cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Upper Ordovician (Hirnantian) to Lower Silurian (Telychian, Llandovery) graptolite biostratigraphy of the Tielugou section, Shennongjia anticline, Hubei Province, China
Creators: name: Maletz, Jörg
name: Wang, Chuanshang
name: Kai, Wei
name: Wang, Xiaofeng
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graptolites
subject: Biostratigraphy
subject: Silurian
subject: Llandovery
subject: China
subject: Yangtze platform
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologie

description: The Tielugou section, Shennongjia Anticline, Hubei Province (China) includes a relatively complete succession of Hirnantian (latest Ordovician) to basal Telychian (Llandovery, early Silurian) graptolite faunas. The section shows the first record of a fauna of the late Aeronian Stimulograptus halli Biozone from South China, even though the index species was not reported. The Stimulograptus sedgwickii Biozone may not be represented, indicating a possible gap at the base of the Stimulograptus halli Biozone. The interval yields a number of taxa that are elsewhere reported to originate only in the Stimulograptus halli Biozone. The youngest graptolitic levels are included in the Spirograptus guerichi Biozone based on specimens of Parapetalolithus dignus and Parapetalolithus palmeus not known from earlier intervals. Spirograptus guerichi is not represented in the section. The Tielugou section provides the first detailed information on the faunas and thickness of the encountered biostratigraphic units for the Shennongija region.
The Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) Project
Creators: name: Nan, Rendong
name: Li, Di
name: Jin, Chengjin
name: Wang, Qiming
name: Zhu, Lichun
name: Zhu, Wenbai
name: Zhang, Haiyan
name: Yue, Youling
name: Qian, Lei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is a Chinese mega-science project to build the largest single dish radio telescope in the world. Its innovative engineering concept and design pave a new road to realize a huge single dish in the most effective way. FAST also represents Chinese contribution in the international efforts to build the square kilometer array (SKA). Being the most sensitive single dish radio telescope, FAST will enable astronomers to jump-start many science goals, for example, surveying the neutral hydrogen in the Milky Way and other galaxies, detecting faint pulsars, looking for the first shining stars, hearing the possible signals from other civilizations, etc. The idea of sitting a large spherical dish in a karst depression is rooted in Arecibo telescope. FAST is an Arecibo-type antenna with three outstanding aspects: the karst depression used as the site, which is large to host the 500-meter telescope and deep to allow a zenith angle of 40 degrees; the active main reflector correcting for spherical aberration on the ground to achieve a full polarization and a wide band without involving complex feed systems; and the light-weight feed cabin driven by cables and servomechanism plus a parallel robot as a secondary adjustable system to move with high precision. The feasibility studies for FAST have been carried out for 14 years, supported by Chinese and world astronomical communities. The project time is 5.5 years from the commencement of work in March of 2011 and the first light is expected to be in 2016. This review intends to introduce FAST project with emphasis on the recent progress since 2006. In this paper, the subsystems of FAST are described in modest details followed by discussions of the fundamental science goals and examples of early science projects.
description: 36 pages, 28 figures, accepted for publication in International Journal of Modern Physics D
Associations between device-measured physical activity and balance performance in children Mediating role of motor self-efficacy
Creators: name: Baniasadi, Tayebeh
name: Sheida, Ranjbari,
name: Dana, Amir
name: Khajeaflaton Mofrad, Sedigheh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sport and exercise psychology

description: Study aim: To examine the association between accelerometer-measured physical activity (PA) and balance performance among children with considering motor self-efficacy as a mediator. Material and methods: The present study employed a correlational-comparative approach. The present study applied a correla-tional-comparative approach. Eighty-two children (40 girls) of Tehran city, Iran in 2020 participated in this study (mean age of 9.82 ± 1.64 years). Physical activity was measured using the ActiGraph wGT3X-BT accelerometer. Dynamic balance test was used to collect balance performance. Motor self-efficacy was measured using a standard questionnaire. Results: On average, boys had higher moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) than girls (47.28 vs. 36.74 minutes per day, respec-tively). MVPA was significantly and directly associated with children’s balance performance, and here, motor self-efficacy acted as a significant mediator.Conclusions: These findings underscore the need for targeted strategies and interventions for children, especially girls, to de-velop adequate levels of PA
Recent La Plata basin drought conditions observed by satellite gravimetry
Creators: name: Chen, J. L.
name: Wilson, C. R.
name: Tapley, B. D.
name: Longuevergne, L.
name: Yang, Z. L.
name: Scanlon, B. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) provides quantitative measures of terrestrial water storage (TWS) change. GRACE data show a significant decrease in TWS in the lower (southern) La Plata river basin of South America over the period 2002-2009, consistent with recognized drought conditions in the region. GRACE data reveal a detailed picture of temporal and spatial evolution of this severe drought event, which suggests that the drought began in lower La Plata in around austral spring 2008 and then spread to the entire La Plata basin and peaked in austral fall 2009. During the peak, GRACE data show an average TWS deficit of ~12 cm (equivalent water layer thickness) below the 7 year mean, in a broad region in lower La Plata. GRACE measurements are consistent with accumulated precipitation data from satellite remote sensing and with vegetation index changes derived from Terra satellite observations. The Global Land Data Assimilation System model captures the drought event but underestimates its intensity. Limited available groundwater-level data in southern La Plata show significant groundwater depletion, which is likely associated with the drought in this region. GRAC-observed TWS change and precipitation anomalies in the studied region appear to closely correlate with the ENSO climate index, with dry and wet seasons corresponding to La Niña and El Niño events, respectively.
Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on “Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?” by Pawlowski et al., (2020)
Creators: name: Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Naiara
name: Morissette, Olivier
name: Bean, Colin W.
name: Manu, Shivakumara
name: Banerjee, Pritam
name: Lacoursiere-Roussel, Anais
name: Beng, Kingsly C.
name: Alter, S. Elizabeth
name: Roger, Fabian
name: Monaghan, Michael T.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: clear terminology
subject: ecology of eDNA
subject: extra-organismal DNA
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: In a recent paper, “Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring,” Pawlowski et al. argue that the term eDNA should be used to refer to the pool of DNA isolated from environmental samples, as opposed to only extra-organismal DNA from macro-organisms. We agree with this view. However, we are concerned that their proposed two-level terminology specifying sampling environment and targeted taxa is overly simplistic and might hinder rather than improve clear communication about environmental DNA and its use in biomonitoring. This terminology is based on categories that are often difficult to assign and uninformative, and it overlooks a fundamental distinction within eDNA: the type of DNA (organismal or extra-organismal) from which ecological interpretations are derived.
Quality of school life in Bulgaria
Creators: name: Assenka Hristova
name: Tosheva, Ekaterina
name: Stoykova, Eli
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: This study develops and validates an analytical model for measuring the quality of school life for Bulgarian students based on the existing large-scale international assessments (PISA 2018 and PIRLS 2016). It conceptualize the domains of school life to which students respond and provides a consistent set of estimates of QSL in primary and upper secondary education in Bulgaria. The study explores how different aspects of school life are linked to students’ outcomes and their intentions to progress in education.
Second Floor of Flatland: Epitaxial Growth of Graphene on Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Creators: name: Mehler, Alexander
name: Néel, Nicolas
name: Voloshina, Elena
name: Dedkov, Yuriy
name: Kröger, Jörg
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: graphene
subject: hexagonal boron nitride
subject: inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy
subject: intercalation
subject: metal
subject: scanning tunneling microscopy
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik

description: In the studies presented here, the subsequent growth of graphene on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is achieved by the thermal decomposition of molecular precursors and the catalytic assistance of metal substrates. The epitaxial growth of h-BN on Pt(111) is followed by the deposition of a temporary Pt film that acts as a catalyst for the fabrication of the graphene sheet. After intercalation of the intermediate Pt film underneath the boron-nitride mesh, graphene resides on top of h-BN. Scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional calculations reveal that the moiré pattern of the van-der-Waals-coupled double layer is due to the interface of h-BN and Pt(111). While on Pt(111) the graphene honeycomb unit cells uniformly appear as depressions using a clean metal tip for imaging, on h-BN they are arranged in a honeycomb lattice where six protruding unit cells enframe a topographically dark cell. This superstructure is most clearly observed at small probe–surface distances. Spatially resolved inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy enables the detection of a previously predicted acoustic hybrid phonon of the stacked materials. Its’ spectroscopic signature is visible in surface regions where the single graphene sheet on Pt(111) transitions into the top layer of the stacking.
Corvitorotroglus Skoracki and Bochkov 2010
Creators: name: Skoracki, Maciej
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Syringophilidae
Corvitorotroglus

description: Genus Corvitorotroglus Skoracki and Bochkov, 2010
 Corvitorotroglus Skoracki and Bochkov, 2010: 54.
 Type species: Corvitorotroglus alpha Skoracki and Bochkov, 2010 by original designation.
 Diagnosis. FEMALE: Relatively medium or large quill mites (total body length 890–930). Gnathosoma. Hypostomal apex ornamented with pair of bill-like protuberances. Two pairs of hypostomal lips present. Lateral hypostomal teeth absent. Movable cheliceral digit harpoon-like, each with 3 teeth. Peritremes M-shaped with clearly visible chambers in each branch. Stylophore constricted posteriorly. Idiosoma. All idiosomal setae smooth. Propodonotal shield entire, without pocket-like structures, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si and c1. Setal pattern of propodonotal region with 6 pairs of setae arranged 3–2–1. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield, varriable in shape. Setae d1, d2, e2, f2 and h2 long, f1 and h1 short. Genital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae. Aggenital series with 5–6 pairs of setae. Legs. Legs I-IV subequal in thickness. Apodemes I divergent, fused to apodemes II, both apodemes different in size and shape. Legs with full complement of setae. Antaxial and paraxial members of claw pair subequal in size and shape, basal angles absent.
