cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring neural network interpretability in visual understanding
Creators: name: Wang, Dan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Neural networks (NNs) have reached remarkable performance in computer vision. However, numerous parameters and complex structures make NNs opaque to humans. The failure to comprehend NNs may raise serious issues in real-world applications. My research aims to explore the NN interpretability in diverse visual tasks from post-hoc explanation and intrinsic interpretability perspectives. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have outperformed humans in image classification. However, the logic of network decisions remains a puzzle. As such, we propose concept-harmonized hierarchical inference, a post-hoc explanation framework, to explain the decision-making process of CNNs. Firstly, we interpret layered feature representations of NNs with hierarchical visual semantics. Then we explain the NN feature learning as a bottom-up decision logic from low to high semantic levels in which a deep-layer decision is decomposed as a sequence of shallow-layer sub-decisions. With the evolution of virtual reality, researchers are focusing increasingly on inverse rendering: reconstructing a 3D scene from multi-view 2D images. In this field, NNs achieved superior performance in novel view synthesis and 3D reconstruction. For both tasks, learning a 3D representation from input views is the key process where prior methods separately designed a CNN-based single-view feature extraction and a pooling-based multi-view fusion. This incoherent design damages their intrinsic interpretability and performance. Therefore, we aim to design coherent, interpretable NNs that can adequately exploit knowledge of relationships from data. For novel view synthesis, we propose a unified Transformer-based neural radiance field (TransNeRF) conditioned on source views to learn a generic 3D-scene representation. TransNeRF explores deep relationships between the target-rendering view and source views. TransNeRF also improves intrinsic interpretability by enhancing the shape and appearance consistency of a 3D scene. In experiments, TransNeRF outperforms prior neural rendering methods, and the interpretation results are consistent with human perception. We reformulate 3D reconstruction as a sequence-to-sequence prediction and propose an end-to-end Transformer-based framework (EVolT). EVolT jointly explores multi-level associations between input views and the output volume-based 3D representation within our encoder-decoder structure. EVolT achieves state-of-the-art accuracy in multi-view reconstruction with fewer parameters (70% fewer) than prior methods. Experimental results also suggest the strong scaling capability of EVolT.
Additional file 1 of Risk stratification and prognostic value of multi-modal MRI-based radiomics for extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma
Creators: name: Zhao, Yu-Ting
name: Chen, Si-Ye
name: Liu, Xin
name: Yang, Yong
name: Chen, Bo
name: Song, Yong-Wen
name: Fang, Hui
name: Jin, Jing
name: Liu, Yue-Ping
name: Jing, Hao
name: Tang, Yuan
name: Li, Ning
name: Lu, Ning-Ning
name: Wang, Shu-Lian
name: Ouyang, Han
name: Hu, Chen
name: Liu, Jin
name: Wang, Zhi
name: Chen, Fan
name: Yin, Lin
name: Zhong, Qiu-Zi
name: Men, Kuo
name: Dai, Jian-Rong
name: Qi, Shu-Nan
name: Li, Ye-Xiong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1
The acrylic vessel for JSNS$^{2}$-II neutrino target
Creators: name: Shin, C. D.
name: Ajimura, S.
name: Cheoun, M. K.
name: Choi, J. H.
name: Choi, J. Y.
name: Dodo, T.
name: Goh, J.
name: Haga, K.
name: Harada, M.
name: Hasegawa, S.
name: Hiraiwa, T.
name: Hwang, W.
name: Iida, T.
name: Jang, H. I.
name: Jang, J. S.
name: Jeon, H.
name: Jeon, S.
name: Joo, K. K.
name: Jung, D. E.
name: Kang, S. K.
name: Kasugai, Y.
name: Kawasaki, T.
name: Kim, E. J.
name: Kim, J. Y.
name: Kim, S. B.
name: Kim, W.
name: Kinoshita, H.
name: Konno, T.
name: Lee, D. H.
name: Lim, I. T.
name: Little, C.
name: Marzec, E.
name: Maruyama, T.
name: Masuda, S.
name: Meigo, S.
name: Monjushiro, S.
name: Moon, D. H.
name: Nakano, T.
name: Niiyama, M.
name: Nishikawa, K.
name: Pac, M. Y.
name: Park, H. W.
name: Park, J. S.
name: Park, R. G.
name: Peeters, S. J. M.
name: Rott, C.
name: Sakai, K.
name: Sakamoto, S.
name: Shima, T.
name: Spitz, J.
name: Suekane, F.
name: Sugaya, Y.
name: Suzuya, K.
name: Taira, M.
name: Takeuchi, Y.
name: Yamaguchi, Y.
name: Yeh, M.
name: Yeo, I. S.
name: Yoo, C.
name: Yu, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The JSNS$^{2}$ (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) is an experiment designed for the search for sterile neutrinos. The experiment is currently at the stage of the second phase named JSNS$^{2}$-II with two detectors at near and far locations from the neutrino source. One of the key components of the experiment is an acrylic vessel, that is used for the target volume for the detection of the anti-neutrinos. The specifications, design, and measured properties of the acrylic vessel are described.
