cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Temperature dependence of sound velocity and hydrodynamics of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Creators: name: Chojnacki, Mikolaj
name: Florkowski, Wojciech
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effects of different forms of the sound-velocity function c_s(T) on the hydrodynamic evolution of matter created in the central region of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions are studied. At high temperatures (above the critical temperature T_c) we use the sound velocity function obtained from the recent lattice simulations of QCD, whereas at low temperatures we use the ideal hadron gas model. At moderate temperatures different interpolations between those two results are employed. They are characterized by different values of the local maximum (at T = 0.4 T_c) and local minimum (at T=T_c). The extreme values are chosen in such a way that at high temperature all considered sound-velocity functions yield the entropy density consistent with the lattice simulations of QCD. We find that the presence of a distinct minimum of the sound velocity leads to a very long (~ 20 fm/c) evolution time of the system. Since such long evolution times are not compatible with the recent estimates based on the HBT interferometry, we conclude that the hydrodynamic description becomes adequate if the QCD cross-over phase transition renders the smooth temperature variations of the sound velocity, with a possible shallow minimum at T_c where the values of c_s^2(T) remain well above 0.1.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures. A set of slightly different sound velocity profiles is used, which now lead to exactly the same entropy density at high temperatures. Quantitative results unchanged
Additional file 5 of Optimization of protoplast regeneration in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Jeong, Yeong Yeop
name: Hun-Young Lee
name: Kim, Suk Weon
name: Yoo-Sun Noh
name: Seo, Pil Joon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5. De novo root regeneration efficiency of different tissues.
V_us From Hadronic Tau Decays
Creators: name: Maltman, K.
name: Wolfe, C. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study extractions of |V_us| based on finite energy sum rule (FESR) analyses of hadronic tau decay data. We show (i) that the ``(0,0) spectral weight'' implementation (proposed previously in the literature as a favorable version of this analysis) suffers from significant convergence problems, but (ii) that alternate implementations exist which bring these problems under control. Results based on present spectral data are shown to be in agreement with those of other approaches, though with, at present, somewhat larger experimental errors. Sub-1% determinations of |V_us| are also shown to be expected from these alternate analyses once tau data from the B factories becomes available.
description: 4 pages, prepared for the proceedings of the 9th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP06), Westin Rio Mar Resort, Puerto Rico, May 30-June 3, 2006
Single Acquisition Label-free Histology-like Imaging with Dual Contrast Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy
Creators: name: Ecclestone, Benjamin
name: Dinakaran, Deepak
name: Reza, Parsin Haji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Significance: Histopathological analysis of tissues is an essential tool for grading, staging, diagnosing and resecting cancers and other malignancies. Current histopathological techniques require substantial sample processing prior to staining with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) dyes, to highlight nuclear and cellular morphology. Sample preparation and staining is resource-intensive and introduces potential for variability during sample preparation. Aim: We present a novel method for direct label-free histopathological assessment of formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks and thin tissue sections using a dual contrast photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS) microscopy system. Approach: To emulate the nuclear and cellular contrast of H&E staining, we leverage unique properties of the PARS system. Here the ultraviolet excitation of the PAARS microscope takes advantage of DNA's unique optical absorption to provide nuclear contrast analogous to hematoxylin staining of cell nucelli. Concurrently, the optical scattering contrast of the PARS detection system is leveraged to provide bulk tissue contrast analogous to eosin staining of cell membranes. Results: We demonstrate the efficacy of this technique by imaging human breast tissue and human skin tissues in formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks and frozen sections respectively. Salient nuclear and extra-nuclear features such as cancerous cells, glands and ducts, adipocytes, and stromal structures such as collagen. Conclusions. The presented dual contrast PARS microscope enables label-free visualizations of tissue with contrast and quality analogous to the current gold standard for histopathological analysis. Thus, the proposed system is well positioned to augment existing histopathological workflows, providing histological imaging directly on unstained tissue blocks and sections.
description: 13 Pages, 3 figures
Εκτίμηση της περατότητας ποικίλων βραχομαζών του Ελληνικού χώρου και εισροών σε υπόγεια έργα
Creators: name: Δίπλα, Μαρία Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Σήραγγες
Περατότητα
Εισροές
Tunnels
Ground-permeability
Tunnel-inflow

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας αποτελεί η εκτίμηση της περατότητας και η συσχέτισή της με το βαθμό κερματισμού τεσσάρων γεωυλικών (γνεύσιο, οφιόλιθο, μολάσσα και φλύσχη), που διατρέχονται από τις σήραγγες της Εγνατίας Οδού. Αρχικά αναλύεται η σπουδαιότητα του υπολογισμού των εισροών κατά την κατασκευή υπόγειων έργων και παραθέτονται τρόποι και μέθοδοι προσδιορισμού της περατότητας καθώς και αριθμητικές εξισώσεις υπολογισμού των εισροών σε σήραγγες. Στη συνέχεια αναλύεται η κατανομή του βαθμού κερματισμού όπως και της υδραυλικής αγωγιμότητας σε σχέση με το βάθος και γίνεται συσχέτιση των παραπάνω μεγεθών. Επιπλέον, περιγράφονται φαινόμενα εισροών στις σήραγγες της Εγνατίας Οδού, για τον κάθε σχηματισμό, και αναλύονται οι λόγοι εκδήλωσής τους. Έπειτα αναφέρονται τρόποι αντιμετώπισης και διαχείρισης του υπόγειου νερού στις σήραγγες. Τέλος, η εργασία ολοκληρώνεται με την εξαγωγή των συμπερασμάτων που αφορούν τη συνολική εργασία.
