cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Carbon Tracking Model for Federated Learning: Impact of Quantization and Sparsification
Creators: name: Barbieri, Luca
name: Savazzi, Stefano
name: Kianoush, Sanaz
name: Nicoli, Monica
name: Serio, Luigi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
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: Federated Learning (FL) methods adopt efficient communication technologies to distribute machine learning tasks across edge devices, reducing the overhead in terms of data storage and computational complexity compared to centralized solutions. Rather than moving large data volumes from producers (sensors, machines) to energy-hungry data centers, raising environmental concerns due to resource demands, FL provides an alternative solution to mitigate the energy demands of several learning tasks while enabling new Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) applications. This paper proposes a framework for real-time monitoring of the energy and carbon footprint impacts of FL systems. The carbon tracking tool is evaluated for consensus (fully decentralized) and classical FL policies. For the first time, we present a quantitative evaluation of different computationally and communication efficient FL methods from the perspectives of energy consumption and carbon equivalent emissions, suggesting also general guidelines for energy-efficient design. Results indicate that consensus-driven FL implementations should be preferred for limiting carbon emissions when the energy efficiency of the communication is low (i.e., < 25 Kbit/Joule). Besides, quantization and sparsification operations are shown to strike a balance between learning performances and energy consumption, leading to sustainable FL designs.
description: accepted for presentation at IEEE CAMAD 2023
Fast Linear Model Trees by PILOT
Creators: name: Raymaekers, Jakob
name: Rousseeuw, Peter J.
name: Verdonck, Tim
name: Yao, Ruicong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Linear model trees are regression trees that incorporate linear models in the leaf nodes. This preserves the intuitive interpretation of decision trees and at the same time enables them to better capture linear relationships, which is hard for standard decision trees. But most existing methods for fitting linear model trees are time consuming and therefore not scalable to large data sets. In addition, they are more prone to overfitting and extrapolation issues than standard regression trees. In this paper we introduce PILOT, a new algorithm for linear model trees that is fast, regularized, stable and interpretable. PILOT trains in a greedy fashion like classic regression trees, but incorporates an $L^2$ boosting approach and a model selection rule for fitting linear models in the nodes. The abbreviation PILOT stands for $PI$ecewise $L$inear $O$rganic $T$ree, where `organic' refers to the fact that no pruning is carried out. PILOT has the same low time and space complexity as CART without its pruning. An empirical study indicates that PILOT tends to outperform standard decision trees and other linear model trees on a variety of data sets. Moreover, we prove its consistency in an additive model setting under weak assumptions. When the data is generated by a linear model, the convergence rate is polynomial.
Intravitreal bevacizumab and dexamethasone implant for treatment of chronic diabetic macular edema
Creators: name: Güler, Emre
name: Totan, Yüksel
name: Güragaç, Fatma Betül
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: To evaluate anatomical and functional outcomes of intraviteal bevacizumab (IVB) in patients with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME), and the effectivity and safety of dexamethasone implant in those unresponsive to regular IVB treatment. Methods: Thirty-five eyes of 35 patients (16 male and 19 female) with chronic DME (central foveal thickness (CFT) > 275 μm, duration > 6 months) received three injections of 2.5 mg IVB with six-week intervals. At 18 weeks, dexamethasone implant was applied to patients unresponsive to IVB. Main outcomes were the change in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), CFT and ocular and systemic adverse effects for both drugs. The patients responsive to IVB were followed up for 36 weeks and those patients receiving dexamethasone implant were followed up for 24 weeks postoperatively. Results: At 18 weeks, the mean BCVA (0.68 ± 0.40 logMAR, p = 0.45) and CFT (453 ± 169 μm, p = 0.58) did not show any significant change compared to baseline (0.74 ± 0.42 logMAR and 521 ± 151 μm, respectively). In 20 patients (W.1) responsive to IVB, the CFT was significantly improved from 12 to 36 weeks with the mean value of 295 ± 42 μ (p = 0.01). However, no significant difference was observed for BCVA during this period (p = 0.17). Dexamethasone was implanted in 15 eyes (42.8%) unresponsive to IVB at 18 weeks. Statistically significant improvements were observed in BCVA (at postoperative 4 and 12 weeks) and CFT (at postoperative 4, 12 and 24 weeks). In addition, both parameters significantly worsened at 24 weeks compared to 12 weeks (p p = 0.01, respectively). Conclusions: Patients with chronic DME should be followed in accordance with a fixed treatment protocol combining anti-VEGF and steroid treatments.
