cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cross-sectional study of approaches to diagnosis and management of dogs with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia in primary care and referral veterinary practices in the United Kingdom.
Creators: name: Swann, James W
name: Tayler, Sarah
name: Hall, Harriet
name: Sparrow, Richard
name: Skelly, Barbara J
name: Glanemann, Barbara
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021

description: ObjectivesTo determine whether veterinarians in primary care practices (PCPs) and board-certified clinicians (BCCs) approach treatment of dogs with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA) similarly, and whether practitioners with more experience treat similarly to those with less experience. We hypothesised those in PCPs would show more variation in their approach to similar cases than BCCs.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted by distributing a questionnaire to BCCs and veterinarians in PCPs. The questionnaire included direct questions and a number of clinical scenarios intended to capture approaches to common treatment problems.ResultsQuestionnaire responses were received from 241 veterinarians, including 216 in PCPs and 25 BCCs. Veterinarians in both settings used similar tests for diagnosis of IMHA, but BCCs performed more tests to exclude underlying causes of 'associative' disease. All veterinarians reported use of similar initial dosages of glucocorticoids (median 2 mg/kg per day in both groups, p = 0.92) but those used by more experienced practitioners were higher than those with less experience. Most veterinarians made allowances for the weight of dogs, using lower prednisolone dosages in a clinical scenario involving a 40 kg dog compared to a 9 kg dog (p = 0.025 for PCP, p = 0.002 for BCC). BCCs reported greater use of combinations of immunosuppressive drugs (p<0.0001) and of antithrombotic drugs (p<0.0001); use of antithrombotic drugs was also less common among more experienced practitioners compared to less experienced.ConclusionsApproaches to treatment of dogs with IMHA differ between BCCs and those in PCP. These differences may affect design and implementation of future research studies and clinical guidelines.
The emerging population of pulsar wind nebulae in hard X-rays
Creators: name: Mattana, Fabio
name: Götz, Diego
name: Terrier, Régis
name: Renaud, Matthieu
name: Falanga, Maurizio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hard X-ray synchrotron emission from pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) probes energetic particles, closely related to the pulsar injection power at the present time. INTEGRAL has disclosed the yet poorly known population of hard X-ray pulsar/PWN systems. We summarize the properties of the class, with emphasys on the first hard X-ray bow-shock (CTB 80 powered by PSR B1951+32), and highlight some prospects for the study of Pulsar Wind Nebulae with the Simbol-X mission.
description: Proceedings of the 2nd Simbol-X Symposium, AIP Conf. Proc. Series, Eds. P. Ferrando and J. Rodriguez (4 pages, 2 figures)
Observation of an Antimatter Hypernucleus
Creators: name: The STAR Collaboration
name: Abelev, B. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nuclear collisions recreate conditions in the universe microseconds after the Big Bang. Only a very small fraction of the emitted fragments are light nuclei, but these states are of fundamental interest. We report the observation of antihypertritons - composed of an antiproton, antineutron, and antilambda hyperon - produced by colliding gold nuclei at high energy. Our analysis yields 70 +- 17 antihypertritons and 157 +- 30 hypertritons. The measured yields of hypertriton (antihypertriton) and helium3 (antihelium3) are similar, suggesting an equilibrium in coordinate and momentum space populations of up, down, and strange quarks and antiquarks, unlike the pattern observed at lower collision energies. The production and properties of antinuclei, and nuclei containing strange quarks, have implications spanning nuclear/particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures
Multi-frequency VLBA study of the blazar S5 0716+714 during the active state in 2004: I. Inner jet kinematics
Creators: name: Rastorgueva, E. A.
name: Wiik, K.
name: Savolainen, T.
name: Takalo, L. O.
name: Valtaoja, E.
name: Vetukhnovskaya, Y. N.
name: Sokolovsky, K. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We observed the blazar \object{0716+714} with the VLBA during its active state in 2003-2004. In this paper we discuss multi-frequency analysis of the inner jet (first 1 mas) kinematics. The unprecedentedly dense time sampling allows us to trace jet components without misidentification and to calculate the component speeds with good accuracy. In the smooth superluminal jet we were able to identify and track three components over time moving outwards with relatively high apparent superluminal speeds (8.5-19.4 $c$), which contradicts the hypothesis of a stationary oscillating jet in this source. Component ejections occur at a relatively high rate (once in two months), and they are accompanied by mm-continuum outbursts. Superluminal jet components move along wiggling trajectories, which is an indication of actual helical motion. Fast proper motion and rapid decay of the components suggest that this source should be observed with the VLBI at a rate of at least once in one or two months in order to trace superluminal jet components without confusion.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, Astronomy & Astrophysics Letter, language corrections added
Poincare polynomial of moduli spaces of framed sheaves on (stacky) Hirzebruch surfaces
Creators: name: Bruzzo, Ugo
name: Poghossian, Rubik
name: Tanzini, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 14D20; 14D21;14J60; 81T30; 81T45