description: This paper deals with the assessment of the ground permeability in correlation to rock quality designation (RQD) of four rock mass types (gneiss, ophiolite, molasses and flysch) which are crossed by the tunnels of Egnatia. At the beginning, the importance of tunnel inflow calculation is analyzed and some equations are given. Permeability is the basic element of these equations and it is expressed by hydraulic conductivity, so it was necessary to mention the methods of ground permeability estimation. Then, rock quality designation (RQD), hydraulic conductivity distribution and the correlation between them are analyzed. Furthermore, some examples of tunnels in Egnatia with water inflows phenomena and methods of groundwater management are given. At the end, methods of groundwater management and conclusions of the whole paper are mentioned.
Antideuteron fluxes from dark matter annihilation in diffusion models
Creators: name: Donato, Fiorenza
name: Fornengo, Nicolao
name: Maurin, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Antideuterons are among the most promising galactic cosmic ray-related targets for dark matter indirect detection. Currently only upper limits exist on the flux, but the development of new experiments, such as GAPS and AMS-02, provides exciting perspectives for a positive measurement in the near future. In this Paper, we present a novel and updated calculation of both the secondary and primary antideuteron fluxes. We employ a two-zone diffusion model which successfully reproduces cosmic-ray nuclear data and the observed antiproton flux. We review the nuclear and astrophysical uncertainties and provide an up to date secondary (i.e. background) antideuteron flux. The primary (i.e. signal) contribution is calculated for generic WIMPs annihilating in the galactic halo: we explicitly consider and quantify the various sources of uncertainty in the theoretical evaluations. Propagation uncertainties, as is the case of antiprotons, are sizeable. Nevertheless, antideuterons offer an exciting target for indirect dark matter detection for low and intermediate mass WIMP dark matter. We then show the reaching capabilities of the future experiments for neutralino dark matter in a variety of supersymmetric models.
description: 18 pages, 17 figures
Exploring identity and memory work on social network sites: implications for open society
Creators: name: Dallas, Costis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Recording: https://youtu.be/Lb3Uv7JCnPk
description: This presentation reports on research conducted as part of "Connective digital memory in borderlands: a mixed-methods study of cultural identity, heritage communication and digital curation on social networks". The Connective project is funded by the European Social Fund under grant agreement 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-17-0027 with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT).
Additional file 3 of Moderate elevation of serum uric acid levels improves short-term functional outcomes of ischemic stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Creators: name: Dai, Yalun
name: Jiang, Yingyu
name: Zhang, Luping
name: Qiu, Xin
name: Gu, Hongqiu
name: Jiang, Yong
name: Meng, Xia
name: Li, Zixiao
name: Wang, Yongjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Distribution of SUA levels in $$\Delta$$ Δ SUA elevation subgroups, figure.
Stellarator optimization for good magnetic surfaces at the same time as quasisymmetry
Creators: name: Landreman, Matt
name: Medasani, Bharat
name: Zhu, Caoxiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A method is demonstrated to optimize a stellarator's geometry to eliminate magnetic islands and achieve other desired physics properties at the same time. For many physics quantities that have been used in stellarator optimization, including quasisymmetry, neoclassical transport, and magnetohydrodynamic stability, it is convenient to use a magnetic equilibrium representation that assures the existence of magnetic surfaces. However, this representation hides the possible presence of magnetic islands, which are typically undesirable. To include both surface-based objectives and island widths in a single optimization, two fixed-boundary equilibrium calculations are run at each iteration of the optimization: one that enforces the existence of magnetic surfaces (VMEC [S. P. Hirshman and J. C. Whitson, Phys. Fluids 26, 3553 (1983)]), and one that does not (SPEC [S. R. Hudson, et al, Phys. Plasmas 19, 112502 (2012)]). By penalizing the island residues in the objective function, the two magnetic field representations are brought into agreement during the optimization. An example is presented in which, particularly on the surface where quasisymmetry was targeted, quasisymmetry is achieved more accurately than in previously published examples.