 MALE. Characters as in females except: total body length 820; movable cheliceral digit edentate; setae d1 and e2 short; setae f2 short, setae h2 long; apodemes I and II similar in shape and size.
 Host range. This genus is associated with passeriform birds of the family Corvidae.
 Habitat. Unknown.
 Remark. Only type species C. alpha.
description: Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840, pp. 1-414 in Zootaxa 2840 (1) on page 252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2840.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5289205
Experimental estimates of the photon background in a potential light-by-light scattering study
Creators: name: Doyle, Leonard
name: Khademi, Pooyan
name: Hilz, Peter
name: Sävert, Alexander
name: Schäfer, Georg
name: Schreiber, Jörg
name: Zepf, Matt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High power short pulse lasers provide a promising route to study the strong field effects of the quantum vacuum, for example by direct photon-photon scattering in the all-optical regime. Theoretical predictions based on realistic laser parameters achievable today or in the near future predict scattering of a few photons with colliding Petawatt laser pulses, requiring single photon sensitive detection schemes and very good spatio-temporal filtering and background suppression. In this article, we present experimental investigations of this photon background by employing only a single high power laser pulse tightly focused in residual gas of a vacuum chamber. The focal region was imaged onto a single-photon sensitive, time gated camera. As no detectable quantum vacuum signature was expected in our case, the setup allowed for characterization and first mitigation of background contributions. For the setup employed, scattering off surfaces of imperfect optics dominated below residual gas pressures of $1\times 10^{-4}$ mbar. Extrapolation of the findings to intensities relevant for photon-photon scattering studies is discussed.
description: 18 pages, 8 figures
Project Proposal: Polar MOSES-Developing cross-compartment strategies investigating the dynamic behaviour of greenhouse gas emissions and influencing factors in arctic environments
Creators: name: Claudia Schütze
name: Uta Ködel
name: Martin Schrön
name: Peter Dietrich
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Polar Moses
subject: AWIPEV
subject: Ny Alesund/Svalbard
subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Electromagnetic Induction (EMI)
subject: Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing (CRNS)
subject: OP-FTIR
subject: Soil moisture
subject: Greenhouse gases
subject: 2023_MOSES_PolarMOSES

description: This proposal Polar MOSES-Developing cross-compartment strategies investigating the dynamic behaviour of greenhouse gas emissions and influencing factors in arctic environments described the planned activities near Ny Alesund/Svalbard in the year 2023.  It includes (1) the context, general objectives of the project, scientific questions, (2) the state of the art, (3) a general description of the methodology, (4) detailed information on the methods to be used in 2023, and (5) the work plan and discussion of the specific objectives for the activities in 2023.
Mucin-1 Protein Is a Prognostic Marker for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Results From the CONKO-001 Study
Creators: name: Striefler, Jana Käthe
name: Riess, Hanno
name: Lohneis, Philipp
name: Bischoff, Sven
name: Kurreck, Annika
name: Modest, Dominik Paul
name: Bahra, Marcus
name: Oettle, Helmut
name: Sinn, Marianne
name: Bläker, Henrik
name: Denkert, Carsten
name: Stintzing, Sebastian
name: Sinn, Bruno Valentin
name: Pelzer, Uwe
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: pancreatic cancer
subject: gemcitabine
subject: MUC1
subject: prognostic marker
subject: CONKO 001 trial
subject: adjuvant therapy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background The Mucin-family protein, MUC1, impacts on carcinogenesis and tumor invasion. We evaluated the impact of MUC1 expression on outcome in a cohort of 158 patients with resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC) in the CONKO-001 study (adjuvant gemcitabine [gem] vs. observation [obs]). Methods The percentage of MUC1-positive tumor cells by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and the staining intensity were evaluated by two observers blinded to outcome. The numeric values of both parameters were multiplied, resulting in an immunoreactivity score (IRS) ranging from 0 to 12. The level of MUC1 expression was defined as follows: IRS 0-4 (low) vs IRS >4 (high). Outcomes in terms of disease-free (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank tests and Cox regressions. Results In total, tumors of 158 study patients were eligible for immunohistochemistry of MUC1. High cytoplasmic MUC1 expression was associated with impaired DFS and OS in the overall study population (hazard ratio (HR) for DFS: 0.49, 95% CI 0.31 to 0.78, p = .003; HR for OS: 0.46, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.73, p = .001). In the study arms, prognostic effects of MUC1 were also evident in the observation group (HR for DFS: 0.55; 95% CI 0.29 to 1.04, p = .062; HR for OS: 0.34, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.67, p = .001) and trending in the gem group (HR for DFS: 0.48, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.95, p = .041; HR for OS: 0.56, 95% CI 0.28 to1.11, p = .093). Conclusion Our data suggest that MUC1 expression is a powerful prognostic marker in patients with PDAC after curatively intended resection.