description: We perform a study of the moduli space of framed torsion-free sheaves on Hirzebruch surfaces by using localization techniques. We discuss some general properties of this moduli space by studying it in the framework of Huybrechts-Lehn theory of framed modules. We classify the fixed points under a toric action on the moduli space, and use this to compute the Poincare polynomial of the latter. This will imply that the moduli spaces we are considering are irreducible. We also consider fractional first Chern classes, which means that we are extending our computation to a stacky deformation of a Hirzebruch surface. From the physical viewpoint, our results provide the partition function of N=4 Vafa-Witten theory on total spaces of line bundles on P1, which is relevant in black hole entropy counting problems according to a conjecture due to Ooguri, Strominger and Vafa.
description: 17 pages. This submission supersedes arXiv:0809.0155 [math.AG]
TABIIY RESURSLARNI TEJOVCHI INNOVATSION LOYIHALARNING AFZALLIKLARI
Creators: name: Mavlonova, Muxlisa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada tabiiy resurslarni tejashga qaratilgan innovatsion loyihalarning ko'p qirrali afzalliklari muhokama qilinadi va bunday tashabbuslarning ekologik, iqtisodiy, ijtimoiy va hamkorlikdagi afzalliklarini ta'kidlab, iqtisodiy o'sishni rag'batlantirish, jamiyat farovonligini oshirish va global bilim almashinuvini rivojlantirish imkoniyatlarini ta'kidlaydi hamda insoniyat va tabiiy dunyo o'rtasidagi yanada uyg'un munosabatlarni rivojlantirishdagi muhim rolini, yanada farovon va adolatli kelajak uchun bunday tashabbuslarni qo‘llab-quvvatlash va qabul qilish zarurligi haqida atroflicha fikr yurutiladi.
The Globular Cluster System of the Virgo Giant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636: II. Kinematics of the Globular Cluster System
Creators: name: Lee, Myung Gyoon
name: Park, Hong Soo
name: Hwang, Ho Seong
name: Arimoto, Nobuo
name: Tamura, Naoyuki
name: Onodera, Masato
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a kinematic analysis of the globular cluster(GC) system in the giant elliptical galaxy (gE) NGC 4636 in the Virgo cluster. Using the photometric and spectroscopic database of 238 GCs, we have investigated the kinematics of the GC system. The NGC 4636 GC system shows weak overall rotation, which is dominated by the red GCs. However, both the blue GCs and red GCs show some rotation in the inner region at R<4.3'. The velocity dispersion for all the GCs is derived to be sigma_p = 225{+12-9} km/s. The velocity dispersion for the blue GCs (sig=251 km/s) is slightly larger than that for the red GCs (sig=205 km/s). The velocity dispersions for the blue GCs about the mean velocity and about the best fit rotation curve have a significant variation depending on the galactocentric radius. Comparison of observed stellar and GC velocity dispersion profiles with the velocity dispersion profiles calculated from the stellar mass profile shows that the mass-to-light ratio should increase as the galactocentric distance increases, indicating the existence of an extended dark matter halo. From the comparison of the observed GC velocity dispersion profiles and the velocity dispersion profiles calculated for the X-ray mass profiles in the literature, we find that the orbit of the GC system is tangential, and that the orbit of the red GCs is slightly more tangential than that of the blue GCs. We compare the GC kinematics of NGC 4636 with those of other six gEs, finding that the kinematic properties of the GCs are diverse among gEs. We find several correlations between the kinematics of the GCs and the global parameters of their host galaxies. We discuss the implication of the results for the formation models of the GC system in gEs, and suggest a mixture scenario for the origin of the GCs in gEs.
description: 52 pages, 18 figues, Accepted by ApJ
Stable two-dimensional ferromagnets made of regular single-layered lattices of single-molecule nanomagnets on substrates
Creators: name: Zheng, Rui
name: Liu, Bang-Gui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that stable two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnets can be made of regular single-layered lattices of single-molecule nanomagnets with enough uniaxial magnetic anisotropy on appropriate substrates by controlling the inter-nanomagnet magnetic interaction. Our Monte Carlo simulated results show that such ideal 2D ferromagnets are thermodynamically stable when the anisotropy is strong enough. If the anisotropy energy equals 80 K, approximately that of the Mn12, the T_c varies from zero to 15 K depending on different inter-nanomagnet coupling constants. Such stable spin systems, experimentally accessible, should be promising for information applications.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work-related mental disorder claims among healthcare workers : an interrupted time series analysis
Creators: name: Banal, Mariah Allyson
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Healthcare workers (HCWs) have been shown to be impacted physically and mentally by the COVID-19 pandemic, attributed to stress and an increased workload. However, there is currently a gap in the literature regarding examination of mental disorders occurring in the workplace among HCWs. This study aims to address this gap by analyzing mental disorders claims that were accepted for workers’ compensation before and during the pandemic among HCWs and non-HCWs. Cases of mental disorder claims occurring among HCWs and non-HCWs were identified from accepted time-loss claims from the province of British Columbia’s workers’ compensation board (WorkSafeBC). Incidence rates were calculated using monthly estimates of the BC working population from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey as the denominator. The periods assessed were January 2017 – December 2021. Changes in the incidence of mental disorder claims between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers before and during the pandemic were estimated using controlled interrupted time series analysis. The results from the controlled interrupted time series analysis revealed no change in mental disorders claims among HCWs during the pandemic while a level change occurred for non-HCWs. This phenomenon cannot be attributed to a single factor. Potential explanations include the provincial healthcare system’s response to the pandemic, labour dynamics, as well as how WorkSafeBC addresses mental disorder needs among HCWs. Further research is needed to understand the long-term effects of mental disorders occurring in the HCWs population beyond the pandemic. [An errata to this thesis was made available on 2024-07-23.]
Deterministic remote entanglement using a chiral quantum interconnect
Creators: name: Almanakly, Aziza
name: Yankelevich, Beatriz
name: Hays, Max
name: Kannan, Bharath
name: Assouly, Reouven
name: Greene, Alex
name: Gingras, Michael
name: Niedzielski, Bethany M.
name: Stickler, Hannah
name: Schwartz, Mollie E.
name: Serniak, Kyle
name: Wang, Joel I-J.
name: Orlando, Terry P.
name: Gustavsson, Simon
name: Grover, Jeffrey A.
name: Oliver, William D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum interconnects facilitate entanglement distribution between non-local computational nodes. For superconducting processors, microwave photons are a natural means to mediate this distribution. However, many existing architectures limit node connectivity and directionality. In this work, we construct a chiral quantum interconnect between two nominally identical modules in separate microwave packages. We leverage quantum interference to emit and absorb microwave photons on demand and in a chosen direction between these modules. We optimize the protocol using model-free reinforcement learning to maximize absorption efficiency. By halting the emission process halfway through its duration, we generate remote entanglement between modules in the form of a four-qubit W state with 62.4 +/- 1.6% (leftward photon propagation) and 62.1 +/- 1.2% (rightward) fidelity, limited mainly by propagation loss. A chiral quantum network comprising many modules provides a platform for the exploration of novel many-body physics and quantum simulation. This quantum network architecture enables all-to-all connectivity between non-local processors for modular and extensible quantum computation.
description: 27 pages, 9 figures, 6 tables
Multiband Photopolarimetric Monitoring of the Outburst of the Blazar 3C~454.3 in 2007
Creators: name: Sasada, Mahito
name: Uemura, Makoto
name: Arai, Akira
name: Fukazawa, Yasushi
name: Kawabata, Koji S.
name: Ohsugi, Takashi
name: Yamashita, Takuya
name: Isogai, Mizuki
name: Nagae, Osamu
name: Uehara, Takeshi
name: Mizuno, Tsunefumi
name: Katagiri, Hideaki
name: Takahashi, Hiromitsu
name: Sato, Shuji
name: Kino, Masaru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on optical-near-infrared photopolarimetric observations of a blazar 3C 454.3 over 200 d. The object experienced an optical outburst in July 2007. This outburst was followed by a short state fainter than $V=15.2$ mag lasting $\sim 25$ d. The object, then, entered an active state during which we observed short flares having a timescale of 3-10 d. The object showed two types of features in the color-magnitude relationship. One is a "bluer-when-brighter" trend in the outburst state, and the other is a "redder-when-brighter" trend in the faint state. These two types of features suggest a contribution of a thermal emission to the observed flux, as suspected in previous studies. Our polarimetric observation detected two episodes of the rotation of the polarization vector. The first one was a counterclockwise rotation in the $QU$ plane during the outburst state. After this rotation event of the polarization vector, the object entered a rapidly fading stage. The second one was seen in a series of flares during the active state. Each flare had a specific position angle of polarization, and it apparently rotated clockwise from the first to the last flares. Thus, the object exhibited rotations of the polarization vector in opposite directions. We estimated a decay timescale of the short flares during the active state, and then calculated an upper limit of the strength of the magnetic field, $B$=0.2 G, assuming a typical beaming factor of blazars, $δ=20$. This upper limit of $B$ is smaller than those previously estimated from spectral analysis.
description: Accepted for publication in PASJ. 8 pages, 8 figures
Sold down the River – commerce and the River Taff
Creators: name: Fallon, Julia
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Natural resource management

