cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Repellent effects of pineoil on the Sitka spruce weevil, Pissodes strobi (Peck), and an evaluation of large scale aerial photographs for detecting weevil damage
Creators: name: Carlson, Jerry A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study was designed to investigate the repellent effects of pineoil on the Sitka spruce weevil (=white pine weevil), Pissodes strobi Peck, and to evaluate the utility of large scale color aerial photography for detecting weevil attacked Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.. Two formulations of pineoil, BBR1 and BBR2, were field tested for their effect in protecting immature Sitka spruce from weevil attack in 36 twenty meter square plots at two locations on Vancouver Island. The pineoil formulations were applied both topically to the terminal leaders and in slow release devices hung at the apical whorl of Sitka spruce trees. The topical application of BBR1 to the leaders of all trees in the plots reduced the number of new weevil attacks to two trees compared with 24 new attacks in the control plots. None of the other pineoil treatments were found to differ significantly from the controls. An examination of the weevil attack history in the study plots showed that the average number of new weevil attacks in the pineoil treated plots were proportionately lower than the number of new attacks in the control plots. These findings suggest that applications of BBR1 to the terminal leaders of Sitka spruce trees will protect them from attack by P. strobi. Large scale color infra-red (CIR) and normal color (NC) aerial photograph stereo transparencies were evaluated for their utility in detecting weevil attacks in immature Sitka spruce stands. Four independent interpreters correctly identified an average of 38% more weeviled trees on CIR film than on NC film during a 1 minute test period. More errors were made by the interpreters with CIR film than with NC film. Interpreter errors made with CIR film were mainly due to a lack of ability to discriminate between new weevil attacks and attacks made the previous year. Errors made with NC film were due mainly to misidentifying healthy trees as new weevil attacks. These findings suggest that for the purpose of detecting weevil attacked Sitka spruce trees, CIR aerial photographs would be both faster and more accurate than NC photographs.
Additional file 3 of A multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of the efficacy and safety of chloroquine phosphate, hydroxychloroquine sulphate and lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of COVID-19 in Lagos State: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Abayomi, A.
name: Osibogun, A.
name: Ezechi, O.
name: Wright, K.
name: Ola, B.
name: Ojo, O.
name: Kuyinu, Y.
name: Zamba, E.
name: Abdur-Razzaq, H.
name: Erinoso, O. A.
name: Anya, S. E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 3. DSMB Charter.
Distyly, pollen flow and seed set in Menyanthes trifoliata (Menyanthaceae)
Creators: name: Christy, Nancy Lynne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The influence of variation in style length on pollen flow and seed set was examined in six populations of Menyanthes trifoliata in southwestern British Columbia to evaluate Ganders' hypothesis that morphological distyly increases the fecundity of a diallelic self-incompatible plant. In five populations, Menyanthes was distylous and self-incompatible. The sixth population consisted of pins and morphological homostyles (thrums with unusually long styles). In each population morph frequency, pollen frequency, the composition of stigmatic pollen loads and seed set were estimated. Results from the six populations demonstrate that the size and composition of stigmatic pollen loads fluctuates erratically during the flowering season. Pins and thrums experienced disassortative pollination, assortative pollination and random pollination at different times during the season. Homostyles were always assortatively pollinated. Among populations there was a high correlation between morph frequency (pollen frequency) and the composition of stigmatic pollen loads. However, in anisoplethic populations of Menyanthes morphological distyly seems to compensate for the rarity of one floral form, by increasing the proportion of compatible pollen received by the opposite floral form. Comparison of the composition of stigmatic pollen loads of homostyles with those of thrums revealed that the separation of stigmas and anthers in distylous flowers of Menyanthes reduces the number of incompatible pollen grains received, and the reciprocal placement of stigmas and anthers appears to increase the number of compatible pollen grains received. Seed set in the six populations of Menyanthes was always below the potential maximum. Among populations there was a high correlation between the number of compatible pollen grains received and seed set. In at least one population, pollen availability was a major factor limiting seed set, but other factors are probably influencing seed set in Menyanthes as well. Thrums set significantly more seeds per capsule than homostyles. In populations of Menyanthes, the reciprocal placement of stigmas and anthers in distylous flowers (compared to homostylous flowers) increases the amount of compatible pollen deposited on stigmas, and this increase is associated with greater fecundity.
