cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Supplementary Materials: Zacharski, Kruppa, Ferstl (2024): The readability of the non-binary gender star in German: Evidence from a lexical decision task
Creators: name: Zacharski, Lisa
name: Kruppa, Alexandra
name: Ferstl, Evelyn C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520502
subject: Gender psychology
classificationCode: 520405
subject: Psycholinguistics (incl. speech production and comprehension)
classificationCode: 520505
subject: Social psychology

description: These are the Supplementary Materials for the AAM (Author Accepted Manucript of): Zacharski, L., Kruppa, A., Ferstl, E.C. "The readability of the non-binary gender star in German: Evidence from a lexical decision task" to be published in Special Topic of Social Psychological Bulletin. The gendered language (r)evolution: interdisciplinary insights into the interaction between gender and language. The study was not pre-registered.
Counting stationary points of the loss function in the simplest constrained least-square optimization
Creators: name: Fyodorov, Yan V.
name: Tublin, Rashel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use Kac-Rice method to analyze statistical features of an "optimization landscape" of the loss function in a random version of the Oblique Procrustes Problem, one of the simplest optimization problems of the least-square type on a sphere.
description: The text is based on the presentation at the workshop "Random Matrix Theory: Applications in the Information Era", 29 Apr 2019 -- 3 May 2019 2019, Krakow, Poland
Online Structured Sparsity-based Moving Object Detection from Satellite Videos
Creators: name: Zhang, Junpeng
name: Jia, Xiuping
name: Hu, Jiankun
name: Chanussot, Jocelyn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Inspired by the recent developments in computer vision, low-rank and structured sparse matrix decomposition can be potentially be used for extract moving objects in satellite videos. This set of approaches seeks for rank minimization on the background that typically requires batch-based optimization over a sequence of frames, which causes delays in processing and limits their applications. To remedy this delay, we propose an Online Low-rank and Structured Sparse Decomposition (O-LSD). O-LSD reformulates the batch-based low-rank matrix decomposition with the structured sparse penalty to its equivalent frame-wise separable counterpart, which then defines a stochastic optimization problem for online subspace basis estimation. In order to promote online processing, O-LSD conducts the foreground and background separation and the subspace basis update alternatingly for every frame in a video. We also show the convergence of O-LSD theoretically. Experimental results on two satellite videos demonstrate the performance of O-LSD in term of accuracy and time consumption is comparable with the batch-based approaches with significantly reduced delay in processing.
Trichopria ciliaris Kieffer, 1911 b: 1000
Creators: name: Notton, David G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mymaridae
Trichopria
Trichopria ciliaris

description: Trichopria ciliaris Kieffer, 1911b: 1000.
Valid name
Trichopria basalis (Thomson, 1858).
Summary of types
Lectotype ♀, BMNH number 9.704, designated by Notton (1995). Paralectotypes 2 ♀♀.
Primary type data
Clober 1-6; Type; 229.; Diapria / ciliaris; Cameron Coll./ 1910-55.; ciliaris K.; Lectotype ♀ / Trichopria / ciliaris Kieffer / des. Notton, 1995.
Type locality
Scotland, Clober.
Remarks
This species was described from at least two females, since a range of lengths is given. The lectotype is mounted on a card and is entire.
description: Published as part of Notton, David G., 2014, A catalogue of the types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London, pp. 1-123 in European Journal of Taxonomy 75 on page 73, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.75, http://zenodo.org/record/3862773
Performance Evaluation of Bituminous Mix Using Tannery sludge as Replacement of Fine Aggregate
Creators: name: Yishak Said
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2021
Subjects: Marshal Mix Design, Tannery sludge, Moisture susceptibility, Bitumen, Hot Mix Asphalt, Stripping.