description: The aim of this paper is to explore the business connection with the natural resource that is the River Taff in Cardiff, arguably the most important river in Wales. The Taff’s impact is easily seen in the City of Cardiff, as it slows down and heads towards the Severn estuary having formed approximately fifty miles away in the Brecon Beacons. Historically, the location and access to the water, led to the formation of human settlements and this rich fluvial system has contributed to a variety of business developments over time. In considering these, the paper will reveal the relevance and application of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
The AMIDAS Website: An Online Tool for Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments
Creators: name: Shan, Chung-Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Following our long-term work on development of model-independent data analysis methods for reconstructing the one-dimensional velocity distribution function of halo WIMPs as well as for determining their mass and couplings on nucleons by using data from direct Dark Matter detection experiments directly, we combined the simulation programs to a compact system: AMIDAS (A Model-Independent Data Analysis System). For users' convenience an online system has also been established at the same time. AMIDAS has the ability to do full Monte Carlo simulations, faster theoretical estimations, as well as to analyze (real) data sets recorded in direct detection experiments without modifying the source code. In this article, I give an overview of functions of the AMIDAS code based on the use of its website.
description: 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY09), Boston, USA, 5-10 June, 2009
A proposed Project management innovation model for a resilient future
Creators: name: Fallon, Julia
name: Wassim, Ibrahim
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Project management

