cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Development of Zein nanoparticles for in vivo use : proof of concept and preliminary investigation of X-Ray triggered drug release
Creators: name: Van Ballegooie, Courtney Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: The gold standard for treating non-resectable, late-stage squamous cell carcinomas in the head and neck regions is through a combined modality approach of radiation therapy (RT) and chemotherapy. Despite its clinical success, a large percentage of patients suffer significant toxicities, which ultimately impact their compliance and quality-of-life. To remedy this, a drug delivery platform utilizing nanoparticles (NPs) could be employed where the NP would sequester the drug during circulation and would preferentially release its payload at the site of the tumor due to an external stimulus, such as RT. The protein, Zein, was selected as the NP platform as it is biocompatible, formulated using non-toxic reagents, and approved by the FDA. While Zein is able to make NPs due to the protein’s intrinsic properties, challenges regarding the reproducibility as well as its stability in physiological conditions are still being investigated. To overcome these limitations, the synthesis method of formulating Zein NPs was first investigated. It was found that Zein NPs synthesized using microfluidics produced consistent formulations. Moreover, the size and polydispersity of the formulations could predictively be modulated and selected in accordance with their intended application. Additionally, Zein NPs when combined with gold NPs demonstrated triggered release in preliminary studies using RT. To make the Zein NPs suitable for in vivo use, the chemical modification of Zein with polyethylene glycol (PEG) was investigated. PEG conjugation was investigated both pre- and post- NP formation and it was discovered that pre- functionalization of the Zein was a more robust method in forming PEG-Zein NPs. When injected intravenously into animals, both high and low PEG containing PEG-Zein NP formulations displayed no acute or chronic toxicities at the doses given (70 mg/kg). Despite the significant potential of PEG-Zein NPs uncovered, multi-dose administration of PEG-Zein NPs caused significant clinical signs upon the second administration (e.g. labored breathing, visible pain, and even death). Therefore, further considerations will be necessary to devise an optimal strategy for PEG-Zein NPs, such as priming of the immune system before PEG-Zein NP administration (e.g. the use of prophylactic therapy) and/or selecting dosing schedules which align with the constraints of the technology.
General Mixed State Quantum Data Compression with and without Entanglement Assistance
Creators: name: Khanian, Zahra Baghali
name: Winter, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider the most general (finite-dimensional) quantum mechanical information source, which is given by a quantum system $A$ that is correlated with a reference system $R$. The task is to compress $A$ in such a way as to reproduce the joint source state $ρ^{AR}$ at the decoder with asymptotically high fidelity. This includes Schumacher's original quantum source coding problem of a pure state ensemble and that of a single pure entangled state, as well as general mixed state ensembles. Here, we determine the optimal compression rate (in qubits per source system) in terms of the Koashi-Imoto decomposition of the source into a classical, a quantum, and a redundant part. The same decomposition yields the optimal rate in the presence of unlimited entanglement between compressor and decoder, and indeed the full region of feasible qubit-ebit rate pairs.
Online Artifact: Cost-Aware Multifaceted Reconfiguration of Service- and Cloud-Based Dynamic Routing Applications
Creators: name: Amiri, Amirali
name: Zdun, Uwe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Online artifact including tool, evaluation code and log. The empirical data set is available at the following addresses: https://zenodo.org/record/7774210 DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7774210 --- To start the tool, run "docker-compose up". If services do not start, go to their folder and run "npm install". The tool is available at http://localhost:3000/
MPEC 2023-X189 : 2008 UQ
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Hunting for Isocurvature Modes in the CMB non-Gaussianities
Creators: name: Langlois, David
name: van Tent, Bartjan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate new shapes of local primordial non-Gaussianities in the CMB. Allowing for a primordial isocurvature mode along with the main adiabatic one, the angular bispectrum is in general a superposition of six distinct shapes: the usual adiabatic term, a purely isocurvature component and four additional components that arise from correlations between the adiabatic and isocurvature modes. We present a class of early Universe models in which various hierarchies between these six components can be obtained, while satisfying the present upper bound on the isocurvature fraction in the power spectrum. Remarkably, even with this constraint, detectable non-Gaussianity could be produced by isocurvature modes. We finally discuss the prospects of detecting these new shapes with the Planck satellite.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
Black hole phase transitions in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity
Creators: name: Cao, Qiao-Jun
name: Chen, Yi-Xin
name: Shao, Kai-Nan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study black hole phase transitions in (deformed) Hořava-Lifshitz (H-L) gravity, including the charged black hole and KS black hole. Stability of black holes in H-L gravity and the phase transition signals are investigated. The Ricci scalar of the thermodynamical metrics of black holes in H-L gravity are calculated for the purpose of verifying or falsifying the correspondence between curvature singularities of thermodynamical metrics and phase transition signals proposed in [arXiv:1008.4482]. We find a probable counter-example to the correspondence that there is an infinite discontinuity at the specific heat curve for charged black hole with hyperbolic event horizon in H-L gravity but without a corresponding curvature singularity of thermodynamical metrics. The violation of the correspondence in H-L gravity may due to the non-spherical topology of its event horizon. We guess that the topology of the event horizon and the dimension of spacetime may influence the validity of the correspondence. Our results may provide new insights towards a better understanding of the H-L gravity, as well as black hole thermodynamics.