Report on game theory approach in the FarFish project
Creators: name: Pintassilgo, Pedro
name: Aanesen, Margrethe
name: Capela, Rosa Pérez
name: Erzzini, Karim
name: Vidal, Duarte F.
name: Fonseca, Benvindio
name: Galvao, Juliana A.
name: Santiago-Rial, Jose Luis
name: Stobberup, Kim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: SFPA - Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements
CFP - Common Fisheries Policy
Fisheries management
Game theory

description: The overarching objective of the FarFish project is to provide knowledge, tools and methods to support responsible, sustainable and profitable EU fisheries outside European waters, both within the jurisdiction of non-EU nations as well as international waters. In order to achieve this, the project places emphasis on stakeholder participation in a cocreational approach. Stakeholders in the FarFish case studies are however many and often with very different priorities, and sometimes contradictory agendas and objectives. Game theory is an approach that can be successful in studying exactly such cases. The FarFish project has therefore devoted a special task for applying game theory to produce theoretical optimal behaviours within the context of the case studies in the project. The results of this game theory task are presented in this report, which is in the format of a journal article. The plan is to submit this manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal shortly.
Applying Virtual and Augmented Reality in Cultural Computing
Creators: name: Bartneck, Christoph
name: Hu, Jun
name: Salem, Ben
name: Rauterberg, Matthias
name: Cristescu, Razvan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: classificationCode: 461002
subject: Human information behaviour

description: We are exploring a new application of virtual and augmented reality for a novel direction in human-computer interaction named ‘cultural computing’, which aims to provide a new medium for cultural translation and subconscious metamorphosis. In this application both virtual and robotic agents are employed as an interactive dialogue figure. The main objective of this project is to create an interactive installation named ALICE that encourages people in Western culture to reflect on themselves, based on the narrative of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ which address issues such as logic, rationality, and self.
Three new oleanane-type triterpenoid saponins from the seeds of Celosia cristata L.
Creators: name: Liu, Xin
name: Zhang, Jifa
name: Guo, Kai
name: Jia, Airong
name: Zhang, Miansong
name: Shi, Yaping
name: Liu, Changheng
name: Xiao, Linlin
name: Sun, Zhenliang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: Phytochemical investigation of the 1-butanol soluble fraction of 60% ethanol extract of the seeds of Celosia cristata L. led to the identification of three new oleanane-type triterpenoid saponins. Using 1D and 2D NMR experiment methods, ESI-MS analysis and acid hydrolysis, their structures were identified as 3-O-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl]-2β-hydroxy-oleanolic acid-28-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), 3-O-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl]-2β, 23-dihydroxy-oleanolic acid-28-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (2) and 3-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]-2-hydroxyl-medicagenic acid-28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyide (3), respectively.
A novel nuclear recoil calibration for liquid noble gas detectors
Creators: name: Gu, Fengbo
name: Zhou, Jiangfeng
name: Liao, Junhui
name: Gao, Yuanning
name: Liang, Zhuo
name: Ma, Meiyuenan
name: Peng, Zhaohua
name: Zhang, Lifeng
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Zheng, Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: According to many dark matter models, a potential signal registered in a detector would feature a single-scattering nuclear recoil (NR). So, it is crucial to calibrate the detector's response to NR events. The conventional calibrations implement $\sim$ keV to MeV neutrons, which can be produced by an accelerator, a neutron generator, or a radioactive source. Although the calibrating methods have been widely employed, they could be improved in several ways: (a) the incident neutron energy should be more monoenergetic, (b) the calibrating NR energy should line up with the region of interest (ROI) of the experiment, and (c) the intensity of the beam should be appropriate. In the paper, we introduce a novel NR calibration method for liquid helium detectors, in which a helium beam ($α$ particles) will be implemented to calibrate the detectors. The helium beam can (i) be tuned precisely to have a jitter of $\lesssim $ 4\% (the $α$ beam's kinetic energy is equivalent to the recoil energy in the conventional calibrations with fast neutrons); (ii) have an energy between $\sim$ 100 eV and tens of keV; and (iii) provide a tunable flux from nA to 100 $μ$A, which presents convenience in beam pipe configuration to obtain a $\sim$ 100 Hz events rate so that the events pileup would be ignorable.
