cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Theoretical framework for enhancing or enabling cooling of a mechanical resonator via the anti-Stokes or Stokes interaction and zero-photon detection
Creators: name: Clarke, Jack
name: Cryer-Jenkins, Evan A.
name: Gupta, Arjun
name: Major, Kyle D.
name: Zhang, Jinglei
name: Enzian, Georg
name: Szczykulska, Magdalena
name: Leung, Anthony C.
name: Rathee, Harsh
name: Svela, Andreas Ø.
name: Tan, Anthony K. C.
name: Beige, Almut
name: Mølmer, Klaus
name: Vanner, Michael R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a theoretical framework to describe how zero-photon detection may be utilized to enhance laser cooling via the anti-Stokes interaction and, somewhat surprisingly, enable cooling via the Stokes interaction commonly associated with heating. Our description includes both pulsed and continuous measurements as well as optical detection efficiency and open-system dynamics. For both cases, we discuss how the cooling depends on the system parameters such as detection efficiency and optomechanical cooperativity, and we study the continuous-measurement-induced dynamics, contrasting to single-photon detection events. For the Stokes case, we explore the interplay between cooling and heating via optomechanical parametric amplification, and we find the efficiency required to cool a mechanical oscillator via zero-photon detection. This work serves as a companion article to the recent experiment [E. A. Cryer-Jenkins, K. D. Major, et al., arXiv:2408.01734 (2024)], which demonstrated enhanced laser cooling of a mechanical oscillator via zero-photon detection on the anti-Stokes signal. The framework developed here provides new approaches for cooling mechanical resonators that can be applied to a wide range of areas including nonclassical state preparation, quantum thermodynamics, and avoiding the often unwanted heating effects of parametric amplification.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures
Opportunity to Rebel: The Effects of Unemployment Coupled with Ethnic Divided on the Onset of Civil Conflict
Creators: name: Hamilton, David
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: The effects of unemployment on the genesis of civil conflict are examined as both a social and economic factor, with particular emphasis on civil conflict in ethnically heterogeneous nations.  A logit statistical analysis of a data set indicates that increased unemployment rates do contribute to the onset of civil conflict.
Untersuchungen zur Reaktivität von α-Si-substituierten Carbin- und Alkinkomplexen des Wolframs
Creators: name: Thiem, Paula
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 540 Chemistry & allied sciences

description: Die Arbeit befasst sich mit der Synthese und Reaktivität von α-Si-Carbinliganden und side-on koordinierten α-P,Si-Alkinliganden in Tp*-Wolfram-Komplexen im Hinblick auf die Generierung von α-ständigen Silyliumionen und die Verwendung der Alkinkomplexe als Chelatliganden in polynuklearen Komplexverbindungen von Platinmetallen. Weiterhin werden die Reaktivität der generierten polynuklearen Komplexe bezüglich Hydridabstraktion bzw. Deprotonierung sowie ihr Oxidationsverhalten und Potential als Hydrierungsreagenz beschrieben.
Should We Press the Victims: The Uneven Support for International Criminal Tribunals
Creators: name: Thurston, Michael
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: International criminal tribunals rely on international support.  However, in the case of the ICTY and the ICTR, international support has been uneven.  I argue that this uneven support is related to the post-atrocity status of the domestic governing authority.  In cases where the governing authority retains the status of victim, as in Rwanda following the 1994 Tutsi genocide, the international community has been reluctant to back the ICTR in its attempts to prosecute all participants of the 1994 genocide.  In cases where the governing authority retains the status of perpetrator, as in Serbia following the Bosnian genocide of the 1990s, the international community has been more supportive of the ICTY.  In cases where the post-atrocity status is mixed, as in Croatia, the backing of the international community of the ICTY has been similarly mixed.
The Political Economy of Federal Assistance: Demand-Side Determinants of New Awards in the 110th Congress
Creators: name: Lenard, Matthew
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: An extensive literature examines how distributive (i.e., 'pork barrel') spending is allocated among congressional districts. Much of this research finds evidence that intra-chamber factors like ideology, party, and committee membership are the primary determinants of various forms of distributive spending. However, we know much less about how extra-chamber factors such as district-level demand and the economy impact the distribution of federal outlays. In this study, I find that district-level demand and variation in economic factors, in particular, income and unemployment, significantly predict the distribution of new bureaucratic awards in the 110th Congress. The results support the contention that districts get what they need, and this raises questions about the ability of members of powerful committees to steer awards selectively to their districts. It also provides evidence for the economic 'law of increasing state activity,' by which districts with higher income levels receive a larger share of federal assistance.
