cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
VLSI Implementation of Deep Neural Network Using Integral Stochastic Computing
Creators: name: Ardakani, Arash
name: Leduc-Primeau, François
name: Onizawa, Naoya
name: Hanyu, Takahiro
name: Gross, Warren J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The hardware implementation of deep neural networks (DNNs) has recently received tremendous attention: many applications in fact require high-speed operations that suit a hardware implementation. However, numerous elements and complex interconnections are usually required, leading to a large area occupation and copious power consumption. Stochastic computing has shown promising results for low-power area-efficient hardware implementations, even though existing stochastic algorithms require long streams that cause long latencies. In this paper, we propose an integer form of stochastic computation and introduce some elementary circuits. We then propose an efficient implementation of a DNN based on integral stochastic computing. The proposed architecture has been implemented on a Virtex7 FPGA, resulting in 45% and 62% average reductions in area and latency compared to the best reported architecture in literature. We also synthesize the circuits in a 65 nm CMOS technology and we show that the proposed integral stochastic architecture results in up to 21% reduction in energy consumption compared to the binary radix implementation at the same misclassification rate. Due to fault-tolerant nature of stochastic architectures, we also consider a quasi-synchronous implementation which yields 33% reduction in energy consumption w.r.t. the binary radix implementation without any compromise on performance.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures
NIR spectroscopy of the Sun and HD20010 - Compiling a new linelist in the NIR
Creators: name: Andreasen, D. T.
name: Sousa, S. G.
name: Mena, E. Delgado
name: Santos, N. C.
name: Tsantaki, M.
name: Rojas-Ayala, B.
name: Neves, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: Effective temperature, surface gravity, and metallicity are basic spectroscopic stellar parameters necessary to characterize a star or a planetary system. Reliable atmospheric parameters for FGK stars have been obtained mostly from methods that relay on high resolution and high signal-to-noise optical spectroscopy. The advent of a new generation of high resolution near-IR spectrographs opens the possibility of using classic spectroscopic methods with high resolution and high signal-to-noise in the NIR spectral window. Aims: We aim to compile a new iron line list in the NIR from a solar spectrum to derive precise stellar atmospheric parameters, comparable to the ones already obtained from high resolution optical spectra. The spectral range covers 10 000 Å to 25 000 Å, which is equivalent to the Y, J, H, and K bands. Methods: Our spectroscopic analysis is based on the iron excitation and ionization balance done in LTE. We use a high resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio spectrum of the Sun from the Kitt Peak telescope as a starting point to compile the iron line list. The oscillator strengths (log gf) of the iron lines were calibrated for the Sun. The abundance analysis was done using the MOOG code after measuring equivalent widths of 357 solar iron lines. Results: We successfully derived stellar atmospheric parameters for the Sun. Furthermore, we analysed HD20010, a F8IV star, from which we derived stellar atmospheric parameters using the same line list as for the Sun. The spectrum was obtained from the CRIRES- POP database. The results are compatible with the ones found in the literature, confirming the reliability of our line list. However, due to the quality of the data we obtain large errors.
description: 9 pages and 9 figures
Spea multiplicata Mating Calls as Indicators of Male Condition
Creators: name: Zipple, Matthew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: The purpose of this experiment was to explore how female preferences affect the condition of males in allopatric and sympatric ponds. This investigation was carried out by attempting to determine what information mating call characteristics, especially call rate, might provide females in allopatric and sympatric populations.
One-way surface magnetoplasmon cavity and its application for nonreciprocal devices
Creators: name: Liu, Kexin
name: Torki, Amir
name: He, Sailing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically analyze surface magnetoplasmon modes in a compact circular cavity made of magneto-optical material under a static magnetic field. Such a cavity provides two different physical mechanisms for the surface wave to circulate in a unidirectional manner around the cavity, which offers more freedom to realize one-way surface wave. We also show the interaction between this one-way cavity and waveguides, through an example of a circulator, which lays the fundamental groundwork for potential nonreciprocal devices.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures. Add some text about the cutoff frequency at the end of Page 2. Add some text about loss under Figure 5
Remote preparation of $W$ states from imperfect bipartite sources
Creators: name: Moreno, M. G. M.
name: Cunha, Márcio M.
