cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cooperative Threat Reduction: Complex decisionmaking and the politics of denuclearization
Creators: name: Ellis, Jason D.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: The Nunn-Lugar, or Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program was an innovative policy response to an urgent security need at Cold War's end. The Soviet collapse yielded four nuclear-inheriting new independent states (NIS) and called into question the ultimate disposition of the formerly-Soviet nuclear arsenal. The U.S. Congress created CTR as a denuclearization initiative, a hybrid nonproliferation and security assistance program which its supporters dubbed "defense by other means." Under time-urgent conditions and in an environment characterized by uncertainty, CTR constituted a novel approach to security policy. While the initial program was limited in scope, Nunn-Lugar's objectives expanded to eventually include: destruction and dismantlement, chain of custody and nonproliferation, and demilitarization and defense conversion. Between 1991 and 1996, Congress authorized approximately $2.6 billion for these efforts. To some extent the result of CTR aid, Belarus, Kazakstan, and Ukraine became nuclear weapons-free, and, by the end of 1996, Russia was two years ahead of schedule for START I compliance. Other program objectives met with varying degrees of success. This dissertation is a case study of Nunn-Lugar program. Within the CTR context it examines the relationship between the domestic political process and policy outcomes, and seeks to determine the extent to which a strategy predicated on cooperative security principles achieved its objectives in the NIS. While some have suggested a two-level framework for understanding policy evolution, this case suggests a more complex, multidimensional decisionmaking process in operation. Over time, CTR was profoundly affected by politics within the U.S. executive branch, in the U.S. Congress, and between the United States and NIS recipients. An initially skeptical Bush Administration became increasingly program-friendly, while the Clinton Administration actively supported the initiative. The 102nd, 103rd, and 104th Congresses (1991-96) each treated the program differently, variously expanding and curtailing Nunn-Lugar's mandate. The NIS overcame initial skepticism and cooperated extensively with the United States in the highly secretive domain of nuclear policy. However, by 1996 U.S. and NIS (particularly Russian) security objectives differed considerably, and the political compromise in Washington between CTR-friendly agencies in the executive branch and an increasingly skeptical Congress effectively called into question Nunn-Lugar's future.
title: Mechanical properties of epoxy resin with additives soot and nanotubes
Creators: name: Erofeev, V.T.
name: Ivlev, V.I.
name: Sigachyov, A.F.
name: Fomin, N.E.
name: Yudin, V.A.
name: Blohin, A.N.
name: Yel'chishcheva, T.F. Yel'chishcheva
name: Suhorukov, A.K.
name: Tkachev, A.G.
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2021

description: The article presents the results of a study of a composite material based on epoxy-diano resins containing a nanocarbon dispersed filler. The effect of small soot and carbon nanotube inclusions on the change in the mechanical characteristics of the cured epoxy resin ED-20 depending on the degree of filling was investigated. Measurements of the ultimate strength, effective modulus 𝐸𝐸∗=𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝜀𝜀⁄ and maximum deformation before specimen fracture were performed during tensile tests, compression, and bending. The study of the mechanical properties of the specimens was carried out on an AG-X Autograph Series Shimadzu universal testing machine under typical conditions, i.e. room temperature. Found a significant increase in the ultimate strength and plastic deformation of the cured resin with the introduction of the addition of carbon black and nanotubes. The change in the effective modulus during the deformation up to the destruction of the material was determined. Two stages of deformation with a different character of modulus change are revealed: its monotonous decrease and its almost constant value. On this basis, it was concluded that the process of deforming epoxy composites with a consistent change in the deformation mechanisms is complex.
Younger Readers and the Comic Book as a Site of Ambivalent Sound Symbolic Collaboration
Creators: name: Pischedda, Pier
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
subject: 209999 Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
subject: 200101 Communication Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 130201 Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: 200104 Media Studies

description: Drawing upon a broad range of disciplines, such as literary theory, visual semiotics, pragmatics, sound
symbolism and media studies, this article will introduce, explore and define the relationship between words
and pictures in imagetexts. It will then apply these findings to the discourse concerning the use of expressive
sound symbolic forms in comics, in order to elucidate the ambivalent relationship that these intrusive
sensorial elements have with images as presented in comics and with their younger audiences. In particular,
this article will show how the presence of ‘lettering’ (e.g. textual features) fosters the dynamicity of the
genre but, at the same time, poses issues when it comes to defining its close amalgamation with the visual
image. The dual main aim is, first, to show how the presence of onomatopoeia shapes the way we perceive
the conventions of imagetexts, comics above all, and, secondly, to underline the importance of the younger
reader as a ‘self-regulating’ protagonist in the process.
Mapping the OMOP Common Data Model to Neo4j for Pneumonia Therapy Response:  SCRIPT Case Study
Creators: name: Kang, Mengjia
name: Rasmussen, Luke
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graph Database
subject: OMOP CDM
subject: Graph Model
subject: SCRIPT
subject: Pneumonia
subject: Data Analysis
subject: Pneumonia/therapy

description: SCRIPT - Luke Rasmussen, Justin Starren, Richard Wunderink, Dong Fu, Catherine Gao, Daniel Schneider, Prasanth Nannapaneni, Benjamin Singer, Helen K. Donnelly, Nicholas Soulakis, Yuan Luo, Yiqing Zhao and all SCRIPT researchers; Neo4j - Jos Alvarado-Guzmn; Neo4j enthusiast - David Stumpf, Narciso Albarracin
Phase Transitions in Hardcore Lattice Gases on the Honeycomb Lattice
Creators: name: Thewes, Filipe C.
name: Fernandes, Heitor C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study lattice gas systems on the honeycomb lattice where particles exclude neighboring sites up to order $k$ ($k=1\ldots5$) from being occupied by another particle. Monte Carlo simulations were used to obtain phase diagrams and characterize phase transitions as the system orders at high packing fractions. For systems with first neighbors exclusion (1NN), we confirm previous results suggesting a continuous transition in the 2D-Ising universality class. Exclusion up to second neighbors (2NN) lead the system to a two-step melting process where, first, a high density columnar phase undergoes a first order phase transition with non-standard scaling to a solid-like phase with short range ordered domains and, then, to fluid-like configurations with no sign of a second phase transition. 3NN exclusion, surprisingly, shows no phase transition to an ordered phase as density is increased, staying disordered even to packing fractions up to 0.98. The 4NN model undergoes a continuous phase transition with critical exponents close to the 3-state Potts model. The 5NN system undergoes two first order phase transitions, both with non-standard scaling. We, also, propose a conjecture concerning the possibility of more than one phase transition for systems with exclusion regions further than 5NN based on geometrical aspects of symmetries.
description: 14 pages, 28 figures
title: Affiche de la conférence du projet amorce Fil d'Ariane, ATRI 5
Creators: name: LabexMed
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2017

description: Affiche de la conférence Les archives de l'absence du projet amorce Fil d'Ariane, ATRI 5, du 23 juin 2015
description: Relation: http://labexmed.hypotheses.org/1439
Thermal management of millisecond catalytic wall reactors for hydrogen production
Creators: name: Chen, Junjie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: An alternative approach to the problem of surface catalysis involves the consideration of electronic factors in catalyst and reactants. Many catalytic materials are semiconductors. It is thought that these can form a variety of bonds with reactants depending on the free lattice electrons and the holes in the catalyst lattice. Chemisorbed particles react in ways that are dependent on the form of attachment to the surface and that vary with the extent of coverage of the surface as well as with the available supply of electrons and holes. The surface behaves as would free radicals that are introduced directly into the reacting species, dependent on the electrochemical properties of the surface and the bulk of the semiconductor material. Such considerations have led to the determination of the character of the catalyst as a semiconductor and of the adsorbate as an electrochemical species, whether it is composed of positive or negative ions or free atoms or radicals. Contributor: Junjie Chen, ORCID: 0000-0002-5022-6863, E-mail address: koncjj@gmail.com, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 2000 Century Avenue, Jiaozuo, Henan, 454000, P.R. China
Coherent State Construction of Representations of osp(2|2) and Primary Fields of osp(2|2) Conformal Field Theory
Creators: name: Zhang, Yao-Zhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Representations of the superalgebra $osp(2|2)$ and current superalgebra $osp(2|2)^{(1)}_k$ in the standard basis are investigated. All finite-dimensional typical and atypical representations of $osp(2|2)$ are constructed by the vector coherent state method. Primary fields of the non-unitary conformal field theory associated with $osp(2|2)^{(1)}_k$ in the standard basis are constructed for arbitrary level $k$.
description: 12 pages, cosmetic changes, to appear in Phys. Lett. A
Some Observations on the Nature of Risk Aversion
Creators: name: Karni, Edi
name: Safra, Zvi
name: Karni, Edi
name: Safra, Zvi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: Financial Economics
Risk and Uncertainty