Two-dimensional frustrated spin systems in high magnetic fields
Creators: name: Schmidt, Burkhard
name: Shannon, Nic
name: Thalmeier, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss our numerical results on the properties of the S = 1/2 frustrated J1-J2 Heisenberg model on a square lattice as a function of temperature and frustration angle phi = atan(J2/J1) in an applied magnetic field. We cover the full phase diagram of the model in the range -pi <= phi <= pi. The discussion includes the parameter dependence of the saturation field itself, and addresses the instabilities associated with it. We also discuss the magnetocaloric effect of the model and show how it can be used to uniquely determine the effective interaction constants of the compounds which were investigated experimentally.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of RHMF 2006
Ο ήρωας και η ηρωίδα Τουρκικής εθνικότητας σε μυθιστορήματα της ελληνικής παιδικής και εφηβικής λογοτεχνίας
Creators: name: Καραφώτη-Χατζέλλη, Μαριλένα Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: ελληνική παιδική – εφηβική λογοτεχνία
εικόνα του Τούρκου
εικονολογία
Modern Greek children’s/ adolescent literature
image of Turk
imagologie

description: Ο στόχος της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να ανιχνεύσει την «εικόνα του ήρωα και ηρωίδας τουρκικής εθνικότητας» σε μυθιστορήματα για παιδιά και εφήβους που κυκλοφόρησαν στην Ελλάδα τα τελευταία είκοσι χρόνια με το ανάλογο θέμα. Σε ένα πρώτο επίπεδο επιχειρείται η θεωρητική προσέγγιση εννοιών σχετικών με τη λογοτεχνία και τη διαφορετικότητα. Έτσι εξετάζεται η σχέση της ιδεολογίας - παιδικής λογοτεχνίας, η έννοια του «ξένου» και αποσαφηνίζεται η έννοια του στερεότυπου καθώς και η αλληλοεξαρτώμενη σχέση ταυτότητας/ ετερότητας. Για την ανάλυση των κειμένων μας, χρησιμοποιήσαμε τη μέθοδο της εικονολογικής ανάλυσης (πολιτισμική εικονολογία) με τον τρόπο που περιγράφεται από την Αμπατζοπούλου (1998). Η εργασία ανάμεσα στ’ άλλα υπογραμμίζει την καταλυτική συνδρομή της λογοτεχνίας για παιδιά και εφήβους, στην αναγνώριση της αξίας του «Άλλου», στον επαναπροσδιορισμό της εικόνας του εθνικά/θρησκευτικά έτερου Τούρκου, στην εξάλειψη των στερεοτύπων και στην υιοθέτηση θετικών στάσεων απέναντι στην έννοια της διαφορετικότητας.
description: The present study attends to delineate the image of the Turk (hero and heroine) through four Greek children’s and adolescent novels that were published in Greece the twenty past years, on this topic. In a first level we will try a theoretical approach of meanings that are related with literature and dissimilarity. In this way it will be explored the connection between ideology and children’s/ adolescent - literature, the meaning of the “stranger”, the definition of stereotypes as also the both way dependant relation of identity and dissimilarity. The theoretical field of imagologie was selected for analyzing these novels, with the method that was described by Abatzopoulou (1998). The purpose of this thesis is to underline the essential contribution of adolescent and children’s literature in the understanding of the value of the “stranger”, to the redefinition of the image of ethnically/ religiously different “Turk”, to the elimination of stereotypes and finally to the embracement of national stance across the meaning of dissimilarity.
Equations and improved coefficients for paralleltransport in multicomponent collisional plasmas: method and application for tokamak modelling
Creators: name: Makarov, S.
name: Coster, D.
name: Rozhansky, V.
name: Stepanenko, A.
name: Zhdanov, V.
name: Kaveeva, E.
name: Senichenkov, I.
name: Bonnin, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New analytical expressions for parallel transport coefficients in multicomponent collisional plasmas are presented in this paper. They are improved versions of the expressions written in [V. M. Zhdanov. Transport Processes in Multicomponent Plasma, vol. 44. 10 2002.], based on Grad's 21N-moment method. Both explicit and approximate approaches for transport coefficients calculation are considered. Accurate application of this closure for the Braginskii transport equations is discussed. Viscosity dependence on the heat flux is taken into account. Improved expressions are implemented into the SOLPS-ITER code and tested for deuterium and neon ITER cases. Some typos found in [V. M. Zhdanov. Transport Processes in Multicomponent Plasma, vol. 44. 10 2002.] are corrected.
description: This is the pre-submission version. The published version can be found using DOI
Gradient critical phenomena in the Ising quantum chain
Creators: name: Platini, Thierry
name: Karevski, Dragi
name: Turban, Loïc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the behaviour of a critical system in the presence of a gradient perturbation of the couplings. In the direction of the gradient an interface region separates the ordered phase from the disordered one. We develop a scaling theory for the density profiles induced by the gradient perturbation which involves a characteristic length given by the width of the interface region. The scaling predictions are tested in the framework of the mean-field Ginzburg-Landau theory. Then we consider the Ising quantum chain in a linearly varying transverse field which corresponds to the extreme anisotropic limit of a classical two-dimensional Ising model. The quantum Hamiltonian can be diagonalized exactly in the scaling limit where the eigenvalue problem is the same as for the quantum harmonic oscillator. The energy density, the magnetization profile and the two-point correlation function are studied either analytically or by exact numerical calculations. Their scaling behaviour are in agreement with the predictions of the scaling theory.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures, submited to J. Phys. A
Efficacy and safety of ertugliflozin in Hispanic/Latino patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Creators: name: Liu, Jie
name: Tarasenko, Lisa
name: Pong, Annpey
name: Huyck, Susan
name: Patel, Shrita
name: Hickman, Anne
name: Mancuso, James P.
name: Ellison, Misoo C.
name: Gantz, Ira
name: Terra, Steven G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology

description: Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of ertugliflozin in Hispanic/Latino patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Methods: Analysis of data from Hispanic/Latino patients who participated in randomized, double-blind phase III studies. Ertugliflozin efficacy was evaluated when initiated as a single agent (as monotherapy or add-on therapy) and when initiated in combination with sitagliptin. Least-squares mean change from baseline was calculated for glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body weight (BW), and systolic blood pressure (SBP). Safety evaluation included overall and prespecified adverse events (AEs). Results: Analyses included 1178 Hispanic/Latino patients. In a pooled analysis of three placebo-controlled studies where ertugliflozin was initiated as a single agent, the placebo-corrected change from baseline in HbA1c at week 26 for ertugliflozin 5 and 15 mg was −0.8 and −1.0%, respectively. In an active-comparator study, when initiated as a single agent, the change from baseline in HbA1c at week 52 was −0.5, −0.7, and −0.5% for ertugliflozin 5 mg, ertugliflozin 15 mg, and glimepiride, respectively. In a placebo-controlled study, when initiated in combination with sitagliptin, the placebo-corrected change from baseline in HbA1c at week 26 for ertugliflozin 5 mg/sitagliptin and ertugliflozin 15 mg/sitagliptin was –1.3 and –1.6%, respectively. In an active-comparator study, when initiated in combination with sitagliptin, the change from baseline in HbA1c at week 26 was –1.4, −1.6, and –0.9 for ertugliflozin 5 mg/sitagliptin, ertugliflozin 15 mg/sitagliptin, and sitagliptin alone, respectively. Reductions in BW and SBP were observed with ertugliflozin as a single agent or combined with sitagliptin. The incidences of overall and prespecified AEs in Hispanic/Latino patients were generally consistent with the known safety profile of ertugliflozin. Conclusion: Ertugliflozin, administered as a single agent or as a combination with sitagliptin, improved HbA1c, BW, and SBP. Ertugliflozin was generally well-tolerated in Hispanic/Latino patients with T2DM. Clinicaltrials.gov identifiers: NCT01986855, NCT01999218, NCT01958671, NCT02099110, NCT02036515, NCT02033889, and NCT02226003.
Additional file 6 of Optimization of protoplast regeneration in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Jeong, Yeong Yeop
name: Hun-Young Lee
name: Kim, Suk Weon
name: Yoo-Sun Noh
name: Seo, Pil Joon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6. De novo root regeneration of inflorescence explants on three different root induction media.
Exploring identity and memory work on social network sites: implications for open society
Creators: name: Dallas, Costis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Recording: https://youtu.be/Lb3Uv7JCnPk
description: This presentation reports on research conducted as part of "Connective digital memory in borderlands: a mixed-methods study of cultural identity, heritage communication and digital curation on social networks". The Connective project is funded by the European Social Fund under grant agreement 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-17-0027 with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT).
An XMM-Newton Early-type Galaxy Atlas
Creators: name: Islam, Nazma
name: Kim, Dong-Woo
name: Lin, Kenneth
name: O'Sullivan, Ewan
name: Anderson, Craig
name: Fabbiano, Giuseppina
name: Lauer, Jennifer
name: Morgan, Douglas
name: Mossman, Amy
name: Paggi, Alessandro
name: Trinchieri, Ginevra
name: Vrtilek, Saeqa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The distribution of hot interstellar medium in early-type galaxies bears the imprint of the various astrophysical processes it underwent during its evolution. The X-ray observations of these galaxies have identified various structural features related to AGN and stellar feedback and environmental effects such as merging and sloshing. In our XMM-Newton Galaxy Atlas (NGA) project, we analyze archival observations of 38 ETGs, utilizing the high sensitivity and large field of view of XMM-Newton to construct spatially resolved 2D spectral maps of the hot gas halos. To illustrate our NGA data products in conjunction with the Chandra Galaxy Atlas (Kim et al. 2019), we describe two distinct galaxies - NGC 4636 and NGC 1550, in detail. We discuss their evolutionary history with a particular focus on the asymmetric distribution of metal-enriched, low-entropy gas caused by sloshing and AGN- driven uplift. We will release the NGA data products to a dedicated website, which users can download to perform further analyses.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJS. The data-products along with the quick look results are here: https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/GalaxyAtlas/NGA/v1/
Planets Across Space and Time (PAST). I. Characterizing the Memberships of Galactic Components and Stellar Ages: Revisiting the Kinematic Methods and Applying to Planet Host Stars
Creators: name: Chen, Di-Chang
name: Xie, Ji-Wei
name: Zhou, Ji-Lin
name: Dong, Su-Bo
name: Liu, Chao
name: Wang, Hai-Feng
name: Xiang, Mao-Sheng
name: Huang, Yang
name: Luo, Ali
name: Zheng, Zheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Over 4,000 exoplanets have been identified and thousands of candidates are to be confirmed. The relations between the characteristics of these planetary systems and the kinematics, Galactic components, and ages of their host stars have yet to be well explored. Aiming to addressing these questions, we conduct a research project, dubbed as PAST (Planets Across Space and Time). To do this, one of the key steps is to accurately characterize the planet host stars. In this paper, the Paper I of the PAST series, we revisit the kinematic method for classification of Galactic components and extend the applicable range of velocity ellipsoid from about 100 pc to 1, 500 pc from the sun in order to cover most known planet hosts. Furthermore, we revisit the Age-Velocity dispersion Relation (AVR), which allows us to derive kinematic age with a typical uncertainty of 10-20% for an ensemble of stars. Applying the above revised methods, we present a catalog of kinematic properties (i.e. Galactic positions, velocities, the relative membership probabilities among the thin disk, thick disk, Hercules stream, and the halo) as well as other basic stellar parameters for 2,174 host stars of 2,872 planets by combining data from Gaia, LAMOST, APOGEE, RAVE, and the NASA exoplanet archive. The revised kinematic method and AVR as well as the stellar catalog of kinematic properties and ages lay foundation for future studies on exoplanets from two dimensions of space and time in the Galactic context.