description: 35 pages, 16 figures. New results added, references added and updated
Semiclassical Approach to Photophysics Beyond Kasha's Rule and Vibronic Spectroscopy Beyond the Condon Approximation. The Case of Azulene
Creators: name: Prlj, Antonio
name: Begušić, Tomislav
name: Zhang, Zhan Tong
name: Fish, George Cameron
name: Wehrle, Marius
name: Zimmermann, Tomáš
name: Choi, Seonghoon
name: Roulet, Julien
name: Moser, Jacques-Edouard
name: Vaníček, Jiří
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Azulene is a prototypical molecule with an anomalous fluorescence from the second excited electronic state, thus violating Kasha's rule, and with an emission spectrum that cannot be understood within the Condon approximation. To better understand photophysics and spectroscopy of azulene and other non-conventional molecules, we develop a systematic, general, and efficient computational approach combining semiclassical dynamics of nuclei with ab initio electronic structure. First, to analyze the nonadiabatic effects, we complement the standard population dynamics by a rigorous measure of adiabaticity, estimated with the multiple-surface dephasing representation. Second, we propose a new semiclassical method for simulating non-Condon spectra, which combines the extended thawed Gaussian approximation with the efficient single-Hessian approach. S$_{1} \leftarrow$ S$_0$ and S$_{2} \leftarrow$ S$_0$ absorption and S$_{2} \rightarrow$ S$_0$ emission spectra of azulene, recorded in a new set of experiments, agree very well with our calculations. We find that accuracy of the evaluated spectra requires the treatment of anharmonicity, Herzberg--Teller, and mode-mixing effects.
description: Added Fig. 1 and Eq. (5), modified figure captions. Last 15 pages contain the Supporting Information
On the positive mass theorem for manifolds with corners
Creators: name: McFeron, Donovan
name: Székelyhidi, Gábor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C21, 83C40

description: We study the positive mass theorem for certain non-smooth metrics following P. Miao's work. Our approach is to smooth the metric using the Ricci flow. As well as improving some previous results on the behaviour of the ADM mass under the Ricci flow, we extend the analysis of the zero mass case to higher dimensions.
description: 21 pages, incorporated referee's comments
MPEC 2023-J100 : 2023 JU
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 JU

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Monoenergetic Gamma-Rays from Non-Minimal Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter Annihilations
Creators: name: Bonnevier, Johan
name: Melbeus, Henrik
name: Merle, Alexander
name: Ohlsson, Tommy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate monoenergetic gamma-ray signatures from annihilations of dark matter comprised of Z^1, the first Kaluza-Klein excitation of the Z boson, in a non-minimal Universal Extra Dimensions model. The self-interactions of the non-Abelian Z^1 gauge boson give rise to a large number of contributing Feynman diagrams that do not exist for annihilations of the Abelian gauge boson B^1, which is the standard Kaluza-Klein dark matter candidate. We find that the annihilation rate is indeed considerably larger for the Z^1 than for the B^1. Even though relic density calculations indicate that the mass of the Z^1 should be larger than the mass of the B^1, the predicted monoenergetic gamma fluxes are of the same order of magnitude. We compare our results to existing experimental limits, as well as to future sensitivities, for image air Cherenkov telescopes, and we find that the limits are reached already with a moderately large boost factor. The realistic prospects for detection depend on the experimental energy resolution.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures, REVTeX4. Minor misprints corrected
title: 云南1∶50 000瓦窑幅、永平县幅、龙街幅、板桥街幅、杉阳幅、厂街幅、保山市幅、金鸡村幅区域地质调查报告（上册）
title: 区域地质调查报告2018-20005
titleType: Other
Creators: name: 张;赵;刘;黄;赵;张;颜;戚;卢;赵, 虎;云江;桂春;亮;志芳;坤;寻;戎辉;晓萍;艳梅
Publisher: name: 全国地质资料馆
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 特提斯;三江造山带;崇山岩群;大勐龙岩群

description: 本报告分上、下两册，共由第一章绪论、第二章地层、第三章岩浆岩、第四章变质岩、第五章地质构造、第六章遥感地质、第七章矿产、第八章结论等八大部分组成。报告围绕“欧亚大陆与冈瓦纳大陆”两大板块边界及结合带，深入调查和研究造山带的造山作用、机制、类型及动力学过程，特提斯盆地演化，重要成矿区（带）的成矿地质背景等重大基础地质问题，系统阐述了调查区岩石、地层、构造、矿产及遥感特征，并对不同大地构造单元的沉积作用、岩浆作用、变质－变形过程、地层序列及形成环境、盆地的形成演化及其构造背景等进行了深入研究，基本恢复了西南“三江” 造山带中段地区古特提斯的构造－古地理格局，不同大地构造单元的演化历史及拼合过程。本报告作为国家1∶50 000区域地质调查成果，可供从事地质、矿产及地质科研人员、区域内相关专业人员等参考和使用。
Fermionic trimers in spin-dependent optical lattices
Creators: name: Orso, Giuliano
name: Burovski, Evgeni
name: Jolicoeur, Thierry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the formation of three-body bound states (trimers) in two-component Fermi gases confined in one dimensional optical lattice with spin-dependent tunneling rates. The binding energy and the effective mass of the trimer are obtained from the solution of the Mattis integral equation generalized to the case of unequal Bloch masses. We show that this equation admits multiple solutions corresponding to excited bound states, which are only stable for large mass asymmetry.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, special few-body issue of the Journal of the French Academy of Sciences (CRAS)
Bioprospecting for improved floral fragrance in wild sunflowers
Creators: name: Anandappa, Jason
name: Stanford, Hannah
name: Marek, Laura
name: Goolsby, Eric
name: Mason, Chase
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: fragrance
terpene
Helianthus
GC-MS
Sunflower
Crop wild relatives

description: Cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is not typically considered to have a pleasant floral fragrance. In field production, seed yield is often limited by pollination services, particularly in the production of hybrid seed. Improved floral fragrance, as determined by volatile organic compounds, maybe a route to improving pollinator attraction for oilseed and confectionary production and could also add value to ornamental sunflowers. Wild relatives of H. annuus have a long history of being used to breed improved traits into cultivated varieties, yet it is unknown whether favorable scents are present in wild Helianthus species and thus an available resource for fragrance breeding. To assess the diversity of floral fragrance available in crop wild relatives, 30 diverse accessions of wild Helianthus as well as seven varieties of H. annuus spanning a domestication gradient were grown in greenhouse experiments and variation in floral volatiles was analyzed by solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. While alpha-pinene made up a significant portion of the volatiles emitted for most taxa, there was substantial diversity present across the genus as well as within H. annuus. Most volatiles emitted were monoterpenoids with a significant share of sesquiterpenoids. The diversity identified here will inform further targeted study of which compounds affect pollinator attraction and health. Several wild accessions such as H. debilis subsp. tardiflorus and H. praecox subsp. praecox as well as open-pollinated domesticated accessions of H. annuus show promise for breeding for improved floral fragrance due to high volatile abundance and likely favorable compound compositions.
description: Funding provided by: Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation, Inc.Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00gcrwx03Award Number:
Transdiagnostic associations across communication, cognitive, and behavioural problems in a developmentally at-risk population: a network approach
Creators: name: Mareva, Silvana
name: Holmes, Joni
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Research Article
Behavior and development
ADHD
Language
Executive function
Learning difficulties
Behaviour problems
Network analysis

description: Funder: Medical Research Council
description: Abstract: Background: Communication, behavioural, and executive function problems often co-occur in childhood. Previous attempts to identify the origins of these comorbidities have typically relied on comparisons of different deficit groups and/or latent variable models. Here we apply a network approach to a heterogeneous sample of struggling learners to conceptualise these comorbidities as a dynamic system of interacting difficulties. Methods: 714 children struggling with attention, learning, and/or memory were included. The sample consisted of children with both diagnosed (41%) and undiagnosed difficulties. The conditional independence network of parent ratings of everyday behaviour, cognition, and communication was estimated. Results: A clustering coefficient identified four interconnected areas of difficulty: (1) structural language and learning; (2) pragmatics and peer relationships; (3) behavioural and emotional problems; and (4) cognitive skills. Emotional and behavioural symptoms shared multiple direct connections with pragmatic abilities and cognitive problems, but not with structural language skills or learning problems. Poor structural language and cognitive skills were associated with learning problems. Centrality indices highlighted working memory and language coherence as symptoms bridging different problem areas. Conclusion: The network model identified four areas of difficulty and potential bridging symptoms. Although the current analytic framework does not provide causal evidence, it is possible that bridging symptoms may be the origins of comorbidities observed on a dimensional level; problems in these areas may cascade and activate problems in other areas of the network. The potential value of applying a dynamic systems network approach to symptoms of developmental disorders is discussed.
Modeling-Free Bounds on Nonrenormalizable Isotropic Lorentz and CPT Violation in QED
Creators: name: Altschul, Brett
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The strongest bounds on some forms of Lorentz and CPT violation come from astrophysical data, and placing such bounds may require understanding and modeling distant sources of radiation. However, it is also desirable to have bounds that do not rely on these kinds of detailed models. Bounds that do not rely on any modeling of astrophysical objects may be derived both from laboratory experiments and certain kinds of astrophysical observations. The strongest such bounds on isotropic modifications of electron, positron, and photon dispersion relations of the form E^2 = p^2 + m^ 2 + epsilon p^3 come from data on cosmological birefringence, the absence of photon decay, and radiation from lepton beams. The bounds range in strength from the 4 x 10^(-13) to 6 x 10^(-33) (GeV)^(-1) levels.
description: New title, 12 pages, version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Early Motor Differences in Infants at Elevated Likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Creators: name: Begum Ali, Jannath
name: Charman, Tony
name: Johnson, Mark H.
name: Jones, Emily J. H.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Original Paper
Autism spectrum disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Reaching
Motor ability
Midline crossing

description: Abstract: We investigated infant’s manual motor behaviour; specifically behaviours crossing the body midline. Infants at elevated likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) produced fewer manual behaviours that cross the midline compared to infants with a typical likelihood of developing these disorders; however this effect was limited to 10-month-olds and not apparent at age 5 and 14 months. Although, midline crossing did not predict ASD traits, it was related to ADHD traits at 2 years of age. We rule out motor ability and hand dominance as possible explanations for this pattern of behaviour, positing that these results may be a consequence of multisensory integration abilities, and the neurobehavioural shift period, in the first year of life.
title: 新疆西昆仑1∶ 50 000土木牙幅、 皮希盖幅、土木牙代牙幅、 阿羌代牙幅、 吕什塔格幅区域地质调查报告
title: 区域地质调查报告2018-20002
titleType: Other
Creators: name: 曹;冯;于;冯;冉;董;吕;郭, 福根;红刚;洋;江鹏;秋成;富荣;喜朝;伟伟
Publisher: name: 全国地质资料馆
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 新疆西昆仑;蛇绿混杂岩;中酸性侵入岩

description: “新疆西昆仑1∶50 000 J44E021018、J44E022017、J44E022018、J44E023017、J44E023018五幅区域地质调查项目”成果报告分绪论、地层岩浆岩、蛇绿混杂岩、变质作用及变质岩、构造地质、构造发展史、经济地质、数字地质图空间数据库和结束语等十章。本次1∶50 000区域地质调查项目对测区内的地层进行了详细地观察和研究， 项目组根据接触关系及化石、 同位素等分析成果，对区内地层单元进行重新厘定和详细划分，共划分出正式岩石地层单位群（岩群）级单位6个，组（岩组）级10个，第四纪成因地层单位5个，建立本区地层层序。对测区的蛇绿岩进行较详细调查研究，确定测区分布有两条蛇绿混杂岩，一条为阿羌新元古代—早古生代（震旦纪—奥陶纪）蛇绿混杂岩带（ZO）AOφ），一条属朝阳沟—柳什塔格新元古代—早古生代蛇绿混杂带（ZO）LOφ）的一部分；通过野外调查和大量锆石U-Pb同位素测年，对测区侵入岩进行了重新划分，初步认为区内中酸性侵入岩主要形成于奥陶纪， 少量为古—中元古代和志留纪；查明测区以区域变质作用为主，动力变质作用次之，热接触变质作用不发育。
1961 U.S. Agricultural Exports Set Record: Imports, at 12-Year Low
Creators: name: Statistics, Trade
name: Statistics, Trade
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1962
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
International Relations/Trade

description: Excerpts from the report Summary: The foreign agricultural trade of the United States continued to show divergent trends in calendar year I961; exports of $5,030 million advanced to another record while imports declined further to $3,690 million, the smallest in 12 years. Economic developments in this country and the foreign free world had a significant bearing on last year's foreign trade. Plentiful U.S. supplies of agricultural commodities continued to be available for export, and the export-payment program aided U.S. exporters to compete with foreign producers of such products as cotton, wheat, rice, and feed grains. For the newly developing countries which lack dollars, the United States continued to make fam products available under Government-financed programs, primarily Title I of Public Law 480.
chromatic and chromatic_fitting: New open-source Python tools for precise atmospheric spectroscopy with JWST and beyond
Creators: name: Murray, Catriona Anne
name: Berta-Thompson, Zachory
name: Wachiraphan, Patcharapol
name: Waalkes, William
name: Nehring, Molly
name: Avery, Zasha
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: As we enter a new era of extremely precise exoplanet atmosphere spectroscopy, it is crucial that the tools we use for extracting planetary spectra are fast, flexible, and user-friendly. Here we present two new open-source Python packages for the community. chromatic is a friendly program to read and write spectroscopic light-curves from/to a variety of formats, simplify many common calculations, and provide publication-ready visuals. chromatic_fitting, built on chromatic, can perform efficient model fits to spectroscopic light-curve data and produce transmission (or emission) spectra. By combining any number of transit, eclipse, polynomial (in time, x/y, etc.), Gaussian Process, or user-defined models, we can simultaneously account for the spectral signatures imprinted by planets, stellar activity and instrumental systematics. chromatic_fitting also has the flexibility to carry out both 'white light’ and multi-wavelength fitting, so can fully exploit the impressive wavelength coverage of facilities like JWST and spectrophotometric synergies between instruments. The aim of both tools is to easily and efficiently compare data reduction techniques, standardize the light-curve-fitting stage and understand the impact of model and parameter assumptions on transmission spectra. We hope these tools can help push the limit for extracting reliable exoplanet spectra and reduce uncertainties on atmospheric retrievals. As part of the ERS program, we successfully applied these tools to spectrophotometry from several of JWST’s instruments. We demonstrate their unique versatility and future applicability to, not only, JWST, but other instruments both in space and on the ground.
On-the-fly ab initio semiclassical evaluation of vibronic spectra at finite temperature
Creators: name: Begušić, Tomislav
name: Vaníček, Jiří
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To compute and analyze vibrationally resolved electronic spectra at zero temperature, we have recently implemented the on-the-fly ab initio extended thawed Gaussian approximation [A. Patoz et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 2367 (2018)], which accounts for anharmonicity, mode-mode coupling, and Herzberg-Teller effects. Here, we generalize this method in order to evaluate spectra at non-zero temperature. In line with thermo-field dynamics, we transform the von Neumann evolution of the coherence component of the density matrix to the Schrödinger evolution of a wavefunction in an augmented space with twice as many degrees of freedom. Due to the efficiency of the extended thawed Gaussian approximation, this increase in the number of coordinates results in nearly no additional computational cost. More specifically, compared to the original, zero-temperature approach, the finite-temperature method requires no additional ab initio electronic structure calculations. At the same time, the new approach allows for a clear distinction among finite-temperature, anharmonicity, and Herzberg-Teller effects on spectra. We show, on a model Morse system, the advantages of the finite-temperature thawed Gaussian approximation over the commonly used global harmonic methods and apply it to evaluate the symmetry-forbidden absorption spectrum of benzene, where all of the aforementioned effects contribute.
description: Added Appendix B, minor changes in the main text
title: The effect of mandatory GHG Disclosure regulation on GHG disclosure quality, corporate financial and environmental performance : a UK study
Creators: name: Wang, Chendi
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2023

description: As one of the main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, firms must take primary responsibility for emission reduction. The major motivation of this study is that the government, as a legislative, may supervise and control corporate emissions by implementing regulations. The implementation of mandatory disclosure policies demonstrates this. This research examines whether the Companies (Directors Reporting) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Reporting) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 regulations) in the UK have a substantial influence on the corporate GHG information disclosure quality (IDQ). Besides, under the mandatory disclosure context, the impact of changes in corporate GHG IDQ on company financial performance (FP) and environmental performance (EP) is also explored.

In this study, content analysis and quantitative research methods are combined. Content analysis is used to examine reports of firms and build an index framework of enterprise GHG disclosure content, which provides data sources for GHG IDQ. Quantitative research contains three models to explore the influence of the 2018 regulations on the GHG IDQ and the impact of IDQ on corporate FP and EP. For the purpose of this research, the annual reports, financial indicators, and GHG emission data of the Financial Times Stock Exchange 350 Index (FTSE350) listed companies are gathered. Based on the institutional theory, it is proposed that there is a positive correlation between the release of the 2018 regulations and the quality of corporate GHG information disclosure. The time-fixed and individual-fixed ordinary least squares (OLS) model is used to examine the influence of the 2018 regulations on the company GHG IDQ. The findings provide evidence that the 2018 regulations will positively affect the GHG IDQ. Similarly, based on agency theory, stakeholder theory, voluntary disclosure theory, legitimacy theory and signaling theory, it is proposed that under the influence of mandatory disclosure regulations, there is a positive correlation between corporate GHG disclosure and corporate FP and EP. This research utilizes panel data and the OLS interaction model to test hypotheses that corporate GHG IDQ positively affects their FP and EP. The results reveal that when corporate environmental IDQ progressively increases, company FP gradually improves, and GHG emissions decline. The findings of this study give investors, managers, regulators, and sustainability groups updated policy implications and new perspectives.
Emergent Criticality Through Adaptive Information Processing in Boolean Networks
Creators: name: Goudarzi, Alireza
name: Teuscher, Christof
name: Gulbahce, Natali
name: Rohlf, Thimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study information processing in populations of Boolean networks with evolving connectivity and systematically explore the interplay between the learning capability, robustness, the network topology, and the task complexity. We solve a long-standing open question and find computationally that, for large system sizes $N$, adaptive information processing drives the networks to a critical connectivity $K_{c}=2$. For finite size networks, the connectivity approaches the critical value with a power-law of the system size $N$. We show that network learning and generalization are optimized near criticality, given task complexity and the amount of information provided threshold values. Both random and evolved networks exhibit maximal topological diversity near $K_{c}$. We hypothesize that this supports efficient exploration and robustness of solutions. Also reflected in our observation is that the variance of the values is maximal in critical network populations. Finally, we discuss implications of our results for determining the optimal topology of adaptive dynamical networks that solve computational tasks.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Trends for Developing Serious Game as a Complementary Solution to Traditional Education and Training
Creators: name: Daniel, Beligan; Ion, Roceanu; Dragos, Barbieru; Catalin, Radu
Publisher: name: Editura Universitara
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 0 Social sciences
subject: 37 Education
subject: 371 Instructional design
subject: 004:37 Elearning

description: This paper attempts to define concepts that we considered essential regarding serious games, to identify  positive and negative aspects and to highlight elements that are necessary to operate effectively in the knowledge society. Another aspect presented here is an European initiative to create a network of excellence in domain of serious game through a scientific research project and the steps already done.
Chinese Canadian youth and their experiences with anti-Asian attitudes during COVID-19
Creators: name: Wong, Harris Michael
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about anti-Asian attitudes around the world. There have been many documented discriminatory acts towards Asians online and in person. However, surveys given to Chinese Canadians have indicated that there is a very low reporting rate from youth under the age of 18 who indicate they are experiencing anti-Asian attitudes compared to youth and young adults over the age of 18. Chinese Canadian youth’s experiences with anti-Asian attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic have largely been unexplored. It is important to give them the space to share their lived experiences and perceptions. Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) as the methodological framework, the purpose of the study was to explore and understand Chinese Canadian youth’s perceptions and experiences of anti-Asian attitudes during COVID-19. Six self-identified Chinese Canadian youth aged 16-17 from across the Lower Mainland of British Columbia participated in semi-structured interviews about their perceptions and experiences surrounding how anti-Asian attitudes are addressed at school and what type of support they receive. Following the step-by-step data analysis procedures described within the IPA methodology, three superordinate themes and 11 subordinate themes were identified. Participants expressed that they are indeed experiencing anti-Asian attitudes in multiple environments, and report that they feel unsupported with their mental health at school and in the community. However, from their perceived lack of support, they were able to create their own support systems. Findings are discussed within the context of the existing literature. Finally, future directions for research and school-based practices as reported by participants, and the implications for practitioners are discussed.
Robust Monotonic Optimization Framework for Multicell MISO Systems
Creators: name: Björnson, Emil
name: Zheng, Gan
name: Bengtsson, Mats
name: Ottersten, Björn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The performance of multiuser systems is both difficult to measure fairly and to optimize. Most resource allocation problems are non-convex and NP-hard, even under simplifying assumptions such as perfect channel knowledge, homogeneous channel properties among users, and simple power constraints. We establish a general optimization framework that systematically solves these problems to global optimality. The proposed branch-reduce-and-bound (BRB) algorithm handles general multicell downlink systems with single-antenna users, multiantenna transmitters, arbitrary quadratic power constraints, and robustness to channel uncertainty. A robust fairness-profile optimization (RFO) problem is solved at each iteration, which is a quasi-convex problem and a novel generalization of max-min fairness. The BRB algorithm is computationally costly, but it shows better convergence than the previously proposed outer polyblock approximation algorithm. Our framework is suitable for computing benchmarks in general multicell systems with or without channel uncertainty. We illustrate this by deriving and evaluating a zero-forcing solution to the general problem.
description: Published in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 16 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables
Structure of the square-shoulder fluid
Creators: name: Yuste, S. B.
name: Santos, A.
name: de Haro, M. López
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structural properties of square-shoulder fluids are derived from the use of the rational function approximation method. The computation of both the radial distribution function and the static structure factor involves mostly analytical steps, requiring only the numerical solution of a single transcendental equation. The comparison with available simulation data and with numerical solutions of the Percus-Yevick and hypernetted-chain integral equations shows that the present approximation represents an improvement over the Percus-Yevick theory for this system and a reasonable compromise between accuracy and simplicity.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures
MPEC 2023-X190 : 2023 XH7
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 XH7

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Paradoxical increase in stroke mortality among Asian Indians in the United States
Creators: name: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institutes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Objective—To better characterize the stroke mortality and risk factors among Asian Indians by using U.S. multiple-cause-of-death and National Health and Interview Survey data. Methods—Age-adjusted fatal stroke incidence, stroke rate ratio with 95% confidence interval, and average annual percentage change (APC) over 10 years were calculated. Results—The annual incidence of stroke mortality in 2000 was lowest among Asian Indians (88 per 100,000) followed by American Indians and Alaska Natives (112 per 100,000), whites (301 per 100,000) and African Americans (312 per 100,000). Significantly lower rates of hypertension and cigarette smoking in Asian Indians in 2000–2001 (compared with whites) explained the lower rates of stroke mortality. The APC increase over subsequent 10 years was 13.5%, 0.9%, −2.5%, and −2.9% for Asian Indians, American Indians and Alaska Natives, whites, and African Americans, respectively. Conclusions—There is a paradoxical increase in stroke mortality among Asian Indians over the last 10 years in contrast to other population subsets
Time-reversible and norm-conserving high-order integrators for the nonlinear time-dependent Schrödinger equation: Application to local control theory
Creators: name: Roulet, Julien
name: Vaníček, Jiří
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The explicit split-operator algorithm has been extensively used for solving not only linear but also nonlinear time-dependent Schrödinger equations. When applied to the nonlinear Gross-Pitaevskii equation, the method remains time-reversible, norm-conserving, and retains its second-order accuracy in the time step. However, this algorithm is not suitable for all types of nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Indeed, we demonstrate that local control theory, a technique for the quantum control of a molecular state, translates into a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a more general nonlinearity, for which the explicit split-operator algorithm loses time reversibility and efficiency (because it has only first-order accuracy). Similarly, the trapezoidal rule (the Crank-Nicolson method), while time-reversible, does not conserve the norm of the state propagated by a nonlinear Schrödinger equation. To overcome these issues, we present high-order geometric integrators suitable for general time-dependent nonlinear Schrödinger equations and also applicable to nonseparable Hamiltonians. These integrators, based on the symmetric compositions of the implicit midpoint method, are both norm-conserving and time-reversible. The geometric properties of the integrators are proven analytically and demonstrated numerically on the local control of a two-dimensional model of retinal. For highly accurate calculations, the higher-order integrators are more efficient. For example, for a wavefunction error of $10^{-9}$, using the eighth-order algorithm yields a $48$-fold speedup over the second-order implicit midpoint method and trapezoidal rule, and $400000$-fold speedup over the explicit split-operator algorithm.
Doctors' Ethical Dilemmas at the Interface of Conventional Medicine and Traditional & Complementary Medicine in Malaysia: Analysis And Recommendations
Creators: name: Katiman, Helwa Husna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: traditional and complementary medicine
conventional medicine
interface
ethics
doctors
Malaysia

description: One of the most prominent criticisms levelled towards traditional & complementary medicine (T&CM) is the lack of sufficient proof of quality, safety and efficacy of most T&CM therapies. Furthermore, studies have shown that doctors are often unprepared to discuss or draw appropriate conclusions concerning T&CM. These problems are further compounded by the absence of ethical guidelines for doctors when at the interface of conventional medicine and T&CM. Setting on this background, this study sought to address a gap in local policy and literature by proposing recommendations on ethical practices when doctors are at the interface of conventional medicine and T&CM. The study employed a library-based research method to examine the current development of Malaysia’s T&CM regulatory framework, and it is followed by an analysis of the ethical dilemmas faced by doctors concerning T&CM. The ethical dilemmas analysed focused on the conflict between respect for autonomy and paternalism, issues with the doctor-patient relationship, and emerging issues relating to the promising therapeutic effect of traditional herbal medicine during a pandemic. Following the analysis, this study developed recommendations on the most appropriate ethical practices, which can be divided into three main components. Begin with ‘Pre-Care’ which was intended for relevant stakeholders to make strategic interventions in knowledge dissemination. Following that, ‘During-Care’ encompassed eight pillars of an ethical framework for doctors when at the interface of conventional medicine and T&CM. Finally, ‘Post-Care’ addressed the duty to report harmful or adverse events related to T&CM. This study aimed to assist the medical fraternity and key stakeholders to take necessary interventions by incorporating ethical practices in T&CM, in order to ensure patients receive the utmost benefit while minimising potential harms.
Coherent Error Suppression in Multi-Qubit Entangling Gates
Creators: name: Hayes, D.
name: Clark, S. M.
name: Debnath, S.
name: Hucul, D.
name: Inlek, I. V.
name: Lee, K. W.
name: Quraishi, Q.
name: Monroe, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a simple pulse shaping technique designed to improve the fidelity of spin-dependent force operations commonly used to implement entangling gates in trapped-ion systems. This extension of the Mølmer-Sørensen gate can theoretically suppress the effects of certain frequency and timing errors to any desired order and is demonstrated through Walsh modulation of a two-qubit entangling gate on trapped atomic ions. The technique is applicable to any system of qubits coupled through collective harmonic oscillator modes.
D4.5 Methodology and tools for risk-based assessment and security control reconfiguration - v2
Creators: name: Yautsiukhin, Artsiom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Risk Assessment
Compliance
Non-conformity degree
Dynamic risk-based non-conformity assessment

description: This deliverable comprises the methodology as well as the prototype implementation of the risk-based auditor component. To follow the approach taken in other tasks, there will be three iterations of the tool integration, an initial prototype, showcasing the methodology, a second release, which will be based on a refinement of the technical architecture and finally the third iteration, which will reflect the implementation of the use cases. This deliverable is the second and final version reporting results of Task 4.4.
Multiple metrics of community structure and beta diversity inform investigations of community assembly in two Afromontane systems
Creators: name: Krochuk, Billi Ann
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: The montane tropics harbour some of the most biodiverse bird communities globally. However, many remain poorly understood, particularly those in Africa. As such, the role of different mechanisms in driving patterns of community structure and beta diversity remain unclear. Mountains provide a unique opportunity to study the interplay between drivers due to the rapid changes in climatic conditions that take place along elevational gradients. Here, I examined how the structure and beta diversity of bird communities changed within two montane parks in the Albertine Rift, which spanned different elevations, to evaluate the strength of abiotic and biotic drivers of community assembly. I quantified and evaluated patterns of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic beta diversity in addition to metrics of functional and phylogenetic structure. Taxonomic beta diversity was driven by turnover in both locations and appeared to be between closely related, functionally similar species; this suggests biotic interactions were important for driving changes in composition. Biotic interactions are also likely important for structuring functional diversity communities in the lower elevation park, as indicated by high functional evenness across the gradient. However, abiotic conditions also appeared to be important for driving changes in the functional composition communities as functional beta diversity was driven by richness differences, with functional richness also declining as elevation increased in both parks. In addition, communities in both parks became progressively more compositionally similar as elevation increased, with evidence of the effective niche space becoming constrained, particularly in the higher elevation park, likely due to harsh abiotic conditions. This study underscores the importance of both abiotic conditions and biotic interactions for shaping tropical montane bird communities. As patterns observed in some metrics quantified here depart from those observed elsewhere in the tropics, this work further highlights the importance of studying multiple systems to broaden our understanding of pantropical community assembly.
Generating random density matrices
Creators: name: Zyczkowski, Karol
name: Penson, Karol A.
name: Nechita, Ion
name: Collins, Benoit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study various methods to generate ensembles of random density matrices of a fixed size N, obtained by partial trace of pure states on composite systems. Structured ensembles of random pure states, invariant with respect to local unitary transformations are introduced. To analyze statistical properties of quantum entanglement in bi-partite systems we analyze the distribution of Schmidt coefficients of random pure states. Such a distribution is derived in the case of a superposition of k random maximally entangled states. For another ensemble, obtained by performing selective measurements in a maximally entangled basis on a multi--partite system, we show that this distribution is given by the Fuss-Catalan law and find the average entanglement entropy. A more general class of structured ensembles proposed, containing also the case of Bures, forms an extension of the standard ensemble of structureless random pure states, described asymptotically, as N \to \infty, by the Marchenko-Pastur distribution.
description: 13 pages in latex with 8 figures included
Kolmogorov and Linear Widths of Balls in Sobolev and Besov Norms on Compact Manifolds
Creators: name: Geller, Daryl
name: Pesenson, Isaac
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We determine upper asymptotic estimates of Kolmogorov and linear $n$-widths of unit balls in Sobolev and Besov norms in $L_{p}$-spaces on smooth compact Riemannian manifolds. For compact homogeneous manifolds, we establish estimates which are asymptotically exact, for the natural ranges of indices. The proofs heavily rely on our previous results such as: estimates for the near-diagonal localization of the kernels of elliptic operators, Plancherel-Polya inequalities on manifolds of bounded geometry, cubature formulas with positive coefficients and uniform estimates on Clebsch-Gordon coefficients on general compact homogeneous manifolds.
description: 23 pages