Spunti di riflessione sull'applicazione del principio di proporzionalità ai tempi del Covid-19: considerazioni a margine dei decreti del TAR Campania aventi ad oggetto la sospensione delle attività educative e didattiche in presenza ad opera dell'ordinanza del Presidente della Giunta regionale n. 79/2020
Creators: name: Romano, Irene
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: I decreti presidenziali del TAR Campania-Napoli, sez. V, nn. 1921 e 1922 del 2020 inducono a sviluppare qualche breve considerazione al fine di mettere in luce l’utilizzo sovente ondivago del principio di proporzionalità da parte del giudice amministrativo e la possibilità, invece, mediante una corretta applicazione di esso, di esercitare, nel pieno rispetto dei confini definiti dal principio di separazione dei poteri, un utile sindacato sull’esercizio del potere amministrativo.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)
Emergenza, pandemia, crisi del sapere e funzioni pubbliche necessitate: i diritti fondamentali scientificamente condizionati al tempo del Covid-19
Creators: name: Dagostino, Raffaella
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: La gestione della pandemia da Covid-19 ha inasprito i complessi rapporti fra diritto e scienza, fra tecnica e amministrazione. L’esigenza di gestire in tempi rapidi la pandemia da Coronavirus, pur in assenza di conoscenze scientifiche adeguate, ha mostrato acremente le difficoltà che in concreto si pongono quando lo Stato sia chiamato a prendere decisioni d’interesse pubblico rilevante, che impattano pesantemente sui diritti fondamentali e sulle libertà dei cittadini anche se, paradossalmente, le medesime sono adottate a garanzia e a tutela dei medesimi. La pandemia da Covid-19, quale esempio di coesistenza e stretta interrelazione fra diritto emergenziale, gestione precauzionale del rischio e urgenza decisoria, non solo ha evidenziato l’esistenza di un processo circolare fra essi, scaturendo l’emergenza dall’inveramento di eventi di danno inattesi, conseguenti al verificarsi di rischi derivanti da fenomeni naturali ignoti, rispetto ai quali l’uomo è pressoché inerme, bensì ha rivelato l’inadeguatezza degli strumenti di ordinaria gestione delle emergenze. Proprio l’inadeguatezza delle conoscenze scientifiche ha, infatti, influenzato pesantemente il modus operandi dei Governi dei singoli Stati che, come noto, non hanno assunto sin da subito una politica di governo dell’emergenza uniforme e unitaria, nonostante la globalità e omogeneità del fenomeno, avendo piuttosto ideato strategie di contenimento del rischio epidemiologico, ripiegate sulle ipotesi (se non su vere e proprie congetture) formulate “ora per allora” da gruppi di esperti di fiducia, appositamente nominati. La pandemia, pertanto, sembra aver inverato una spirale negativa per cui l’acclarata crisi dello “statuto della scienza” ha portato con sé una crisi ordinamentale: crisi del sapere, crisi delle Istituzioni, crisi delle tutele e delle libertà fondamentali sono, pertanto, fenomeni fra loro interdipendenti. Bisognerebbe dunque domandarsi cosa resti della decisione politica, intesa nel significato più profondo del termine polis, della discrezionalità amministrativa, allorché la “violenza” della decisone pubblica è esacerbata – o forse adombrata – dalla prepotenza di valutazioni scientifiche presupposte.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)
Additional file 1 of Context of a neonatal death affects parental perception of end-of-life care, anxiety and depression in the first year of bereavement
Creators: name: Cambonie, Gilles
name: Desage, Chloé
name: Thaller, Pénélope
name: Lemaitre, Anne
name: de Balanda, Karine Bertran
name: Combes, Clémentine
name: Gavotto, Arthur
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
Trapped by a record : how information sharing between schools and police agencies perpetuate the school to prison pipeline
Creators: name: Abaya-Habibullah, Ritchelle Aubrey
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: In the wake of the killing of George Floyd in 2020, global protests generated public scrutiny about policing in our communities. Between 2020 and 2022, many school boards in Canada began to re-evaluate the value of having police in schools, as school resource officers or school liaison officers, with many boards eventually electing to end these programs altogether. In the United States, this conversation has been ongoing for decades. Accordingly, research into police relationships with schools and the school to prison pipeline is robust. Unfortunately, there is a lack of scholarly research about police and schools in Canada. Consequently, this thesis seeks to situate the complex processes that construct the school to prison pipeline through the issue of information sharing between police and schools in Canada. It asks 1) how formal and informal youth records are used by educational institutions and police services and 2) how these interactions and institutional relationships impact youth and potentially contribute to the school to prison pipeline. First, this thesis looks at the legislative scheme that allows the disclosure of information between police and school administrators under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. It traces the evolution of youth criminal justice legislation in Canada and the arguments and political forces that led to scaling back some of the privacy protections for youth set out in the Act. Second, it analyzes the research on the school to prison pipeline in the United States and the available data on police in schools in Ontario, using identified processes from the US scholarship and applying them to relevant Ontario examples. Finally, key informants from Ontario who work with youth in the justice system, lawyers who provide youth legal services, and a school administrator were interviewed to identify information sharing practices and issues with policing in schools. It concludes that the information sharing exceptions in the YCJA and information sharing practices between schools and police frustrate a central purpose of the legislation – rehabilitation.
