cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mechanisms of exposure and response prevention in obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects of habituation and expectancy violation on short-term outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy
Creators: name: Elsner, Björn
name: Jacobi, Tanja
name: Kischkel, Eva
name: Schulze, Daniel
name: Reuter, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Obsessive compulsive disorder
subject: Exposure and response prevention
subject: Habituation
subject: Expectancy violation
subject: Inhibitory learning
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Background Exposure and response prevention is effective and recommended as the first choice for treating obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). Its mechanisms of action are rarely studied, but two major theories make distinct assumptions: while the emotional processing theory assumes that treatment effects are associated with habituation within and between exposure sessions, the inhibitory learning approach highlights the acquisition of additional associations, implying alternative mechanisms like expectancy violation. The present study aimed to investigate whether process variables derived from both theories predict short-term outcome. Method In a university outpatient unit, 110 patients (63 female) with OCD received manual-based cognitive-behavioral therapy with high standardization of the first two exposure sessions. Specifically, therapists repeated the first exposure session identically and assessed subjective units of distress as well as expectancy ratings in the course of exposure sessions. Based on these data, individual scores for habituation and distress-related expectancy violation were calculated and used for prediction of both percentage change on the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and remission status after 20 therapy sessions. Results In a multiple regression model for percentage change, within-session habituation during the first exposure was a significant predictor, while in a logistic regression predicting remission status, distress-related expectancy violation during the first exposure revealed significance. A path model further supported these findings. Conclusions The results represent first evidence for distress-related expectancy violation and confirm preliminary findings for habituation, suggesting that both processes contribute to treatment benefits of exposure in OCD, and both mechanisms appear to be independent.
General quantum-mechanical solution for twisted electrons in a uniform magnetic field
Creators: name: Zou, Liping
name: Zhang, Pengming
name: Silenko, Alexander J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theory of twisted (and other structured) paraxial electrons in a uniform magnetic field is developed. The obtained general quantum-mechanical solution of the relativistic paraxial equation contains the commonly accepted result as a specific case of unstructured electron waves. In the weak-field limit, our solution (unlike the existing theory) is consistent with the well-known equation for free twisted electron beams. The observable effect of a different behavior of relativistic Laguerre-Gauss beams with opposite directions of the orbital angular momentum penetrating from the free space into a magnetic field is predicted. Distinguishing features of the quantization of the velocity and the effective mass of structured electrons in the uniform magnetic field are analyzed.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures
Additional file 2 of The impact of social, national and community-based health insurance on health care utilization for mental, neurological and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Creators: name: Docrat, Sumaiyah
name: Donela Besada
name: Cleary, Susan
name: Crick Lund
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2.
Dirty black holes: Quasinormal modes
Creators: name: Medved, A J M
name: Martin, Damien
name: Visser, Matt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic nature of the quasinormal modes for "dirty" black holes -- generic static and spherically symmetric spacetimes for which a central black hole is surrounded by arbitrary "matter" fields. We demonstrate that, to the leading asymptotic order, the [imaginary] spacing between modes is precisely equal to the surface gravity, independent of the specifics of the black hole system. Our analytical method is based on locating the complex poles in the first Born approximation for the scattering amplitude. We first verify that our formalism agrees, asymptotically, with previous studies on the Schwarzschild black hole. The analysis is then generalized to more exotic black hole geometries. We also extend considerations to spacetimes with two horizons and briefly discuss the degenerate-horizon scenario.
description: 15 pages; uses iopart.cls setstack.sty; V2: one additional reference added, no physics changes; V3: two extra references, minor changes in response to referee comments
Carryover toxicity of water treatment technologies. Open science graphical report
Creators: name: de las Heras, Alejandro
name: Islas-Espinoza, Marina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Carryover Toxicity, zeolite, solar, Compound Parabolic Concentrator, ecotoxicology, water disinfection, potable water, hospital wastewater

description: Water disinfection and xenobiotics treatments (for both point-of-use potabilization and hospital wastewater) were assessed. Zeolite and CPC solar concentrated technologies were proposed as alternatives and assessed for remaining and added toxicity (Carryover Toxicity, CT). CT was measured using a multitaxa bioassay and the AMES mutagenicity test. The approach was biotechnological throughout. Cell receptors saturation by pollutants and ROS were identified as CT mechanisms in hospital wastewater and sustainable solar photolysis (no oxidants added). Definition of disinfection was refined as DNA (chromosomal and plasmidic) fragmentation. A toolbox for CT data analysis was developed. International cooperation with Turkey and Canada was instrumental in this research. Three PhD students and one MSc student published their research. Three solar CPCs and one zeolite batch prototypes were designed and tested.
Synaptic targets of photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila
Creators: name: Kind, Emil
name: Longden, Kit D.
name: Nern, Aljoscha
name: Zhao, Arthur
name: Sancer, Gizem
name: Flynn, Miriam A.
name: Laughland, Connor W.
name: Obrusnik, Tessa
name: Alarcon, Paula G.
name: Wernet, Mathias F.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: connectomics
subject: color vision
subject: skylight polarization
subject: Drosophila melanogaster
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Color and polarization provide complementary information about the world and are detected by specialized photoreceptors. However, the downstream neural circuits that process these distinct modalities are incompletely understood in any animal. Using electron microscopy, we have systematically reconstructed the synaptic targets of the photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila, and we have used light microscopy to confirm many of our findings. We identified known and novel downstream targets that are selective for different wavelengths or polarized light, and followed their projections to other areas in the optic lobes and the central brain. Our results revealed many synapses along the photoreceptor axons between brain regions, new pathways in the optic lobes, and spatially segregated projections to central brain regions. Strikingly, photoreceptors in the polarization-sensitive dorsal rim area target fewer cell types, and lack strong connections to the lobula, a neuropil involved in color processing. Our reconstruction identifies shared wiring and modality-specific specializations for color and polarization vision, and provides a comprehensive view of the first steps of the pathways processing color and polarized light inputs.
NMR measurements of hyperpolarized 3He gas diffusion in high porosity silica aerogels
Creators: name: Tastevin, Geneviève
name: Nacher, Pierre-Jean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hyperpolarized 3He is used to nondestructively probe by NMR the structure of custom-made and commercial silica aerogels (97% and 98.5% porous). Large spin-echo signals are obtained at room temperature and very low magnetic field (2mT) even with small mounts of gas. Attenuation induced by applied field gradients results from the combined effects of gas diffusion and confinement by the porous medium on atomic motion. Nitrogen is used as a buffer gas to reach equivalent 3He pressures ranging from 5 mbars to 3.5 bars. The observed pressure dependence suggests a non-uniform structure of the aerogels on length scales up to tens of micrometers. A description by broad phenomenological distributions of mean free paths is proposed, and quantitatively discussed by comparison to numerical calculations. The investigated aerogel samples exhibit different effective diffusion characteristics despite comparable nominal porosities.
Pseudopodotenus G. Dellacasa 1992
Creators: name: Skelley, Paul E.
name: Dellacasa, Marco
name: Dellacasa, Giovanni
name: Gordon, Robert D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Aphodiidae
Pseudopodotenus

description: Pseudopodotenus G. Dellacasa, 1992
 Pseudopodotenus fulviventris (Fairmaire and Germain, 1860: 268) [Aphodius], Chile.
description: Published as part of Skelley, Paul E., Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2007, Checklist of the Aphodiini of Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), pp. 1-14 in Insecta Mundi 2007 (14) on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532625
Sensitivity of Supersymmetric Dark Matter to the b Quark Mass
Creators: name: Gomez, Mario E
name: Ibrahim, Tarek
name: Nath, Pran
name: Skadhauge, Solveig
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An analysis of the sensitivity of supersymmetric dark matter to variations in the b quark mass is given. Specifically we study the effects on the neutralino relic abundance from supersymmetric loop corrections to the mass of the b quark. It is known that these loop corrections can become significant for large $\tanβ$. The analysis is carried out in the framework of mSUGRA and we focus on the region where the relic density constraints are satisfied by resonant annihilation through the s-channel Higgs poles. We extend the analysis to include CP phases taking into account the mixing of the CP-even and CP-odd Higgs boson states which play an important role in determining the relic density. Implications of the analysis for the neutralino relic density consistent with the recent WMAP relic density constraints are discussed.
description: 28 pages, 12 figures
The Brownian loop soup
Creators: name: Lawler, Gregory F.
name: Werner, Wendelin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We define a natural conformally invariant measure on unrooted Brownian loops in the plane and study some of its properties. We relate this measure to a measure on loops rooted at a boundary point of a domain and show how this relation gives a way to ``chronologically add Brownian loops'' to simple curves in the plane.
Additional file 4 of The organ-specific differential roles of rice DXS and DXR, the first two enzymes of the MEP pathway, in carotenoid metabolism in Oryza sativa leaves and seeds
Creators: name: MK You
name: YJ Lee
name: JK Kim
name: SA Baek
name: YA Jeon
name: SH Lim
name: SH Ha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4: Table S1. Carotenoid content and composition in the leaves of transgenic rice plants. Table S2. Chlorophyll content in the leaves of transgenic rice plants. Table S3. Carotenoid content and composition in mature seeds of transgenic rice plants. Table S4. Expression profiles of structural genes related to the biosynthesis of carotenoids in rice leaves. Table S5. Expression profiles of structural genes related to the supplement of substrates into the biosynthesis of rice seed carotenes. Table S6. Expression profiles of structural genes related to the xanthophyll biosynthesis in rice seeds. Table S7. The primer list used in vector construction and transgene analysis. Table S8. The primer list used in expression analysis of rice genes.
Existence of Dynamical Scaling in the Temporal Signal of Time Projection Chamber
Creators: name: Mohanty, A. K.
name: Favretto, D.
name: Carminati, F.
name: Safarik, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The temporal signals from a large gas detector may show dynamical scaling due to many correlated space points created by the charged particles while passing through the tracking medium. This has been demonstrated through simulation using realistic parameters of a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) being fabricated to be used in ALICE collider experiment at CERN. An interesting aspect of this dynamical behavior is the existence of an universal scaling which does not depend on the multiplicity of the collision. This aspect can be utilised further to study physics at the device level and also for the online monitoring of certain physical observables including electronics noise which are a few crucial parameters for the optimal TPC performance.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Transformations : study of users modified middle income housing in New Delhi
Creators: name: Nirwan, Chhaya
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In India, increasing urbanization has aggravated the complex problems of escalating property prices and increasing housing shortage. To solve this housing crisis, the government housing authorities are engaged in providing mass housing solutions, which often fail to fulfill the expectations of the millions of people living in these housing colonies. As a result, homeowners often choose to update their dwelling units, whether legally or illegally, to suit their changing needs. It is thus critical to understand this process of transformation and more importantly, to assist people in providing better housing solutions within the context of their reality. This thesis examines the development of housing transformations among the growing middle-class in New Delhi and offers guidance to the people who are willing to improve their lives by modifying their homes. Study and analysis of three Middle Income Group (MIG) housing projects, Dilshad Garden, Janakpuri and Munirka in New Delhi, helped to identify the diverse aspects of this process. This study underlines some inherent factors and problems that govern residential modifications at all levels and aims to help homeowners gain maximum returns from their investment. It provides professional support to people enabling them to undertake efficient, safe and organized housing transformations, thereby contributing to the improvement of the standard of housing in New Delhi.
Additional file 1 of The impact of social, national and community-based health insurance on health care utilization for mental, neurological and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Creators: name: Docrat, Sumaiyah
name: Donela Besada
name: Cleary, Susan
name: Crick Lund
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
FOOD CROP PRODUCTION AND LAND MANAGEMENT FOR CARONI (1975) LIMITED '2 ACRE FARMS' IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Creators: name: Persad, Seunarine
name: Rampersad, Ian
name: Roop, Ramgopaul
name: Persad, Seunarine
name: Rampersad, Ian
name: Roop, Ramgopaul
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Agricultural diversification
subject: Crop production
subject: Land management
subject: Land use models

description: Establishment of crop and livestock farms, including 7,800 '2-acre' farms and 16 large farms, on Caroni (1975) Ltd extensive sugar cane land holdings, is a key agricultural diversification policy initiative in Trinidad and Tobago. The development objective is the sustainable management of strategic agricultural land resources for increased food production, employment and food security. Field surveys conducted in 2008/2009 indicate that < 5% of 2- acre plots developed were occupied and < 3% engaged in productive agriculture, although high land development expenditure was incurred. Soil and land use investigations and analyses of the '2-acre' farms, conducted island-wide, confirm that agricultural utilization is adversely influenced by a range of technical and socio-economic constraints, including, inter alia, impoverished, acidic, heavy clay soils; inadequate drainage, insufficient irrigation and poor access infrastructure; land clearing, tillage and soil amelioration challenges; lack of technical and related extension support; and limited farmer training, knowledge and expertise in intensive soil and crop management. The '2-acre' farm model as proposed is not feasible as a production unit and has minimal impact on national food production and food security. An advanced integrated land use model (TTABA Model) is designed to mitigate the technical and socioeconomic constraints while increasing sustainable production of strategic food commodities - sweet potato, cassava, bananas, vegetables, legumes and tropical fruits- and while utilizing 7,400 hectares of former sugar cane lands. The TTABA model proposes consolidation of '2- acre farms' into discrete land management units, based on land capability criteria, and supported with the technical and financial resources to improve soil management, tillage, irrigation, agronomy, post-harvest quality, financing and market requirements for effective diversification to sustainable food production farms.
Overall phylogenetic relationships of Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) shed light on the origin of the predominantly Caucasian and Irano-Turanian S. orientalis group
Creators: name: Salimov, Rashad A.
name: Parolly, Gerald
name: Borsch, Thomas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Caucasus ecoregion
subject: character evolution
subject: Infrageneric classification
subject: Irano-Turanian floristic region
subject: Labiatae
subject: Lamiaceae
subject: molecular phylogeny
subject: molecular species identification
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::580 Pflanzen (Botanik)::580 Pflanzen (Botanik)

description: Scutellaria is one of the largest genera in the Lamiaceae with an estimated 400–500 species with a nearly worldwide distribution. Most species occur in the N hemisphere, with the Caucasus and the wider Irano-Turanian region housing a large number of taxa, many of them considered endemic. We present an overall phylogeny of the monophyletic genus Scutellaria based on rapidly evolving plastid regions (matK-trnK, rpl16, trnL-F). Three well-supported clades are evident, which render the currently accepted S. subg. Scutellaria paraphyletic to S. subg. Apeltanthus, which appears nested in “clade A”, in which the African S. schweinfurthii is sister to all remaining taxa, followed by other lineages of S. subg. Scutellaria. Ancestral states of 12 morphological characters frequently used as diagnostic from subgenus to species level were reconstructed with BayesTraits. The S. orientalis group appears as a major radiation in the Caucasus area and the Irano-Turanian region that may comprise up to a quarter of the species in the genus. This radiation corresponds to a monophyletically defined S. sect. Lupulinaria, characterized by decussate inflorescences and specialized (e.g. cucullate) bracts. Our phylogenetic data present significant resolution at the species level within the S. orientalis group, indicating complex geographically centred patterns of speciation in adaptation to steppe and high mountain habitats, including multiple evolution of pinnate and tomentose leaves. The detailed infrageneric classification of Juzepczuk (1951, 1954) mostly does not reflect natural groups.
Scholarship-of-Leading-Mini-Cases November 2019
Creators: name: Rolheiser, Carol
name: Carbone, Angela
name: Macnab, Erin
name: Ye, Jing
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: The Scholarship of LeadingMini-Cases of Educational Leadership in Action

To cite:Rolheiser, C., Carbone, A., Macnab, E., & Ye, J. (Eds.). (2019). The scholarship of leading: Mini-cases of educational leadership in action. Toronto, ON: Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, University of Toronto. https://teaching.utoronto.ca/sotl/
scholarship-of-leading/
Also available at http://aautn.org/resources/
Authors:
Carol Rolheiser
Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) & Director, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation
University of Toronto
CanadaAngela Carbone
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, & Associate Dean Learning Innovation, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology
Swinburne University of Technology
AustraliaErin Macnab
Coordinator, Programs & Strategic Initiatives, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation
University of Toronto
CanadaJing Ye, Ph.D.
National Awards Project Coordinator, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology
Swinburne University of Technology
Australia
Kondycja finansowa gmin wiejskich a źródła ich dochodów w województwie wielkopolskim
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND INCOME SOURCES OF WIELKOPOLSKA PROVINCE RURAL COMMUNES
Creators: name: Głowicka-Wołoszyn, Romana
name: Wysocki, Feliks
name: Głowicka-Wołoszyn, Romana
name: Wysocki, Feliks
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: kondycja finansowa gmin
subject: dochody gmin
subject: źródła dochodów
subject: gminy wiejskie
subject: metoda TOPSIS

description: Local government responsibility to create and sustain conditions for economic growth requires rational management of assets and responsible financial policy. Thus, the government’s capacity to achieve its objectives hinges on its ability to maintain a sound financial condition. Main aim of the article was to evaluate financial condition of Wielkopolska province rural communes and identify relationships between that evaluation and the level and structure of the communes’ income as well as some external determinants. The study drew on data from Central Statistical Office, its branch in Poznan, and the Ministry of Finance. Financial condition of 15% of all Wielkopolska province rural communes was found strong, and of 10% – weak. Different classes of financial condition showed marked differences in the level and the structure of income sources. Rural communes of strong condition had 2.5 higher ratio of own income in total income sources than the communes of weak condition, four times higher level of real estate income, and three times higher level of personal tax share.
Finding Equilibria in the Traffic Assignment Problem with Primal-Dual Gradient Methods for Stable Dynamics Model and Beckmann Model
Creators: name: Kubentayeva, Meruza
name: Gasnikov, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we consider the application of several gradient methods to the traffic assignment problem: we search equilibria in the stable dynamics model (Nesterov and De Palma, 2003) and the Beckmann model. Unlike the celebrated Frank--Wolfe algorithm widely used for the Beckmann model, these gradients methods solve the dual problem and then reconstruct a solution to the primal one. We deal with the universal gradient method, the universal method of similar triangles, and the method of weighted dual averages, and estimate their complexity for the problem. Due to the primal-dual nature of these methods, we use a duality gap in a stopping criterion. In particular, we present a novel way to reconstruct admissible flows (i.e.,\ meeting the capacity constraints and induced by flows on the paths) in the stable dynamics model, which provides us with a computable duality gap.
description: 17 pages, 3 figures
Symphodon Schmidt 1913
Creators: name: Skelley, Paul E.
name: Dellacasa, Marco
name: Dellacasa, Giovanni
name: Gordon, Robert D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Aphodiidae
Symphodon

description: Symphodon Schmidt, 1913
 Symphodon anomalum (Harold, 1874: 185) [Aphodius], Chile.
description: Published as part of Skelley, Paul E., Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2007, Checklist of the Aphodiini of Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), pp. 1-14 in Insecta Mundi 2007 (14) on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532625
Core-Collapse Supernova Mechanism - Importance of Rotation
Creators: name: Odrzywolek, A.
name: Kutschera, M.
name: Misiaszek, M.
name: Grotowski, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An attempt is made to assess the significance of rotation in the core-collapse supernova phenomenon, from both observational and theoretical point of view. The data on supernovae particularly indicative of the role of rotation in the collapse-triggered explosion is emphasized. The problem of including the rotation of presupernova core into the supernova theory is considered. A two-dimensional classification scheme of core-collapse supernovae is proposed which unifies 'classical' supernovae of type Ib/c and type II, 'hypernovae' and some GRB events.
description: 24 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables
From Cawdrey to computers: the history and development of academic lexicography with particular reference to the Oxford English Dictionary and Supplement and New Oxford English Dictionary
Creators: name: Skelton-Foord, Cathryn J.
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: From Cawdrey to computers: the history and development of academic lexicography with particular reference to the Oxford English Dictionary and Supplement and New Oxford English Dictionary
Meeting the Cool Neighbors VIII: A preliminary 20-parsec census from the NLTT catalogue
Creators: name: Reid, I. N.
name: Cruz, K. L.
name: Allen, P. R.
name: Kilkenny, D.
name: Liebert, J.
name: Hawley, S. L.
name: fraser, O.
name: Covey, K.
name: Lowrance, P.
name: Kirkpatrick, J. D.
name: Burgasser, A. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Continuing our census of late-type dwarfs in the Solar Neighbourhood, we present BVRI photometry and optical spectroscopy of 800 mid-type M dwarfs drawn from the NLTT proper motion catalogue. The targets are taken from both our own cross-referencing of the NLTT catalogue and the 2MASS Second Incremental release, and from the revised NLTT compiled by Salim & Gould (2003). All are identified as nearby-star candidates based on their location in the (m_r, (m_r-K_S)) diagram. Three hundred stars discussed here have previous astrometric, photometric or spectroscopic observations. We present new BVRI photometry for 101 stars, together with low resolution spectroscopy of a further 400 dwarfs. In total, we find that 241 stars are within 20 parsecs of the Sun, while a further 70 lie within 1-sigma of our distance limit. Combining the present results with previous analyses, we have quantitative observations for 1910 of the 1913 candidates in our NLTT nearby-star samples. Eight hundred and fifteen of those stars have distance estimates of 20 parsecs or less, including 312 additions to the local census. With our NLTT follow-up observations essentially complete, we have searched the literature for K and early-type M dwarfs within the sampling volume covered by the 2MASS Second Release. Comparing the resultant 20-parsec census against predicted numbers, derived from the 8-parsec luminosity function, shows an overall deficit of ~20% for stellar systems and ~35% for individual stars. Almost all are likely to be fainter than M_J=7, and at least half are probably companions of known nearby stars. Our results suggest that there are relatively few missing systems at the lowest luminosities, M_J > 8.5. We discuss possible means of identifying the missing stars.
description: 90 pages, including 14 figures and 46 pages of tables
Rola informacji ekologicznej w zrównoważonym rozwoju obszarów przyrodniczo cennych województwa lubelskiego
THE ROLE OF ENVIROMENTAL INFORMATION IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF VALUABLE NATURAL AREAS IN LUBLIN VOIVODESHIP
Creators: name: Guzal-Dec, Danuta
name: Zwolińska-Ligaj, Magdalena
name: Guzal-Dec, Danuta
name: Zwolińska-Ligaj, Magdalena
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: informacja ekologiczna
subject: samorządy gmin
subject: przedsiębiorstwa

description: The aim of the study was to determine the significance of environmental information for sustainable management at the local level on valuable natural areas in Lublin province. The study covered the activities of local governments and entrepreneurs. To achieve the goal a review of literature and surveys were conducted in 2013 in 30 communes of the Lublin province (Poland), characterized by the highest level of the indicator of ecological value. The study used the method of diagnostic survey with a questionnaire interview (30) addressed to the staff dealing with environmental in communes and (150) addressed to the owners/co-owners or managers of enterprises operating on the environmentally valuable areas. Taking into account social and economic significance of ecological information reported in the literature, as well as evident in the light of empirical research demand for environmental knowledge and its quite importance for shaping the competitive position of enterprises, increasing the activity of local authorities in the dissemination of ecological knowledge.
Anomalously Localized States in the Anderson Model
Creators: name: Apalkov, V. M.
name: Raikh, M. E.
name: Shapiro, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a diffusive conductor the eigenstates are spread over the entire sample. However, with certain probability, an anomalously localized state (ALS) can occur, i.e. the wave function assumes anomalously large values in some region of space. Existing analytical theories of ALS are based on models described by a continuous (Gaussian) random potential. In the present paper we study ALS in a lattice (Anderson) model. We demonstrate that close to the center of the band, E=0, a new type of ALS exist and calculate analytically their likelihood. These ALS are lattice-specific and have no analog in the continuum. Our findings are relevant to numerical simulations, which are necessarily performed on a lattice. We demonstrate that inconsistencies with "continuous" results reported in the previous numerical work on ALS can be explained within our analytical theory. Finally, we point out that, in order to compare the numerics with the "continuous" ALS theories, simulations must be carried out not too far from the band edges, within the band, where the continuous description applies. Simulations performed for $E$ close to the band center reveal lattice-specific ALS that do not exist in continuous models.
description: 6 pages including 2 figures
Robustness Verification of Quantum Classifiers
Creators: name: Guan, Ji
name: Fang, Wang
name: Ying, Mingsheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Several important models of machine learning algorithms have been successfully generalized to the quantum world, with potential speedup to training classical classifiers and applications to data analytics in quantum physics that can be implemented on the near future quantum computers. However, quantum noise is a major obstacle to the practical implementation of quantum machine learning. In this work, we define a formal framework for the robustness verification and analysis of quantum machine learning algorithms against noises. A robust bound is derived and an algorithm is developed to check whether or not a quantum machine learning algorithm is robust with respect to quantum training data. In particular, this algorithm can find adversarial examples during checking. Our approach is implemented on Google's TensorFlow Quantum and can verify the robustness of quantum machine learning algorithms with respect to a small disturbance of noises, derived from the surrounding environment. The effectiveness of our robust bound and algorithm is confirmed by the experimental results, including quantum bits classification as the "Hello World" example, quantum phase recognition and cluster excitation detection from real world intractable physical problems, and the classification of MNIST from the classical world.
Additional file 1 of Behavioral rhythms of an opportunistic predator living in anthropogenic landscapes
Creators: name: Yaiza Parra-Torres
name: Ramírez, Francisco
name: Afán, Isabel
name: Aguzzi, Jacopo
name: Bouten, Willem
name: Forero, Manuela G.
name: Navarro, Joan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Total number of filtered GPS positions (GPS) recorded by 18 yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) during one month of the 2015 breeding season in Odiel (southeaster Iberian Peninsula, Spain).
International Scholarship and The Universities Australia Learning and Teaching Repository
Creators: name: Rolheiser, Carol
name: Carbone, Angela
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: International Scholarship and The Universities Australia Learning and Teaching Repository
Links to some amazing International research and resources from or critical friends Professor Angela Carbone and Emeritus Professor Carol Rolheiser.

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Light scattering in Cooper-paired Fermi atoms
Creators: name: Deb, Bimalendu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed theoretical study of light scattering off superfluid trapped Fermi gas of atoms at zero temperature. We apply Nambu-Gorkov formalism of superconductivity to calculate the response function of superfluid gas due to stimulated light scattering taking into account the final state interactions. The polarization of light has been shown to play a significant role in response of Cooper-pairs in the presence of a magnetic field. Particularly important is a scheme of polarization-selective light scattering by either spin-component of the Cooper-pairs leading to the single-particle excitations of one spin-component only. These excitations have a threshold of $2Δ$ where $Δ$ is the superfluid gap energy. Furthermore, polarization-selective light scattering allows for unequal energy and momentum transfer to the two partner atoms of a Cooper-pair. In the regime of low energy ($<< 2Δ$) and low momentum ($<2Δ/(\hbar v_F)$, $v_F$ being the Fermi velocity) transfer, a small difference in momentum transfers to the two spin-components may be useful in exciting Bogoliubov-Anderson phonon mode. We present detailed results on the dynamic structure factor (DSF) deduced from the response function making use of generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem. Model calculations using local density approximation for trapped superfluid Fermi gas shows that when the energy transfer is less than $2Δ_0$, where $Δ_0$ refers to the gap at the trap center, DSF as a function of energy transfer has reduced gradient compared to that of normal Fermi gas.
description: single column, 26 pages, 10 figures; Title changed, discussion on experimental implication added in concluding section. Accepted for publication in J. Phys. B
Additional file 1 of Eicosapentaenoic acid prevents the progression of intracranial aneurysms in rats
Creators: name: Abekura, Yu
name: Ono, Isao
name: Akitsugu Kawashima
name: Takizawa, Katsumi
name: Koseki, Hirokazu
name: Miyata, Haruka
name: Kampei Shimizu
name: Oka, Mieko
name: Kushamae, Mika
name: Miyamoto, Susumu
name: Hiroharu Kataoka
name: Ishii, Akira
name: Aoki, Tomohiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. GPR120 expression in human IA lesions. The representative image of immunostaining for GPR120 using human IA specimen is shown in the left panel. The image from immunostaining without a primary antibody for GPR120 is shown as a negative control study in the right panel. The image in the left panel is the same one used in Fig. 1. Bar; 200 μm. Fig. S2. Temporal change of the concentration of EPA and DHA in plasma of rats orally administered EPA. EPA (1000 mg/kg) was orally administered to rats and the concentration of EPA and DHA in plasma was measured at 1 h (n=3), 6 h (n=3) or 24 h (n=4) after the administration. Data represents mean ± SD. Statistical analysis was done by a Mann-Whitney test. *; p<0.05. Note that the plasma concentration of DHA was not increased by the administration of EPA. Fig. S3. Body weight and systemic blood pressure of rats treated with EPA. Rats were subjected to surgical manipulations to induce IAs and then given vehicle or EPA (100 or 1000 mg/kg/day) for 12 days. Body weight (the left panel) and systemic blood pressure (the right panel) were then measured (vehicle, n=9, 100 mg/kg/day, n=10, 1000 mg/kg/day, n=9). Data represents mean ± SD. Statistical analysis was done by a Kruskal-Wallis test. Fig. S4. Full-scanned images of western blot analysis in Fig. 6a. RAW264.7 cells were treated with EPA (300 μM) for 60 min and then stimulated with LPS (3.3 μg/ml) for additional 10 min. NF-κB activation was then assessed by western blot analysis using the whole cell lysate. The whole membranes of the western blot analysis presented in Fig. 6a are shown. Protein molecular weight markers are also displayed on both sides. Fig. S5. The graphical abstract of the suppressive effects of EPA on the progression of IAs. The one of the major mechanisms underlying the suppressive effect of EPA on the progression of IAs is the inhibition of inflammation by macrophages through interfering NF-κB activation via GPR120. Note the interruption of the MCP-1-mediated self-amplification loop among macrophages by EPA. In addition, anti-inflammatory effect of EPA via GPR120 expressed on endothelial cells and the disturbance of wall shear stress-sensing due to the integration of EPA into lipid bilayer in this cell type may also suppress the progression of IAs.
Smarandache Semigroups
Creators: name: Kandasamy, Vasantha W. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: General Mathematics (math.GM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20Mxx

description: Generally, in any human field, a Smarandache Structure on a set A means a weak structure W on A such that there exists a proper subset B contained in A which is embedded with a stronger structure S. These types of structures occur in our everyday life, that's why we study them in this book. Thus, as a particular case: A Smarandache semigroup is a semigroup A which has a proper subset B contained in A that is a group (with respect to the same binary operation on A).
description: 93 pages, 7 chapters and hundreds of new definitions
Physically interpretable machine learning algorithm on multidimensional non-linear fields
Creators: name: Mouradi, Rem-Sophia
name: Goeury, Cédric
name: Thual, Olivier
name: Zaoui, Fabrice
name: Tassi, Pablo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In an ever-increasing interest for Machine Learning (ML) and a favorable data development context, we here propose an original methodology for data-based prediction of two-dimensional physical fields. Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE), widely used in the Uncertainty Quantification community (UQ), has long been employed as a robust representation for probabilistic input-to-output mapping. It has been recently tested in a pure ML context, and shown to be as powerful as classical ML techniques for point-wise prediction. Some advantages are inherent to the method, such as its explicitness and adaptability to small training sets, in addition to the associated probabilistic framework. Simultaneously, Dimensionality Reduction (DR) techniques are increasingly used for pattern recognition and data compression and have gained interest due to improved data quality. In this study, the interest of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) for the construction of a statistical predictive model is demonstrated. Both POD and PCE have amply proved their worth in their respective frameworks. The goal of the present paper was to combine them for a field-measurement-based forecasting. The described steps are also useful to analyze the data. Some challenging issues encountered when using multidimensional field measurements are addressed, for example when dealing with few data. The POD-PCE coupling methodology is presented, with particular focus on input data characteristics and training-set choice. A simple methodology for evaluating the importance of each physical parameter is proposed for the PCE model and extended to the POD-PCE coupling.
Uncorrelated Estimates of Dark Energy Evolution
Creators: name: Huterer, Dragan
name: Cooray, Asantha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Type Ia supernova data have recently become strong enough to enable, for the first time, constraints on the time variation of the dark energy density and its equation of state. Most analyses, however, are using simple two or three-parameter descriptions of the dark energy evolution, since it is well known that allowing more degrees of freedom introduces serious degeneracies. Here we present a method to produce uncorrelated and nearly model-independent band power estimates of the equation of state of dark energy and its density as a function of redshift. We apply the method to recently compiled supernova data. Our results are consistent with the cosmological constant scenario, in agreement with other analyses that use traditional parameterizations, though we find marginal (2-sigma) evidence for w(z) < -1 at z < 0.2. In addition to easy interpretation, uncorrelated, localized band powers allow intuitive and powerful testing of the constancy of either the energy density or equation of state. While we have used relatively coarse redshift binning suitable for the current set of about 150 supernovae, this approach should reach its full potential in the future, when applied to thousands of supernovae found from ground and space, combined with complementary information from other cosmological probes.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Being creative in the face of adversity - Annual creativeHE collection 2021
Creators: name: Tasler, Nathalie
name: O'Brien, Rachelle
name: Spires, Alex
name: Nerantzi, Chrissi
name: Gillaspy, Emma
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: As we are seeing the year out, we are delighted and excited to welcome you to the very first open Annual #creativeHE Collection of 30 diverse contributions from 60 authors, educators and students, across our wider community and practitioners from the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Nigeria, Canada, Italy and Germany that capture creative and resourceful practices during this pandemic year that show the inventiveness and commitment to creating stimulating learning and development opportunities and experiences.
Solution of the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov equations in the Cartesian deformed harmonic-oscillator basis. (IV) HFODD (v2.07f): a new version of the program
Creators: name: Dobaczewski, J.
name: Olbratowski, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the new version (v2.07f) of the code HFODD which solves the nuclear Skyrme-Hartree-Fock or Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov problem by using the Cartesian deformed harmonic-oscillator basis. In the new version, all symmetries can be broken, which allows for calculations with angular frequency and angular momentum tilted with respect to the mass distribution. The new version contains an interface to the LAPACK subroutine ZHPEVX.
description: 35 LaTeX pages, 1 EPS figure, submitted to Computer Physics Communications
Zmiany organizacyjne i ekonomiczne w gospodarstwach rolniczych we wsi Kopce w latach 1945-2015
ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES IN FARMS OF KOPCE VILLAGE IN THE YEAR 1945-2015
Creators: name: Hornowski, Andrzej
name: Hornowski, Andrzej
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: rozwój rolnictwa
subject: gospodarstwo
subject: wieś

description: The article presents economic and organization changes that took place from 1945 to 2015 in “Kopce” village in relation to contemporary theories of the development of agriculture. In order to collect the relevant data direct interview with the residents of the village was taken and intensive review of historical literature (subject) was done. The current study showed that the period followed interpenetration of the theoretical concept of the agricultural development in the village Kopce. The cultural and historical causes, inspired the changes from inside through generational change as a dominant influence. It was also observed that in the year 1980 to 2015 number of large farms and residents of rural areas significantly decreased.