cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cyclic game dynamics driven by iterated reasoning
Creators: name: Frey, Seth
name: Goldstone, Robert L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent theories from complexity science argue that complex dynamics are ubiquitous in social and economic systems. These claims emerge from the analysis of individually simple agents whose collective behavior is surprisingly complicated. However, economists have argued that iterated reasoning--what you think I think you think--will suppress complex dynamics by stabilizing or accelerating convergence to Nash equilibrium. We report stable and efficient periodic behavior in human groups playing the Mod Game, a multi-player game similar to Rock-Paper-Scissors. The game rewards subjects for thinking exactly one step ahead of others in their group. Groups that play this game exhibit cycles that are inconsistent with any fixed-point solution concept. These cycles are driven by a "hopping" behavior that is consistent with other accounts of iterated reasoning: agents are constrained to about two steps of iterated reasoning and learn an additional one-half step with each session. If higher-order reasoning can be complicit in complex emergent dynamics, then cyclic and chaotic patterns may be endogenous features of real-world social and economic systems.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, and supplementary information
QCD matter in extreme environments
Creators: name: Fukushima, Kenji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review various theoretical approaches to the states of QCD matter out of quarks and gluons in extreme environments such as the high-temperature states at zero and finite baryon density and the dimensionally reduced state under an intense magnetic field. The topics at high temperature include the Polyakov loop and the 't Hooft loop in the perturbative regime, the Polyakov loop behaviour and the phase transition in some of non-perturbative methods; the strong-coupling expansion, the large-Nc limit and the holographic QCD models. These analyses are extended to hot and dense matter with a finite baryon chemical potential. We point out that the difficulty in the finite-density problem has similarity to that under a strong magnetic field. We make a brief summary of results related to the topological contents probed by the magnetic field and the Chiral Magnetic Effect. We also address the close connection to the (1+1) dimensional system.
description: 43 pages, 11 figures, accepted as the topical review for Journal of Physics G; trivial typos in equations corrected, one reference added
Experimental compressive phase space tomography
Creators: name: Tian, Lei
name: Lee, Justin
name: Oh, Se Baek
name: Barbastathis, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Phase space tomography estimates correlation functions entirely from snapshots in the evolution of the wave function along a time or space variable. In contrast, traditional interferometric methods require measurement of multiple two-point correlations. However, as in every tomographic formulation, undersampling poses a severe limitation. Here we present the first, to our knowledge, experimental demonstration of compressive reconstruction of the classical optical correlation function, i.e. the mutual intensity function. Our compressive algorithm makes explicit use of the physically justifiable assumption of a low-entropy source (or state.) Since the source was directly accessible in our classical experiment, we were able to compare the compressive estimate of the mutual intensity to an independent ground-truth estimate from the van Cittert-Zernike theorem and verify substantial quantitative improvements in the reconstruction.
AMAPOLA: ALMA Polarization Monitoring for Calibrator Sources
Creators: name: Kameno, Seiji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: ALMA has been carrying a monitoring program for calibrators since its beginning of science operations in 2011. The program covers 46 flux calibrators at Band 3 and Band 7 (or Band 6, complementary) with a cadence of ~10 days. Every observation is performed with a full polarization mode that allows us to measure Stokes parameters. Polarization properties of these calibrators are used for calibration procedure in PI-science polarimetry projects. Using polarized calibrator sources on the sky as a solution to characterize instrumental polarization corrections, we can perform polarization calibration without specific devices installed on the array. Therefore, monitoring Stokes parameters of these calibrators are essential for ALMA polarization capability. Furthermore, the program reveals time variability of mm/sub-mm polarization that responses to magnetic fields of AGN jets. In this poster, we present the performance of the polarization monitoring and how it works.
A Medieval Pottery Kiln-Clamp, Possible Workshop and Settlement at Eshott, Northumberland
Creators: name: Dixon, Piers J
name: Crowdy, Amanda
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 25, 27-44
description: Emergency excavation and fieldwork in advance of the North Sea Gas Pipeline through Northumberland revealed a mid- to late 12th-century pottery kiln, a possible workshop and settlement. Rural medieval pottery kilns in north-east England are rare. The kiln is a clamp-kiln and its products include both glazed and unglazed vessels. The distribution of the products is local, but they are paralleled by types found elsewhere in north-east England.
title: „Es ist so ein Mischmasch“: Facetten deutsch-türkischer Identitäten
Creators: name: Bernhart, Elias
name: Schmid, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Soziologie; Qualitative Forschung; Migration; Postmigration; Identität; Identifikation; Hybride Identitäten; Leitfadengestütztes Interview; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Triangulation; Informelle Gespräche; Forschungsethik; Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse;
subject: 300
subject: 320
subject: 360
subject: 370
subject: 390
subject: 490
subject: 943

description: Nicht erst seit der #metwo Bewegung zeigt sich eine beständige, oftmals öffentlich ausgetragene Diskussion darüber, wann in Deutschland wohnhafte Personen oder PostmigrantInnen als ‚Deutsche‘ oder ‚AusländerInnen‘ bezeichnet werden. Die Frage nach der Integration dieser Personen ist dabei von zentraler Bedeutung. Doch was macht eigentlich die Identitätsformation von PostmigrantInnen aus? Inwiefern und in welchen ge-sellschaftlichen Bereichen sind sie integriert und aktiv? Und wie beurteilen sie ihre Situation und sehen sich selbst als ‚hybride Identitäten‘ an? Diesen Fragen gingen wir in der Suche nach Facetten postmigrantischer Identität in einer explorativen qualitativen Studie nach. Als Untersuchungspopulation konzentrierten wir uns auf türkischstämmige Deutsche, die als Kinder nach Deutschland kamen oder hier geboren wurden. Aus me-thodischer Sicht wurde auf teilnehmende Beobachtungen, informelle Gespräche und leitfadengestützte Interviews zurückgegriffen. In der anschließenden Auswertung, mit-hilfe der Qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse, wurden Kategorien erarbeitet, welche die Aussagen der befragten Personen hinsichtlich von Identität bündeln.
Random, blocky and alternating ordering in supramolecular polymers of chemically bidisperse monomers
Creators: name: Jabbari-Farouji, Sara
name: van der Schoot, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As a first step to understanding the role of molecular or chemical polydispersity in self-assembly, we put forward a coarse-grained model that describes the spontaneous formation of quasi-linear polymers in solutions containing two self-assembling species. Our theoretical framework is based on a two-component self-assembled Ising model in which the bidispersity is parameterized in terms of the strengths of the binding free energies that depend on the monomer species involved in the pairing interaction. Depending upon the relative values of the binding free energies involved, different morphologies of assemblies that include both components are formed, exhibiting paramagnetic-, ferromagnetic- or anti ferromagnetic-like order, i.e., random, blocky or alternating ordering of the two components in the assemblies. Analyzing the model for the case of ferromagnetic ordering, which is of most practical interest, we find that the transition from conditions of minimal assembly to those characterized by strong polymerization can be described by a critical concentration that depends on the concentration ratio of the two species. Interestingly, the distribution of monomers in the assemblies is different from that in the original distribution, i.e., the ratio of the concentrations of the two components put into the system. The monomers with a smaller binding free energy are more abundant in short assemblies and monomers with a larger binding affinity are more abundant in longer assemblies. Under certain conditions the two components congregate into separate supramolecular polymeric species and in that sense phase separate. We find strong deviations from the expected growth law for supramolecular polymers even for modest amounts of a second component, provided it is chemically sufficiently distinct from the main one.
description: 25 pages, 6 figures
Historically Visible But Archaeologically Invisible? The Huguenots of Spitalfields
Creators: name: Jeffries, Nigel
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 25, 54-64
description: Throughout all periods, the historical, archaeological and anthropological study of the material culture of distinctive ethnic groups has always been a topic of much research and debate. The emigration of Europeans (through colonialism) and Africans (by slavery) during the post-medieval period, notably to America and the Caribbean, has been widely studied. As a result, little comment has been made on those immigrant communities settling into Britain and their impact on the archaeological record. However, the recent excavations, on part of the post-medieval suburb of Spitalfields in East London, have given the opportunity partly to redress the balance by allowing the study of the pottery from an area settled by the Huguenots (Protestant refugees from France and the Low Countries).
Preferences for HIV test characteristics among young, Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and transgender women: Implications for consistent HIV testing
Creators: name: Frye, Victoria
name: Wilton, Leo
name: Hirshfield, Sabina
name: Chiasson, Mary Ann
name: Lucy, Debbie
name: Usher, DaShawn
name: McCrossin, Jermaine
name: Greene, Emily Rebecca
name: Koblin, Beryl
name: All About Me Study Team
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Epidemiology
HIV (Viruses)--Testing
HIV infections--Diagnosis
Gay men, Black
Transgender people

description: Background
Promoting consistent HIV testing is critical among young, Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and transgender women who are overrepresented among new HIV cases in the United States. New HIV test options are available, including mobile unit testing, one-minute testing, at home or self-testing and couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC). In the context of these newer options, the objective of this study was to explore whether and how preferences for specific characteristics of the tests acted as barriers to and/or facilitators of testing in general and consistent testing specifically among young Black MSM and transgender women aged 16 to 29.

Methods
We conducted 30 qualitative, semi-structured, in-depth interviews with young, Black, gay, bisexual or MSM and transgender women in the New York City metropolitan area to identify preferences for specific HIV tests and aspects of HIV testing options. Participants were primarily recruited from online and mobile sites, followed by community-based, face-to-face recruitment strategies to specifically reach younger participants. Thematic coding was utilized to analyze the qualitative data based on a grounded theoretical approach.

Results
We identified how past experiences, perceived test characteristics (e.g., accuracy, cost, etc.) and beliefs about the “fit” between the individual, and the test relate to preferred testing methods and consistent testing. Three major themes emerged as important to preferences for HIV testing methods: the perceived accuracy of the test method, venue characteristics, and lack of knowledge or experience with the newer testing options, including self-testing and CHTC.

Conclusions
These findings suggest that increasing awareness of and access to newer HIV testing options (e.g., free or reduced price on home or self-tests or CHTC available at all testing venues) is critical if these new options are to facilitate increased levels of consistent testing among young, Black MSM and transgender women. Addressing perceptions of test accuracy and supporting front line staff in creating welcoming and safe testing environments may be key intervention targets. Connecting young Black MSM and transgender women to the best test option, given preferences for specific characteristics, may support more and more consistent HIV testing.
СПOРТИВНЫЙ ТУРИЗМ КAК СРЕДСТВO СOХРAНЕНИЯ И УКРЕПЛЕНИЯ ЗДOРOВЬЯ СТУДЕНТOВ
Creators: name: Мухамеджанов, Умидилло
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: В стaтье сoдержaтся oснoвные нaпрaвления прaктическoй деятельнoсти при зaнятиях спoртивным туризмoм нaпрaвленные нa укрепление здoрoвья студентoв.
Analytic solution for kinetic equilibrium of beta-processes in nucleonic plasma with relativistic pairs
Creators: name: Bisnovatyi-Kogan, G. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The analytic solution is obtained describing kinetic equilibrium of the $β$-processes in the nucleonic plasma with relativistic pairs. The nucleons $(n,p)$ are supposed to be non-relativistic and non-degenerate, while the electrons and positrons are ultra-relativistic due to high temperature $(T>6\cdot 10^9$K), or high density $(ρ>μ10^6$g/cm$^3$), or both, where $μ$ is a number of nucleons per one electron. The consideration is simplified because of the analytic connection of the density with the electron chemical potential in the ultra-relativistic plasma, and Gauss representation of Fermi functions. Electron chemical potential and number of nucleons per one initial electron are calculated as functions of $ρ$ and $T$.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures
Western Canadian populism : reflections on the Turner thesis and Canada
Creators: name: Kachmar, Philip J.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Frederick Jackson Turner’s influential Frontier Thesis has been widely applied in the United States to explain the development of America’s democratic and individualistic political culture. Despite Canada’s North American location, colonial heritage, and sprawling geography, the Frontier Thesis failed to take root in the collective imagination of early Canadians. However, as the economic influence of the Canadian west has shifted, so too has the relevance of Turner’s thesis for Canada. This paper asserts that political developments in 19th, 20th, and 21st century western Canada can be explained, at least in part, through an application of the Frontier Thesis. I begin by comparing Turner’s argument to the works of Harold Innis and J.M.S. Careless to illustrate why the frontier had a greater effect on 19th century America than 19th century Canada. The results of this comparison illustrate the need for a reconsideration of the frontier’s relevance in the Canadian west. I argue that, although Canada’s early western political culture was dominated by European influences, historical and geographical factors ultimately facilitated the emergence of western Canadian populism.
It’s all in the timing: Acceptability of a financial incentive intervention for linkage to HIV care in the HPTN 065 (TLC-Plus) study
Creators: name: Shelus, Victoria
name: Taylor, Jamilah
name: Greene, Elizabeth
name: Stanton, Jill
name: Pack, Allison
name: Tolley, Elizabeth E.
name: Branson, Bernard M.
name: El-Sadr, Wafaa Mahmoud
name: Pollydore, June
name: Gamble, Theresa
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Medical care, Cost of
HIV-positive persons--Medical care
Epidemiology
Public health

description: The HPTN 065 (TLC-Plus) study tested the feasibility and effectiveness of using financial incentives (FIs) to increase linkage to care (L2C) among individuals with newly diagnosed HIV and those out of care in the Bronx, NY and Washington, DC. Qualitative data collection with a subset of participating patients and staff focused on experiences with and attitudes about the FI intervention. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 patients and 14 site investigators. Four focus group discussions were conducted with a total of 15 staff members. The use of FIs for L2C was generally viewed favorably. Patients were grateful and benefited financially, but sites had some challenges implementing the program. Challenges included the timing and sensitive introduction of the intervention immediately after an HIV diagnosis, negative attitudes towards paying people for health behaviors, and the existence and strength of existing linkage programs. Future programs should consider optimal timing and presentation of FIs.
Potweb: Museum Documentation - A World Vision
Creators: name: Haslam, Jeremy
name: Mellor, Maureen
name: Moffett, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 25, 99-107
description: This paper demonstrates how an English museum is seeking to make its most abundant heritage resource - pottery - accessible world-wide, 24 hours a day. The project, code named PotWeb is designed to benefit a wide range of enquirers and to encourage them to visit the collections in person.
Inflation with Multi-Vector-Hair: The Fate of Anisotropy
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Kei
name: Watanabe, Masa-aki
name: Soda, Jiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study inflation with multiple vector fields. In the presence of non-trivial couplings between the inflaton and the vector fields, it turns out that no-hair conjecture does not hold and vector-hair appears. In the case of uniform couplings, nevertheless, we find that the universe approaches an isotropic final state after transient anisotropic inflationary phases. For general couplings, we numerically show attractors are anisotropic inflation. Even in these cases, it turns out that the inflation always tends to minimize the anisotropy in the expansion of the universe.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures
From Maiolica to Delftware: Tin-Glazed Earthenware in London and the Low Countries, 1570-1630
Creators: name: Black, John
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 25, 65-71
description: English tin-glazed earthenware was introduced into this country by immigrant potters from the Netherlands who settled in Norwich in 1567 and moved to London three years later. Netherlands personnel, technology and decorative styles dominated English production till the second quarter of the 17th century. Facing competition from imports of oriental porcelain, tin-glaze potters in the Netherlands introduced a number of technological changes in an attempt to imitate porcelain, bringing about a transition from the traditional maiolica to the new delftware. These changes form the basis for an understanding of developments in England, and are discussed in this article.
Tunable quantum dots in monolayer graphene
Creators: name: Giavaras, G.
name: Nori, Franco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine a graphene quantum dot formed by combining an electric and a uniform magnetic field. The electric field creates a smooth quantum well potential while the magnetic field induces an exponential tail to the dot states. The states peak in the well and the electrostatic barrier region as a result of the Klein tunneling effect. Coupling between dot states which peak in different regions can be achieved with the electric and magnetic fields. The tunability of this dot with moderate external fields could be used for designing quantum devices in monolayer graphene.
description: 12 pages, 8 figs
Prologues and Epilogues in Islamic Ceramics: Clays, Repairs and Secondary Use
Creators: name: Milwright, Marcus
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 25, 72-83
description: This article presents evidence concerning the attitudes towards clays, the repair of broken vessels, and the secondary use of pottery in the Islamic world. The collection and analysis of primary written sources and archaeological information aims to illustrate the diversity of responses to ceramic in its various states from raw material to broken sherd. It is argued that, in order to come to a deeper understanding of the social roles performed by ceramics in a given context, it is necessary to attempt to integrate the information from archaeological investigations and primary textual sources.
A Search for Superhumps in the Cataclysmic Variable SW Sextantis
Creators: name: Rude, Gerald D.
name: Ringwald, F. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present differential photometry of the cataclysmic variable star SW Sextantis. A time series analysis was performed in search of superhumps in the accretion disk of this star, which is the prototype of a class of cataclysmic variables, the SW Sex stars. We find no superhumps, which shows that the presence of superhumps is not a defining feature of the SW Sex stars.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in New Astronomy
Post-Roman Pottery Unearthed: Medieval Ceramics and Pottery Research in Greece
Creators: name: K Vionis, Athanasios
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 25, 84-98
description: In north-western Europe it has long been realised that potsherds should not be used exclusively as a dating tool but also as a means for examining aspects of socio-economic organisation, trade and exchange, dining and drinking habits. In contrast to methodological advances in Europe, medieval and post-medieval archaeology in Greece is still in its dawn. Remains of the post-Roman periods have just begun to be decently excavated and scientifically recorded. On the basis of older and recently published excavations in urban centres (Athens, Corinth and Thessaloniki) and surface surveys in the Greek countryside and other areas in the eastern Mediterranean, this paper offers an overall review of pottery forms and styles found in Greece. Case studies are also used from the late medieval and post-medieval Aegean islands of the Cyclades, examining some first results of the CYREP (Cyclades Research Project) survey research. Medieval pottery research in Greece is discussed in an attempt to examine socio-economic and cultural aspects of post-Roman ceramics in Greece in terms of trade and contacts between East and West, economic and social formation, cultural and/or symbolic meanings and domestic life.
The Cistercian Ware Products of Ticknall, South Derbyshire
Creators: name: Boyle, Anne
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 26-27, 113-118
description: Field walking on various sites at Ticknall, South Derbyshire, has revealed several clusters of kiln fabric and wasters. The pottery industry at Ticknall is thought to have spanned from the 15th to the 19th centuries. At least two kilns at Ticknall produced Cistercian and Midlands Purple wares. Emphasis will be placed on the Peat's Close kiln, which appears to be one of the earlier Cistercian ware producers in the village. The Ticknall pottery is compared here to the Cistercian ware products of Yorkshire. A fuller account of the Ticknall Cistercian wares will be included in the author's PhD thesis.
A parallel sweeping preconditioner for heterogeneous 3D Helmholtz equations
Creators: name: Poulson, Jack
name: Engquist, Björn
name: Li, Siwei
name: Ying, Lexing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A parallelization of a sweeping preconditioner for 3D Helmholtz equations without large cavities is introduced and benchmarked for several challenging velocity models. The setup and application costs of the sequential preconditioner are shown to be O(γ^2 N^{4/3}) and O(γ N log N), where γ(ω) denotes the modestly frequency-dependent number of grid points per Perfectly Matched Layer. Several computational and memory improvements are introduced relative to using black-box sparse-direct solvers for the auxiliary problems, and competitive runtimes and iteration counts are reported for high-frequency problems distributed over thousands of cores. Two open-source packages are released along with this paper: "Parallel Sweeping Preconditioner (PSP)" and the underlying distributed multifrontal solver, "Clique".
description: Final version of document
EOSC Beyond Core Innovation Sandbox Slide deck
Creators: name: EOSC Beyond
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: A dissemination material in a form of an easy to read slide deck, for the new EOSC Core service of the EOSC Beyond EU Funded project: The EOSC Core Innovation Sandbox. A user-friendly document that presents the problem nowadays that our users face, the result of the problems, what users need to do to succeed on their goals, how this is translated into numbers. Continuing we present what the service is doing to solve the problem, how the users are affected, what it takes and what do users need to do. Furthermore, we answer how we approach the problem, with our solution (the EOSC Execution Framework) and how it works, how it helps out the users. Informative information follows up for anyone who wants to be informed on the service and the project by contacting us.
The Excavation of a Medieval Ceramic Production Site and Tile Kiln at Weald View, Noak Hill, Essex
Creators: name: Akeroyd, Anthony
name: Egan, Geoff
name: Horsley, Tim
name: Keys, Lynne
name: Linford, Paul K
name: Mackley, Roderick
name: Payne, Andrew W
name: Walsh, Nick
name: White, Martin
name: Williams, David H
name: Wilson, Peter
name: Meddens, Frank M
name: Sabel, Ken
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 26-27, 1-44
description: The discovery of ceramic wasters at Paternoster Row, Noak Hill in the London Borough of Havering led to the identification of a Mill Green pottery and peg tile production site. The Mill Green material is surprising as its principal production centre is located at Mill Green in Essex. The investigation, subsequent analytical work and publication was the result of a collaborative project involving the Rochford Hundred Field Archaeology Group, Pre-Construct Archaeology, English Heritage and Newham Museum Service with assistance of the British Museum. A tile kiln was located using non-invasive geophysical surveys and was sampled in excavation. The paper details the characterisation of the pottery and tile assemblages, the tile kiln and discusses details of the production process, distribution, and market penetration of the products of the site.
LHC and dark matter signals of Z' bosons
Creators: name: Barger, Vernon
name: Marfatia, Danny
name: Peterson, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We customize the simulation code FEWZ (Fully Exclusive W, Z Production) to study Z' production at the LHC for both \sqrt{s}=8 TeV and 14 TeV. Using the results of our simulation for several standard benchmark Z' models, we derive a semi-empirical expression for the differential cross section, that permits the determination of Z' couplings in a model-independent manner. We evaluate cross sections and other observables for large classes of models, including the common E_6, left-right and B-L models, as a function of model parameters. We also consider a hidden sector Z' that couples to standard model fermions via kinetic and mass mixing and serves as a mediator of isospin-violating interactions with dark matter. We combine the results of LHC Z' searches and dark matter direct detection experiments with global electroweak data to obtain mass-dependent constraints on the model parameters.
description: 30 pages, 19 figures, 2 tables. Published version
Proteomic analysis of the human retina reveals region-specific susceptibilities to metabolic- and oxidative stress-related diseases
Creators: name: Velez, Gabriel
name: Machlab, Daniel A.
name: Yang, Peter H.
name: Sun, Yang
name: Tsang, Stephen H.
name: Bassuk, Alexander G.
name: Mahajan, Vinit B.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Proteomics
Retina--Diseases
Stress (Physiology)--Health aspects
Proteins

description: Differences in regional protein expression within the human retina may explain molecular predisposition of specific regions to ophthalmic diseases like age-related macular degeneration, cystoid macular edema, retinitis pigmentosa, and diabetic retinopathy. To quantify protein levels in the human retina and identify patterns of differentially-expressed proteins, we collected foveomacular, juxta-macular, and peripheral retina punch biopsies from healthy donor eyes and analyzed protein content by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Protein expression was analyzed with 1-way ANOVA, gene ontology, pathway representation, and network analysis. We identified a mean of 1,974 proteins in the foveomacular retina, 1,999 in the juxta-macular retina, and 1,779 in the peripheral retina. Six hundred ninety-seven differentially-expressed proteins included those unique to and abundant in each anatomic region. Proteins with higher expression in each region include: heat-shock protein 90-alpha (HSP90AA1), and pyruvate kinase (PKM) in the foveomacular retina; vimentin (VIM) and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase C (ALDOC); and guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-1 (GNB1) and guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-1 (GNAT1) in the peripheral retina. Pathway analysis identified downstream mediators of the integrin signaling pathway to be highly represented in the foveomacular region (P = 6.48 e–06). Metabolic pathways were differentially expressed among all retinal regions. Gene ontology analysis showed that proteins related to antioxidant activity were higher in the juxta-macular and the peripheral retina, but present in lower amounts in the foveomacular retina. Our proteomic analysis suggests that certain retinal regions are susceptible to different forms of metabolic and oxidative stress. The findings give mechanistic insight into retina function, reveal important molecular processes, and prioritize new pathways for therapeutic targeting.
Specific residues and regions within the KH and S1 domains of PNPase that are important for RNA binding and autoregulation
Creators: name: Wong, Alexander Guanghua
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The turnover of RNA is a critical process governing key aspects of cell growth, regulation, and survival. In particular, gene expression is largely mediated by the differential stabilities of mRNAs and their corresponding levels of translation. Polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) is a phosphate-dependent 3’ exoribonuclease found in many different organisms. Although PNPase functions are diversified in nature, in E. coli, it functions primarily in mRNA degradation by 3’ to 5’ phosphorolysis. It is also a major component of the RNA degradosome – a macromolecular association of proteins involved in RNA decay. The six N-terminal RNase PH-like domains of PNPase assemble into a ring-shaped trimer forming the active core, through which the RNA substrate is threaded during degradation. The C-terminal KH and S1 RNA-binding domains are positioned at the entrance to this core structure and have been shown to facilitate substrate recognition and interaction. Towards developing a better understanding of the proposed KH-S1 binding platform, we have endeavoured to identify and investigate key residues in these domains responsible for RNA binding. In this study, we use a convenient pnp::lacZ fusion reporter strain to assess autoregulatory ability by both PNPase lacking the KH and S1 domains and containing point mutations in these domains. PNPase represses its own mRNA resulting in autoregulation and RNA binding has been shown to facilitate this. KH and S1 point mutants identified from a library and those predicted to contact RNA were expressed in the reporter strain. Mutants found to be deficient in autoregulation poorly repressed levels of pnp::lacZ transcript compared to WT PNPase, resulting in higher β-galactosidase levels. Interesting mutants were purified and studied using in vitro band-shift and phosphorolysis assays to assess binding and enzymatic activity. We show that reductions in substrate affinity accompanied impairment in PNPase autoregulation. A remarkably strong correlation was observed between β-galactosidase levels reflecting ability to autoregulate, and apparent Kd values reflecting in vitro affinities for a model RNA substrate, implicating the KH and S1 domains of PNPase, and specific residues within them, in substrate binding and autoregulation. Our findings are discussed in the context of PNPase structure, binding architecture, and function.
Surrey Whiteware Clays: Some Recent Research into a Likely Source
Creators: name: Newell, Bob
name: Hughes, Mike
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 26-27, 101-104
description: This note describes recent research into the likely source of white-firing clays used in the medieval Surrey Whiteware industry. White-firing clay samples from Claypit Wood, Farnham Old Park are compared, using ICP-AES analysis, with samples from the medieval production centre at Eden Street, Kingston upon Thames. The clay sample is also tested for its potting qualities, plasticity and the range of temperatures at which it can be fired to produce both earthenware and stoneware vessels.
A Later 17th-Century Assemblage of Ashton Keynes Ware from Somerfield Keynes, Gloucestershire
Creators: name: McSloy, Ed
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 26-27, 105-112
description: Archaeological work ahead of housing development at Somerford Keynes, Gloucestershire found a pit containing an assemblage of late 17th-century pottery, almost exclusively products of the Ashton Keynes kilns. The site lies in the adjoining parish to Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, well-known as a producer of glazed earthenware pottery, and particularly important in the supply of utilitarian vessels to Cirencester and Gloucester between the 16th and 18th centuries. The composition of the group mirrors closely that of the urban markets and, with the addition of a 'chicken feeder' form is a likely representative of the kiln repertoire from/in this period. The dominance of Ashton Keynes products in this group, which includes a number of seconds, suggests that local domestic requirements for ceramic could be met almost entirely by the nearby kilns.
Association of Placental Growth Factor and Angiopoietin in Human Retinal Endothelial Cell-Pericyte co-Cultures and iPSC-Derived Vascular Organoids
Creators: name: Huang, Hu
name: Saddala, Madhu Sudhana
name: Mukwaya, Anthony
name: Mohan, Rajiv R.
name: Lennikov, Anton
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Placental growth factor (PlGF) and Angiopoietin (Ang)-1 are two proteins that are involved in the regulation of endothelial cell (EC) growth and vasculature formation. In the retina and endothelial cells, pericytes are the major source of both molecules. The purpose of this study is to examine the association of PlGF and Ang-1 with human EC/pericyte co-cultures and iPSC-derived vascular organoids. In this study, we used co-cultures of human primary retinal endothelial cells (HREC) and primary human retinal pericytes (HRP), western blotting, immunofluorescent analysis, TUNEL staining, LDH-assays, and RNA seq analysis, as well as human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), derived organoids (VO) to study the association between PlGF and Ang-1. Inhibition of PlGF by PlGF neutralizing antibody in HREC-HRP co-cultures resulted in the increased expression of Ang-1 and Tie-2 in a dose-dependent manner. This upregulation was not observed in HREC and HRP monocultures but only in co-cultures suggesting the association of pericytes and endothelial cells. Furthermore, Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (VEGFR1) inhibition abolished the Ang-1 and Tie-2 upregulation by PlGF inhibition. The pericyte viability in high-glucose conditions was also reduced by VEGFR1 neutralization. Immunofluorescent analysis showed that Ang-1 and Ang-2 were expressed mainly by perivascular cells in the VO. RNA seq analysis of the RNA isolated from VO in high glucose conditions indicated increased PlGF and Ang-2 expressions in the VO. PlGF inhibition increased the expression of Ang-1 and Tie-2 in VO, increasing the pericyte coverage of the VO microvascular network. Combined, these results suggest PlGF's role in the regulation of Ang-1 and Tie-2 expression through VEGFR1. These findings provide new insights into the neovascularization process in diabetic retinopathy and new targets for potential therapeutic intervention.
Editorial: A Fluttering Beginning.
Creators: name: Paparisto, Anila
name: Cuvelier, Sylvain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Lepidoptera
Papilionoidea
butterflies
Editorial

description: Welcome to the inaugural edition of Chronicles Fluturat e Shqipërisë.This publication is dedicated to exploring the vibrant world of Albanian butterflies - their habitats, behaviors, and the crucial role they play in our ecosystems. Published on a quadrimestral basis, each edition will offer fresh insights and discoveries. Whether you are a passionate lepidopterist, a nature enthusiast, or simply someone who appreciates beauty in its most delicate form, this is a space for you.
Barriers to early presentation of breast cancer among women in Soweto, South Africa
Creators: name: Joffe, Maureen
name: Ayeni, Oluwatosin
name: Norris, Shane Anthony
name: McCormack, Valerie
name: Ruff, Paul
name: Das, Ishani
name: Neugut, Alfred I.
name: Jacobson, Judith S.
name: Cubasch, Herbert
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis
Public health
Health education
Cancer in women

description: Purpose
Reported breast cancer incidence is rising in South Africa, where some women are diagnosed late and have poor outcomes. We studied patient and provider factors associated with clinical stage at diagnosis among women diagnosed at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg in 2015–2016.

Methods
From face-to-face interviewer-administered questionnaires we compared self-reported socioeconomics, demographics, comorbidities, risk factors, personal and health system barriers, and from patient clinical records, clinical staging, receptor subtype, and tumor grade among 499 consecutive women newly diagnosed with advanced stage (III/IV) breast cancer versus those diagnosed early (stage 0/I/II). Logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with advanced stage at diagnosis.

Results
Among the women, 243 (49%) were diagnosed at early and 256 (51%) at advanced stages. In the multiple logistic regression adjusted model, completion of high school or beyond (odds ratio (OR) 0.59, and greater breast cancer knowledge and awareness (OR 0.86) were associated with lower stage of breast cancer at presentation. Advanced stage was associated with Luminal B (OR 2.25) and triple-negative subtypes (OR 3.17) compared to luminal A, with delays >3 months from first breast symptoms to accessing the health system (OR 2.79) and with having more than 1 visit within the referral health system (OR 3.19) for 2 visits; OR 2.73 for ≥3 visits).

Conclusions
Limited patient education, breast cancer knowledge and awareness, and health system inefficiencies were associated with advanced stage at diagnosis. Sustained community and healthcare worker education may down-stage disease and improve cancer outcomes.
Some Domestic Ceramics from the Site of Henry Doulton's Drain Pipe Factory at Lambeth Bridge House, Lambeth, London SE1
Creators: name: Jarrett, Chris D
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 26-27, 119-124
description: Excavations at Lambeth Bridge House, Lambeth, London uncovered Henry Doulton's late 19th-century stoneware drainpipe factory. Detailed in the main publication of the site were the products of this factory and earlier 18th-century stoneware and delftware wasters, but information on the domestic ceramic component of the site was unfortunately omitted. The aim of this paper is to briefly describe the unusual pottery types and forms recovered from features associated with the 16th to 18th-century occupants of the site. In particular two dishes are of interest, firstly as Werra slipware featuring a stag design and the date 1608 and secondly as Portuguese faience with a Chinese style Wan-Li border and central design of a hare, dating to the second quarter of the 17th century.
Search for diphoton events with large missing transverse momentum in 1 fb^-1 of 7 TeV proton-proton collision data with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for diphoton events with large missing transverse momentum has been performed using 1.07 fb^-1 of proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector. No excess of events was observed above the Standard Model prediction and 95% Confidence Level (CL) upper limits are set on the production cross section for new physics: sigma < (22-129) fb in the context of a generalised model of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking (GGM) with a bino-like lightest neutralino, sigma < (27-91) fb in the context of a minimal model of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking (SPS8) and (15-27) fb in the context of a specific model with one universal extra dimension (UED). A 95% CL lower limit of 805 GeV, for bino masses above 50 GeV, is set on the GGM gluino mass. Lower limits of 145 TeV and 1.23 TeV are set on the SPS8 breaking scale Lambda and on the UED compactification scale 1/R, respectively. These limits provide the most stringent tests of these models to date.
description: 8 pages plus author list (20 pages total), 6 figures, 2 tables, matches published version in Physics Letters B
Towards Energy-Efficient Split Computing: A Hardware-Software Co-Design Perspective
Creators: name: May, Daniel
name: Tundo, Alessandro
name: Ilager, Shashikant
name: Brandic, Ivona
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: split computing
edge computing
energy efficiency
hardware-software co-design
neural networks
machine learning inference
latency optimization

description: This poster was presented at the poster session of EuroSys 2025, the European Conference on Computer Systems, held from March 30 to April 3, 2025, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

It visualizes our work on a hardware-software co-design framework for energy-efficient split computing on edge devices. The approach dynamically selects optimal configurations across the edge-cloud continuum to minimize energy consumption while satisfying latency constraints for machine learning inference.

The poster accompanies our accepted extended abstract, which is available here.
Semileptonic Lb->Lc(*) decays (LHCb)
Creators: name: Rotondo, Marcello
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: I summarize the measurement of the Lb-->Lc mu nu form factor from LHCb and I show the sensitivity to Lc-->Lc* mu nu form factor with the present and future available dataset. I give motivations for such measurements.
Additional file 1 of Association between changes in depressive symptoms and hip fracture among middle-aged and older Chinese individuals: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Lian, Zhiwei
name: Zhu, Chunsu
name: Yuan, Haowen
name: Wang, Jianmin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology

description: Supplementary Material 1.  Table S1. The demographic characteristics of all participants and those included in our analyses.  Table S2. Baseline characteristics of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) by baseline depressive symptoms.  Table S3. Subgroup analyses for associations between changes in depressive symptoms and hip fracture risk.