A new Standard DNA damage (SDD) data format
Creators: name: Schuemann, J.
name: McNamara, A.
name: Warmenhoven, J. W.
name: Henthorn, N. T.
name: Kirkby, K.
name: Merchant, M. J.
name: Ingram, S.
name: Paganetti, H.
name: Held, KD.
name: Ramos-Mendez, J.
name: Faddegon, B.
name: Perl, J.
name: Goodhead, D.
name: Plante, I.
name: Rabus, H.
name: Nettelbeck, H.
name: Friedland, W.
name: Kundrat, P.
name: Ottolenghi, A.
name: Baiocco, G.
name: Barbieri, S.
name: Dingfelder, M.
name: Incerti, S.
name: Villagrasa, C.
name: Bueno, M.
name: Bernal, M. A.
name: Guatelli, S.
name: Sakata, D.
name: Brown, J. M. C.
name: Francis, Z.
name: Kyriakou, I.
name: Lampe, N.
name: Ballarini, F.
name: Ca-rante, M. P.
name: Davidkova, M.
name: Štepán, V.
name: Jia, X.
name: Cucinotta, F. A.
name: Schulte, R.
name: Stewart, R.
name: Carlson, D.
name: Galer, S.
name: Kuncic, Z.
name: LaCombe, S.
name: Milligan, J.
name: Cho, S. H.
name: Inaniwa, T.
name: Sato, T.
name: Durante, M
name: Prise, K
name: McMahon, S. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Other Quantitative Biology (q-bio.OT)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our understanding of radiation induced cellular damage has greatly improved over the past decades. Despite this progress, there are still many obstacles to fully understanding how radiation interacts with biologically relevant cellular components to form observable endpoints. One hurdle is the difficulty faced by members of different research groups in directly comparing results. Multiple Monte Carlo codes have been developed to simulate damage induction at the DNA scale, while at the same time various groups have developed models that describe DNA repair processes with varying levels of detail. These repair models are intrinsically linked to the damage model employed in their development, making it difficult to disentangle systematic effects in either part of the modelling chain. The modelling chain typically consists of track structure Monte Carlo simulations of the physics interactions creating direct damages to the DNA; followed by simulations of the production and initial reactions of chemical species causing indirect damages. After the DNA damage induction, DNA repair models combine the simulated damage patterns with biological models to determine the biological consequences of the damage. We propose a new Standard data format for DNA Damage to unify the interface between the simulation of damage induction and the biological modelling of cell repair processes. Such a standard greatly facilitates inter model comparisons, providing an ideal environment to tease out model assumptions and identify persistent, underlying mechanisms. Through inter model comparisons, this unified standard has the potential to greatly advance our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of radiation induced DNA damage and the resulting observable biological effects.
Dynamic response of strongly correlated Fermi gases in the quantum virial expansion
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xia-Ji
name: Drummond, Peter D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By developing a quantum virial expansion theory, we quantitatively calculate the dynamic density response function of a trapped strongly interacting Fermi gas at high temperatures near unitarity. A clear transition from atomic to molecular responses is identified in the spectra when crossing from the BCS to BEC regimes, in qualitative agreement with recent Bragg spectroscopy observations. Our virial expansion method provides a promising way to solve the challenging strong-coupling problems and is applicable to other dynamical properties of strongly correlated Fermi gases.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures; published version in Phys. Rev. A. The quantum virial expansion of single-particle spectral function is discussed in arXiv:1003.1538 (Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 240407 (2010))
Expedient Hydrofunctionalisation of Carbonyls and Imines Initiated by Phosphacyclohexadienyl Anions
Creators: name: Margeson, Matthew J.
name: Seeberger, Felix
name: Kelly, John A.
name: Leitl, Julia
name: Coburger, Peter
name: Szlosek, Robert
name: Müller, Christian
name: Wolf, Robert
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Carbon dioxide reduction
subject: Hydrofunctionalisation
subject: Main group catalysis
subject: Phosphinine
subject: Phosphorus
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: The ability of phosphacyclohexadienyl anions [Li(1-R-PC5Ph3H2)] [R=Me (1 a), nBu (1 b), tBu (1 c), Ph (1 d) and CH2SiMe3 (1 e)] to initiate hydrofunctionalisation reactions was investigated and compared with simple, commercially available compounds, such as LiOtBu, KOtBu and nBuLi. All compounds are expedient catalysts for the hydroboration of a wide scope of substrates, ranging from aldehydes to imines and esters. In the hydroboration of carbon dioxide, however, only our system was observed to efficiently produce the desired methanol equivalents.
Effects of Physical Activity on Adiposity in Children Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Body-Image.
Creators: name: Baniasadi, Tayebeh
name: Ranjbari, Sheida
name: Khajeaflaton Mofrad, Sedigheh
name: Neshati, Abolfazl
name: Dana, Amir
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sport and exercise psychology

description: Background: Although the impact of physical activity on controlling or reducing obesity has been well documented, the components that can affect this relationship have not been well defined. Hence, the current study aimed at examining the relationship between physical activity and adiposity in children with a consideration of self-esteem and body-image as mediators. Methods: This study followed a descriptive-correlational design. In Total, 384 children (average age of 7.67 ± 0.82 years) from Gorgan, Iran, in 2022 participated in this study. Physical Activity Behavior in Leisure-Time Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire–Appearance Scales were used for assessing Physical activity, self-esteem, and body-image, respectively. BMI was calculated for assessing adiposity. Structural equation modeling was implemented for analyzing the collected data …
Torotrogla Kethley. A 1970
Creators: name: Skoracki, Maciej
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae
Torotrogla

description: Genus Torotrogla Kethley, 1970
 Torotrogla Kethley, 1970: 28
 Type species: Torotrogla mima Kethley, 1970 by original designation.
 Diagnosis. FEMALE. Medium sized mites (total body length 600–950). Gnathosoma. Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of median protuberances. Lateral hypostomal teeth absent. Peritremes M-shaped. Movable cheliceral digit harpoon-like, each with 3 teeth. Stylophore rounded or constricted posteriorly. Idiosoma. Six pairs of propodonotal setae present arranged 3–2–1. Propodonotal shield entire, without pocket-like structures, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si and c1. Two hysteronotal shields around or near bases of setae d1 present or absent. Setae d1, d2 and e2 long. Pygidial shield present. Terminal setae f2 and h2 long, f1 short, h1 long or short. Pseudanal and genital setal series represented by 2 pairs each. Aggenital series with 5–8 pairs of setae. All idiosomal setae smooth. Legs. Legs I–IV subequal in thickness. Antaxial and paraxial members of claw pair subequal in size and shape, basal angles absent. Apodemes I divergent, fusion of apodemes I and II indiscernible, both apodemes similar in size and shape. Legs with full complement of setae.
 MALE. Characters as in females except: total body length 570–710; movable cheliceral digit styletiform edentate; hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield; setae d1, d2 and e2 short; terminal setae f2 short, h2 long; aggenital series with 4–6 pairs of setae.
 Host range. This genus is associated with passeriform birds of the families Alaudidae, Cardinalidae, Corvidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, Mimidae, Muscicapidae, Ptilogonatidae, Prunellidae, Pycnonotidae, Thraupidae and Turdidae (Table 14).
 Habitat. Quills of secondaries and tertiaries.
 Species included. This genus comprises 16 species present in two regions: Palaearctic (9 species) and Nearctic (7). The Palaeractic fauna includes: T. calcarius, T. cardueli, T. gaudi, T. lusciniae, T. lullulae, T. merulae, T. modularis, T. pycnonotus sp. nov., and T. rubeculi.
description: Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840, pp. 1-414 in Zootaxa 2840 (1) on pages 226-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2840.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5289205
The Semiclassical Limit of Causal Dynamical Triangulations
Creators: name: Ambjorn, J.
name: Gorlich, A.
name: Jurkiewicz, J.
name: Loll, R.
name: Gizbert-Studnicki, J.
name: Trzesniewski, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Previous work has shown that the macroscopic structure of the theory of quantum gravity defined by causal dynamical triangulations (CDT) is compatible with that of a de Sitter universe. After emphasizing the strictly nonperturbative nature of this semiclassical limit we present a detailed study of the three-volume data, which allows us to re-confirm the de Sitter structure, exhibit short-distance discretization effects, and make a first detailed investigation of the presence of higher-order curvature terms in the effective action for the scale factor. Technically, we make use of a novel way of fixing the total four-volume in the simulations.
description: 30 pages, 10 figures
Enhancing Performance of Cloud-based Software Applications with GraalVM and Quarkus
Creators: name: Sipek, M.
name: Muharemagic, D.
name: Mihaljevic, B.