Evolution of Hybrid Hydrogels: Next-Generation Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
Creators: name: Rana, Md Mohosin
name: De La Hoz Siegler, Hector
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Hydrogels, being hydrophilic polymer networks capable of absorbing and retaining aqueous fluids, hold significant promise in biomedical applications owing to their high water content, permeability, and structural similarity to the extracellular matrix. Recent chemical advancements have bolstered their versatility, facilitating the integration of the molecules guiding cellular activities and enabling their controlled activation under time constraints. However, conventional synthetic hydrogels suffer from inherent weaknesses such as heterogeneity and network imperfections, which adversely affect their mechanical properties, diffusion rates, and biological activity. In response to these challenges, hybrid hydrogels have emerged, aiming to enhance their strength, drug release efficiency, and therapeutic effectiveness. These hybrid hydrogels, featuring improved formulations, are tailored for controlled drug release and tissue regeneration across both soft and hard tissues. The scientific community has increasingly recognized the versatile characteristics of hybrid hydrogels, particularly in the biomedical sector. This comprehensive review delves into recent advancements in hybrid hydrogel systems, covering the diverse types, modification strategies, and the integration of nano/microstructures. The discussion includes innovative fabrication techniques such as click reactions, 3D printing, and photopatterning alongside the elucidation of the release mechanisms of bioactive molecules. By addressing challenges, the review underscores diverse biomedical applications and envisages a promising future for hybrid hydrogels across various domains in the biomedical field.
A 3.584 Tbps coherent receiver chip on InP-LiNbO3 wafer-level integration platform
Creators: name: Xie, Xiaojun
name: Wei, Chao
name: He, Xingchen
name: Chen, Yake
name: Wang, Chenghao
name: Sun, Jihui
name: Jiang, Lin
name: Ye, Jia
name: Zou, Xihua
name: Pan, Wei
name: Yan, Lianshan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rapid advancement of the thin-film lithium niobate (LiNbO3) platform has established it as a premier choice for high-performance photonics integrated circuits. However, the scalability and cost-efficiency of this platform are hindered by the reliance on chip-level fabrication and integration for passive and active components, necessitating a robust wafer-level LiNbO3 heterogeneous integration platform. Despite its critical role in enabling ultrahigh-speed optical interconnects, as well as optical mmWave/THz sensing and communication, the realization of ultrahigh-speed photodiodes and optical coherent receivers on the LiNbO_3 platform remains an unresolved challenge. This is primarily due to the challenges associated with the large-scale integration of direct-bandgap materials. To address these challenges, we have developed a scalable, high-speed InP-LiNbO3 wafer-level heterogeneous integration platform. This platform facilitates the fabrication of ultrahigh-speed photodiodes with a bandwidth of 140 GHz, capable of receiving high-quality 100-Gbaud pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) signals. Moreover, we demonstrate a seven-channel, single-polarization I-Q coherent receiver chip with an aggregate receiving capacity of 3.584 Tbit/s. This coherent receiver exhibits a balanced detection bandwidth of 60 GHz and a common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) exceeding 20 dB. It achieves receiving capacities of 600 Gbit/s/λwith a 100-Gbaud 64-QAM signal and 512 Gbit/s/λwith a 128-Gbaud 16-QAM signal. Furthermore, energy consumption as low as 9.6 fJ/bit and 13.5 fJ/bit is achieved for 200 Gbit/s and 400 Gbit/s capacities, respectively. Our work provides a viable pathway toward enabling Pbps hyperscale data center interconnects, as well as optical mmWave/THz sensing and communication.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
Informationsverarbeitung, kognitive Aufmerksamkeit, Lebensqualität und klinischer Verlauf bei Migräne
Creators: name: Schulze, Sophia Carola
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine

description: Ziel dieser Studie war es herauszufinden, ob es einen Zusammenhang zwischen elektrophysiologischen, psychologischen und klinischen Parametern bei Migräne gibt. Dafür erfolgte ein Mediansplit der einzelnen CNV-Parameter und der Reaktionszeit im Zwei-Reiz-Paradigma. Anschließend wurde auf Unterschiede hinsichtlich klinischer und psychologischer Parameter (MIDAS, HIT-6, PHQ-15, PHQ-9, Schmerzstärke, Alter, Krankheitsdauer) in den einzelnen Gruppen getestet. Es konnten wichtige signifikante Zusammenhänge gefunden werden, jedoch ist das individuelle Krankheitserlebnis nie außer Acht zu lassen.
