cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Factional conflict and militant nationalism in democratizing states : a reassessment of Mansfield and Snyder’s "Democratization and the Danger of War"
Creators: name: Birch, Derek Andrew
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder argue that democratizing states typically go through a "rocky transition period, where democratic control over foreign policy is partial, where mass politics mixes in a volatile way with authoritarian elite politics, and where democratization suffers reversals." In this phase, states become "more aggressive and war-prone, not less, and they do fight wars with democratic states."1 Their theory is, however, based on a deterministic conception of democratization which emphasizes material "preconditions" rather than political actions; contains flawed assumptions about the role of nationalism in the state formation process; and is not generalizable in the manner which they claim. A n approach to democratization which examines the political dynamics among the individuals and groups involved reveals a number of insights not contained in Mansfield and Snyder's analysis which challenge their conclusions about nationalism and war. Taking these political dynamics into account the democratic transition on Taiwan reveals how, even in a tense and highly militarized security environment, rather than forcing politicians to play the "nationalist card" in order to illicit popular support, democratization actually weakened the power and influence of extreme nationalist factions on both the Chinese nationalist (reunification) and Taiwanese nationalist (independence) sides of the political spectrum. This phenomenon eventually caused a broad consensus to emerge on issues of independence and national identity, to which all major parties now adhere. Contrary to Mansfield and Snyder's theory, the process of democratization on Taiwan directly corresponded with an increase in both the authority and the legitimacy o f the central government as well as an increase in the predictability of relations with the Chinese mainland. A similar pattern can likely be detected in other states, a situation which strongly calls into question the applicability of Mansfield and Snyder's theory to contemporary democratic transitions.
Reliability analysis for a class of exponential distribution based on progressive first-failure censoring
Creators: name: Ahmadi, Kambiz
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Bayes estimator
Confidence region
Exponential distribution
Maximum likelihood estimator
Loss function
Progressive first-failure censoring scheme

description: Based on progressively first-failure censored data, the problem of estimating parameters as well as reliability and hazard rate functions for a class of an exponential distribution is considered. The classic and Bayes approaches are used to estimate the parameters. The maximum likelihood estimates and exact confidence interval as well as exact confidence region for parameters are developed based on this censoring scheme. Also, when the parameters have discrete and continuous priors, several Bayes estimators with respect to different symmetric and asymmetric loss functions such as squared error, linear-exponential (LINEX) and general entropy are derived. Finally two numerical examples are presented to illustrate the methods of inference developed in this paper.
ФАЛСАФИЙ АНТРОПОЛОГИЯ ФАНИНИНГ ПРЕДМЕТИ ВА ҲОЗИРГИ ЗАМОН ИНСОН ФАЛСАФАСИГА БАҒИШЛАНГАН ФАНЛАРИ ЎРТАСИДА ЭГАЛЛАГАН ЎРНИ
Creators: name: Гулчеҳра Қобулниёзова
Publisher: name: Academic research in educational sciences
Year: 2021
Subjects: фалсафий антропология
инсон фалсафаси
инсон табиати
инсон моҳияти
маданият
маънавият
маърифат
тафаккур
онг
интуиция
иррационализм
инсон – номукаммал мавжудот
инсон-компенсатор

description: Ушбу мақолада фалсафий антропология фанининг предмети ва аҳамияти ѐритилган. Бу фаннинг асосчилари бўлган немис файласуфлари Макс Шеллер, Гелмут Плеснер, Арнолд Гелен ва бошқаларнинг асосий тамойиллари таҳлил қилинган. Фалсафий антропология предметини тушунишдаги фарқлар ва ўзига хос бўлган қарашлар очиб берилган
RELIABILITY OF A BIG CITY SEWER NETWORK
Creators: name: Baranov, L.A.
name: Ermolin, Y.A.
name: Shubinsky, I.B.
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sewer network
Reliability
Sewage discharge
Y-like network fragment
Decomposition-equivalence method

description: The ramified sewerage system for receiving and transferring household and industrial sewage typical for a large city is considered. Consideration is restricted to the sub-system of sewage conveyance (sewer network). A sewer network is defined as a combination of underground pipes (sewers) passing sewage through the force of gravity. A review of the literature reveals that there is currently no universally acceptable definition or measure for the reliability of urban sewer network. The aim of this article is to propose the physically obvious reliability index, and to develop an engineering methodology for its calculating. The relative raw sewage volume that could be potentially discharged to the environment as a result of component failures in the sewer network is proposed as a measure of overall system reliability. A simple method for quick and proper calculation of this volume is presented. The basis for this method is a representation of the sewer network by a combination of Y-like fragments. Each such fragment is formally substituted by a fictitious equivalent sewer that has a failure rate leading to the same output for the same input. A sequential application of this approach reduces the problem of estimating the discharged sewage volume to an elementary sub-problem with a simple solution is. The proposed approach is based on the reliability theory. The notions “failure flow” and “repair flow” are used. These flows are taken stationary with known parameters. Numerical examples are used to demonstrate the proposed approach.
Stellar electron capture rates based on finite temperature relativistic quasiparticle random-phase approximation
Creators: name: Ravlic, A.
name: Yuksel, E.
name: Niu, Y. F.
name: Colo, G.
name: Khan, E.
name: Paar, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electron capture process plays an important role in the evolution of the core collapse of a massive star that precedes the supernova explosion. In this study, the electron capture on nuclei in stellar environment is described in the relativistic energy density functional framework, including both the finite temperature and nuclear pairing effects. Relevant nuclear transitions $J^π= 0^\pm, 1^\pm, 2^\pm$ are calculated using the finite temperature proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation with the density-dependent meson-exchange effective interaction DD-ME2. The pairing and temperature effects are investigated in the Gamow-Teller transition strength as well as the electron capture cross sections and rates for ${}^{44}$Ti and ${}^{56}$Fe in stellar environment. It is found that the pairing correlations establish an additional unblocking mechanism similar to the finite temperature effects, that can allow otherwise blocked single-particle transitions. Inclusion of pairing correlations at finite temperature can significantly alter the electron capture cross sections, even up to a factor of two for ${}^{44}$Ti, while for the same nucleus electron capture rates can increase by more than one order of magnitude. We conclude that for the complete description of electron capture on nuclei both pairing and temperature effects must be taken into account.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures, submitted to Physical Review C
A necessary condition for best fitting analytical to simulated density profiles in dark matter haloes
Creators: name: Caimmi, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generalized power-law (GPL) density profiles are compared with simulated dark haloes (SDH) density profiles, and nonlinear least-squares fits are prescribed, involving five parameters which specify the fitting profile (RFSM5 method). More specifically, the validity of a necessary condition for the occurrence of an extremal point, is related to the existence of an intersection between three surfaces in a 3-dimension space. An application is made to a sample of 17 SDHs on the scale of cluster of galaxies, within a flat /\CDM cosmological model. In dealing with the averaged SDH density profile (ADP), a virial radius, equal to the mean over the whole sample, is assigned, which allows the calculation of the remaining parameters. The exponents of both the best fitting GPL density profile to ADP and related averages calculated over the whole halo sample, are far from their NFW counterparts. Values of asymptotic inner slope of fitting logarithmic density profiles, are consistent with results from recent high-resolution simulations.
description: 47 pages, 2 figures
МОДДИЙ МАДАНИЙ МЕРОС ОБЪЕКТЛАРИ ОРҚАЛИ ТАЛАБАЛАРНИНГ МИЛЛИЙ ҚАДРИЯТЛАРИМИЗГА БЎЛГАН МЕҲРИНИ УЙҒОТИШ
Creators: name: Хасанбой Қосимали Ўғли Каримбоев
name: Бахтиёр Хусниддинович Нуриддинов
name: Бахтиёр Асқарович Рўзинов
Publisher: name: Academic research in educational sciences
Year: 2021
Subjects: Минора
мадраса
мақбара
мажмуа
гумбаз
муқарнас
гулдаста
кошин
хандаса
арк
гишт
қоришма
меъмор

description: Вилоятимиздаги моддий маданий мерос объектлари билан талабалардаги миллий қадриятларимизга бўлган эътиборни кучайтииш, уларнинг миллий меъморчилик намуналари билан таништириш орқали кузатиш қобилиятини ривожлантириш, объектга йўналтирилган ѐндашувни, иншоотни барпо этган меъморнинг шахсига эмоционал-психик кайфиятни, фаол, ижодий тасаввурни, фаоллаштириш, иншоотнинг умумий кўриниши орқали миллий тасаввурини намоѐн қилиш, ифодалаш, баҳолаш, ўқув жараѐнида таълимнинг назарий ва амалий машғулотларини уйғунлаштира олиш орқали замонавий инновацион технологияларидан фойдаланишни талаб этади.
Nucleon polarizabilities in covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory with explicit $Δ$ degrees of freedom
Creators: name: Thürmann, M.
name: Epelbaum, E.
name: Gasparyan, A. M.
name: Krebs, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute various nucleon polarizabilities in chiral perturbation theory implementing the $Δ$-full ($Δ$-less) approach up to order $ε^3 + q^4$ ($q^4$) in the small-scale (chiral) expansion. The calculation is carried out using the covariant formulation of $χ$PT by utilizing the extended on-mass shell renormalization scheme. Except for the spin-independent dipole polarizabilities used to fix the values of certain low-energy constants, our results for the nucleon polarizabilities are pure predictions. We compare our calculations with available experimental data and other theoretical results. The importance of the explicit treatment of the $Δ$ degree of freedom in the effective field theory description of the nucleon polarizabilities is analyzed. We also study the convergence of the $1/m$ expansion and analyze the efficiency of the heavy-baryon approach for the nucleon polarizabilities.
description: 67 pages, 10 figures
ЙЎЛ БЎЛАКЛАРИНИНГ ҲАРАКАТЛАНИШ ХАВФСИЗЛИГИГА ТАЪСИРИНИ ИҚТИСОДИЙ ЖИҲАТДАН БАХОЛАШ
Creators: name: Шодиёр Ўсканов
name: Умид Суванов
name: Ўктам Холбўтаев
Publisher: name: Academic research in educational sciences
Year: 2021
Subjects: йўл-транспорт ҳодисаси
йўл бўлаги
йўл белгилари
йўл жихозлари
қатнов қисми
автомобил
йўловчи
пиѐда

description: Ушбу мақолада йўл-транспорт ҳодисаларининг олдини олиш мақсадида йўл бўлакларининг ҳаракатланиш хавфсизлигига таъсири реал йўл шароитида ўрганилган, таҳлил этилган ва иқтисодий жиҳатдан баҳоланган. Ҳаракат хавфсизлигини таъминлаш учун ушбу йўл бўлаги учун ишлаб чиқилган тавсияларнинг иқтисодий кўрсаткичлари келтирилган
Kronecker Attention Networks
Creators: name: Gao, Hongyang
name: Wang, Zhengyang
name: Ji, Shuiwang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Attention operators have been applied on both 1-D data like texts and higher-order data such as images and videos. Use of attention operators on high-order data requires flattening of the spatial or spatial-temporal dimensions into a vector, which is assumed to follow a multivariate normal distribution. This not only incurs excessive requirements on computational resources, but also fails to preserve structures in data. In this work, we propose to avoid flattening by assuming the data follow matrix-variate normal distributions. Based on this new view, we develop Kronecker attention operators (KAOs) that operate on high-order tensor data directly. More importantly, the proposed KAOs lead to dramatic reductions in computational resources. Experimental results show that our methods reduce the amount of required computational resources by a factor of hundreds, with larger factors for higher-dimensional and higher-order data. Results also show that networks with KAOs outperform models without attention, while achieving competitive performance as those with original attention operators.
description: 9 pages, KDD2020
ФАРҒОНА ВОДИЙСИ АМАЛИЙ САНЪАТИНИНГ ТАЪЛИМ ТАРБИЯДАГИ ЎРНИ
Creators: name: Хасанбой Умаров
name: Бахтиёр Хусниддинович Нуриддинов
name: Бахтиёр Асқарович Рўзинов
Publisher: name: Academic research in educational sciences
Year: 2021
Subjects: Қадрият
меъморий ечим
миллийлик
тарихий-маданий мерос
ҳандаса
муқарнас
гулдаста
арк
гишт
қоришма
кошин
қадимий технологик қурилиш ашѐларини англаш
миллий меъморий тарихий-маданий ѐдгорликларни илмий тарзда ўрганиш

description: Фарғона водийсидаги моддий маданий мерос объектлари билан чамбарчас бўлган миллий қадриятларимизга бўлган эътиборни кучайтииш, миллий меъморчилик, наққошлик, ганч ўймакорлиги, ѐғоч ўймакорлиги, миллий кулолчилик ва бошқа халқ ҳунармандчилиги намуналари ҳамда айрим анъанавий халқ амалий санъати услубларини сақлаб келаѐтган халқ усталари ижодлари билан таништириш. Миллий тасаввурини намоѐн қилиш, ифодалаш, баҳолаш, ўқув жараѐнида таълимнинг назарий ва амалий машғулотларини уйғунлаштириш орқали замонавий инновацион технологияларидан фойдаланишни талаб этади
Stability analysis of dynamic thin shells
Creators: name: Lobo, Francisco S. N.
name: Crawford, Paulo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the stability of generic spherically symmetric thin shells to linearized perturbations around static solutions. We include the momentum flux term in the conservation identity, deduced from the ''ADM'' constraint and the Lanczos equations. Following the Ishak-Lake analysis, we deduce a master equation which dictates the stable equilibrium configurations. Considering the transparency condition, we study the stability of thin shells around black holes, showing that our analysis is in agreement with previous results. Applying the analysis to traversable wormhole geometries, by considering specific choices for the form function, we deduce stability regions, and find that the latter may be significantly increased by considering appropriate choices for the redshift function.
description: 19 pages, 11 figures, LaTeX2e, IOP style files. V2: Comments and references added. This version to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity
RELIABILITY SINGLE SAMPLING PLANS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OF BURR TYPE XII DISTRIBUTION
Creators: name: Vijayaraghavan, R.
name: Saranya, C.R.
name: Sathya Narayana Sharma, K.
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Acceptable Mean Life
Operating Ratio
Burr Distribution
Reliability Sampling
Type I Censoring

description: Acceptance sampling or sampling inspection is an essential quality control technique which describes the rules and procedures for making decisions about the acceptance or rejection of a batch of commodities by the inspection of one or more samples. When quality of an item is evaluated based on the life time of the item, which can be adequately described by a continuous-type probability distribution, the plan is known as life test sampling plan. The application of Burr (XII) distribution in reliability sampling plans is considered in this article. A procedure for selection of the plan parameters to protect the both producer as well as the consumer indexed by the acceptable mean life and operating ratio is evolved. Application of proposed plan is discussed with the help of numerical illustrations. Evaluation of such plans is explained utilising a set of simulated observations from Burr (XII) distribution.
SAFETY vs. SECURITY – WHY ARCHITECTURE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
Creators: name: Braband, Jens
name: Schäbe, Hendrik
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Safety architecture
cybersecurity architecture
patching

description: Cybersecurity plays an increasing role. This also holds true for safety systems. Hence, it is necessary to combine systems that fulfill security and safety requirements. These requirements are partially contradictory. Safety related software will not be changed in an ideal world, whereas security software needs almost permanent updates. This leads to problems that are hard to solve. Different approaches have been proposed by different authors. In this paper we will show, how a suitable architecture can be applied to satisfy the security as well as the safety requirements. We consider some examples of such architectures and show, how systems can be constructed that on the one hand side contain a “golden” code for safety that is not changed and on the other hand side security software that can easily be patched, not touching the “golden” code.
A Particle Swarm Optimization hyper-heuristic for the Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem
Creators: name: Okulewicz, Michał
name: Mańdziuk, Jacek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a method for choosing a Particle Swarm Optimization based optimizer for the Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem on the basis of the initially available data of a given problem instance. The optimization algorithm is chosen on the basis of a prediction made by a linear model trained on that data and the relative results obtained by the optimization algorithms. The achieved results suggest that such a model can be used in a hyper-heuristic approach as it improved the average results, obtained on the set of benchmark instances, by choosing the appropriate algorithm in 82% of significant cases. Two leading multi-swarm Particle Swarm Optimization based algorithms for solving the Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem are used as the basic optimization algorithms: Khouadjia's et al. Multi-Environmental Multi-Swarm Optimizer and authors' 2--Phase Multiswarm Particle Swarm Optimization.
description: 14 pages, presented at BIOMA 2016 conference, Bled, Slovenia
Additional file 1 of Hospital characteristics associated with low-value care in public hospitals in New South Wales, Australia
Creators: name: Badgery-Parker, Tim
name: Sallie-Anne Pearson
name: Elshaug, Adam G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Definitions of hospital peer groups used in New South Wales.
U.S. DEMAND FOR MILD COFFEES: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEXICAN COFFEE
Creators: name: Houston, Jack E.
name: Santillan, Manlio
name: Marlowe, Julia
name: Houston, Jack E.
name: Santillan, Manlio
name: Marlowe, Julia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: While the U.S. remains the world's largest coffee importer, consumption of the good has dramatically changed in the past few decades. This study evaluates the influences of U.S. consumption habits, prices of coffees by origin, prices of near substitutes, U.S. income, the ICA, and NAFTA on U.S. consumption of three categories of Arabica coffee- Colombian milds, Mexican and other milds, and Brazilian. Results indicate that U.S. consumption of Mexican coffee is sensitive to its own price; price of Colombian coffee, which appears to be its largest competitor; and ICA controls. Under NAFTA, Mexico appears well positioned to gain increased U.S. market share of shade-grown mild Arabica coffee.
What is the lived experience of resilient adolescents of mentally ill parents
Creators: name: Fitzgerald, Pauline B.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The experience of resilient youth living with mentally ill parents is not addressed in the literature. Despite a decade of studies on resiliency, no standardized definition of resilience exists. Hence, one was created, based on research findings in the literature. An open-ended, semi-structured interview format was used to interview five women and one man raised in a home with a mentally ill parent. The experience was found as one of chaos, isolation and pain. The candidates underwent much soul searching as they developed from young to older teenagers. Support of an adult outside the home was cited as significant to their effective coping. In addition, involvement in extracurricular activities, sports and hobbies provided escape from the problems and unpredictable events at home. Acceptance of their parents' illness was associated with maturity. That is during their early teen years the youth experienced anger and frustration at their parents' inability to meet their needs. Nevertheless, while they still experienced pain due to their parents' erratic behavior, in their late teens the candidates developed empathy and understanding for their ill parents. All of the candidates cited understanding of their parents illness as key to their own healing. Unfortunately, schools were not viewed as sources of support for youth nor were mental health professionals. Candidate recommendations of how schools and professionals could support youth of parents with a mental illness are mentioned. Since no studies have attempted to address the lived experience of resilient adolescents of parents with a mental illness this study does. It is hoped the findings can enhance the concept of resiliency and provide suggestions for advancing assistance for youth of mentally ill parents.
STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX REDUNDANT SYSTEM HAVING PROBLEM OF WAITING LINE IN REPAIR USING COPULA METHODOLOGY
Creators: name: Surabhi Sengar
name: Mange Ram
name: Yigit Kasancaglu
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Stochastic analysis
Supplementary variable technique
Copula methodology availability analysis etc.

description: This paper investigates the stochastic behavior of a redundant system having problem of waiting line in the maintenance section in terms of various aspects such as reliability, availability, sensitivity etc. The system under consideration has three parts X, Y and Z connected in series. Each part has two units. Out of which part X has one main unit and other applied redundant unit. Similarly part Y has one main unit and other cold redundant unit to support the system. When main units of both the part have failed, then redundant units start automatically. While part Z has two units connected in parallel configuration. Here a realistic situation is discussed that when main units and redundant units of part X and Y are failed and arrived for repair then due to unavailability of repair men a line is generated there and its affect on systems reliability. So the focus of the study is to investigate the nature of the system using supplementary variable technique with the application of copula methodology under the condition when all four units are in line for repair.
Axisymmetric simulations of magneto--rotational core collapse: dynamics and gravitational wave signal
Creators: name: Obergaulinger, M.
name: Aloy, M. A.
name: Mueller, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed a comprehensive parameter study of the collapse of rotating, strongly magnetized stellar cores in axisymmetry to determine their gravitational wave signature based on the Einstein quadrupole formula. We use a Newtonian explicit magnetohydrodynamic Eulerian code based on the relaxing-TVD method for the solution of the ideal MHD equations, and apply the constraint-transport method to guarantee a divergence--free evolution of the magnetic field. We neglect effects due to neutrino transport and employ a simplified equation of state. The pre--collapse initial models are polytropes in rotational equilibrium with a prescribed degree of differential rotation and rotational energy (~ 1 % of the gravitational energy). The initial magnetic fields are purely poloidal the field strength ranging from 10^10 G to 10^13 G. The evolution of the core, whose collapse is initiated by reducing the gas pressure by a prescribed amount, is followed until a few ten milliseconds past core bounce. The initial magnetic fields are amplified mainly by the differential rotation of the core giving rise to a strong toroidal field component. The poloidal field component grows by compression during collapse, but does not change significantly after core bounce if (abbreviated)
description: 34 pages, 25 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. Minor changes in the main text, additional appendix on numerical convergence. Figure quality reduced to match arXiv file size requirements
Flame Retardants in the Aircraft Cabin
Creators: name: Anderson, Judith
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: flame
retardant
smoke
FAA
NTSB
regulation
BeyondACAconference

description: This presentation covers ... => History of FR Use on Aircraft, => Relevant Rules and Regulations, => Evidence of Exposure, => Example: Crew Uniform Garments, => Outlook: What’s Next?
STRATIFIED REMAINDER LINEAR SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING BASED CLUSTERING MODEL FOR LOAN RISK DETECTION IN BIG DATA MINING
Creators: name: Pandey, Kamlesh Kumar
name: Diwakar Shukla
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Loan Risk Clustering
Big Data Clustering
Stratified Sampling
Remainder linear Systematic Sampling
Sample Extension
K-means
SRSE-K-means
SRSEK-means++

description: Nowadays, large volumes of data generate by numerous business organizations due to digital communications, web applications, social media, internet of things, cloud and mobile computing. Such has turned the nature of classical data into big data. Loan risk analysis is one of the most importance financial tasks, where financial organizations predict loan risk through customer financial history and behavioral data. Financial institutions face loan risk related issues when they make a loan to a bad customer. As a result, financial institutions divide loan applications into loan risk and non-risk clusters before making a loan for avoiding the loan risk challenges. Clustering approach is a data mining technique that uses data behavior and nature to discover the unexpected loan without any external information. Clustering algorithms face efficiency and effectiveness challenges as a result of the primary characteristics of big data. Sampling is of the data reduction technique that reduces computation time and improves cluster quality, scalability and speed of clustering algorithm. This study suggests a Stratified Remainder linear Systematic Sampling Extension (SRSE) approach for loan risk analysis in big data clustering using a single machine execution. The SRSE sampling plan enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of the clustering algorithm by employing maximum variance stratum formulation, remainder linear systematic sampling and extending sampling results into final result through centroid distance metric. The performance of the SRSE-based clustering algorithm has been compared to existing K-means and K-means++ algorithms using Davies Bouldin score, Silhouette coefficient, SD Validity, Ray-Turi index and CPU time validation metric on risk datasets.
Quantitative modeling and data analysis of SELEX experiments
Creators: name: Djordjevic, Marko
name: Sengupta, Anirvan M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Genomics (q-bio.GN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment) is an experimental procedure that allows extracting, from an initially random pool of DNA, those oligomers with high affinity for a given DNA-binding protein. We address what is a suitable experimental and computational procedure to infer parameters of transcription factor-DNA interaction from SELEX experiments. To answer this, we use a biophysical model of transcription factor-DNA interactions to quantitatively model SELEX. We show that a standard procedure is unsuitable for obtaining accurate interaction parameters. However, we theoretically show that a modified experiment in which chemical potential is fixed through different rounds of the experiment allows robust generation of an appropriate data set. Based on our quantitative model, we propose a novel bioinformatic method of data analysis for such modified experiment and apply it to extract the interaction parameters for a mammalian transcription factor CTF/NFI. From a practical point of view, our method results in a significantly improved false positive/false negative trade-off, as compared to both the standard information theory based method and a widely used empirically formulated procedure.
description: 29 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Physical Biology
Designing high-fidelity multi-qubit gates for semiconductor quantum dots through deep reinforcement learning
Creators: name: Daraeizadeh, Sahar
name: Premaratne, Shavindra P.
name: Matsuura, A. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this paper, we present a machine learning framework to design high-fidelity multi-qubit gates for quantum processors based on quantum dots in silicon, with qubits encoded in the spin of single electrons. In this hardware architecture, the control landscape is vast and complex, so we use the deep reinforcement learning method to design optimal control pulses to achieve high fidelity multi-qubit gates. In our learning model, a simulator models the physical system of quantum dots and performs the time evolution of the system, and a deep neural network serves as the function approximator to learn the control policy. We evolve the Hamiltonian in the full state-space of the system, and enforce realistic constraints to ensure experimental feasibility.
Additional file 2 of Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in Southeastern Tanzania
Creators: name: Mlacha, Yeromin P.
name: Duoquan Wang
name: Chaki, Prosper P.
name: Tegemeo Gavana
name: Zhengbin Zhou
name: Mihayo G. Michael
name: Khatib, Rashid
name: Godlove Chila
name: Hajirani M. Msuya
name: Exavery Chaki
name: Makungu, Christina
name: Kangming Lin
name: Tambo, Ernest
name: Rumisha, Susan F.
name: Sigsbert Mkude
name: Mahende, Muhidin K.
name: Chacky, Frank
name: Vounatsou, Penelope
name: Tanner, Marcel
name: Honorati Masanja
name: Maru Aregawi
name: Hertzmark, Ellen
name: Xiao, Ning
name: Abdulla, Salim
name: Zhou, Xiao-Nong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Analytical procedure for HFs data.
The Optimal Parameters of Spline Regression for SNP-Set Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Study
Creators: name: Pianpool Kirdwichai
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sequence kernel association test
Generalized higher criticism
Permutation test
Spline regression
B-spline
GWAS

description: Science & Technology Asia, 26, 1, 39-52
THE NEW LENGTH BIASED QUASI LINDLEY DISTRIBUTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Creators: name: N. W. Andure (Yawale)
name: R.B. Ade
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Length Biased Distribution
Quasi Lindley Distribution
Reliability Analysis
Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Likelihood Ratio test

description: In this paper, Length biased Quasi Lindley (LBQL) distribution is proposed. The different properties of the proposed distribution are derived and discussed. The parameters of the proposed distribution are estimated by using method of maximum likelihood estimation and also the Fisher’s Information matrix is obtained. The performance of the proposed distribution is studied using reallife data sets.
A Catalog of Distant Compact Groups Using DPOSS
Creators: name: de Carvalho, R. R.
name: Goncalves, T. S.
name: Iovino, A.
name: Kohl-Moreira, J. L.
name: Gal, R. R.
name: Djorgovski, S. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we present an objectively defined catalog of 459 small, high density groups of galaxies out to z~0.2 in a region of 6260 square degrees in the northern sky derived from the Digitized Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Our catalog extends down to r = 19.0 and has a median redshift of z_med = 0.12, making it complementary to Hickson's catalog for the nearby universe (z_med = 0.03). The depth and angular coverage of this catalog makes it valuable for studies of the general characteristics of small groups of galaxies and how galaxies evolve in and around them. We also examine the relationship between compact groups and large scale structure.
description: accepted to AJ
The carbon footprint of desalination: An input-output analysis of seawater reverse osmosis desalination in Australia for 2005–2015
Creators: name: Heihsel, Michael
name: Lenzen, Manfred
name: Malik, Arunima
name: Geschke, Arne
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 690 Hausbau, Bauhandwerk
subject: input-output analysis
subject: life cycle analysis
subject: multi-regional
subject: greenhouse gases
subject: sustainability

description: This study examines greenhouse gas emissions for 2005–2015 from seawater desalination in Australia, using conventional energies. We developed a tailor-made multi-regional input-output-model. We complemented macroeconomic top-down data with plant-specific desalination data of the largest 20 desalination plants in Australia. The analysed capacity cumulates to 95% of Australia's overall seawater desalination capacity. We considered the construction and the operation of desalination plants. We measure not only direct effects, but also indirect effects throughout the entire value chain. Our results show the following: We identify the state of Victoria with the highest emissions due to capital and operational expenditures (capex and opex). The contribution of the upstream value chain to total greenhouse gas emissions increases for capex and decreases for opex. For capex, the construction of intake and outfall is the driving factor for carbon emissions. For opex, electricity consumption is the decisive input factor. Both in construction and operation, we identify the critical role of the electricity sector for carbon emissions throughout the supply chain effects. The sector contributes 69% during the zenith of the construction phase and 96% during the operating phase to the entire emissions. We estimate the total emissions for 2015 at 1193 kt CO2e.
Additional file 1 of Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in farm animals and breeders in north of Morocco
Creators: name: Mourabit, Nadira
name: Abdelhay Arakrak
name: Bakkali, Mohammed
name: Zeineb Zian
name: Joaira Bakkach
name: Laglaoui, Amin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1: Numbers, antimicrobial susceptibility and toxin gene profiles of the Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from breeders and animals in Tangier.
Additional file 1 of Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in Southeastern Tanzania
Creators: name: Mlacha, Yeromin P.
name: Duoquan Wang
name: Chaki, Prosper P.
name: Tegemeo Gavana
name: Zhengbin Zhou
name: Mihayo G. Michael
name: Khatib, Rashid
name: Godlove Chila
name: Hajirani M. Msuya
name: Exavery Chaki
name: Makungu, Christina
name: Kangming Lin
name: Tambo, Ernest
name: Rumisha, Susan F.
name: Sigsbert Mkude
name: Mahende, Muhidin K.
name: Chacky, Frank
name: Vounatsou, Penelope
name: Tanner, Marcel
name: Honorati Masanja
name: Maru Aregawi
name: Hertzmark, Ellen
name: Xiao, Ning
name: Abdulla, Salim
name: Zhou, Xiao-Nong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Survey organization and Implementation.
Transmuted Sine-Dagum Distribution and its Properties
Creators: name: K.M. Sakthivel
name: K. Dhivakar
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Dagum distribution
Sine-G family
Reliability function
Order statistics
Lorenz curve
Maximum likelihood method

description: In this paper, we introduce a new four parameters continuous probability distribution called transmuted sine-Dagum distribution obtained through the transmuted Sine-G family introduced by Sakthivel et al. [13]. We have obtained some distributional properties including moments, inverted moments, incomplete moments, central moments and order statistics for proposed model. The reliability measures such as reliability function, hazard rate function, reversed hazard rate function, cumulative distribution function, mean waiting time and mean residual life time are studied in this paper. Further, we have discussed some income inequality measures including Lorenz curve, Bonferroni index and Zenga index. The maximum likelihood method is used to estimate the parameters of the proposed probability distribution. Finally, we demonstrated goodness of fit the proposed model with other suitable models in the literature using real life data sets.
Cohomological study on variants of the Mumford system, and integrability of the Noumi-Yamada system
Creators: name: Inoue, Rei
name: Yamazaki, Takao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14H70; 37K20; 14H40

description: The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first is to apply the method introduced in the works of Nakayashiki and Smirnov on the Mumford system to its variants. The other is to establish a relation between the Mumford system and the isospectral limit $\mathcal{Q}_g^{(I)}$ and $\mathcal{Q}_g^{(II)}$ of the Noumi-Yamada system. As a consequence, we prove the algebraically completely integrability of the systems $\mathcal{Q}_g^{(I)}$ and $\mathcal{Q}_g^{(II)}$, and get explicit descriptions of their solutions.
description: 22 pages, an extensively revised version
Enlightenment of Development of Japanese and German Agricultural Management Main Body to China
Creators: name: NIU Zehong
name: CHEN Rao
name: YANG Weimin
name: ZHANG Shilong
name: NIU Zehong
name: CHEN Rao
name: YANG Weimin
name: ZHANG Shilong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural operating entities, Japan, Germany, Experience reference

description: As shown in the agricultural development experience of various countries in the world, the agricultural operating entity has become an effective means to increase the agricultural production efficiency and establish a scientific management model. Promoting the continuous improvement of the modern agricultural management system is not only an important means for solving the three rural issues in China, but also a key measure to enhance China's agricultural competitiveness. This paper introduced the basic situation of agricultural operating entities in Japan and Germany, summarized their advanced experience, and finally came up with feasible recommendations for enhancing the competitive advantages of agricultural operating entities in China.
D2.5 Recommendations and Criteria for a successful Ride-sharing in the IP4 Ecosystem
Creators: name: Mitropoulos, Lambros
name: Kortsari, Annie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: RIDE2RAIL
Transport
Shift2Rail
Multi-modal travel
ride-sharing
Travel Service Providers
binary logit models

description: The deliverable describes the steps taken by RIDE2RAIL within Task 2.2, aiming to map the types of ride-sharing Travel Service Providers (TSP) and ride-sharing travellers, to define and analyse the criteria for ride-sharing, and to make reccomendations that will lead to the formulation of succesful ride-sharing systems in the IP4 ecosystem. The deliverable analyse the results of the conversational survey carried out by the project in EU27 and the UK capturing travellers’ and TSPs’ preferences when using ride-sharing with public transport. The survey allows this deliverable to develop binary logit models to explore and estimate the likelihood of using ride-sharing with public transport as a traveller and as a TSP. The provided criteria in this deliverable have the potential to enhance the ride-sharing application by developing algorithms that capture users’ needs and provide optimized ride-sharing services.
description: {"references": ["Mitropoulos Lambros & Kortsari Annie. (2020). D2.5 Recommendations and Criteria for a successful Ride-sharing in the IP4 Ecosystem. Zenodo."]}
Possible Molecular Structure of the Newly Observed Y(4260)
Creators: name: Liu, Xiang
name: Zeng, Xiao-Qiang
name: Li, Xue-Qian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We suggest that the newly observed resonance Y(4260) is a $χ_{c}-ρ^0$ molecule, which is an isovector. In this picture, we can easily interpret why $Y(4260)\to π^+π^-J/ψ$ has a larger rate than $Y(4260)\to D\bar D$ which has not been observed, and we also predict existence of the other two components of the isotriplet and another two possible partner states which may be observed in the future experiments. A direct consequence of this structure is that for this molecular structure $Y(4260)\to π^+π^-J/ψ$ mode is more favorable than $Y(4260)\to K\bar KJ/ψ$ which may have a larger fraction if other proposed structures prevail.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures. Some descriptions changed, more references added and typos corrected. Published version in PRD
Born amplitudes in QCD from scalar diagrams
Creators: name: Schwinn, Christian
name: Weinzierl, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review recent developments for the calculation of Born amplitudes in QCD. This includes the computation of gluon helicity amplitudes from MHV vertices and an approach based on scalar propagators and a set of three- and four-valent vertices. The latter easily generalizes to amplitudes with any number of quark pairs. The quarks may be massless or massive.
description: 6 pages, Talk given at QCD 05: 12th International QCD Conference, 4-9 Jul 2005, Montpellier, France
Additional file 4 of Developing and validating a questionnaire for mortality follow-back studies on end-of-life care and decision-making in a resource-poor Caribbean country
Creators: name: Jennings, Nicholas
name: Chambaere, Kenneth
name: Macpherson, Cheryl Cox
name: Cox, Karen L.
name: Deliens, Luc
name: Cohen, Joachim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. Supplemental 3. Cognitive interviews. Participant perception of questions, their suggestions or comments, and changes made to the questionnaire.
Revised Pulsar Spindown
Creators: name: Contopoulos, Ioannis
name: Spitkovsky, Anatoly
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the issue of electromagnetic pulsar spindown by combining our experience from the two limiting idealized cases which have been studied in great extent in the past: that of an aligned rotator where ideal MHD conditions apply, and that of a misaligned rotator in vacuum. We construct a spindown formula that takes into account the misalignment of the magnetic and rotation axes, and the magnetospheric particle acceleration gaps. We show that near the death line aligned rotators spin down much slower than orthogonal ones. In order to test this approach, we use a simple Monte Carlo method to simulate the evolution of pulsars and find a good fit to the observed pulsar distribution in the P-Pdot diagram without invoking magnetic field decay. Our model may also account for individual pulsars spinning down with braking index n < 3, by allowing the corotating part of the magnetosphere to end inside the light cylinder. We discuss the role of magnetic reconnection in determining the pulsar braking index. We show, however, that n ~ 3 remains a good approximation for the pulsar population as a whole. Moreover, we predict that pulsars near the death line have braking index values n > 3, and that the older pulsar population has preferentially smaller magnetic inclination angles. We discuss possible signatures of such alignment in the existing pulsar data.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures; accepted to ApJ