description: Pavements are expected to perform better as increased volume of traffic, increased loads and
 increased variations in daily or seasonal temperature. Bituminous mixes most commonly used all
 over the world in flexible pavement. It consists of asphalt or bitumen (used as a binder) and aggregate
 which has been mixed together lay down in layers and then compacted. In this research the
 performance of bituminous mix using tannery sludge as partial replacement of fine aggregate has
 been evaluated since tannery sludge has become a serious problem especially in the urban areas and
 the disposal of this wastes cause environmental pollution. Marshall Specimens of bituminous Mix
 with and without tannery sludge has been prepared as per the standard procedure. The study area for
 this research is in Addis Ababa with moderate temperature. The penetration grading PG for the study
 area is 80/100. Methodology of using tannery sludge in bituminous mixes at 2%, 4%, 6% and 10%
 and compared with no addition of tannery sludge and presented the various tests performed on
 aggregates and bitumen at 0.5% increment. Laboratory test in the first phase with the production of
 Marshall compacted specimens has been done to investigate the changes on Marshall Properties with
 and without Tannery Sludge. The test result for Stability and flow at 2%, 4%, 6% and 10% partially
 replaced tannery sludge meet specification set by Era standard, At 2 % partially replaced fine
 aggregate with tannery sludge shows good result for Voids in Mineral Aggregate meets the
 specification set by Era and At 2% partially replaced fine aggregate with tannery sludge and void
 filled with bitumen in critical condition meets the specification set by Era Standard Specification.
 Percent Air void is beyond Era Standard specification range as the tannery sludge content increase
 and maximum air void occur at 10% tannery sludge replaced fine aggregate
Digital Financial Ecosystems
Creators: name: Jnr, Mark Yama Tampuri
name: Gartchie Gatsi, John
name: Kumah Amponsah, Emmanuel Attah
name: Mahamud  Aba, Shamsu –Dean
Publisher: name: International Journal of Business Innovation
Year: 2023

description: This research involved 1080 private sector employees in Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana and employed econometrics analysis to investigate the influence of financial capability on digital financial inclusion. It utilized Sen's Capability Approach (CA) as an alternative framework and collected data between July 2021 and November 2022, subsequently transforming it into panel data. The study found that financial literacy, financial skills, financial behavior, and financial attitude collectively account for 75.4% of the variation in digital financial inclusion. Specifically, financial literacy increased digital financial inclusion by 0.029% at the 5% significance level, financial skills significantly boosted it by 2.289% at the 1% level, financial attitude contributed to a 1.419% improvement, and financial behavior led to a 0.915% increase. These findings underscore the vital roles played by financial literacy, skills, attitude, and behavior in promoting digital financial inclusion.
description: International Journal of Business Innovation, Volume 2 Issue 3 (2023)
Global Coronal Waves
Creators: name: Chen, P. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: After the {\em Solar and Heliospheric Observatory} ({\em SOHO}) was launched in 1996, the aboard Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) observed a global coronal wave phenomenon, which was initially named "EIT wave" after the telescope. The bright fronts are immediately followed by expanding dimmings. It has been shown that the brightenings and dimmings are mainly due to plasma density increase and depletion, respectively. Such a spectacular phenomenon sparked long-lasting interest and debates. The debates were concentrated on two topics, one is about the driving source, and the other is about the nature of this wavelike phenomenon. The controversies are most probably because there may exist two types of large-scale coronal waves that were not well resolved before the {\em Solar Dynamics Observatory} ({\em SDO}) was launched: one is a piston-driven shock wave straddling over the erupting coronal mass ejection (CME), and the other is an apparently propagating front, which may correspond to the CME frontal loop. Such a two-wave paradigm was proposed more than 13 years ago, and now is being recognized by more and more colleagues. In this paper, we review how various controversies can be resolved in the two-wave framework and how important it is to have two different names for the two types of coronal waves.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, a review paper
Checklist for co-creating safe spaces for young people participating in research
Creators: name: Reniers, Renate
name: Campbell, Niyah
name: Mitchell, Elizabeth
name: Saunders, Charlotte
name: Singh, Hannah
name: Tresadern, Charlie
name: Zaidi, Fatima
name: Dauvermann, Maria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Psychological methodology, design and analysis

description: Creating safe spaces in research As researchers, it is imperative that we provide safe spaces for young people to participate in research. This is particularly relevant to the field of mental health research, where participants may be asked to engage in activities that require them to discuss or reflect on experiences of poor mental health. Such activities can be upsetting for participants and so it is important to consider what actions can be taken to best reduce risks of negative experience for participants. This will also lead to improved research data quality. Currently, there is limited information to inform the creation of safe spaces for young people participating in research. We felt that there was a need to address this gap through the creation of a new checklist resource that was co-developed with young people. To facilitate this, we worked with the Institute for Mental Health’s Youth Advisory Group (IMH YAG), based at the University of Birmingham. The IMH YAG is made up of young people aged 18-25 with lived experience of mental health difficulty or experience of supporting a young person with lived experience of mental health difficulty. We identified three key themes: confidentiality and consent, fostering trust and feeling safe. Our checklist centres around how to best accommodate these needs and we have presented practical tips on how this can be addressed at three different stages of research participation: before, during and after. We hope that this checklist will support researchers to consider what steps can be taken to ensure that children and young people participate in research that makes them feel safe and empowered.
Identification and Validation of the Maritime Cluster in Portugal
Creators: name: Natário, Maria Manuela S.
name: Pereira, Elisabeth T.
name: Couto, João Pedro A.
Publisher: name: International Journal of Business Innovation
Year: 2023

description: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the theme of clusters, mainly linked to the maritime cluster (Doloreux, 2017; Stavroulakis et al., 2020b; Stavroulakis et al., 2021; Li & Luo, 2021; Shi, et al. 2021), but also to the agri-food cluster (Franco at al., 2019; Franco et al., 2020), among others. The aim of this study is to analyse whether the Maritime Cluster in Portugal prefigures and presents a functioning structure as a cluster. In order to verify whether they fulfil the conditions of a cluster, the geographical concentration indicators will be used as a research methodology. From the results achieved for the different indicators, on the identification and validation of the Maritime cluster in Portugal, it was concluded that it fulfils the conditions of a cluster. Thus, in the selected NUTS III there is an agglomeration of these maritime activities in the region, with an increase and intensification of the specialisation of the maritime cluster as well as a clear contribution and strengthening of the maritime cluster in the region under study for the country. Hence, it can be concluded that European policies to support clusterisation have had positive effects on this cluster in Portugal.
description: International Journal of Business Innovation, Volume 2 Issue 3 (2023)
Nonparametric Clustering of Functional Data Using Pseudo-Densities
Creators: name: Ciollaro, Mattia
name: Genovese, Christopher R.
name: Wang, Daren
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study nonparametric clustering of smooth random curves on the basis of the L2 gradient flow associated to a pseudo-density functional and we show that the clustering is well-defined both at the population and at the sample level. We provide an algorithm to mark significant local modes, which are associated to informative sample clusters, and we derive its consistency properties. Our theory is developed under weak assumptions, which essentially reduce to the integrability of the random curves, and does not require to project the random curves on a finite-dimensional subspace. However, if the underlying probability distribution is supported on a finite-dimensional subspace, we show that the pseudo-density and the expectation of a kernel density estimator induce the same gradient flow, and therefore the same clustering. Although our theory is developed for smooth curves that belong to an infinite-dimensional functional space, we also provide consistent procedures that can be used with real data (discretized and noisy observations).
Identifying Cognitive Radars -- Inverse Reinforcement Learning using Revealed Preferences
Creators: name: Krishnamurthy, Vikram
name: Angley, Daniel
name: Evans, Robin
name: Moran, William
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider an inverse reinforcement learning problem involving us versus an enemy radar equipped with a Bayesian tracker. By observing the emissions of the enemy radar,how can we identify if the radar is cognitive (constrained utility maximizer)? Given the observed sequence of actions taken by the enemy's radar, we consider three problems: (i) Are the enemy radar's actions (waveform choice, beam scheduling) consistent with constrained utility maximization? If so how can we estimate the cognitive radar's utility function that is consistent with its actions. We formulate and solve the problem in terms of the spectra (eigenvalues) of the state and observation noise covariance matrices, and the algebraic Riccati equation. (ii) How to construct a statistical test for detecting a cognitive radar (constrained utility maximization) when we observe the radar's actions in noise or the radar observes our probe signal in noise? We propose a statistical detector with a tight Type-II error bound. (iii) How can we optimally probe (interrogate) the enemy's radar by choosing our state to minimize the Type-II error of detecting if the radar is deploying an economic rational strategy, subject to a constraint on the Type-I detection error? We present a stochastic optimization algorithm to optimize our probe signal. The main analysis framework used in this paper is that of revealed preferences from microeconomics.
Descrição de Coleções Padronizadas para teste de Sistemas de Recuperação da Informação
Creators: name: Perozo-Vasquez, joel G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sistemas de Recuperação da Informação
Coleções Padronizadas
TREC

description: Working Paper - Descrição de Coleções Padronizadas para teste de Sistemas de Recuperação da Informação Objetivo: Identificar e descrever duas coleções padronizadas para teste de Sistemas de Recuperação da Informação que foram utilizadas em publicações que avaliam sistemas de recuperação da informação. Método: Trata-se de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, com abordagem exploratória e descritiva, de natureza qualitativa. Resultados: Identificaram-se as coleções padronizadas utilizadas no contexto da TREC 2022, em Nam et al. (2022) e em Koufakis et al. (2022). Foram descritas as coleções Washington Post 2020, KILT Wikipedia e MS MARCO, que fazem parte da “TREC CAsT 2022 Track” e MS MARCO em “TREC Deep Learning 2022 Track”. Conclusões: Coleções padronizadas continuam sendo úteis para testes de busca, e seu uso contribui para a evolução do conhecimento sobre sistemas de recuperação da informação.

 Palavras-chave: Sistemas de Recuperação da Informação. Coleções Padronizadas. TREC.
First-forbidden $\mathbfβ$-decay rates, energy rates of $β$-delayed neutrons and probability of $β$-delayed neutron emissions for neutron-rich nickel isotopes
Creators: name: Nabi, Jameel-Un
name: Cakmak, Necla
name: Iftikhar, Zafar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: First-forbidden (FF) transitions can play an important role in decreasing the calculated half-lives specially in environments where allowed Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions are unfavored. Of special mention is the case of neutron-rich nuclei where, due to phase-space amplification, FF transitions are much favored. We calculate the allowed GT transitions in various pn-QRPA models for even-even neutron-rich isotopes of nickel. Here we also study the effect of deformation on the calculated GT strengths. The FF transitions for even-even neutron-rich isotopes of nickel are calculated assuming the nuclei to be spherical. Later we take into account deformation of nuclei and calculate GT + unique FF transitions, stellar $β$-decay rates, energy rate of $β$-delayed neutrons and probability of $β$-delayed neutron emissions. The calculated half-lives are in excellent agreement with measured ones and might contribute in speeding-up of the $r$-matter flow.
description: 22 pages, 10 figures, 7 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1301.5225 by other authors
Gesture Controlled Robot For Human Detection
Creators: name: S, Athira T.
name: Manoj, Honey
name: Priya, R S Vishnu
name: Menon, Vishnu K
name: M, Srilekshmi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: It is very important to locate survivors from collapsed buildings so that rescue operations can be arranged. Many lives are lost due to lack of competent systems to detect people in these collapsed buildings at the right time. So here we have designed a hand gesture controlled robot which is capable of detecting humans under these collapsed building parts. The proposed work can be used to access specific locations that are not humanly possible, and detect those humans trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. This information is then used to notify the rescue team to take adequate measures and initiate rescue operations accordingly.
description: 6 pages, presented at the 2nd International Conference on IoT Based Control Networks and Intelligent Systems(ICICNIS 2021)
Separating a chart
Creators: name: Nagase, Teruo
name: Shima, Akiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57Q45 (Primary) 57Q35 (Secondary)

description: In this paper, we shall show a condition for that a chart is C-move equivalent to the product of two charts, the union of two charts $Γ^*$ and $Γ^{**}$ which are contained in disks $D^*$ and $D^{**}$ with $D^*\cap D^{**}=\emptyset$.
description: 22 pages, 7 figures
Performance Evaluation of Plastic Waste Modified Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete
Creators: name: Tariku Tadem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2021
Subjects: Asphalt Concrete, Optimum Bitumen Content, Optimum Plastic Content, Rutting, Indirect Tensile Strength

description: Hot mix asphalt concrete is composed of mineral aggregates, filler, bitumen, and air voids.
 Bitumen is considered the most expensive and economically inconstant material. Because of the
 increase in road construction cost with hot mix asphalt concrete, and the need for improvement
 of pavement quality alternative asphalt binder modifier is required which modify the bitumen
 partially or fully. Considerable plastic waste in municipal solid waste (MSW) is increasing due
 to an increase in population, development, and changes in lifestyle, which result in widespread
 spoiling on the landscape. Then waste plastic disposal becomes a serious global problem due to
 their non-biodegradability. Plastic waste materials are durable and exhibit good binding
 properties at their molten state. Therefore the objective of this study is to evaluate performance
 of plastic modified Hot Mix Asphalt concrete. The study compares the performance of plastic
 modified HMA mix using different laboratory performance tests including Marshall Test, rutting
 test using Wheel Tracking Machine, and moisture susceptibility using Indirect Tensile Strength
 (ITS) test. The asphalt mixture testing includes the Marshall Mix design to determine the
 Optimum Bitumen Content (OBC) for the conventional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) concrete. Thirty
 Marshall Specimens are prepared with ten different percentages of plastic waste by weight of
 OBC at 2% interval up to 20%. Twelve asphalt concrete slabs and twenty four Marshall
 Specimens are prepared for rut and moisture resistance performance evaluation of HMA
 concrete respectively. The research concludes that 14.4% partial replacement of bitumen with
 plastic waste is the OPC which improves Marshall Properties of HMA and full fills the desired
 performance parameters of the Marshall Mix design. At the OBC the rutting depth is found to be
 4.56mm and Indirect Tensile Strength ratio (TSR) is 0.798. In the same way 3.3mm rutting depth
 and 0.832 TSR is obtained at OPC. This implies that partial replacement of plastic waste
 significantly improves rutting and moisture resistance performance of conventional HMA mix
Study of microwave resonances induced by bias lines of shunted Josephson junctions
Creators: name: Yilmaz, Ugur
name: Razmkhah, Sasan
name: Collot, Romain
name: Kunert, Juergen
name: Stolz, Ronny
name: Febvre, Pascal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bias lines routed over a ground plane naturally form microstrip lines associated with the presence of a capacitance. This can lead to unwanted resonances when coupled to Josephson junctions. This work presents an electrical model of a shunted Josephson junction with its bias lines and pads, fabricated with the 1 kA/cm$^2$ RSFQ niobium process of the FLUXONICS Foundry. A compact LCL T-model is used to simulate the microwave behavior of the bias line, predict resonances and design resonance-free superconducting circuits. The I-V characteristics of three shunted Josephson junctions have been obtained from time-domain simulations done with JSIM and show a good match with the global behavior and experimentally observed resonance at 230 GHz, measured at 4.2 K. The influence of the position and value of a series resistor placed on bias lines is studied to damp unwanted resonances at the junction.
description: Presented at ISEC2019 conference
Exposing Fake Images with Forensic Similarity Graphs
Creators: name: Mayer, Owen
name: Stamm, Matthew C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose new image forgery detection and localization algorithms by recasting these problems as graph-based community detection problems. To do this, we introduce a novel abstract, graph-based representation of an image, which we call the Forensic Similarity Graph, that captures key forensic relationships among regions in the image. In this representation, small image patches are represented by graph vertices with edges assigned according to the forensic similarity between patches. Localized tampering introduces unique structure into this graph, which aligns with a concept called ``community structure'' in graph-theory literature. In the Forensic Similarity Graph, communities correspond to the tampered and unaltered regions in the image. As a result, forgery detection is performed by identifying whether multiple communities exist, and forgery localization is performed by partitioning these communities. We present two community detection techniques, adapted from literature, to detect and localize image forgeries. We experimentally show that our proposed community detection methods outperform existing state-of-the-art forgery detection and localization methods, which do not capture such community structure.
description: 16 pages, under review at IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
Risk-based Probabilistic Quantification of Power Distribution System Operational Resilience
Creators: name: Poudel, Shiva
name: Dubey, Anamika
name: Bose, Anjan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: It is of growing concern to ensure the resilience in electricity infrastructure systems to extreme weather events with the help of appropriate hardening measures and new operational procedures. An effective mitigation strategy requires a quantitative metric for resilience that can not only model the impacts of the unseen catastrophic events for complex electric power distribution networks but also evaluate the potential improvements offered by different planning measures. In this paper, we propose probabilistic metrics to quantify the operational resilience of the electric power distribution systems to high-impact low-probability (HILP) events. Specifically, we define two risk-based measures: Value-at-Risk ($VaR_α$) and Conditional Value-at-Risk ($CVaR_α$) that measure resilience as the maximum loss of energy and conditional expectation of a loss of energy, respectively for the events beyond a prespecified risk threshold, $α$. Next, we present a simulation-based framework to evaluate the proposed resilience metrics for different weather scenarios with the help of modified IEEE 37-bus and IEEE 123-bus system. The simulation approach is also extended to evaluate the impacts of different planning measures on the proposed resilience metrics.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures, journal
EPR Pairs, Local Projections and Quantum Teleportation in Holography
Creators: name: Numasawa, Tokiro
name: Shiba, Noburo
name: Takayanagi, Tadashi
name: Watanabe, Kento
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we analyze three quantum operations in two dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs): local projection measurements, creations of partial entanglement between two CFTs, and swapping of subsystems between two CFTs. We also give their holographic duals and study time evolutions of entanglement entropy. By combining these operations, we present an analogue of quantum teleportation between two CFTs and give its holographic realization. We introduce a new quantity to probe tripartite entanglement by using local projection measurement.
description: 61 pages, 24 figures. v2: comments and refs added. v3: minor corrections
Study 1 (cross-sectional) analysis pre-registration
Creators: name: Kingston, Jess L
name: Hepper, Erica
name: Ellett, Lyn
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Personality and Social Contexts
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Pre-registration of analysis strategy for Romantic Paranoia Study 1
Diagnostic strategies in postpartum individuals with suspected venous thromboembolism: A scoping review
Creators: name: Gal, Gregoire Le
name: Skeith, Leslie
name: Bhangu, Gurjeet
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The objective of this scoping review is to describe and evaluate the diagnostic strategies used in the workup of suspected venous thromboembolism in postpartum individuals.
Spin Physics through QCD Instantons
Creators: name: Qian, Yachao
name: Zahed, Ismail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review some aspects of spin physics where QCD instantons play an important role. In particular, their large contributions in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering and polarized proton on proton scattering. We also review their possible contribution in the $\mathcal{P}$-odd pion azimuthal charge correlations in peripheral $AA$ scattering at collider energies.
description: 19 pages, 14 figures
Information-geometric optimization with natural selection
Creators: name: Otwinowski, Jakub
name: LaMont, Colin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Evolutionary algorithms, inspired by natural evolution, aim to optimize difficult objective functions without computing derivatives. Here we detail the relationship between population genetics and evolutionary optimization and formulate a new evolutionary algorithm. Optimization of a continuous objective function is analogous to searching for high fitness phenotypes on a fitness landscape. We summarize how natural selection moves a population along the non-euclidean gradient that is induced by the population on the fitness landscape (the natural gradient). Under normal approximations common in quantitative genetics, we show how selection is related to Newton's method in optimization. We find that intermediate selection is most informative of the fitness landscape. We describe the generation of new phenotypes and introduce an operator that recombines the whole population to generate variants that preserve normal statistics. Finally, we introduce a proof-of-principle algorithm that combines natural selection, our recombination operator, and an adaptive method to increase selection. Our algorithm is similar to covariance matrix adaptation and natural evolutionary strategies in optimization, and has similar performance. The algorithm is extremely simple in implementation with no matrix inversion or factorization, does not require storing a covariance matrix, and may form the basis of more general model-based optimization algorithms with natural gradient updates.
description: changed title
What is known about Maladaptive Daydreaming? The scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Andersson, Gerhard
name: Ivanilda B. Da Costa
name: Mansuklal, Shivani Atul
name: Pascoal, Patrícia
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Psychological Phenomena and Processes
subject: Maladaptive Daydreaming
subject: Protocol
subject: Scoping Review

description: This document is a Scoping Review (ScR) Protocol regarding a ScR on Maladaptive Daydreaming. We aim to scope the existing empirical evidence and contribute with an overview of the MD definition, MD research distribution and characteristics, common psychological processes of MD, and inform future research. We developed the ScR protocol using the updated Arksey & O’Malley framework and PRISMA guidelines (Peters et al., 2020; Tricco et al., 2018).
Model-driven development of data intensive applications over cloud resources
Creators: name: Tolosana-Calasanz, Rafael
name: Bañares, José Ángel
name: Colom, José-Manuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: C.4
subject: 68M14, 68M20

description: The proliferation of sensors over the last years has generated large amounts of raw data, forming data streams that need to be processed. In many cases, cloud resources are used for such processing, exploiting their flexibility, but these sensor streaming applications often need to support operational and control actions that have real-time and low-latency requirements that go beyond the cost effective and flexible solutions supported by existing cloud frameworks, such as Apache Kafka, Apache Spark Streaming, or Map-Reduce Streams. In this paper, we describe a model-driven and stepwise refinement methodological approach for streaming applications executed over clouds. The central role is assigned to a set of Petri Net models for specifying functional and non-functional requirements. They support model reuse, and a way to combine formal analysis, simulation, and approximate computation of minimal and maximal boundaries of non-functional requirements when the problem is either mathematically or computationally intractable. We show how our proposal can assist developers in their design and implementation decisions from a performance perspective. Our methodology allows to conduct performance analysis: The methodology is intended for all the engineering process stages, and we can (i) analyse how it can be mapped onto cloud resources, and (ii) obtain key performance indicators, including throughput or economic cost, so that developers are assisted in their development tasks and in their decision taking. In order to illustrate our approach, we make use of the pipelined wavefront array.
description: Preprint
Stochastic Lagrangian Dynamics of Vorticity. II. Channel-Flow Turbulence
Creators: name: Eyink, Gregory L.
name: Gupta, Akshat
name: Zaki, Tamer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We here exploit a rigorous mathematical theory of vorticity dynamics for Navier-Stokes solutions in terms of stochastic Lagrangian flows and their stochastic Cauchy invariants, that are conserved on average backward in time. This theory yields exact expressions for the vorticity inside the flow domain in terms of the vorticity at the wall, as it is transported by viscous diffusion and by nonlinear advection, stretching and rotation. As a concrete application, we exploit an online database of a turbulent channel-flow simulation at $Re_τ = 1000$ (Graham et al. 2016) to determine the origin of the vorticity in the near-wall buffer layer. Following an experimental study of Sheng et al. (2009), we identify typical "ejection" and "sweep" events in the buffer layer by local minima/maxima of the wall-stress. In contrast to their conjecture, however, we find that vortex-lifting from the wall is not a discrete event requiring only ~1 viscous time and ~10 wall units, but is instead a distributed process taking place over a space-time region at least 1~2 orders of magnitude larger in extent. We show that Lagrangian chaos observed in the buffer layer can be reconciled with saturated vorticity magnitude by a process of "virtual reconnection": although the Eulerian vorticity field in the viscous sublayer has only a single sign of spanwise component, opposite signs of Lagrangian vorticity evolve by rotation and cancel by viscous destruction. Our analysis reveals many unifying features of classical fluids and quantum superfluids. We argue that "bundles" of quantized vortices in superfluid turbulence will also exhibit stochastic Lagrangian dynamics and will satisfy stochastic conservation laws resulting from particle relabelling symmetry.
description: 42 pages, 22 figures
Interval Training vs Continuous Training in Long COVID-19 Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Foster, Chloe
name: Gough, Suzanne
name: Walton, Genevieve
name: Phillips, Jennifer
name: Leahy, Zoe
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physiotherapy
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy

description: The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the effect of different training methods on the rehabilitation of individuals living with Long COVID-19, primarily reviewing changes in fatigue levels, exercise capacity and health related quality of life and considering the impact on activities of daily living, dyspnea, respiratory function and psychological status.
An Ultra-Wideband Leaky Lens Antenna for Broadband Spectroscopic Imaging Applications
Creators: name: Hähnle, Sebastian
name: Yurduseven, Ozan
name: van Berkel, Sven
name: Llombart, Nuria
name: Bueno, Juan
name: Yates, Stephen J. C.
name: Murugesan, Vignesh
name: Thoen, David J.
name: Neto, Andrea
name: Baselmans, Jochem J. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the design, fabrication and characterisation of a broadband leaky lens antenna for broadband, spectroscopic imaging applications. The antenna is designed for operation in the 300-900 GHz band. We integrate the antenna directly into an Al-NbTiN hybrid MKID to measure the beam pattern and absolute coupling efficiency at three frequency bands centred around 350, 650 and 850 GHz, covering the full antenna band. We find an aperture efficiency $η_{ap} \approx 0.4$ over the whole frequency band, limited by lens reflections. We find a good match with simulations for both the patterns and efficiency, demonstrating a 1:3 bandwidth in the sub-mm wavelength range for future on-chip spectrometers.
description: Accepted for Publication at IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
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Creators: name: L'Humanité (Périodique)
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Éditions de l'Humanité
Year: 2023
Subjects: http://www.idref.fr/050613995/id
http://www.idref.fr/027416593/id
http://www.idref.fr/027280470/id
http://www.idref.fr/027261468/id
http://www.idref.fr/03470499X/id

Abstract
Optimum Production Planning Model for Aggregate Crusher plant: A case study on selected crusher Plant Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Bashaw Sime
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2021
Subjects: Production Planning, Planning Model, Crusher Plant

description: Ethiopia is a developing country where enormous development activities have been under
 taking. The main development activities currently going on are small to mega
 constructions. However, the construction is constrained by scarcity and limited
 production of construction materials such as aggregates. It is has been observed that there
 will be 44% demand and supply gap of crushed aggregate from 2020 to 2025 G.C in
 Addis Ababa. The aim of this research is to develop optimum production planning model
 for crushed aggregates to optimize the production using linear programming considering
 case study on Daniel Construction Materials Producer. To develop the model, the
 production planning parameters have been collected from the case study company
 included operating costs, monthly production, inventories left, effective capacities of the
 crusher sets at each months of year 2011 E.C. Based on these parameters, the unit
 operating cost was calculated and shortage cost was calculated from selling price of year
 2011 E.C. Similarly, the amount to be produced according to the mining life span was
 taken from the company document and the demand of aggregates in 2012 E.C has been
 obtained using forecasting of 2011 E.C monthly sales. The monthly broken basalt
 requirements have also been calculated from unit consumption and effective capacity of
 the crusher sets based on the effective working days in 2012E.C for the planning horizon.
 The data gathered was mathematically modeled using linear programming, and solved
 using LINDO solver. The results indicated that the company would have produced
 188,234m3 with the possible minimized cost and would have earned revenue of
 75,293,600birr from it. This showed that the quantity of the optimum production
 planning model exceeded the company production plan of 130, 393.7m3 by57, 840.3m3
 or 23, 136,120birr in terms of revenue. Thus, the production based on the optimum
 production planning model would have resulted in the company to maximize its sales
 revenue and to complete the mining operation with in the life span. The optimum
 production planning model developed here could be used for different crushed aggregate
 production companies and in other industries that are producing multiple products with
 minor arrangements.
Learning patient-specific parameters for a diffuse interface glioblastoma model from neuroimaging data
Creators: name: Agosti, Abramo
name: Ciarletta, Pasquale
name: Garcke, Harald
name: Hinze, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Parameters in mathematical models for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumour growth are highly patient specific. Here we aim to estimate parameters in a Cahn-Hilliard type diffuse interface model in an optimised way using model order reduction (MOR) based on proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). Based on snapshots derived from finite element simulations for the full order model (FOM) we use POD for dimension reduction and solve the parameter estimation for the reduced order model (ROM). Neuroimaging data are used to define the highly inhomogeneous diffusion tensors as well as to define a target functional in a patient specific manner. The reduced order model heavily relies on the discrete empirical interpolation method (DEIM) which has to be appropriately adapted in order to deal with the highly nonlinear and degenerate parabolic PDEs. A feature of the approach is that we iterate between full order solves with new parameters to compute a POD basis function and sensitivity based parameter estimation for the ROM problems. The algorithm is applied using neuroimaging data for two clinical test cases and we can demonstrate that the reduced order approach drastically decreases the computational effort.
Data from 2012 Survey of World Views
Creators: name: Saucier, Gerard
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Found here are files providing data from the 2012 Survey of World Views as employed in the following publications: Saucier, G., Kenner, J., Iurino, K., Bou Malham, P., Chen, Z., Thalmayer, A. G., ...Leung, A., & Altschul, C. (2015). Cross-cultural differences in a global ‘Survey of World Views’. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 53-70. Thalmayer, A. G. & Saucier, G. (2014). The Questionnaire Big Six (QB6) in 26 nations: Developing cross-culturally applicable Big Six, Big Five, and Big Two inventories. European Journal of Personality, 28, 482-496. Bou Malham, P., & Saucier, G. (2014). Measurement invariance of social axioms in 23 countries. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 1046-1060. Iurino, K., & Saucier, G. (2020). Testing measurement invariance of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire across 27 countries. Assessment, 27, 365-372.
Characteristics of the secondary electrons calibration beam of the accelerator S-25R "Pakhra"
Creators: name: Alekseev, V. I.
name: Baskov, V. A.
name: Dronov, V. A.
name: Lvov, A. I.
name: Koltsov, A. V.
name: Krechetov, Yu. F.
name: Polyansky, V. V.
name: Sidorin, S. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The characteristics of the secondary electrons` calibration quasi-monochromatic beam of the accelerator S-25R "Pakhra" of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI) on the basis of magnet SP-57 are presented. With an electron energy in the range of 45-280 MeV, a collimator diameter in front of the trigger counters of 3 mm and copper Converter thicknesses of 1-3 mm, the energy resolution and beam intensity were 4.4-2.2% and around 16 e/sec, respectively.
Performance based Road Asset Evaluation with HDM, IRI As A core Parameter: A case studay: At Selected Selection in Yeka sub city , Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Surafel Gudeta
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2021
Subjects: Appropriate maintenance strategy, IRI, Cost stream, Road Deterioration, Maintenance alternative.

description: Addis Ababa City Road Authority is responsible for managing and setting performance evaluation
 of city’s road network using the International Roughness Index (IRI). This helps the authority to
 conduct pavement condition assessments of asphalt roads each year to determine the health status
 or Level of service (LOS) of the roadway network and plan program improvements such as
 maintenance, resurfacing and rehabilitation. For lower IRI limit economical and acceptable
 maintenance strategy may be selected among a number of maintenance alternatives. The Highway
 Development and Management (HDM-4) tool can do such measures to help decide which option
 is the best by evaluating the economic and structural conditions. This paper specifically addresses
 flexible pavement, including two principal arterial streets under the administration of Addis Ababa
 city Roads Authority. The roads include road from Megenagna Interchange to Ayat Square
 and from Ayat square to Tafo RA. First, it was assessed the procedures followed by the city's
 road authority to develop the appropriate road maintenance strategies. Questionnaire surveys and
 interviews are used to collect information from the city's road maintenance departments. Second,
 the project analysis was performed for functional and economic comparison of different
 maintenance alternatives using HDM-4.
 The Study involves collections of road condition data, road network data, vehicle fleet data,
 estimated AADT, and International Roughness Index (IRI). Four types of maintenance
 alternatives including Scheduled patching, overlay, thin lay and slurry seal were assigned. The
 optimum maintenance strategy has been selected by comparing Discounted Net Present Value,
 Road Deterioration (Roughness progression). Results indicated that using a thin lay, and patching
 maintenance schedule for the selected road networks is economically viable and functionally
 significant. Hence, the city's road authority is recommended to apply the different maintenance
 strategies, providing an economical and better performance for the city's road network.