so that a pattern would emerge. Rather than the whole spectrum of family violence, the focus was on spouse-assault and the factors prohibiting victims of spouse-assault from receiving the same protection that the law on assault theoretically gives all citizens.This differential treatment, based on marital status and the relationship of victim and aggressor, is viewed both as discriminatory and ultimately disadvantageous to the victim, their spouse, their children and to the wider society. The domestic violence law reforms in other jurisdictions are analysed. The conclusion is that only distinct domestic violence law reforms, with more appropriate sanctions and efficacious enforcement procedures and support services, will begin to afford the domestic violence victim some measure of protection. The problem of domestic violence is not seen simply in the context of a failure of the legal system to adequately respond to spouse assaults, but as a pervasive problem embedded in the values of the wider society. Social support services are often inert or operate in a manner antithetical to the victim's interests. The thesis contains a number of recommendations intended to give some structure and indicate principles upon which any future Tasmanian domestic violence law reforms could be based. While the thesis was limited to spouse-assault, the law reforms proposed are gender neutral, they apply to all who suffer violence, harassment and abuse and who require the law's protection to restrain the offender.
Mini-Workshop: Analysis of Data-driven Optimal Control (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: This hybrid mini-workshop discussed recent mathematical methods for analyzing the opportunities and limitations of data-driven and machine-learning approaches to optimal feedback control. The analysis concerned all aspects of such approaches, ranging from approximation theory particularly for high-dimensional problems via complexity analysis of algorithms to robustness issues.
Additional file 1 of Microtubule disruption reduces metastasis more effectively than primary tumor growth
Creators: name: Thompson, Keyata N.
name: Ju, Julia A.
name: Ory, Eleanor C.
name: Pratt, Stephen J. P.
name: Lee, Rachel M.
name: Mathias, Trevor J.
name: Chang, Katarina T.
name: Lee, Cornell J.
name: Goloubeva, Olga G.
name: Bailey, Patrick C.
name: Chakrabarti, Kristi R.
name: Jewell, Christopher M.
name: Vitolo, Michele I.
name: Martin, Stuart S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Vinorelbine decreases McTNs and perimeter on breast tumor cells. MDA-MB-231 TD, MDA-MB-436 TD and BT-549 TD cells were tethered onto a TetherChip surface and stained with the cell membrane dye WGA (1:100) and nuclear dye Hoechst 33,258 (1:5000). A) Representative confocal images taken at 60 × magnification using an Olympus IX81 microscope with a Fluoview FV1000 confocal laser scanning system. Scale bars correspond to 10 μm. B) Vinorelbine treatment (10 μM) for 1 h. results in a significant decrease in McTN frequency (%) compared to vehicle control. McTN scoring consists of mean values from four independent experiments where 100 cells were blindly counted and averaged. C) Twenty cells imaged from panel (A) were analyzed for perimeter quantification using Fiji ImageJ. Compared to the vehicle control treated MDA-MB-231 TD, MDA-MB-436 TD and BT-549 TD cells, Vinorelbine significantly reduced the perimeter of cells. A reduction in perimeter of a cell correlates with less McTNs. D) Representative raw images of tethered cells and computer determined cell body outline (blue), cell perimeter (red), and McTNs tips (yellow). E) Live cell analysis measuring an average number of McTN tips for cells treated with vehicle and Vinorelbine (10 μM, 1 h.). McTN number is the number of McTNs per cell. McTN distance is average distance of McTN tips from cell body boundary. For live cell image analysis, a population of 25 cells per condition was analyzed from 3 independent experimental replicate.
Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Dissipation â€“ Dynamics, Data and Control (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: Dissipation of energy --- as well as its sibling the increase of entropy --- are fundamental facts inherent to any physical system. The concept of dissipativity has been extended to a more general system theoretic setting via port-Hamiltonian systems and this framework is a driver of innovations in many of areas of science and technology. The particular strength of the approach lies in the modularity of modeling, the strong geometric, analytic and algebraic properties and the very good approximation properties.
Sample genealogies and genetic variation in populations of variable size
Creators: name: Eriksson, A.
name: Mehlig, B.
name: Rafajlovic, M.
name: Sagitov, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We consider neutral evolution of a large population subject to changes in its population size. For a population with a time-variable carrying capacity we have computed the distributions of the total branch lengths of its sample genealogies. Within the coalescent approximation we have obtained a general expression, Eq. (27), for the moments of these distributions for an arbitrary smooth dependence of the population size on time. We investigate how the frequency of population-size variations alters the distributions. This allows us to discuss their influence on the distribution of the number of mutations, and on the population homozygosity in populations with variable size.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
Geometric Methods of Complex Analysis (hybrid meeting)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zürich : EMS Publ. House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 510

description: The purpose of this workshop was to discuss recent results in Several Complex Variables, Complex Geometry and Complex Dynamical Systems with a special focus on the exchange of ideas and methods among these areas. The main topics of the workshop included Holomorphic Dynamics and Nevanlinna's Theory; $L^2$-methods and Cohomologies; Plurisubharmonic Functions and Pluripotential Theory; Geometric Questions of Complex Analysis.
Live recording: Temporal plasticity and the inderterminate present in time-based practice
Creators: name: Cook, Darren
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This project investigates the relationship between durational actions and the (re)presentation of documentation within time-based installation. Examining the potential displacement, distortion, and transcendence of time effectuated by the manipulation of recorded information, this project also explores the self-reflexive experience of the artist through controlled actions devised to reflect these altered temporal perspectives. Repetition and rhythm are key conceptual and formal attributes of this project, in relation to both the actions performed and their mode of representation. The research has been informed by Deleuze's concept of the synthesis of time detailed in Difference and Repetition and Albert Camus' essay The Myth of Sisyphus in particular his position that 'one must imagine Sisyphus happy'. This perspective is complemented by Buddhist philosophy and informs this research through my personal meditation practice. In the context of this project time has been treated as both material and subject matter; a medium that can be suspended, erased, extended, and ultimately transcended through the use of recording and replay technologies. The transmutation of time as it is experienced has been comparably examined through cognitive means such as meditation and prolonged repetitive action. Within this project several works by Christian Marclay, Douglas Gordon, Daniel Crooks and Steve Reich provide examples of artists who employ the manipulation and reconfiguration of film, video, and sound to investigate temporal plasticity. While the relationship between the artist's experience of performing actions and the viewer's encounter of documentation is notably evident in the work and process of Tehching Hsieh, Bas Jan Ader and Song Dong and is supported by the writing of Allan Kaprow in Essays on The Blurring of Life and Art. The actions in this project have been performed to no audience. The rationale for this approach is an attempt to preserve the immanent cognitive state of the artist while performing, emphasising the artist's experience as an isolated, integral component of the work. This methodology also removes the privileged position of witnessing a live, originary event and via its documentation, presents a single, and infinitely repeatable, point of view. The understanding and analysis of the viewer's encounter with performance documentation is informed by Philip Auslander's The Performativity of Performance Documentation, and Amelia Jones' essay \Presence\" in Absentia: Experiencing Performance as Documentation. The works developed through this research apply diverse forms of installation practice incorporating video sound performance and sculpture. The outcomes of studio experimentation present a range of temporal phenomena that collapse suspend and interminably extend time."
Calcification patterns of the coccolithophore Coccolithus braarudii (Haptophyta), from the late Quaternary to present in the Southern Ocean
Creators: name: Cubillos, JC
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Ocean acidification, caused by a decrease in pH due to elevated anthropogenic CO2 input from the atmosphere into the ocean, is the focus of intense current research with regard to biological impacts. Allegedly, the most affected species will be those that produce hard calcite and aragonite shells. In the present study, we assessed calcification and morphometry of the large-sized, heavily calcified coccolithophore genus Coccolithus, in the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania. Firstly, we characterised the species, past and present, in the Southern Ocean using the following source materials: fossil core-top material from Core GC07 (South Tasman Rise); recent sediment trap samples collected during Sept 2003 - Feb 2004 from the Subantarctic Zone (SAZ) south of the subtropical front (STF); and two newly isolated culture strains from coastal Tasmania. Results showed that only a single taxon , designated Coccolithus braarudii [(Gaarder, 1962) Baumann et al., 2003] sensu Geisen et al. (2002) and Young et al., (2003), was consistently present in the Southern Ocean, with coccolith length ranging from 10-16 ˜í¬¿m and consistent presence of a central bar across the central area.
Theoretical Modeling of Star-Forming Galaxies I. Emission Line Diagnostic Grids for Local and Low-Metallicity Galaxies
Creators: name: Levesque, Emily M.
name: Kewley, Lisa J.
name: Larson, Kirsten L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the newest generation of the Starburst99/Mappings code to generate an extensive suite of models to facilitate detailed studies of star-forming galaxies and their ISM properties, particularly at low metallicities. The new models used include a rigorous treatment of metal opacities in the population synthesis modeling and more detailed dust physics in the photoionization code. These models span a wide range of physical parameters including metallicity, ionization parameter, and the adoption of both a instantaneous burst and continuous star formation history. We examine the agreement between our models and local (z < 0.1) star-forming galaxy populations from several large datasets, including the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey, and samples of blue compact galaxies and metal-poor galaxies. We find that models adopting a continuous star formation history reproduce the metallicity-sensitive line ratios observed in the local population of star-forming galaxies, including the low-metallicity sample. However, we find that the current codes generate an insufficiently hard ionizing radiation field, leading to deficiencies in the [SII] fluxes produced by the models. We consider the advantages and short-comings of this suite of models, and discuss future work and improvements that can be applied to the modeling of star-forming galaxies.
description: 22 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in AJ
Additional file 2 of Microtubule disruption reduces metastasis more effectively than primary tumor growth
Creators: name: Thompson, Keyata N.
name: Ju, Julia A.
name: Ory, Eleanor C.
name: Pratt, Stephen J. P.
name: Lee, Rachel M.
name: Mathias, Trevor J.
name: Chang, Katarina T.
name: Lee, Cornell J.
name: Goloubeva, Olga G.
name: Bailey, Patrick C.
name: Chakrabarti, Kristi R.
name: Jewell, Christopher M.
name: Vitolo, Michele I.
name: Martin, Stuart S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Fig. S2. Cell viability after Vinorelbine treatment A) MDA-MB-231 TD cells treated with a dose range of Vinorelbine for 24 h (black) and 48 h (gray) shows a dose-dependent decrease in cell viability over time. Staurosporine (1 µM) was used as a positive control to promote cell death and decrease cell viability. Vinorelbine (10 μM) caused minimal toxicity after 24 h (black arrow). Data are shown as mean ± SD, n = 3. B) Representative brightfield images were taken for each condition using the Nikon Eclipse Ti2-E inverted microscope at 10 × magnification. MDA-MB-231 TD cells treated with Vinorelbine (10 µM) or Staurosporine (1 µM) for 24 h and 48 h. Scale bar = 100 µm. C) Cell viability assay with Vinorelbine (10 µM, 24 h and 48 h) in MDA-MB-231 TD, MDA-MB-436 TD and BT-549 TD cell lines. Vinorelbine treatment for 24 h (black) and 48 h (gray) shows a similar dose-dependent response as shown in panel A. Staurosporine (1 µM) shown in hatched bars, was compared to the Vinorelbine treatment and used a positive control for 24 h and 48 h. D) Representative phase contrast images of vehicle control and Vinorelbine-treated MDA-MB-436 TD and BT-549 TD cells over time to visualize cell attachment or lack of attachment (rounding). Panels taken at a 10 × magnification. Scale bar = 100 µm.
Scattering of slow-light gap solitons with charges in a two-level medium
Creators: name: Leon, J.
name: Anghel-Vasilescu, P.
name: Ginovart, F.
name: Allegra, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Maxwell-Bloch system describes a quantum two-level medium interacting with a classical electromagnetic field by mediation of the the population density. This population density variation is a purely quantum effect which is actually at the very origin of nonlinearity. The resulting nonlinear coupling possesses particularly interesting consequences at the resonance (when the frequency of the excitation is close to the transition frequency of the two-level medium) as e.g. slow-light gap solitons that result from the nonlinear instability of the evanescent wave at the boundary. As nonlinearity couples the different polarizations of the electromagnetic field, the slow-light gap soliton is shown to experience effective scattering whith charges in the medium, allowing it for instance to be trapped or reflected. This scattering process is understood qualitatively as being governed by a nonlinear Schroedinger model in an external potential related to the charges (the electrostatic permanent background component of the field).
description: RevTex, 14 pages with 5 figures, to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor
LHC discovery potential of the lightest NMSSM Higgs in the h1 -> a1 a1 -> 4 muons channel
Creators: name: Belyaev, Alexander
name: Pivarski, Jim
name: Safonov, Alexei
name: Senkin, Sergey
name: Tatarinov, Aysen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the potential of the Large Hadron Collider to observe the h1 -> a1 a1 -> 4 muons signal from the lightest scalar Higgs boson (h1) decaying into the two lightest pseudoscalar Higgs bosons (a1), followed by their decays into four muons in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM). The signature under study applies to the region of the NMSSM parameter space in which m_a1 < 2 m_tau, which has not been studied previously. In such a scenario, the suggested strategy of searching for a four-muon signal with the appropriate background suppression would provide a powerful method to discover the lightest CP-even and CP-odd NMSSM Higgs bosons h1 and a1.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures; added more discussion of collider constraints
Powers of large matrices on GPU platforms to compute the Roman domination number of cylindrical graphs
Creators: name: Martínez, J. A.
name: Garzón, E. M.
name: Puertas, M. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Roman domination in a graph $G$ is a variant of the classical domination, defined by means of a so-called Roman domination function $f\colon V(G)\to \{0,1,2\}$ such that if $f(v)=0$ then, the vertex $v$ is adjacent to at least one vertex $w$ with $f(w)=2$. The weight $f(G)$ of a Roman dominating function of $G$ is the sum of the weights of all vertices of $G$, that is, $f(G)=\sum_{u\in V(G)}f(u)$. The Roman domination number $γ_R(G)$ is the minimum weight of a Roman dominating function of $G$. In this paper we propose algorithms to compute this parameter involving the $(\min,+)$ powers of large matrices with high computational requirements and the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) allows us to accelerate such operations. Specific routines have been developed to efficiently compute the $(\min ,+)$ product on GPU architecture, taking advantage of its computational power. These algorithms allow us to compute the Roman domination number of cylindrical graphs $P_m\Box C_n$ i.e., the Cartesian product of a path and a cycle, in cases $m=7,8,9$, $ n\geq 3$ and $m\geq $10$, n\equiv 0\pmod 5$. Moreover, we provide a lower bound for the remaining cases $m\geq 10, n\not\equiv 0\pmod 5$.