Optical geometry across the horizon
Creators: name: Jonsson, Rickard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a companion paper (Jonsson and Westman, Class. Quantum Grav. 23 (2006) 61), a generalization of optical geometry, assuming a non-shearing reference congruence, is discussed. Here we illustrate that this formalism can be applied to a finite four-volume of any spherically symmetric spacetime. In particular we apply the formalism, using a non-static reference congruence, to do optical geometry across the horizon of a static black hole. While the resulting geometry in principle is time dependent, we can choose the reference congruence in such a manner that an embedding of the geometry always looks the same. Relative to the embedded geometry the reference points are then moving. We discuss the motion of photons, inertial forces and gyroscope precession in this framework.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures
Additional file 1 of Convalescence plasma treatment of COVID-19: results from a prematurely terminated randomized controlled open-label study in Southern Sweden
Creators: name: Holm, Karin
name: Lundgren, Maria N.
name: Kjeldsen-Kragh, Jens
name: Ljungquist, Oskar
name: Böttiger, Blenda
name: Wikén, Christian
name: Öberg, Jonas
name: Fernström, Nils
name: Rosendal, Ebba
name: Överby, Anna K.
name: Wigren Byström, Julia
name: Forsell, Mattias
name: Landin-Olsson, Mona
name: Rasmussen, Magnus
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. SARS-CoV2 antibody detection and microneutralization assay.
Moduli Spaces of Fano Varieties
Creators: name: Zhao, Junyan
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2024

description: Moduli spaces hold a pivotal position within the field of algebraic geometry. Over the past decade, the emergence and development of K-stability have significantly enriched our understanding of moduli theory for Fano varieties and log Fano pairs, giving rise to what are referred to as K-moduli spaces. The primary objective of this thesis is to delve into the realm of K-moduli spaces, specifically focusing on higher-dimensional Fano varieties and log Fano pairs. Through an in-depth exploration of these moduli spaces, we aim to harness their insights to shed light on the broader subject of moduli spaces for curves and the moduli of K3 surfaces.
Towards Ultrafast MRI via Extreme k-Space Undersampling and Superresolution
Creators: name: Belov, Aleksandr
name: Stadelmann, Joel
name: Kastryulin, Sergey
name: Dylov, Dmitry V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We went below the MRI acceleration factors (a.k.a., k-space undersampling) reported by all published papers that reference the original fastMRI challenge, and then considered powerful deep learning based image enhancement methods to compensate for the underresolved images. We thoroughly study the influence of the sampling patterns, the undersampling and the downscaling factors, as well as the recovery models on the final image quality for both the brain and the knee fastMRI benchmarks. The quality of the reconstructed images surpasses that of the other methods, yielding an MSE of 0.00114, a PSNR of 29.6 dB, and an SSIM of 0.956 at x16 acceleration factor. More extreme undersampling factors of x32 and x64 are also investigated, holding promise for certain clinical applications such as computer-assisted surgery or radiation planning. We survey 5 expert radiologists to assess 100 pairs of images and show that the recovered undersampled images statistically preserve their diagnostic value.
description: Main text: 10 pages and 8 figures. 18 pages and 14 figures total (Supplementary material included)
Hecke group algebras as quotients of affine Hecke algebras at level 0
Creators: name: Hivert, Florent
name: Schilling, Anne
name: Thiéry, Nicolas M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20C08; 05E15

description: The Hecke group algebra $HW_0$ of a finite Coxeter group $W_0$, as introduced by the first and last author, is obtained from $W_0$ by gluing appropriately its 0-Hecke algebra and its group algebra. In this paper, we give an equivalent alternative construction in the case when $W_0$ is the classical Weyl group associated to an affine Weyl group $W$. Namely, we prove that, for $q$ not a root of unity, $HW_0$ is the natural quotient of the affine Hecke algebra through its level 0 representation. We further show that the level 0 representation is a calibrated principal series representation for a suitable choice of character, so that the quotient factors (non trivially) through the principal central specialization. This explains in particular the similarities between the representation theory of the classical 0-Hecke algebra and that of the affine Hecke algebra at this specialization.
description: 21 pages; 4 figures v2: improved presentation, 23 pages v3: final proofreading, to appear in Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
Come si governa la tecnologia digitale?
Creators: name: Califano, Licia
Publisher: name: Cultura giuridica e diritto vivente
Year: 2021

description: [How to govern digital technology?] Digital technology has brought big advantages for people’s everyday life. Yet, digital world creates many risks for fundamental rights and freedom. The Author analyses the nature and characteristics of those risks, with a special focus on the traditional definition of sovereignty and democracy and the protection of individual liberties and rights, in particular the right to political participation, right to health and to the protection of personal data.
description: Cultura giuridica e diritto vivente, V. 8 (2021)
Constructing Dirac linear fermions in terms of non-linear Heisenberg spinors
Creators: name: Novello, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the massive (or massless) neutrinos can be described as special states of Heisenberg nonlinear spinors. As a by-product of this decomposition a particularly attractive consequence appears: the possibility of relating the existence of only three species of mass-less neutrinos to such internal non-linear structure. At the same time it allows the possibility that neutrino oscillation can occurs even for massless neutrinos.