Regionalization in the Yangtze River Delta, China, from the perspective of inter-city daily mobility
Creators: name: Zhang, Weiyang
name: Derudder, Ben
name: Wang, Jianghao
name: Shen, Wei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Regionalization in the Yangtze River Delta, China, from the perspective of inter-city daily mobility. Regional Studies. This paper applies a community detection algorithm to the Yangtze River Delta’s (YRD) daily inter-city mobility network to produce an interaction-based regionalization, and then explores the processes underlying this regional (re-)production by comparing it with attribute-based regionalization. The results show that political boundaries and historical patterns of socio-economic integration are strikingly visible, and the effects of overlapping physical, economic, cultural and administrative spaces on regional integration are apparent. The authors conclude that both notions of ‘territory’ and ‘network’ come together as the YRD region is spatially configured, while ‘regional path dependence’ also seems to be relevant for understanding its relational formation.
German Loanwords in Polish and Remarks on the Piotrowski-Altmann Law
Creators: name: Stachowski, Kamil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Kelih E., Knight R., Mačutek J., Wilson A. (eds.). 2016. Studies in Quantitative Linguistics 23. Issues in Quantitative Linguistics 4. Lüdenscheid. 237–259.

As signalled in the title, the paper has a dual purpose: it discusses the German lexical influence on Polish and also the Piotrowski-Altmann law. The first focus requires a qualitative historical linguistic approach, whereas the second is more quantitative in nature. The paper shows that when these two approaches are combined new insights can be gained.
Optimization of highly circularly polarized thermal radiation in $α$-MoO$_3$/$β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ twisted layers
Creators: name: Centini, Marco
name: Yang, Chiyu
name: Larciprete, Maria Cristina
name: Antezza, Mauro
name: Zhang, Zhuomin M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a bi-layer scheme for circularly polarized infrared thermal radiation. Our approach takes advantage of the strong anisotropy of low-symmetry materials such as $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ and $α$-MoO$_3$. We numerically report narrow-band, high degree of circular polarization (over 0.85), thermal radiation at two typical emission frequencies related to the excitation of $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ optical phonons. Optimization of the degree of circular polarization is achieved by a proper relative tilt of the crystal axes between the two layers. Our simple but effective scheme could set the basis for a new class of lithography-free thermal sources for IR bio-sensing.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
Culture Matters - A Study on Presence in an Interactive Movie
Creators: name: Bartneck, Christoph
name: Hu, Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: classificationCode: 461002
subject: Human information behaviour

description: We conducted a cross cultural study to test the influences of different cultural backgrounds on the user’s presence experience in interacting with a distributed interactive movie. In addition we were interested in the effects of embodied interaction on presence. The influence of culture background is clear - Chinese participants perceived more presence than Dutch participants in all conditions. The results also show that interaction methods (direct touch against remote control) had no influence, while embodiment (robot against screen agent) had mixed effects on presence. 
Two-component organogels of phosphorous-based organic acids and diamine
Creators: name: Fan, Kaiqi
name: Wang, Xiaobo
name: Han, Guanglu
name: Niu, Libo
name: Yang, Xuzhao
name: Yin, Zhigang
name: Song, Jian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Phosphorous-based organic acids (P) and diamine (M) were used to produce a supramolecular PM complex at a 2:1 molar ratio, which then formed a stable gel in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF). According to SEM, the morphologies of the aggregates depended on the steric substitute of phosphorous-based organic acids and the structure of the complementary diamine. 31P NMR and FTIR spectroscopies revealed that hydrogen bonding within the PM complex was the main driving force for the self-aggregation. XRD studies revealed that the two-component gelators mainly assemble into a stricter lamellar structure when increasing the rigidity of the complementary component. In contrast, the gelators with the aliphatic unit mainly assembled into a random lamellar structure and showed more possibility of deforming. As such, the results in this paper demonstrate how structure effects in two-component gel system of phosphorous-based organic acids and diamine can control self-assembly process.