name: Radovan, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Increased complexity of network-based software solutions and the ever-rising number of concurrent users forced a shift of the IT industry to cloud computing. Conventional network software systems commonly based on monolithic application stack running on costly physical single-purpose servers are affected by significant problems of resource management, computing power distribution, and scalability.Such implementation is restricting applications to be reduced to smaller, independent services that can be more easily deployed, managed, and scaled dynamically; therefore, embellishing environmental uniformity across development, testing, and production. Current cloud-based infrastructure frequently runs on containers placed in Kubernetes or Docker-based cluster, and the system configuration is considerably different compared to the environment prevailed with common virtualizations. This paper discusses the usage of GraalVM, a polyglot high-performance virtual machine for JVM-based and other languages, combined with new Kubernetes native Java tailored stacked framework named Quarkus, formed from enhanced Java libraries. Moreover, our research explores GraalVMs creation of native images using Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compilation and Quarkus deployment to Kubernetes. Furthermore, we examined the architectures of given systems, various performance variables, and differing memory usage cases within our academic testing environment and presented the comparison results of selected performance measures with other traditional and contemporary solutions
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
An Integrated View on Neuronal Subsets in the Peripheral Nervous System and Their Role in Immunoregulation
Creators: name: Jakob, Manuel O.
name: Kofoed-Branzk, Michael
name: Deshpande, Divija
name: Murugan, Shaira
name: Klose, Christoph S. N.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: neuro-immune interactions
subject: neuronal classification
subject: peripheral nervous system
subject: enteric nervous system
subject: dorsal root ganglia (DRG)
subject: function of neurons
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The peripheral nervous system consists of sensory circuits that respond to external and internal stimuli and effector circuits that adapt physiologic functions to environmental challenges. Identifying neurotransmitters and neuropeptides and the corresponding receptors on immune cells implies an essential role for the nervous system in regulating immune reactions. Vice versa, neurons express functional cytokine receptors to respond to inflammatory signals directly. Recent advances in single-cell and single-nuclei sequencing have provided an unprecedented depth in neuronal analysis and allowed to refine the classification of distinct neuronal subsets of the peripheral nervous system. Delineating the sensory and immunoregulatory capacity of different neuronal subsets could inform a better understanding of the response happening in tissues that coordinate physiologic functions, tissue homeostasis and immunity. Here, we summarize current subsets of peripheral neurons and discuss neuronal regulation of immune responses, focusing on neuro-immune interactions in the gastrointestinal tract. The nervous system as a central coordinator of immune reactions and tissue homeostasis may predispose for novel promising therapeutic approaches for a large variety of diseases including but not limited to chronic inflammation.
Giant Planet Occurrence in the Stellar Mass-Metallicity Plane
Creators: name: Johnson, John Asher
name: Aller, Kimberly M.
name: Howard, Andrew W.
name: Crepp, Justin R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Correlations between stellar properties and the occurrence rate of exoplanets can be used to inform the target selection of future planet search efforts and provide valuable clues about the planet formation process. We analyze a sample of 1194 stars drawn from the California Planet Survey targets to determine the empirical functional form describing the likelihood of a star harboring a giant planet as a function of its mass and metallicity. Our stellar sample ranges from M dwarfs with masses as low as 0.2 Msun to intermediate-mass subgiants with masses as high as 1.9 Msun. In agreement with previous studies, our sample exhibits a planet-metallicity correlation at all stellar masses; the fraction of stars that harbor giant planets scales as f \propto 10^{1.2 [Fe/H]}. We can rule out a flat metallicity relationship among our evolved stars (at 98% confidence), which argues that the high metallicities of stars with planets are not likely due to convective envelope "pollution." Our data also rule out a constant planet occurrence rate for [Fe/H]< 0, indicating that giant planets continue to become rarer at sub-Solar metallicities. We also find that planet occurrence increases with stellar mass (f \propto Mstar), characterized by a rise from 3.5% around M dwarfs (0.5 Msun) to 14% around A stars (2 Msun), at Solar metallicity. We argue that the correlation between stellar properties and giant planet occurrence is strong supporting evidence of the core accretion model of planet formation.
description: Fixed minor typos, modified the last paragraph of Section 6
Genes and hormones of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in post-traumatic stress disorder. What is their role in symptom expression and treatment response?
Creators: name: Fischer, Susanne
name: Schumacher, Tabea
name: Knaevelsrud, Christine
name: Ehlert, Ulrike
name: Schumacher, Sarah
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cognitive behavioural therapy
subject: Cortisol
subject: Methylation
subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder
subject: Psychotherapy
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Background Less than half of all individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remit spontaneously and a large proportion of those seeking treatment do not respond sufficiently. This suggests that there may be subgroups of individuals who are in need of augmentative or alternative treatments. One of the most frequent pathophysiological findings in PTSD is alterations in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, including enhanced negative feedback sensitivity and attenuated peripheral cortisol. Given the role of the HPA axis in cognition, this pattern may contribute to PTSD symptoms and interfere with key processes of standard first-line treatments, such as trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT). Methods This review provides a comprehensive summary of the current state of research regarding the role of HPA axis functioning in PTSD symptoms and treatment. Results Overall, there is preliminary evidence that hypocortisolaemia contributes to symptom manifestation in PTSD; that it predicts non-responses to TF-CBT; and that it is subject to change in parallel with positive treatment trajectories. Moreover, there is evidence that genetic and epigenetic alterations within the genes NR3C1 and FKBP5 are associated with this hypocortisolaemic pattern and that some of these alterations change as symptoms improve over the course of treatment. Conclusions Future research priorities include investigations into the role of the HPA axis in day-to-day symptom variation, the time scale in which biological changes in response to treatment occur, and the effects of sex. Furthermore, before conceiving augmentative or alternative treatments that target the described mechanisms, multilevel studies are warranted.
Probing Dark Energy with the Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope
Creators: name: Zhao, Gong-Bo
name: Zhan, Hu
name: Wang, Lifan
name: Fan, Zuhui
name: Zhang, Xinmin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dark energy is an important science driver of many upcoming large-scale surveys. With small, stable seeing and low thermal infrared background, Dome A, Antarctica, offers a unique opportunity for shedding light on fundamental questions about the universe. We show that a deep, high-resolution imaging survey of 10,000 square degrees in \emph{ugrizyJH} bands can provide competitive constraints on dark energy equation of state parameters using type Ia supernovae, baryon acoustic oscillations, and weak lensing techniques. Such a survey may be partially achieved with a coordinated effort of the Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope (KDUST) in \emph{yJH} bands over 5000--10,000 deg$^2$ and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in \emph{ugrizy} bands over the same area. Moreover, the joint survey can take advantage of the high-resolution imaging at Dome A to further tighten the constraints on dark energy and to measure dark matter properties with strong lensing as well as galaxy--galaxy weak lensing.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
Third-order Electrical Conductivity of the Charge-ordered Organic Salt $α$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$
Creators: name: Ishii, Mayu
name: Okazaki, Ryuji
name: Tamura, Masafumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We performed third-order electrical conductivity measurements on the organic conductor $α$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$ using an ac bridge technique sensitive to nonlinear signals. Third-order conductance $G_3$ is clearly observed even at low electric fields, and interestingly, $G_3$ is critically enhanced above the charge-order transition temperature $T_{\rm CO}=136$~K. The observed frequency dependence of $G_3$ is incompatible with a percolation model, in which a Joule heating in a random resistor network is relevant to the nonlinear conduction. We instead argue the nonlinearity of the relaxation time according to a phenomenological model on the mobility in materials with large dielectric constants, and find that the third-order conductance $G_3$ corresponds to the third-order electric susceptibility $χ_3$. Since the nonlinear susceptibility is known as a probe for higher-order multipole ordering, the present observation of the divergent behavior of $G_3$ above $T_{\rm CO}$ reveals an underlying quadrupole instability at the charge-order transition of the organic system.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
From conflict early warning to fostering resilience? Chasing convergence in EU foreign policy
Creators: name: Bressan, Sarah
name: Bergmaier, Aurora
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: European Union
subject: Europeanization
subject: conflict prevention
subject: early warning
subject: diffusion
subject: foreign policy
subject: diplomacy
subject: resilience
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft

description: To prevent violent conflict and governance breakdown abroad, the European Union (EU) needs anticipatory analysis and preventive action at the EU and member state level that follow a coherent approach. The EU’s resilience agenda can complement early warning risk analysis for prevention, but it is unclear to what extent it has been operationalized. We compare the role that resilience plays in crisis early warning in diplomatic services at the EU and member state level in France and Germany. Drawing on the literature on Europeanization and diffusion, we seek to explain different levels of convergence regarding a resilience approach in early warning at the levels of strategy, analysis and action. We find that the diffusion item’s specificity, the number of sources and particular institutional contexts impact the resulting level of convergence. Member states see value in complementing risk analysis with a resilience perspective, but the EU has failed to provide a sufficiently clear source model. Our results contribute to the literature on EU foreign policy diffusion and coherence and show that the EU has not exhausted its potential to promote resilience as a tool for more coherent and effective conflict prevention.
A Comparison Between Sports Motivation and Social Physique Anxiety between Blind and Visually Impaired Elite Athletes in Individual and Team Sports.
Creators: name: Seyedi, Mohammadreza
name: Mohammadi, Fariba
name: Dana, Amir
name: Esmaeili, Milad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sport and exercise psychology

description: Background: Sports psychology literature shows that motivation is essential in individual and team sports. This study compares sports motivation and Social Physique Anxiety (SPA)between blind and visually impaired elite athletes in individual and team sports.
 Methods: The study is comparative in terms of design. The population was Iranian professional blind and visually impaired athletes in 2021. The sample includes N=110, n=35 in team sports (football and Goalball) and n=75 in individual sports (swimming, chess, wrestling, athletics), selected by convenience sampling method. The research tool was Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-18) and Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS). Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent t-test and analysis of variance) are used to analyze the data with SPSS 24.
 Results: The results show a significant difference between the stimulating experience of athletes in individual and group sports in sports motivation components (P<0.05), and no significant difference is observed for other research variables (P>0.05). Also, the analysis of variance showed no significant difference between the elite athletes in individual and team sports in terms of sports motivation (P = 0.982) and SPA (P = 0.937).
 Conclusion: It is suggested that the factors affecting the motivation of sports participation of blind athletes in other sports should be examined. We need to focus more on programs that reduce SPA in blind and visually impaired athletes.
Infrared scaling for a graviton condensate
Creators: name: Bose, Sougato
name: Mazumdar, Anupam
name: Toroš, Marko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The coupling between gravity and matter provides an intriguing length scale in the infrared for theories of gravity within Einstein-Hilbert action and beyond. In particular, we will show that such an infrared length scale is determined by the number of gravitons $N_{g}\gg1$ associated to a given mass in the non-relativistic limit. After tracing out the matter degrees of freedom, the graviton vacuum is found to be in a displaced vacuum with an occupation number of gravitons $N_{g}\gg1$. In the infrared, the length scale appears to be $L=\sqrt{N_{g}}\ell_{p}$, where $L$ is the new infrared length scale, and $\ell_{p}$ is the Planck length. In a specific example, we have found that the infrared length scale is greater than the Schwarzschild radius for a slowly moving in-falling thin shell of matter. We will argue that the appearance of such an infrared length scale in higher curvature theories of gravity, such as in quadratic and cubic curvature theories of gravity, is also expected. Furthermore, we will show that gravity is fundamentally different from the electromagnetic interaction where the number of photons, $N_{p}$, is the fine structure constant after tracing out an electron wave function.
description: 10 pages
Rapid Surface Oxidation as a Source of Surface Degradation Factor for Bi2Se3
Creators: name: Kong, Desheng
name: Cha, Judy J.
name: Lai, Keji
name: Peng, Hailin
name: Analytis, James G.
name: Meister, Stefan
name: Chen, Yulin
name: Zhang, Hai-Jun
name: Fisher, Ian R.
name: Shen, Zhi-Xun
name: Cui, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bi2Se3 is a topological insulator with metallic surface states residing in a large bulk bandgap. It is believed that Bi2Se3 gets additional n-type doping after exposure to atmosphere, thereby reducing the relative contribution of surface states in total conductivity. In this letter, transport measurements on Bi2Se3 nanoribbons provide additional evidence of such environmental doping process. Systematic surface composition analyses by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveal fast formation and continuous growth of native oxide on Bi2Se3 under ambient conditions. In addition to n-type doping at the surface, such surface oxidation is likely the material origin of the degradation of topological surface states. Appropriate surface passivation or encapsulation may be required to probe topological surface states of Bi2Se3 by transport measurements.
Study of fusion dynamics using Skyrme energy density formalism with different surface corrections
Creators: name: Dutt, Ishwar
name: Dhiman, Narinder K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the framework of Skyrme energy density formalism, we investigate the role of surface corrections on the fusion of colliding nuclei. For this, the coefficient of surface correction was varied between 1/36 and 4/36, and its impact was studied on about 180 reactions. Our detailed investigations indicate a linear relationship between the fusion barrier heights and strength of the surface corrections. Our analysis of the fusion barriers advocate the strength of surface correction of 1/36.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
On-orbit Performance of the Spitzer Space Telescope: Science Meets Engineering
Creators: name: Werner, Michael W.
name: Lowrance, Patrick J.
name: Roellig, Tom
name: Gorjian, Varoujan
name: Hunt, Joseph
name: Bradford, C. Matt
name: Krick, Jessica
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Spitzer Space Telescope operated for over 16 years in an Earth-trailing solar orbit, returning not only a wealth of scientific data but, as a by-product, spacecraft and instrument engineering data which will be of interest to future mission planners. These data will be particularly useful because Spitzer operated in an environment essentially identical to that at the L2 LaGrange point where many future astrophysics missions will operate. In particular, the radiative cooling demonstrated by Spitzer has been adopted by other infrared space missions, from JWST to SPHEREx. This paper aims to facilitate the utility of the Spitzer engineering data by collecting the more unique and potentially useful portions into a single, readily-accessible publication. We avoid discussion of less unique systems, such as the telecom, flight software, and electronics systems and do not address the innovations in mission and science operations which the Spitzer team initiated. These and other items of potential interest are addressed in references supplied in an appendix to this paper.
description: 37 pages, 12 figures, Published in SPIE's Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS)