cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dramatising a real-life tragedy into a commercially oriented screenplay: An actor’s reflection on the screenwriting process
Creators: name: Cousens, Peter
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 190402 Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting)
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: The thesis initially unearths and defines my own creative process, then describes how I dramatised the factual sequence of real-life events into a screenplay that sit within the thesis. The perspective I take is from that of an actor, new to the practice of writing for the screen, but not new to film making. My creative practice-led research articulates how this unique perspective informed the aesthetic dramatisation of the screenplay and, as such, the research will uniquely contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the screenwriting process.
Sesame: A List of References
Creators: name: Swingle, Maude K.
name: Swingle, Maude K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1945
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Excerpts: Sesame shares with coconut oil the earliest record of use by civilized man. Herodotus reported field-scale culture of this crop in 450 B.C. The "Open Sesame" of the Arabian Nights shows the importance given it in early times. The women of Babylonia used the oil as a cosmetic as well as for food. Index Kewensis lists 36 species of Sesamum from Africa, Brazil, British India, Crete, and the East Indies. The original home of S. indicum (orientale), commonly cultivated throughout the Tropics, is undetermined.
Flavor Changing Processes in Supersymmetric Models with Hybrid Gauge- and Gravity-Mediation
Creators: name: Hiller, Gudrun
name: Hochberg, Yonit
name: Nir, Yosef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider supersymmetric models where gauge mediation provides the dominant contributions to the soft supersymmetry breaking terms while gravity mediation provides sub-dominant yet non-negligible contributions. We further assume that the gravity-mediated contributions are subject to selection rules that follow from a Froggatt-Nielsen symmetry. This class of models constitutes an example of viable and natural non-minimally flavor violating models. The constraints from mixing in the neutral K system imply that the modifications to the Standard Model predictions for mixing in the neutral B_d and B_s systems are generically at most at the percent level, but can be of order ten percent for large $\tan β$. The modifications for the neutral D system mixing are generically at most of order a few percent, but in a special subclass of models they can be of order one. We point out $ΔB=1$ processes relevant for flavor violation in hybrid mediation.
description: 30 pages, 3 figures
Magnetodielectric Coupling in Nonmagnetic Au/GaAs:Si Schottky Barriers
Creators: name: Tongay, S.
name: Hebard, A. F.
name: Hikita, Y.
name: Hwang, H. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a heretofore unnoted giant negative magnetocapacitance (>20%) in non-magnetic Au/GaAs:Si Schottky barriers that we attribute to a magnetic field in-duced increase in the binding energy of the shallow donor Si impurity atoms. Depletion capacitance (Cdep) dispersion identifies the impurity ionization and capture processes that give rise to a magnetic field dependent density of ionized impurities. Internal photoemission experiments confirm that the large field-induced shifts in the built-in potential, inferred from 1/Cdep^2 vs voltage measurements, are not due to a field-dependent Schottky barrier height, thus requiring a modification of the abrupt junction approximation that accounts for the observed magnetodielectric coupling.
description: 25 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism in epitaxial Nb(110)/Au(111)/Co(0001) trilayers
Creators: name: Yamazaki, Hiroki
name: Shannon, Nic
name: Takagi, Hidenori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Epitaxially grown multilayer systems offer the possibility to study the influence of ferromagnetism on superconductivity in a new and controlled way. In this paper, we explore how the superconducting properties of high quality, epitaxially-grown superconductor/normal-metal/ferromagnet trilayers evolve as a function of the exchange splitting in the ferromagnet, and the thickness of the normal metal layer. We report results for Nb(110)/Au(111)/Co(0001), and make a detailed comparison with earlier results for Nb(110)/Au(111)/Fe(110). We use quantitative FFT analysis to confirm the existence of a long-period (2.1 nm) oscillation in the superconducting transition temperature Tc as a function of the Au-layer thickness tAu, for tAu>2 nm, and highlight an additional short-period (0.76 nm) oscillation for tAu<3 nm in Nb/Au/Co. This short-period oscillation can be explained in terms of a damped RKKY-like oscillation of the spin-polarization in Au. The robustness of the long-period oscillation against the substitution of Co for Fe suggests that it is intrinsic to the Au(111) layer on Nb, and may represent a new form of quantum interference in very clean trilayer systems.
description: 23 pages, 10 figures
Additional file 6 of Initial engagement and persistence of health risk behaviors through adolescence: longitudinal findings from urban South Africa
Creators: name: Alysse J. Kowalski
name: O. Yaw Addo
name: Kramer, Michael R.
name: Martorell, Reynaldo
name: Norris, Shane A.
name: Waford, Rachel N.
name: Richter, Linda M.
name: Stein, Aryeh D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 6: Table S5. Unadjusted and adjusted linear associations of selected sociodemographic characteristics with age of initial smoking, alcohol use, cannabis use, illicit drug use, and sexual activity engagement among males.