Multi-Agent Learning in Contextual Games under Unknown Constraints
Creators: name: Maddux, Anna M.
name: Kamgarpour, Maryam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We consider the problem of learning to play a repeated contextual game with unknown reward and unknown constraints functions. Such games arise in applications where each agent's action needs to belong to a feasible set, but the feasible set is a priori unknown. For example, in constrained multi-agent reinforcement learning, the constraints on the agents' policies are a function of the unknown dynamics and hence, are themselves unknown. Under kernel-based regularity assumptions on the unknown functions, we develop a no-regret, no-violation approach which exploits similarities among different reward and constraint outcomes. The no-violation property ensures that the time-averaged sum of constraint violations converges to zero as the game is repeated. We show that our algorithm, referred to as c.z.AdaNormalGP, obtains kernel-dependent regret bounds and that the cumulative constraint violations have sublinear kernel-dependent upper bounds. In addition we introduce the notion of constrained contextual coarse correlated equilibria (c.z.CCE) and show that $ε$-c.z.CCEs can be approached whenever players' follow a no-regret no-violation strategy. Finally, we experimentally demonstrate the effectiveness of c.z.AdaNormalGP on an instance of multi-agent reinforcement learning.
Using a 1,8-diamino naphthalene–copper (II) system as a turn-on fluorescence probe for detecting Sudan I
Creators: name: Liu, Jinshui
name: Zhou, Zihan
name: Wang, Lizhen
name: Xu, Meijiao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: An easy-to-use fluorescence probe for detecting Sudan I was developed. The probe detects Sudan I because Sudan I and 1,8-diamino naphthalene competitively interact with copper (II). Copper (II) effectively quenches the fluorescence of 1,8-diamino naphthalene because the 1,8-diamino naphthalene interacts with copper (II) and forms a 1,8-diamino naphthalene–copper (II) complex. Adding Sudan I causes the fluorescence of the system to be recovered because the Sudan I removes copper (II) from the 1,8-diamino naphthalene–copper (II) complex, liberating the 1,8-diamino naphthalene. The displacement of 1,8-diamino naphthalene by Sudan I gives a high fluorescence recovery efficiency. Under optimal conditions, the fluorescence intensity F achieved when Sudan I was added had a good linear relationship (R2 = 0.999) with the Sudan I concentration over the range 0–4.6 µM. The Sudan I detection limit was 0.032 µM. The method offers a new way of quantitatively determining Sudan I.
Scaling and Universality at Ramped Quench Dynamical Quantum Phase Transition
Creators: name: Zamani, Sara
name: Naji, J.
name: Jafari, R.
name: Langari, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nonequilibrium dynamics of a periodically driven extended XY model, in the presence of linear time dependent magnetic filed, is investigated using the notion of dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs). Along the similar lines to the equilibrium phase transition, the main purpose of this work is to search the fundamental concepts such as scaling and universality at the ramped quench DQPTs. We have shown that the critical points of the model, where the gap closing occurs, can be moved by tuning the driven frequency and consequently the presence/absence of DQPTs can be flexibly controlled by adjusting the driven frequency. %Taking advantage of this property, We have uncovered that, for a ramp across the single quantum critical point, the critical mode at which DQPTs occur is classified into three regions: the Kibble-Zurek (KZ) region, where the critical mode scales linearly with the square root of the sweep velocity, pre-saturated (PS) region, and the saturated (S) region where the critical mode makes a plateau versus the sweep velocity. While for a ramp that crosses two critical points, the critical modes disclose just KZ and PS regions. On the basis of numerical simulations, we find that the dynamical free energy scales linerly with time, as approaches to DQPT time, with the exponent $ν=1\pm 0.01$ for all sweep velocities and driven frequencies.
description: 11 pages
Entropy production and thermodynamic inference for stochastic microswimmers
Creators: name: Chatzittofi, Michalis
name: Agudo-Canalejo, Jaime
name: Golestanian, Ramin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The question of characterization of the degree of non-equilibrium activity in active matter systems is studied in the context of a stochastic microswimmer model driven by a chemical cycle. The resulting dynamical properties and entropy production rate unravel a complex interplay between the chemical and the hydrodynamic degrees of freedom beyond linear response, which is not captured by conventional phenomenological approaches. By studying the precision-dissipation trade-off, a new protocol is proposed in which microscopic chemical driving forces can be inferred experimentally. Our findings highlight subtleties associated with the stochastic thermodynamics of autonomous microswimmers.
Using a 1,8-diamino Naphthalene–Copper (II) System as a Turn-On Fluorescence Probe for Detecting Sudan I
Creators: name: Liu, Jinshui
name: Zhou, Zihan
name: Wang, Lizhen
name: Xu, Meijiao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: An easy-to-use fluorescence probe for detecting Sudan I was developed. The probe detects Sudan I because Sudan I and 1,8-diamino naphthalene competitively interact with Copper (II). Copper (II) effectively quenches the fluorescence of 1,8-diamino naphthalene because the 1,8-diamino naphthalene interacts with Copper (II) and forms a 1,8-diamino naphthalene–Copper (II) complex. Adding Sudan I causes the fluorescence of the system to be recovered because the Sudan I removes Copper (II) from the 1,8-diamino naphthalene–Copper (II) complex, liberating the 1,8-diamino naphthalene. The displacement of 1,8-diamino naphthalene by Sudan I gives a high fluorescence recovery efficiency. Under optimal conditions, the fluorescence intensity F achieved when Sudan I was added had a good linear relationship (R2 = 0.999) with the Sudan I concentration over the range 0–4.6 µM. The Sudan I detection limit was 0.032 µM. The method offers a new way of quantitatively determining Sudan I.
A Hubble Constant Estimate from Galaxy Cluster and type Ia SNe Observations
Creators: name: Colaço, L. R.
name: Ferreira, M. S.
name: Holanda, R. F. L.
name: Gonzalez, J. E.
name: Nunes, Rafael C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we constrain the Hubble constant parameter, $H_0$, using a combination of the Pantheon sample and galaxy clusters (GC) measurements from minimal cosmological assumptions. Assuming the validity of the cosmic distance duality relation, an estimator is created for $H_0$ that only depends on simple geometrical distances, which is evaluated from Pantheon and a GC angular diameter distance sample afterward. The statistical and systematic errors in GC measurements are summed in quadrature in our analysis. We find $H_0 = 67.22 \pm 6.07$ ${\rm km \ s^{-1} Mpc^{-1}}$ in $1σ$ confidence level (C.L.). This measurement presents an error of around 9\%, showing that future and better GC measurements can shed light on the current Hubble tension
description: 8 pages, two figures
Structure-activity relationship of Triterpenes and derived Glycosides against cancer cells and mechanism of apoptosis induction
Creators: name: Shen, Shuo
name: Li, Wei
name: Ouyang, Ming-an
name: Wang, Jian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Triterpenoids possess a wide range of biological effects. Here, the cytotoxic activities of 55 triterpenes and derived glycosides against BEL-7404 and SGC-7901 cells were assessed, and structure-activity relationships were analysed accordingly. Nine of them effectively inhibited the two cell lines. In particular, compounds 49 and 52 inhibited BEL-7404 cells as efficiently as 5’-fluorouracil (IC50 values 0.46 and 1.48, respectively). Moreover, we found that compounds 49 and 52 induced apoptosis in BEL-7404 cells. Indeed, DNA fragmentation assay showed a time-dependent degradation of DNA after treatment of cells with compounds 49 and 52. In addition, Bax gene expression levels were increased after treatment with these compounds, in a concentration-dependent manner. Taken together, our findings suggested that compounds 49 and 52 induce apoptosis in BEL-7404 cells by upregulating the Bax gene without affecting Bcl-2 gene expression.
M360 Revised_Michael Lopez.pdf
Creators: name: Lopez, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 150502 Marketing Communications
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)

description: This short study involves a plan regarding the career and marketing of a professional for his services as he makes a transition from employment towards freelancing or home-based career.