description: 26 pages, 20 figure, 10 tables, Accepted for publication in ApJ. The full data of the planet kinematic catalog (Table 10) will be published with the journal. If you need to use the data, please contact us via the email (jwxie@nju.edu.cn, dg1826003@smail.nju.edu.cn)
Scale and timing of foreign direct investment of Japanese electronics firms in the U.S. and Canada
Creators: name: Tan, Benjamin Lin-Boon
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: This study extends Dunning's eclectic paradigm to develop propositions about factors influencing the foreign direct investment (FDI) of firms. The propositions are tested with data about the FDI of Japanese electronics firms in the U.S. and Canada. The first part of the study employs LISREL structural equation models to analyze the influence of firm-specific assets, i.e., ownership advantages and international management capabilities, on the ability of firms to undertake FDI. Results from the models reveal similar sources of ownership advantages and international management capabilities for Japanese electronics firms in the U.S. and Canada. Ownership advantages are realized in size, technological competence, advertising and exports commitment of the firm. International management capabilities are derived from country spatial distribution, specific country experience and multinationality. While both ownership advantages and international management capabilities significantly influence the scale of FDI of Japanese firms in the U.S., only international management capabilities are significant in Canada. This variation in Japanese FDI behavior is clarified by further analysis of the competitive dynamics existing in the two host countries. The second part of the study examines the relationship between attributes of Japanese electronics firms and the timing of their investment in the U.S. and Canada. It is argued that a useful way to model foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions is to recognize explicitly the uncertainties involved in the decisions. A probabilistic model of FDI is specified. The model assumes that, ceteris paribus, the higher the risk-adjusted expected net benefits from foreign direct investment, the higher the probability of making an investment at a particular moment and thus the probability of investing earlier. It also assumes that uncertainties may be reduced with the passage of time. The models are estimated using Cox (1972) form of proportional hazards regression model. Results generally confirm the hypotheses that size, financial capabilities, as well as possession of some firm-specific strategic assets are significantly related to early FDI. An interesting exception is research and development, which is significant only after the mid-1970s. This is largely attributed to Japanese government's support and the subsequent maturation of firms.
Additional file 7 of Optimization of protoplast regeneration in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Jeong, Yeong Yeop
name: Hun-Young Lee
name: Kim, Suk Weon
name: Yoo-Sun Noh
name: Seo, Pil Joon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Phenotypic comparison of wild-type and progeny (R1) of protoplast-regenerated plants.
Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series constructed from quadratic characters
Creators: name: Chinta, Gautam
name: Gunnells, Paul E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We construct multiple Dirichlet series in several complex variables whose coefficients involve quadratic residue symbols. The series are shown to have an analytic continuation and satisfy a certain group of functional equations. These are the first examples of an infinite collection of unstable Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series in greater than two variables.
description: incorporated referee's comments
The matrix rate of return
Creators: name: Zambrzycka, Anna
name: Piotrowski, Edward W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Portfolio Management (q-fin.PM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: In this paper we give definitions of matrix rates of return which do not depend on the choice of basis describing baskets. We give their economic interpretation. The matrix rate of return describes baskets of arbitrary type and extends portfolio analysis to the complex variable domain. This allows us for simultaneous analysis of evolution of baskets parameterized by complex variables in both continuous and discrete time models.
description: APFA5 Conference, Torino, 2006
Feature selection for intrusion detection systems
Creators: name: Kamalov, Firuz
name: Moussa, Sherif
name: Zgheib, Rita
name: Mashaal, Omar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we analyze existing feature selection methods to identify the key elements of network traffic data that allow intrusion detection. In addition, we propose a new feature selection method that addresses the challenge of considering continuous input features and discrete target values. We show that the proposed method performs well against the benchmark selection methods. We use our findings to develop a highly effective machine learning-based detection systems that achieves 99.9% accuracy in distinguishing between DDoS and benign signals. We believe that our results can be useful to experts who are interested in designing and building automated intrusion detection systems.
description: Accepted version of conference paper presented at ISCID 2020
Prism international
Creators: name: Prism International
Publisher: name: Vancouver : The Creative Writing Program of the University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The following description is provided by the publisher:
 FICTION
 “The Princess Diaspora” by Sheree-Lee Olson
 “The Advanced Pilates Tickle Trunk” by Elsie Moser
 “It’s a Long Dang Life” by April Wilder
 “Trade” by Jeff Kochan
 “Cheerleaders” by Jim Kennedy
 “The RPM of Wolves” by Mark Anthony Jarman
 POETRY
 “Daylight: Saving” / “Take Measure” by Tanis MacDonald
 “Variation on a Theme by Lyn Hejinian” by Kate Hall
 “Indifferent Season” by Emilia Nielsen
 from “Winter, Frontal Lobe” by Brecken Rose Hancock
 “Lullaby for Small” / “The Moment” / “Tulip” by Anna Swanson
 “Quantum Leap” / “Gravitational Waves” by Mari-Lou Rowley
 “Big East Lake” by Sue Sinclair
 “Louis Riel” / “Nonetheless” by Rocco de Giacomo
 “at coal harbour” by ken cathers
 “Tattoo” by Josh Rathkamp
 “Him” by John Barton
 “Horse Latitudes of the Atlantic (Malinche travels home)” by Erin Knight
 “Save the Tiger” by Robert Colman
Macrophages Aggravate Hypoxia-Induced Cardiac Microvascular Endothelial Cell Injury via Peroxynitrite: Protection by Tongxinluo
Creators: name: Wang, Xiujuan
name: Liu, Kun
name: Li, Bin
name: Li, Yanning
name: Ye, Kaiwei
name: Qi, Jinsheng
name: Wang, Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Activated macrophages contribute to endothelial dysfunction; however, it is unclear how peroxynitrite contributes to macrophage-mediated human cardiac microvascular endothelial cell (HCMEC) injury in hypoxia. In macrophage-HCMEC co-cultures subjected to hypoxia, there was an increase in hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α, HIF-2α, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE)-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and concomitant decrease in prostacyclin synthase (PGIS). This was mimicked by a peroxynitrite donor and attenuated by its decomposition catalyst. Tongxinluo (TXL) could decrease HIF-2α, iNOS, ECE-1 and COX-2 and increase PGIS in a dose-dependent manner, with increase of vascular endothelial growth factor. The protein alterations verified the remarkably affected mRNAs, indicating that the effects of TXL were similar to but better than that of peroxynitrite decomposition catalyst. Furthermore, TXL inhibited macrophage-mediated nitrotyrosine accumulation and attenuated HCMEC injury. The results suggest that peroxynitrite contributes to macrophage-mediated HCMEC injury in hypoxia, and TXL attenuates HCMEC injury mainly by inhibiting peroxynitrite.
Magnetic trapping and Zeeman relaxation of imidogen (NH X-triplet-Sigma)
Creators: name: Campbell, Wesley C.
name: Tsikata, Edem
name: van Buuren, Laurens
name: Lu, Hsin-I
name: Doyle, John M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Imidogen (NH) radicals are magnetically trapped and their Zeeman relaxation and energy transport collision cross sections with helium are measured. Continuous buffer-gas loading of the trap is direct from a room-temperature molecular beam. The Zeeman relaxation (inelastic) cross section of magnetically trapped electronic, vibrational and rotational ground state imidogen in collisions with He-3 is measured to be 3.8 +/- 1.1 E-19 cm^2 at 710 mK. The NH-He energy transport cross section is also measured, indicating a ratio of diffusive to inelastic cross sections of gamma = 7 E4 in agreement with the recent theory of Krems et al. (PRA 68 051401(R) (2003))
description: 12 pages, 3 figures
Ασαφή Συστήματα Ψηφοφορίας : Εφαρμογή στην Ιεραρχική Αθροιστική Ψηφοφορία
Creators: name: Γκούμας Δημήτριος Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Ψηφοφορία
Ασαφής Λογική
Ιεραρχική Αθροιστική Ψηφοφορία
Voting
Fuzzy Logic
Hierarchical Cumulative Voting

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη των συστημάτων ψηφοφορίας και η παρουσίαση μίας νέας εφαρμογής στην ιεραρχική αθροιστική ψηφοφορία μέσα από την επιστήμη της ασαφούς λογικής. Αρχικά εξετάσαμε τους παράγοντες της διαδικασίας της ψηφοφορίας και ποιος είναι ο απώτερος σκοπός της. Στην συνέχεια πραγματοποιήθηκε εισαγωγή στην επιστήμη της ασαφούς λογικής και στις μεθόδους κατάταξης σε ασαφή υποσύνολα. Έπειτα αναφερθήκαμε σε μια σειρά πρακτικών εφαρμογών συστημάτων ψηφοφορίας που χρησιμοποιούνται σε ευρύτερα πεδία όπως επιχειρήσεις και οργανισμούς. Στην συνέχεια παρουσιάσαμε μία νέα εφαρμογή, την ασαφή ιεραρχική αθροιστική ψηφοφορία με σκοπό την ανάδειξη της προτίμησης των ψηφοφόρων ως προς τους υποψήφιους με μεγαλύτερη ακρίβεια, αξιοπιστία και βεβαιότητα. Ασχοληθήκαμε επιπλέον με την σύγκριση των μεθόδων της ιεραρχικής αθροιστικής ψηφοφορίας και της ασαφούς ιεραρχικής αθροιστικής ψηφοφορίας μέσα από μελέτη περιπτώσεων όπου προέκυψε χρήσιμη συμπερασματολογία. Τέλος παρουσιάσαμε τα πλεονεκτήματα και την χρησιμότητα της εφαρμογής της ασαφούς ιεραρχικής αθροιστικής ψηφοφορίας.
description: The aim of the present thesis was the study of voting systems and the presentation of a new implementation in the hierarchical cumulative voting through the science of fuzzy logic. Initially we examined the factors of the voting process and the ultimate goal. Then we presented an introduction of the science of fuzzy logic and classification methods in fuzzy subsets. Then we analyzed the implementation of voting systems used in fields such as companies and organizations. Furthermore we presented a new implementation, the fuzzy hierarchical cumulative voting in order to highlight the preference of voters with greater precision, reliability and certainty. We also made the comparison of the methods of hierarchical cumulative voting and fuzzy hierarchical cumulative voting through a number of case studies and we came to useful conclusions. Finally we presented the advantages and usefulness of the implementation of fuzzy hierarchical cumulative voting.
Effect of Ge substitution for Si on the anomalous magnetocaloric and magnetoresistance properties of GdMn2Si2 compounds
Creators: name: Kumar, Pramod
name: Singh, Niraj K.
name: Suresh, K. G.
name: Nigam, A. K.
name: Malik, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of Ge substitution on the magnetization, heat capacity, magnetocaloric effect and magnetoresistance of GdMn2Si2-xGex (x=0, 1, and 2) compounds has been studied. The magnetic transition associated with the Gd ordering is found to change from second order to first order on Ge substitution. Magnetic contributions to the total heat capacity and the entropy have been estimated. Magnetocaloric effect has been calculated in terms of adiabatic temperature change (deltaTad) as well as isothermal magnetic entropy change (deltaSM) using the heat capacity data. The temperature dependence of the magnetocaloric effect in all the three compounds have shown broad peaks. The maximum values of deltaSM and deltaTad for GdMn2Ge2 are found to be 5.9 J/kgK and 1.2 K, respectively. The magnetoresistance is found to be very large and positive with a maximum value of about 22% in the case of GdMn2Ge2. In the other two compounds also, the magnetoresistance is predominantly positive, except in the vicinity of the Gd ordering temperature. The anomalous nature of the magnetocaloric effect and the magnetoresistance has been attributed to the canted magnetic structure of these compounds.
Designing Experiments Informed by Observational Studies
Creators: name: Rosenman, Evan
name: Owen, Art B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The increasing availability of passively observed data has yielded a growing methodological interest in "data fusion." These methods involve merging data from observational and experimental sources to draw causal conclusions -- and they typically require a precarious tradeoff between the unknown bias in the observational dataset and the often-large variance in the experimental dataset. We propose an alternative approach to leveraging observational data, which avoids this tradeoff: rather than using observational data for inference, we use it to design a more efficient experiment. We consider the case of a stratified experiment with a binary outcome, and suppose pilot estimates for the stratum potential outcome variances can be obtained from the observational study. We extend results from Zhao et al. (2019) in order to generate confidence sets for these variances, while accounting for the possibility of unmeasured confounding. Then, we pose the experimental design problem as one of regret minimization, subject to the constraints imposed by our confidence sets. We show that this problem can be converted into a convex minimization and solved using conventional methods. Lastly, we demonstrate the practical utility of our methods using data from the Women's Health Initiative.
Additional file 1 of Prevalence and bacteriology of culture-positive urinary tract infection among pregnant women with suspected urinary tract infection at Mbarara regional referral hospital, South-Western Uganda
Creators: name: Bahati Johnson
name: Bawakanya Mayanja Stephen
name: Ngonzi Joseph
name: Owaraganise Asiphas
name: Kayondo Musa
name: Kabanda Taseera
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1.
Impact of chain fragmentation on charge transfer scenario and two-plateaus-like behavior of Tc(x) in YBa2Cu3O6+x
Creators: name: Matic, V. M.
name: Lazarov, N. Dj.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A model of charge transfer mechanism from CuO chains to CuO2 planes has been proposed to account for doping of the planes, assuming that only chains containing more than three oxygen atoms can contribute to hole transfer. Only chains with length l greater than 4 are assumed to have transferred a certain fraction, approximately 40%, of the holes created by oxygen atoms added to the chain beyond the first three oxygen atoms. Using the so obtained x dependence of doping, p(x), at constant (room) temperature and utilizing empirical parabolic phase relation Tc(p) (Tc(p)=Tc,max[1-82.6(p(x)-0.16)2], the Tc versus x dependence is obtained to have two clearly distinguished plateaus at 60K and 90K, remarkably fitting to experimental Tc(x). The effect of statistics of CuO chain fragmentation has been included by applying cluster variation method to two dimensional asymmetric next nearest neighbor Ising model that is employed to describe oxygen-chain ordering in basal planes. The obtained results indicate that plateaus, coinciding with dTc(x)/dx=0, emerge either when dp(x)/dx=0 (p(x)=const), in the region of OII phase formation (the 60K plateau), or when p=0.16, representing the optimal doping at x=0.91 in OI phase (the 90K plateau).
description: Four pages of text without figures, abstract and references, 4 figures
Ενίσχυση αντί προστασίας: Η εθνική εμπορική πολιτική στο σύγχρονο πλαίσιο του διεθνούς ανταγωνισμού
Creators: name: Βαταλάχος, Χρήστος Ανδρέα
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Εμπορική πολιτική
Ενίσχυση
Ελλάδα
Trade policy
Empowerment
Greece

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας ΜΔΕ είναι να γίνει μια πρόταση εμπορικής πολιτικής για το Κράτος υπό εξέταση, την Ελλάδα. Με τη μέθοδο της βιβλιογραφικής επισκόπησης, αρχικά, γίνεται μια ανάλυση της οικονομικής ιστορίας με έμφαση στην εκάστοτε εμπορική πολιτική σε ομάδες χωρών με βάση την επιρροή τους στο παγκόσμιο οικονομικό γίγνεσθαι. Στο τέλος του κεφαλαίου γίνεται τοποθέτηση της Ελλάδας ανάμεσα στις ασκούμενες εμπορικές πολιτικές με βάση τα ιστορικά γεγονότα. Στο δεύτερο μέρος έχουμε την ακτινογραφία του σύγχρονου πλαισίου της ασκούμενης εμπορικής πολιτικής καθώς και τις σημερινές τάσεις. Στη συνέχεια, επιλέγονται 3 χώρες με βάση τη συμβατότητα τους σε όρους οικονομικούς, γεωγραφικούς, πολιτικούς με την Ελλάδα κι εξετάζονται οι καλές εμπορικές τους πρακτικές αφού παρουσιαστεί ένα συνοπτικό τους προφίλ. Τέλος, αφού αναλυθεί η υπάρχουσα παραγωγική ελληνική δομή γίνεται η πρόταση εμπορικής πολιτικής μέσω του πλαισίου στο οποίου γίνεται αλλά και συγκεκριμένων προτάσεων που έγιναν με βάση όλη την παραπάνω ανάλυση.
description: The aim of this thesis is to propose a national trade policy for the State concerned, Greece. By the method of literature review, initially, is an analysis of economic history with an emphasis on trade policy of the group of the selected countries based on their influence on the world economy. At the end of the chapter Greece is placed among practitioners trade policies based on historical events. In the second part we radiograph the modern framework of applied trade policy and current trends. Then three countries are selected based on their compatibility with Greece in terms of economy, geography and politics and good commercial practices are examined after the presentation of a brief profile. Finally, after analyzing the existing Greek productive structure the proposal for the trade policy is presented by the context in which it is carried and specific proposals made based on all the above analysis.
Passive scintillometer: Theory and proof of concept
Creators: name: Charnotskii, Mikhail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose design of a low-cost passive scintillometer that measures the strength of optical turbulence by analyzing scintillation in the image of a straight edge between the two areas of uniform, but distinct brightness. Two theoretical approaches to scintillations description are developed that are based on the phase screen and rigorous path integral propagation imaging models. Asymptotic analysis of both models leads to four distinctive imaging situations. We propose two uniform approximations that cover the most promising conclusion for the passive scintillometer applications. Both the strength of scintillation and the width of the area where scintillations exist can be used to estimate the turbulence strength. We present the results of the proof-of-concept experiment where images of the specifically made target were taken by a consumer grade camera equipped with a telephoto lens. We describe the image processing that separates the target characteristics from the turbulence scintillations. The spatial profiles of the image variances at three spectral bands and for several apertures were calculated. As was expected, scintillations are concentrated around the sharp edge and are absent at the uniformly bright parts of the target. Observed edge scintillation variances are within the theoretical limits, and provide reasonable estimates for the turbulence structure constant across the three spectral bands. However, the width of the scintillation area and dependence on the aperture are inconsistent with the thin lens imaging theory for larger apertures. We attribute this to the Additional bench tests on bar targets revealed that the camera and lens resolution are well below the nominal thin lens diffraction limit, and a different optical setup should be used in order to exploit the spatial distribution and aperture dependence of fluctuations.
description: 35 pages, 20 figures, 6 tables, 5 appendices