description: Some violations of the expected utility hypotheses were explicated by Machina (1982) in a more general framework using the notion of local utility function and postulating that: (a) each local utility function displays decreasing absolute risk aversion and (b) the measure of absolute risk aversion is everywhere nondecreasing with respect to shifts towards first-order stochasticallY dominating distributions. In this paper we show that the evidence produced in the course of testing the "preference reversal" phenomenon, in conjunction with the assumption that individuals are disinclined to participate in fair symmetric bets, lends support to Machina's hypotheses.
Spatially Resolved Ultraviolet, H-alpha, Infrared, and Radio Star Formation in M81
Creators: name: Gordon, K. D.
name: Perez-Gonzalez, P. G.
name: Misselt, K. A.
name: Murphy, E. J.
name: Bendo, G. J.
name: Walter, F.
name: Thornley, M. D.
name: Kennicutt,, R. C.
name: Rieke, G. H.
name: Engelbracht, C. W.
name: Smith, J. -D. T.
name: Alonso-Herrero, A.
name: Appleton, P. N.
name: Calzetti, D.
name: Dale, D. A.
name: Draine, B. T.
name: Frayer, D. T.
name: Helou, G.
name: Hinz, J. L.
name: Hines, D. C.
name: Kelly, D. M.
name: Morrison, J. E.
name: Muzerolle, J.
name: Regan, M. W.
name: Stansberry, J. A.
name: Stolovy, S. R.
name: Storrie-Lombardi, L. J.
name: Su, K. Y. L.
name: Young, E. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) observations of M81 at 24, 70, and 160 micron. The grand design nature of M81 is clearly seen, showing two well resolved spiral arms containing numerous bright star forming regions. The MIPS images reveal a significant amount of cold dust associated with the spiral arms. We investigate the variation of the ultraviolet (UV), H-alpha, and infrared (IR) luminosities and star formation rate (SFR) indicators across the face of M81 using the MIPS images and archival UV and H-alpha images. For regions in M81, we find that UV and H-alpha SFRs (uncorrected for dust attenuation) are always lower than the IR SFR. The cause of this behavior is dust attenuation and/or using SFR calibrations appropriate for entire galaxies, not regions in galaxies. The characteristics of the dust attenuation for the regions indicate the dust grains and/or geometry are different from those in starburst galaxies. The behavior of the infrared-radio correlation in M81 is seen to vary from the global average, with variations correlated with the morphology of M81.
description: 7 pages, 6 embedded figures, paper with full resolution figures available at http://dirty.as.arizona.edu/~kgordon/papers/PS_files/m81_mips.pdf
An intensity-expansion method to treat non-stationary time series: an application to the distance between prime numbers
Creators: name: Scafetta, Nicola
name: Imholt, Timothy
name: Roberts, J. A.
name: West, Bruce J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the fractal properties of the distances between consecutive primes. The distance sequence is found to be well described by a non-stationary exponential probability distribution. We propose an intensity-expansion method to treat this non-stationarity and we find that the statistics underlying the distance between consecutive primes is Gaussian and that, by transforming the distance sequence into a stationary one, the range of Gaussian randomness of the sequence increases.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, in press on 'Chaos, Solitons & Fractals'
Cooperative Threat Reduction: Complex decisionmaking and the politics of denuclearization
Creators: name: Ellis, Jason D.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The Nunn-Lugar, or Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program was an innovative policy response to an urgent security need at Cold War's end. The Soviet collapse yielded four nuclear-inheriting new independent states (NIS) and called into question the ultimate disposition of the formerly-Soviet nuclear arsenal. The U.S. Congress created CTR as a denuclearization initiative, a hybrid nonproliferation and security assistance program which its supporters dubbed "defense by other means." Under time-urgent conditions and in an environment characterized by uncertainty, CTR constituted a novel approach to security policy. While the initial program was limited in scope, Nunn-Lugar's objectives expanded to eventually include: destruction and dismantlement, chain of custody and nonproliferation, and demilitarization and defense conversion. Between 1991 and 1996, Congress authorized approximately $2.6 billion for these efforts. To some extent the result of CTR aid, Belarus, Kazakstan, and Ukraine became nuclear weapons-free, and, by the end of 1996, Russia was two years ahead of schedule for START I compliance. Other program objectives met with varying degrees of success. This dissertation is a case study of Nunn-Lugar program. Within the CTR context it examines the relationship between the domestic political process and policy outcomes, and seeks to determine the extent to which a strategy predicated on cooperative security principles achieved its objectives in the NIS. While some have suggested a two-level framework for understanding policy evolution, this case suggests a more complex, multidimensional decisionmaking process in operation. Over time, CTR was profoundly affected by politics within the U.S. executive branch, in the U.S. Congress, and between the United States and NIS recipients. An initially skeptical Bush Administration became increasingly program-friendly, while the Clinton Administration actively supported the initiative. The 102nd, 103rd, and 104th Congresses (1991-96) each treated the program differently, variously expanding and curtailing Nunn-Lugar's mandate. The NIS overcame initial skepticism and cooperated extensively with the United States in the highly secretive domain of nuclear policy. However, by 1996 U.S. and NIS (particularly Russian) security objectives differed considerably, and the political compromise in Washington between CTR-friendly agencies in the executive branch and an increasingly skeptical Congress effectively called into question Nunn-Lugar's future.
Effect of different pathotypes of Bipolaris sorokiniana on leaf blight severity and yield of wheat cv. Kanchan inoculated at flowering stage
Creators: name: Ahmed, F.
name: Hossain, I.
name: Ahmed, F.
name: Hossain, I.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Wheat
subject: Bipolaris sorokiniana
subject: Pathotypes
subject: Inoculation
subject: Flowering stage

description: Eleven isolates of identified six different pathotypes of Bipolaris sorokiniana were compared for their effect on leaf blight severity and yield contributing characters of wheat cv. Kanchan by inoculating plants at maximum tillering stage under control condition in pot trials. The pathotypes differed among themselves in respect of leaf blight severity that scored from 71 to 82. But the pathotypes did not differ among themselves regarding their effect on grain yield of wheat.
title: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AlSiMg/SiC AND AlSiMgTiB/SiC PRODUCED BY SEMI-SOLID STIR CASTING AND HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTING
Creators: name: Sulardjaka, S.
name: Nugroho, Sri
name: Iskandar, Norman
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2021

description: Mechanical properties of the AlSiMg/SiC and AlSiMgTiB/SiC composites produced by high pressure die casting (HPDC) are investigated. The mixture of ADC 11, master alloy AlMg, master alloy AlTiB and 99 % aluminium were used as metal matrix. A reinforcement particle was represented by high purity silicon carbide with an average particle size mesh 400. Aluminium matrix and SiC particle with the content: 5 %, 7.5 %, and 10 % wt were mixed by the semi-solid stir casting method. The stirring process was performed by 45o degree carbide impeller at a rotation of 600 rpm and temperature of 570oC for 15 minutes. The mixture of AlSiMg/SiC and AlSiMgTiB/SiC were shaped into the specimen by HPDC. Mechanical characterizations of composite specimens were done in hardness, tensile and impact tests. The density of the composites was also determined. The results have shown that adding SiC improves the hardness, tensile strength of the AlSiMg/SiC and AlSiMgTiB/SiC. The increase of % wt SiC decreases the impact resistance of the composites tested. The addition of TiB increases the hardness and ultimate tensile strength and ductility. A higher of % wt of SiC porosity of composite increases. This physical quantity was lower at the composite with TiB than without this type of ingredient. TiB caused grain refining of the matrix and enhances the mechanical properties of composites.
Addition of organic matter through Sesbania rostrata relay cropping in rice-rice farming system
Creators: name: Choudhury, N. S.
name: Bhuiya, M. S. U.
name: Yasmin, S.
name: Hoque, K. A.
name: Choudhury, N. S.
name: Bhuiya, M. S. U.
name: Yasmin, S.
name: Hoque, K. A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sustainable
subject: Sesbania rostrata

description: &mechanism was tried to develop and enrich soil organic matter and to sustain productivity of the ricerice cropping systems through its in-built biomass production from Sesbania rostrata as a relay crop. In order to develop such mechanism a number of field experiments were conducted with the participation of farmers during 1993 to 1996. Findings revealed that relay cropping of S. rostrata did not affect significantly the yields of aus and boro rice indicating its sustainability to fit it into the system. The relay cropping of S. rostrata could add up to 35.97 t ha-1 of green biomass to the soil depending upon treatments.'Incorporation of 15 to 17.5 t ha-1 of S. rostrata green biomass was as pood as application of 80 kg N ha -1 for rice yield. Post harvest soil analysis data indicated that 25 t ha- green biomass of S. rostrata was necessary to maintain the current status of soil organic matter.
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry of peptide nucleic acids for DNA typing
Creators: name: Jiang-Baucom, Ping
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: DNA typing (identification) has broad applications in forensic analysis, diagnostic medicine and plant and animal sciences. Current DNA typing procedures are based on gel electrophoresis methods which are slow and labor intensive. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has many desirable attributes in analysis of protein, peptides and DNA, namely, speed, sensitivity, accuracy and ability to be automated. However, direct analysis of DNA by MALDI for DNA typing (sequencing and sizing) is limited by the pre-analysis preparation of samples which are free of alkali and alkaline earth metal salts and other impurities. Peptide nucleic acids are a new class of biomolecules. They are DNA mimics, which are capable of hybridizing to complementary DNA with the added benefits of higher specificity, stronger affinity and facile analysis by MALDI. The analysis of DNA for the presence of a particular mutation or polymorphisms can be accomplished by differential hybridization of the DNA with an allele-specific (sequence-specific) PNA probe that can be detected by MALDI. In the present work, a novel analytical method was developed to type DNA sequence polymorphisms by using PNA probes which were detected by MALDI. In this method, streptavidin-coated magnetic beads were used to immobilize biotinylated DNA. PNA probes representing possible alleles were then mixed with the immobilized DNA and allowed to hybridize. Nonspecific PNA probes were removed with stringent washes. The PNA/DNA/beads conjugate was analyzed by MALDI. The genotype of the DNA was determined by the detected molecular masses of PNA probes. This assay has been applied to HLA-DQA genotyping. Reproducible and accurate genotyping was achieved by this analytical method.
Effectiveness of weeding and bunch covering in controlling banana leaf and fruit beetle, Nodostoma viridipennis mots
Creators: name: Rahman, M. A.
name: Hossain, M.
name: Islam, K. S.
name: Rahman, M. A.
name: Hossain, M.
name: Islam, K. S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Weeding
subject: Bunch covering
subject: Banana leaf
subject: fruit beetle

description: The experiment was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of weeding and bunch covering in controlling banana leaf and fruit beetle, Nodostoma viridipennis Mots. Weeding effectively reduced the infestation of N. viridipennis. In the weed infested banana garden percent of fruit infestation was almost ,three times higher (96.42 ± 1.82) than that of weed free orchard (32.54 ± 1.49). The weight per infested fruit after ripening was 142.04 ± 1.47g in infested orchard while it was 152.70 ± 0.96g in weed free garden. Number of banana per bunch increased about 15.13% due to weeding. Bunch covering with Decis impregnated nylon net protected the banana completely from the attack of banana leaf and fruit beetle. The weight of banana of the bunch covered with Decis impregnated nylon net was higher than Polyethylene bagging. However, the cost-benefit ratio of bunch covering with Decis impregnated nylon net was slightly lower (2.11) than polyethylene bag (2.14). After thirty days from emergence of spadix, removal of all bunch covering gave complete protection from attack of banana leaf and fruit beetle.
Effect of different hormones in in vitro regeneration of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Creators: name: Nath, U. K.
name: Alam, M. S.
name: Raffi, S. A.
name: Naz, S.
name: Nath, U. K.
name: Alam, M. S.
name: Raffi, S. A.
name: Naz, S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: In vitro
subject: Callus
subject: Regeneration
subject: Arachis hypogaea L.

description: Different combinations of BAP, IAA, NAA, Kn and Ads were used to observe the regeneration capacity of groundnut from calli in MS medium. Four groundnut genotypes were included in the study. The responses of shoot differentiation in different treatments were different. The medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/I BAP + 1.0 mg/I IAA showed the highest percentage of shoot regeneration (40 to 75%) while the lowest (0 to 60%) was observed in MS + 1.0 mg/I BAP + 2.0 mg/I NAA + 75.0 mg/I Ads. Half strength basal MS (1/2 MS) medium 'with IBA was used to investigate the rooting response of regenerated shoots. The highest percentage of root induction was observed by the genotypes Dhaka-1 and DG-2 in 0.5 mg/I IBA and the lowest by Acc.-12 in both the concentrations of IBA. Small plantlets with well develop root system were removed from the medium and transplanted in small pots. The pots were transferred to polythene shed for hardening. Survival rate of plantlets were about 75% for all the . genotypes under study.
Role of the triangle mechanism in the $Λ_b\rightarrow Λ_cπ^-f_0(980)$ reaction
Creators: name: Sakai, Shuntaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the $Λ_b\toΛ_cπ^-f_0(980)$ production with a $f_0(980)$ decay into $π^+π^-$ via the $K^{*0}K^-K^+$ and $K^{*-}K^0\bar{K}^0$ triangle loops. These loops produce a peak around 1.42 GeV in the $π^-f_0(980)$ invariant mass distribution, which is the same mechanism as the one considered to explain the $a_1(1420)$ peak. In the $π^+π^-$ distribution obtained by fixing the $π^-f_0(980)$ invariant mass to some values, a clear peak of $f_0(980)$ is seen, and the $π^-f_0(980)$ distribution has a peak around $M_{π^-f_0}=1.42$ GeV, which is caused by the triangle mechanism of the $K^*\bar KK$ loop. The branching ratio of $Λ_b\rightarrowΛ_cπ^-f_0(980)$ with $f_0(980)\rightarrowπ^+π^-$ by the triangle mechanism, obtained by integrating the $π^-f_0(980)$ distribution from 1 to 1.6 GeV, is estimated to be the order $10^{-4}$. Future measurements of the $Λ_b\toΛ_cπ^-f_0(980)$ branching ratio and the $π^-f_0(980)$ invariant mass distribution predicted in this work would give further clues to clarify the nature of the $a_1(1420)$ peak.
description: 20 pages, 9 figures
Heat transfer characteristics of millisecond catalytic wall reactors for hydrogen production
Creators: name: Chen, Junjie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: Heat transfer is any or all of several kinds of phenomena, considered as mechanisms, that convey energy and entropy from one location to another. The specific mechanisms are usually referred to as convection, thermal radiation, and conduction. Conduction involves transfer of energy and entropy between adjacent molecules, usually a slow process. Convection involves movement of a heated fluid, such as air, usually a fairly rapid process. Radiation refers to the transmission of energy as electromagnetic radiation from its emission at a heated surface to its absorption on another surface, a process requiring no medium to convey the energy. Contributor: Junjie Chen, ORCID: 0000-0002-5022-6863, E-mail address: koncjj@gmail.com, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 2000 Century Avenue, Jiaozuo, Henan, 454000, P.R. China
Effects of salinity on canopy structure, yield and yield attributes in wheat
Creators: name: Islam, M. Obaidul
name: Miah, M. Juned
name: Salam, M. Abdus
name: Islam, M. Obaidul
name: Miah, M. Juned
name: Salam, M. Abdus
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Salinity
subject: Vegetative growth
subject: Yield attributes
subject: Wheat

description: A pot culture experiment was carried out in Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Mymensingh, during the period from November 2001 to March 2002 to investigate the effect of salinity stresses on canopy structure, yield and yield attributes of three varieties of wheat e.g. shotabdi, kanchan and gourob. The plants were subjected to grow under five salinity levels, 0.6 (control), 2.6, 5.2, 8.2 and 11.0 dSrn-1 imposed' by crude sodium chloride salt. Increasing salinity levels significantly decreased plant height, number of total tiller per hill, number of effective tiller per hill, length of spike, number of grain per spike, grain weight, straw yield, grain yield and harvest index compared to control. Salt tolerant capability varied among varieties and shotabdi was the best for canopy growth, yield and Yield attributes over the rest. The per cent decrease of grain yield and harvest index were the highest in gourob, medium in kanchon and the lowest in shotabdi. Thus shotabdi was found salt tolerant variety than others.
Geometric quantum computation and multi-qubit entanglement with superconducting charge qubits inside a cavity
Creators: name: Zhu, Shi-Liang
name: Wang, Z. D.
name: Zanardi, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze a new scheme for quantum information processing, with superconducting charge qubits coupled through a cavity mode, in which quantum manipulations are insensitive to the state of the cavity. We illustrate how to physically implement universal quantum computation as well as multi-qubit entanglement based on unconventional geometric phase shifts in this scalable solid-state system. Some quantum error-correcting codes can also be easily constructed using the same technique. In view of the gate dependence on just global geometric features and the insensitivity to the state of cavity modes, the proposed quantum operations may result in high-fidelity quantum information processing.
description: 4 pages, corrected some errors, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry of peptide nucleic acids for DNA typing
Creators: name: Jiang-Baucom, Ping
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 3401
subject: Analytical chemistry

description: DNA typing (identification) has broad applications in forensic analysis, diagnostic medicine and plant and animal sciences. Current DNA typing procedures are based on gel electrophoresis methods which are slow and labor intensive. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has many desirable attributes in analysis of protein, peptides and DNA, namely, speed, sensitivity, accuracy and ability to be automated. However, direct analysis of DNA by MALDI for DNA typing (sequencing and sizing) is limited by the pre-analysis preparation of samples which are free of alkali and alkaline earth metal salts and other impurities. Peptide nucleic acids are a new class of biomolecules. They are DNA mimics, which are capable of hybridizing to complementary DNA with the added benefits of higher specificity, stronger affinity and facile analysis by MALDI. The analysis of DNA for the presence of a particular mutation or polymorphisms can be accomplished by differential hybridization of the DNA with an allele-specific (sequence-specific) PNA probe that can be detected by MALDI. In the present work, a novel analytical method was developed to type DNA sequence polymorphisms by using PNA probes which were detected by MALDI. In this method, streptavidin-coated magnetic beads were used to immobilize biotinylated DNA. PNA probes representing possible alleles were then mixed with the immobilized DNA and allowed to hybridize. Nonspecific PNA probes were removed with stringent washes. The PNA/DNA/beads conjugate was analyzed by MALDI. The genotype of the DNA was determined by the detected molecular masses of PNA probes. This assay has been applied to HLA-DQA genotyping. Reproducible and accurate genotyping was achieved by this analytical method.
A Possible Form of the Orthogonal Set in Six Kinds of Boson Operators --In Relation to the su(2)- and its Relevant Algebras--
Creators: name: Kuriyama, A.
name: Providencia, C.
name: da Providencia, J.
name: Tsue, Y.
name: Yamamura, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With the aim of constructing coherent states for many-body systems consisting of six kinds of boson operators, a possible form of the orthogonal set is presented in terms of monomial with respect to state generating operators. In connection with the su(3)-, the su(2)-, the su(2,1)- and the su(1,1)-algebras, four types of the orthogonal set are discussed.
description: 19 pages, no figure, using PTPTeX style
Shifting mentality: a case study in going home
Creators: name: CRIDDLE, GEORGE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Art

description: ‘Shifting mentality: a case study in going home' is an ongoing practice-based research project informed by French philosopher Catherine Malabou's concept of 'mentality,' and Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer, and actor, Gary Foley's directives to white supporters of Aboriginal justice to understand the true nature of what we're up against by looking in the mirror, 'go(ing) home' and talking to family. In this project, I adopt experimental strategies and artistic approaches — performance, object making, painting and writing—as means to recognise and challenge the silences of my settler-colonial heritage and shift mentality.
title: ON BUCKLING INDUCED BY A CHEMICAL REACTION
Creators: name: Shtegman, V.O.
name: Morozov, A.V. Morozov
name: Freidin, A.B.
name: Müller, W.H.
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2021

description: This study is concerned with the modeling of plate buckling induced by a chemical reaction and is inspired by the observation that buckling may be a mechanism of stress relaxation in Si-based anodes in Li-ion batteries. A chemical reaction is localized at a sharp interface and accompanied by transformation strains, which produce internal stresses. If external supports restrict the deformation of the plate, buckling may occur. At the same time, mechanical stresses affect the kinetics of the reaction. The chemical affinity tensor concept allows us to couple the stresses with the chemical reaction rate. We formulate a coupled problem for a plate with two reaction fronts and find the critical thickness of the transformed material and the time before buckling. The influence of the material and geometrical parameters on the buckling occurrence and the time until buckling is studied.
Effects of nitrogen and sulphur on growth, yield, protein and oil contents of mustard (cv. Agrani)
Creators: name: Islam, N.
name: Bhuiyan, M. J. H.
name: Chowdhury, M. A. K.
name: Bhuiyan, M. R. H.
name: Islam, N.
name: Bhuiyan, M. J. H.
name: Chowdhury, M. A. K.
name: Bhuiyan, M. R. H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Mustard
subject: Nitrogen
subject: Sulphur
subject: Oil content

description: The effects of added N and S on growth, yield, protein and oil contents of mustard (cv. Agrani) were studied in a field experiment. The experiment comprised 16 treatment combinations with four rates each of N and S. The single treatment with 100 kg N ha-1 and 30 kg S ha-1 increased the number of pods plant-1 , seeds pod-1, 1000-seed weight, seed yield and straw yield significantly. A positive correlation was found between protein contents and doses of N and S, applied separately or in combination. The highest protein content was obtained with 150 k.9 N + 45 kg S ha -s1 treatment. The highest oil contents of mustard seed were recorded in 100 kg N ha + 30 kg S ha-1 treatment. Iodine value was increased by single as well as combined applications of N and S. There was, however, a negative correlation between iodine value and saponification value. Overall results indicate that combined application of 100 kg N and 30 kg S ha-1 was most suitable for cultivation of mustard (cv. Agrani).
Bound on the maximal function associated to the bounded law of the iterated logarithms via orthomartingale approximation
Creators: name: Giraudo, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We give sufficient conditions for the bounded law of the iterated logarithms for strictly stationary random fields when the summation is done on rectangle. The study is done by the control of an appropriated maximal function. The case of orthomartingales is treated. Then results on projective conditions are derived.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1909.10943
Effect of light on carotenoid and lipid production in the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides
Creators: name: Pham, Khanh Dung
name: Shida, Yosuke
name: Miyata, Atsushi
name: Takamizawa, Takeru
name: Suzuki, Yoshiyuki
name: Ara, Satoshi
name: Harutake Yamazaki
name: Masaki, Kazuo
name: Mori, Kazuki
name: Aburatani, Sachiyo
name: Hirakawa, Hideki
name: Tashiro, Kosuke
name: Kuhara, Satoru
name: Takaku, Hiroaki
name: Ogasawara, Wataru
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: The oleaginous yeast Rhodosporodium toruloides is receiving widespread attention as an alternative energy source for biofuels due to its unicellular nature, high growth rate and because it can be fermented on a large-scale. In this study, R. toruloides was cultured under both light and dark conditions in order to understand the light response involved in lipid and carotenoid biosynthesis. Our results from phenotype and gene expression analysis showed that R. toruloides responded to light by producing darker pigmentation with an associated increase in carotenoid production. Whilst there was no observable difference in lipid production, slight changes in the fatty acid composition were recorded. Furthermore, a two-step response was found in three genes (GGPSI, CAR1, and CAR2) under light conditions and the expression of the gene encoding the photoreceptor CRY1 was similarly affected. Light effect on carotenoid production in Rhodosporidium toruloides
Optimal designs for bivariate binary random variables in a bivariate treatment space
Creators: name: Kpamegan, Eloi Patrick
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4905
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the design of an experiment involving two drugs; associated with each drug is an identifiable type of toxicity. For example, in cancer chemotherapy, cyclophosphamide is toxic to the heart and busulfan is toxic to the liver. Therefore, four responses are possible: no toxicity, toxicity to the heart, toxicity to the liver and toxicity to both organs. Consequently, responses are bivariate binary random variables that depend on a bivariate treatment space. Assuming a bivariate probit response function with $0\le\rho\le1,$ we have shown that the D-optimal design consists of 4 points with equal allocation to each. These 4 points are not unique. Indeed, given a standardized design space, any four equidistant points inscribed in a circle whose radius is determined by the correlation coefficient are optimal. In addition, the optimal design approaches one point when $\rho$ converges to 1. We also introduce Quantal Contour Optimality for use when one is interested in any drug combination that produces a specified level of toxicity.
title: WEAR RESISTANCE OF α- AND β- GALLIUM OXIDE COATINGS
Creators: name: Butenko, P.N.
name: Guzilova, L.I.
name: Chikiryaka, A.V.
name: Pechnikov, A.I.
name: Grashchenko, A.S.
name: Pozdnyakov, A.O.
name: Nikolaev, V.I.
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2021

description: Mechanical wear resistance of the α- and β- Ga2O3 polymorphs is experimentally studied. We report about tribological cyclic tests of these wide-band-gap semiconductor crystals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt at considering these crystals as protective coatings. The crystalline layers were deposited on sapphire substrates by vapour-phase epitaxy. This method allows applying coatings on large areas and surfaces of complex shapes, including the surfaces of a number of metals. It has been revealed, that both polymorphs are highly wear-resistant, and suddenly have a very low coefficient of friction. The α- Ga2O3 layers with the corundum structure exhibit wear coefficient values commensurate with those of sapphire and gallium nitride.
Optimal designs for bivariate binary random variables in a bivariate treatment space
Creators: name: Kpamegan, Eloi Patrick
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: We consider the design of an experiment involving two drugs; associated with each drug is an identifiable type of toxicity. For example, in cancer chemotherapy, cyclophosphamide is toxic to the heart and busulfan is toxic to the liver. Therefore, four responses are possible: no toxicity, toxicity to the heart, toxicity to the liver and toxicity to both organs. Consequently, responses are bivariate binary random variables that depend on a bivariate treatment space. Assuming a bivariate probit response function with $0\le\rho\le1,$ we have shown that the D-optimal design consists of 4 points with equal allocation to each. These 4 points are not unique. Indeed, given a standardized design space, any four equidistant points inscribed in a circle whose radius is determined by the correlation coefficient are optimal. In addition, the optimal design approaches one point when $\rho$ converges to 1. We also introduce Quantal Contour Optimality for use when one is interested in any drug combination that produces a specified level of toxicity.
Mesoamerican Pathways | Depicting Geographies
Creators: name: Liceras-Garrido, Raquel
name: Bellamy, Katherine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 210312 North American History
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: History
subject: 210308 Latin American History
subject: 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management)
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: This story map discusses depictions of geographic space and place. This starts with an explanation of why this is an important discussion, with particular reference to, and problematisation of, the use of Geographic Information Systems for representing historical geographies. Following this, the story map introduces the idea of representations of space, which may be unfamiliar to the modern reader, and explores the various types of pre-Hispanic Nahuatl documents, including those which represented geographies. The story map gives an introduction to the state of Spanish cartography in the sixteenth-century, before going on to discuss how the Spanish and Nahua traditions of depicting geography began to merge during the conquest of Mexico. There is considerable evidence of this merging of traditions throughout the historical record, which the story map explains, giving two specific examples.
Constrained Transport Algorithms for Numerical Relativity. I. Development of a Finite Difference Scheme
Creators: name: Meier, David L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A scheme is presented for accurately propagating the gravitational field constraints in finite difference implementations of numerical relativity. The method is based on similar techniques used in astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics and engineering electromagnetics, and has properties of a finite differential calculus on a four-dimensional manifold. It is motivated by the arguments that 1) an evolutionary scheme that naturally satisfies the Bianchi identities will propagate the constraints, and 2) methods in which temporal and spatial derivatives commute will satisfy the Bianchi identities implicitly. The proposed algorithm exactly propagates the constraints in a local Riemann normal coordinate system; {\it i.e.}, all terms in the Bianchi identities (which all vary as $\partial^3 g$) cancel to machine roundoff accuracy at each time step. In a general coordinate basis, these terms, and those that vary as $\partial g\partial^2 g$, also can be made to cancel, but differences of connection terms, proportional to $(\partial g)^3$, will remain, resulting in a net truncation error. Detailed and complex numerical experiments with four-dimensional staggered grids will be needed to completely examine the stability and convergence properties of this method. If such techniques are successful for finite difference implementations of numerical relativity, other implementations, such as finite element (and eventually pseudo-spectral) techniques, might benefit from schemes that use four-dimensional grids and that have temporal and spatial derivatives that commute.
description: 27 pages, 5 figures