Hybridization of Spin and Plasma Waves in Josephson Tunnel Junctions Containing a Ferromagnetic Layer
Creators: name: Volkov, A. F.
name: Efetov, K. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study dynamics of tunnel Josephson junctions with a thin ferromagnetic layer F [superconductor-insulator-ferromagnet-superconductor (SIFS) junctions]. On the basis of derived equations relating the superconducting phase and magnetic moment to each other we analyze collective excitations in the system and find a new mode which is a hybrid of plasmalike and spin waves. The latter are coupled together in a broad range of parameters characterizing the system. Using the solution describing the collective modes we demonstrate that besides the Fiske steps new peaks appear on the I-V characteristics due to oscillations of the magnetic moment M in the ferromagnetic layer. Thus, by measuring the I-V curve of the SIFS junctions, one can extract information about the spectrum of spin excitations in the ferromagnet F.
description: 4 pages and 2 Figs, Final version
Additional file 1 of Initial engagement and persistence of health risk behaviors through adolescence: longitudinal findings from urban South Africa
Creators: name: Alysse J. Kowalski
name: O. Yaw Addo
name: Kramer, Michael R.
name: Martorell, Reynaldo
name: Norris, Shane A.
name: Waford, Rachel N.
name: Richter, Linda M.
name: Stein, Aryeh D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Analytical sample flow diagram.
Qualitative Research Using Open Tools
Creators: name: Duckles, Beth M.
name: Steeves, Vicky
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: qualitative research
open source
open scholarship

description: Qualitative research has long suffered from a lack of free tools for analysis, leaving no options for researchers without significant funds for software licenses. This presents significant challenges for equity. This panel discussion will explore the first two free/libre open source qualitative analysis tools out there: qcoder (R package) and Taguette (desktop application). Drawing from the diverse backgrounds of the presenters (social science, library & information science, software engineering), we will discuss what openness and extensibility means for qualitative research, and how the two tools we've built facilitate equitable, open sharing.
Complex Partial Epilepsy Associated with Temporal Lobe Developmental Venous Anomaly
Creators: name: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institutes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Background—Developmental venous anomalies (DVA) are found incidentally but sometimes patients with these anomalies present with varying degrees of neurologic manifestations. Objective—We report a patient with early onset complex partial epilepsy and associated DVA and discuss the natural history, neuroimaging and clinical characteristics, and management. Case description—A 21-year-old man presented with a history of complex partial epilepsy with secondary generalization which started at the age of 4 years. An electroencephalogram (EEG) was performed which demonstrated spike and wave discharges predominantly in the left frontotemporal region. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed which demonstrated a linear flow void suggestive of a DVA. The angiogram demonstrated DVA that connected with the left transverse venous sinus and an anastomotic vein between the straight sinus and the transverse venous sinus traversing the brain parenchyma. He was started on carbamezipine for the treatment of complex partial seizures. Conclusions—Temporal lobe DVA may be associated with complex partial seizures and can be diagnosed by MRI and angiographic findings.
Educational Objectives Of Different Laboratory Types: A Comparative Study
Creators: name: Elawady, Yasser . H.
name: Tolba, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Laboratory based courses play a critical role in scientific education. Automation is changing the nature of the laboratories, and there is a long running debate about the value of hands on versus simulated and remote laboratories. The remote lab technology has brought a significant improvement in communication within the Academic community and has improved students learning experiences. There are different educational objectives as criteria for judging the laboratories: Hands on advocates emphasize design skills, while remote lab advocates focus on conceptual understanding. Remote laboratories offer all the advantages of the new technology, but are often a poor replacement for real laboratory work. Remote laboratories are similar to simulation techniques in that they require minimal space and time, because the experiments can be rapidly configured and run over the Internet [Web]. But unlike simulations, they provide real data. This paper presents a comparative analysis for the educational objectives of the three laboratory techniques, hands on, simulated, and remote laboratories. In addition, it proposes enhancements for the remote lab activities leading to improving its performance.
description: 8 pages IEEE format, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, IJCSIS November 2009, ISSN 1947 5500, http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/
Additional file 8 of Initial engagement and persistence of health risk behaviors through adolescence: longitudinal findings from urban South Africa
Creators: name: Alysse J. Kowalski
name: O. Yaw Addo
name: Kramer, Michael R.
name: Martorell, Reynaldo
name: Norris, Shane A.
name: Waford, Rachel N.
name: Richter, Linda M.
name: Stein, Aryeh D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 8: Table S7. Descriptive characteristics of individuals included in the cluster analysis and individuals without known smoking, alcohol use, marijuana use, illicit drug use, and sexual activity status at age 18 y who were excluded from the cluster analysis.
Topics on the geometry of D-brane charges and Ramond-Ramond fields
Creators: name: Ruffino, Fabio Ferrari
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we discuss some topics on the geometry of type II superstring backgrounds with D-branes, in particular on the geometrical meaning of the D-brane charge, the Ramond-Ramond fields and the Wess-Zumino action. We see that, depending on the behaviour of the D-brane on the four non-compact space-time directions, we need different notions of homology and cohomology to discuss the associated fields and charge: we give a mathematical definition of such notions and show their physical applications. We then discuss the problem of corretly defining Wess-Zumino action using the theory of p-gerbes. Finally, we recall the so-called *-problem and make some brief remarks about it.
description: 29 pages, no figures
A comparative study of the ferric-ferrous and potentiostatic dissolution of chalcopyrite using scanning electrochemical microscopy and surface wetting analysis
Creators: name: Danso-Dodoo, Nana Abena Owusua
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: The current work investigates the dissolution of chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) under two different leaching scenarios using scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM): (1) leaching in the presence of ferric-ferrous ions (“ferric leaching”) and (2) leaching by the application of a potential without ferric-ferrous ions (“potentiostatic leaching”). Ferric leaching processes have reported a solid elemental sulfur product layer that impedes chalcopyrite dissolution. However, potentiostatic leaching tests have reported a copper sulfide layer as the product that forms during dissolution in the absence of ferric-ferrous. In this work, we used the SECM in two ways: (1) to detect the species released during dissolution in the two scenarios using tip CVs and (2) map the conductivity of the surface under the different conditions. Four ferric-ferrous molar ratios in sulfuric acid solution were used in the ferric leaching scenario: 1:1, 10:1, 100:1 and 1000:1, and the chalcopyrite mixed potentials from these tests were applied to a separate sample potentiostatically in pure sulfuric acid. The tip CVs identified Cu²⁺ and Fe²⁺ released in both leaching scenarios. However, in the potentiostatic leaching case, a CuS product was determined to form at the tip, which was not observed in the ferric leaching case. Diagnostic tests determined that the CuS formed from a copper-thiosulfate complex, with the thiosulfate ion being the intermediate soluble sulfur species released during chalcopyrite dissolution. Once, the CuS-type layer forms on chalcopyrite, in the presence of ferric, it is further oxidized to form a sulfur-rich copper-deficient layer. Contact angle measurements show that the chalcopyrite surfaces produced during ferric leaching are relatively more hydrophobic compared to the potentiostatically leached samples. This is because the sulfur-rich layer in the ferric leaching scenarios is hydrophobic in nature. CuS, from the potentiostatic case, has more holes than electrons and is perceived to have a net positive charge on its surface. These holes attract the water dipole with the negatively charged end oriented toward the surface to flatten the droplet, yielding a lower contact angle and enhancing hydrophilicity. These results support the understanding that mechanistic outcomes from amperometric techniques cannot ultimately be used to explain the results from industrial ferric leaching processes.
Exact Half-BPS Flux Solutions in M-theory III: Existence and rigidity of global solutions asymptotic to AdS4 x S7
Creators: name: D'Hoker, Eric
name: Estes, John
name: Gutperle, Michael
name: Krym, Darya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The BPS equations in M-theory for solutions with 16 residual supersymmetries, $SO(2,2)\times SO(4)\times SO(4)$ symmetry, and $AdS_4 \times S^7$ asymptotics, were reduced in [arXiv:0806.0605] to a linear first order partial differential equation on a Riemann surface with boundary, subject to a non-trivial quadratic constraint. In the present paper, suitable regularity and boundary conditions are imposed for the existence of global solutions. We seek regular solutions with multiple distinct asymptotic $AdS_4 \times S^7$ regions, but find that, remarkably, such solutions invariably reduce to multiple covers of the M-Janus solution found by the authors in [arXiv:0904.3313], suggesting rigidity of the half-BPS M-Janus solution. In particular, we prove analytically that no other smooth deformations away from the M-Janus solution exist, as such deformations invariably violate the quadratic constraint. These rigidity results are contrasted to the existence of half-BPS solutions with non-trivial 4-form fluxes and charges asymptotic to $AdS_7 \times S^4$. The results are related to the possibility of M2-branes to end on M5-branes, but the impossibility of M5-branes to end on M2-branes, and to the non-existence of half-BPS solutions with simultaneous $AdS_4 \times S^7$ and $AdS_7 \times S^4$ asymptotic regions.
description: 52 pages, 2 figures, pdf-latex. Minor changes
Abundance Analysis of the Halo Giant HD122563 with Three-Dimensional Model Stellar Atmospheres
Creators: name: Collet, R.
name: Nordlund, A.
name: Asplund, M.
name: Hayek, W.
name: Trampedach, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a preliminary local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) abundance analysis of the template halo red giant HD122563 based on a realistic, three-dimensional (3D), time-dependent, hydrodynamical model atmosphere of the very metal-poor star. We compare the results of the 3D analysis with the abundances derived by means of a standard LTE analysis based on a classical, 1D, hydrostatic model atmosphere of the star. Due to the different upper photospheric temperature stratifications predicted by 1D and 3D models, we find large, negative, 3D-1D LTE abundance differences for low-excitation OH and Fe I lines. We also find trends with lower excitation potential in the derived Fe LTE abundances from Fe I lines, in both the 1D and 3D analyses. Such trends may be attributed to the neglected departures from LTE in the spectral line formation calculations.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, contribution to proceedings for Joint Discussion 10 at the IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2009
Rhodona bipes Fischer.
Creators: name: Müller, F
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1885
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Squamata
Sauria
Scincidae
Rhodona
Rhodona bipes

description: * Rhodona bipes Fischer.
Süd-Australia v. F M. [2]
description: Published as part of Müller, F, 1885, Vierter Nachtrag zum Katalogder herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums, pp. 668-717 in Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 7 (3) on page 703, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.2388, http://zenodo.org/record/15183591
Additional file 7 of Initial engagement and persistence of health risk behaviors through adolescence: longitudinal findings from urban South Africa
Creators: name: Alysse J. Kowalski
name: O. Yaw Addo
name: Kramer, Michael R.
name: Martorell, Reynaldo
name: Norris, Shane A.
name: Waford, Rachel N.
name: Richter, Linda M.
name: Stein, Aryeh D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 7: Table S6. Unadjusted and adjusted linear associations of selected sociodemographic characteristics with age of initial smoking, alcohol use, cannabis use, illicit drug use, and sexual activity engagement among females.
Energy dependence of nucleon-nucleon potentials in lattice QCD
Creators: name: Murano, K.
name: Ishii, N.
name: Aoki, S.
name: Hatsuda, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently a new approach to calculate the nuclear potential from lattice QCD has been proposed. In the approach the nuclear potential is constructed from Bethe-Salpeter (BS) wave functons through the Schroedinger equation. The procedure leads to non-local but energy independent potential, which can be expanded in terms of local functions. In several recent applications of this method, local potentials, which correspond to the leading order (LO) terms of the expansion, are calculated from the BS wave function at E~0 MeV, where E is the center of mass energy. It is therefore important to check the validity of the LO approximation obtained at E~0. In this report, in order to check how well the LO approximation for the NN potentials works, we compare the LO potentials determined from the BS wave function at E~45 MeV with those at E~0 MeV in quenched QCD. We find that the difference of the LO potentials between two energies are not found wihin the statistical errors. This shows that the LO approximation for the potential is valid at low energies to describe the NN interactions.
description: 7 pages, talk presented at The XXVII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice2009), July 26-31 2009, Peking University, Beijing, China
Characterization of filter membranes with application to red blood cell removal
Creators: name: Wu, Zhongnan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Removing red blood cells (RBCs) from blood to general RBC poor plasma is a common practice during blood tests, which improves the accuracy of biomarker detection in plasma. Membrane filtration is a promising technique that utilizes a filter membrane to retain undesired blood cells while letting plasma pass through. Compared to the conventional method of centrifugation, membrane filtration features high portability and low cost due to the simple mechanism it is based on. As the most critical component in membrane filtration, filter membrane can significantly affect the quality of the generated plasma and the efficiency of the overall process. In this thesis, we conduct filtration with four commercial membranes with different properties and compare the performance parameters relevant in RBC filtration. We firstly characterize the permeability of the four membranes by passing water through them, investigating the membranes’ flow-induced permeability change. Microspheres with a mean diameter of 2.9 µm are then used to mimic the effective filtration size of human RBCs to investigate and compare the performance of the membranes for filtration. We notice that the filtration efficiency depends on the volume of fluid to be filtered and the operational condition of filtration. To test the membrane’s suitability for blood filtration, the four membranes are tested with human blood or its components. Coagulation factors are our target biomarker to be analyzed in the generated plasma. The biomarker depletion on the membranes is measured by passing plasma through the membranes. RBC lysis and leakage under different driving pressures are also evaluated by conducting filtration of RBC-plasma mixture and diluted human whole blood. With a filtration pressure up to 9 kPa, the tested polycarbonate (PC) membrane with track-etched pores shows the most promising filtrate quality with low hemolysis and leakage ratio. The tested polysulfone (PS) membrane with a gradient structure, on the other hand, can preserve more biomarkers in the fluid. The selection of the membrane should also consider other factors such as the biomarker detection method utilized.
Refining the Shifted Topological Vertex
Creators: name: Drissi, Lalla Btissam
name: Jehjouh, Houda
name: Saidi, El Hassan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study aspects of the refining and shifting properties of the 3d MacMahon function $\mathcal{C}_{3}(q) $ used in topological string theory and BKP hierarchy. We derive the explicit expressions of the shifted topological vertex $\mathcal{S}_{λμν}(q) $ and its refined version $\mathcal{T}_{λμν}(q,t) $. These vertices complete results in literature.
description: Latex, 14 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Jour Math Phys
Discerning the Form of the Dense Core Mass Function
Creators: name: Swift, Jonathan J.
name: Beaumont, Christopher N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the ability to discern between lognormal and powerlaw forms for the observed mass function of dense cores in star forming regions. After testing our fitting, goodness-of-fit, and model selection procedures on simulated data, we apply our analysis to 14 datasets from the literature. Whether the core mass function has a powerlaw tail or whether it follows a pure lognormal form cannot be distinguished from current data. From our simulations it is estimated that datasets from uniform surveys containing more than approximately 500 cores with a completeness limit below the peak of the mass distribution are needed to definitively discern between these two functional forms. We also conclude that the width of the core mass function may be more reliably estimated than the powerlaw index of the high mass tail and that the width may also be a more useful parameter in comparing with the stellar initial mass function to deduce the statistical evolution of dense cores into stars.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in PASP
Electronic Radio-Frequency Refrigerator
Creators: name: Kafanov, S.
name: Kemppinen, A.
name: Pashkin, Yu. A.
name: Meschke, M.
name: Tsai, J. S.
name: Pekola, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate experimentally that a hybrid single-electron transistor with superconducting leads and a normal-metal island can be refrigerated by an alternating voltage applied to the gate electrode. The simultaneous measurement of the dc current induced by the rf gate through the device at a small bias voltage serves as an in-situ thermometer.
Mott transitions of exciton-polaritons and indirect excitons in a periodic potential
Creators: name: Byrnes, Tim
name: Recher, Patrik
name: Yamamoto, Yoshihisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive an effective Bose-Hubbard model that predicts a phase transition from Bose-Einstein condensate to Mott insulator in two different systems subject to applied periodic potentials: microcavity exciton-polaritons and indirect excitons. Starting from a microscopic Hamiltonian of electrons and holes, we derive an effective Bose-Hubbard model for both systems and evaluate the on-site Coulomb interaction U and hopping transition amplitudes t. Experimental parameters required for observing a phase transition between a Bose-Einstein condensate and a Mott insulator are discussed. Our results suggest that strong periodic potentials and polaritons with a very large excitonic component are required for observing the phase transition. The form of the indirect exciton interaction is derived including direct and exchange components of the Coulomb interaction. For indirect excitons, the system crosses over from a Bose-Hubbard model into a double layer Fermi-Hubbard model as a function of increasing bilayer separation. The Fermi-Hubbard model parameters are calculated, and the criteria for the location of this crossover are derived. We conjecture that a crossover between a Bose Mott insulator to a Fermi Mott insulator should occur with increasing bilayer separation.
description: 30 pages, 8 figures
Vosoritide: First Approval
Creators: name: Duggan, Sean
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine

description: Declarations
Funding The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding.
Authorship and Conflict of interest During the peer review process the manufacturer of the agent under review was offered an opportunity to comment on the article. Changes resulting from any comments received were made by the authors on the basis of scientific completeness and accuracy. S. Duggan is a salaried employee of Adis International Ltd/Springer Nature, and declares no relevant conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to the review and are responsible for the article content.
Ethics approval, Consent to participate, Consent to publish, Availability of data and material, Code availability Not applicable.

Additional information about this Adis Drug Review can be found here.
Abstract
Vosoritide (VOXZOGO®) is a modified recombinant human C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) analogue, being developed by BioMarin Pharmaceutical for the treatment of achondroplasia. Achondroplasia is caused by a gain-of-function mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3), which is a negative regulator of bone growth. Vosoritide acts to restore chondrogenesis through its binding to natriuretic peptide receptor B (NPR-B), resulting in the inhibition of downstream signalling pathways of the overactive FGFR3 gene. Vosoritide was approved in August 2021 in the EU for the treatment of achondroplasia in patients aged ≥2 years whose epiphyses are not closed; the diagnosis of achondroplasia should be confirmed by appropriate genetic testing. The drug is also under regulatory review in the USA for the treatment of achondroplasia and clinical development is underway in several countries. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of vosoritide leading to this first approval for achondroplasia in patients aged ≥2 years whose epiphyses are not closed.
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Additional file 1 of Anxiety amongst physicians during COVID-19: cross-sectional study in Pakistan
Creators: name: Qaisar Khalid Mahmood
name: Jafree, Sara Rizvi
name: Jalil, Aisha
name: Nadir, Syed Mujtaba Hasnain
name: Fischer, Florian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary file 1. Questionnaire.
title: Wie Wählen ab 16 die Demokratie stärken kann
title: Strategien und Handlungsansätze
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Roth, Roland
Publisher: name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Year: 2023
Subjects: Wahlalter
Wahlen
Wahlbeteiligung
Demokratie
Junger Mensch

description: Die Senkung des Wahlalters auf 16 Jahre hat Konjunktur. Im nächsten Sommer können sich junge Menschen dieser Altersgruppe erstmals an den Europawahlen beteiligen. In einigen Bundesländern gilt dies bereits für Landtagswahlen, für die kommunale Ebene hat die Mehrheit der Bundesländer diesen Schritt vollzogen. Angesichts anhaltender Widerstände versammelt die Expertise Argumente für eine Senkung des Wahlalters und diskutiert erfolgversprechende Strategien und Handlungsansätze. Im Zentrum stehen Vorschläge, wie Wahlalter 16 zu einem demokratischen Erfolg werden kann: für die wahlberechtigten Jugendlichen und für die demokratische Vitalität des Gemeinwesens.
Additional file 2 of Anxiety amongst physicians during COVID-19: cross-sectional study in Pakistan
Creators: name: Qaisar Khalid Mahmood
name: Jafree, Sara Rizvi
name: Jalil, Aisha
name: Nadir, Syed Mujtaba Hasnain
name: Fischer, Florian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary file 2. Factor analysis of study constructs.
The Mango: A List of References
Creators: name: Barnes, Helen V.
name: Barnes, Helen V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1946
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: This bibliography/ includes references on all aspects of the mango - botany, culture, diseases and pests, varieties, composition, nutritive value, cookery, toxic effects, uses, economics, etc. The arrangement is alphabetical by author. The index, in addition to an analysis of the specific subjects included, lists joint authors and issuing agencies. Items marked with an asterisk (*) have not been examined. Call numbers following the citations are those of the United States Department of Agriculture Library unless otherwise noted.
Hot high-mass accretion disk candidates
Creators: name: Beuther, H.
name: Walsh, A. J.
name: Longmore, S. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To better understand the physical properties of accretion disks in high-mass star formation, we present a study of a 12 high-mass accretion disk candidates observed at high spatial resolution with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) in the NH3 (4,4) and (5,5) lines. Almost all sources were detected in NH3, directly associated with CH3OH Class II maser emission. From the remaining eleven sources, six show clear signatures of rotation and/or infall motions. These signatures vary from velocity gradients perpendicular to the outflows, to infall signatures in absorption against ultracompact HII regions, to more spherical infall signatures in emission. Although our spatial resolution is ~1000AU, we do not find clear Keplerian signatures in any of the sources. Furthermore, we also do not find flattened structures. In contrast to this, in several of the sources with rotational signatures, the spatial structure is approximately spherical with sizes exceeding 10^4 AU, showing considerable clumpy sub-structure at even smaller scales. This implies that on average typical Keplerian accretion disks -- if they exist as expected -- should be confined to regions usually smaller than 1000AU. It is likely that these disks are fed by the larger-scale rotating envelope structure we observe here. Furthermore, we do detect 1.25cm continuum emission in most fields of view.
description: 21 pages, 32 figures, accepted for ApJS. A high-resolution version can be found at http://www.mpia.de/homes/beuther/papers.html
Comparison of Performance Metrics for QPSK and OQPSK Transmission Using Root Raised Cosine and Raised Cosine Pulse shaping Filters for Applications in Mobile Communication
Creators: name: Chattopadhyay, Sudipta
name: Sanyal, Salil Kumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) and Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (OQPSK) are two well accepted modulation techniques used in Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system. The Pulse Shaping Filters play an important role in digital transmission. The type of Pulse Shaping Filter used, and its behavior would influence the performance of the communication system. This in turn, would have an effect on the performance of the Mobile Communication system, in which the digital communication technique has been employed. In this paper we have presented comparative study of some performance parameters or performance metrics of a digital communication system like, Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), Magnitude Error, Phase Error and Bandwidth Efficiency for a QPSK transmission system. Root Raised Cosine (RRC) and Raised Cosine (RC) Pulse shaping filters have been used for comparison. The measurement results serve as a guideline to the system designer to select the proper pulse shaping filter with the appropriate value of filter roll off factor (a) in a QPSK modulated mobile communication system for optimal values of its different performance metrics.
description: 7 pages IEEE format, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, IJCSIS November 2009, ISSN 1947 5500, http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/
Improving optical photo-𝒛 estimates using submillimetre photometry
Creators: name: Tanouri, Pouya
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Estimating the redshifts of distant galaxies is critical for determining their intrinsic properties, as well as for using them as cosmological probes. Measuring redshift spectroscopically is accurate, but expensive in terms of telescope time. Hence it has become common to use “photometric redshifts”, which are fits to photometry taken in a number of filters, using templates of galaxy spectral energy distributions. However, most methods rely on photometry only in the optical and near-IR wavebands, neglecting longer wavelength data. Since the ultimate goal is to obtain redshift estimates for all galaxies, it is important to improve photo-𝒛s for the sources where optical/NIR fits fail to produce reliable results. For specific subsets of galaxies, in particular dusty starbursts, it can be particularly hard to obtain good photo-𝒛 estimates, while these same galaxies are often bright at longer wavelengths. Here we describe how to add information from far-IR to millimetre photometry to help improve the photo-𝒛 estimates for the dustiest and most actively star-forming galaxies.
Dynamical Systems Gradient method for solving nonlinear equations with monotone operators
Creators: name: Hoang, N. S.
name: Ramm, A. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47J05, 47J06, 47J35, 65R30

description: A version of the Dynamical Systems Gradient Method for solving ill-posed nonlinear monotone operator equations is studied in this paper. A discrepancy principle is proposed and justified. A numerical experiment was carried out with the new stopping rule. Numerical experiments show that the proposed stopping rule is efficient. Equations with monotone operators are of interest in many applications.
description: 2 figures
Low rank extremal PPT states and unextendible product bases
Creators: name: Leinaas, Jon Magne
name: Myrheim, Jan
name: Sollid, Per Øyvind
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is known how to construct, in a bipartite quantum system, a unique low rank entangled mixed state with positive partial transpose (a PPT state) from an unextendible product basis (a UPB), defined as an unextendible set of orthogonal product vectors. We point out that a state constructed in this way belongs to a continuous family of entangled PPT states of the same rank, all related by non-singular product transformations, unitary or non-unitary. The characteristic property of a state $ρ$ in such a family is that its kernel $\Kerρ$ has a generalized UPB, a basis of product vectors, not necessarily orthogonal, with no product vector in $\Imρ$, the orthogonal complement of $\Kerρ$. The generalized UPB in $\Kerρ$ has the special property that it can be transformed to orthogonal form by a product transformation. In the case of a system of dimension $3\times 3$, we give a complete parametrization of orthogonal UPBs. This is then a parametrization of families of rank 4 entangled (and extremal) PPT states, and we present strong numerical evidence that it is a complete classification of such states. We speculate that the lowest rank entangled and extremal PPT states also in higher dimensions are related to generalized, non-orthogonal UPBs in similar ways.
description: 11 pages, 1 figure
Review of moisture measurements in civil engineering with ground penetrating radar – Applied methods and signal features
Creators: name: Klewe, Tim
name: Strangfeld, Christoph
name: Kruschwitz, Sabine
Publisher: name: Elsevier BV
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::629 Andere Fachrichtungen der Ingenieurwissenschaften
subject: Ground Penetrating Radar
subject: GPR
subject: moisture
subject: civil engineering
subject: signal features

description: When applying Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to assess the moisture content of building materials, different medium properties, dimensions, interfaces and other unknown influences may require specific strategies to achieve useful results. Hence, we present an overview of the various approaches to carry out moisture measurements with GPR in civil engineering (CE). We especially focus on the applied signal features such as time, amplitude and frequency features and discuss their limitations. Since the majority of publications rely on one single feature when applying moisture measurements, we also hope to encourage the consideration of approaches that combine different signal features for further developments.
Deterministic tuning of slow-light in photonic-crystal waveguides through the C and L bands by atomic layer deposition
Creators: name: Chen, Charlton J.
name: Husko, Chad A.
name: Meric, Inanc
name: Shepard, Ken L.
name: Wong, Chee Wei
name: Green, William M. J.
name: Vlasov, Yurii A.
name: Assefa, Solomon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate digital tuning of the slow-light regime in silicon photonic-crystal waveguides by performing atomic layer deposition of hafnium oxide. The high group-index regime was deterministically controlled (red-shift of 140 +/- 10 pm per atomic layer) without affecting the group-velocity dispersion and third-order dispersion. Additionally, differential tuning of 110 +/- 30 pm per monolayer of the slow-light TE-like and TM-like modes was observed. This passive post-fabrication process has potential applications including the tuning of chip-scale optical interconnects, as well as Raman and parametric amplification.
description: 14 pages, 5 figures
Open Science e Proprietà Intellettuale.La scienza tra repubblica e impero
Creators: name: Caso, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Open Science
Proprietà intellettuale

description: La lezione sviluppa tre punti:

1. La scienza democratica, il dialogo pubblico e la proprietà intellettuale

2. Controllo privato dell’informazione e valutazione autoritaria della ricerca

3. La scienza aperta come scienza pubblica e democratica
Additional file 1 of Active ageing – perspectives on health, participation, and security among older adults in northeastern Thailand – a qualitative study
Creators: name: Wongsala, Manothai
name: Els-Marie Anbäcken
name: Rosendahl, Sirpa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1.
Potential model calculations and predictions for $\bm c\bar{\bm s}$ quarkonia
Creators: name: Radford, Stanley F.
name: Repko, Wayne W.
name: Saelim, Michael J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the spectroscopy and decays of the charm-strange quarkonium system in a potential model consisting of a relativistic kinetic energy term, a linear confining term including its scalar and vector relativistic corrections and the complete perturbative one-loop quantum chromodynamic short distance potential. The masses and wave functions of the various states are obtained using a variational technique, which are then used in a perturbative treatment of the potential to find the mass spectrum of the $c\bar{s}$ system and radiative decay widths. Our results compare well with the available data for the spectrum of $D_s$ states. We include a discussion of the effect of mixing and an investigation of the Lorentz nature of the confining potential.
description: 6 pages 3 Tables
Additional file 1 of Development of Chinese chestnut whiskey: yeast strains isolation, fermentation system optimization, and scale-up fermentation
Creators: name: Wanzhen Li
name: Cuie Shi
name: Jiaquan Guang
name: Ge, Fei
name: Shoubao Yan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. The manufacturing process of Chinese chestnut whiskey raw wine. Figure S2. The layout of the 1000 L Chinese chestnuts wine fermentation pilot plant. 1, Soaking rice cans; 2, Steamed rice cooker; 3, Liquefied tank; 4, Pump; 5, Malt miller; 6, Saccharifying tank; 7, Pump; 8,Filter tank; 9, Pump; 10, Plate heat exchanger; 11, 10 L seed preparation reactor; 12, Pump; 13, 100L seed preparation reactor; 14, Pump; 15, 1000 L reactor; 16, Pump. Figure S3. Sensory evaluation of Chinese chestnut wine samples by different yeast strains.