Noncommutative Nonlinear Sigma Models and Integrability
Creators: name: Kurkcuoglu, Seckin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We first review the result that the noncommutative principal chiral model has an infinite tower of conserved currents, and discuss the special case of the noncommutative CP^1 model in some detail. Next, we focus our attention to a submodel of the CP^1 model in the noncommutative spacetime A_θ(R^2+1). By extending a generalized zero curvature representation to A_θ(R^2+1) we discuss its integrability and construct its infinitely many conserved currents. Supersymmetric principal chiral model with and without the WZW term and a supersymmetric extension of the CP^1 submodel in noncommutative spacetime (i.e in superspaces A_θ(R^1+1|2), A_θ(R^2+1|2)) are also examined in detail and their infinitely many conserved currents are given in a systematic manner. Finally, we discuss the solutions of the aforementioned submodels with or without supersymmetry.
description: 17+1 pages, LaTeX, Added references, corrected typos, published version
SmartPatch: Improving Handwritten Word Imitation with Patch Discriminators
Creators: name: Mattick, Alexander
name: Mayr, Martin
name: Seuret, Mathias
name: Maier, Andreas
name: Christlein, Vincent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As of recent generative adversarial networks have allowed for big leaps in the realism of generated images in diverse domains, not the least of which being handwritten text generation. The generation of realistic-looking hand-written text is important because it can be used for data augmentation in handwritten text recognition (HTR) systems or human-computer interaction. We propose SmartPatch, a new technique increasing the performance of current state-of-the-art methods by augmenting the training feedback with a tailored solution to mitigate pen-level artifacts. We combine the well-known patch loss with information gathered from the parallel trained handwritten text recognition system and the separate characters of the word. This leads to a more enhanced local discriminator and results in more realistic and higher-quality generated handwritten words.
description: to be published the in 16th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition 2021 ICDAR
Inhomogeneous Bulk Viscous Fluid Universe with Electromagnetic Field and Variable $Λ$-Term
Creators: name: Pradhan, Anirudh
name: Rai, Vandana
name: Jotania, Kanti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cylindrically symmetric inhomogeneous cosmological model for bulk viscous fluid distribution with electromagnetic field is obtained. The source of the magnetic field is due to an electric current produced along the z-axis. $F_{12}$ is the non-vanishing component of electromagnetic field tensor. To get the deterministic solution, it has been assumed that the expansion $θ$ in the model is proportional to the shear $σ$. The values of cosmological constant for these models are found to be small and positive at late time, which are consistent with the results from recent supernovae Ia observations. Physical and geometric aspects of the models are also discussed in presence and absence of magnetic field.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures
Additional file 1 of From biobank and data silos into a data commons: convergence to support translational medicine
Creators: name: Asiimwe, Rebecca
name: Lam, Stephanie
name: Leung, Samuel
name: Wang, Shanzhao
name: Wan, Rachel
name: Tinker, Anna
name: McAlpine, Jessica N.
name: Woo, Michelle M. M.
name: Huntsman, David G.
name: Talhouk, Aline
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1. Evaluation of identified biobanking library information management systems.
The Black Hole Binary Nova Scorpii 1994 (GRO J1655-40): An improved chemical analysis
Creators: name: Hernandez, J. I. Gonzalez
name: Rebolo, R.
name: Israelian, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chemical analysis of secondary stars of low mass X-ray binaries provides an opportunity to study the formation processes of compact objects, either black holes or neutron stars. Following the discovery of overabundances of $α$-elements in the HIRES/Keck spectrum of the secondary star of Nova Scorpii 1994 (Israelian et al. 1999), we obtained UVES/VLT high-resolution spectroscopy with the aim of performing a detailed abundance analysis of this secondary star. Using a $\chi2$-minimization procedure and a grid of synthetic spectra, we derive the stellar parameters and atmospheric abundances of O, Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, Fe and Ni, using a new UVES spectrum and the HIRES spectrum.The abundances of Al, Ca, Ti, Fe and Ni seem to be consistent with solar values, whereas Na, and especially O, Mg, Si and S are significantly enhanced in comparison with Galactic trends of these elements. A comparison with spherically and non-spherically symmetric supernova explosion models may provide stringent constraints to the model parameters as mass-cut and the explosion energy, in particular from the relative abundances of Si, S, Ca, Ti, Fe and Ni. Most probably the black hole in this system formed in a hypernova explosion of a 30--35 \Msun progenitor star with a mass-cut in the range 2--3.5 \Msun. However, these models produce abundances of Al and Na almost ten times higher than the observed values.
description: New Accepted version for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Table 2: Corrected
Continuous quantum light from a dark atom
Creators: name: Tolazzi, Karl Nicolas
name: Wang, Bo
name: Ianzano, Christopher
name: Neumeier, Jonas
name: Villas-Boas, Celso Jorge
name: Rempe, Gerhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cycling processes are important in many areas of physics ranging from lasers to topological insulators, often offering surprising insights into dynamical and structural aspects of the respective system. Here we report on a quantum-nonlinear wave-mixing experiment where resonant lasers and an optical cavity define a closed cycle between several ground and excited states of a single atom. We show that, for strong atom-cavity coupling and steady-state driving, the entanglement between the atomic states and intracavity photon number suppresses the excited-state population via quantum interference, effectively reducing the cycle to the atomic ground states. The system dynamics then result from transitions within a harmonic ladder of entangled dark states, one for each cavity photon number, and a quantum Zeno blockade that generates antibunching in the photons emitted from the cavity. The reduced cycle suppresses unwanted optical pumping into atomic states outside the cycle, thereby enhancing the number of emitted photons.
The Romanov theorem revised
Creators: name: Li, Hongze
name: Pan, Hao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11P32

description: Let P be the set of all primes and P_2=P\cup{p_1p_2: p_1,p_2\in P}$. We prove that the sumset 2^P+P_2={2^p+q: p\in P, q\in P_2} has a positive lower density.
description: 5 pages
Optimal 1->M universal quantum cloning via spin networks
Creators: name: Jiang, Zhang
name: Chen, Qing
name: Wan, Shaolong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a scheme that transform 1 qubit to M identical copies with optimal fidedelity via free dynamical evolution of spin star networks. We show that the Heisenberg XXZ coupling can fulfill the challenge. The initial state of the copying machine and the parameters of the spin Hamiltonian are discussed in detail. Furthermore we have proposed a feasible method to prepare the initial state of the copying machine.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
An improved cosmological bound on the thermal axion mass
Creators: name: Melchiorri, Alessandro
name: Mena, Olga
name: Slosar, Anze
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Relic thermal axions could play the role of an extra hot dark matter component in cosmological structure formation theories. By combining the most recent observational data we improve previous cosmological bounds on the axion mass m_a in the so-called hadronic axion window. We obtain a limit on the axion mass m_a < 0.42eV at the 95% c.l. (m_a < 0.72eV at the 99% c.l.). A novel aspect of the analysis presented here is the inclusion of massive neutrinos and how they may affect the bound on the axion mass. If neutrino masses belong to an inverted hierarchy scheme, for example, the above constraint is improved to m_a < 0.38eV at the 95% c.l. (m_a < 0.67eV at the 99% c.l.). Future data from experiments as CAST will provide a direct test of the cosmological bound.
description: 5 Pages, 3 Figures
Production of labeled DNA probes for the rapid diagnosis of disseminated candidiasis in immunocompromised patients
Creators: name: Cheung, Lori
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The increasing incidence of disseminated (invasive) candidiasis is probably attributable to iatrogenic factors and to improved pre and postmortem evaluation. Premortem diagnosis of such infections have seldom been made early enough for successful treatment. In order to increase the likelihood of successful antifungal chemotherapy, rapid diagnosis of such infections is vital. However, present diagnostic procedures for invasive candidiasis are insensitive and often do not reliably differentiate superficial from invasive infections. This study was undertaken to produce DNA probes and to optimize conditions for rapid and efficient detection of Candida DNA. Seven random Candida albicans DNA fragments (2-7 kbp) were cloned into plasmid pACYC 184. These recombinant plasmids were labeled with either ³²p or biotin and used as probes. Two of the four recombinant plasmids tested were genus specific. The other two were slightly cross reactive with other yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Hansenula anomala). Probes labeled with ³²p were twice as sensitive as the biotin probes. One ³²p labelled recombinant (#66) detected 7 Pg of target DNA , which corresponds to approximately 2 X 10⁵ C.albicans cells. With refined simple DNA extraction procedures for C.albicans (in serum), these recombinant probes could possibly be suitable for clinical application.
Additional file 1 of Extracellular vesicles and pasteurized cells derived from Akkermansia muciniphila protect against high-fat induced obesity in mice
Creators: name: Ashrafian, Fatemeh
name: Keshavarz Azizi Raftar, Shahrbanoo
name: Lari, Arezou
name: Shahryari, Arefeh
name: Abdollahiyan, Sara
name: Moradi, Hamid Reza
name: Masoumi, Morteza
name: Davari, Mehdi
name: khatami, Shohreh
name: Omrani, Mir Davood
name: Vaziri, Farzam
name: Masotti, Andrea
name: Siadat, Seyed Davar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Tables S1, S2, and S3. Fig. S1 and S2. Additional methods.
The fraction of second generation stars in Globular Clusters from the analysis of the Horizontal Branch
Creators: name: D'Antona, F.
name: Caloi, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most Globular Clusters (GC) show chemical inhomogeneities in the composition of their stars, apparently due to a second stellar generation (SG) in which the forming gas is enriched by hot-CNO cycled material processed in stars belonging to a first stellar generation (FG). We propose to use the horizontal branch (HB) to infer which is today the relative number fraction of ''normal" and anomalous stars in clusters. We assume that the anomalies also include enhanced helium abundance. Helium variations have been recognized to be able to explain several puzzling peculiarities (gaps, RR Lyr periods and period distribution, ratio of blue to red stars, blue tails) in HBs. We extend the analysis to as many clusters as possible. We show that, with few exceptions, 50% or more of the stars belong to the SG. In other cases, where one would think of a simple stellar population, we suggest that the stars might all belong to the SG. We fit the optical and UV data of NGC2808, including a reproduction of the main sequence splittings and an exam of the problem of "blue hook" stars. We also show a detailed fit of the totally blue HB of M13, one among the clusters that are possibly fully made up by SG stars. We conclude that the formation of the SG is a crucial event in the life of GCs. A high fraction of SG stars can be achieved only if the initial cluster was much more massive than the present one and most of the FG low mass stars have been lost. As shown by D'Ercole et al., the mass loss due to type II supernovae of the FG may be the process responsible for triggering the expansion of the cluster, the stripping of its outer layers and the loss of most of the FG low-mass stars.
description: accepted for publication in MNRAS
Super- and hyper-deformation in $^{60}$Zn, $^{62}$Zn, and $^{64}$Ge at high spins
Creators: name: Yoshida, Kenichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Background: The observation of the superdeformed (SD) bands in $^{60,62}$Zn indicates that the particle number 30 is a magic particle number, where two and four neutron single-particles are considered to be promoted to the intruder $1g_{9/2}$ shell. However, the SD-yrast band in $^{62}$Zn is assigned negative parity. Purpose: I investigate various SD configurations in the rapidly rotating $^{60,62}$Zn and $^{64}$Ge, and attempt elucidating the different roles of the energy gaps at particle numbers 30 and 32. Method: I employ a nuclear energy-density functional (EDF) method: the configuration-constrained cranked Skyrme-Kohn-Sham approach is used to describe the rotational bands near the yrast line. Results: The negative-parity SD bands appear higher in energy than the positive-parity SD-yrast band in $^{60}$Zn by about 4 MeV, which is indicative of the SD doubly-magic nucleus. However, the energy gap in $^{64}$Ge is smaller $\sim 2\text{-}3$ MeV, though the quadrupole deformation of the SD states in $^{64}$Ge is greater than that of $^{60}$Zn. The present calculation predicts the occurrence of the hyperdeformed state in $^{60}$Zn and $^{64}$Ge at a high rotational frequency $\sim 2.0$ MeV$/\hbar$ due to the occupation of the $h_{11/2}$ shell. Conclusions: An SD-shell gap at particle number 30 and 32 appears at different deformations and the energy gap at particle number 32 is low, which make the SD structures of $^{62}$Zn unique, where the negative-parity SD states appear lower in energy than the positive-parity one.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures; accepted version
Towards the automation of Monte Carlo simulation on GPU for particle physics processes
Creators: name: Carrazza, Stefano
name: Cruz-Martinez, Juan
name: Rossi, Marco
name: Zaro, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this proceedings we present MadFlow, a new framework for the automation of Monte Carlo (MC) simulation on graphics processing units (GPU) for particle physics processes. In order to automate MC simulation for a generic number of processes, we design a program which provides to the user the possibility to simulate custom processes through the MadGraph5_aMC@NLO framework. The pipeline includes a first stage where the analytic expressions for matrix elements and phase space are generated and exported in a GPU-like format. The simulation is then performed using the VegasFlow and PDFFlow libraries which deploy automatically the full simulation on systems with different hardware acceleration capabilities, such as multi-threading CPU, single-GPU and multi-GPU setups. We show some preliminary results for leading-order simulations on different hardware configurations.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the vCHEP 2021 conference proceedings
Estimates of Effective Hubbard Model Parameters for C20 isomers
Creators: name: Lin, Fei
name: Sørensen, Erik S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on an effective Hubbard Hamiltonian approach for the study of electronic correlations in C$_{20}$ isomers, cage, bowl and ring, with quantum Monte Carlo and exact diagonalization methods. The tight-binding hopping parameter, $t$, in the effective Hamiltonian is determined by a fit to density functional theory calculations, and the on-site Coulomb interaction, $U/t$, is determined by calculating the isomers' affinity energies, which are compared to experimental values. For the C$_{20}$ fullerene cage we estimate $t_{\rm cage}\simeq 0.68-1.36$ eV and $(U/t)_{\rm cage} \simeq 7.1-12.2$. The resulting effective Hamiltonian is then used to study the shift of spectral peaks in the density of states of neutral and one-electron-doped C$_{20}$ isomers. Energy gaps are also extracted for possible future comparison with experiments.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
The Dota 2 Bot Competition
Creators: name: Font, Jose M.
name: Mahlmann, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Multiplayer Online Battle Area (MOBA) games are a recent huge success both in the video game industry and the international eSports scene. These games encourage team coordination and cooperation, short and long-term planning, within a real-time combined action and strategy gameplay. Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence in Games research competitions offer a wide variety of challenges regarding the study and application of AI techniques to different game genres. These events are widely accepted by the AI/CI community as a sort of AI benchmarking that strongly influences many other research areas in the field. This paper presents and describes in detail the Dota 2 Bot competition and the Dota 2 AI framework that supports it. This challenge aims to join both, MOBAs and AI/CI game competitions, inviting participants to submit AI controllers for the successful MOBA \textit{Defense of the Ancients 2} (Dota 2) to play in 1v1 matches, which aims for fostering research on AI techniques for real-time games. The Dota 2 AI framework makes use of the actual Dota 2 game modding capabilities to enable to connect external AI controllers to actual Dota 2 game matches using the original Free-to-Play game.se of the actual Dota 2 game modding capabilities to enable to connect external AI controllers to actual Dota 2 game matches using the original Free-to-Play game.
description: 6 pages
ALSPAC Family History Structured Interview
Creators: name: Birmingham, Karen
name: Golding, Jean
name: Caven, Yasmin Iles
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: ALSPAC Family History Structured Interview Questions asked of the Cohort parents about the childhood stresses of their parents and grandparents.
Additional file 2 of Changes in carbon dioxide production and oxygen uptake evaluated using indirect calorimetry in mechanically ventilated patients with sepsis
Creators: name: Hirayama, Ichiro
name: Asada, Toshifumi
name: Yamamoto, Miyuki
name: Hayase, Naoki
name: Hiruma, Takahiro
name: Doi, Kent
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 2. Table S1. Average values of VCO2, VO2, RQ, and REE during 2 h IC measurement. Table S2. ROC analysis for 28-day survival.
Azimuthal decorrelations between QCD jets at all orders
Creators: name: Banfi, Andrea
name: Dasgupta, Mrinal
name: Delenda, Yazid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quantity that promises to reveal important information on perturbative and non-perturbative QCD dynamics is the azimuthal decorrelation between jets in different hard processes. In order to access this information fixed-order NLO predictions need to be supplemented by resummation of logarithmic terms which are large in the region where the jets are nearly back-to-back in azimuth. In the present letter we carry out this resummation to next-to--leading logarithmic accuracy explaining the important role played by the recombination scheme in general resummations for such jet observables.
description: 12 pages, 1 figure
Quantum-Electrodynamical Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory. I. A Gaussian Atomic Basis Implementation
Creators: name: Yang, Junjie
name: Ou, Qi
name: Pei, Zheng
name: Wang, Hua
name: Weng, Binbin
name: Mullen, Kieran
name: Shao, Yihan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inspired by the formulation of quantum-electrodynamical time-dependent density functional theory (QED-TDDFT) by Rubio and coworkers, we propose an implementation that uses dimensionless amplitudes for describing the photonic contributions to QED-TDDFT electron-photon eigenstates. The leads to a symmetric QED-TDDFT coupling matrix, which is expected to facilitate the future development of analytic derivatives. Through a Gaussian atomic basis implementation of the QED-TDDFT method, we examined the effect of dipole self-energy, rotating wave approximation, and the Tamm-Dancoff approximation on the QED-TDDFT eigenstates of model compounds (ethene, formaldehyde, and benzaldehyde) in an optical cavity. We highlight, in the strong coupling regime, the role of higher-energy and off-resonance excited states with large transition dipole moments in the direction of the photonic field, which are automatically accounted for in our QED-TDDFT calculations and might substantially affect the energy and composition of polaritons associated with lower-energy electronic states.
description: 23 pages, 6 figures and 5 tables
Unconventional superconducting pairing by conventional phonons
Creators: name: Alexandrov, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The common wisdom that the phonon mechanism of electron pairing in the weak-coupling Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superconductors leads to conventional s-wave Cooper pairs is revised. An inevitable anisotropy of sound velocity in crystals makes the phonon-mediated attraction of electrons non-local in space providing unconventional Cooper pairs with a nonzero orbital momentum in a wide range of electron densities. As a result of this anisotropy quasi-two dimensional charge carriers undergo a quantum phase transition from an unconventional d-wave superconducting state to a conventional s-wave superconductor with more carriers per unit cell. In the opposite strong-coupling regime rotational symmetry breaking appears as a result of a reduced Coulomb repulsion between unconventional bipolarons dismissing thereby some constraints on unconventional pairing in the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) limit. The conventional phonons, and not superexchange, are shown to be responsible for the d-wave symmetry of cuprate superconductors, where the on-site Coulomb repulsion is large.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, more references added
Measurements of the Branching Fractions of B0 --> K^*0K+K-, B0 --> K^*0pi+K-, B0 --> K*0K+pi-, and B0 --> K*0pi+pi-
Creators: name: The BABAR Collaboration
name: Aubert, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Branching fraction and asymmetry measurements of charmless $B^0\to K^{*0}h^+_1h^-_2$ ($h_{1,2}$ = $K$, $π$) decays are presented, using a data sample of 383 million $Υ(4S) \to$ $B\bar{B$} decays collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$-meson factory at SLAC. The results are: ${\cal B}$($B^0 \to K^{*0}K^+ K^-)$ = (27.5 $\pm$ 1.3 $\pm$ 2.2) $\times$ 10$^{-6}$, ${\cal B}$($B^0$ $\to$ $K^{*0}π^+ K^-$) = (4.6 $\pm$ 1.1 $\pm$ 0.8) $\times$ 10$^{-6}$ and ${\cal B}$($B^0$ $\to$ $K^{*0}π^+π^-$) = (54.5 $\pm$ 2.9 $\pm$ 4.3) $\times$ 10$^{-6}$. The first errors quoted are statistical and the second are systematic. An upper limit is set for ${\cal B}$($B^0$ $\to$ $K^{*0}K^+ π^-$) $
description: 8 pages, 2 postscript figures, submitted to Lepton Photon 2007
Initial data for black hole-neutron star binaries: a flexible, high-accuracy spectral method
Creators: name: Foucart, Francois
name: Kidder, Lawrence E.
name: Pfeiffer, Harald P.
name: Teukolsky, Saul A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new numerical scheme to solve the initial value problem for black hole-neutron star binaries. This method takes advantage of the flexibility and fast convergence of a multidomain spectral representation of the initial data to construct high-accuracy solutions at a relatively low computational cost. We provide convergence tests of the method for both isolated neutron stars and irrotational binaries. In the second case, we show that we can resolve the small inconsistencies that are part of the quasi-equilibrium formulation, and that these inconsistencies are significantly smaller than observed in previous works. The possibility of generating a wide variety of initial data is also demonstrated through two new configurations inspired by results from binary black holes. First, we show that choosing a modified Kerr-Schild conformal metric instead of a flat conformal metric allows for the construction of quasi-equilibrium binaries with a spinning black hole. Second, we construct binaries in low-eccentricity orbits, which are a better approximation to astrophysical binaries than quasi-equilibrium systems.
description: 19 pages, 11 figures, Modified to match final PRD version
The less and the more IGM transmitted galaxies from z~2.7 to z~6 from VANDELS and VUDS
Creators: name: Thomas, R.
name: Pentericci, L.
name: Fèvre, O. Le
name: Koekemoer, A. M.
name: Castellano, M.
name: Cimatti, A.
name: Fontanot, F.
name: Gargiulo, A.
name: Garilli, B.
name: Talia, M.
name: Amorín, R.
name: Bardelli, S.
name: Cristiani, S.
name: Cresci, G.
name: Franco, M.
name: Fynbo, J. P. U.
name: Hathi, N. P.
name: Hibon, P.
name: Khusanova, Y.
name: Brun, V. Le
name: Lemaux, B. C.
name: Mannucci, F.
name: Schaerer, D.
name: Zamorani, G.
name: Zucca, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aim. Our aim is to analyse the variance of the Inter-Galactic Medium transmission (IGM) by studying this parameter in the rest-frame UV spectra of a large sample of high redshift galaxies. Method. We make use of the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey and the VANDELS public survey to have an insight into the far UV spectrum of $2.7
description: Accepted for publication on A&A
D2.2 - BBTs Assessment Tool – v1 - Draft
Creators: name: Giron Dominguez, Carmen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: tool design
subject: design
subject: Excel
subject: Microsoft Excel
subject: Powe Pivot
subject: cost-effectiveness
subject: Bio-Based technologies
subject: 2-D plot
subject: Relational databases
subject: Databases

description: This document, titled "BBTs Assessment Tool - v1," outlines the initial version of the Bio-Based Technologies (BBTs) Assessment Tool, detailing its features and the 'Reference' Scenarios for each Represented Region (RR). It describes the tool's integration with project tasks such as the BBioNets knowledge inventory, regional dynamics studies, and workshops for identifying and validating regional needs and BBTs.

The primary objective of the tool is to prioritize the most suitable BBTs for each RR based on user-provided data, enhancing accuracy with more detailed input. The methodology section elucidates the tool's operation, interrelationships of information, and accuracy improvement. A data model created with Power Pivot is explained, showcasing its design and functionality.

The report covers various applications of the tool, results interpretation through a 2-D cost-effectiveness plot and presents 'Reference' Scenarios from each region. An annex provides guidelines for partners on using the tool to develop 'Reference' Scenarios.
Additional file 1 of The impact of financial incentives and restrictions on cyclical food expenditures among low-income households receiving nutrition assistance: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Valluri, Sruthi
name: Mason, Susan M.
name: Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa
name: French, Simone A.
name: Harnack, Lisa J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Description of experimental conditions
Multiple soft radiation at one-loop order and the emission of a soft quark-antiquark pair
Creators: name: Catani, Stefano
name: Cieri, Leandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the radiation of two or more soft partons in QCD hard-scattering at one-loop order. The corresponding scattering amplitude is singular, and the singular behaviour is controlled by a process-independent soft current. Using regularization in $d=4 - 2ε$ space-time dimensions, we explicitly evaluate the ultraviolet and infrared divergent ($ε$-pole) terms of the one-loop soft current for emission of an arbitrary number of soft partons in a generic hard-scattering process. Then we consider the specific case of soft quark-antiquark ($q{\bar q}$) emission and we compute the one-loop current by including the finite terms. We find that the one-loop soft-$q{\bar q}$ current exhibits a new type of transverse-momentum singularity, which has a quantum (absorptive) origin and a purely non-abelian character. At the squared amplitude (cross section) level, this transverse-momentum singularity produces contributions to multijet production processes in hadron collisions. The one-loop squared current also leads to charge asymmetry terms, which are a distinctive features of soft-$q{\bar q}$ radiation. We also extend these results to the cases of QED and mixed QCD$\times$QED radiative corrections for soft fermion-antifermion emission.
description: 45 pages, 1 figure. Few comments and several references added. Published version
Hydrodynamical simulation of detonations in superbursts. I. The hydrodynamical algorithm and some preliminary one-dimensional results
Creators: name: Noel, C.
name: Busegnies, Y.
name: Papalexandris, M. V.
name: Deledicque, V.
name: Messoudi, A. El
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. This work presents a new hydrodynamical algorithm to study astrophysical detonations. A prime motivation of this development is the description of a carbon detonation in conditions relevant to superbursts, which are thought to result from the propagation of a detonation front around the surface of a neutron star in the carbon layer underlying the atmosphere. Methods. The algorithm we have developed is a finite-volume method inspired by the original MUSCL scheme of van Leer (1979). The algorithm is of second-order in the smooth part of the flow and avoids dimensional splitting. It is applied to some test cases, and the time-dependent results are compared to the corresponding steady state solution. Results. Our algorithm proves to be robust to test cases, and is considered to be reliably applicable to astrophysical detonations. The preliminary one-dimensional calculations we have performed demonstrate that the carbon detonation at the surface of a neutron star is a multiscale phenomenon. The length scale of liberation of energy is $10^6$ times smaller than the total reaction length. We show that a multi-resolution approach can be used to solve all the reaction lengths. This result will be very useful in future multi-dimensional simulations. We present also thermodynamical and composition profiles after the passage of a detonation in a pure carbon or mixed carbon-iron layer, in thermodynamical conditions relevant to superbursts in pure helium accretor systems.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, Astronomy and Astrophysics in press, a version of the paper with higher figures resolution can be found on http://www.astro.ulb.ac.be/Html/ps.html#Hydro
Kopuły gipsowe w rzeźbie krasowej Ponidzia [Gypsum domes in the karst relief of Nida Basin Region, southern Poland]
Creators: name: Bąbel, Maciej
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 370599
subject: Geology not elsewhere classified

description: The article describes gypsum domes, including exhumed primary selenite domes and gypsum tumuli, occuring in the Ponidzie region, at environs of Busko in Poland.