name: Parisio, Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several proposals to produce {\it tripartite} $W$-type entanglement are probabilistic even if no imperfections are considered in the processes. We provide a deterministic way to remotely create $W$ states out of an EPR source. The proposal is made viable through measurements (which can be demolitive) in an appropriate three-qubit basis. The protocol becomes probabilistic only when source flaws are considered. It turns out that, even in this situation, it is robust against imperfections in two senses: (i) It is possible, after postselection, to create a pure ensemble of $W$ states out of an EPR source containing a systematic error; (ii) If no postselection is done, the resulting mixed state has a fidelity, with respect to a pure $|W\rangle$, which is higher than that of the imperfect source in comparison to an ideal EPR source. This simultaneously amounts to entanglement concentration and {\it lifting}.
description: Published in Quantum Information Processing 8 pages, 2 figures
Understanding the Human Kinase-Disease Network
Creators: name: Ganapathiraju, Meghana
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Kinases are proteins that are involved in the regulation of many cellular processes including signal transduction. Perturbations of many kinases have been linked to a wide variety of diseases/disorders, yet much of the kinome (kinase network) remains understudied (no known phenotype with knockout, little other biological information available). While databases exist that contain information on possible kinase-diseaes associations, there does not yet exist a network of kinase-disease associations that allows searching for both kinases associated with any disease(s) of interest and diseases associated with kinase(s) of interest. Here, computational tools were developed to understand the kinase network and analyze kinase disease netowrk. First, in order to better understand large scale dynamics, interactive visualizations of the whole network and network subclusters were built. Analyzing the clusters/sub-clusters using Gene Ontology, we found that these clusters were biologically signficiant (showed specific enriched functions). Then, a novel, two-level, bidirectional kinase-dissease association network was develeoped, allowing the user to easily access information regarding diseases associated with a kinase of interest as well as kinases associated with a disease of interest. Finally, interactive visualizations of the kinase-disease association netowork were built to show trends in disease-associativity accross the clusters and subclusters of the full kinase network. We found that more than half of the diseases/disorders exmained are known to be linked with only 1 kinase, and that cancers are linked with the greatest number of kinases. These tools may play an important role in predicting new kinase-disease relations and/or roles in rare diseases, as well as identifying kinase inhibitors that may be potential targets for drug repurposing.
The Future of Open Access Policy: Incrementalism v. Disruption
Creators: name: Baldwin, Julie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open access
Research, science and technology policy

description: This policy brief highlights the importance of reflection and a clear definition of aims when creating open access policy. It outlines two contrasting visions for the future of open access policy making, which came to light from talks at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2017 held in Toronto. One argument for incremental transition and another disruptive change, have strong advocates, but there are arguments do not necessarily clarify the policy position. Instead what can be highlighted from the sessions on OA and from the Summit as a whole, is the need for greater clarity when making policy decisions on what the vision for open access actually is and what can be gained through clear policy making.
ESTADO DEMOCRÁTICO DE DIREITO E PODER JURISDICIONAL: a fundamentação jurídica como forma de efetivação do devido processo legal e democratização do processo judicial
Creators: name: MARTINS, Juliana M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Estado Democrático de Direito
Devido Processo Legal
Fundamentação adequada
Decisão judicial

description: Dissertação defendida no dia 1 de março de 2016 como exigência parcial para obtenção do título de Mestre em Direito, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP). Direito Constitucional.
description: Dissertação - 2016
Relevance of Emotions in Morality: Emotion Differentiation Moderates the Influence of Disgust on Moral Judgments
Creators: name: Heffner, Joseph
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Many studies have found that changing people’s emotions will change their moral judgments. I examined whether people who can skillfully differentiate between emotional states recognize and disregard irrelevant emotions and pay more attention to relevant emotions while making moral judgments. In experiment I did not find that individual differences in emotional differentiation moderated the relationship between disgust and subsequent moral judgments. Further examination of the data suggested consistency effects where participants used previous moral judgments to inform current moral judgments. In exploratory analyses that attempted to control for consistency effects, I found that participants were more lenient when primed with relevant disgust than neutral primes, suggesting a contrast effect. Future studies plan to expand the set of target behaviors to avoid such consistency effects.
Radiative Mixing of the One Higgs Boson and Emergent Self-Interacting Dark Matter
Creators: name: Ma, Ernest
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In all scalar extensions of the standard model of particle interactions, the one Higgs boson responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking always mixes with other neutral scalars at tree level unless a symmetry prevents it. An unexplored important option is that the mixing may be radiative, and thus guaranteed to be small. Two first such examples are discussed. One is based on the soft breaking of the discrete symmetry $Z_3$. The other starts with the non-Abelian discrete symmetry $A_4$ which is then softly broken to $Z_3$, and results in the emergence of an interesting dark-matter candidate together with a light mediator for the dark matter to have its own long-range interaction.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Will Women and Candidates of Color ride the Democratic Wave in 2018?
Creators: name: Fraga, Bernard
name: Shah, Paru
name: Juenke, Eric
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: In the project resulting from this pre-analysis plan, we will examine results from the 2018 election and provide metrics assessing the extent to which racial/ethnic and gender representation resulting from the 2018 election differs from previous years. We will (1) examine whether there are any changes in the gender and demographics of state legislative candidates for office, compared to recent baselines in 2014 and 2016; (2) examine results by party to estimate the theoretically appropriate electoral baselines for women and candidates of color across time; (3) test for whether descriptive representation changes in the 2018 state legislative elections are a result of changes in candidate supply or candidate demand, by conditioning our analyses on the presence of women and minority candidates on the ballot.
Influence of Metformin on T-cell mRNA Expression
Creators: name: Harley, Michael
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Obesity has become a serious public health concern worldwide, being the fifth leading risk for global deaths. It has been associated with multiple health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. In 2009, it was identified as an independent risk factor for influenza morbidity and mortality. Studies have demonstrated that obese individuals have an impaired T-cell response, resulting in twice the risk of influenza infection despite vaccination. With vaccination being the best method of protection, it is paramount to understand why T-cell impairment is present. The link between T-cell function and metabolism has led to research that indicates that T-cells of obese individuals are in an activated metabolic state without being stimulated. It has been suggested that chronic exposure to this activated state may be impairing the immune response. The metabolic drug Metformin may have the potential to shift T-cells back to a resting metabolic state because of its influence on T-cell metabolism and function. This study was designed to assess the influence of Metformin on the mRNA expression of key metabolic indicators by T-cells. We show that Metformin influences mRNA expression and that it maintains expression levels of key indicators after influenza exposure. This study elaborates on the potential for Metformin to serve as an immunoenhancing agent in order to reduce the risk of influenza infection in obese individuals.
Dynamics of coronal rain and descending plasma blobs in solar prominences: II. partially ionized case
Creators: name: Oliver, R.
name: Soler, R.
name: Terradas, J.
name: Zaqarashvili, T. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coronal rain clumps and prominence knots are dense condensations with chromospheric to transition region temperatures that fall down in the much hotter corona. Their typical speeds are in the range 30--150~km~s$^{-1}$ and of the order of 10--30~km~s$^{-1}$, respectively, i.e., they are considerably smaller than free fall velocities. These cold blobs contain a mixture of ionized and neutral material that must be dynamically coupled in order to fall together, as observed. We investigate this coupling by means of hydrodynamic simulations in which the coupling arises from the friction between ions and neutrals. The numerical simulations presented here are an extension of those of \citet{oliver2014} to the partially ionized case. We find that, although the relative drift speed between the two species is smaller than 1~m~s$^{-1}$ at the blob center, it is sufficient to produce the forces required to strongly couple charged particles and neutrals. The ionization degree has no discernible effect on the main results of our previous work for a fully ionized plasma: the condensation has an initial acceleration phase followed by a period with roughly constant velocity and, in addition, the maximum descending speed is clearly correlated with the ratio of initial blob to environment density.
Verzerrte Geschichte durch ungleiche Erschließung? – Eine Untersuchung zum Recording Bias in Münzhortdatenbanken
Creators: name: Rademacher, Philip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Münzhorte
Römische Kaiserzeit
Numismatik
Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database
CHRE
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire

description: Antike Münzhorte stellen eine Quelle dar, deren Bedeutung aufgrund des wachsenden Interesses für Alltags- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte und der mangelhaften literarischen Überlieferung dieser Themen zunimmt. Einige Forschungsbeiträge haben versucht, mit Münzhortdaten Antworten auf verschiedene ökonomische und gesellschaftliche Fragen zu finden. Münzhorte eignen sich dazu aufgrund ihrer zahlenmäßig hohen Erfassung in Online-Datenbanken, wie z.B. der CHRE-Datenbank, sehr gut.
 Damit die Analyse solcher Daten ein Bild von der historischen Wirklichkeit zeichnen kann, müssen die Daten – statistisch formuliert – repräsentativ sein. Münzhorte in einer Datenbank sind jedoch nicht immer eine zufällig entstandene Teilmenge der ursprünglichen Gesamtheit aller angelegten Münzhorte einer Zeit: Denn nicht alle angelegten Horte wurden vergraben, blieben erhalten, wurden archäologisch gesichtet, publiziert und in einer Datenbank erschlossen. Zudem sind Münzhortfunde ungleich erschlossen. Angaben zum archäologischen Kontext oder zu den enthaltenen Münzen sind nicht durchgehend erfasst. Forschungsfragen, die auf die Verfügbarkeit dieser Informationen angewiesen sind, können dadurch nicht alle Münzhortfunde beachten. Wenn der Erschließungszustand eines Münzhortes nicht vom Zufall, sondern von bestimmten Hortmerkmalen abhängt, beeinflusst dies die Repräsentativität und die Aussagekraft der Daten erheblich. In dieser Arbeit wird diese ungleiche Erschließung in zehn Ländern anhand fünf Hortmerkmalen analysiert. Zum Beispiel stellen sich die Fragen: Sind Hortfunde aus antiken Städten oder Militäreinrichtungen häufiger bis auf Münzebene erschlossen als ländliche Funde? Sind wertvolle Münzhorte oder Horte eines bestimmten Jahrhunderts häufiger tief-erschlossen als andere?
Framing Same-Sex Partnership Legislation in States with Prevalent Religious Attitudes: A Comparative Analysis of the Campaign Against Homophobia in Poland and Arcigay in Italy
Creators: name: Lowder, Graham
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: In Italy and Poland, LGBT+ issues have emerged as a contentious political topics in the twenty-first century, sparking debates about rights, the role of the government, and social policy. In this paper, I examine the political framing strategies of the Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH), a pro-LGBT+ Polish organization, in the five years before the introduction and subsequent rejection of three same-sex union bills before the Polish Sejm in 2013, and Arcigay, Italy’s largest pro-LGBT+ organization, in the five years before the introduction and passage of the 2016 Civil Unions Bill. By analyzing the organizations’ framing strategies, this paper seeks to explain how  pro-LGBT+ civil society actors in states with prevalent religious values use political frames in campaigns supporting same-sex union legislation.
Non-Abelian cosmic strings in de Sitter and anti-de Sitter space
Creators: name: Santos, Antônio de Pádua
name: de Mello, Eugênio R. Bezerra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we investigate the non-Abelian cosmic string in de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spacetimes. In order to do that we construct the complete set of equations of motion considering the presence of a cosmological constant. By using numerical analysis we provide the behavior of the Higgs and gauge fields and also for the metric tensor for specific values of the physical parameters of the theory. For de Sitter case, we find the appearance of horizons that although being consequence of the presence of the cosmological constant it strongly depends on the value of the gravitational coupling. In the anti-de Sitter case, we find that the system does not present horizons. In fact the new feature of this system is related with the behavior of the $(00)$ and $(zz)$ components of the metric tensor. They present a strongly increasing for large distance from the string.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures. New version accepted for publication in PRD
Resonance Extraction from the SAID Analysis
Creators: name: Workman, Ron
name: Svarc, Alfred
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Resonances are extracted from a number of energy-dependent and single-energy fits to scattering data. The influence of recent, precise EPECUR data is investigated. Results for the single-energy fits are derived using the L+P method of analysis and are compared to those obtained using contour integration applied to the global energy-dependent fits.
description: Contribution to Hadron2015, Newport News, VA
Impact of reduced aircraft emission on HOx Chemistry in the upper troposphere during BLUESKY Campaign 2020.
Creators: name: Sreekumar, Sreedev
name: Tsokankunku, Anywhere
name: Marno, Daniel
name: Rohloff, Roland
name: Martinez, Monica
name: Tadic, Ivan
name: Hamryszczak, Zaneta
name: Pozzer, Andrea
name: Curtius, Joachim
name: Fischer, Horst
name: Bohn, Birger
name: Obersteiner, Florian
name: Lelieveld, Jos
name: Harder, Hartwig
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2023

description: EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23 Apr 2023 - 28 Apr 2023; doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-4532
Mental Health: An Arbitrary Mitigator and Aggravator
Creators: name: Neill, Betsy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Even if a jury understands the mitigating power of a mental illness, it can be hard for them to
separate the potentially aggravating aspects of the mental illness when they make their decision.
In my thesis, I look at the impact that a jury’s opinion of a defendant’s mental health has on the
outcome of the trial. It seems as though the sentence that the defendant receives is indeed swayed
by whether or not a jury finds the mental illness to be mitigating or not. This means that two
different juries can view the same mental illness as mitigating or not mitigating, and the
defendant receives a different sentence because of this. The arbitrariness of the jury’s opinion is
concerning because it points out that the capriciousness is unconstitutional because it violates the
14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment claims that the State cannot deny any person of life
“without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws”. If mental health is viewed arbitrarily, one person with a mental illness will be tried
differently than another, and therefore that person is deprived of their life without equal
protection.
INTRODUCTION TO LIFE CYCLE COSTING
Creators: name: Engr Dr. Ebitei Charles, B. Tech (Hons), M. Sc, MBA, Ph. D, FNSE, FINAE, MNIM
Publisher: name: ZAP Journal
Year: 2024
Subjects: Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Strategic Cost Management, Procurement Decisions, Capital Equipment Cost Estimation Models

description: This introductory paper aims to make Life Cycle Costing (LCC) understandable and usable by average engineers. Procurement decisions for capital equipment must be based on the total life cycle cost rather than the usual practice of procurement based on the initial purchase price. In recent years, LCC has become a part of strategic cost management, and the concept can be applied to the effective procurement of engineering assets. LCC provides insights into the total cost of acquisition and ownership and thus effectively supports decision-making in the evaluation of various alternatives. The primary objective of this paper is to assist engineers in understanding the methods used in the development of models for estimating the life cycle cost of capital assets
Monge-Ampère Structures and the Geometry of Incompressible Flows
Creators: name: Banos, Bertrand
name: Roubtsov, Vladimir
name: Roulstone, Ian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 59J90, 76D05

description: We show how a symmetry reduction of the equations for incompressible hydrodynamics in three dimensions leads naturally to a Monge-Ampère structure, and Burgers'-type vortices are a canonical class of solutions associated with this structure. The mapping of such solutions, which are characterised by a linear dependence of the third component of the velocity on the coordinate defining the axis of rotation, to solutions of the incompressible equations in two dimensions is also shown to be an example of a symmetry reduction The Monge-Ampère structure for incompressible flow in two dimensions is shown to be hypersymplectic.
description: 22 pages, version 2: misprints are corrected, some cosmetic textual changes and references are added
fMRI Repetition Suppression During Generalized Social Categorization
Creators: name: Lau, Tatiana
name: Cikara, Mina
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: fmri
subject: frontoparietal control network
subject: group categorization
subject: repetition suppression
subject: social categorization

description: Correctly identifying friends and foes is integral to successful group living. Here, we use repetition suppression to examine the neural circuitry underlying generalized group categorization—the process of categorizing in-group and out-group members across multiple social categories. Participants assigned to an arbitrary team (i.e., Eagles or Rattlers) underwent fMRI while categorizing political and arbitrary in-group and out-group members. We found that frontoparietal control network exhibited repetition suppression in response to ‘identical in-group’ (Democrat-Democrat or Eagles-Eagles) and ‘different in-group’ (Eagles-Democrat or Democrat-Eagles) trials relative to ‘out-group/in-group trials’ (Republican-Democrat or Rattler-Eagles). Specifically, the repetition suppression contrast map included bilateral superior parietal lobule, bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and bilateral middle temporal gyrus. Participants who reported an increased tendency to join and value their social groups exhibited decreased repetition suppression in bilateral DLPFC. Comparison of our whole-brain repetition suppression map with an independently identified map of frontoparietal control network revealed 34.3% overlap. Social categorization requires recognizing both a target’s group membership but also the target’s orientation toward one’s self. Fittingly, we find that generalized social categorization engages a network that acts as a functional bridge between dorsal attentional (exogenously-oriented) and default (internally-oriented) networks.
Diffusion and localization of relative strategy scores in the Minority Game
Creators: name: Granath, Mats
name: Perez-Diaz, Alvaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the equilibrium distribution of relative strategy scores of agents in the asymmetric phase ($α\equiv P/N\gtrsim 1$) of the basic Minority Game using sign-payoff, with $N$ agents holding two strategies over $P$ histories. We formulate a statistical model that makes use of the gauge freedom with respect to the ordering of an agent's strategies to quantify the correlation between the attendance and the distribution of strategies. The relative score $x\in\mathbb{Z}$ of the two strategies of an agent is described in terms of a one dimensional random walk with asymmetric jump probabilities, leading either to a static and asymmetric exponential distribution centered at $x=0$ for fickle agents or to diffusion with a positive or negative drift for frozen agents. In terms of scaled coordinates $x/\sqrt{N}$ and $t/N$ the distributions are uniquely given by $α$ and in quantitative agreement with direct simulations of the game. As the model avoids the reformulation in terms of a constrained minimization problem it can be used for arbitrary payoff functions with little calculational effort and provides a transparent and simple formulation of the dynamics of the basic Minority Game in the asymmetric phase.
The Nomenclature Question: A Pre-History of the Human Genome Project
Creators: name: Landress, Dana
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: This thesis narrates a prehistory of the Human Genome Project, beginning with the
intellectual underpinnings of scientific advancement in the middle to late twentieth century.
Long before official discussions about a microscopic genetic “map” of the human body arose
within the scientific community in the 1970s, a way array of intellectuals - from the physical and
medical sciences, as well as philosophers and ethicists - developed a growing interest in this
seemingly impossible task. Their engagement with the abstract vision of a prospective map
reveals a complex chronology of debates and discussions that now form a multidimensional
history of the Human Genome Project (HGP). These histories are intrinsically related to the
language used to describe and present the body in various scientific contexts. This thesis
reconstructs a pre-history of the Human Genome Project, with language as a lens for perspective.
Through this lens, one can trace the transformation of scientific language from a tool for
intellectual momentum in mapping the molecular body to a pivotal instrument in defining a
genetic sequence as a patentable product. While narratives about the body can constrain and
reconfigure our perceptions of self, the outcome of these narratives is never pre-ordained, but is
instead contingent upon discourses and their power to reconfigure paradigms about the body. In
a world driven by science, we must reconsider what it means to have a body.
QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN CYBERSECURITY: SECURING COMMUNICATION IN THE QUANTUM ERA.
Creators: name: WHYTE,, Stella T.
Publisher: name: ZAP Journal
Year: 2024
Subjects: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Key Distribution, Quantum Mechanics, Secure Communication, Cybersecurity

description: Secure communication can undergo revolutions in the innovative field of quantum cryptography. Quantum cryptography leverages the concepts of quantum mechanics to offer previously unheard-of levels of security, in contrast to classical cryptographic techniques, which rely on mathematical complexity. The foundational ideas of quantum cryptography, and its current applications and cybersecurity implications, are examined in this paper. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of quantum cryptography and its transformative impact on secure communication by exploring the special properties of quantum mechanics and their application in cryptographic protocols. Thanks to ongoing research and technological advancements, quantum cryptography has advanced significantly in recent years. Quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum secure direct communication (QSDC), and other parts of quantum cryptography protocols are among the areas in which these developments are concentrated. Among the noteworthy accomplishments are the creation of useful QKD systems, the demonstration of quantum communication over great distances, and the investigation of new quantum cryptographic primitives (Lella& Schmid, 2023).
Global Increases in Individualism
Creators: name: Santos, Henri C.
name: Varnum, Michael
name: Grossmann, Igor
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Change over Time
subject: Climate
subject: Cross-cultural Differences
subject: Cross-cultural Psychology
subject: Cultural Change
subject: Disaster
subject: Individualism
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Pathogen Prevalence
subject: Social Ecology
subject: Socioeconomic Development

description: Individualism appears to have increased over the past several decades, yet most research documenting this shift has been limited to the study of a handful of highly-developed countries. Is the world becoming more individualistic as a whole? If so, why? To address these questions, here we examine 51 years of data on individualistic practices and values across 77 countries. Our findings suggest that individualism is indeed rising in most of societies we tested. Despite dramatic shifts towards greater individualism around the world, cultural differences remain sizeable. Moreover, cultural differences are primarily linked to changes in socioeconomic development, and to a lesser extent to shifts in pathogen prevalence, disaster frequency, and climatic stress.
A Generalized Freud Weight
Creators: name: Clarkson, Peter A.
name: Jordaan, Kerstin
name: Kelil, Abey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34M55, 33E17, 33C47

description: We discuss the relationship between the recurrence coefficients of orthogonal polynomials with respect to a generalized Freud weight \[w(x;t)=|x|^{2λ+1}\exp\left(-x^4+tx^2\right),\qquad x\in\mathbb{R},\] with parameters $λ>-1$ and $t\in\mathbb{R}$, and classical solutions of the fourth Painlevé equation. We show that the coefficients in these recurrence relations can be expressed in terms of Wronskians of parabolic cylinder functions that arise in the description of special function solutions of the fourth Painlevé equation. Further we derive a second-order linear ordinary differential equation and a differential-difference equation satisfied by the generalized Freud polynomials.
description: 22 pages, Studies in Applied Mathematics, accepted for publication
Color connotations with costumes in the Performances of the School Theater
Creators: name: Aldaghlawy, Hayder Jaafar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Drama, theatre and performance studies
Performing arts not elsewhere classified

description: Theatrical costumes, along with the rest of the theatrical elements, represent the visual aspect of a broad spectrum that occupies the show, as it works to reveal the dimensions of the character ( physiological, sociological, psychological ) as well as the space-time of the story's events . The color of the costume is chosen according to the dramatic necessities on the one hand and the characters on the other hand, to find that the relationship between the personality and the color in the costume is a dialectical relationship that is employed to provoke the recipient intellectually and cognitively through the color connotations of the theatrical costume. Therefore, the researcher presented his study which is entitled with ( color connotations with costumes in the performances of the school theater). Using, The Utebya Forest play as a model, in four chapters according to the scientific research method, seeking to achieve the of the research's goal, which is summarized by exposing the color connotation in the costumes of the Gothic forest play . The research concluded a set of results, the most important of which are: The costumes referred to social connotations of the personality as the director referred it to the political symbol, especially in the character of the rooster, which was expressed by the artist at the time of the defunct regime, as well as with the character of the dog whose costumes and accessories expressed the concept of the government in that era.
Activists' Use of Media and Messaging
Creators: name: Denning, Jennifer
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: In this paper, I explore three interrelated questions about media, messaging and
the movements for and against marriage equality and LGBT rights: 1. How has the
relationship between activists and mass media changed since the rise of new
media? 2. If activists interact with new media in addition to mass media, how do
they differentiate tactics? 3. How do activists develop strategies for new and
mass media?
The Effect of Interoceptive Awareness and Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa on Susceptibility to the Rubber Hand Illusion
Creators: name: Weinel, Mary Katherine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Introduction. Previous studies have reported that women with anorexia nervosa (AN) are more susceptible to the rubber hand illusion—a perceptual illusion used to measure somatosensory processing deficits—compared to healthy women. Susceptibility to the rubber hand illusion is measured by a shift in perceived location of one’s index finger and skin temperature changes pre- and post-exposure to the task as well as a self-report questionnaire. This study aimed to assess whether there is a significant effect of an interoceptive-awareness-raising task on susceptibility to the illusion.
Methods. The rubber hand illusion was elicited twice (once during each of the two visits) in 19 healthy women (HC group) and 13 women with a current diagnosis of AN. Skin temperatures were taken before and during exposure to the rubber hand illusion. Perceived locations of the index finger were measured before and after exposure. All participants filled out a self-report questionnaire about their experience of the illusion after exposure. During the second visit, participants monitored and reported their perceived heart beats before undergoing the rubber hand illusion task.
Results. Women with AN had significantly lower scores on the Body Awareness Questionnaire compared to healthy control women. Contrary to previous research findings, women with AN endorsed less susceptibility to the rubber hand illusion compared to healthy women based on results from a self-report questionnaire, and there were no significant differences in perceived index finger location changes (proprioceptive drift) between AN and HC groups. There was a trend toward women with AN having a lower interoceptive sensitivity score based on a heart-rate monitoring task. When age and body awareness were controlled for, there was a trend of a difference between healthy control women and women with AN on right hand skin temperature changes pre- and post-exposure to the rubber hand illusion.
Discussion. Nonsignificant results on the heart rate monitoring task and proprioceptive drift could have resulted from a change in methodology used in this study. On subjective measures, women with AN are less likely to report feeling susceptible to the illusion. Low body awareness and higher age may cause women with AN to be less likely to endorse susceptibility to the rubber hand illusion. Because there were no significant differences in any measure across visits, no support was found for a possible learning effect or effect of the heart-rate monitoring (possible interoceptive awareness-raising) task. Future research should seek to find support for either explanation. The rubber hand illusion could be used a therapeutic tool to assess somatosensory processing deficits in women with AN.
Fast assessment of structural models of ion channels based on their predicted current-voltage characteristics
Creators: name: Dyrka, Witold
name: Kurczyńska, Monika
name: Konopka, Bogumił M.
name: Kotulska, Małgorzata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Computational prediction of protein structures is a difficult task, which involves fast and accurate evaluation of candidate model structures. We propose to enhance single model quality assessment with a functionality evaluation phase for proteins whose quantitative functional characteristics are known. In particular, this idea can be applied to evaluation of structural models of ion channels, whose main function - conducting ions - can be quantitatively measured with the patch-clamp technique providing the current-voltage characteristics. The study was performed on a set of KcsA channel models obtained from complete and incomplete contact maps. A fast continuous electrodiffusion model was used for calculating the current-voltage characteristics of structural models. We found that the computed charge selectivity and total current were sensitive to structural and electrostatic quality of models. In practical terms, we show that evaluating predicted conductance values is an appropriate method to eliminate modes with an occluded pore or with multiple erroneously created pores. Moreover, filtering models on the basis of their predicted charge selectivity results in a substantial enrichment of the candidate set in highly accurate models. In addition to being a proof of the concept, our function-oriented single model quality assessment tool can be directly applied for evaluation of structural models of strongly-selective protein channels. Finally, our work raises an important question whether a computational validation of functionality should not be included in the evaluation process of structural models, whenever possible.
Superconducting state in Fe-based materials and spin-fluctuation theory of pairing
Creators: name: Korshunov, M. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Short review of the spin-fluctuation theory of superconductive pairing in iron-based pnictides and chalcogenides.
description: English translation of publication in Russian: Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk 184 (8), 882-888 (2014), DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0184.201408h.0882
A Qualitative Analysis of Pre-Primary Education in France:  Curricula, Family Engagement, and Diversity
Creators: name: Hagstrom, Emily
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: The early childhood education system in France is often looked to as a model for creating more equitable and accessible child care and public pre-primary education in other countries. However, little is known about how the uniformity of public early childhood centers and how well these centers meet the needs of “diverse” populations (e.g. immigrant students, children with disabilities, etc.). To address these gaps, this research explores the following questions: 1) What are the qualities or attributes of a high quality maternelle in different areas of France? How do they align with French early childhood development quality standards, particularly with regard to emotional and ethical development? 2) To what extent are immigrant and minority populations engaged within maternelles across France? 3) Do maternelles engage with family members? If so, how? 4) What is the demographic make-up of children in maternelles across France?       Using a grounded theory approach, this research analyzes interviews and focus groups composed of parents whose children attend maternelle and teachers in 17 different maternelles from six different regions across France to explore these questions. This study concludes with an analysis of themes highlighted in interview responses, including the need for the development of teacher-student ratio standards in French maternelle and reconsidering the recent shift to a four and a half day per week schedule. I highlight the need for more research regarding the experiences of minority children in maternelles and parent supports and child outcomes in maternelles, particularly for immigrant children.
Systematic Literature Review of Virtual Reality Intervention Design Patterns for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Creators: name: Glaser, Noah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instructional Media Design
subject: Disability and Equity in Education
subject: Education
subject: Special Education and Teaching
subject: asd
subject: autism
subject: immersive vr
subject: oculus rift
subject: virtual environments
subject: virtual reality
subject: VR
subject: VR interventions

description: The aims of this systematic literature review are to uncover, analyze, and present the design characteristics of VR systems that have been designed as intervention or training tools for individuals with ASD. Specifically, this review seeks to: (1) assess points of convergence and divergence in how researchers conceive of and define VR for their projects; (2) extrapolate individual components of VR interventions along the dimensions of: (a) which technologies were used, (b) for whom, (c) in which contexts, (d) with what kinds of support, and (e) for what kinds of tasks/objectives; and (3) systematically extract which of the design factors outlined in Dalgarno and Lee (2010) review are instantiated in VR-based interventions for individuals with ASD.
Traditionalism and the Tour de France
Creators: name: Stogner, Tess
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: In this paper, I will argue that throughout its one hundred-plus years of existence, the Tour de France, while claiming to be an apolitical sporting event, has in fact made many political and ideological statements to bolster French nationalism and reinforce the traditional values of patriarchy. Firstly, I will argue that the Tour sought to establish itself as a moral and cultural compass for the nation by projecting a traditionalist vision of modern France that placated national fears in a historical moment of political upheaval. Then, I will show that the Tour used its status to define and propagate French nationalism, especially during the interwar period, and lastly, to reinforce traditional gender roles.
The diffusion of e-participation in public administrations: A systematic literature review
Creators: name: Steinbach, Malte
name: Sieweke, Jost
name: Süß, Stefan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: Medicine
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Research on e-participation has grown significantly in the last years. This review focuses on public administrations, which are central actors in the solicitation and organization of e-participation and in the process of diffusion of more democratic decision-making in government contexts. However, research indicates that public administrations often struggle with technological and organizational changes, which suggests that e-participation initiatives may fail due to barriers within public administrations. Although researchers have paid considerable attention to the diffusion of e-participation in public administrations, research so far is multi-disciplinary and fragmented. The aim of this literature review is to structure and systematize the literature regarding phases of e-participation diffusion (adoption, implementation and institutionalization) and levels of analysis (micro, meso, and macro) to map the extant field of e-participation diffusion research and to provide a starting point for future research. The analysis shows that research has concentrated on the phases of adoption and implementation, and on the external context of public administrations (macro) and the organizational (meso) level. Overall, the review identifies major research gaps and offers avenues for future research.