Phononic drumhead surface state in distorted kagome compound RhPb
Creators: name: Ptok, Andrzej
name: Meier, William R.
name: Kobiałka, Aksel
name: Basak, Surajit
name: Sternik, Małgorzata
name: Łażewski, Jan
name: Jochym, Paweł T.
name: McGuire, Michael A.
name: Sales, Brian C.
name: Miao, Hu
name: Piekarz, Przemysław
name: Oleś, Andrzej M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: RhPb was initially recognized as one of a CoSn-like compounds with $P6/mmm$ symmetry, containing an ideal kagome lattice of $d$-block atoms. However, theoretical calculations predict the realization of the phonon soft mode which leads to the kagome lattice distortion and stabilization of the structure with $P\bar{6}2m$ symmetry [A. Ptok et al., Phys. Rev. B 104, 054305 (2021)]. Here, we present the single crystal x-ray diffraction results supporting this prediction. Furthermore, we discuss the main dynamical properties of RhPb with $P\bar{6}2m$ symmetry. The bulk phononic dispersion curves contain several flattened bands, Dirac nodal lines, and triple degenerate Dirac points. As a consequence, the phononic drumhead surface state is realized for the (100) surface, terminated by the zigzag-like edge of Pb honeycomb sublattice.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
Le ordinanze di necessità e di urgenza alla luce del principio di proporzionalità
Creators: name: Pernice, Giulia
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: Le osservazioni che emergono dall’articolo, perseguono l’obiettivo di analizzare le criticità emergenti dal ricorso allo strumento dell’ordinanza di necessità e di urgenza in relazione al periodo emergenziale. In particolare, si vuole considerare il vulnus che è derivato dall’esercizio del potere in questione, traducibile nella sempre più marcata lesione del principio di affidamento dei destinatari dei provvedimenti. L’esercizio del potere amministrativo in deroga ha infatti determinato un’azione vulnerabile, talvolta priva, complici anche gli input provenienti dalle fonti scientifiche, di chiarezza metodologica, rendendosi ostile e sempre più intollerabile ai destinatari delle restrizioni di volta in volta previste. L’intento è fornire una lettura dei profili fallimentari delle ordinanze alla luce del principio di proporzionalità. Si reputa infatti che il ricorso alla mediazione operata dal principio di proporzionalità consenta un’armonizzazione di interessi non soltanto riferibile al piano dei destinatari ma anche al piano organizzativo amministrativo, rendendo meno onerosa la realizzazione della finalità perseguita.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)
La regolazione del rischio di emergenza e la regolazione del «panico del rischio» nella pandemia Covid-19
Creators: name: Di Capua, Viviana
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: Il contributo si propone di indagare il ruolo del principio di precauzione nell’adozione delle misure di mitigazione e risposta all’emergenza epidemiologica da Covid-19, a livello nazionale e locale, soffermandosi in particolare sulla strategia di gestione della crisi predisposta dalla Regione Campania durante le varie fasi. Il sistema normativo costruito dal Governo per contenere la diffusione del contagio sul territorio nazionale ha riconosciuto un potere d’intervento alle autorità regionali e locali con la finalità di contrastare tempestivamente le eventuali criticità emerse nei rispettivi ambiti, concretizzatosi nell’emanazione di una pluralità di ordinanze contingibili ed urgenti che hanno ulteriormente limitato diritti e libertà fondamentali. Il potere è stato in concreto esercitato sulla base di un rischio di contagio che, però, in assenza di parametri certi, univoci e uniformi, si è tradotto sovente nell’adozione di misure irragionevoli, non adeguate e non proporzionate. La conseguenza è che, in alcuni casi, le misure regionali di contenimento hanno imposto limitazioni più severe in aree del Paese dove il rischio di contagio era inferiore rispetto ad altre. A tal fine, l’itinerario argomentativo muoverà da una concisa disamina del fondamento teorico e delle modalità di applicazione del principio di precauzione, per poi passare all’analisi del quadro normativo imbastito dal Governo per la gestione della crisi, dei presupposti e del potere d’intervento delle autorità regionali e locali, e terminerà con un focus sulla Regione Campania, nella quale la regolazione del rischio di emergenza si è trasformato in governo del «panico del rischio», dando luogo a provvedimenti, ancorchè precari, fortemente lesivi di diritti e di libertà fondamentali.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)
Data acquisition with Coaxial Dielectric Probes
Creators: name: Gramse, Georg
name: Alic, Ivan
name: Kasper, Manuel
name: Ragulskis, Mykolas
name: Moertelmaier, Manuel
name: Kienberger, Ferry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Coaxial dielectric probes
Data acquisition
Standard Operating Procedure

description: This document's intention is to provide a generic and instrument-unspecific guideline to help in the process of acquiring reliable and reproducible data with a coaxial dielectric probe. Areas covered are sample and coaxial probe handling, data storage and a few quick reminders on data analysis. Extensive advice on data analysis is beyond the document's scope.