description: This paper will propose an innovation, engage with studies of project management, and explore emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts. The aim is to investigate applications in project scheduling and risk assessment to amalgamate techniques and enhance existing approaches to propose a multi-objective project model. This paper will address Goal 9 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) which aspires to the building of a resilient infrastructure for sustainability and includes the fostering of innovation. The driving force towards changing industry is in recognition of the finite nature of resources and thereby emphasizes the importance of developing new ideas and harnessing technology. The application of AI continues to be contentious, but its potential is undoubtedly significant in our global future and consequently, there are few subjects that have failed to engage with its potentiality.
Supplementary methods from Estimating the relationship between fitness and metabolic rate: which rate should we use?
Creators: name: Cameron, Hayley
name: Marshall, Dustin
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310908
subject: Animal physiology - biophysics
classificationCode: 310909
subject: Animal physiology - cell
classificationCode: 310910
subject: Animal physiology - systems

description: Details of methods used for 1) our qualitative literature map; 2) exploration of nonlinear and log-log linear calculations of MIMR; 3) simulation approach for exploring the use of different metrics for metabolic rate for estimating selection gradients; 4) different causal pathways through which selection on body mass and absolute metabolic rate affect metabolic allometry
Proton-proton scattering without Coulomb force renormalization
Creators: name: Skibinski, R.
name: Golak, J.
name: Witala, H.
name: Glockle, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate numerically that proton-proton (pp) scattering observables can be determined directly by standard short range methods using a screened pp Coulomb force without renormalization. In examples the appropriate screening radii are given. We also numerically investigate solutions of the 3-dimensional Lippmann-Schwinger (LS) equation for a screened Coulomb potential alone in the limit of large screening radii and confirm analytically predicted properties for off-shell, half-shell and on-shell Coulomb t-matrices. These 3-dimensional solutions will form a basis for a novel approach to include the pp Coulomb interaction into the 3N Faddeev framework.
description: 22 pages, 13 eps figures
ЭФФЕКТИВНЫЕ МЕТОДЫ РАЗРАБОТКИ АНДРАГОГИЧЕСКИХ ПРАКТИК  В СИСТЕМЕ ОБУЧЕНИЯ ВЗРОСЛЫХ
Creators: name: Нажмудинова, Мадина
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В эпоху постоянных глобальных изменений технологий современного мира изменяются и требования к образовательным результатам, которые становятся стартовой площадкой для личностного и профессионального развития человека, выстраивания собственных индивидуальных маршрутов и траекторий. Для взрослого обучающегося умение мыслить является необходимым качеством, что является также и условием реализации ключевых принципов непрерывного образования: открытости, мотивации, системности, осознанности, признания ценности познавательного процесса, самореализации в учебной деятельности, рефлексии.
Representing trauma and the refugee experience : applying RefugeeCrit to recent Canadian picture books about refugees
Creators: name: Luo, Yi
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Along with unceasing refugee crises, the last few decades have seen a rapid growth of refugee experience depiction in children’s literature. Refugee stories for children, as “an emergent genre” (Hope, “One Day We Had to Run” 296), have attained increasing scholarly attention. Given the inclination to focus the portrayal of refugee experience mainly on “refugee flight” in many children’s picture books (Strekalova-Hughes 24), scholars have underscored the importance of more diverse and nuanced representations of the lives of refugee children that transcend the mere refugee flight to reflect their cultures, histories, agency and tenacity, as well as explain the reasons causing the flight (Tomsic and Deery; Strekalova-Hughes; Darragh and Kelley; Hope). This thesis examines the representations of refugee experiences depicted in three recently published Canadian picture books: The Doll (Tran-Davies and Puth), Salma the Syrian Chef (Ramadan and Bron) and The Paper Boat (Lam). Drawing on the RefugeeCrit framework (Strekalova-Hughes), I perform a close reading of the selected picture books, taking into consideration words and images, to examine the refugee experience representations, while situating it within the larger body of “children’s literature of atrocity” (Baer 382; Kidd, “‘A’ is for Auschwitz” 120). The goal of this study is to add to the relatively limited scholarship drawing on the RefugeeCrit framework in analyzing children’s picture books about refugees, especially in the context of Canadian children’s literature.
Spontaneous compactification and nonassociativity
Creators: name: Loginov, E. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the Freund-Rubin-Englert mechanism of compactification of N=1 supergravity in 11 dimensions. We systematically investigate both well-known and some new solutions of the classical equations of motion in 11 dimensions. In particular, we show that any threeform potential in 11 dimension is given locally by the structure constants of a geodesic loop in an affinely connected space.
description: 17 pages, LaTeX, no figures
title: Warhaffter Bericht Von dem denckwürdigen vnd überauß Herrlichen Sieg, Welchen der Glorwürdigsten Herrschafft von Venedig Waffen, vnter dem Commando Ihrer Excell. Herrn Iacob da Riva, Ammiraln wider den Erbfeind, vnd das vn-Christliche Heer der Türcken, bey dem Asiatischen Meerhaffen zu Forckie, mit 17. Galeen glückseelig erhalten, den 12. Tag Maij, Anno Christi M.DC.XXXXIX.; [1649]
title: Nach Dem Jtalianischen Exemplar, auß deß Groß-Hertzogs Hoch-Fürstl. Truckerey zu Venedig, in das Hoch-Teutsche übersetzet
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Haistein, Johann
name: Furck, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2023