Supplementary document for Radiometric analysis of haze in bright-annealed AISI 430 ferritic stainless steel - 5670902.pdf
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Leal, Juan
name: Gallero, Enrique
name: Nuñez, Andrés
name: Almagro, Juan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Figures and tables supporting the manuscript
Lidar-based gas analyzer for remote sensing of atmospheric methane
Creators: name: Meshcherinov, Viacheslav
name: Kazakov, Viktor
name: Spiridonov, Maxim
name: Suvorov, Gennady
name: Rodin, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Enhancement of methane emission measurement techniques is necessary to address the need for greenhouse gas emissions monitoring. Here we introduce a gas analyzer designed for remote sensing of atmospheric methane aboard unmanned aerial vehicles. This device employs the wavelength modulation spectroscopy approach and quadrature detection of laser radiation scattered from the underlying surface. Our results demonstrate that the observed correlation between various signal attributes and the distance to the surface, where laser radiation scatters, aligns with analytical expectations. Calibrations proved that the instrument provides reliable methane measurements up to 120 meters while being lightweight and power efficient. Notably, this device outperforms its competitors at altitudes exceeding 50 meters, which is safer for piloting.
Haemaphlebiella formona
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemaphlebiella
Haemaphlebiella formona

description: Haemaphlebiella formona (Schaus, 1905)
Automolis formona Schaus, 1905: 216.
TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Saint Laurent, Maroni River.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 8589 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 322, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
A zero-sum differential game for two opponent masses
Creators: name: Bagagiolo, Fabio
name: Capuani, Rossana
name: Marzufero, Luciano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49N70, 49N75, 49L12, 49L25, 35Q49

description: We investigate an infinite dimensional partial differential equation of Isaacs' type, which arises from a zero-sum differential game between two masses. The evolution of the two masses is described by a controlled transport/continuity equation, where the control is given by the vector velocity field. Our study is set in the framework of the viscosity solutions theory in Hilbert spaces, and we prove the uniqueness of the value functions as solutions of the Isaacs equation.
Regime Completeness and Conflict: A Closer Look at Anocratic Political Systems
Creators: name: Schipani, Matthew
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: Mixed regimes are often viewed as inherently less stable and more war prone than fully democratic or autocratic systems due to their low levels of institutionalization. I ask, are certain mixed regimes more or less war prone than other mixed regimes, based on the strength and orientation (more democratic or autocratic) of their political institutions? At ends with previous research, my findings suggest that institutionalization levels play little, if any role in the onset of interstate war.
Identifying non-Hermitian critical points with quantum metric
Creators: name: Ren, Jun-Feng
name: Li, Jing
name: Ding, Hai-Tao
name: Zhang, Dan-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The geometric properties of quantum states is fully encoded by the quantum geometric tensor. The real and imaginary parts of the quantum geometric tensor are the quantum metric and Berry curvature, which characterize the distance and phase difference between two nearby quantum states in Hilbert space, respectively. For conventional Hermitian quantum systems, the quantum metric corresponds to the fidelity susceptibility and has already been used to specify quantum phase transitions from the geometric perspective. In this work, we extend this wisdom to the non-Hermitian systems for revealing non-Hermitian critical points. To be concrete, by employing numerical exact diagonalization and analytical methods, we calculate the quantum metric and corresponding order parameters in various non-Hermitian models, which include two non-Hermitian generalized Aubry-Andre models and non-Hermitian cluster and mixed-field Ising models. We demonstrate that the quantum metric of eigenstates in these non-Hermitian models exactly identifies the localization transitions, mobility edges, and many-body quantum phase transitions with gap closings, respectively. We further show that this strategy is robust against the finite-size effect and different boundary conditions.
Reduced density matrix formulation of quantum linear response
Creators: name: von Buchwald, Theo Juncker
name: Ziems, Karl Michael
name: Kjellgren, Erik Rosendahl
name: Sauer, Stephan P. A.
name: Kongsted, Jacob
name: Coriani, Sonia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The prediction of spectral properties via linear response (LR) theory is an important tool in quantum chemistry for understanding photo-induced processes in molecular systems. With the advances of quantum computing, we recently adapted this method for near-term quantum hardware using a truncated active space approximation with orbital rotation, named quantum linear response (qLR). In an effort to reduce the classic cost of this hybrid approach, we here derive and implement a reduced density matrix (RDM) driven approach of qLR. This allows for the calculation of spectral properties of moderately sized molecules with much larger basis sets than so far possible. We report qLR results for benzene and $R$-methyloxirane with a cc-pVTZ basis set and study the effect of shot noise on the valence and oxygen K-edge absorption spectra of H$_2$O in the cc-pVTZ basis.
