cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sida urens Linnaeus (1759: 1145
Creators: name: Brandão, José Lourenço
name: Baracho, George Sidney
name: Sales, Margareth Ferreira De
name: Filho, Marcelo Paulino Viegas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malvales
Malvaceae
Sida
Sida urens

description: 24. Sida urens Linnaeus (1759: 1145) (Figs. 6E, 7B). Lectotype (designated by Rodrigo 1944: t. 17):— JAMAICA. Browne s.n., Herb. Linnaeus 866.20 (LINN, photo!).
 Taxonomic notes: — Sida urens is placed in Sida subsect. Conglomerata (Fryxell 2009) due to the distinctive characters which include: stems and leaves hirsute covered with long simple trichomes, 5–7 mm long, mixed with bifurcate and scattered short stellate trichomes; leaf blades narrow to broadly oval-cordate, with simple, bifurcate, and stellate trichomes on both surfaces, the lower surface with more dense stellate trichomes; flowers and fruits crowded in subsessile axillary and terminal glomerules or, sometimes, solitary, subsessile to shortly pedicellate, the pedicels up to 5 mm long, not articulate; calyx obtrullate to rhombic, hirsute, ciliate sepals; corolla yellowish, orange or salmon, with or without purplish center; and mericarps 5, 2–2.5 mm long, muticous, dorsal surface externally covered with punctiform glandular trichomes.
 Distribution and habitat: — Sida urens is another species of the genus that has a wide distribution, and occurs in tropical Africa, the Caribbean, and tropical America, from southern Florida and Mexico to northern Argentina and Brazil, where it is sparsely found in all regions (Krapovickas 2006). The species is also found in Hawaii (Starr et al. 2002, Wagner et al. 2012). It is found throughout the State of Pernambuco from Littoral to the brejos de altitude of the agreste portion of the Caatinga zone. This species is restricted to few and widely spaced individuals and grows in disturbed and urbanized areas such as dried river beds, plantations, roadsides and in ruderal places or wastelands.
 Representative specimen: — BRAZIL. Pernambuco. Camaragibe, 22 November 2012, fl., fr., J.L. Brandão & J.A. Granja 212 (PEUFR).
description: Published as part of Brandão, José Lourenço, Baracho, George Sidney, Sales, Margareth Ferreira De & Filho, Marcelo Paulino Viegas, 2017, Synopsis of Sida (Malvaceae, Malvoideae, Malveae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, pp. 205-227 in Phytotaxa 307 (3) on page 223, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.307.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13686639
Configurational entropy in $f(R,T)$ brane models
Creators: name: Correa, R. A. C.
name: Moraes, P. H. R. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we investigate generalized theories of gravity in the so-called configurational entropy (CE) context. We show, by means of this information-theoretical measure, that a stricter bound on the parameter of $f(R,T)$ brane models arises from the CE. We find that these bounds are characterized by a valley region in the CE profile, where the entropy is minimal. We argue that the CE measure can open a new role and an important additional approach to select parameters in modified theories of gravitation.
Near-infrared extinction with discretised stellar colours
Creators: name: Juvela, M.
name: Montillaud, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several methods exist to convert near-infrared (NIR) stellar observations into extinction maps. We present a new method based on NIR multiband observations. The method uses a discretised version of the distribution of intrinsic stellar colours. A number of variations of the basic method are tested, and the results are compared to NICER calculations. When photometric errors are large, the results are close to those of NICER method but some advantages can be seen when the distribution of intrinsic colours cannot be described well with a single covariance matrix. A priori information about relative column density variations at sub-beam scales can result in a significant increase in accuracy. The results may be further improved by considering the magnitude dependence of the intrinsic colours. Thus, the new methods are useful mostly when photometric errors are small, the distribution of intrinsic colours is well known, or one has prior knowledge of the small-scale structures.
description: Accepted to A&A
James Titterton, Deception in Medieval Warfare. Trickery and Cunning in the Central Middle Ages, Woodbridge (The Boydell Press) 2022
Creators: name: Hélary, Xavier
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: James Titterton, Deception in Medieval Warfare. Trickery and Cunning in the Central Middle Ages, Woodbridge (The Boydell Press) 2022, 292 p., 5 fig., ISBN 978-1-78327-678-3, GBP 70,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
First-Time Mothers’ Intended versus Actualized Child Oral Health-Related Behaviors
Creators: name: Alvey, Jenna
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Social sciences
subject: FOS: Social sciences
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: We examined the relationship between first-time mothers’ intended (baseline) versus actualized (at follow-up) child oral health behaviors (COHB) in the context of oral health knowledge, oral health literacy, self-efficacy and dental neglect. Baseline data was collected from a group (White 44%, African American 40%, Native American 17%) of first-time pregnant clients (N=119) at Women, Infants and Children Clinics in NC. Follow-up data was collected from 48 of these individuals at least one year after their child’s birth. Mothers were highly likely to realize their intentions to reduce juice consumption, nighttime bottle-feeding and regular tooth brushing. However, 75% did not realize their intention to limit sweet snacks for their child. Implementation of positive COHB was not correlated with oral health knowledge, oral health literacy, dental neglect, self-efficacy and sociodemographics. Our research suggests that first-time mothers are likely to implement some but not all positive behaviors they intended to adopt during pregnancy.
ASASSN-15oi: A Rapidly Evolving, Luminous Tidal Disruption Event at 216 Mpc
Creators: name: Holoien, T. W. -S.
name: Kochanek, C. S.
name: Prieto, J. L.
name: Grupe, D.
name: Chen, Ping
name: Godoy-Rivera, D.
name: Stanek, K. Z.
name: Shappee, B. J.
name: Dong, Subo
name: Brown, J. S.
name: Basu, U.
name: Beacom, J. F.
name: Bersier, D.
name: Brimacombe, J.
name: Carlson, E. K.
name: Falco, E.
name: Johnston, E.
name: Madore, B. F.
name: Pojmanski, G.
name: Seibert, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present ground-based and Swift photometric and spectroscopic observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-15oi, discovered at the center of 2MASX J20390918-3045201 ($d\simeq216$ Mpc) by the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN). The source peaked at a bolometric luminosity of $L\simeq1.3\times10^{44}$ ergs s$^{-1}$ and radiated a total energy of $E\simeq6.6\times10^{50}$ ergs over the first $\sim3.5$ months of observations. The early optical/UV emission of the source can be fit by a blackbody with temperature increasing from $T\sim2\times10^4$ K to $T\sim4\times10^4$ K while the luminosity declines from $L\simeq1.3\times10^{44}$ ergs s$^{-1}$ to $L\simeq2.3\times10^{43}$ ergs s$^{-1}$, requiring the photosphere to be shrinking rapidly. The optical/UV luminosity decline during this period is most consistent with an exponential decline, $L\propto e^{-(t-t_0)/τ}$, with $τ\simeq46.5$ days for $t_0\simeq57241.6$ (MJD), while a power-law decline of $L\propto (t-t_0)^{-α}$ with $t_0\simeq57212.3$ and $α=1.62$ provides a moderately worse fit. ASASSN-15oi also exhibits roughly constant soft X-ray emission that is significantly weaker than the optical/UV emission. Spectra of the source show broad helium emission lines and strong blue continuum emission in early epochs, although these features fade rapidly and are not present $\sim3$ months after discovery. The early spectroscopic features and color evolution of ASASSN-15oi are consistent with a TDE, but the rapid spectral evolution is unique among optically-selected TDEs.
description: 18 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables. Photometric data presented in this submission are included as ancillary files. Manuscript updated to reflect changes made in the published version. For a brief video explaining this paper, see https://youtu.be/clYXbqAQ0u0
Challenges and Coping Strategies of Women  Leaders at the Local Level in Bangladesh
Creators: name: Rahman, Md. Mizanur
name: Khan, Anisur Rahman
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2018
Subjects: women leaders; local level

description: This research aims at uncovering the struggle and coping strategies adopted by the women leaders at the grassroots based local government namely, Union Council, in Bangladesh. Although local government in Bangladesh is 145 years old but women’s representation began only about two decades ago. Since their entry into the Union Council in 1997, the women leaders have been struggling to ensure their full participation in all sorts of activities and decision making process. Against this backdrop, this research focused on the major threats against women’s participation in the Union Council and how do woman leaders cope with the challenges for ensuring their participation in the Union Council. Using interpretive qualitative research approach, it was found that the women leaders usually face three major challenges towards ensuring their participation such as male domination, corruption and faulty legal provision imposed on women leaders. On the other hand, women leaders adopted various formal and informal coping strategies in order to overcome the threats of participation. The formal means were debates, meeting, seeking help from local administration and other legal means. Informal means include using of social capital such as; contacting with local member of parliament, political leaders, seeking assistance from other woman leaders, local NGOs, community people and media to ventilate their grievances and deprivations. Finally, some interventions were suggested such as; democratization of Union Council structure and making it more inclusive so that women leaders can participate in the overall governance of the Union Council.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 8, No 1 (2018)
Polar stellar-spots and grazing planetary transits: possible explanation for the low number of discovered grazing planets
Creators: name: Oshagh, M.
name: Santos, N. C.
name: Figueira, P.
name: Adibekyan, V. Zh.
name: Santerne, A.
name: Barros, S. C. C.
name: Lima, J. J. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We assess a physically feasible explanation for the low number of discovered (near-)grazing planetary transits through all ground and space based transit surveys. We performed simulations to generate the synthetic distribution of detectable planets based on their impact parameter, and found that a larger number of (near-)grazing planets should have been detected than have been detected. Our explanation for the insufficient number of (near-)grazing planets is based on a simple assumption that a large number of (near-)grazing planets transit host stars which harbor dark giant polar spot, and thus the transit light-curve vanishes due to the occultation of grazing planet and the polar spot. We conclude by evaluating the properties required of polar spots in order to make disappear the grazing transit light-curve, and we conclude that their properties are compatible with the expected properties from observations.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Letters
Aprendizado das Preferências do Decisor usando Aprendizado de Máquina em Problemas Multicritério
Creators: name: Alves, Marcos Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Tomada de Decisão Escalável; Matrizes Pareadas; Tomada de Decisão Multicritério; Aprendizado em Batches; Análise Hierárquica de Processos

description: Tese de Doutorado submeda à Banca Examinadora designada pelo Colegiado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia
 Elétrica da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, como requisito para obtenção do grau de Doutor em
 Engenharia Elétrica. Aprovada em 18 de abril de 2023.
Understanding the Developmental Processes of How Emerging Adults Become Contributing Citizens
Creators: name: Taing, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Positive youth development
Contribution
Community
Motivation
Social agents
Sport
Developmental assets

description: The purpose of this Master’s thesis was to examine emerging adults’ perceptions and experiences of contribution. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with fifteen emerging adults (n= 10 female, n= 5 male) between the ages of 18 to 24 (M= 22.8, SD= 1.61). Participants were recruited through purposive (n= 7) and snowball (n= 8) sampling, where key informants (e.g., program directors, managers) from well-established community organizations helped in the referral of eligible participants. The findings revealed six major themes: (a) contribution is multifaceted, (b) multiple motivations for contributing, (c) social agents play a critical role, (d) early exposure is an important factor, (e) sport can play a key role in becoming a contributing citizen, and (f) contribution fosters the development of assets. Overall, the results from this Master’s thesis illustrate various factors that play a role in youth becoming contributing citizens as an emerging adult. Furthermore, the findings can enhance both research and applied work within the field of positive youth development, particularly related to the 5 C’s model proposed by Lerner. Keywords: positive youth development, contribution, community, motivation, social agents, sport, developmental assets
Peter Stabel, The Fabric of the City. A Social History of Cloth Manufacture in Medieval Ypres, Turnhout (Brepols) 2022
Creators: name: Eriskat, Dörte
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Peter Stabel, The Fabric of the City. A Social History of Cloth Manufacture in Medieval Ypres, Turnhout (Brepols) 2022, 278 p. (Studies in European Urban History [1100–1800], 59), ISBN 978-2-503-60051-2, EUR 94,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
Construction of interlaced polynomial lattice rules for infinitely differentiable functions
Creators: name: Dick, Josef
name: Goda, Takashi
name: Suzuki, Kosuke
name: Yoshiki, Takehito
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study multivariate integration over the $s$-dimensional unit cube in a weighted space of infinitely differentiable functions. It is known from a recent result by Suzuki that there exists a good quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) rule which achieves a super-polynomial convergence of the worst-case error in this function space, and moreover, that this convergence behavior is independent of the dimension under a certain condition on the weights. In this paper we provide a constructive approach to finding a good QMC rule achieving such a dimension-independent super-polynomial convergence of the worst-case error. Specifically, we prove that interlaced polynomial lattice rules, with an interlacing factor chosen properly depending on the number of points $N$ and the weights, can be constructed using a fast component-by-component algorithm in at most $O(sN(\log N)^2)$ arithmetic operations to achieve a dimension-independent super-polynomial convergence. The key idea for the proof of the worst-case error bound is to use a variant of Jensen's inequality with a purposely-designed concave function.
Investigating the Role of the Primary Motor Cortex in the StartReact Effect Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Creators: name: Smith, Cora
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Startle
Reaction time

description: It is well-established that the presentation of a startling acoustic stimulus (SAS) simultaneous with the go-signal in a simple reaction time (RT) task results in significant RT reductions, while leaving movement kinematics essentially unaltered. While this phenomenon, termed the StartReact effect, has been extensively studied, cortical involvement in the neural mechanism underlying the RT-facilitation effects of a SAS remains widely debated. Applying sub-threshold TMS to motor areas results in increased cortical excitability and reductions in control RT. When this technique was used in a startle paradigm no RT benefits were seen, providing evidence that the cortex may not be involved in the StartReact effect; however, these results may also have been due to a floor effect of startle RT. It has been shown that RT in response to a SAS is significantly slower for complex movements, providing a possible method of distinguishing between these hypotheses. As such, the purpose of the experiments in this thesis was to determine if the application of sub-threshold TMS following a SAS when preparing to react with a complex movement would facilitate startle RT. If so, it would provide evidence for cortical involvement in the RT-facilitation effects of startle. The first experiment revealed that the task employed did not lead to an increase in RT in startle conditions, limiting the ability to make conclusions regarding the StartReact effect. In the second experiment the timing complexity of the task was increased, with the goal of increasing startle RT; however, startle RT was again not significantly slower for the complex movement than the simple movement. Furthermore, there was again no effect of TMS stimulation condition on startle RT. These results suggest that either the cortex does not play a role in the StartReact effect, or a floor effect of RT was reached in startle conditions; thus, alternative methods of investigating the neural mechanism underlying the RT-facilitation effects of startle are warranted.
Can Bohmian Mechanics Be Made Background Independent?
Creators: name: Vassallo, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The paper presents an inquiry into the question regarding the compatibility of Bohmian mechanics, intended as a non-local theory of moving point-like particles, with background independence. This issue is worth being investigated because, if the Bohmian framework has to be of some help in developing new physics, it has to be compatible with the most well-established traits of modern physics, background independence being one of such traits. The paper highlights the fact that the notion of background independence in the context of spacetime physics is slippery and interpretation-laden. It is then suggested that the best-matching framework developed by Julian Barbour might provide a robust enough meaning of background independence. The structure of Bohmian dynamics is evaluated against this framework, reaching some intermediate results that speak in favor of the fact that Bohmian mechanics can be made background independent.
description: 24 pages, forthcoming in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Matthias M. Tischler, Carlemany a Europa. Història i memòria, Barcelona (Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona) 2023
Creators: name: Collins, Roger
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Matthias M. Tischler, Carlemany a Europa. Història i memòria, Barcelona (Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona) 2023, 354 p., ISBN 978-84-9168-896-9, EUR 35,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
Controlling synchronous patterns in complex networks
Creators: name: Lin, Weijie
name: Fan, Huawei
name: Wang, Ying
name: Ying, Heping
name: Wang, Xingang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although the set of permutation symmetries of a complex network can be very large, few of the symmetries give rise to stable synchronous patterns. Here we present a new framework and develop techniques for controlling synchronization patterns in complex network of coupled chaotic oscillators. Specifically, according to the network permutation symmetry, we design a small-size and weighted network, namely the control network, and use it to control the large-size complex network by means of pinning coupling. We argue mathematically that for \emph{any} of the network symmetries, there always exists a critical pinning strength beyond which the unstable synchronous pattern associated to this symmetry can be stabilized. The feasibility of the control method is verified by numerical simulations of both artificial and real-work networks, and is demonstrated by experiment of coupled chaotic circuits. Our studies pave a way to the control of dynamical patterns in complex networks.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
Paolo Squatriti, Weeds and the Carolingians. Empire, Culture, and Nature in Frankish Europe, AD 750–900, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2022
Creators: name: Lohrmann, Dietrich
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Paolo Squatriti, Weeds and the Carolingians. Empire, Culture, and Nature in Frankish Europe, AD 750–900, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2022, 280 p., ISBN 978-1-316-51286-9, GBP 75,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
Sebastian Scholz (Hg.), Ausgewählte Synoden Galliens und des merowingischen Frankenreichs (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2022
Creators: name: Panzram, Sabine
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Sebastian Scholz (Hg.), Ausgewählte Synoden Galliens und des merowingischen Frankenreichs (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2022, 480 S. (Ausgewählte Quellen zur Geschichte des Mittelalters. Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gedächtnisausgabe, 56), ISBN 978-3-534-27536-6, EUR 76,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
Telegraph frequency noise in electromechanical resonators
Creators: name: Sun, Fengpei
name: Zou, Jie
name: Maizelis, Zakhar A.
name: Chan, Ho Bun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate experimentally the possibility of revealing fluctuations in the eigenfrequency of a resonator when the frequency noise is of the telegraph type. Using a resonantly driven micromechanical resonator, we show that the time-averaged vibration amplitude spectrum exhibits two peaks. They merge with an increasing rate of frequency switching and the spectrum displays an analog of motional narrowing. We also show that the moments of the complex amplitude depend strongly on the frequency noise characteristics. This dependence remains valid even when strong thermal or detector noise is present.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Optimal error intervals for properties of the quantum state
Creators: name: Li, Xikun
name: Shang, Jiangwei
name: Ng, Hui Khoon
name: Englert, Berthold-Georg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum state estimation aims at determining the quantum state from observed data. Estimating the full state can require considerable efforts, but one is often only interested in a few properties of the state, such as the fidelity with a target state, or the degree of correlation for a specified bipartite structure. Rather than first estimating the state, one can, and should, estimate those quantities of interest directly from the data. We propose the use of optimal error intervals as a meaningful way of stating the accuracy of the estimated property values. Optimal error intervals are analogs of the optimal error regions for state estimation [New J. Phys. 15, 123026 (2013)]. They are optimal in two ways: They have the largest likelihood for the observed data and the pre-chosen size, and are the smallest for the pre-chosen probability of containing the true value. As in the state situation, such optimal error intervals admit a simple description in terms of the marginal likelihood for the data for the properties of interest. Here, we present the concept and construction of optimal error intervals, report on an iterative algorithm for reliable computation of the marginal likelihood (a quantity difficult to calculate reliably), explain how plausible intervals --- a notion of evidence provided by the data --- are related to our optimal error intervals, and illustrate our methods with single-qubit and two-qubit examples.
description: Very close to the published version; 22 pages, 10 figures, and 40 references
Galactic cosmic rays on extrasolar Earth-like planets I. Cosmic ray flux
Creators: name: Grießmeier, J. -M.
name: Tabataba-Vakili, F.
name: Stadelmann, A.
name: Grenfell, J. L.
name: Atri, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (abridged abstract) Theoretical arguments indicate that close-in terrestial exoplanets may have weak magnetic fields, especially in the case of planets more massive than Earth (super-Earths). Planetary magnetic fields, however, constitute one of the shielding layers that protect the planet against cosmic-ray particles. In particular, a weak magnetic field results in a high flux of Galactic cosmic rays that extends to the top of the planetary atmosphere. We wish to quantify the flux of Galactic cosmic rays to an exoplanetary atmosphere as a function of the particle energy and of the planetary magnetic moment. We numerically analyzed the propagation of Galactic cosmic-ray particles through planetary magnetospheres. We evaluated the efficiency of magnetospheric shielding as a function of the particle energy (in the range 16 MeV $\le$ E $\le$ 524 GeV) and as a function of the planetary magnetic field strength (in the range 0 ${M}_\oplus$ $\le$ {M} $\le$ 10 ${M}_\oplus$). Combined with the flux outside the planetary magnetosphere, this gives the cosmic-ray energy spectrum at the top of the planetary atmosphere as a function of the planetary magnetic moment. We find that the particle flux to the planetary atmosphere can be increased by more than three orders of magnitude in the absence of a protecting magnetic field. For a weakly magnetized planet (${M}=0.05\,{M}_{\oplus}$), only particles with energies below 512 MeV are at least partially shielded. For a planet with a magnetic moment similar to Earth, this limit increases to 32 GeV, whereas for a strongly magnetized planet ($M=10.0\,{M}_{\oplus}$), partial shielding extends up to 200 GeV. We find that magnetic shielding strongly controls the number of cosmic-ray particles reaching the planetary atmosphere. The implications of this increased particle flux are discussed in a companion article.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures; accepted in A&A
Élisabeth Schmit, »En bon trayn de justice«. Les grands jours du parlement de Paris au lendemain de la guerre de Cent Ans, Paris (Publications de la Sorbonne) 2022
Creators: name: Naegle, Gisela
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Élisabeth Schmit, »En bon trayn de justice«. Les grands jours du parlement de Paris au lendemain de la guerre de Cent Ans, Paris (Publications de la Sorbonne) 2022, 382 p. (Histoire ancienne et médiévale, 186), ISBN 979-10-351-0819-9, EUR 28,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
Hydrogen isotope exchanges between water and methanol in interstellar ices
Creators: name: Faure, A.
name: Faure, M.
name: Theulé, P.
name: Quirico, E.
name: Schmitt, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The deuterium fractionation of gas-phase molecules in hot cores is believed to reflect the composition of interstellar ices. The deuteration of methanol is a major puzzle, however, because the isotopologue ratio [CH2DOH]/[CH3OD], which is predicted to be equal to 3 by standard grain chemistry models, is much larger (~20) in low-mass hot corinos and significantly lower (~1) in high-mass hot cores. This dichotomy in methanol deuteration between low-mass and massive protostars is currently not understood. In this study, we report a simplified rate equation model of the deuterium chemistry occurring in the icy mantles of interstellar grains. We apply this model to the chemistry of hot corinos and hot cores, with IRAS 16293-2422 and the Orion~KL Compact Ridge as prototypes, respectively. The chemistry is based on a statistical initial deuteration at low temperature followed by a warm-up phase during which thermal hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchanges occur between water and methanol. The exchange kinetics is incorporated using laboratory data. The [CH2DOH]/[CH3OD] ratio is found to scale inversely with the D/H ratio of water, owing to the H/D exchange equilibrium between the hydroxyl (-OH) functional groups of methanol and water. Our model is able to reproduce the observed [CH2DOH]/[CH3OD] ratios provided that the primitive fractionation of water ice [HDO]/[H2O] is ~ 2% in IRAS 16293-2422 and ~0.6% in Orion~KL. We conclude that the molecular D/H ratios measured in hot cores may not be representative of the original mantles because molecules with exchangeable deuterium atoms can equilibrate with water ice during the warm-up phase.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures, accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Test of CP Invariance in vector-boson fusion production of the Higgs boson using the Optimal Observable method in the ditau decay channel with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A test of CP invariance in Higgs boson production via vector-boson fusion using the method of the Optimal Observable is presented. The analysis exploits the decay mode of the Higgs boson into a pair of $τ$ leptons and is based on 20.3 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Contributions from CP-violating interactions between the Higgs boson and electroweak gauge bosons are described in an effective field theory framework, in which the strength of CP violation is governed by a single parameter $\tilde{d}$. The mean values and distributions of CP-odd observables agree with the expectation in the Standard Model and show no sign of CP violation. The CP-mixing parameter $\tilde{d}$ is constrained to the interval [-0.11,0.05] at 68% confidence level, consistent with the Standard Model expectation of $\tilde{d}=0$.
description: 23 pages plus author list (40 pages total), 8 figures, 2 tables, published version, all figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HIGG-2015-06
Laury Sarti, Westeuropa zwischen Antike und Mittelalter, Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2023
Creators: name: Panzram, Sabine
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Laury Sarti, Westeuropa zwischen Antike und Mittelalter, Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2023, 171 S. (Geschichte kompakt), ISBN 978-3-534-27537-3, EUR 22,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
The Authoritative Dimension in Social Relations
Creators: name: Bellini, Pier Paolo
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2018
Subjects: authoritativeness, authoritarianism, autonomy

description: The catastrophic consequences of the abuse of authority perpetrated during the first half of the secolo breve have led to globally dimensioned cultural, social and psychological pressures towards the formulation of legal limitations able to prevent repetition of such aberrations. The ‘democratic’ wind, though undeniably effective in encouraging enhanced appreciation of, and undifferentiated respect for, each individual, has nevertheless proved weaker when required to find an appropriate theoretical and practical repositioning of the authoritative dimension proper to any social relationship, whether at systemic, interpersonal or individual level. The purpose of this inquiry is to encourage updated reflections on the role of the authoritative dimension in social and personal development processes.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 8, No 1 (2018)
An Analysis of Coach Perspectives on Intercollegiate Athletics Scholarship Models
Creators: name: Teich, Jon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: This study explored NCAA Division I coach perceptions of the current scholarship model in regards to scholarship limits, head count and equivalency sports, and modifications to the distribution of scholarship dollars. There were 349 head and assistant coaches from Division I Power-5 conferences who shared their insights toward this purpose. The results reveal a number of key findings which can be a valuable addition to the discussion on providing scholarships to student-athletes. These key findings include: coaches are least satisfied with the overall NCAA scholarship model and the equivalency sport scholarship allocation model, headcount and revenue sport coaches were more satisfied with the four aspects of the scholarship model, and coaches that were more knowledgeable of other sports’ scholarship limits were less satisfied with the current scholarship model. This is relevant in the current landscape of intercollegiate athletics as coaches have not been included in the discussions on potential changes to the scholarship model.
Energy scan of correlations in p+p and Be+Be from NA61/SHINE
Creators: name: Seryakov, Andrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of the critical point (CP) of strongly interacting matter is still an open problem. An extensive strong interactions program including a search of the CP and the study of the onset of deconfinement was started by the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS. A two dimensional scan of the phase diagram scan is performed to search for the CP and to shed light on the phase transition region. This program includes studies of hadron production in proton-proton, proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus interactions measured in a wide range of colliding energy and system size. Correlations between various observables measured at midrapidity as well as in separated rapidity intervals are considered as additional and sensitive tools of this phase diagram scan. We present NA61/SHINE results of studies of energy dependence of two-particle correlations of pseudo-rapidity and azimuthal angle in p+p collisions at the SPS and the first results on correlations between multiplicity and mean transverse momentum in 7Be+9Be collisions at 150A GeV/c obtained for separated pseudo-rapidity intervals (so called long-range correlations). Comparison with data calculations using the EPOS 1.99 model are also discussed.
Programmable two-photon quantum interference in $10^3$ channels in opaque scattering media
Creators: name: Wolterink, Tom A. W.
name: Uppu, Ravitej
name: Ctistis, Georgios
name: Vos, Willem L.
name: Boller, Klaus -J.
name: Pinkse, Pepijn W. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate two-photon quantum interference in an opaque scattering medium that intrinsically supports $10^6$ transmission channels. By adaptive spatial phase-modulation of the incident wavefronts, the photons are directed at targeted speckle spots or output channels. From $10^3$ experimentally available coupled channels, we select two channels and enhance their transmission, to realize the equivalent of a fully programmable $2\times2$ beam splitter. By sending pairs of single photons from a parametric down-conversion source through the opaque scattering medium, we observe two-photon quantum interference. The programmed beam splitter need not fulfill energy conservation over the two selected output channels and hence could be non-unitary. Consequently, we have the freedom to tune the quantum interference from bunching (Hong-Ou-Mandel-like) to antibunching. Our results establish opaque scattering media as a platform for high-dimensional quantum interference that is notably relevant for boson sampling and physical-key-based authentication.
The structure of the X-ray absorber in Mrk 915 revealed by Swift
Creators: name: Severgnini, P.
name: Ballo, L.
name: Braito, V.
name: Caccianiga, A.
name: Campana, S.
name: Della Ceca, R.
name: Moretti, A.
name: Vignali, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we present the results obtained with a monitoring programme (23 days long) performed with Swift-XRT on the local Seyfert galaxy Mrk 915. The light-curve analysis shows a significant count rate variation (about a factor of 2-3) on a time-scale of a few days, while the X-ray colours show a change in the spectral curvature below 2 keV and the presence of two main spectral states. From the spectral analysis we find that the observed variations can be explained by the change of the intrinsic nuclear power (about a factor of 1.5) coupled with a change of the properties of an ionized absorber. The quality of the data prevents us from firmly establishing if the spectral variation is due to a change in the ionization state and/or in the covering factor of the absorbing medium. The latter scenario would imply a clumpy structure of the ionized medium. By combining the information provided by the light curve and the spectral analyses, we can derive some constraints on the location of the absorber under the hypotheses of either homogeneous or clumpy medium. In both cases, we find that the absorber should be located inside the outer edge of an extended torus and, in particular, under the clumpy hypothesis, it should be located near, or just outside, to the broad emission line region.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication on MNRAS
Polynomial Finite Element Method for Domains Enclosed by Piecewise Conics
Creators: name: Davydov, Oleg
name: Kostin, Georgii
name: Saeed, Abid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider bivariate piecewise polynomial finite element spaces for curved domains bounded by piecewise conics satisfying homogeneous boundary conditions, construct stable local bases for them using Bernstein-Bézier techniques, prove error bounds and develop optimal assembly algorithms for the finite element system matrices. Numerical experiments confirm the effectiveness of the method.
description: 36 pages
Overcoming New Forms of Digital Divide: Some Remarks on the Need for Media Education
Creators: name: Gremigni, Elena
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2018
Subjects: digital divide, prosumerism, media education

description: Recent studies have proved the emergence of new forms of digital divide, related to users’ socio-economic background, that limit the possibilities of a proper and conscious use of ICTs. In order to overcome digital inequalities, simple skills assessed by the European Computer Driving Licence are not sufficient as the necessary digital competences consist rather of users’ ability to achieve specific offline outcomes and reflect on the deep mechanisms that regulate the organisation of the Internet. The Network Society implies old and new forms of exploited labour and reveals its belonging to a cultural industry where users are consumers and producers (prosumers) at the same time. This ‘third job’ goes far beyond the exchange for the services offered, and the pleasant entertainment hides forms of abuse. Users’ behaviour is a commodity under the guise of information that generates wealth for third parties and may negatively affect the lives of unaware people.
This paper uses the ‘clue paradigm’ in order to identify some ‘traces’ of the third-level digital divide both in ‘mass’ adhesion to the most popular social network sites and in the limited use of educational software. The outcomes of a qualitative study conducted in Italy among some students and teachers highlight the need for media education that is not just training to improve technical skills.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 8, No 1 (2018)
Stephen H. Rigby, Robert C. Nash, The Overseas Trade of Boston, 1279–1548, Köln (Böhlau) 2022
Creators: name: Boestad, Tobias
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Stephen H. Rigby, Robert C. Nash, The Overseas Trade of Boston, 1279–1548, Köln (Böhlau) 2022, 135 p. (Quellen und Darstellungen zur Hansischen Geschichte, 79), ISBN 978-3-412-52659-7, EUR 32,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
The nature of near-threshold XYZ states
Creators: name: Cleven, Martin
name: Guo, Feng-Kun
name: Hanhart, Christoph
name: Wang, Qian
name: Zhao, Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that the recently observed $X$, $Y$, $Z$ states cannot be purely from kinematic effect. Especially the narrow near-threshold structures in elastic channels call for nearby poles of the $S$-matrix which are qualified as states. We propose a way to distinguish cusp effects from genuine states and demonstrate that (not all of) the recently observed $X$, $Y$, $Z$ states cannot be purely from kinematic effects. Especially, we show that the narrow near-threshold structures in elastic channels call for nearby poles of the $S$-matrix, since the normal kinematic cusp effect cannot produce that narrow structures in the elastic channels in contrast to genuine $S$-matrix poles. In addition, it is also discussed how spectra can be used to distinguish different scenarios proposed for the structure of those poles, such as hadro-quarkonia, tetraquarks and hadronic molecules. The basic tool employed is heavy quark spin symmetry.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, proceeding of NSTAR2015, Osaka, Japan
Exactly Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Particle in Cell Formulation
Creators: name: Lapenta, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a new particle in cell (PIC) method based on the semi-implicit approach. The novelty of the new method is that unlike any of its semi-implicit predecessors at the same time retains the explicit computational cycle and conserves energy exactly. Recent research has presented fully implicit methods where energy conservation is obtained as part of a non linear iteration procedure. The new method (referred to as Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method, ECSIM), instead, does not require any non-linear iteration and its computational cycle is similar to that of explicit PIC. The properties of the new method are: i) it conserves energy exactly to round-off for any time step or grid spacing; ii) it is unconditionally stable in time, freeing the user from the need to resolve the electron plasma frequency and allowing the user to select any desired time step; iii) it eliminates the constraint of the finite grid instability, allowing the user to select any desired resolution without being forced to resolve the Debye length; iv) the particle mover has a computational complexity identical to that of the explicit PIC, only the field solver has an increased computational cost. The new ECSIM is tested in a number of benchmarks where accuracy and computational performance are tested.
description: J. Computat. Phys., submitted
Janina Ramirez, Femina. Eine neue Geschichte des Mittelalters aus Sicht der Frauen, Berlin, Weimar (Aufbau Verlag) 2023
Creators: name: Kopp, Vanina
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Janina Ramirez, Femina. Eine neue Geschichte des Mittelalters aus Sicht der Frauen, Berlin, Weimar (Aufbau Verlag) 2023, 522 S., ISBN 978-3-351-04181-6, EUR 28,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/3
Sida castanocarpa Krapovickas 2007
Creators: name: Brandão, José Lourenço
name: Baracho, George Sidney
name: Sales, Margareth Ferreira De
name: Filho, Marcelo Paulino Viegas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malvales
Malvaceae
Sida
Sida castanocarpa

description: 1. Sida castanocarpa Krapovickas (2007: 226). Type:— BRAZIL. Goiás, BR-226, km 1192, 40 km NE Vanderlandia, 10 March 1982, A. Krapovickas, J.F.M. Valls & G.P. Silva 37845 (holotype, CEN; isotype, NY, photo!, SP, photo!).
 Taxonomic notes: — Sida castanocarpa is placed into Sida sect. Malacroideae (Krapovickas 2007) as a member of the Sida ciliaris complex, and occurs in Northeastern Brazil and Goiás. The type material of this cryptic species was not available for examination, excepting online images. On the other hand, one of the paratypes of S. castanocarpa, from IPA (Krapovickas et al., 38749 !), is ambiguous and similar to S. brittonii León (1919: 172). The original description of this species is conflicting with the morphological variation presented in this study of S. brittonii and S. harleyi Krapovickas (2007: 239), and has led to mis-identifications. Given the considerable taxonomic confusion and the need to verify which morphological characters are taxonomically significant by observing the type specimens of S. castanocarpa, this species is excluded from the present study.
description: Published as part of Brandão, José Lourenço, Baracho, George Sidney, Sales, Margareth Ferreira De & Filho, Marcelo Paulino Viegas, 2017, Synopsis of Sida (Malvaceae, Malvoideae, Malveae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, pp. 205-227 in Phytotaxa 307 (3) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.307.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13686639
Inter-Services Communication in Child Welfare: The Interplay of Age, Work-group Identification, Trust and Self-efficacy
Creators: name: Berlanda, Sabrina
name: Pedrazza, Monica
name: Mori, Luca
name: De Cordova, Federica
name: Fraizzoli, Marta
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2018
Subjects: professional communication; work-group identification; self-efficacy

description: The present study involves 157 social workers employed in two public child welfare agencies of North-East Italy. Recent approaches (Pedrazza, Berlanda, 2017; Pedrazza, Sartori, Berlanda, 2017) show that social work in child welfare agencies requires communication skills and social competence, such as work-group identification and trust. These studies show that perceived self-efficacy represents an important element of inter-service communication. The aim of our study is to attempt to identify the role of age, work-group identification and trust in predicting social workers’ self-efficacy in emotion regulation, procedural self-efficacy, self-efficacy in seeking support, and self-efficacy in professional communication. Assuming the causal relationship between variables, we propose multiple linear regression analysis in order to identify antecedents of self-efficacy.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 8, No 1 (2018)