Fukaya-Seidel category and gauge theory
Creators: name: Haydys, Andriy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Given a J-holomorphic Morse function on a symplectic manifold, a new construction of the Fukaya-Seidel category is outlined. Applying this construction in an infinite dimensional case, a Fukaya-Seidel-type category is associated to a smooth three-manifold. In this case the construction is based on a five-dimensional gauge theory.
description: v4: This is a significantly expended version. A priori estimates and compactness are added. Some conventions are changed. v3:minor corrections, exposition somewhat changed
Interplay between Black Holes and Ultralight Dark Matter: Analytic Solutions
Creators: name: Bucciotti, Bruno
name: Trincherini, Enrico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dark matter (DM) can consist of a scalar field so light that DM particles in the galactic halo are best described by classical waves. We investigate how these classical solutions are influenced by the presence of a non-rotating supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, using an analytical, albeit approximate, approach.
 Relying on this analytic control, we examine the consequences of imposing causal boundary conditions at the horizon, which are typically overlooked. First, we examine the scenario where the backreaction of dark matter can be neglected. The scalar field decays like a power law at large distances, thus endowing the black hole with "hair". We derive solutions for the field profile over a wide range of parameters, including cases with rotating dark matter. As a by-product, we extract the dynamical Love numbers for scalar perturbations. Next, we determine the spectrum of bound states and their behaviour.
 Finally, we incorporate the self-gravity of the scalar field, with a focus on the situation where dark matter forms a soliton (boson star) at the center of the galaxy. We derive an analytical expression for the soliton at every distance from the center. With a solution that remains applicable even at horizon scales, we can reliably compute the accretion rate of the black hole.
description: 29 pages + appendices, v2: minor improvements, matches journal version
Development of analytical methods and bioinformatic programs for data acquisition and data processing in LC-MS-based untargeted metabolomics
Creators: name: Guo, Jian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Untargeted metabolomics studies the complete set of small metabolic molecules in a given biological system. Liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) is currently the most prominent analytical platform for untargeted metabolomics owing to its high sensitivity, specificity, and metabolic coverage. However, the current LC-MS-based untargeted metabolomics workflow has limited performance in detecting and quantifying trace-level metabolites of bad chromatographic peak shapes. It is also hard to differentiate signals of real metabolites from noise and background. During my Ph.D., I have developed a suite of analytical and bioinformatic tools to address the critical challenges in metabolomics data acquisition and data processing. In this thesis, Chapters 2 to 4 focus on the development of data acquisition methods. Specifically, Chapters 2 to 3 describe the detailed comparison of the existing data acquisition modes in two different aspects. Chapter 4 describes the development of a novel data acquisition strategy, DaDIA, to increase metabolomic coverage. On the other hand, Chapters 5 to 9 describe the development of data processing methods. In Chapter 5, a data processing parameter optimization tool, Paramounter is introduced to rapidly and accurately determine the best peak-picking parameters for five commonly used data processing programs. In Chapter 6, the five most commonly used metabolomics data processing programs were compared to mechanistically explain the difference regarding the performance in metabolic feature extraction. In Chapter 7, a novel data processing program, JPA, was developed to efficiently extract the metabolic features by combining multiple peak-picking algorithms. In Chapter 8, a deep learning-based software, EVA, was created to automatically remove the false positive features generated from the background noise. In Chapter 9, I developed a bioinformatic workflow, ISFrag, to automatically recognize and remove the false positive metabolic features originating from in-source fragmentation.
Poissonian statistics in the extremal process of branching Brownian motion
Creators: name: Arguin, Louis-Pierre
name: Bovier, Anton
name: Kistler, Nicola
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As a first step toward a characterization of the limiting extremal process of branching Brownian motion, we proved in a recent work [Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 64 (2011) 1647-1676] that, in the limit of large time $t$, extremal particles descend with overwhelming probability from ancestors having split either within a distance of order 1 from time 0, or within a distance of order 1 from time $t$. The result suggests that the extremal process of branching Brownian motion is a randomly shifted cluster point process. Here we put part of this picture on rigorous ground: we prove that the point process obtained by retaining only those extremal particles which are also maximal inside the clusters converges in the limit of large $t$ to a random shift of a Poisson point process with exponential density. The last section discusses the Tidal Wave Conjecture by Lalley and Sellke [Ann. Probab. 15 (1987) 1052-1061] on the full limiting extremal process and its relation to the work of Chauvin and Rouault [Math. Nachr. 149 (1990) 41-59] on branching Brownian motion with atypical displacement.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AAP809 the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
La garanzia dei diritti alla prova della pandemia. Considerazioni comparatistiche sull’intervento statale alla luce del contesto europeo
Creators: name: Marchese, Claudia
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: Il presente studio si propone di effettuare una ricostruzione in chiave comparata delle misure disposte a livello statale in Italia, Spagna, Francia e Germania per fronteggiare la crisi economico-finanziaria causata dalla pandemia da Covid-19. In particolare, saranno oggetto di analisi le misure disposte al fine di tutelare i soggetti maggiormente colpiti dalle conseguenze della pandemia e dunque i lavoratori, le famiglie, i giovani. Tuttavia, non si tralascerà di esaminare nel dettaglio gli interventi disposti al fine di salvaguardare il tessuto imprenditoriale. In un simile contesto lo Stato assolve ad un ruolo centrale, dovendo contemperare differenti istanze e fornire adeguata tutela sia ai diritti sociali sia alla libertà di iniziativa economica. Le modalità attraverso le quali questa tutela può estrinsecarsi sono molteplici. Pertanto, il presente studio cercherà si porre in rilievo le peculiarità dei singoli modelli di intervento statale. Una simile panoramica sarà completata dall’analisi e dalla comparazione dei piani nazionali di rilancio. The present study aims to carry out a comparative reconstruction of the measures adopted by the state in Italy, Spain, France and Germany to face the economic and financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the measures introduced in order to protect those most affected by the consequences of the pandemic (i.e. workers, families and young people) will be analyzed. However, we will not forget to examine in detail the interventions arranged in order to safeguard the entrepreneurial system. In such a context, the State plays a central role, having to reconcile different instances and provide adequate protection for both social rights and freedom of economic initiative. There are many ways in which this protection can take place. Therefore, the present study will try to highlight the peculiarities of the state models of intervention. Such an overview will be completed by the analysis and comparison of national recovery plans.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)
Data acquisition with Split - Post Dielectric Resonators
Creators: name: Celuch, Malgorzata
name: Rudnicki, Janusz
name: Krupka, Jerzy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Dielectric Resonator
Data acquisition
Standard Operating Procedure

description: This document's intention is to provide a guideline to help in the process of acquiring reliable and reproducible data with a split - post dielectric resonator (SPDR). Areas covered include preparation and handling of measurement setups and material samples. Field distributions in SPDR are shown, in order to facilitate the overall understanding of its operation and the nature of the measured data, but extensive advice on data analysis is beyond the document's scope. Appropriate literature is referenced but also errors are pointed out in the existing IEC norm.
Additional file 1 of Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the briefest version of the Zimbardo time perspective inventory (ZTPI-15)
Creators: name: Fekih-Romdhane, Feten
name: Chahine, Abdallah
name: Mhanna, Mariam
name: El Zouki, Christian Joseph
name: Obeid, Sahar
name: Hallit, Souheil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1 Arabic translation of the 15-item Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory
Localized f-electron magnetism in the semimetal Ce3Bi4Au3
Creators: name: Ajeesh, M. O.
name: Kushwaha, S. K.
name: Thomas, S. M.
name: Thompson, J. D.
name: Chan, M. K.
name: Harrison, N.
name: Tomczak, J. M.
name: Rosa, P. F. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ce$_{3}$Bi$_{4}$Au$_{3}$ crystallizes in the same non-centrosymmetric cubic structure as the prototypical Kondo insulator Ce$_{3}$Bi$_{4}$Pt$_{3}$. Here we report the physical properties of Ce$_{3}$Bi$_{4}$Au$_{3}$ single crystals using magnetization, thermodynamic, and electrical-transport measurements. Magnetic-susceptibility and heat-capacity data reveal antiferromagnetic (AFM) order below $T_N=3.2$ K. The magnetic entropy $S_{\rm mag}$ reaches $R$ln2 slightly above $T_N$, which suggests localized $4f$-moments in a doublet ground state. Multiple field-induced magnetic transitions are observed at temperatures below $T_N$, which indicate a complex spin structure with competing interactions. Ce$_{3}$Bi$_{4}$Au$_{3}$ shows semimetallic behavior in electrical resistivity measurements in contrast to the majority of reported Cerium-based 343 compounds. Electrical-resistivity measurements under hydrostatic pressure reveal a slight enhancement of $T_N$ under pressures up to 2.3 GPa, which supports a scenario wherein Ce$_{3}$Bi$_{4}$Au$_{3}$ belongs to the far left of the Doniach phase diagram dominated by Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interactions. Using realistic many-body simulations, we confirm the semi-metallic electronic structure of Ce$_{3}$Bi$_{4}$Au$_{3}$ and quantitatively reproduce its local moment behavior in the paramagnetic state.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures
Quantum versus Classical Dynamics in a driven barrier: the role of kinematic effects
Creators: name: Papachristou, P. K.
name: Katifori, E.
name: Diakonos, F. K.
name: Constantoudis, V.
name: Mavrommatis, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamics of the classical and quantum mechanical scattering of a wave packet from an oscillating barrier. Our main focus is on the dependence of the transmission coefficient on the initial energy of the wave packet for a wide range of oscillation frequencies. The behavior of the quantum transmission coefficient is affected by tunneling phenomena, resonances and kinematic effects emanating from the time dependence of the potential. We show that when kinematic effects dominate (mainly in intermediate frequencies), classical mechanics provides very good approximation of quantum results. Moreover, in the frequency region of optimal agreement between classical and quantum transmission coefficient, the transmission threshold, i.e. the energy above which the transmission coefficient becomes larger than a specific small threshold value, is found to exhibit a minimum. We also consider the form of the transmitted wave packet and we find that for low values of the frequency the incoming classical and quantum wave packet can be split into a train of well separated coherent pulses, a phenomenon which can admit purely classical kinematic interpretation.
Spin glass theory and its new challenge: structured disorder
Creators: name: Mézard, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper first describes, from a high level viewpoint, the main challenges that had to be solved in order to develop a theory of spin glasses in the last fifty years. It then explains how important inference problems, notably those occurring in machine learning, can be formulated as problems in statistical physics of disordered systems. However, the main questions that we face in the analysis of deep networks require to develop a new chapter of spin glass theory, which will address the challenge of structured data.
description: 17 pages, one figure
Strategies to minimize SARS-CoV-2 transmission in classroom settings: combined impacts of ventilation and mask effective filtration efficiency
Creators: name: Rothamer, David A.
name: Sanders, Scott
name: Reindl, Douglas
name: Bertram, Timothy H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Strong evidence exists indicating that aerosol transmission of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a significant transmission modality. We experimentally evaluated the impact of ventilation on aerosol dynamics and distribution along with the effective filtration efficiency (EFE) of four different mask types, with and without mask fitters, in a classroom setting. These were used to estimate aerosol conditional infection probability using the Wells–Riley model for three scenarios with different ventilation and mask interventions. Aerosol measurements confirmed that aerosol in the room was uniform within a factor of 2 for distances >2 m from the source. Mask EFE results demonstrate that most masks fit poorly with estimated leakage rates typically >50%. However, EFEs approaching the mask material FE were achievable using mask fitters. Infection probability estimates indicate that ventilation alone is not able to achieve probabilities <0.01 (1%). The use of moderate to high EFE masks reduces infection probability, >5× in some cases. Reductions provided by ventilation and masks are synergistic and multiplicative. The results reinforce the use of properly donned masks to achieve reduced aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases and motivate improvements in the EFE of masks through improved design or use of mask fitters.
Layered architecture for quantum computing
Creators: name: Jones, N. Cody
name: Van Meter, Rodney
name: Fowler, Austin G.
name: McMahon, Peter L.
name: Kim, Jungsang
name: Ladd, Thaddeus D.
name: Yamamoto, Yoshihisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a layered quantum computer architecture, which is a systematic framework for tackling the individual challenges of developing a quantum computer while constructing a cohesive device design. We discuss many of the prominent techniques for implementing circuit-model quantum computing and introduce several new methods, with an emphasis on employing surface code quantum error correction. In doing so, we propose a new quantum computer architecture based on optical control of quantum dots. The timescales of physical hardware operations and logical, error-corrected quantum gates differ by several orders of magnitude. By dividing functionality into layers, we can design and analyze subsystems independently, demonstrating the value of our layered architectural approach. Using this concrete hardware platform, we provide resource analysis for executing fault-tolerant quantum algorithms for integer factoring and quantum simulation, finding that the quantum dot architecture we study could solve such problems on the timescale of days.
description: 27 pages, 20 figures
Additional file 1 of Pre-eclampsia during pregnancy and risk of endometrial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Jordao, H
name: Herink, K
name: KA, Eastwood
name: McVicker, L
name: Kearns, C
name: McMenamin, ÚC
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional File Table 1: Meta-analyses Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) Checklist. Additional File Table 2: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Checklist
No dimension independent Core-Sets for Containment under Homothetics
Creators: name: Brandenberg, Rene
name: Koenig, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 52A35, 52A40, 52B12, 52B15, 52B55, 68W25

description: This paper deals with the containment problem under homothetics which has the minimal enclosing ball (MEB) problem as a prominent representative. We connect the problem to results in classic convex geometry and introduce a new series of radii, which we call core-radii. For the MEB problem, these radii have already been considered from a different point of view and sharp inequalities between them are known. In this paper sharp inequalities between core-radii for general containment under homothetics are obtained. Moreover, the presented inequalities are used to derive sharp upper bounds on the size of core-sets for containment under homothetics. In the MEB case, this yields a tight (dimension independent) bound for the size of such core-sets. In the general case, we show that there are core-sets of size linear in the dimension and that this bound stays sharp even if the container is required to be symmetric.
description: Discrete & Computational Geometry, 2012; The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com
Disciplinare la politica per valorizzare l'amministrazione?
Creators: name: Taccogna, Gerolamo
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: La pandemia rivela e pone in risalto carenze dell’amministrazione, che si direbbero riconducibili a problemi di carattere strutturale, dati in particolare da un’insufficiente disciplina giuridica dell’attività politica, in mancanza della quale le regole anche stringenti dettate per gli apparati gestionali non producono gli auspicati effetti. Dalla Costituzione non sembrano derivare limiti ad una disciplina giuridica sistematica e più incisiva della politica, che consenta di stabilizzare, focalizzare ed efficientare l’amministrazione. Al contrario, la Carta pare addirittura richiederla, sebbene con un impianto storicamente datato, concepito con riferimento ad un assetto della società oggi fortemente evolutosi. Spunti di disciplina positiva nel senso indicato appaiono peraltro rinvenibili in alcune leggi già esistenti, che potrebbero costituire la base per un disegno più ampio ed organico. Anche alcuni recenti tendenze della giurisprudenza possono essere addotte a sostegno.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)
Ancora su diritto e tecnica. Le valutazioni tecnicoscientifiche come premessa delle decisioni politico-amministrative assunte per fronteggiare l’emergenza pandemica da Covid-19
Creators: name: Acocella, Carla
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: Il contributo analizza una serie di dinamiche emerse nella vicenda pandemica e nella sua gestione, nello specifico quelle legate alla configurazione della tecnica come premessa delle decisioni di governo dell’emergenza, il più delle volte, in termini di premessa ricostruttiva dei presupposti di fatto delle stesse decisioni. Rispetto al dato indiscutibile – uno dei pochi in questa stagione di incertezze – che le valutazioni di carattere scientifico siano state (quanto meno) esibite come fattore condizionante le decisioni lato sensu politiche assunte, si svolge su un diverso piano la questione relativa al peso effettivamente assunto dalla tecnica nel processo decisionale. Questo rilievo suggerisce l’opportunità di non elevare la solidità del presupposto scientifico a profilo dominante nella verifica della accettabilità democratica delle decisioni assunte, quanto piuttosto a curvare tale indagine intorno all’uso che del presupposto è stato fatto rispetto a parametri di ragionevolezza, adeguatezza e proporzionalità. Tale prospettiva appare peraltro incoraggiata dalla peculiarità della vicenda pandemica, e segnatamente dal profilo della incertezza che, pur essendo tipico tratto connotativo di scienza e tecnica, risulta in questo caso accentuato.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)
Klein-bottle quadrupole insulators and Dirac semimetals
Creators: name: Li, Chang-An
name: Sun, Junsong
name: Zhang, Song-Bo
name: Guo, Huaiming
name: Trauzettel, Björn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Benalcazar-Bernevig-Hughes (BBH) quadrupole insulator model is a cornerstone model for higher-order topological phases. It requires π-flux threading through each plaquette of the two-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. Recent studies showed that particular π-flux patterns can modify the fundamental domain of momentum space from the shape of a torus to a Klein bottle with emerging topological phases. By designing different π-flux patterns, we propose two types of Klein-bottle BBH models. These models show rich topological phases, including Klein-bottle quadrupole insulators and Dirac semimetals. The phase with nontrivial Klein-bottle topology shows twined edge modes at open boundaries. These edge modes can further support second-order topology, yielding a quadrupole insulator. Remarkably, both models are robust against flux perturbations. Moreover, we show that different π-flux patterns dramatically affect the phase diagram of the Klein-bottle BBH models. Going beyond the original BBH model, Dirac semimetal phases emerge in Klein-bottle BBH models featured by the coexistence of twined edge modes and bulk Dirac points.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures
title: Противодействие коррупции в сфере образования (правовые аспекты)
title: Учебное пособие
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Минин А.Я.
Publisher: name: Московский педагогический государственный университет
Year: 2019

description: В настоящем пособии в доступной форме изложен материал курса «Противодействие коррупции в сфере образования» в соответствии с учебным планом и программой магистерской подготовки, с учетом программ повышения квалификации и рабочих учебных программ ряда дисциплин: Актуальные проблемы противодействия коррупции в сфере образования (44.04.01 Педагогическое образование, образовательная программа «Теория и методика преподавания правовых дисциплин»); Основы противодействия коррупции в сфере образования (38.04.02 Менеджмент); Формирование антикоррупционного мировоззрения учащихся (44.03.05 Педагогическое образование); Актуальные проблемы противодействия коррупции (40.04.01 Юриспруденция, образовательная программа «Правозащитная и правоохранительная деятельность в РФ»). Для информационно-методического обеспечения самостоятельной работы слушателей курсов повышения квалификации, студентов бакалавриата и магистратуры педагогических и юридических образовательных организаций (учреждений) высшего образования.
description: In this manual in an accessible form sets out the material of the course "anti-corruption in education" in accordance with the training plan and master training program, tailored training programs and curriculums of a number of subjects: Actual problems of combating corruption in education (44.04.01 teacher education, educational program "the Theory and methodology of teaching legal disciplines"); fundamentals of corruption counteraction in the sphere of education (38.04.02 Management); Formation of anti-corruption worldview of students (44.03.05 teacher education); Actual problems of fighting corruption (40.04.01 Law, educational program "human rights and law enforcement in the Russian Federation"). For information and methodological support of independent work of students of refresher courses, undergraduate and graduate teaching and legal education organizations (institutions) of higher education.
Nonlinear Quasi-Normal Modes: Uniform Approximation
Creators: name: Bucciotti, Bruno
name: Kuntz, Adrien
name: Serra, Francesco
name: Trincherini, Enrico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent works have suggested that nonlinear (quadratic) effects in black hole perturbation theory may be important for describing a black hole ringdown. We show that the technique of uniform approximations can be used to accurately compute 1) nonlinear amplitudes at large distances in terms of the linear ones, 2) linear (and nonlinear) quasi-normal mode frequencies, 3) the wavefunction for both linear and nonlinear modes. Our method can be seen as a generalization of the WKB approximation, with the advantages of not losing accuracy at large overtone number and not requiring matching conditions. To illustrate the effectiveness of this method we consider a simplified source for the second-order Zerilli equation, which we use to numerically compute the amplitude of nonlinear modes for a range of values of the angular momentum number.
description: 17 pages + appendices, v2: minor improvements, added eq. (4.20), matches journal version
Efficienza amministrativa e discrezionalità ai tempi della pandemia
Creators: name: Mameli, Barbara
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: La pandemia ha lasciato un chiaro messaggio che sottolinea l’inefficiente gestione politica ed amministrativa dei diritti fondamentali e delle risorse pubbliche, ma anche il grave problema che il primato dell’economia ha comportato per la salute non solo umana ma dell’intero Pianeta. Soltanto un corretto ed efficiente esercizio del potere consentirà l’ottimale impiego delle risorse e l’attuazione del progetto di una nuova società più rispettosa del testo costituzionale. Il potere politico dovrebbe tornare a compiere accurate scelte nelle competenti sedi istituzionali, l’agire del soggetto pubblico essere sottoposto a sindacato giurisdizionale e a responsabilità per garantire che l’esercizio del potere non si discosti dal dettato costituzionale. Senza l’intervento della magistratura (Corte Costituzionale e giudice amministrativo) il rischio che la Costituzione non venga attuata, o sia attuata male, è elevato, la pandemia lo ha reso evidente. La legittimazione del potere pubblico si giustifica solo se ed in quanto l’esercizio dell’autorità sia funzionalizzato ad assicurare il godimento dei diritti e deve essere valutata sotto tale aspetto. La responsabilità precontrattuale, intesa quale fiducia che il privato ripone nella professionalità e capacità della PA, potrebbe consentire di ampliare il sindacato nei confronti del corretto adempimento dei doveri, anche qualora l’amministrazione si determini a non esercitare il potere o ad esercitarlo in modo non efficace.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 2 (2020)