cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigating Sensory Prediction in Autism Spectrum Conditions
Creators: name: Finnemann, Johanna J. S.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: autism
ASD
Asperger's
sensory
motor
prediction
predictive coding
predictive processing
Bayesian Brain

description: Autism is the umbrella term for a family of neurodevelopmental disorders characterised by heterogeneous clinical presentations affecting social interaction, communication, sensory atypicalities and restricted and repetitive behaviours (DSM 5). The idea of a unifying explanation that can account for the range of cognitive, behavioural and neurological features associated with autism is attractive, but as of yet no such cognitive or physiological underpinnings have been identified. However, the last years have seen a growing interest in using approaches within the nascent field of the predictive processing framework to explore the potential causal role of aberrant prediction for the autistic phenotype. While hypothesised differences in predictive abilities have demonstrated some explanatory power for symptoms of psychotic spectrum disorders, empirical investigations into autism are still sparse. In this thesis I follow up on the theoretical work about difficulties with expectation generation in autism with three empirical studies on prediction in perception and sensory processing (Chapters 2-4). My results did not support the idea of autism as a generalised disorder of prediction; however better phenotyping in future work might help to tease apart some of the variability observed in the autism group. Furthermore I also examined the psychometric properties of two widely-used self-report questionnaires assessing autistic traits and schizotypy (Chapter 5). If latent traits are not measured equivalently across clinical and non-clinical populations, this could have implications for studies using high self-reported traits in healthy participants as proxies for the clinical condition as well as for correlational studies.
description: Christ's College, Cambridge
Notiocoelotes Wang, Xu & Li 2008
Creators: name: Liu, Jie
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Pham, Dinh-Sac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Notiocoelotes

description: Genus Notiocoelotes Wang, Xu & Li, 2008
 Diagnosis. Members of Notiocoelotes can be separated from other Coelotinae by the absence of epigynal teeth, the presence of a tongue-shaped atrial scape, and the large copulatory ducts in females, and by the absence of a patellar apophysis, the large, strongly bifurcated lateral tibial apophysis, the absence of a conductor dorsal apophysis, the strongly elongated, coiled conductor, and the reduced or simple median apophysis in males (Wang, Xu & Li 2008).
 Distribution. East Asia, Southeast Asia.
description: Published as part of Liu, Jie, Li, Shuqiang & Pham, Dinh-Sac, 2010, 2377, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 2377 on page 81
Radiative association of atomic and ionic carbon
Creators: name: Babb, James F.
name: Smyth, R. T.
name: McLaughlin, B. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present calculated cross sections and rate coefficients for the formation of the dicarbon cation (C$_2^+$) by the radiative association process in collisions of a C$(^3P)$ atom and a C$^+(^2P^o)$ ion. Molecular structure calculations for a number of low-lying doublet and quartet states of C$_2^+$ are used to obtain the potential energy surfaces and transition dipole moments coupling the states of interest, substantially increasing the available molecular data for C$_2^+$. Using a quantum-mechanical method, we explore a number of allowed transitions and determine those contributing to the radiative association process. The calculations extend the available data for this process down to the temperature of 100 K, where the rate coefficient is found to be about $2\times 10^{-18}$ cm$^3$/s. We provide analytical fits suitable for incorporation into astrochemical reaction databases.
description: Accepted for publication ApJ
Motion of vortex lines in nonlinear wave mechanics
Creators: name: Bialynicki-Birula, Iwo
name: Bialynicka-Birula, Zofia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend our previous analysis of the motion of vortex lines [I. Bialynicki-Birula, Z. Bialynicka-Birula and C. Sliwa, Phys. Rev. A 61, 032110 (2000)] from linear to a nonlinear Schroedinger equation with harmonic forces. We also argue that under certain conditions the influence of the contact nonlinearity on the motion of vortex lines is negligible. The present analysis adds new weight to our previous conjecture that the topological features of vortex dynamics are to a large extent universal.
description: To appear in Phys. Rev. A, 4 pages
Archeops: A High Resolution, Large Sky Coverage Balloon Experiment for Mapping CMB Anisotropies
Creators: name: Benoit, A.
name: Ade, P.
name: Amblard, A.
name: Ansari, R.
name: Aubourg, E.
name: Bartlett, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Archeops is a balloon-borne instrument dedicated to measuring cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies at high angular resolution (8 arcminutes) over a large fraction (25%) of the sky in the millimetre domain. Based on Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) technology, cooled bolometers (0.1 K) scan the sky in total power mode with large circles at constant elevation. During the course of a 24-hour Arctic-night balloon flight, Archeops will observe a complete annulus on the sky in four frequency bands centered at 143, 217, 353 and 545 GHz with an expected sensitivity to CMB fluctuations of \~100muK for each of the 90 thousand 20 arcminute average pixels. We describe the instrument and its performance obtained during a test flight from Trapani (Sicily) to Spain in July 1999.
description: 44 pages, 24 figures Full resolution postscript at http://publi.archeops.org
STM conductance of Kondo impurities on open and structured surfaces
Creators: name: Cornaglia, P. S.
name: Balseiro, C. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the scanning tunneling microscopy response for magnetic atoms on open and structured surfaces using Wilson's renormalization group. We observe Fano resonances associated with Kondo resonances and interference effects. For a magnetic atom in a quantum corral coupled to the confined surface states, and experimentally relevant parameters, we observe a large confinement induced effect not present in the experiments. These results suggest that the Kondo screening is dominated by the bulk electrons rather than the surface ones.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
Mogannia saucia Noualhier 1896
Creators: name: Lee, Young June
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Mogannia
Mogannia saucia

description: 24. Mogannia saucia Noualhier, 1896
Mogannia saucia Noualhier, 1896: 254 [TL: Route de Luang-Prabang à Theng]; Distant, 1906b: 106; Distant, 1914: 34; Metcalf, 1963b: 886; Sanborn et al., 2007: 32; Lee, 2008: 20.
Distribution. S. China, Philippines, N. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.
description: Published as part of Lee, Young June, 2010, A checklist of Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Cambodia, with two new species and a key to the genus Lemuriana, pp. 19-32 in Zootaxa 2487 on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2487.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/195531
Structural assessment and identification of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitors
Creators: name: Ananta Ganjoo
name: Anuj Tripathi
name: Chetti Prabhakar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Structural assessment and identification of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitors
How Does Information About Elite Tax Evasion Affect Political Participation: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Creators: name: Kolstad, Ivar
name: Wiig, Arne
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: We present results of a randomised field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. Information provided in a neutral form had no effect, while information phrased in more morally charged terms led to a reduction in voting intentions. Rather than increase the perceived importance of voting, charged information tends to undermine confidence in political institutions and the social contract. The effects are particularly pronounced among the less well off, indicating that increased transparency in the absence of perceived agency may not improve political participation.
Electrical Conductivity at the Core of a Magnetar
Creators: name: Ghosh, Sutapa
name: Ghosh, Sanchayita
name: Goswami, Kanupriya
name: Chakrabarty, Somenath
name: Goyal, Ashok
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An expression for the electrical conductivity at the core of a magnetar is derived using Boltzmann kinetic equation with the relaxation time approximation. The rates for the relevant scattering processes, e.g., electron-electron and electron-proton are evaluated in presence of strong quantizing magnetic fields using tree level diagrams. It is found that in presence of a strong quantizing magnetic field, electrical conductivity behaves like a second rank tensor. However, if the zeroth Landau levels are only occupied by the charged particles, it again behaves like a scaler of a one dimensional system.
description: REVTEX File, 4 .eps figures (included)
USIA Poll # 1988-I88046: Post-Moscow Summit Telephone Survey
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: Soviet American relations (3); Soviet-American ability to handle world politics (2); personal freedom in Soviet Union (1); meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev (7); impact of Mikhail Gorbachev (1); disarmament (1); United States working for good of Federal Republic (1); Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (2); possible Soviet withdrawal (1); partisanship (1).
Did You Really Get the Message? Using Text Reminders to Stimulate Adoption of Agricultural Technologies
Creators: name: Larochelle, Catherine
name: Alwang, Jeffrey
name: Travis, Elli
name: Barrera, Victor Hugo
name: Andrade, Juan Manuel Dominguez
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This article provides evidence from a randomised control trial conducted among potato farmers in Ecuador about the impact of mobile phone text messages on farmer knowledge about and adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) practices. Using psychological constructs, we examine competing explanations for non-standard decision-making leading to low adoption of beneficial agricultural technologies. Farmers who received text messages have significantly higher knowledge and are more likely to adopt most IPM practices than those in the control group. Findings provide evidence that text messages lead to behavioural changes by reducing inattention and sub-optimal heuristics in the face of complex decisions.
Additional file 5 of Methylation of WT1, CA10 in peripheral blood leukocyte is associated with breast cancer risk: a case-control study
Creators: name: Ge, Anqi
name: Gao, Song
name: Liu, Yupeng
name: Zhang, Hui
name: Wang, Xuan
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Pang, Da
name: Zhao, Yashuang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file5 Table S5. The methylation of WT1 and CA10 and clinicopathological characteristics in breast cancer patients.
The Effectiveness of Aid under Post-Conflict Conditions: A Sector-Specific Analysis
Creators: name: Donaubauer, Julian
name: Herzer, Dierk
name: Nunnenkamp, Peter
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: It is widely believed that foreign aid may help conflict-affected countries to recover after the termination of conflicts. However, the available empirical evidence supporting this view largely neglects the heterogeneous nature of aid. Drawing on the conflict database of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, we address the hypothesis that the effectiveness of post-conflict aid differs between specific sectors. Our focus is on social and economic infrastructure which is most likely to suffer during conflict episodes so that the need for aid is particularly pressing in this area. We find fairly robust evidence that post-conflict aid is effective in improving social infrastructure. In contrast, aid appears to be ineffective in improving economic infrastructure.
Notiocoelotes parvitriangulus Liu & Li & Pham 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Liu, Jie
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Pham, Dinh-Sac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Notiocoelotes
Notiocoelotes parvitriangulus

description: Notiocoelotes parvitriangulus sp. nov.
Figs 78–79, 87
 Type material. Holotype female, 6 female paratypes, VIETNAM: Hai Phong Province, Cat Ba National Park, Trung Trang Cave (N20°46.68', E106°58.35'), 16 July, 2008, Shuqiang LI, Guo ZHENG & Dinh-Sac PHAM leg.
 Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the Latin ‘ parvi ’ and ‘ triangulus ’, referring to the small and triangular atrium in this new species; adjective.
 Diagnosis. The new species is similar to N. pseudovietnamensis sp. nov. in having the small and triangular atrium, the large copulatory ducts, the small and anteriorly situated spermathecal heads (Figs 78A–B, 79B–C), but can be distinguished from the latter by the widely separated and elliptic copulatory ducts, the complex spemathecal stalks which are not entirely covered by copulatory ducts (Figs 78A–B, 79B–C).
 Description. Female. Total length 4.50–5.10. Holotype total length 4.75, prosoma 2.25 long, 1.65 wide; opisthosoma 2.50 long, 1.60 wide. Eye measurements: AME 0.05; ALE 0.13; PME 0.11; PLE 0.13; AME– AME 0; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME–PME 0.08; PME–PLE 0.04. Clypeus height 0.13. Leg formula: IV, I, II, III; leg measurements: I: 8.60 (2.25, 2.80, 2.20, 1.35); II: 7.35 (1.95, 2.45, 1.75, 1.20); III: 6.60 (1.85, 1.95, 1.80, 1.00); IV: 9.45 (2.45, 3.00, 2.70, 1.30). Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth (Fig. 78C). Epigynal teeth absent (Figs 78A, 79B); atrium small, triangular, with a tongue-shaped posterior extension (Figs 78A, 79B); copulatory ducts elliptic, covering the most of spermathecae (Figs 784B, 79C); spermathecae large, rounded, widely separated (Figs 78B, 79C); spermathecal heads small, extended anteriorly, with distinct stalks (Figs 78B, 79C).
Male. Unknown.
 Habitat preferences. These specimens were collected in cave, this species may live in the caves or the rock crevices.
 Distribution. Vietnam (Hai Phong) (Fig. 87).
description: Published as part of Liu, Jie, Li, Shuqiang & Pham, Dinh-Sac, 2010, 2377, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 2377 on pages 81-83
Spin-phonon relaxation from a universal \emph{ab initio} density-matrix approach
Creators: name: Xu, Junqing
name: Habib, Adela
name: Kumar, Sushant
name: Wu, Feng
name: Sundararaman, Ravishankar
name: Ping, Yuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Designing new quantum materials with long-lived electron spin states urgently requires a general theoretical formalism and computational technique to reliably predict intrinsic spin relaxation times. We present a new, accurate and universal first-principles methodology based on Lindbladian dynamics of density matrices to calculate spin-phonon relaxation time ($τ_s$) of solids with arbitrary spin mixing and crystal symmetry. This method describes contributions of Elliott-Yafet (EY) and D'yakonov-Perel' (DP) mechanisms to spin relaxation for systems with and without inversion symmetry on an equal footing. We show that intrinsic spin and momentum relaxation times both decrease with increasing temperature; however, for the DP mechanism, spin relaxation time varies inversely with extrinsic scattering time. We predict large anisotropy of spin lifetime in transition metal dichalcogenides. The excellent agreement with experiments for a broad range of materials underscores the predictive capability of our method for properties critical to quantum information science.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures
XXI ASR MEDIA DISKURSIDA INGLIZ VA RUS TILLARIDA ANGLITSIZMLARNING ISHLATILISHI
Creators: name: Qurbonova, Zarina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: XXI asr globallashuv jarayonlari til tizimiga bevosita ta’sir ko‘rsatmoqda. Axborot texnologiyalarining jadal rivojlanishi, madaniy va iqtisodiy aloqalarning kengayishi natijasida turli tillar o‘rtasidagi o‘zaro ta’sir kuchayib bormoqda. Ayniqsa, ingliz tilining xalqaro kommunikatsiya tili sifatida ustunlik qilishi boshqa tillarga, jumladan, rus tiliga ham sezilarli ta’sir ko‘rsatmoqda. Shu sababli ingliz tilidan olingan so‘z va iboralar – anglitssizmlar – zamonaviy media diskursida keng qo‘llanilmoqda.
Quantum-optical states in finite-dimensional Hilbert space. II. State generation
Creators: name: Leonski, Wieslaw
name: Miranowicz, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the second part of our review (for the first part see quant-ph/0108080), we discuss a physical model for generation of "truncated" coherent and squeezed states in finite-dimensional Hibert spaces.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures
title: 01_2150
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Orumcekia Kocak & Kemal 2008
Creators: name: Liu, Jie
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Pham, Dinh-Sac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Orumcekia

description: Genus Orumcekia Koçak & Kemal, 2008
 Diagnosis. Females of Orumcekia can be easily distinguished by the absence of epigynal teeth, the presence of a broad, transverse atrial septum, and the posteriorly expanded epigynal posterior margin, males by the presence of two patellar apophyses and a reduced lateral tibial apophysis (Wang 2002).
 Distribution. China, Vietnam, Thailand.
description: Published as part of Liu, Jie, Li, Shuqiang & Pham, Dinh-Sac, 2010, 2377, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 2377 on page 89
Structure-based Predictions for Molecular Initiating Events
Creators: name: Wedlake, Andrew John
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Toxicology
Risk Assessment
Machine Learning
Structure Activity Relationship
Structural Alerts
Pharmacophore
Molecular Initiating Event
Adverse Outcome Pathway
In silico Predictions

description: Toxicity testing of chemicals is currently undergoing its largest ever paradigm shift, moving towards faster, cheaper and more human-relevant methods which focus on mechanistic understanding. An AOP provides a framework for organising biological knowledge and data. The gateway to an AOP is the MIE, and chemistry is key to predicting which chemicals can undergo a MIE. In silico predictions of MIEs are a vital tool in a modern, mechanism-focused approach to risk assessment of chemicals. In this project, new structural alert-based models for receptor binding MIEs have been constructed that create accurate, transparent and interpretable predictions. The alerts have been constructed with an automated workflow that uses Bayesian statistics to iteratively select substructures associated with activity. The models were constructed from balanced data sets taken from human in vitro¬ assays in the ChEMBL and ToxCast databases. The new models significantly improve on previous models, with performance metrics comparable to random forest models. Methods for further improving structural alert models are presented, including a method for generalising aromatic atoms in structural alerts to reduce the number of alerts in a model, and construction of a consensus model combining structural alerts with a random forest model. Structural alert models have been constructed for a wide range of biological targets of toxicological interest and the variation in performance across all targets has been explained by considering the proportion of activity cliffs in data sets. Having significantly improved structural alert models in terms of performance, new methods for assessing confidence in both active and inactive predictions have been developed. These involve considering similarity to relevant chemicals in the training set. The measure of confidence in active predictions allows for applicability of predictions to be evaluated, whilst the measure of confidence in inactive predictions is vital in risk assessment of chemicals. Moving beyond structural alerts, attempts to describe chemicals in terms of the key interactions made with the biological target have been made. This a step towards describing how the receptor binding MIEs work and then using this knowledge to make better activity predictions. The generalised aromatic structural alerts have been used to predict key receptor binding interactions, which are consistent with interactions derived from crystal structures. Using structural alerts to group chemicals, pharmacophore models have been developed, allowing for activity predictions in terms of general features in three-dimensional space instead of the specific combination of atoms and bonds described by structural alerts.
description: Unilever
A large crocodyloid from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan
Creators: name: Martin, Jeremy E.
name: Pierre-Olivier Antoine
name: Perrier, Vincent
name: Jean-Loup Welcomme
name: Gregoire Metais
name: Marivaux, Laurent
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Plant Biology

description: A large crocodyloid from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan
Asteroseismology and calibration of alpha Cen binary system
Creators: name: Thevenin, F.
name: Provost, J.
name: Morel, P.
name: Berthomieu, G.
name: Bouchy, F.
name: Carrier, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the oscillation frequencies of alpha Cen A recently discovered by Bouchy & Carrier, the available astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic data, we tried to improve the calibration of the visual binary system alpha Cen. With the revisited masses of Pourbaix et al. (2002) we do not succeed to obtain a solution satisfying all the seismic observational constraints. Relaxing the constraints on the masses, we have found an age t_alpha Cen=4850+-500 Myr, an initial helium mass fraction Y_i = 0.300+-0.008, and an initial metallicity (Z/X)_i=0.0459+-0.0019, with M_A=1.100+-0.006M_o and M_B=0.907+-0.006M_o for alpha Cen A&B.
description: accepted for publication as a letter in A&A
Depletion Imaging of Rydberg atoms in cold atomic gases
Creators: name: Ferreira-Cao, M.
name: Gavryusev, V.
name: Franz, T.
name: Alves, R. Ferracini
name: Signoles, A.
name: Zürn, G.
name: Weidemüller, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a depletion imaging technique to map out the spatial and temporal dependency of the density distribution of an ultracold gas of Rydberg atoms. Locally resolved absorption depletion, observed through differential ground state absorption imaging of a $^{87}\text{Rb}$ cloud in presence and absence of pre-excited Rydberg atoms, reveals their projected two-dimensional distribution. By employing a closed two-level optical transition uncoupled from the Rydberg state, the highly excited atoms are preserved during imaging. We measure the excitation dynamics of the $\vert48S\rangle$ state of $^{87}\text{Rb}$, observing a saturation of the two-dimensional Rydberg density. Such outcome can be explained by the Rydberg blockade effect which prevents resonant excitation of close-by Rydberg atoms due to strong dipolar interactions. By combining the superatom description, where atoms within a blockade radius are represented as collective excitations, with a Monte Carlo sampling, we can quantitatively model the observed excitation dynamics and infer the full three-dimensional distribution of Rydberg atoms, that can serve as a starting point for quantum simulation of many-body dynamics involving Rydberg spin systems.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures
Clinical Profile and Long-Term Remission in Patients with Graves’ Disease: The Tripoli Medical Center Experience
Creators: name: El-Shareif, Hawa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Abstract:Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by goiter hyperthyroidism and ophthalmopathy. Treatment options include anti-thyroid drugs (ATD), radioactive iodine (RAI), and surgery. Objective: To determine the clinical features at presentation, mode of treatment, and longterm outcome of GD in our region and to determine the whether the duration of ATD treatment, patient gender, and age at presentation can predict the long-term response rate. Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of 145 consecutive Libyan patients with GD who were treated at the endocrine clinic of the Tripoli Medical Center (TMC) during the period between June 2005 and April 2007. Demographic data, presenting clinical features, and the results of thyroid function test at the time of the first presentation were obtained. Mode of treatment and the long-term outcome were recorded Results: A total of 145 patients were reviewed, 71.7% were female and 28.3% were males. Mean age was 36.7±11.8 years (Range 16-70) and mean duration of follow up was 5.7±3.9 years (Range 1-12) years. Tremor (64.8%), weight loss (54.5%), and palpitation (53.1%) were the most common clinical manifestations. 76.6% were treated only with antithyroid drugs (ATD), 16.6% received radioactive iodine (RAI), and 6.9% underwent surgery. Long-term remission rates for ATD, surgery, and RAI were 59.1%, 88.9%, and 87% respectively. Conclusion: Clinical manifestations of GD in our patients were comparable with those reported in the literature. There was an underuse of second-line treatment, namely surgery, and RAI therapy.
Controllability of quantum mechanical systems by root space decomposition of su(N)
Creators: name: Altafini, Claudio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The controllability property of the unitary propagator of an N-level quantum mechanical system subject to a single control field is described using the structure theory of semisimple Lie algebras. Sufficient conditions are provided for the vector fields in a generic configuration as well as in a few degenerate cases.
description: 11 pages, revtex4
The Marginal Abatement Cost of Carbon Emissions in China
Creators: name: Ma, Chunbo
name: Hailu, Atakelty
name: Ma, Chunbo
name: Hailu, Atakelty
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Distance Functions
subject: Marginal Abatement Cost
subject: Carbon
subject: China

description: There is an emerging literature estimating the marginal cost of carbon mitigation in China using distance function approaches; however, empirical estimates vary widely in magnitude and variation, which undermines support for policies to curb carbon emission. Applying three commonly used distance functions to China’s provincial data from 2001 to 2010, we show that the variability can be partially explained by the difference in the input/output coverage and whether the estimated marginal abatement cost (MAC) is conditional or unconditional. We also argue that the substantial heterogeneity in abatement cost estimates could be related to an economic interpretation that radial measures reflect the short-run MACs while non-radial measures reflect the long-run MACs. Our mean short-run MAC for carbon is 20 US$ per tonne, an amount that is very close to the carbon prices observed in China’s recently launched pilot markets.
Supramolecular self-assembly of oleylamide into organogels and hydrogels: a simple approach in phase selective gelation of oil spills
Creators: name: Bagher Eftekhari-Sis
name: Bagheri, Azam
name: Hessamaddin Younesi Araghi
name: Akbari, Ali
name: Paige, Matthew F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: A new gelator based of oleylamide has been introduced, which was gelled nonpolar hydrocarbon and CCl4 solvents through self-assembly. Also, the gelator formed a two-component hydrogel in combination with SDS, an anionic surfactant. UV-Vis studies revealed that the H-type and J-type aggregation of organogels in hexane and hydrogel in water, respectively. The xerogel, obtained by evaporating the solvent of organogel, selectively gelled and adsorbed oil spills on water surfaces. The effect of the various parameters, including temperature, water acidity and pH on the oil spill adsorption was studied, revealing the high ability of the xerogel to removing the oil contamination from water in up to 10 min. The novelty of this work is the ability of the xerogel to the phase selective gelation of oil without an extra auxiliary and/or heat. Simple synthesis of gelator started with oleic acid from natural resources is a main advantage of the present work.
Acidia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Creators: name: Evenhuis, Neal L.
name: O'Hara, James E.
name: Pape, Thomas
name: Pont, Adrian C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Acidia

description: 2. Acidia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 720.
 ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Acidia guerini Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; Tephritis cognata Wiedemann, 1817 (as “ Tephrytis cognata. Wintheim”).
 TYPE SPECIES: Tephritis cognata Wiedemann, 1817, by subsequent designation [Rondani, 1870: 10 (as “ Tripeta cognata. Mgn.”)].
 CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Norrbom et al. (1999: 67)].
FAMILY: TEPHRITIDAE.
 REMARKS: White (1986: 146) assumed that the type species designated by Rondani (1870: 10) of “ Tripeta cognata. Mgn.” was a misidentification; and therefore considered the earliest designation not based on a misidentification to be that of Tephritis cognata Wiedemann by Hendel (1914a: 85). White’s (1986) assumption was incorrect and Rondani’s designation, although getting the authorship incorrect, is valid under the ICZN Code.
description: Published as part of Evenhuis, Neal L., O'Hara, James E., Pape, Thomas & Pont, Adrian C., 2010, 2373, pp. 1-265 in Zootaxa 2373 on page 33
Bayesian Spatial Field Reconstruction with Unknown Distortions in Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Xiang, Qikun
name: Nevat, Ido
name: Peters, Gareth W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Spatial regression of random fields based on potentially biased sensing information is proposed in this paper. One major concern in such applications is that since it is not known a-priori what the accuracy of the collected data from each sensor is, the performance can be negatively affected if the collected information is not fused appropriately. For example, the data collector may measure the phenomenon inappropriately, or alternatively, the sensors could be out of calibration, thus introducing random gain and bias to the measurement process. Such readings would be systematically distorted, leading to incorrect estimation of the spatial field. To combat this detrimental effect, we develop a robust version of the spatial field model based on a mixture of Gaussian process experts. We then develop two different approaches for Bayesian spatial field reconstruction: the first algorithm is the Spatial Best Linear Unbiased Estimator (S-BLUE), in which one considers the quadratic loss function and restricts the estimator to the linear family of transformations; the second algorithm is based on empirical Bayes, which utilises a two-stage estimation procedure to produce accurate predictive inference in the presence of "misbehaving" sensors. In addition, we develop the distributed version of these two approaches to drastically improve the computational efficiency in large-scale settings. We present extensive simulation results using both synthetic datasets and semi-synthetic datasets with real temperature measurements and simulated distortions to draw useful conclusions regarding the performance of each of the algorithms.
Far-Infrared Census of Starburst-Seyfert Connection
Creators: name: Mouri, H.
name: Taniguchi, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Far-infrared flux densities are newly extracted from the IRAS database for the RSA and CfA complete samples of Seyfert galaxies. These data are used to classify the Seyfert galaxies into those where the far-infrared continuum emission is dominated by the active galactic nucleus (AGN), circumnuclear starburst, or host galaxy. While AGN-dominant objects consist of comparable numbers of Seyfert 1 and 2 galaxies, starburst- and host-dominant objects consist preferentially of Seyfert 2 galaxies. Thus, in addition to the dusty torus, the circumnuclear starburst region and host galaxy are important in hiding the broad-line region. Morphologically, starburst-dominant Seyfert galaxies are of later types and more strongly interacting than AGN-dominant Seyfert galaxies. In a later-type galaxy, the AGN central engine has a lower Eddington luminosity, and the gaseous content is higher. The gas is efficiently supplied to the starburst via a galaxy-galaxy interaction. Morphologies of host-dominant Seyfert galaxies are of various types. Since starbursts in Seyfert galaxies are older than those in classical starburst galaxies, we propose an evolution from starburst to starburst-dominant Seyfert to host-dominant Seyfert for a late-type galaxy. An evolution from AGN-dominant Seyfert to host-dominant Seyfert is proposed for an early-type galaxy. These sequences have durations of a few x 10^8 yr and occur repeatedly within a galaxy during its evolution from a late type to an early type.
description: 27 pages (AASTeX 5.0), 3 ps files for 6 figures, to appear in The Astrophysical Journal
The Mechanics of Active Faulting and Mountain Building
Creators: name: Wimpenny, Samuel Edward
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Earthquakes
Faults
Mountains

description: The aims of this thesis are to place new constraints on the rheological properties of active faults, and to investigate the influence of fault rheology on mountain building. The first chapter studies the postseismic deformation following the 2003 Bam earthquake in south-eastern Iran, with the intention of probing the material properties of the fault zone. Measurements of ground deformation following the earthquake made using InSAR suggest there was an unusually small amount of postseismic afterslip at Bam compared to similar earthquakes. I use numerical calculations of stress-driven afterslip to show that, in order to account for the limited postseismic afterslip at Bam, most of the fault zone must remain frictionally locked. I also find that, to explain the postseismic InSAR measurements and the long-term growth of topography at Bam, there must be either an E-W deviatoric stress of 2-10 MPa acting across the fault zone, or some component of fabric on the fault zone controlling the rake of fault slip. The second chapter expands in scope, investigating the orogen-scale deformation of the high Andes in south Peru. First I present a source model for a Mw 6.1 normal-faulting earthquake that occurred in the shallow crust of the south Peruvian Altiplano, which indicates that the Andes are extending parallel to the direction of shortening in the adjacent sub-Andean forelands. I then discuss a compilation of earthquake source models from across the Andes, using the earthquake depth distribution and slip vectors to infer that buoyancy forces are important in controlling the pattern of deformation. Calculations of the buoyancy forces indicate that faults cutting through the foreland support forces ~4-8 TN/m and have effective coefficients of static friction <0.2. Finally, I speculate that the recent normal faulting in the Andes is a result of a reduction in the shear stresses transmitted across faults on the eastern margin of the range, causing the high plateau to extend and thrust eastwards over the adjacent South American foreland. The final chapter remains focused on the normal faulting in south Peru. I use field observations and remote sensing to show that a 20 km-wide band of normal faults between Cusco and Lake Titicaca are extending NNE-SSW to NE-SW at ~1-3 mm/yr. The normal faults became active in the past ~5 Myrs and re-activate pre-existing reverse faults. To account for the extension rates across the normal faults, I calculate that the average shear stresses transmitted across the sub-Andean detachment may have decreased by 0.02-3 MPa, which is 0.1-30\% of their absolute value. I conclude that within most mountain belts the rate and style of faulting is sensitive to small spatial and temporal variations in the material properties of faults in their forelands.
description: British Geological Survey Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Volcanoes, Tectonics and Earthquakes (COMET)
The Effect of Value Chain Interventions for Staple Crops: Evidence from Small-Scale Farmers in Nicaragua
Creators: name: Ebata, Ayako
name: Huettel, Silke
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This paper quantitatively assesses the effect of value chain development projects on market linkages of small-scale farmers of a staple crop and agricultural income. We focus on Nicaraguan bean producers participating in a value chain development project. Using a panel data set, we apply difference-in-differences and instrumental variables estimators to identify causal effects of programme participation. We first quantify the positive direct effect of training on bean sales in terms of quantity and percentage of beans sold in linked markets. Second, we show that intensified commercialisation contributes to total agricultural income, suggesting a positive indirect effect of the intervention. Our results indicate that market linkage of smallholder farmers requires different sets of intervention tools than farm technical assistance.
A Study of Symmetry Breaking and Stability in Conical Shells and the Implications for Actuators
Creators: name: Ramachandran, Arathi
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: shell buckling
Finite Element Method
Cones

description: This thesis primarily explores the stability of spherically capped conical shells and secondarily explores the nature of the polygonal folds observed during these deformations. The polygonal folds were classified according to the number of facets observed. The problem is primarily explored using Finite Element Method (FEM) studies of rigid indentations of spherically capped conical shells of varying thickness, cone angle, and slant height. The main finding of the FEM studies is that the capped shells suddenly buckle during the indentation as the ridge approaches the region where the cap and conical shell meet. The geometry of this join region dominates the shell response for all the studied spherically capped conical shells and provides another perspective on how local geometry affects a shell’s response to indentation. Experimentally a commercially bought rubber conical shell is qualitatively observed to show that the shell can be poked and folded to remain statically in a wide number of folded shapes. While the thesis does not answer the reason for this stability, the combination of the FEM studies and exploration of the rubber conical shell suggest that the observed stability is likely linked to the interaction between the cap and conical shell.
Using Genetic Testing to Improve Fed Cattle Marketing Decisions
Creators: name: Thompson, Nathanael M.
name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
name: Thompson, Nathanael M.
name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Fed cattle marketing
subject: genetics
subject: molecular breeding value
subject: risk aversion
subject: value of information

description: We estimate the value of using genetic information in making fed cattle marketing decisions. Our results identified efficiency gains from sorting cattle into marketing groups, including more accurate optimal days-on-feed and reduced variability of returns to cattle feeding. Selectively marketing cattle based on genetic information increased expected profit by $1-$15/head depending on how a producer currently markets cattle, the grid structure, and risk preferences. Although values of genetic information were generally higher than those reported in previous research, they were still not enough to offset the current cost of genetic testing ($40/head).
Deep sea floor observations of typhoon driven enhanced ocean turbulence
Creators: name: van Haren, Hans
name: Chi, Wu-Cheng
name: Yang, Chu-Fang
name: Yang, Yiing-Jang
name: Jan, Sen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The impact of large atmospheric disturbances on deep benthic communities is not well known quantitatively. Observations are scarce but may reveal specific processes leading to turbulent disturbances. Here, we present high-resolution deep-ocean observations to study potential turbulent mixing by large atmospheric disturbances. We deployed an array of 100-Hz sampling-rate geophysical broadband Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBSs) on the seafloor. Within the footprint of this array we also deployed an oceanographic 1-Hz sampling-rate vertical temperature sensor string covering the water phase between 7 and 207 m above the seafloor at about 3000 m depth off eastern Taiwan between June 2017 and April 2018. All instruments registered Category 4 cyclone Typhoon Talims passage northeast of the array one day ahead of the cyclones closest approach when the cyclones eye was more than 1,000 km away. For 10 days, a group of near-inertial motions appeared most clearly in temperature. The registration reflects the importance of barotropic response to cyclones and the propagation of inertio-gravity waves in weak density stratification. In addition to internal tides, these waves drove turbulent overturns larger than 200 m that were concurrently registered by OBSs. The turbulent signals were neither due to seismic activity nor to ocean-surface wave action. Cyclones can generate not only microseisms and earth hums, as well as turbulence in the water column, producing additional ground motions. Quantified turbulence processes may help constrain models on sediment resuspension and its effect on deep-sea benthic life.
description: 39 pages, 11 figures