cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An Improved GPU-Based Ray-Shooting Code For Gravitational Microlensing
Creators: name: Zheng, Wenwen
name: Chen, Xuechun
name: Li, Guoliang
name: Chen, Hou-zun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an improved inverse ray-shooting code based on GPUs for generating microlensing magnification maps. In addition to introducing GPUs for acceleration, we put the efforts in two aspects: (i) A standard circular lens plane is replaced by a rectangular one to reduce the number of unnecessary lenses as a result of an extremely prolate rectangular image plane. (ii) Interpolation method is applied in our implementation which has achieved an significant acceleration when dealing with large number of lenses and light rays required by high resolution maps. With these applications, we have greatly reduced the running time while maintaining high accuracy: the speed has been increased by about 100 times compared with ordinary GPU based IRS code and GPU-D code when handling large number of lenses. If encountered the high resolution situation up to $10000^2$ pixels, resulting in almost $10^{11}$ light rays, the running time can also be reduced by two orders of magnitude.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
title: "unsere beinahe nur aus Kalamitäten bestehende Geschichte" - narrativer Zugriff auf die Geschichte bei W. G. Sebald und Jorge Luis Borges
Creators: name: Baranyi, Florian
Year: 2010

description: Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen W.G. Sebald (1944-2001) und Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). Der Ansatz der Arbeit ist narratologisch orientiert. Beide Autoren reflektieren in ihren Texten die Möglichkeiten Geschichte in Erzählungen zu repräsentieren. In einem ersten Zugang werden Sebalds Die Ringe des Saturn (1995), sowie einzelne Erzählungen aus Borges Band Ficciones (1944) anhand von zwei verschiedenen Repräsentationsmodellen von geschichtlichen Narrativen gegenübergestellt. Dieser Beschreibung von Sebalds enzyklopädischer und Borges´ archivarischer Poetik, folgt ein Vergleich von gemeinsamen Techniken beim narrativen Zugriff auf Geschichte. Die Quellen und Verweise werden von den Autoren nie unmittelbar – sondern über Mechanismen die als Apokryphisierung zusammengefasst werden können – dargestellt. Das letzte Kapitel unternimmt eine systematische Aufstellung der intertextuellen Bezüge die W.G. Sebald in den Ringen des Saturn zu Texten Borges´ stiftet. Diese Bezüge werden schließlich auf eine poetologische Funktion im Verhältnis zu anderen Verweisen in den Ringen des Saturn hin untersucht.
Development and validation of a quick assay for the total glucosinolate content in horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) using glucose strips and a blood glucose meter.
Creators: name: Meitinger, Nadine
name: Kreis, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2018

description: A quick assay to determine the total glucosinolate content of fresh horseradish roots in less than 10 minutes is described. The method involves the following steps: 1. Maceration of horseradish root with 4% phosphoric acid to avoid enzymatic degradation of endogenous glucosinolates, 2. neutralization of the extract and determination of free glucose using a commercial blood glucose meter, 3. enzymatic hydrolysis of the glucosinolates by exogenous myrosinase, 4. detection of released glucose, again using a blood glucose meter, and 5. calculation of the glucosinolate content on the basis of the difference between the two glucose values determined. The newly developed assay (‘ITC quick test’) was compared with a standard high-performance liquid chromatographic method for glucosinolate analysis.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol 91 (2018): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Impact of Pauli-blocking effect on optical limiting properties of WSe2 thin films
Creators: name: Surbhi, Km.
name: Bhakta, Sourav
name: Kumari, Anupa
name: Sahoo, Utkalika P.
name: Sahoo, Pratap K.
name: Das, Ritwick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed investigation on thickness-dependent third-order (\c{hi}^(3)) nonlinear optical properties of RF-sputtered WSe2 thin-films using ultrashort pulses centered at different excitation wavelengths. The single-beam Z-scan based investigation in the visible spectrum reveals the prominent role of Pauli-blocking towards inducing saturable absorption or optical limiting in WSe2 thin-films of various thicknesses. The study also explores the dispersion in third-order nonlinear susceptibility (\c{hi}^(3)) in WSe2 thin films. Interestingly, WSe2 thin-films of any thickness exhibit a self-focusing effect depicting a positive nonlinear refractive index (n2 > 0). The frequency-dependent nonlinear absorption (\b{eta}) bear distinct correlations with the bandgap of the films which is also investigated through density-functional-theory (DFT) based simulations. The alteration in bandstructure is primarily due to the Se-deficiency induced defect bands in WSe2 thin-films which has discernible impact on the optical limiting characteristics.
Dynamics of economic unions: an agent-based model to investigate the economic and social drivers of withdrawals
Creators: name: Gracia-Lázaro, Carlos
name: Dercole, Fabio
name: Moreno, Yamir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Economic unions are international agreements oriented to increase economic efficiency and establishing political and cultural ties between the member countries. Becoming a member of an existing union usually requires the approval of both the candidate and members, while leaving it may require only the unilateral will of the exiting country. There are many examples of accession of states to previously consolidated economic unions, and a recent example of leaving is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Motivated by the Brexit process, in this paper we propose an agent-based model to study the determinant factors driving withdrawals from an economic union. We show that both Union and local taxes promote the exits, whereas customs fees out of the Union boost cohesion. Furthermore, heterogeneity in both business conditions and wealth distribution promotes withdrawals, while countries' size diversity does not have a significant effect on them. We also deep into the individual causes that lead to dissatisfaction and, ultimately, to exits. We found that, for low Union taxes, the wealth inequality within the country is the leading cause of anti-Union opinion spreading. Conversely, for high Union taxes, the country's performance turns out to be the main driving force, resulting in a risk of wealthier countries leaving the Union. These findings will be helpful for the design of economic policies and effective informative campaigns.
description: 7 figures, 1 table
Pre-acceleration in the Electron Foreshock I: Electron Acoustic Waves
Creators: name: Morris, Paul J.
name: Bohdan, Artem
name: Weidl, Martin S.
name: Pohl, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To undergo diffusive shock acceleration, electrons need to be pre-accelerated to increase their energies by several orders of magnitude, else their gyro-radii are smaller than the finite width of the shock. In oblique shocks, where the upstream magnetic field orientation is neither parallel or perpendicular to the shock normal, electrons can escape to the shock upstream, modifying the shock foot to a region called the electron foreshock. To determine the pre-acceleration in this region, we undertake PIC simulations of oblique shocks while varying the obliquity and in-plane angles. We show that while the proportion of reflected electrons is negligible for $θ_{\rm Bn} = 74.3^\circ$, it increases to $R \sim 5\%$ for $θ_{\rm Bn} = 30^\circ$, and that, via the electron acoustic instability, these electrons power electrostatic waves upstream with energy density proportional to $R^{0.6}$ and a wavelength $\approx 2 λ_{\rm{se}}$, where $λ_{\rm{se}}$ is the electron skin length. While the initial reflection mechanism is typically a combination of shock surfing acceleration and magnetic mirroring, we show that once the electrostatic waves have been generated upstream they themselves can increase the momenta of upstream electrons parallel to the magnetic field. In $\lesssim 1\%$ of cases, upstream electrons are prematurely turned away from the shock and never injected downstream. In contrast, a similar fraction are re-scattered back towards the shock after reflection, re-interact with the shock with energies much greater than thermal, and cross into the downstream.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 15 pages, 15 figures
Actors’ post-harvest maize handling practices and allied mycoflora epidemiology in southwestern Ethiopia: Potential for mycotoxin-producing fungi management
Creators: name: Garbaba, Chemeda Abedeta
name: Denboba, Lemlem Gurmu
name: Mendesil, Esayas
name: Ocho, Fikre Lemessa
name: Hensel, Oliver
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2018

description: Maize plays a key role in household food security in Ethiopia, but its benefit has been limited with high post-harvest losses. This study was initiated to assess post-harvest practices and associated fungi pathogen epidemiology along the maize supply chain in southwestern Ethiopia. The study was conducted in five purposively selected districts and a three-stage sampling procedure was employed for selection of the target groups. In total, 342 participants from different actors were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Maize samples were collected every month from 63 randomly selected actors for mycological analysis during six months storage period. Post-harvest loss was estimated to be 31% and loss during storage was identified as a critical loss point. Comparing all biological agents, loss due to fungal pathogens in the store ranked on top. Moisture content at loading stage could not increase the shelf life of the commodity. Germination tests showed a significant (P < 0.01) decrease as storage duration increased, while mould incidence on cobs and kernels significantly (P < 0.05) increased. In total, seven fungal genera were isolated, characterized and identified, with Fusarium, Penicillium and Aspergillus being predominant. Most of the post-harvest practices are not effective in reducing post-harvest losses. Especially, farmers’ traditional storage structures can be influenced by external climatic conditions and make the grains liable to develop mould during the rainy season. This research, therefore, highlights the need to design, develop or modify existing storage technologies that reduce post-harvest loss due to mycotoxin-producing fungal pathogens. Furthermore, post-harvest drying to obtain optimum moisture content is also crucial to reduce losses.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol 91 (2018): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Fortuynia bungei Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Fortuynia
Fortuynia bungei

description: Fortuynia bungei Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 402. 1867.
Type: “Hab. ubique in Persiâ australi trans desertum magnum et inter Yezd et Ispahan (Bunge!). in deserto circa Djendack (Buhse!), in Affghaniâ occid. ad Anarderch (Bunge!)”.
Lectotypus (designated here): IRAN: “inter Jesd et Isfahan ”, V.1859, Bunge s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332669]; isolecto-: P [P00741667, P00741668]). Syntypus: IRAN: “Persia”, 1847, Buhse 1259 (G-BOIS [G00332668], LE).
= Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.) Shuttlew. ex Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 178. 1842.
Notes. – The lectotype is a collection folder of two sheets, the label of one is handwritten by Bunge and the other has a printed label and the species name in Boissier’s handwriting.
No material of Bunge from Afghanistan was found in the Geneva herbaria, and it is likely that such material is at LE. Of the six sheets collected by Bunge and deposited at P, only the above two probably qualify for isolectotypes, though the printed label indicate April instead of May 1859, and the locality data was written in pencil that almost completely faded away.
Although HEDGE (1968: 52–53) and JAFRI (1973: 43) recognized two species in Fortuynia, the former author correctly observed that there is a continuous variation in fruit morphology from being typically emarginate and as long as wide (F. bungei) to the acute or slightly emarginate and longer than broad (F. garcini) and that such variation can be found within the same population. Therefore, the genus is recognized here as monospecific instead of dispecific (AL-SHEHBAZ, 2012).
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 170, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Additional file 3 of Exploring the perspectives of older adults who are pre-frail and frail to identify interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour and improve mobility: a thematic content analysis
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Isabel B.
name: Ching, Priscilla
name: Kalra, Mayank
name: Zheng, Rong
name: Rabinovich, Alexander
name: Papaioannou, Alexandra
name: Leckie, Carolyn
name: Kobsar, Dylan
name: Fang, Qiyin
name: Bray, Steven
name: Adachi, Jonathan D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 3. Sample visual feedback letter
title: Strategic Pathways in Nuclear Energy: Developing a Universal Framework from UAE Insights
Creators: name: Alamimi, Mohamed
Publisher: name: University of Central Lancashire
Year: 2024

description: This thesis, " Strategic Pathways in Nuclear Energy: Developing a Universal Framework from UAE Insights," represents a noble and pioneering effort in addressing the multifaceted dimensions required for the successful implementation of a nuclear energy programme in the UAE. In an era where sustainable and reliable energy sources are paramount, this research stands as a testament to the forward-thinking and innovative approaches needed to navigate the complexities of modern energy challenges.

At its core, the study rigorously examines the critical social, political, and economic factors that are integral to realizing the UAE's ambition to diversify its energy portfolio and ensure a stable energy supply amidst rapid economic growth. The research introduces a ground-breaking conceptual framework, meticulously crafted to cater to the unique regional context of the UAE. This framework synthesizes learnings from previous nuclear programmes globally, while ingeniously integrating factors specific to the UAE’s socio-political and economic landscape.

The methodology employed in this study is both comprehensive and robust, utilizing a mixed-methods approach that includes extensive literature review, empirical data collection from key stakeholders, and a pioneering use of modern communication technologies to gauge public acceptance. The research not only confirms critical success factors identified in earlier studies but also innovatively adapts and extends these factors to fit the UAE's distinct context.

The findings of this research are profound. They not only offer a strategic pathway for the UAE to achieve a sustainable and diversified energy future but also address larger global concerns such as environmental sustainability and public acceptance of nuclear energy. This thesis is a significant contribution to the field, providing a strategic framework that can guide not only the UAE but also other nations seeking to embark on a similar journey towards a sustainable nuclear energy future. In its essence, this study is a beacon of innovation and a testament to the power of dedicated research in solving complex, real-world problems.
Physorhynchus Hook.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Physorhynchus

description: Physorhynchus Hook. in Icon. Pl. 5: tab. 821, 822. 1851.
Tribe: Brassiceae DC.
Note. – A genus of two species distributed in Afghanistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, and United Arab Emirates.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
A target list for searching for habitable exomoons
Creators: name: Dobos, Vera
name: Haris, András
name: Kamp, Inga E. E.
name: van der Tak, Floris F. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the habitability of hypothethical moons orbiting known exoplanets. This study focuses on big, rocky exomoons that are capable of maintaining a significant atmosphere. To determine their habitability, we calculate the incident stellar radiation and the tidal heating flux arising in the moons as the two main contributors to the energy budget. We use the runaway greenhouse and the maximum greenhouse flux limits as a definition of habitability. For each exoplanet we run our calculations for plausible ranges of physical and orbital parameters for the moons and the planet using a Monte Carlo approach. We calculate the moon habitability probability for each planet which is the fraction of the investigated cases that lead to habitable conditions. Based on our results, we provide a target list for observations of known exoplanets of which the top 10 planets have more than 50\% chance for hosting habitable moons on stable orbits. Two especially promising candidates are Kepler-62~f and Kepler-16~b, both of them with known masses and radii. Our target list can help to detect the first habitable exomoon.
description: accepted for publication in MNRAS, 10 pages
GeV Gamma-ray Emission and Molecular Clouds towards Supernova Remnant G35.6$-$0.4 and the TeV Source HESS J1858+020
Creators: name: Zhang, Xiao
name: Chen, Yang
name: Zheng, Fa-xiang
name: Liu, Qian-cheng
name: Zhou, Ping
name: Liu, Bing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is difficult to distinguish hadronic process from the leptonic one in $γ$-ray observation, which is however crucial in revealing the origin of cosmic rays. As an endeavor in the regard, we focus in this work on the complex $γ$-ray emitting region, which partially overlaps with the unidentified TeV source HESS~J1858+020 and includes supernova remnant (SNR) G35.6$-$0.4 and HII region G35.6$-$0.5. We reanalyze CO-line, HI, and Fermi-LAT GeV $γ$-ray emission data of this region. The analysis of the molecular and HI data suggests that SNR G35.6$-$0.4 and HII region G35.6$-$0.5 are located at different distances. The analysis the GeV $γ$-rays shows that GeV emission arises from two point sources: one (SrcA) coincident with the SNR, and the other (SrcB) coincident with both HESS J1858+020 and HII region G35.6$-$0.5. The GeV emission of SrcA can be explained by the hadronic process in the SNR-MC association scenario. The GeV-band spectrum of SrcB and the TeV-band spectrum of HESS J1858+020 can be smoothly connected by a power-law function, with an index of $\sim$2.2. The connected spectrum is well explained with a hadronic emission, with the cutoff energy of protons above 1 PeV. It thus indicates that there is a potential PeVatron in the HII region and should be further verified with ultra-high energy observations with, e.g., LHAASO.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Zilla schouwioides Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Zilla
Zilla schouwioides

description: Zilla schouwioides Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 382. 1842.
Type: “[Aucher-Eloy] N. 4146, Persia australis”.
Holotypus: IRAN: “Pers. australis”, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 4146 (G-BOIS [G00332671]; iso-: BM [BM001254147, BM001254148], G [G00446308, G00446309], K [K000653941], KW [KW000127941], P [P00741672, P00741673], W [W0075579]).
= Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum (Boiss.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 403. 1867.
Note. – The specimen in G-BOIS is the holotype because BOISSIER (1842c) based the species description solely on it.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
About Metallicity Variations in the Local Galactic Interstellar Medium
Creators: name: Esteban, C.
name: Méndez-Delgado, J. E.
name: García-Rojas, J.
name: Arellano-Córdova, K. Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we discuss and confront recent results on metallicity variations in the local interstellar medium, obtained from observations of HII regions and neutral clouds of the Galactic thin disk, and compare them with recent high-quality metallicity determinations of other tracers of the chemical composition of the interstellar medium as B-type stars, classical Cepheids and young clusters. We find that the metallicity variations obtained for these last kinds of objects are consistent with each other and with that obtained for HII regions but significantly smaller than those obtained for neutral clouds. We also discuss the presence of a large population of low-metallicity clouds as the possible origin for large metallicity variations in the local Galactic thin disk. We find that such hypothesis does not seem compatible with: (a) what is predicted by theoretical studies of gas mixing in galactic disks, and (b) the models and observations on the metallicity of high-velocity clouds and its evolution as they mix with the surrounding medium in their fall onto the Galactic plane. We conclude that that most of the evidence favors that the chemical composition of the interstellar medium in the solar neighborhood is highly homogeneous.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures, accepted to be published in The Astrophysical Journal
A new consistency test for $Λ$CDM cosmology using galaxy surveys
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinglan
name: Zhao, Gong-Bo
name: Wang, Yuting
name: Mu, Xiaoyong
name: Zhao, Ruiyang
name: Zhang, Weibing
name: Yuan, Shuo
name: Bacon, David
name: Koyama, Kazuya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new consistency test for the $Λ$CDM cosmology using baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAO) and redshift space distortion (RSD) measurements from galaxy redshift surveys. Specifically, we determine the peak position of $fσ_8(z)$ in redshift $z$ offered by a RSD measurement, and compare it to the one predicted by the BAO observables assuming a flat $Λ$CDM cosmology. We demonstrate this new test using the simulated data for the DESI galaxy survey, and argue that this test complements those using the background observables alone, and is less subject to systematics in the RSD analysis, compared to traditional methods using values of $fσ_8(z)$ directly.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures; accepted to Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA)
Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Physorhynchus
Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum

description: Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum (Boiss.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 403. 1867.
 Zilla chamaerapistrum Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 381. 1842.
Type: “[Aucher-Eloy] N. 4169 A, Persia australis”.
Lectotypus (designated here): IRAN: sine loco, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 4169 A (G-BOIS [G00332670]; isolecto-: BM [BM001254149, BM001254159], G [G00371873], K [K000653942], P [P00580390, P00741675, P00741676, P00741677]).
Note. – Because BOISSIER (1842c) based his species description on the unicate sheet in his herbarium and on P00580390 that he annotated, the lectotypification is justified. The above other sheet at G was not examined by Boissier.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
title: Nachbarsprachen als Schlüssel zu europäischer Mehrsprachigkeit - Anspruch und Wirklichkeit am Beispiel Österreich / Tschechien
Creators: name: Müllner, Birgit
Year: 2010

description: Die europäische Sprachenpolitik, getragen von Europarat und Europäischer Union, bemühte sich in den letzten Jahren und Jahrzehnten besonders um den Erhalt der sprachlichen Vielfalt und um die Förderung von Mehrsprachigkeit für ein besseres Zusammenleben. Da der Wert des Erlernens von Nachbarsprachen immer öfter seitens der Sprachlehrforschung betont wird, soll die vorliegende Arbeit am Beispiel der Länder Tschechien und Österreich skizzieren, inwiefern die Nachbarsprachen als Schlüssel zur Mehrsprachigkeit bereits genutzt werden. In einer zahlenmäßigen Analyse der Situation des Tschechischen in Österreich und des Deutschen in Tschechien wird festgestellt, dass die Deutschlernendenzahlen in Tsche-chien stark rückläufig sind und in Österreich noch kaum Tschechisch gelernt wird. Die Übermacht des Englischen als Fremdsprache ist in beiden Ländern offensichtlich. Schon eine Zwischenbilanz macht deutlich, dass das Lernen von Nachbarsprachen noch viel stärker forciert werden muss, um einen Nutzen für die Mehrsprachigkeit daraus zu ziehen. Oft wiederholte Forderungen, die das Lernen von Nachbarsprachen unterstützen könnten, wie verbesserte Lehrendenausbildung, vermehrte Diversifizierung oder ein Gesamtsprachenkonzept werden momentan nur geringfügig umgesetzt. Durch drei Experteninterviews werden Sichtweisen und Stellungnahmen aus der österreichischen und tschechischen Bildungspolitik offenbar, die gemeinsam mit der vorher-gehenden Betrachtung der Forschungsliteratur zu zahlreichen Verbesserungswünschen anregen. Vor allem die Bedeutung einer zielgerichteten Öffentlichkeitsarbeit wird hervorgehoben. Europäische Vorstellungen können und sollen für die Bevölkerung besser verständlich gemacht werden, um entsprechende Maßnahmen schneller zu veranlassen. Die Arbeit zeigt, dass unter anderem dies für die Zukunft der Mehrsprachigkeit sowie für das Erkennen und Wirksamwerden der Nachbarsprachen als Schlüssel notwendig ist.
MPEC 2024-Q58 : 2014 AQ46
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Thermodynamic perfect fluid spheres admitting an orthogonal flat synchronization
Creators: name: Mengual, Salvador
name: Ferrando, Joan Josep
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the interpretation of the spherically symmetric perfect fluid solutions that admit a flat synchronization orthogonal to the fluid flow as a thermodynamic perfect fluid in local thermal equilibrium. The ideal gas sonic condition is examined for this family of metrics, and the macroscopic conditions for physical reality are accurately tested for some specific solutions.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures
Additional file 1 of Developing an optimal stratification model for colorectal cancer screening and reducing racial disparities in multi-center population-based studies
Creators: name: Tian, Jianbo
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Zhang, Fuwei
name: Gao, Kai
name: Lu, Zequn
name: Cai, Yimin
name: Chen, Can
name: Ning, Caibo
name: Li, Yanmin
name: Qian, Sangni
name: Bai, Hao
name: Liu, Yizhuo
name: Zhang, Heng
name: Chen, Shuoni
name: Li, Xiangpan
name: Wei, Yongchang
name: Li, Bin
name: Zhu, Ying
name: Yang, Jinhua
name: Jin, Mingjuan
name: Miao, Xiaoping
name: Chen, Kun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Tables. Table S1. Summary of case-control/cohort study datasets used for PRS assessment and validation. Table S2. Basic characteristics of the 1:1 matched ZJCRC case-control set. Table S3. Basic characteristics of the ZJCRC cross-sectional screening set. Table S4. Basic characteristics of the PLCO cross-sectional screening set. Table S5. Basic characteristics of the PLCO incident adenoma cohort. Table S6. Basic characteristics of the UK Biobank cohort. Table S7. Imputation quality control information. Table S8. The discriminatory accuracy of SNPs filtered by different P thresholds and LD using 400 times 5-fold cross-validation. Table S9. Summary of 148 CRC reported GWAS SNPs in European and East Asian population. Table S10. Summary of 183 selected SNPs of European and East Asian CRC GWAS meta. Table S11. The weights of environmental factors. Table S12. Summary of lifestyle factors of the ZJCRC case-control set. Table S13. Summary of lifestyle factors of the ZJCRC cross-sectional screening set. Table S14. Summary of lifestyle factors of the PLCO cross-sectional screening set. Table S15. Summary of lifestyle factors of the PLCO incident adenoma cohort. Table S16. Summary of lifestyle factors of the PLCO incident adenoma cohort. Table S17. Prediction accuracy of three approach of the contrasted trans-ancestry PRS (2% of the PRS distribution as classifier). Table S18. Prediction accuracy of three approach of the contrasted trans-ancestry PRS (10% of the PRS distribution as classifier). Table S19. Odds ratio and covariate-adjusted AUC of ERS and PRS. Table S20. The additive interaction of PRS and ERS in assessment and validation set. Table S21. Prediction accuracy of ERS and PRS-ERS strategy (20% of the ERS distribution and 2% of the PRS distribution as classifier). Table S22. Prediction accuracy of ERS and PRS-ERS strategy (20% of the ERS distribution and 10% of the PRS distribution as classifier).
History of the Mechanical Engineering Department: 1894 to 2018
Creators: name: Anand, Davinder K.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: mechanical engineering research
calce
ceee
cecd
crr
mechanical engineering history
mechanical engineering chairmen
mechanical engineering timeline
mechanical engineering 1894-2018

description: Research and education activities of Mechanical Engineering from 1894 to 2018.
description: Research and education activities of Mechanical Engineering from 1894 to 2018. Significant growth in the student body, research depth and breadth, and the size and quality of faculty is covered. The Department grew from two faculty members in 1945 to 50 faculty members in 2018, teaching and doing state of the art research in all facets of mechanical engineering.
Asymmetric Crosstalk Harnessed Signaling and its Application to 3-D High-Speed Parallel Interfaces
Creators: name: Iparraguirre, Daniel
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: 3D Routing
Crosstalk Harnessed Signaling
Eigenmode
Eye Opening
Jitter
Signal Integrity

description: This doctoral research presents a novel signaling scheme called Asymmetric Crosstalk Harnessed Signaling (ACHS), which is based on the Crosstalk Harnessed Signaling (CHS) technique. Its application is on parallel high-speed interfaces whose large wiring integration targets require extensive use of fully three-dimensional (3D) interconnects. ACHS presents a non-square extension of the Hadamard matrix in which the common encoding eigenmode has been eliminated by either its removal from the matrix or a diagonal concatenation that turns it into a differential eigenmode, thereby encoding a group of bits into a slightly larger signal set (11% signaling/routing overhead). The resulting signaling scheme offers extremely good performance across all the data bits and the strobe signal encoded together in the interface; this is compared to the original CHS approach that has a high noise sensitivity related to the common encoding eigenmode, which in turn brings down the entire bus performance. The novel ACHS technique has been applied to 3D routing environments, where a collection of interconnects is implemented in square and hexagonal arrangements across 1, 2, 3 and 4 stacked signaling layers. Both CHS and ACHS have been extensively simulated, with the results of these simulations showing how ACHS significantly outperforms CHS at high-speed transfers (20 GT/s), even with the same routing real-estate scenario applied on both encodings, where CHS is supposedly benefitted from the additional space due to fewer interconnects to allocate. The performance of the encoded data bits is analyzed with their respective encoding eigenmodes so that best performing modes get assigned to the most critical signals like the strobe, which in turn translates into further performance optimization.
The Effect of Supernova Convection On Neutron Star and Black Hole Masses
Creators: name: Fryer, Chris L.
name: Olejak, Aleksandra
name: Belczynski, Krzysztof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our understanding of the convective-engine paradigm driving core-collapse supernovae has been used for 2 decades to predict the remnant mass distribution from stellar collapse. These predictions improve as our understanding of this engine increases. In this paper, we review our current understanding of convection (in particular, the growth rate of convection) in stellar collapse and study its effect on the remnant mass distribution. We show how the depth of the mass gap between neutron stars and black holes can help probe this convective growth. We include a study of the effects of stochasticity in both the stellar structure and the convective seeds caused by stellar burning. We study the role of rotation and its effect on the pair-instability mass gap. Under the paradigm limiting stellar rotation to those stars in tight binaries, we determine the effect of rotation on the remnant mass distribution.
description: 17 pages, accepted by ApJ
Didesmus Desv.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Didesmus

description: Didesmus Desv. in J. Bot. Agric. 3: 160. 1815.
Tribe: Brassiceae DC.
Note. – A genus of two species distributed in the eastern Mediterranean. However, the following species does not belong to this genus as assigned by Boissier in Flora Orientalis.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Observation of Griffiths-like phase in the quaternary Heusler compound NiFeTiSn
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Snehashish
name: Giri, Saurav
name: Majumdar, Subham
name: Dutta, Prabir
name: Singha, Pintu
name: Banerjee, Aritra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quaternary Heusler compound NiFeTiSn can be considered to be derived from the exotic pseudogap-compound Fe2TiSn by the replacement of one Fe atom by Ni. In contrast to Fe2TiSn, which shows a disorder-induced ferromagnetic phase, the ground state of NiFeTiSn is antiferromagnetic with the signature of spin canting. Interestingly, NiFeTiSn shows a Griffiths-like phase characterized by isolated ferromagnetic clusters before attaining the antiferromagnetic state. The Griffiths-like phase is possibly associated with the antisite disorder between Fe and Ti sites as evident from our powder X-ray diffraction study. The compound also shows rather an unusual temperature dependence of resistivity, which can be accounted for by the prevailing structural disorder in the system. NiFeTiSn turned out to be a rare example where a Griffiths-like phase is observed in a semiconducting 3d transition metal-based intermetallic compound with an antiferromagnetic ground state.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures
Additional file 2 of Developing an optimal stratification model for colorectal cancer screening and reducing racial disparities in multi-center population-based studies
Creators: name: Tian, Jianbo
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Zhang, Fuwei
name: Gao, Kai
name: Lu, Zequn
name: Cai, Yimin
name: Chen, Can
name: Ning, Caibo
name: Li, Yanmin
name: Qian, Sangni
name: Bai, Hao
name: Liu, Yizhuo
name: Zhang, Heng
name: Chen, Shuoni
name: Li, Xiangpan
name: Wei, Yongchang
name: Li, Bin
name: Zhu, Ying
name: Yang, Jinhua
name: Jin, Mingjuan
name: Miao, Xiaoping
name: Chen, Kun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Figures. Figure S1. Quality control of the genotype data of ZJCRC case-control set and ZJCRC cross-sectional screening set. Figure S2. Principal component analysis (PCA) of individuals in the assessment set and validation set and 1000 Genomes Project. Figure S3. The risk of colorectal cancer screening according to PRS&ERS categories across three assessment and validation set. Figure S4. Incident risk of colorectal neoplasm according to PRS and ERS in PLCO and UK Biobank cohort. Figure S5. Evaluation of absolute risk predictions of advanced adenoma according to PRS and ERS in UK Biobank cohort.
title: Interne Migration und Entwicklung: die Regulation der Binnenmigration als Bestandteil der chinesischen Entwicklungsstrategie
Creators: name: Schauhuber, Stefan
Year: 2010

description: Nach Gründung der VR China implementierte die Führung schrittweise Regelungen und Gesetze um die Mobilität der chinesischen Bevölkerung zu können. Der sozialistische Entwicklungsstaat bildete zu diesem Zweck ein Registrierungssystem heraus, welches die Land-Stadt Migration limitieren sollte und bis heute wirksam ist. Das hukou-System sollte nicht nur die Land-Stadt-Migration verhindern, sondern war in vielerlei Hinsicht wichtig für die Entwicklung der Volksrepublik. Durch institutionelle Exklusion großer Bevölkerungsteile auf Basis des hukou-Systems, konnte rasches Wachstum der chinesischen Wirtschaft in ausgewählten Regionen und Sektoren realisiert werden und das Problem überschüssiger Arbeitskräfte gelöst werden. Mechanismen zur Kontrolle der Migration schaffen zudem die Bedingungen zur Ausbeutung der ArbeitsmigrantInnen. Das hukou-System, welches Barrieren bei der Zuwanderung in die Städte schafft, funktioniert als entscheidende Institution zur Aufrechterhaltung des Lohnkostenvorteils der chinesischen Wirtschaft. Die unsichere Aufenthaltssituation der ländlichen ArbeitsmigrantInnen ermöglicht deren Ausbeutung als Arbeitskraft und ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil der exportorientierten Entwicklungsstrategie Chinas gesehen werden. Die Regulation der Binnenmigration erfüllte wichtige Zwecke für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Chinas, brachte jedoch auch negative Begleiterscheinungen, wie eine wachsende Kluft zwischen ländlichen und städtischen Gebieten, mit sich. Die chinesische Führung versucht mittlerweile die Lebenssituation der WanderarbeiterInnen zu verbessern und weist mitunter einen veränderten Zugang zum Thema Migration auf. So werden weitergehende Reformen des hukou-Systems zwar bereits angedacht, eine Abschaffung dieser Institution ist jedoch in naher Zukunft nicht zu erwarten.
Didesmus rostratus Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Didesmus
Didesmus rostratus

description: Didesmus rostratus Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 405. 1867.
Type: “Hab. in Palaestinâ (Roth!)”.
Holotypus: ISRAEL: “Palestina”, s.d., Roth 994 (G-BOIS [G00332673]).
= Erucaria rostrata (Boiss.) A.W. Hill ex Greuter & Burdet in Willdenowia 15: 419. 1986.
Note. – This is the last of most of the entries above in the tribe Brassiceae where Boissier describes a novelty in a genus and subsequently either him or others place it in another. The situation reflects the need to draw the generic lines in the tribe on more solid grounds.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Low-frequency resolvent analysis of the laminar oblique shock wave / boundary layer interaction
Creators: name: Bugeat, B.
name: Robinet, J. -C.
name: Chassaing, J. -C.
name: Sagaut, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Resolvent analysis is used to study the low-frequency behaviour of the laminar oblique shock wave / boundary layer interaction (SWBLI). It is shown that the computed optimal gain, which can be seen as a transfer function of the system, follows a first-order low-pass filter equation, recovering the results of Touber and Sandham (JFM, 2011). This behaviour is understood as proceeding from the excitation of a single stable, steady global mode whose damping rate sets the time scale of the filter. Different Mach and Reynolds numbers are studied, covering different recirculation lengths $L$. This damping rate is found to scale as $1/L$, leading to a constant Strouhal number $St_L$ as observed in the literature. It is associated with a breathing motion of the recirculation bubble. This analysis furthermore supports the idea that the low-frequency dynamics of the SWBLI is a forced dynamics, in which background perturbations continuously excite the flow. The investigation is then carried out for 3D perturbations for which two regimes are identified. At low wave numbers of the order of $L$, a modal mechanism similar to that of 2D perturbations is found and exhibits larger values of the optimal gain. At larger wave numbers of the order of the boundary layer thickness, the growth of streaks, which results from a non-modal mechanism, is detected. No interaction with the recirculation region is observed. Based on these results, the potential prevalence of 3D effects in the low-frequency dynamics of the SWBLI is discussed.
description: to be published in JFM
Crambe L.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Crambe

description: Crambe L., Sp. Pl.: 671. 1753.
Tribe: Brassiceae DC.
Note. – A well-defined genus of 37 species distributed in Macaronesia, Eurasia to western China, and from Tanzania northward into Scandinavia (PRINA, 2009; PRINA & MARTÍNEZ-LABORDE, 2008).
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
The mu Arae planetary system: Radial velocities and astrometry
Creators: name: Benedict, G. F.
name: McArthur, B. E.
name: Nelan, E. P.
name: Wittenmyer, R.
name: Barnes, R.
name: Smotherman, H.
name: Horner, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor astrometry and published and previously unpublished radial velocity measures we explore the exoplanetary system mu Arae. Our modeling of the radial velocities results in improved orbital elements for the four previously known components. Our astrometry contains no evidence for any known companion, but provides upper limits for three companion masses. A final summary of all past Fine Guidance Sensor exoplanet astrometry results uncover a bias towards small inclinations (more face-on than edge-on). This bias remains unexplained by either small number statistics, modeling technique, Fine Guidance Sensor mechanical issues, or orbit modeling of noise-dominated data. A numerical analysis using our refined orbital elements suggests that planet d renders the mu Arae system dynamically unstable on a timescale of 10^5 years, in broad agreement with previous work.
description: Accepted to Astronomical Journal
Additional file 1 of The identification and treatment of alcohol problems in primary care (iTAPP) study: protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized control trial testing the 15-method in a primary care setting
Creators: name: Schøler, Peter Næsborg
name: Volke, Kristina Hasselbalch
name: Andréasson, Sven
name: Rasmussen, Sanne
name: Søndergaard, Jens
name: Nielsen, Anette Søgaard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Additional file 2 of The identification and treatment of alcohol problems in primary care (iTAPP) study: protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized control trial testing the 15-method in a primary care setting
Creators: name: Schøler, Peter Næsborg
name: Volke, Kristina Hasselbalch
name: Andréasson, Sven
name: Rasmussen, Sanne
name: Søndergaard, Jens
name: Nielsen, Anette Søgaard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 2