description: Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Jn Franckfurt am Mäyn, bey Sebastian Furcken, Kupfferstecher zu finden
DETERMINATION OF FATTY ACID CONTENT IN GRAINS AND CEREAL-BASED FOODS
Creators: name: Molina-Macedo, Aide
name: Cabrera-Soto, Luisa
name: Palacios-Rojas, Natalia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Whole grain
Shelf-life
Storability

description: During storage of grains, the hydrolysis of lipids occurs at a faster rate compared to the hydrolysis of proteins or carbohydrates. Unfavorable storage conditions can further accelerate the partial hydrolysis of glycerides, leading to an increase in free fatty acids and acidity. Consequently, fat acidity has been suggested as a sensitive indicator of grain deterioration and the quality of flours derived from them. The determination of fat acidity in cereal products involves the neutralization of free fatty acids present in the sample using a standard alkaline solution in the presence of an indicator. This method allows for the estimation of the quantity of long-chain, non-esterified fatty acids that are released during the storage and milling of grain.
Nearby young stars selected by proper motion. I. Four new members of the Beta Pictoris moving group from the Tycho-2 catalog
Creators: name: Lepine, Sebastien
name: Simon, Michal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a procedure to identify stars from nearby moving groups and associations out of catalogs of stars with large proper motions. We show that from the mean motion vector of a known or suspected moving group, one can identify additional members of the group based on proper motion data and photometry in the optical and infrared, with minimal contamination from background field stars. We demonstrate this technique by conducting a search for low-mass members of the Beta Pictoris Moving Group in the Tycho-2 catalog. All known members of the moving group are easily recovered, and a list of 51 possible candidates is generated. Moving group membership is evaluated for 33 candidates based on X-ray flux from ROSAT, Halpha line emission, and radial velocity measurement from high-resolution infrared spectra obtained at Infrared Telescope Facility. We confirm three of the candidates to be new members of the group: TYC 1186-706-1, TYC 7443-1102-1, and TYC 2211-1309-1 which are late-K and early-M dwarfs 45-60pc from the Sun. We also identify a common proper motion companion to the known Beta Pictoris Moving Group member TYC 7443-1102-1, at a 26".3 separation; the new companion is associated with the X-ray source 1RXS J195602.8-320720. We argue that the present technique could be applied to other large proper motion catalogs to identify most of the elusive, low-mass members of known nearby moving groups and associations.
description: To appear in the Astronomical Journal. Version 2 includes some editing, corrected typos, and revised references
Reducing uncertainty of wind speed measurements obtained on lattice cellular communication masts
Creators: name: Bezrukovs, Vladislavs
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: wind resource
cellular communication mast
flow distortion

description: Presentation at the NEWA Final Workshop in Bilbao. The use of stationary cellular communication masts for wind speed measurements provides a valid option for significantly reducing the time and material resources required to study the potential of wind energy at the height of up to 100 meters above ground level. This study show how to set up wind assessment campaigns using these masts and the how to account for directional-dependent flow distortion due to the presence of the tower.
Near-field interaction between domain walls in adjacent Permalloy nanowires
Creators: name: O'Brien, Liam
name: Petit, D.
name: Zeng, H. T.
name: Lewis, E. R.
name: Sampaio, J.
name: Jausovec, A. V.
name: Read, D. E.
name: Cowburn, R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetostatic interaction between two oppositely charged transverse domain walls (DWs)in adjacent Permalloy nanowires is experimentally demonstrated. The dependence of the pinning strength on wire separation is investigated for distances between 13 and 125 nm, and depinning fields up to 93 Oe are measured. The results can be described fully by considering the interaction between the full complex distribution of magnetic charge within rigid, isolated DWs. This suggests the DW internal structure is not appreciably disturbed by the pinning potential, and that they remain rigid although the pinning strength is significant. This work demonstrates the possibility of non-contact DW trapping without DW perturbation and full continuous flexibility of the pinning potential type and strength. The consequence of the interaction on DW based data storage schemes is evaluated.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, 1 page supplimentary material (supporting.ps)
The REST (Randomised Evaluation of Sleeping with a Toy or comfort item) trial
Creators: name: Lepage, Simone
Publisher: name: OSF
Year: 2022
Subjects: Patient and Public Involvement
citizen science
co-production
comfort items
decentralised trial
online trial
primary-school aged children
randomised controlled trial
sleep
transition items

description: Extended data and associated documentation for the REST trial. The REST trial is the randomised, controlled trial created by children who have participated in The Kid's Trial.
Accuracy Improvement for Stiffness Modeling of Parallel Manipulators
Creators: name: Pashkevich, Anatoly
name: Klimchik, Alexandr
name: Chablat, Damien
name: Wenger, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The paper focuses on the accuracy improvement of stiffness models for parallel manipulators, which are employed in high-speed precision machining. It is based on the integrated methodology that combines analytical and numerical techniques and deals with multidimensional lumped-parameter models of the links. The latter replace the link flexibility by localized 6-dof virtual springs describing both translational/rotational compliance and the coupling between them. There is presented detailed accuracy analysis of the stiffness identification procedures employed in the commercial CAD systems (including statistical analysis of round-off errors, evaluating the confidence intervals for stiffness matrices). The efficiency of the developed technique is confirmed by application examples, which deal with stiffness analysis of translational parallel manipulators.
title: AUTOWAVE MECHANISM OF LOCALIZATION OF LOWTEMPERATURE PLASTIC DEFORMATION
Creators: name: Sarafanov, G.F.
name: Shodin, Yu.G.
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2020

description: The mechanism of localization of low-temperature plastic deformation is
investigated within the framework of the thermal activation model. The localization
mechanism is considered as a result of the autowave character of the stationary solution of a
system of equations that describes both the processes of thermal conductivity and plastic
deformation. It is established that the stationary solution of the initial problem is given by the
wave fronts of switching waves of temperature and plastic deformation. It is shown that the
considered autowave mechanism determines the process of localization of high-temperature
areas of plastic deformation in the cross-section of the sample in the form of either a neck or
separate deformation bands.
Supercritical percolation on nonamenable graphs: isoperimetry, analyticity, and exponential decay of the cluster size distribution
Creators: name: Hermon, Jonathan
name: Hutchcroft, Tom
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Article

description: Funder: University of Cambridge
description: Abstract: Let G be a connected, locally finite, transitive graph, and consider Bernoulli bond percolation on G. We prove that if G is nonamenable and p>pc(G) then there exists a positive constant cp such that Pp(n≤|K|
Memory and aging effects in interacting sub-10nm nanomagnets with large uniaxial anisotropy
Creators: name: Zhang, Kai-Cheng
name: Liu, Bang-Gui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a nonequilibrium Monte Carlo method suitable to nanomagnetism, we investigate representative systems of interacting sub-10nm grained nanomagnets with large uniaxial anisotropy. Various magnetization memory and aging effects are found in such systems. We explain these dynamical effects using the distributed relaxation times of the interacting nanomagnets due to their large anisotropy energies.
description: Physics Letters A, in press
Frictionless Data Processing in the Wild
Creators: name: York, Amber D.
name: Schloer, Conrad
name: Copley, Nancy
name: Biddle, Mathew
name: Rauch, Shannon
name: Haskins, Christina
name: Soenen, Karen
name: Shepherd, Adam
name: Kinkade, Danie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: open data, frictionless data, datapackage-pipelines, open knowledge, data processing, provenance, interoperability, FAIR, workflows

description: Frictionless Data Processing in the Wild

Presentation at csv,conf,v4 (https://csvconf.com/) May 8th, 2019 10:30 AM PDT.

Frictionless Data (FD) initiatives out of the Open Knowledge Foundation provide attractive informatics and processing capabilities. The BCO-DMO data repository used FD tools on real-world datasets, and we have some lessons learned to share. By building upon existing FD tools, we found ways to reduce the amount of time data managers spend generating metadata, and writing custom scripts. We are also developing ways for data managers with varying levels of scripting ability to make use of Frictionless Data tools.
QIris: Quantum Implementation of Rainbow Table Attacks
Creators: name: Quan, Lee Jun
name: Ye, Tan Jia
name: Ling, Goh Geok
name: Balachandran, Vivek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper explores the use of Grover's Algorithm in the classical rainbow table, uncovering the potential of integrating quantum computing techniques with conventional cryptographic methods to develop a Quantum Rainbow Table Proof-of-Concept. This leverages on Quantum concepts and algorithms which includes the principle of qubit superposition, entanglement and teleportation, coupled with Grover's Algorithm to enable a more efficient search through the rainbow table. The paper also details on the hardware constraints and the work around to produce better results in the implementation stages. Through this work we develop a working prototype of quantum rainbow table and demonstrate how quantum computing could significantly improve the speed of cyber tools such as password crackers and thus impact the cyber security landscape.
Universal Anomaly Detection and Applications
Creators: name: Oh, Sehong
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Science
subject: Electrical Engineering
subject: Engineering

description: Anomaly detection is important in many research areas including fraud detection and biological change detection. However, anomaly detection is a difficult task due to the lack of anomalies available for training. In this thesis, we propose a compression-based nonparametric anomaly detection method for time series and image data using a pattern dictionary. This method constructs two features (typicality and atypicality) to distinguish anomalies based on normal training data captured in a tree-structured data structure. The typicality of a test sequence is a measure of how well the data can be compressed by the pattern dictionary. The typicality can be used as an anomaly score to detect anomalous data at a certain threshold. The atypicality of a sequence is a measure of compressibility of the test data by a universal source coder, determined independently of training data. The typicality and the atypicality of each sub-sequence in the test sequence are complementary and anomalous deviations can be determined by combining them. Several methods are evaluated for aggregating these measures. These include a scalarized of the typicality and atypicality score, a 2-dimensional (typicality and atypicality) score, and a high-dimensional score.
XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL study of the SFXT IGR J18483-0311 in quiescence: hint of a cyclotron emission feature?
Creators: name: Sguera, V.
name: Ducci, L.
name: Sidoli, L.
name: Bazzano, A.
name: Bassani, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results from archival XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observations of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient (SFXT) IGR J18483-0311 in quiescence. The 18-60 keV hard X-ray behaviour of the source is presented here for the first time, it is characterized by a spectral shape ($Γ$ about 2.5) similar to that during outburst activity and the lowest measured luminosity level is about 10^34 erg s^-1. The 0.5-10 keV luminosity state, measured by XMM-Newton during the apastron passage, is about one order of magnitude lower and it is reasonably fitted by an absorbed black body model yielding parameters consistent with previous measurements. In addition, we find evidence (about 3.5 sigma significance) of an emission-like feature at about 3.3 keV in the quiescent 0.5-10 keV source spectrum. The absence of any known or found systematic effects, which could artificially introduce the observed feature, give us confidence about its non-instrumental nature. We show that its physical explanation in terms of atomic emission line appears unlikely and conversely we attempt to ascribe it to an electron cyclotron emission line which would imply a neutron star magnetic field of the order of about 3x10^11 G. Importantly, such direct estimation is in very good agreement with that independently inferred by us in the framework of accretion from a spherically symmetric stellar wind. If firmly confirmed by future longer X-ray observations, this would be the first detection ever of a cyclotron feature in the X-ray spectrum of a SFXT, with important implications on theoretical models.
description: accepted for publication in MNRAS letter, 5 pages, 3 figures
Crumpling transition of the triangular lattice without open edges: effect of a modified folding rule
Creators: name: Nishiyama, Yoshihiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Folding of the triangular lattice in a discrete three-dimensional space is investigated by means of the transfer-matrix method. This model was introduced by Bowick and co-workers as a discretized version of the polymerized membrane in thermal equilibrium. The folding rule (constraint) is incompatible with the periodic-boundary condition, and the simulation has been made under the open-boundary condition. In this paper, we propose a modified constraint, which is compatible with the periodic-boundary condition; technically, the restoration of translational invariance leads to a substantial reduction of the transfer-matrix size. Treating the cluster sizes L \le 7, we analyze the singularities of the crumpling transitions for a wide range of the bending rigidity K. We observe a series of the crumpling transitions at K=0.206(2), -0.32(1), and -0.76(10). At each transition point, we estimate the latent heat as Q=0.356(30), 0.08(3), and 0.05(5), respectively.
Dual channel self-oscillating optical magnetometer
Creators: name: Belfi, J.
name: Bevilacqua, G.
name: Biancalana, V.
name: Cartaleva, S.
name: Dancheva, Y.
name: Khanbekyan, K.
name: Moi, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a two-channel magnetometer based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation in a Cs glass cell with buffer gas. The Cs atoms are optically pumped and probed by free running diode lasers tuned to the D$_2$ line. A wide frequency modulation of the pump laser is used to produce both synchronous Zeeman optical pumping and hyperfine repumping. The magnetometer works in an unshielded environment and spurious signal from distant magnetic sources is rejected by means of differential measurement. In this regime the magnetometer simultaneously gives the magnetic field modulus and the field difference. Rejection of the common-mode noise allows for high-resolution magnetometry with a sensitivity of \pthz{2}. This sensitivity, in conjunction with long-term stability and a large bandwidth, makes possible to detect water proton magnetization and its free induction decay in a measurement volume of 5 cm$^3$
description: 13 pages, 9 figures. Improved version (v2). Accepted for publication
The encoding of whiteness and blackness in Japanese manga
Creators: name: Guo, Xiangying (Alisa)
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: This thesis explores the use of black and white space on the manga page to portray characters associated with differential amounts of "blackness/darkness" and " whiteness/lightness" and how manga artists thereby relayed messages about social status, desirability, and Japan’s place within international hierarchies configured by race, ethnicity, and gender in the 1970s. Blackness and whiteness on the manga page were sometimes intended to correlate with perceived racial categories as understood by manga artists at that time, but because manga iconography often lacks explicit differentiation between individuals of different races or nationalities, in many cases that correlation was ambiguous or absent. Nonetheless, relative whiteness/lightness or blackness/darkness still relayed messages about relative merit in fictional situations that referenced postwar social issues in Japan: the Women’s Liberation movement and the concern over the renewal of the United States-Japan Security Treaty. The analysis centers on Ikeda Riyoko’s shōjo manga The Rose of Versailles and Tezuka Osamu’s shōnen manga "Black Jack," both from the 1970s. While the analysis of the former does not primarily address racial issues, it reveals that in shōjo manga, the "White" world of fantasy can represent a liberating realm for female readers. In contrast, shōnen manga uses "Whiteness" and "Blackness" to symbolize strength and weakness in a more realistic context, where race, ethnicity, and nationality are explicitly depicted on the manga page. The thesis further examines how these two manga were adapted for the all-women Takarazuka theatre, analyzing depictions of whiteness/lightness and blackness/darkness as portrayed by bodies that are themselves already gendered and racialized.
Normothermic ex vivo heart perfusion with NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor Mcc950 treatment improves cardiac function of circulatory death hearts after transplantation
Creators: name: Xu, Liwei
name: Zeng, Zifeng
name: Niu, Chuanjie
name: Liu, Desheng
name: Lin, Shaoyang
name: Liu, Xiu
name: Szabó, Gábor
name: Lu, Jun
name: Zheng, Shaoyi
name: Zhou, Pengyu
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Background: The utilization of donation after circulatory death (DCD) hearts can enlarge the donor pool. However, DCD hearts suffer from serious ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI). Recent studies found that the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome could play a significant role in organ IRI. Mcc950, which is a novel inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome, can be applied to treat various kinds of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, we hypothesized that the treatment of mcc950 could protect DCD hearts preserved with normothermic ex vivo heart perfusion (EVHP) against myocardial IRI via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome in a rat heart transplantation model of DCD. Methods: Donor-heart rats were randomly divided into four groups: Control group; Vehicle group; MP-mcc950 group; and MP + PO-mcc950 group. Mcc950 was added into the perfusate of normothermic EVHP in the MP-mcc950 and MP + PO-mcc950 groups, and was injected into the left external jugular vein after heart transplantation in the MP + PO-mcc950 group. Cardiac functional assessment was performed. The level of oxidative stress, inflammatory response, apoptosis, and NLRP3 inflammasome-associated protein of donor hearts were evaluated. Results: The treatment with mcc950 significantly increased the developed pressure (DP), dP/dtmax, and dP/dtmin of the left ventricular of DCD hearts at 90 min after heart transplantation in both MP-mcc950 and MP + PO-mcc950 groups. Furthermore, mcc950 added into perfusate and injected after transplantation in both MP-mcc950 and MP + PO-mcc950 groups significantly attenuated the level of oxidative stress, inflammatory response, apoptosis, and NLRP3 inflammasome compared with the vehicle group. Conclusions: Normothermic EVHP combined with mcc950 treatment can be a promising and novel DCD heart preservation strategy, which can alleviate myocardial IRI via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome.