cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Oxypoda islandica KRAATZ 1857
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda
Oxypoda islandica

description: Oxypoda islandica KRAATZ 1857
Oxypoda islandica KRAATZ 1857: 285.
Oxypoda dubiosa FAGEL 1960: 231 f.; nov.syn.
Material e x a m i n e d: Spain: 7 exs., Cataluña, Sierra del Cadí, 1700 m, pine forest, 31.III.1994, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss); 1 ex., Andalucía, Cádiz, 25 km NNW Ubrique, Puerto de Galis, 36°34'N, 5°36'W, 400 m, W-exposed oak forest with rhododendron, sifted, 28.XII.2009, leg. Assing (cAss).
Comment: Oxypoda insidiosa PACE 1988 was synonymised with O. islandica by ASSING (2008). Since O. insidiosa had already been synonymised with O. dubiosa FAGEL 1960 by TRONQUET (1999), it follows that O. dubiosa, too, is a synonym of O. islandica. For a distribution map, illustrations of the genitalia, and a compilation of records see ASSING (2008).
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 394, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
Representation-Free Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Motions in Quadrupeds
Creators: name: Ding, Yanran
name: Pandala, Abhishek
name: Li, Chuanzheng
name: Shin, Young-Ha
name: Park, Hae-Won
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a novel Representation-Free Model Predictive Control (RF-MPC) framework for controlling various dynamic motions of a quadrupedal robot in three dimensional (3D) space. Our formulation directly represents the rotational dynamics using the rotation matrix, which liberates us from the issues associated with the use of Euler angles and quaternion as the orientation representations. With a variation-based linearization scheme and a carefully constructed cost function, the MPC control law is transcribed to the standard Quadratic Program (QP) form. The MPC controller can operate at real-time rates of 250 Hz on a quadruped robot. Experimental results including periodic quadrupedal gaits and a controlled backflip validate that our control strategy could stabilize dynamic motions that involve singularity in 3D maneuvers.
Oxypoda annularis
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda
Oxypoda annularis

description: Oxypoda annularis (MANNERHEIM 1830)
Material examined Morocco: 2, Taza, Moyen Atlas, 30 km SW Taza, S Jbel Tazzeka, 1700 m, oak forest, leaf litter sifted, 7.II.2003, leg. Wrase (cSch, cAss).
Comment: According to SMETANA (2004), this common and widespread species was previously unknown from Morocco.
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 395, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
Oxypoda flavissima ASSING 2008
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda
Oxypoda flavissima

description: Oxypoda flavissima ASSING 2008
Material examined: Morocco:1, Taza, ca. 23 km SE Tissa, Sidi-Abdeljelil, 8.II.2003, leg. Wrase (cSch). Italy: 2 exs., Sicily, Lentini (SR), C.da Serravalle, Castello di Xirumi, window trap, X.2010, leg. Adorno (cAdo, cAss); 5 exs., same data, but X-XI.2010 (cAdo, cAss).
Comment: The description of O. flavissima is based on material from Madeira, Spain, and Morocco (ASSING 2008). The above specimens from Sicily represent the first records from Italy.
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 396, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
Equivalence of two mathematical forms for the bound angular momentum of the electromagnetic field
Creators: name: Stewart, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the mathematical form, obtained in a recent paper, for the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field in the vicinity of electric charge is equivalent to another form obtained previously by Cohen-Tannoudji, Dupont-Roc and Gilbert. In this version of the paper an improved derivation is given.
description: 4 pages pdf, simpler derivation
A social license for nuclear technologies
Creators: name: Hoedl, Seth A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nuclear energy technologies have the potential to help mitigate climate change. However, these technologies face many challenges, including high costs, societal concern and opposition, and health, safety, environmental and proliferation risks. Many companies and academic research groups are pursuing advanced designs, both fission and fusion-based, to address both costs and these risks. This Chapter complements these efforts by analyzing how nuclear technologies can address societal concerns through the acquisition of a social license, a nebulous concept that represents "society's consent" and that has been used to facilitate and improve a wide range of publicly and privately funded projects and activities subject to a range of regulatory oversight, including large industrial facilities, controversial genetic engineering research, and environmental management. Suggestions for public engagement and consent-based siting, two aspects of a social license, have been made before. This chapter modernizes these suggestions by briefly reviewing the social license and engagement literature. The Chapter discusses, in the context of how to acquire a social license, the role of government regulation, the role of project proponents and government actors, and the role of four key principles, including engendering trust, transparency, meaningful public engagement, and protection of health, safety and the environment. Further, the Chapter uses the social license concept to explain why some nuclear waste repositories have succeeded while others languish and provides concrete recommendations for the deployment of new nuclear waste repositories and advanced power plants, both fission and fusion-based.
Functionalizing graphene by embedded boron clusters
Creators: name: Quandt, A.
name: Ozdogan, C.
name: Kunstmann, J.
name: Fehske, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a model system that might serve as a blueprint for the controlled layout of graphene based nanodevices. The systems consists of chains of B7 clusters implanted in a graphene matrix, where the boron clusters are not directly connected. We show that the graphene matrix easily accepts these alternating boron chains, and that the implanted boron components may dramatically modify the electronic properties of graphene based nanomaterials. This suggests a functionalization of graphene nanomaterials, where the semiconducting properties might be supplemented by parts of the graphene matrix itself, but the basic wiring will be provided by alternating chains of implanted boron clusters that connect these areas.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, 1 table
The non-specific immune system and innate disease resistance in different strains of teleost fish
Creators: name: Balfry, Shannon Kathleen
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Evidence for genetic differences in innate disease resistance in fish have been demonstrated, but the mechanisms responsible for these differences are not well understood. This thesis tested the hypothesis that the non-specific immune system plays a significant role in the innate disease resistance of fish. The experimental approach was to compare the activity of the non-specific immune system in different strains of fish, and to investigate correlations between this activity and innate disease resistance Significant strain differences in the activity of the non-specific immune system were observed for chinook salmon {Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), and coho salmon (O. kisntch). Disease challenges performed on two strains of coho salmon, showed that the disease resistant strain (highest survival) had a more active and sustained internal cellular and humoral non-specific immune response following the challenge. Further coho salmon strain comparisons showed significant differences in innate disease resistance, thought to be associated with the differences in the external non-specific immune system. When compared with other strains, the most disease resistant strain showed higher mucus bactericidal activity, which appeared to be partially due to increased mucus lysozyme activity and hemolytic activity. A bactericidal cationic peptide appeared to be present in the mucus and is reported for the first time in coho salmon. The strain comparisons reported in this thesis demonstrate the genetic variation of innate disease resistance and non-specific immunity in fish. Strain differences were most apparent in the internal non-specific immune system of infected fish, while strain differences in the activity of the external non-specific immune system were seen in healthy uninfected fish. The external and internal non-specific immune system appeared to have a significant role in preventing infections and subsequent disease-related mortality in fish. Increased activity in both the external and internal non-specific immune system was seen in the strains exhibiting the greatest innate disease resistance.
Longitudinal angiographic characterization of the efficacy of combined cerebral revascularization using minimally invasive encephalodurosynangiosis in patients with moyamoya angiopathy
Creators: name: Lucia, K.
name: Acker, G.
name: Mrosk, F.
name: Beyaztas, D.
name: Vajkoczy, Peter
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Moyamoya
subject: Encephalodurosynangiosis
subject: Bypass
subject: Angiogenesis
subject: Angiography
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Moyamoya angiopathy (MMA) can be treated using direct, indirect, or combined revascularization procedures. We perform combined revascularization using the STA-MCA bypass and minimally invasive encephalodurosynangiosis (MIS-EDS). Due to lack of systematic analyses to date it remains unclear whether and to which extent this limited EDS serves as a growth source for extracerebral blood vessels into the brain. The objective of the current study is to characterize the extent of angiographic filling of MIS-EDS and STA-MCA bypass development over time and to determine possible predictors of EDS development in adult MMA patients. Single-center retrospective analysis of 81 MMA patients (139 hemispheres) treated with a MIS-EDS and STA-MCA bypass was performed. Angiographic images and clinical/operative data were reviewed and scored. Uni-/ and multivariate Cox regression analyses identified preoperative predictors of good EDS vascularization. At 3-6 months after surgery EDS showed moderate and high angiographic filling in 40% and 5% of hemispheres, respectively. After 12 months moderate and high filling was found in 57% and 4% of hemispheres, respectively. STA-MCA bypass filling was moderate in 47% and high in 7% of hemispheres at 3-6 months and 45% moderate and 9% high after 12 months. High STA-MCA bypass filling on angiography was a negative predictor of EDS development. MIS-EDS is a simple technique and serves as a source of vessel growth into the brain. EDS development lags behind that of STA-MCA bypass and can be recommended as an additive revascularization source when combined with a direct bypass.
Low-latency Federated Learning and Blockchain for Edge Association in Digital Twin empowered 6G Networks
Creators: name: Lu, Yunlong
name: Huang, Xiaohong
name: Zhang, Ke
name: Maharjan, Sabita
name: Zhang, Yan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Emerging technologies such as digital twins and 6th Generation mobile networks (6G) have accelerated the realization of edge intelligence in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The integration of digital twin and 6G bridges the physical system with digital space and enables robust instant wireless connectivity. With increasing concerns on data privacy, federated learning has been regarded as a promising solution for deploying distributed data processing and learning in wireless networks. However, unreliable communication channels, limited resources, and lack of trust among users, hinder the effective application of federated learning in IIoT. In this paper, we introduce the Digital Twin Wireless Networks (DTWN) by incorporating digital twins into wireless networks, to migrate real-time data processing and computation to the edge plane. Then, we propose a blockchain empowered federated learning framework running in the DTWN for collaborative computing, which improves the reliability and security of the system, and enhances data privacy. Moreover, to balance the learning accuracy and time cost of the proposed scheme, we formulate an optimization problem for edge association by jointly considering digital twin association, training data batch size, and bandwidth allocation. We exploit multi-agent reinforcement learning to find an optimal solution to the problem. Numerical results on real-world dataset show that the proposed scheme yields improved efficiency and reduced cost compared to benchmark learning method.
title: Elective Affinities
title: Rethinking Entanglements between Latin America and East-Central Europe
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hudzik, Agnieszka H. (Ed.)
name: Moszczyńska, Joanna M. (Ed.)
name: Estrada, Jorge (Ed.)
name: Gwozdz, Patricia A. (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Latin America
subject: East-Central Europe
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::100 Philosophie::100 Philosophie und Psychologie

description: From the nineteenth century to the present, literary entanglements between Latin America and East Central Europe have been socio-politically and culturally diverse, but never random. The Iron Curtain, in particular, forced both regions to negotiate transatlantic «elective affinities», to take a stance in relation to the West, and to position themselves within world literature. As a result, the intellectual fields and creative productions of these regions have critically engaged with notions such as «post-imperial», «marginal», or «peripheral». In this edited volume, scholars from Germany, Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, and Spain cross the globe from South to East and back to uncover transcultural and transareal convivialities. Their papers explore literary history, poetics, intellectual networks, and aesthetic theory, while discussing new key concepts in global literary history.
Applications of an Equivariant Etale Cohomology to Arithmetic Topology
Creators: name: Morin, Baptiste
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14F20, 55N91, 13A50

description: A. Sikora has shown results which confirm the analogy between number fields and 3-manifolds. However, he has given proofs of his results which are very different in the arithmetic and in the topological case. In this paper, we show how to provide a unified approach to the results in the two cases. For this we introduce an equivariant cohomology which satisfies a localization theorem. In particular, we obtain a satisfactory explanation for the coincidences between Sikora's formulas which leads us to clarify and to extend the dictionary of arithmetic topology.
description: This is the final version published in Compositio Math. 144 (2008), no. 1, 32-60
Oxypoda (Deropoda) BERNHAUER 1902
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda

description: Subgenus Deropoda BERNHAUER 1902
The distribution of Deropoda is confined to the West Palaearctic region, with most species distributed in the south. Including the new species described below, the subgenus now includes 25 species, the vast majority of which is distributed in the Mediterranean. The subgeneric placement of two species, O. rugulosa and O. nemrutica, is doubtful. Oxypoda bimaculata BAUDI DI SELVE 1870, which was previously attributed to Deropoda, is excluded from the subgenus and treated as incertae sedis; neither the external nor the male sexual characters support a close relationship with other Deropoda species.
Deropoda species apparently reproduce in a cryptic subterranean habitat and are found rarely. Several species are currently represented only by their respective type specimens. Oxypoda spaethi seems to be nidicolous (associated with gopher burrows), O. gontarenkoi is probably myrmecophilous (associated with Messor sp.).
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 375, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
Letter from J. E. [John Edgar] McAllister to Mr. [James] Goldie, August 9, 1915
Creators: name: McAllister, John Edgar
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Letter to Mr. [James] Goldie from J. E. [John Edgar] McAllister, dated August 9, 1915, advising Goldie that he is sailing to England on a sudden and unexpected trip.
Oxypoda (Deropoda) transgressa Peyerimhoff 1908
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda
Oxypoda transgressa

description: Oxypoda (Deropoda) transgressa PEYERIMHOFF 1908
(Figs 10-11)
Oxypoda (Baptopoda) transgressa PEYERIMHOFF 1908: 122.
Type material examined: Lectotype, present designation [dissected prior to present study]: " crête du Djurdjura / Oxypoda Jurjurae m. n. sp. / transgressa / Lectotypus Oxypoda transgressa Peyerimhoff, desig. V. Assing 2010" (MNHNP). Paralectotypes: 1: " crête du Djurdjura, 6.VII.1907 " (MNHNP); 1: " crête du Djurdjura / Oxypoda transgressa / Muséum Paris, Ex Collection J. Jarrige 1976 / Oxypoda transgressa Peyer, M. Tronquet Det. 1999 " (MNHNP).
Comment: The original description is based on "une dizaine d'exemplaires" collected "auprès des neiges du Djurdjura" in July (PEYERIMHOFF 1908). A holotype is not specified. Three syntypes were located in the Jarrige collection at the MNHNP. The male is designated as the lectotype. The primary sexual characters of the lectotype are illustrated in Figs 10-11.
This species is extremely similar to O. andalusiaca. The head is of less dark coloration and less strongly contrasting with the reddish pronotum. Also, the apex of the ventral process of the aedeagus is somewhat shorter and less slender. However, more material is needed to clarify if these differences are an expression of inter- or intraspecific variation.
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on pages 377-378, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
Ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism in VOI$_2$ monolayer: the role of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction
Creators: name: Ding, Ning
name: Chen, Jun
name: Dong, Shuai
name: Stroppa, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multiferroics with intrinsic ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity are highly desired but rather rare, while most ferroelectric magnets are antiferromagnetic. A recent theoretical work [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 99}, 195434 (2019)] predicted that oxyhalides VO$X_2$ ($X$: halogen) monolayers are two-dimensional multiferroics by violating the empirical $d^0$ rule. Most interestingly, the member VOI$_2$ are predicted to exhibit spontaneous ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity. In this work, we extend the previous study on the structure and magnetism of VOI$_2$ monolayer by using density functional theory and Monte Carlo simulation. The presence of the heavy element iodine with a strong spin-orbit coupling leads an effective Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in the polar structure, which favors a short-period spiral a magnetic structure.. Another interesting result is that the on-site Coulomb interaction can strongly suppress the polar distortion thus leading to a ferromagnetic metallic state. Therefore, the VOI2 monolayer is either a ferroelectric insulator with spiral magnetism or a ferromagnetic metal, instead of a ferromagnetic ferroelectric system. Our study highlights the key physical role of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.
description: 6 figures
Everyday Conversations About Economic Inequality: A Research Agenda
Creators: name: Schieferdecker, David
name: Reinhardt, Susanne
name: Mijs, Jonathan
name: Moraes Silva, Graziella
name: Teeger, Chana
name: Carvalhaes, Flavio
name: Seekings, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: communication
subject: conversation
subject: cross-national comparison
subject: economic inequality
subject: everyday talk
subject: redistribution
subject: wealth
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::301 Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: High and rising levels of economic inequality come at a tremendous cost to societies, yet the public is often hesitant to confront these inequalities. Prior research has attempted to explain this paradox, pointing to how it is driven by individuals' misperceptions of the extent of inequality, broader narratives that justify inequality, and distrust in government intervention and redistribution. These beliefs and attitudes are not simply a reflection of individual predispositions; they are also a product of societal debates. The limited scholarship on such debates has focused on elite discourse, examining how discussions about inequality unfold among people in positions of power in formalized contexts such as parliaments or the media. Most of this research has been conducted in the Global North. We know very little about how ordinary people talk about economic inequality, especially in the Global South. Everyday conversations about economic inequality deserve more scholarly attention because of their distinct form and extensive range, covering diverse voices and social situations. They reflect how societies struggle with economic inequality and how some groups are silenced, while others have their voices amplified. Finally, conversations may affect opinion formation differently than unidirectional exposure to information. This article reviews the literature and sets out a research agenda to comprehensively study how ordinary people talk about economic inequality in various contexts.
Intermodal Brillouin scattering in solid-core photonic crystal fibers
Creators: name: Jarschel, Paulo F.
name: Lamilla, Erick
name: Espinel, Yovanny A. V.
name: Aldaya, Ivan
name: Pita, Julian L.
name: Gil-Molina, Andres
name: Wiederhecker, Gustavo S.
name: Dainese, Paulo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate intermodal forward Brillouin scattering in a solid-core PCF, demonstrating efficient power conversion between the HE11 and HE21 modes, with a maximum gain coefficient of 21.4/W/km. By exploring mechanical modes of different symmetries, we observe both polarization-dependent and polarization-independent intermodal Brillouin interaction. Finally, we discuss the role of squeeze film air damping and leakage mechanisms, ultimately critical to the engineering of PCF structures with enhanced interaction between high order optical modes through flexural mechanical modes.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures; supplementary included with 9 pages, 8 figs
Modeling Hierarchical System with Operads
Creators: name: Breiner, Spencer
name: Pollard, Blake
name: Subrahmanian, Eswaran
name: Marie-Rose, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper applies operads and functorial semantics to address the problem of failure diagnosis in complex systems. We start with a concrete example, developing a hierarchical interaction model for the Length Scale Interferometer, a high-precision measurement system operated by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. The model is expressed in terms of combinatorial/diagrammatic structures called port-graphs, and we explain how to extract an operad LSI from a collection of these diagrams. Next we show how functors to the operad of probabilities organize and constrain the relative probabilities of component failure in the system. Finally, we show how to extend the analysis from general component failure to specific failure modes.
description: In Proceedings ACT 2019, arXiv:2009.06334
Validation of the Berlin Grading System for moyamoya angiopathy with the use of [15O]H2O PET
Creators: name: Mertens, R.
name: Acker, G.
name: Kersting, K.
name: Lange, C.
name: Furth, C.
name: Beyaztas, D.
name: Truckenmueller, P.
name: Moedl, L.
name: Spruenken, E. D.
name: Czabanka, M.
name: Vajkoczy, P.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: MMD
subject: MMS
subject: MMA
subject: CVRC
subject: PET
subject: Berlin Grading
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The Berlin Grading System assesses clinical severity of moyamoya angiopathy (MMA) by combining MRI, DSA, and cerebrovascular reserve capacity (CVRC). Our aim was to validate this grading system using [O-15]H2O PET for CVRC. We retrospectively identified bilateral MMA patients who underwent [O-15]H2O PET examination and were treated surgically at our department. Each hemisphere was classified using the Suzuki and Berlin Grading System. Preoperative symptoms and perioperative ischemias were collected, and a logistic regression analysis was performed. A total of 100 hemispheres in 50 MMA patients (36 women, 14 men) were included. Using the Berlin Grading System, 2 (2.8%) of 71 symptomatic hemispheres were categorized as grade I, 14 (19.7%) as grade II, and 55 (77.5%) as grade III. The 29 asymptomatic hemispheres were characterized as grade I in 7 (24.1%) hemispheres, grade II in 12 (41.4%), and grade III in 10 (34.5%) hemispheres. Berlin grades were independent factors for identifying hemispheres as symptomatic and higher grades correlated with increasing proportion of symptomatic hemispheres (p < 0.01). The Suzuki grading did not correlate with preoperative symptoms (p = 0.26). Perioperative ischemic complications occurred in 8 of 88 operated hemispheres. Overall, complications did not occur in any of the grade I hemispheres, but in 9.1% (n = 2 of 22) and 9.8% (n = 6 of 61) of grade II and III hemispheres, respectively. In this study, we validated the Berlin Grading System with the use of [O-15]H2O PET for CVRC as it could stratify preoperative symptomatology. Furthermore, we highlighted its relevance for predicting perioperative ischemic complications.
Orientation Averaging of Optical Chirality Near Nanoparticles and Aggregates
Creators: name: Fazel-Najafabadi, Atefeh
name: Schuster, Sebastian
name: Auguié, Baptiste
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Artificial nanostructures enable fine control of electromagnetic fields at the nanoscale, a possibility that has recently been extended to the interaction between polarised light and chiral matter. The theoretical description of such interactions, and its application to the design of optimised structures for chiroptical spectroscopies, brings new challenges to the common set of tools used in nano-optics. In particular, chiroptical effects often depend crucially on the relative orientation of the scatterer and the incident light, but many experiments are performed with randomly-oriented scatterers, dispersed in a solution. We derive new expressions for the orientation-averaged local degree of optical chirality of the electromagnetic field in the presence of a nanoparticle aggregate. This is achieved using the superposition T -matrix framework, ideally suited for the derivation of efficient orientation-averaging formulas in light scattering problems. Our results are applied to a few model examples, and illustrate several non-intuitive aspects in the distribution of orientation-averaged degree of chirality around nanostructures. The results will be of significant interest for the study of nanoparticle assemblies designed to enhance chiroptical spectroscopies, and where the numerically-efficient computation of the averaged degree of optical chirality enables a more comprehensive exploration of the many possible nanostructures.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures
Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic Curiosities of an Unprecedented Chromate (II)
Creators: name: Ghazanfari, M. Reza
name: Steinberg, Simon
name: Schuck, Götz
name: Siemensmeyer, Konrad
name: Tallu, Mirko
name: Vrijmoed, Johannes C.
name: Dehnen, Stefanie
name: Thiele, Günther
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Anions
subject: Chromium
subject: Ions
subject: Magnetic properties
subject: Mathematical methods
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: The ternary sulfido chromate (II), K2[Cr3S4], was synthesized through a straightforward solid-state method as the first alkali metal chalcogenido chromate with the formal oxidation state +2, which was verified by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Single-crystal diffraction analysis reveals the chromium ions to be coordinated by sulfur in two geometric arrangements: square planar and square pyramidal. Both environments are unusual for transition metal complexes with a d4 electron configuration. Structural distortions from the ideal arrangement are present in both coordination environments. Measurement of the magnetic moment indicates a value of 3.60 μB per chromium ion, which appears at first glance to contradict the standard ligand field theory. Quantum chemical calculations suggest high-spin states for both coordination geometries with a spin delocalization due to Cr–Cr interactions, leading to an intermediate-spin state with magnetic moment values very close to the experimental results, and attributing the structural distortions as the first example of the Jahn–Teller active d4 system with nonoctahedral coordination geometries. The optical, dielectric, and impedance measurement results indicate the potential as a synergic insulator, capacitor, and high-dielectric-constant material.
Bankart-Plus zur Behandlung von Patienten mit anteriorer Schulterinstabilität und kleinen bis moderaten Glenoiddefekten
Creators: name: Minkus, Marvin
name: Akgün, Doruk
name: Thiele, Kathi
name: Karpinski, Katrin
name: Moroder, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Shoulder stabilization
subject: Dislocation
subject: Shoulder dislocation
subject: Capsulolabral complex
subject: Allograft
subject: Subluxation
subject: Schulterstabilisierung
subject: Dislokation
subject: Schulterluxation
subject: Kapsel-Labrum-Komplex
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: A large number of patients with shoulder instability also have small or moderate glenoid defects which are below the threshold size requiring bony glenoid reconstruction but are still large enough to compromise the clinical results after conventional soft-tissue stabilization. Materials and methods: In a prospective cohort study, 30 patients with anterior shoulder instability and small glenoid bone loss (max. 15% surface area) underwent the so-called Bankart plus procedure which includes capsulolabral repair using knotless anchors and interposition of a demineralized cancellous bone matrix (DCBM) between glenoid neck and labrum. Patients underwent preoperative and postoperative (6, 12, and 24 months) clinical assessment including the Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI), Rowe Score (RS), and Subjective Shoulder Value (SSV). Preoperative imaging included a CT scan with 3D reconstruction and measuring of the glenoid defect (Pico method). At 12 months, a follow-up MRI of the operated shoulder was performed to evaluate the integration of the labrum and graft. Results: A total of 30 patients (average age 28 years [range 18-40], n = 4 female, n = 26 male) fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were enrolled and underwent surgery with the aforementioned technique between September 2018 and October 2020. In 13 cases (43%), an additional Remplissage was conducted. Preoperative clinical assessment showed the following clinical parameter (mean value): WOSI 45 +/- 17%, RS 56 +/- 10 points, and SSV 57 +/- 19%. Preoperative CT scans showed a mean glenoid defect of 7 +/- 3%. So far 25 patients completed radiological and clinical examinations after 12 months and significant improvement has been observed compared to the preoperative values (p < 0.05). The clinical outcome parameters after 1 year are as follows (mean value): WOSI 81 +/- 15%, RS 91 +/- 8 points, and SSV 87 +/- 10%. No recurrent dislocation, no complications or adverse events have been recorded. MRI revealed good integration of the labrum and graft forming a large bump at the anterior glenoid rim. Conclusion: The Bankart plus procedure shows promising clinical and radiological results in the short-term follow-up and is a viable treatment option for patients with anterior shoulder instability and small to moderate glenoid defects.
Optical Tamm states in one-dimensional magnetophotonic structures
Creators: name: Goto, T.
name: Dorofeenko, A. V.
name: Merzlikin, A. M.
name: Baryshev, A. V.
name: Vinogradov, A. P.
name: Inoue, M.
name: Lisyansky, A. A.
name: Granovsky, A. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate the existence of a spectrally narrow localized surface state, the so-called optical Tamm state, at the interface between a 1D magnetophotonic and non-magnetic photonic crystals. The state is spectrally located inside the photonic band gaps of each of the photonic crystals comprising this magnetophotonic structure. This state is associated with a sharp transmission peak through the sample and is responsible for the substantial enhancement of the Faraday rotation for the corresponding wavelength. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions.
Oxypoda (Sphenoma) MANNERHEIM 1830
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda

description: Subgenus Sphenoma MANNERHEIM 1830
Sphenoma was previously represented in the Palaearctic region by eighteen species (ASSING 2009, 2011). The subgenus is poorly defined and the subgeneric affiliations of several species currently attributed to Sphenoma have not been revised. Only one Oxypoda species, O. (Sphenoma) kirghisica ASSING 2009, was known from Kyrgyzstan.
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 383, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
A Search for Biomolecules in Sagittarius B2 (LMH) with the ATCA
Creators: name: Jones, P. A.
name: Cunningham, M. R.
name: Godfrey, P. D.
name: Cragg, D. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array to conduct a search for the simplest amino acid, glycine (conformers I and II), and the simple chiral molecule propylene oxide at 3-mm in the Sgr B2 LMH. We searched 15 portions of spectrum between 85 and 91 GHz, each of 64 MHz bandwidth, and detected 58 emission features and 21 absorption features, giving a line density of 75 emission lines and 25 absorption lines per GHz stronger than the 5 sigma level of 110 mJy. Of these, 19 are transitions previously detected in the interstellar medium, and we have made tentative assignments of a further 23 features to molecular transitions. However, as many of these involve molecules not previously detected in the ISM, these assignments cannot be regarded with confidence. Given the median line width of 6.5 km/s in Sgr B2 LMH, we find that the spectra have reached a level where there is line confusion, with about 1/5 of the band being covered with lines. Although we did not confidently detect either glycine or propylene oxide, we can set 3 sigma upper limits for most transitions searched. We also show that if glycine is present in the Sgr B2 LMH at the level of N = 4 x 10^{14} cm^{-2} found by Kuan et al. (2003) in their reported detection of glycine, it should have been easily detected with the ATCA synthesized beam size of 17.0 x 3.4 arcsec^{2}, if it were confined to the scale of the LMH continuum source (< 5 arcsec). This thus puts a strong upper limit on any small-scale glycine emission in Sgr B2, for both of conformers I and II.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables, accepted by MNRAS
Metopus striatus McMurrich 1884
Creators: name: Durán-Ramírez, Carlos Alberto
name: Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso
name: Estrada, Rosaura Mayén-
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Metopidae
Metopus
Metopus striatus

description: Metopus striatus McMurrich, 1884
Distribution. BRAZIL: Paraná River between the Nupelia’s Field Station and the district of Porto São José, São Pedro do Paraná (Buosi et al. 2014 b, 2015), (Ad).
description: Published as part of Durán-Ramírez, Carlos Alberto, Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso & Estrada, Rosaura Mayén-, 2020, Checklist of ciliates (Alveolata: Ciliophora) that inhabit in bromeliads from the Neotropical Region, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 4895 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4321437
Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Neurological Syndromes and the Role of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Creators: name: Duong, Sophie L.
name: Prüss, Harald
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
subject: Immune checkpoint inhibitors
subject: Neurological adverse events
subject: Autoantibodies
subject: Novel immunotherapies
subject: Biologicals
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in oncologic therapies has led to a paradigm shift in cancer treatment. ICIs have increased the overall survival in patients with malignant melanoma, small-cell lung cancer, and many other tumor entities. Despite their clinical benefits, these novel cancer immunotherapies can induce neurological immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Such immune-mediated complications can manifest within the spectrum of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNSs). PNSs are rare immune-mediated complications of systemic cancers that can involve every aspect of the nervous system. The emergence of PNSs with ICI treatment opens further pathways to study the complex immunopathological interplay of cancer immunity, cross-reactive neurological autoimmune phenomena, and effects of ICIs on the immune system. ICI-induced PNSs comprise a diverse antibody repertoire and phenotypic spectrum with severe and life-threatening disease progression in some cases. Timely diagnosis and urgent interventions are pivotal for a favorable neurologic and oncologic outcome. This review focuses on the pathogenesis of cancer immunotherapy and the disruption of immune tolerance in PNSs and provides an overview of the most pertinent clinical manifestations and principles of diagnostic and therapeutic managements in light of the expected increase in PNSs due to the widespread use of ICIs in clinical practice. This review further discusses potential and evolving concepts of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of PNSs.
Oxypoda (Sphenoma) ludgeri Assing 2012, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda
Oxypoda ludgeri

description: Oxypoda (Sphenoma) ludgeri nov.sp.
(Figs 35-37)
Type material: Holotype: " Kyrgyzstan - Issyk-Kul, Kungej A., Tschon-Ak-Suu valley, 03.VII.2005, 42°83'65''N [sic], 77°26'27''E, 29[00]- 3200 m, l. L. Schmidt / Holotypus Oxypoda ludgeri sp.n. det. V. Assing 2011" (cAss). Paratype: " Kyrgyzstan - Cuj, Tus-Ashuu pass, 14.VII.2003, 42°21'24N, 73°48'45''E, 3100 m, leg. L. Schmidt" (cAss).
Description: Body length 3.7-4.0 mm. External characters as in the macropterous morph of O. abdominalis (MANNERHEIM 1830), except as follows:
Coloration of head blackish-brown, distinctly contrasting with the reddish-yellow pronotum and elytra; scutellum, adjacent portion of elytra, and elytral suture infuscate; abdomen blackish-brown, except for the reddish-yellow posterior margins of segments III-VII. Elytra as long as pronotum. Hind wings fully developed.
: sternite VIII as in O. abdominalis; median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 35-36) 0.48 mm long; ventral process strongly curved in lateral view; crista apicalis relatively large; paramere as in Fig. 37.
: unknown.
Etymology: The species is dedicated to Ludger Schmidt, Neustadt/Rbg., who collected the two type specimens.
Comparative notes: The new species is reliably distinguished from O. abdominalis and allied species by the morphology of the aedeagus. In O. abdominalis, the ventral process of the median lobe is less strongly curved in lateral view, the apex of the ventral process is narrower in lateral view, the crista apicalis is smaller, and the internal structures are of somewhat different shape. In O. kirghisica, the only other species of Oxypoda previously known from Kyrgyzstan, the apex of the ventral process of the aedeagus is distinctly shorter and broader, and the internal structures are of different shape. For illustrations of the sexual characters of O. abdominalis and its allies see ASSING (2009).
Only six species have been recorded from Kazakhstan: the much smaller O. (Podoxya) fulvicollis HOCHHUTH 1858, the differently coloured O. (Sphenoma) vicina KRAATZ 1858 (possibly misidentified), and O. (S.) abdominalis (probably misidentified), as well as O. (Oxypoda) cooteriana PACE 2002, O. (Podoxya) expeditionis PACE 1992 (described from Nepal), and O. (Sphenoma) aulica PACE 1984 (described from Nepal). For illustrations of the latter three species see PACE (1984, 1992, 2002).
Distribution and natural history: The type specimens were collected in two localities in northern Kyrgyzstan at altitudes of 2900-3200 m in July.
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on pages 384-385, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
Oxypoda MANNERHEIM 1830
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxypoda

description: Subgenus Oxypoda MANNERHEIM 1830
The nominate subgenus previously comprised 34 species in the Palaearctic region (ASSING 2006a, 2007a; PACE 2002; SMETANA 2004). Some of them are associated with nests and burrows of small mammals (marmot, mole, etc.).
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 386, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440
Performance of interior spruce seedlings planted under dry soil and climatic regimes
Creators: name: Kostamo, Markku J.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: A soil water balance model was used in a retrospective study of the survival and performance of short-day treated interior spruce seedlings, operationally planted in the Prince George region under dry soil and climatic regimes in July and August, 1994. The soil water balance model has potential to be used in operational forestry as a tool in managing plantation sites that are susceptible to drought. Comparison of modeled and measured soil water content indicated that the model is able to predict soil moisture accurately if applied to sites where model assumptions are met. The model should be a good predictor of soil water content between early May and mid August for the Prince George region. A linear regression model was developed predicting seedling performance by soil moisture. The relationship between a seedling performance index and mean ϒm (soil matric potential) for 30 days following planting is strong, r²= 0.75. The best predictor of a root variable from above ground morphological measurements was found to involve a volume surrogate (caliper² x height) as the independent variable and dry root mass as the dependent variable, r² = 0.50. Site characteristics were found to be a good predictor of seedling survival, r²2 = 0.64. An additional seedling study showed that percent survival has a strong relationship with the modelled mean ϒ for 30 days following planting. Survival decreases substantially below a mean ϒm of -0.2 MPa.
Efficiently Fusing Pretrained Acoustic and Linguistic Encoders for Low-resource Speech Recognition
Creators: name: Yi, Cheng
name: Zhou, Shiyu
name: Xu, Bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: End-to-end models have achieved impressive results on the task of automatic speech recognition (ASR). For low-resource ASR tasks, however, labeled data can hardly satisfy the demand of end-to-end models. Self-supervised acoustic pre-training has already shown its amazing ASR performance, while the transcription is still inadequate for language modeling in end-to-end models. In this work, we fuse a pre-trained acoustic encoder (wav2vec2.0) and a pre-trained linguistic encoder (BERT) into an end-to-end ASR model. The fused model only needs to learn the transfer from speech to language during fine-tuning on limited labeled data. The length of the two modalities is matched by a monotonic attention mechanism without additional parameters. Besides, a fully connected layer is introduced for the hidden mapping between modalities. We further propose a scheduled fine-tuning strategy to preserve and utilize the text context modeling ability of the pre-trained linguistic encoder. Experiments show our effective utilizing of pre-trained modules. Our model achieves better recognition performance on CALLHOME corpus (15 hours) than other end-to-end models.