cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
RIS-Measurements for Codebook Design
Creators: name: Hatka, Paweł
name: Garczyk, Marcel
name: Płaczkiewicz, Paweł
name: Brząkała, Dawid
name: Cichoń, Krzysztof
name: Kliks, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) have gained significant attention for some time. Thanks to the possibility of individual steering of each reflecting element of the boards, they are envisaged to impact the propagation environment significantly. In this work, we concentrate on the practical verification of this concept. We present the results of detailed measurements of the reflection characteristics of the RIS boards, which have been conducted intentionally in the real environment. Various potential impacting factors have been considered (impact of azimuth and elevation angle, polarization, number of RIS boards, and distance). Achieved measurement results constituted the basis for conceptual analysis on the practical possibility of creating a codebook (consisting of RIS patterns - codewords) for some applications.
description: 6 pages, presented during WiMOB 2024 conference
Role of the lysosomal network in the biogenesis of Legionella phagosome
Creators: name: Li, Chuang
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310701
subject: Bacteriology
classificationCode: 310702
subject: Infectious agents

description: Legionella pneumophila strains harboring wild-type rpsL such as Lp02rpsLWT cannot replicate in mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) due to induction of extensive lysosome damage and apoptosis. The mechanism of this unique infection-induced cell death remains unknown. Using a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening, we identified Hmg20a and Nol9 as host factors important for restricting strain Lp02rpsLWT in BMDMs. Depletion of Hmg20a protects macrophages from infection-induced lysosomal damage and apoptosis, allowing productive bacterial replication. The restriction imposed by Hmg20a was mediated by repressing the expression of several endo-lysosomal proteins, including the small GTPase Rab7. We found that SUMOylated Rab7 is recruited to the bacterial phagosome via SulF, a Dot/Icm effector that harbors a SUMO-interacting motif (SIM). Moreover, overexpression of Rab7 rescues intracellular growth of strain Lp02rpsLWT in BMDMs. Our results establish that L. pneumophila exploits the lysosomal network for the biogenesis of its phagosome in BMDMs.
The Structure of NGC 1976 in the Radio Range
Creators: name: Wilson, T. L.
name: Casassus, S.
name: Chynoweth, Katie M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High angular resolution radio continuum images of NGC 1976 (M42, Orion A) at frequency=330 MHz (wavelength=91 cm), 1.5 GHz (20 cm) and 10.6 GHz (2.8 cm), have been aligned, placed on a common grid, smoothed to common resolutions of 80" (=0.16 pc at 420 pc) and 90" (=0.18 pc) and compared on a position-by-position basis. The results are not consistent with a single value of Te. Rather, there is a significant variation, from Te =6000K in the low intensity, extended region to Te=8500K in the higher intensity, more compact region. The best fit to the data is a multi-layer model obtained from radio recombination line (RRL) data. An estimate of temperature fluctuations from the model yields t2=0.003. This is a factor of 10 lower than fluctuation values from optical O++ line data.
description: 20 pages, 4 figures
Additional file 1 of Highly sensitive droplet digital PCR for detection of RET fusion in papillary thyroid cancer
Creators: name: Chen, Mengke
name: Xue, Junyu
name: Sang, Ye
name: Jiang, Wenting
name: He, Weiman
name: Hong, Shubin
name: Lv, Weiming
name: Xiao, Haipeng
name: Liu, Rengyun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1.
Space for Performance: Identity Formation in the Digitally-Connected Student Live Theatre Audience
Creators: name: Richardson, John
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Theater
subject: Education--Curriculum and Instruction
subject: Education--Secondary
subject: Identity
subject: theatre
subject: audience
subject: Digital
subject: Youth
subject: Social Media
subject: elite education

description: Over the years that I have taken grade 11 and 12 independent school students to the theatre, the “radical reconfiguration and cultural re-articulation” (McCarthy, Giardina, Harewood, & Park, 2003) wrought by the digital revolution has begun to call into question my goal of contributing positively to their identity formation through exposure to live plays. What effect can a play have on students sitting in the blue glow of their cellphone screens, or watching the drama unfold while cellphones pulse and glow in the darkness? Responding to calls to examine the ways in which young people’s experience of online social networking is “interwoven with life offline” (Merchant, 2012, p. 112), this qualitative, multicase study (Stake, 2006) of students from five independent schools draws on the fields of identity formation, audience studies and elite education to ask three questions. What role might live theatre play in young people’s identity formation given the intensity of their digital lives, their position within networked publics, and their participation in convergence culture? What, if any, is the nature of the identity formation that occurs when teachers take students from elite schools to the theatre to see a live play at a time characterized by the pervasive use of digital media? How should educators and theatre professionals think about the place of live theatre in their programs given the context of students’ digital media use both in and out of theatre? An analysis of focus group data, interview data, and student artworks, suggests that theatre can still play a role in youth identity formation and the creation of “cultural capital” (Bourdieu, 1984a, 1990; Wacquant, 1989), although online settings feature prominently in students’ development and a new “digital habitus” (Bourdieu, 1984a, 1990; Sterne, 2003; Wacquant, 1989) can inform the ways in which students respond to a play. Rapidly changing and hotly contested, emerging digital practices engender new forms of “identity work” (Rounds, 2006), disrupting the theatre space and providing opportunities for educators to engage with students around questions of identity, status, and culture, while challenging theatre professionals to review their art-form in light of changing audiences.
Atomic homodyne detection of continuous variable entangled twin-atom states
Creators: name: Gross, C.
name: Strobel, H.
name: Nicklas, E.
name: Zibold, T.
name: Bar-Gill, N.
name: Kurizki, G.
name: Oberthaler, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Historically, the completeness of quantum theory has been questioned using the concept of bipartite continuous variable entanglement. The non-classical correlations (entanglement) between the two subsystems imply that the observables of one subsystem are determined by the measurement choice on the other, regardless of their distance. Nowadays, continuous variable entanglement is regarded as an essential resource allowing for quantum enhanced measurement resolution, the realization of quantum teleportation and quantum memories, or the demonstration of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox. These applications rely on techniques to manipulate and detect coherences of quantum fields, the quadratures. While in optics coherent homodyne detection of quadratures is a standard technique, for massive particles a corresponding method was missing. Here we report on the realization of an atomic analog to homodyne detection for the measurement of matter-wave quadratures. The application of this technique to a quantum state produced by spin-changing collisions in a Bose-Einstein condensate reveals continuous variable entanglement, as well as the twin-atom character of the state. With that we present a new system in which continuous variable entanglement of massive particles is demonstrated. The direct detection of atomic quadratures has applications not only in experimental quantum atom optics but also for the measurement of fields in many-body systems of massive particles.
Investigation on Effects of Geometric Parameters on the Negative Poisson’s Ratio of a Reentrant Structure
Creators: name: Ling, Yiru
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Negative Poisson's ratio
reentrant structure
FEA simulation
geometric parameters

description: It is not common to find negative Poisson’s ratio in nature but it exists in auxetic materials. The auxetic property enables the material to elongate in both vertical and horizontal directions under tension. Cellular honeycombs with repetitive reentrant cells are a common example of auxetics. This thesis investigates the geometric impacts of a reentrant structure originating from honeycombs on the negative Poisson’s ratio of the structure. Finite Element Method is used for the simulation, with the commercial software ANSYS APDL 15.0. The negative Poisson’s ratios under different geometric parameters are discussed based on the simulation results with small displacement and linear plane elements. Geometric non-linearity is also taken into consideration for large displacement which occurs in the experiments. Non-linear plane elements are used in the simulation with non-linear geometric deformations. Experimental Poisson’s ratios are collected from tension tests conducted on 3D printed reentrant honeycomb structures, to evaluate the simulation’s accuracy. The simulated results do reflect the same trend in the geometric effects on the negative Poisson’s ratio compared to the corresponding experimental cases, although, there are numerical discrepancies between simulation and experiments. Causes of the differences are analysed. Possible improvements which can be carried out in the future are suggested.
Remodel the Envelope Around the 21 micrometer PPN IRAS 07134+1005
Creators: name: Yang, Chun-Hui
name: Lee, Chin-Fei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, the CO J=3-2 observational result of the envelope of the 21 micrometer PPN IRAS 07134+1005 has been reported. Assuming that the CO J=3-2 line was optically thin, the mass-loss rate of the superwind in this PPN was found to be at least 2 orders of magnitude lower than the typical range. In order to obtain a more accurate mass-loss rate, we reexamine this data and construct a radiative transfer model to compare with the data. Also, in order to better resolve the superwind, we adopt a different weighting on the data to obtain maps at higher resolution. Our result shows that the CO J=3-2 emission is located slightly further away from the central source than the mid-IR emission, probably because that the material is cooler in the outer part and thus better traced by the CO emission. At lower resolution, however, the CO emission appeared to be spatially coincident with the mid-IR emission. Our model has two components, an inner ellipsoidal shell-like superwind with an equatorial density enhancement and an outer spheroidal AGB wind. The thick torus in previous model could be considered as the dense equatorial part of our ellipsoidal superwind. With radiative transfer, our model reproduces more observed features than previous model and obtains an averaged superwind mass-loss rate of ~ 1.8 x 10^-5 solar mass per year, which is typical for a superwind. The mass-loss rate in the equatorial plane is 3 x 10^-5 solar mass per year, also the same as that derived before from modeling CO J=1-0 emission.
Understanding divergence between public discourse and security practice in pivotal middle powers: The cases of Australia, Turkey and Mexico
Creators: name: McLean, Wayne
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2017
Subjects: international relations theory
neoclassical realism
middle powers
foreign policy
Australia
Mexico
Turkey

description: Why do public discourses within middle powers often contrast with their foreign and security policy practice? In this thesis, I argue these differences occur because the content of certain debates can harm the national interest. As a result, security and foreign policy elites seek to reorder discourses in order to ameliorate security threats. I make this argument using a framework based on neoclassical realism. Neoclassical realism posits that structural forces guide international politics over the long-term, but that domestic forces can restrain or accelerate security responses in the short-term. I use this approach to frame a typology that demonstrates how elites promote or demote specific discourses, depending on the issue at hand. I analyse cases that are not typically grouped together as middle powers: Australia, Turkey and Mexico. I argue these ‘pivotal’ middle powers are useful cases because they sit at the centre of important security competitions and are reliant on both low threat perceptions and highly pragmatic foreign and security policy. This account fills a gap in the current middle power literature, which suggests that the foreign and security policies of middle powers have their genesis in ideational factors. Within each case I demonstrate how elites respond in three different ways, depending on the security narrative at hand. These are: (1) deflection, where contentious issues are removed from domestic debates because they threaten the ability of elites to make pragmatic foreign and security policy and security decisions; (2) dilution, where rogue and populist voice gain traction, resulting in their messages being taken on by the centre in order ameliorate problematic narratives; and (3) inflation, where benign issues are promoted as these provide ‘safe’ are of political competition without the risking of interfering in core security concerns. This contribution finds these pivotal middle powers, over the long-term, behave as expected under a pragmatic, realist reading. But, in the shorter term I find that domestic debates concerned with foreign and security policy are often volatile, meaning elites seek to control them so they do not interference with higher order foreign and security policy.
Additional file 1 of Determinants of vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus — A primary-care retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Wee, Andrew Kien Han
name: Sultana, Rehena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1.
Investigating a Mitochondrial Fission Inhibitor as a Therapeutic for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Creators: name: Xu, Warren
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: Pharmacology
Biochemistry
Chemistry--Pharmaceutical

description: Unbalanced mitochondrial dynamics exacerbates inflammation and is of interest for its possible role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The current study utilized the P110 peptide drug, a selective inhibitor of mitochondrial fission, to investigate the relationship between mitochondrial dynamics and colitis. First, the functionality of the P110 peptide was verified in T84 colon epithelial cells in response to carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazine (CCCP), a mitochondrial stressor. Second, the therapeutic potential of the P110 peptide was tested in a mouse model of IBD, chemically induced by dextran sodium sulfate (DSS). Treatment with P110 was found to reduce macroscopic symptoms of colitis and provides evidence that aberrant mitochondrial dynamics contribute to IBD. The results provide motivation for further investigation into the specific mechanisms by which mitochondrial dynamics impact IBD and a possible new therapeutic target for the treatment of IBD.
MODERNIZATION OF TEACHING METHODS IN CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY BASED ON THE CREDIT-MODULE SYSTEM IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
Creators: name: Samatov, Dilshodbek
name: No'monova, Go'zaloy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The modernization of clinical pharmacology education within the credit-module system is a crucial step in improving medical training, particularly for students specializing in treatment sciences. This approach ensures a student-centered, competency-based, and flexible learning process, enhancing theoretical knowledge and practical application.
Robust entanglement generation by reservoir engineering
Creators: name: Muschik, Christine A.
name: Krauter, Hanna
name: Jensen, Kasper
name: Petersen, Jonas M.
name: Cirac, J. Ignacio
name: Polzik, Eugene S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Following a recent proposal [C. Muschik et. al., Phys. Rev. A 83, 052312 (2011)], engineered dissipative processes have been used for the generation of stable entanglement between two macroscopic atomic ensembles at room temperature [H. Krauter et. al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 080503 (2011)]. This experiment included the preparation of entangled states which are continuously available during a time interval of one hour. Here, we present additional material, further-reaching data and an extension of the theory developed in [C. Muschik et. al., Phys. Rev. A 83, 052312 (2011)]. In particular, we show how the combination of the entangling dissipative mechanism with measurements can give rise to a substantial improvement of the generated entanglement in the presence of noise.
description: Submitted to Journal of Physics B, special issue on "Quantum Memory"
Ethnomycology and Bioprospecting Studies from Papua New Guinea
Creators: name: Castillo Martinez, Edwin Moises
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Ethnomycology
mushrooms
Papua New Guinea
furan fatty acids
thiophene fatty acids

description: Papua New Guineans have medicinal knowledge based on thousands of years of using flora, fauna and fungi as medicines. However, factors such as poor documentation and an increase in the use of allopathic medicine within the island have promoted the rapid loss of such medicinal knowledge. Thus the work presented in this thesis has been directed towards the preservation of first hand traditional knowledge, as it pertains to the use of mushrooms by indigenous inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, in particular those mushrooms with medicinal potential. A compilation of biologically active secondary metabolites isolated from terrestrial and marine fungi from Papua New Guinea under ethnomycology is presented in chapter one. A brief account of ethnomycology by early Europeans and inhabitants of the new world in pre-Columbian times is also presented. Chapter two describes the in vitro biological testing of mushrooms used by the Kiovi, Waefo and Kopanka clans. Turbidity-MTT microdilution assay was used to determine the susceptibility of Gram (+) and Gram (-) bacteria against 52 crude mushroom extracts resulting in approximately 31% of the samples tested active against at least one of the organisms used. Ethnomycological comparisons between the Kiovi, Waefo and Kopanka are also presented. The work described in chapter three includes ethnomycological and taxonomical background of Fulaga dive, common name given to a mushroom member of the Amanitaceae family and used by the Kiovi tribe for its edibility and because it makes them “feel well”. Bioassay guided isolation, purification and structural elucidation of two novel furan fatty acids is detailed. Chapter four details the synthetic route of the two novel furan fatty acids isolated from Fulaga dive. The synthesis was achieved from commercially available furan. Degradation of this class of compounds is also discussed, where (Z)-9-(5-pentylfuran-2-yl)-non-8-enoic acid isomerises to the more stable (E)-diastereoisomer followed by olefinic cleavage producing 5-pentyl-2-furaldehyde. Chapter five reports the synthesis of 26 compounds, that are furan based homologues and thiophene based analogues of (Z)-9-(5-pentylfuran-2-yl)-non-8-enoic acid. Homologues and analogues were assayed for their antibacterial potential against a panel of bacterial human pathogens using the turbidity-MTT assay and their radical scavenging properties using the DPPH assay. Finally, chapter six includes ethnomycological and taxonomical background of Igura hivi, a mushroom also used by the Kiovi tribe for its edibility and treat stomach complaints. Bioassay guided isolation, purification and structural elucidation of the known antibiotic grifolin is presented. The spectroscopic data obtained for the isolated fungal metabolite matched that reported in the literature.
Cybercrime precursors: towards a model of offender resources
Creators: name: Chon, Ki Hong Steve
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2016
Subjects: cybercrime
internet crime
cyber criminology
offenders
discussion forums
routine activity theory
situational crime prevention
malware
malicious software
crimeware
spam
phishing
hacker forum
law
cyber criminal
hacker
online populations
resource
law enforcement
policing
social learning theory
crime causation
crime science
remote access trojan
crypter
binder
DDoS
DoS
underground community
key logger
data theft
online theft

description: This thesis applies Ekblom and Tilley’s concept of offender resources to the study of criminal behaviour on the Internet. Offender predispositions are influenced by situational, that is the environmental incentives to commit crime. This thesis employs non-participation observation of online communities involved in activities linked to malicious forms of software. Actual online conversations are reproduced, providing rich ethnographic detail of activities that have taken place between 2008 and 2012 from eight discussion forums where malicious software and cases of hacking are openly discussed among actors. A purposeful sample of key frontline cybercrime responders (N=12) were interviewed about crimeware and their views of the activity observed in the discussion forums. Based on the empirical data, this thesis tests a number of criminological theories and assesses their relative compatibility with social interactions occurring in various online forum sites frequented by persons interested in the formation and use of malicious code. The thesis illustrates three conceptual frameworks of offender resources, based on different criminological theories. The first model ties ‘offender resources’ to the actual offender, suggesting that certain malicious software and its associated activities derive from the decisions, knowledge and abilities of the individual agent. The second model submits that ‘offender resources’ should be viewed more as a pathway leading to offending behaviour that must be instilled and then indoctrinated over a length of time through social interaction with other offenders. The third model emphasises the complex relationships that constitute or interconnect with ‘offender resources’ such as the nexus of relevant social groups and institutions in society. These include the Internet security industry, the law, and organised crime. Cybercrime is facilitated by crimeware, a specific type of computer software, and a focus on this element can help better understand how cybercrime evolves.
Polarity of Post-Colonial Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of the Poems, “The White Man’s Burden” and “The Black Man’s Burden”
Creators: name: Yirsaw, Liknaw
Publisher: name: Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication
Year: 2023

description: Polarity of ideas is inevitable as long as we live with individuals. People are in arguments in their ideas regarding the very essence and fate of post-colonial literature and post-colonial philosophy at large. From the very beginning, regardless critics’ differences on their perception and stand towards post-colonial discourse, post-colonial discourse in this period is full of imperialism effects; a discourse expected to be a reactionary theory in which the hangover or remnants on misdeeds and wrong perceptions of colonial discourse upon the colonized nations will critically be considered; Thus, some are infavour of postcolonial, and the rest side against post-colonial literature, and both sides have their own justifications. To this effect, two intertextually constructed texts; namely the poems, “The White Man’s Burden” and “The Black Man’s Burden” are used. Before the actual analysis and interpretation of the poems under discussion from polarity of postcolonial discourse perspective dialectically made, in this article, an endeavor has been attempted to establish the background, and the conceptual framework to review what scholars have suggested about the poems underdiscussion is made. From which a conclusion on the analysis of poems based on the imperial effects upon culture is made as the poems are the texts which reveal the polarity of post-colonial discourse practically. As we can understand from the poems’ titles, “The White Man’s Burden” and “The Black Man’s Burden”, the first poem is a poem which leads us to access the later one in the form of opposition. Surprisingly, the opposition is done in verse level of the poems, and that is why the poems (though they might have different versions) have the same number of lines; the pattern of writing is composed by providing the opposite concept of each verse/line, even in some cases, the opposition is made in word level of each line of verse.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, Vol 7 No 1 (2022)
IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING METHODOLOGY IN CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY BASED ON THE CREDIT-MODULE SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY IN THE FIELD OF GENERAL MEDICINE)
Creators: name: Samatov, Dilshodbek
name: No'monova, Go'zaloy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article discusses the modernization of teaching methods in clinical pharmacology based on the credit-module system, with a focus on the field of general medicine. The study highlights the importance of student-centered learning, interactive teaching approaches, and competency-based education in medical training. It explores innovative methodologies, including problem-based learning, case studies, and digital learning platforms, to enhance students' practical skills and theoretical knowledge. The article also examines the effectiveness of modular assessment and feedback mechanisms in improving student performance and engagement. The proposed strategies aim to optimize the teaching of clinical pharmacology in accordance with international educational standards.
Additional file 2 of Determinants of vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus — A primary-care retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Wee, Andrew Kien Han
name: Sultana, Rehena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2.
title: Hildesheimer Geographische Studien, Band 9
Creators: name: Sauerwein, Martin
name: Herrmann, Nico
name: Kirchner, André
name: Matheis-Kist, Sarah
name: Panzer-Krause, Sabine
name: Ringel, Annabell
name: Sandner, Moritz
name: Schirdewahn, Toni
Publisher: name: UVH - Universitätsverlag Hildesheim
Year: 2020

description: Hildesheimer Geographische Studien
Quantum magneto-optics of graphite family
Creators: name: Falkovsky, L. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The optical conductivity of graphene, bilayer graphene, and graphite in quantizing magnetic fields is studied. Both dynamical conductivities, longitudinal and Hall's, are analytically evaluated. The conductivity peaks are explained in terms of electron transitions. We have shown that trigonal warping can be considered within the perturbation theory for strong magnetic fields larger than 1 T and in the semiclassical approach for weak fields when the Fermi energy is much larger than the cyclotron frequency. The main optical transitions obey the selection rule with \Deltan = 1 for the Landau number n, however the \Deltan = 2 transitions due to the trigonal warping are also possible. The Faraday/Kerr rotation and light transmission/reflection in the quantizing magnetic fields are calculated. Parameters of the Slonczewski-Weiss-McClure model are used in the fit taking into account the previous dHvA measurements and correcting some of them for the case of strong magnetic fields.
description: 28 pages, 12 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1106.3401
A third massive star component in the σ Orionis AB system
Creators: name: Simón-Díaz, S.
name: Caballero, J. A.
name: Lorenzo, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the detection of a third massive star component in the σ Orionis AB system, traditionally considered as a binary system. The system has been monitored by the IACOB spectroscopic survey of Northern Massive stars program, obtaining 23 high-resolution FIES@NOT spectra with a time-span of ~2.5 years. The analysis of the radial velocity curves of the two spectroscopic components observed in the spectra has allowed us obtain the orbital parameters of the system, resulting in a high eccentric orbit (e~0.78) with an orbital period of 143.5 +/- 0.5 d. This result implies the actual presence of three stars in the σ Orionis AB system when combined with previous results obtained from the study of the astrometric orbit (with an estimated period of ~157 yr).
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Accpeted for publication in ApJ
Evaluating the Impact of Mindfulness Meditation on Family Medicine Residents' Well-being
Creators: name: Horton, Joan
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mental Health
subject: Mindfulness
subject: Stress-reduction
subject: Residents
subject: Burnout

description: Professional competence in medicine requires a commitment to physician health and well-being, for sustainable practice and optimal patient care. Yet few doctors are taught wellness-enhancing techniques during their training. Mindfulness-based stress reduction has been extensively studied and can be beneficial in reducing stress and burnout while enhancing empathy in medical personnel. This study evaluated the impact of an adapted 8-week program of mindfulness meditation on the well-being of a convenience sample of family medicine residents. Significant improvements were seen in the active group in measurements of personal burnout (d = 1.02, p < 0.05) and mindfulness (d = 1.04, p < 0.05) at 8 weeks, with significant improvement in perceived stress (d = 1.002, p < 0.05) and mindfulness (d = 1.48, p < 0.01) persisting at 16 weeks. Post-mindfulness training evaluations rated the initial group training, meditation recordings and feasibility positively but identified fatigue, conflicting schedules and lack of group time as barriers to the practice of mindfulness-based stress reduction. Protected program time for stress management training may benefit residents' development of Professional competence and patient care outcomes.
Spectral noise for edge states at filling factor $ν=5/2$
Creators: name: Carrega, M.
name: Ferraro, D.
name: Braggio, A.
name: Magnoli, N.
name: Sassetti, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed analysis of finite frequency noise for the $ν=5/2$ fractional quantum Hall state in a quantum point contact geometry. The results are obtained within the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian models. We show that the behaviour of the coloured noise allows unambigously to discriminate among tunneling excitations with different charges. Optimal values of the external bias are found in order to emphasize the visibility of the noise peak associated with the tunneling of a 2-agglomerate, namely an excitation with charge double of the fundamental one. These correspond to the regime in which the bias is larger than the neutral modes cut-off frequency. The dependence on the temperature is also investigated in order to discriminate between the considered models.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to New Journal of Phyiscs
Revisiting a model-independent dark energy reconstruction method
Creators: name: Lazkoz, Ruth
name: Salzano, Vincenzo
name: Sendra, Irene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Model independent reconstructions of dark energy have received some attention. The approach that addresses the reconstruction of the dimensionless coordinate distance and its two first derivatives using a polynomial fit in different redshift windows is well developed \cite{DalyDjorgovski1,DalyDjorgovski2,DalyDjorgovski3}. In this work we offer new insights into the problem by focusing on two types of observational probes: SNeIa and GRBs. Our results allow to highlight some of the intrinsic weaknesses of the method. One of the directions we follow is to consider updated observational samples. Our results indicate than conclusions on the main dark energy features as drawn from this method are intimately related to the features of the samples themselves (which are not quite ideal). This is particularly true of GRBs, which manifest themselves as poor performers in this context. In contrast to original works, we conclude they cannot be used for cosmological purposes, and the state of the art does not allow to regard them on the same quality basis as SNeIa. The next direction we contribute to is the question of how the adjusting of some parameters (window width, overlap, selection criteria) affect the results. We find again there is a considerable sensitivity to these features. Then, we try to establish what is the current redshift range for which one can make solid predictions on dark energy evolution. Finally, we strengthen the former view that this model is modest in the sense it provides only a picture of the global trend. But, on the other hand, we believe it offers an interesting complement to other approaches given that it works on minimal assumptions.
description: revtex4-1, 17 pages
Collaborative Policing: A Case Study of the Red Deer Domestic Violence Collaborative Court Program
Creators: name: Wang, Lucy Meng Yi
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education--Social Sciences
subject: Criminology and Penology
subject: Sociology--Organizational
subject: Collaborative policing
subject: domestic violence response
subject: multi-agency collaborations

description: Canadian police agencies are increasingly expected to collaborate with community agencies to resolve or prevent crime but little empirical evidence documents the complexities of these partnerships. This exploratory case study addresses this gap by examining the Domestic Violence Collaborative Court Program (DVCCP) in Red Deer, Alberta. DVCCP is a response to domestic violence initiated by partnerships among the police, the judicial system, as well as social and community services. Twelve DVCCP agency representatives and three DVCCP clients were interviewed. The interviews reveal that although the benefits of collaboration clearly prevail, several challenges were identified. The benefits include: information sharing, consensus decision-making, providing clients with a continuum of service, and connecting clients with the collaborative. The challenges consist of: large time-commitment, sustainability of consistent funding, and unintended impacts of independent organizational decision-making. This paper contributes to collaborative policing literature by suggesting practical recommendations for success for existing or new community partnerships.
Participation and the Protection of Citizens Abroad in International Law
Creators: name: Akila, Suzanne
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2015
Subjects: International law
diplomatic protection
consular
citizenship
Germany
Mexico
Australia
participation
international legal personality
protection
human rights
state responsibility
international law commission
international court of justice
network theory
networks
regulation
sovereignty
citizens abroad
nationals abroad
death penalty
civil and political rights
legal responsibility
non-State actors
Statehood
States
Avena
LaGrand
Van Nguyen
Mexican Capital Legal Assistance Program
distributive sovereignty
micro international law

description: While the concept of protecting citizens abroad is a familiar one in public debate and international law, the practice of protection is little studied. Two ideas define the way in which the protection of citizens abroad is understood. Since the early twentieth century, international legal scholarship has contemplated the protection of citizens abroad through the decisions of international courts and tribunals. Many legal and non-legal measures may be taken to protect a citizen from a violation of international law abroad, yet scholars focus their attention narrowly on international legal cases. The second idea is that protection is a State enterprise. States may be praised for their interventions on behalf of their citizens or lambasted for their inaction. Scholarly analyses focus almost exclusively on State behaviour and preferences, without considering how other actors may influence, drive or inhibit protection. These framing ideas, international litigation as protection and a focus on States as protective actors, obscure other dimensions of protecting citizens from violations of international law abroad. This thesis investigates the nature of participation in the protection of citizens abroad and its significance for international law. It explores the actors who drive and deliver the protection of nationals, the behaviours that constitute the practice of protection, and the motivating factors for protective behaviour. The purpose of the study is to better understand the phenomenon of protection. The thesis examines examples of protection by Germany, Mexico and Australia. I observe that the protection of citizens abroad is a multi-actor phenomenon, where networks of actors form together to produce protective outcomes. Where there is an alignment of values and the opportunity to harness expertise, networks may form to devise strategies of intervention and perform tasks of protection. I propose that, in order to better account for participation in the international order, a more complex view of sovereignty is needed. I argue that the protection of citizens abroad is best understood through the concept of distributive sovereignty, whereby States distribute and delegate their protective functions across a network of State and non-State actors.
Chrząszcze (Insecta: Coleoptera) rezerwatów Budzisk i Jesionowe Góry w Puszczy Knyszyńskiej
Creators: name: Dawid Marczak
name: Adam Kwiatkowski
name: Andrzej Lasoń
name: Roman Królik
name: Jerzy Borowski
name: Radosław Mroczyński
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Coleoptera, Podlasie, Knyszyńska Forest, beetles, new records, relic species

description: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Budzisk reserve and Jesionowe Góry reserve in Knyszyńska Forest. The Knyszyńska Forest is one of the largest forest complexes in Poland, located in its north-eastern part. The most valuable parts of the Forest are protected in 23 nature reserves. The Budzisk (area approx. 330 ha) and Jesionowe Góry (area approx. 375 ha) are forest reserves, and were established to preserve natural fragments of the Knyszyńska Forest. The current state of knowledge of the beetle fauna in both reserves is scarce. In the literature, we only found data about 53 species from the Jesionowe Góry reserve and 188 species from the Budzisk reserve. The presented study was conducted in 2019 in the Budzisk reserve and in 2020 in the Jesionowe Góry reserve. A total of 376 species of beetles were collected and identified, among them 325 in the Budzisk reserve and 161 in the Jesionowe Góry reserve. Among 376 collected beetle species 154 are new to Podlasie, 24 species are placed on the red list of endangered and threatened animals in Poland, while 17 are considered relics of primeval forests.
Geopotential of the Geoid-Based North American Vertical Datum
Creators: name: Hayden, Tasnuva
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Geodesy
subject: Vertical datums
subject: Geoid
subject: GOCE

description: The European Space Agency’s dedicated satellite gravity field mission the Gravity Field and Steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) will at the end of its lifespan achieve 1-2 cm geoid accuracy at a spatial resolution of 100 km. This thesis attempts to answer the question: is a GOCE satellite-only global geopotential model (GGM) sufficient for geodetic applications such as datum unification in North America? The main research objectives that were investigated in order to answer this question include: GOCE GGM evaluation, estimation of height datum offsets for regional vertical datums, and the estimation of the gravity potential for a geoid-based vertical datum. Based on the research objective outcomes, it can be concluded that using only a GOCE satellite-based GGM is not sufficient for geodetic applications such as datum unification in North America. Thus, a GOCE GGM should be rigorously combined with gravity and topography data in a remove-compute-restore geoid modelling scheme.
Targeting the Estrogen Receptor (ER) for the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Recent Advances and Challenges
Creators: name: Rej, Rohan
name: Thomas II, Junius Eugene
name: Acharyya, Ranjan Kumar
name: Rae, James Michael
name: Wang, Shaomeng
Publisher: name: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Year: 2023

description: Estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) is a well-established therapeutic target for the treatment of ER-positive (ER+) breast cancers. Despite the tremendous successes achieved by tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, and aromatase inhibitors (AIs), resistance to these therapies is a major clinical problem. Therefore, induced protein degradation and covalent inhibition have been pursued as new therapeutic approaches to target ERα. This review summarizes recent progress in the discovery and development of oral selective ER degraders (SERDs), CERANs (complete estrogen receptor antagonists), SERCAs (selective estrogen receptor covalent antagonists), and PROTAC (proteolysis targeting chimera) ER degraders. We focus on those compounds which have been advanced into clinical development
Experimenting with Risk and Management Control Systems in Inter-firm Alliances
Creators: name: Wang, Zhichao (Alex)
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2016
Subjects: management accounting
management controls
risk
risk management
inter-firm alliances
qualitative case study

description: This thesis examines the interrelations between risk and management control systems in inter-firm alliances—specifically, how risks influence the choices and construction of management control systems, and how these management control systems subsequently affect the articulation and evolution of risks. The research issues are examined by using the theoretical perspective of a three-stage experimentation process under the actor-network theory. Data were collected from two international joint ventures in the Chinese automobile industry through formal and informal interviews, observations and review of internal and external documents. This study found that risk and inter-firm alliances continuously and mutually construct each other through management control systems. On the one hand, management control systems contribute to the articulation of risks in inter-firm alliances by identifying the source of risk, generating risk perception, rationalising and objectifying risk perception, and producing knowledge on risk. On the other hand, different management control systems are initiated, crafted, selected, formalised and negotiated as the outcome of the partner firm’s efforts to experiment with solutions to address risks. These findings contribute to the accounting and management control literature by demonstrating that risk management in inter-firm alliances is not a static phenomenon. Instead, risk and management control systems in inter-firm alliances are (re)constructed through an ongoing experimentation process that involves interactions among firms in crafting and testing solutions to risks. In this ongoing experimentation process, management control systems are not only used to manage risks, but also contribute to the articulation of new risks. This thesis also extends prior research by highlighting how personal ties may play a critical role in the risk management of alliance relationships. Overall, this thesis demonstrates the practice of forming and deploying multiple alliances to create an alliance portfolio in order to manage the dynamics of risks in inter-firm alliances.
Additional file 1 of Use of anti-viral therapies in hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the United Arab Emirates: a cost-effectiveness and health-care resource use analysis
Creators: name: Subhi, Ahmad
name: Shamy, Amin Mohamed El
name: Hussein, Saeed Abdullah Mohammed
name: Jarrett, James
name: Kozma, Sam
name: Harfouche, Camille
name: Al Dallal, Sara
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Transition probabilities at day 15. Table S2. Day 28 Mortality Hazard Ratios. Table S3. Results by efficacy data source. Table S4. Parameters included in the sensitivity analyses.
Strong plasmon coupling between two gold nanospheres on a gold slab
Creators: name: Liu, H.
name: Ng, J.
name: Wang, S. B.
name: Hang, Z. H.
name: Chan, C. T.
name: Zhu, S. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, the plasmon coupling effect between two gold nanospheres on a gold slab is investigated. At plasmon resonance frequencies, electrons on the surface of the slab are absorbed into spheres and contribute to plasmon oscillation. This effect can help enhance the local electric field and optical coupling force between the two spheres.
description: Local field and optical force enhanced by exchange current coupling between two spheres