The JEDI collaboration - JEts and Disks@INAF
Creators: name: Bacciotti, Francesca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The evolution of disks around young stars and the related phenomena of accretion and outflows are hot topics in modern astrophysics. Our capability to investigate these key aspects for star and planet formation has recently seen a boost thanks to the increasing quality of observations at high spatial and spectral resolution, and to the new analytic and numerical tools for the theoretical studies. The JEDI - JEts and Disks @ INAF collaboration brings together researchers working in the field, and is a lively and growing community with multiple and complementary competences. The poster illustrates the JEDI lines of research and related activities.
To democratize research with sensitive data, we should make synthetic data more accessible
Creators: name: van Kesteren, Erik-Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Other Statistics (stat.OT)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: For over 30 years, synthetic data has been heralded as a promising solution to make sensitive datasets accessible. However, despite much research effort and several high-profile use-cases, the widespread adoption of synthetic data as a tool for open, accessible, reproducible research with sensitive data is still a distant dream. In this opinion, Erik-Jan van Kesteren, head of the ODISSEI Social Data Science team, argues that in order to progress towards widespread adoption of synthetic data as a privacy enhancing technology, the data science research community should shift focus away from developing better synthesis methods: instead, it should develop accessible tools, educate peers, and publish small-scale case studies.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
A Tensor Product Space for Studying the Interaction of Bipartite States of Light with Nanostructures
Creators: name: Freter, Lukas
name: Zerulla, Benedikt
name: Krstić, Marjan
name: Holzer, Christof
name: Rockstuhl, Carsten
name: Fernandez-Corbaton, Ivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pairs of entangled photons are important for applications in quantum nanophotonics, where their theoretical description must accommodate their bipartite character. Such character is shared at the other end of the intensity range by, for example, the two degenerate instances of the pump field involved in second-harmonic generation. The description and numerical simulation of the interaction of nanophotonic structures with bipartite states of light is challenging regardless of their intensity, and has important technological applications. To address such a challenge, we develop here a theoretical and computational framework for studying the interaction of material structures with bipartite states of light. The theory of the framework rests on the symmetrized tensor product space of two copies of an electromagnetic Hilbert space. For the computational side, the convenient T-matrix method is extended to the tensor product space. When the response of the object to one part of the state is independent of the other part, the T-matrix for bipartite states is a simple function of the typical T-matrix of the single Hilbert space. Such separable material response is relevant, for example, in the interaction of entangled biphoton states with nanostructures. Non-separable operators are identified as the adequate objects to fully integrate non-linear effects such as sum frequency generation or parametric down-conversion. As an example of application, we derive selection rules for second-order non-linear processes in objects with rotational and/or mirror symmetries, and verify them numerically in two different MoS$_2$ clusters.
description: 17 pages, 3 figures
The Struggles of LLMs in Cross-lingual Code Clone Detection
Creators: name: Moumoula, Micheline Bénédicte
name: Kabore, Abdoul Kader
name: Klein, Jacques
name: Bissyande, Tegawendé
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the involvement of multiple programming languages in modern software development, cross-lingual code clone detection has gained traction within the software engineering community. Numerous studies have explored this topic, proposing various promising approaches. Inspired by the significant advances in machine learning in recent years, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), which have demonstrated their ability to tackle various tasks, this paper revisits cross-lingual code clone detection. We evaluate the performance of five (05) LLMs and eight prompts (08) for the identification of cross-lingual code clones. Additionally, we compare these results against two baseline methods. Finally, we evaluate a pre-trained embedding model to assess the effectiveness of the generated representations for classifying clone and non-clone pairs. The studies involving LLMs and Embedding models are evaluated using two widely used cross-lingual datasets, XLCoST and CodeNet. Our results show that LLMs can achieve high F1 scores, up to 0.99, for straightforward programming examples. However, they not only perform less well on programs associated with complex programming challenges but also do not necessarily understand the meaning of "code clones" in a cross-lingual setting. We show that embedding models used to represent code fragments from different programming languages in the same representation space enable the training of a basic classifier that outperforms all LLMs by ~1 and ~20 percentage points on the XLCoST and CodeNet datasets, respectively. This finding suggests that, despite the apparent capabilities of LLMs, embeddings provided by embedding models offer suitable representations to achieve state-of-the-art performance in cross-lingual code clone detection.
description: Accepted for publication at the ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) 2025
On More Than Fish Eponyms. Book Review: Beolens et al. Eponym Dictionary of Fishes; Whittle Publishing: Caithness, UK, 2023; ISBN: 978-1-84995-498-3
Creators: name: Pauly, D. (Daniel)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: This review deals with the magnificent and monumental ‘Eponym Dictionary of Fishes’, which provides nearly 6500 short biographical sketches for the persons whose name is part of the scientific name (genus and/or species epithet) of a fish formally described before this book was completed, i.e., an eponym. This book, also available as a PDF, is part of an excellent, broad series that covers other groups of vertebrates.
Lophocampa Harris 1841
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Lophocampa

description: Genus Lophocampa Harris, 1841
(Fig. 17G)
Lophocampa Harris, 1841: 258.
Thalesa Schaus, 1896b: 136. — Type species: Charidea seruba Herrich-Schäffer, [1855], by original designation.
Euhalisidota Grote, [1866]: 243. — Type species: Euhalisidota luxa Grote, [1866], by monotypy.
Schausia Dyar, 1897: 212. Junior homonym of Schausia Karsch, 1895. — Type species: Halesidota argentata Packard, 1864.
Euschausia Dyar, 1898c: 81. Replacement name for Schausia Dyar, 1897. — Type species: Halesidota argentata Packard, 1864.
Syntarctia Hampson, 1901a: IX, 4, 98. — Type species: Halesidota aenone Butler, 1878, but cited as H. testacea Möschler, 1878, a misidentification, by original designation.
TYPE SPECIES. — Lophocampa caryae Harris, 1841, by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 322, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Social Transformation in Divided Societies: Willingness to Integrate Post-Power Sharing Agreement: The Northern Ireland Case
Creators: name: O'Callaghan, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This thesis examines the factors which impact societal willingness to integrate in a post conflict, post power sharing agreement environment. Utilizing the Northern Ireland case, this study analyzes variance in willingness to integrate between Protestant and Catholic groups. Analysis of the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey data illustrates the shifting relationship between political trust and ingroup/outgroup frustrations on levels of willingness to integrate since the Good Friday Agreement. Statistical analyses indicate confirmation of ingroup attachment and elite political trust hypotheses, and reduced impact of outgroup benefit perceptions on willingness to integrate since the Good Friday Agreement.
No Such Thing as Collective Goods: The Political Utility of Low Level Civil War in Northern Uganda
Creators: name: Wishart, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: With the extant work on civil war duration as a starting point, this project uses the Ugandan case to identify and address theoretical aporias in our existing understanding of the determinants of duration. The vast majority of existing work begins with the assumption that the rebel force is the determining factor in the duration of conflict. Challenging this assumption, I argue that civil war duration should be understood as a function of the calculations made by both the rebel units and the established state, a dynamic that has implications for the way in which we think of the preferences of the state. Finally, that incentive structures exist, given the nature of post-colonial states that lower the utility of peace for elected leadership and reduce their willingness to provide peace as a collective good to the broader population as civil war can be used as one of Jeffrey Herbst's buffer mechanisms.
Supplementary document for Radiometric analysis of haze in bright-annealed AISI 430 ferritic stainless steel - 5670902.pdf
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Leal, Juan
name: Gallero, Enrique
name: Nuñez, Andrés
name: Almagro, Juan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Figures and tables supporting the manuscript
Latent optical nonclassicality of conditionally prepared states
Creators: name: Kovtoniuk, V. S.
name: Klimov, A. B.
name: Semenov, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lack of information obtained from informationally incomplete quantum measurements can prevent the detection of quantum resources, such as optical nonclassicality. We develop a technique that overcomes this limitation for single-mode quantum states conditionally prepared through measurements on another mode of a two-mode state. This task is performed by testing steering of latent nonclassicality -- a class of correlations beyond quantum entanglement and quantum discord -- for which we introduce a rigorous description.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures
What features of drug treatment programs help, or not, with access? : a qualitative study of the perspectives of family members and community-based organization staff in Atlantic Canada
Creators: name: Mathias, Holly
name: Jackson, Lois A.
name: Buxton, Jane A.
name: Dubé, Anik
name: Kiepek, Niki
name: Martin, Fiona
name: Martin, Paula
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2024

description: Background: Withdrawal management and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) programs help to reduce some of the harms experienced by people who use substances (PWUS). There is literature on how features of drug treatment programs (e.g., policies and practices) are helpful, or not helpful, to PWUS when seeking access to, or in, treatment. There is, however, relatively little literature based on the perspectives of family members/family of choice of PWUS and community-based organization staff within the context of Atlantic Canada. This paper explored the perspectives of these two groups on what was helpful, or not, about drug treatment programs in Atlantic Canada in terms of supporting access to, and retention in, treatment. Methods: One-on-one qualitative telephone interviews were conducted in 2020 with the two groups. Interviews focused on government-funded withdrawal management and OAT programs. Data were coded using a qualitative data management program (ATLAS.ti) and analyzed inductively for key themes/subthemes using grounded theory techniques. Results: Fifteen family members/family of choice and 16 community-based organization staff members participated (n = 31). Participants spoke about features of drug treatment programs in various places, and noted features that were perceived as helpful (e.g., quick access), as well as not helpful (e.g., wait times, programs located far from where PWUS live). Some participants provided their perceptions of how PWUS felt when seeking or accessing treatment. A number of participants reported taking various actions to help support access to treatment, including providing transportation to programs. A few participants also provided suggestions for change to help support access and retention such as better alignment of mental health and addiction systems. Conclusions: Participants highlighted several helpful and not helpful features of drug treatment programs in terms of supporting treatment access and retention. Previous studies with PWUS and in other places have reported similar features, some of which (e.g., wait times) have been reported for many years. Changes are needed to reduce barriers to access and retention including the changes recommended by study participants. It is critical that the voices of key groups, (including PWUS) are heard to ensure treatment programs in all places support access and retention.
The Evolution of Reinforcement Learning in Quantitative Finance: A Survey
Creators: name: Pippas, Nikolaos
name: Ludvig, Elliot A.
name: Turkay, Cagatay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.6; I.2.1

description: Reinforcement Learning (RL) has experienced significant advancement over the past decade, prompting a growing interest in applications within finance. This survey critically evaluates 167 publications, exploring diverse RL applications and frameworks in finance. Financial markets, marked by their complexity, multi-agent nature, information asymmetry, and inherent randomness, serve as an intriguing test-bed for RL. Traditional finance offers certain solutions, and RL advances these with a more dynamic approach, incorporating machine learning methods, including transfer learning, meta-learning, and multi-agent solutions. This survey dissects key RL components through the lens of Quantitative Finance. We uncover emerging themes, propose areas for future research, and critique the strengths and weaknesses of existing methods.
description: This work is accepted by ACM Computing Surveys on 18 April 2025 and an early access version is already available here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3733714. The arXiv copy (and the ACM CSUR early-access version) is an unedited, pre-print version and it is the author's version of the work
Lophocampa significans
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Lophocampa
Lophocampa significans

description: Lophocampa significans (Edwards, 1888)
Halisidota significans Edwards, 1888: 182.
TYPE LOCALITY. — USA, N[ew] Mexico, Las Vegas.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (?).
REMARK
Several specimens from Mexico housed in CNC.
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 322, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Living in the "Age of Accountability": How Co-Decision Empowers the European Parliament in the Design of EU Agencies
Creators: name: Kenard, Patrick
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: Bÿtora alleges that political accountability has been 'almost entirely overlooked' (2010, 2) in studies of the European External Action Service. An examination of the subject that extends previous studies on agency design, the co-decision procedure, the 'democratic deficit,' and European Union foreign policy would resolve the neglect. As a result, the study derives a hypothesis from an established theory of bureaucratic structure. Findings suggest that during the design of EU agencies co-decision power improves the ability of the European Parliament to institutionalize methods of accountability to it.
The Priming Effects of Polling Location on Ballot Initiative Voting Decisions
Creators: name: Glas, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: Do the physical settings in which a voter casts their ballot affect their vote choices?  Every state uses a variety of polling locations for the administration of election: churches, schools, libraries, fire stations, and etcetera.  The literature on priming effects and voting is massive, but very little research examines the impact of the venue in which a ballot is cast has on voters? decisions.  In this study I argue that polling venues situated on church, school, or veteran?s association property influences the proportion of votes cast in favor of ballot measures related to each institution.  I test these hypotheses using precinct level election results and population data from California?s 2008 general election and find results supporting, or suggesting, such a relationship.
Lophocampa roseata subsp. roseata roseata (Walker 1866
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Lophocampa
Lophocampa roseata
Lophocampa roseata roseata (walker, 1866)

description: Lophocampa roseata roseata (Walker, 1866)
Halesidota roseata Walker, 1866b: 336.
Phaegoptera cinnamomea Boisduval, 1869: 80. — Type locality: [Mexico], Sonora. — Type specimen: Holotype female (?).
Halesidota sanguivenosa Neumoegen, 1892: 228. — Type locality: [Canada], [British Colombia], Vancouver Island. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of male syntypes (?).
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Canada], [British Colombia], [Vancouver Island].
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of female syntypes (BMNH; one specimen male (!) labeledType).
REMARKS
Specimen with genitalia slide no. 963. Reported from Mexico by Beutelspacher (1995: 401).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 322, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Sleeping with the Enemy, or Putting the Enemy to Sleep? A Theory of Insurgency-State Interaction
Creators: name: Rangel, Andres
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: This paper presents a theory of insurgency-state strategic interaction based on the insurgency's mode of survival. The theory postulates that, ceteris paribus, illegal resources discourage the insurgents from desiring to control the state and the state from regaining control of the insurgent territory, whereas legal lootable resources 'force' the insurgency to embrace the suboptimal strategy of trying to topple the government, while causing the state to desire full control of the insurgent territory. Intensity, the number of combatant deaths over time, will be used to test the theory. Civil conflicts involving insurgencies that rely on illegal resources for most of their revenue should be of low intensity. The opposite should hold true for civil wars in which the insurgency's livelihood is a legal lootable resource.
Generalized symmetry constraints on deformed 4d (S)CFTs
Creators: name: Kang, Monica Jinwoo
name: Lawrie, Craig
name: Lee, Ki-Hong
name: Song, Jaewon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the consequence of generalized symmetries in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories. First, we classify all possible supersymmetric gauge theories with a simple gauge group that have a nontrivial one-form symmetry and flows to a superconformal field theory. Upon identifying unbroken discrete zero-form symmetries from the ABJ anomaly, we find that many of these theories have mixed zero-form/one-form 't Hooft anomalies. Then we classify the relevant deformations of these SCFTs that preserve the anomaly. From this mixed anomaly together with the anomalies of the discrete zero-form symmetries, we find obstructions for the relevant deformations of these SCFTs to flow to a trivially gapped phase. We also study non-Lagrangian SCFTs formed by gauging copies of Argyres-Douglas theories and constrain their deformations. In particular, we explore a new duality between the diagonal gauging of two $\mathcal{D}_3(SU(N))$ theories and $SU(N)$ gauge theory with two adjoints. We also repeat our analysis for a host of non-supersymmetric gauge theories having nontrivial one-form symmetry including examples that appear to flow to Bank-Zaks type CFTs.
description: 78 pages + references
Paradox Lost: Explaining Cross-National Variation in Case Volume at the European Court of Human Rights
Creators: name: Armendariz, Veronica
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: Existing research on states and human rights focuses primarily on international treaty ratification, post-treaty rating systems, and ad hoc reports on adherence in individual countries.  Additionally, the literature is characterized by disproportionate attention to certain rights to the neglect of others, thereby painting an incomplete and potentially inaccurate picture of a state's practice and implementation of human rights.  Consequently, the extant literature too frequently disregards key domestic and international factors as determinants of cross-national variation in the implementation and protection of human rights, and it instead generates paradoxical claims about human rights and state behavior.  With Europe as its empirical focus, this study tests one assertion that state strength relative to societal actors impacts the frequency of cases heard at the European Court of Human Rights.  Findings suggest that state strength indeed plays a role in the overall number of cases from member states in the European human rights system.
Lophocampa dinora
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Lophocampa
Lophocampa dinora

description: Lophocampa dinora (Schaus, 1924)
Halisidota dinora Schaus, 1924: 37.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Argentina, Tucumán.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 26 330 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 323, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Beating the Ramsey limit on sensing with deterministic qubit control
Creators: name: Hecht, M. O.
name: Saurav, Kumar
name: Vlachos, Evangelos
name: Lidar, Daniel A.
name: Levenson-Falk, Eli M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum sensors promise revolutionary advances in medical imaging, energy production, mass detection, geodesy, foundational physics research, and a host of other fields. In many sensors, the signal takes the form of a changing qubit frequency, which is detected with an interference measurement. Unfortunately, environmental noise decoheres the qubit state, reducing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Here we introduce a protocol for enhancing the sensitivity of a measurement of a qubit's frequency in the presence of decoherence. We use a continuous drive to stabilize one component of the qubit's Bloch vector, enhancing the effect of a small static frequency shift. We demonstrate our protocol on a superconducting qubit, enhancing SNR per measurement shot by 1.65$\times$ and SNR per qubit evolution time by 1.09$\times$ compared to standard Ramsey interferometry. We explore the protocol theoretically and numerically, finding maximum enhancements of 1.96$\times$ and 1.18$\times$, respectively. We also show that the protocol is robust to parameter miscalibrations. Our protocol provides an unconditional enhancement in signal-to-noise ratio compared to standard Ramsey interferometry. It requires no feedback and no extra control or measurement resources, and can be immediately applied in a wide variety of quantum computing and quantum sensor technologies to enhance their sensitivities.
Democratic Deepening and the Provision of Public Goods: A Study on Decentralization and Agricultural Development in 30 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Ba, Yaye
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: Slow agrarian development has often been blamed on the absence of civil society mobilization. This paper quantitatively analyzes the effect of political and fiscal decentralization on agricultural development in 30 democratizing African States. Hence two hypotheses are tested: H1) New democracies that combine elected sub-national governments with fiscal decentralization will be more likely to spend more in agriculture. H2) In such system we should observe better agricultural outputs, other things equal. Results reveal that counter-intuitively simultaneous democratic and fiscal decentralization have a negative impact on public investment in agriculture. On the other hand, as expected fiscal decentralization does not have any significant impact in the absence of democratic decentralization. Most importantly democratic decentralization is found to have a highly positive impact on the provision of agricultural related public goods when fiscal decentralization is low. The test also reveals that fiscal and political decentralization positively influence agricultural production.
Lophocampa ronda
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Lophocampa
Lophocampa ronda

description: Lophocampa ronda (Jones, 1908)
Halisidota ronda Jones, 1908: 148.
Halisidota variegata Reich, 1934b: 403. — Type locality: [Brazil], São Paulo. — Type specimens: Described from 1 male and 1 female syntypes (TAU).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Brazil, Paraná, Castro.
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of male syntypes (BMNH; one of the syntypes labeled TYPE).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 323, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
The Other Side of the Coin: The Role of Militia in Counterinsurgency
Creators: name: Nidiffer, Andrew
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Can the success of the Sunni Awakening in Iraq be applied to other counter-insurgency conflicts, or is it an exemplary case? Using case studies including Iraq and Afghanistan, it will be examined whether or not militias can be can be used to fight counterinsurgency campaigns in Afghanistan and generally to other conflicts. It may not work in Afghanistan, and certainly presents a Catch-22 situation, but it may be applicable in certain situations in other conflicts under certain conditions.
The Significance of Xylem Structure and Its Chemical Components in Certain Olive Tree Genotypes with Tolerance to Xylella fastidiosa Infection
Creators: name: Sabella, Erika
name: Buja, Ilaria
name: Negro, Carmine
name: Vergine, Marzia
name: Cherubini, Paolo
name: Pavan, Stefano
name: Maruccio, Giuseppe
name: De Bellis, Luigi
name: Luvisi, Andrea
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Olive quick decline syndrome (OQDS) is a devastating plant disease caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf). Exploratory missions in the Salento area led to the identification of putatively Xf-resistant olive trees (putatively resistant plants, PRPs) which were pauci-symptomatic or asymptomatic infected plants belonging to different genetic clusters in orchards severely affected by OQDS. To investigate the defense strategies employed by these PRPs to contrast Xf infection, the PRPs were analyzed for the anatomy and histology of xylem vessels, patterns of Xf distribution in host tissues (by the fluorescent in situ hybridization technique—FISH) and the presence of secondary metabolites in stems. The xylem vessels of the PRPs have an average diameter significantly lower than that of susceptible plants for each annual tree ring studied. The histochemical staining of xylem vessels highlighted an increase in the lignin in the parenchyma cells of the medullary rays of the wood. The 3D images obtained from FISH-LSM (laser scanning microscope) revealed that, in the PRPs, Xf cells mostly appeared as individual cells or as small aggregates; in addition, these bacterial cells looked to be incorporated in the autofluorescence signal of gels and phenolic compounds regardless of hosts’ genotypes. In fact, the metabolomic data from asymptomatic PRP stems showed a significant increase in compounds like salicylic acid, known as a signal molecule which mediates host responses upon pathogen infection, and luteolin, a naturally derived flavonoid compound with antibacterial properties and with well-known anti-biofilm effects. Findings indicate that the xylem vessel geometry together with structural and chemical defenses are among the mechanisms operating to control Xf infection and may represent a common resistance trait among different olive genotypes.