Relation-driven Query of Multiple Time Series
Creators: name: Liu, Shuhan
name: Tian, Yuan
name: Deng, Zikun
name: Cui, Weiwei
name: Zhang, Haidong
name: Weng, Di
name: Wu, Yingcai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Querying time series based on their relations is a crucial part of multiple time series analysis. By retrieving and understanding time series relations, analysts can easily detect anomalies and validate hypotheses in complex time series datasets. However, current relation extraction approaches, including knowledge- and data-driven ones, tend to be laborious and do not support heterogeneous relations. By conducting a formative study with 11 experts, we concluded 6 time series relations, including correlation, causality, similarity, lag, arithmetic, and meta, and summarized three pain points in querying time series involving these relations. We proposed RelaQ, an interactive system that supports the time series query via relation specifications. RelaQ allows users to intuitively specify heterogeneous relations when querying multiple time series, understand the query results based on a scalable, multi-level visualization, and explore possible relations beyond the existing queries. RelaQ is evaluated with two use cases and a user study with 12 participants, showing promising effectiveness and usability.
Cars in the 4th of July Parade, 1921
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1921
Subjects: East Hampton
Automobiles
Parades & processions
Halsey Family

description: This image shows a procession of automobiles in the Fourth of July Parade in 1916. A billboard for Halsey's Garage is visible from the side of the road.
The origin of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos: new results and prospects
Creators: name: Troitsky, Sergey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-energy neutrino astrophysics is rapidly developing, and in the last two years, new and exciting results have been obtained. Among them are the confirmation of the existence of the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux by the new independent Baikal-GVD experiment, the discovery of the neutrino emission of our Galaxy, new confirmations of the origin of a part of astrophysical neutrinos in blazars, and much more. This brief review, based on the author's presentation at the session of the RAS Physical Science Division "Gamma quanta and neutrinos from space: what we can see now and what we need to see more", summarizes the results obtained since the publication of the review arXiv:2112.09611, and can be considered as a companion to it.
description: 15 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Physics Uspekhi
Hydrogeochemistry and δ13CDIC and δ18OH2O composition of three Chinese Tibetan Plateau lakes
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaodan
name: Li, Shijie
name: Liu, Cong-Qiang
name: Mostofa, Khan M. G.
name: Zhao, Zhiqi
name: Luo, Rongqin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This study established the hydrochemistry and stable isotope variations in three lakes, namely brackish Zigetang Co, freshwater Cona and Ranwu lakes located in the central and southeastern Tibetan Plateau of China. Vertical profile fluctuations in the water column, such as temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration, displayed significant differences which were linked to the thermocline. The hydrochemistry of the three lakes showed that as the dominant anion, whereas Na+ is the main cation in Zigetang Co and Cona lake and Ca2+ is the prevailing cation in Ranwu lake. In Zigetang Co, K+ and Na+ concentrations decreased by 42 % from 1999 to 2012, caused by the enlargement of the lake area, documented by field investigations carried out in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2012. The δ13CDIC and δ18OH2O values analysed from the three lakes varied from −6.0 to 2.0 ‰, and from −14.8 to −6.4 ‰, respectively. The closed Zigetang lake showed higher δ13CDIC and δ18OH2O values compared to those of the rivers, the semi-closed Cona and open Ranwu lakes. The δ13CDIC values of lake water in Zigetang Co were mainly controlled by CO2 exchange between lake water and atmosphere; the δ18OH2O values were dominated by the evaporation/freshwater input ratios.
Risk of peripheral edema in cancer patients treated with MEK inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials
Creators: name: Yang, Yong
name: Liu, Yi-Hua
name: Sun, Xu
name: Yu, Ming-Wei
name: Yang, Lin
name: Cheng, Pei-Yu
name: Yang, Guo-Wang
name: Wang, Xiao-Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Cancer
Hematology
Virology

description: Background: MEK inhibitors are a group of drugs that have shown reliable effects in the treatment of metastatic melanoma and non-small-cell lung cancer. Peripheral edema is an adverse event associated with MEK inhibitors; however, there has been no systematic attempt to evaluate peripheral edema data observed with these agents. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the risk of peripheral edema in cancer patients treated with MEK inhibitors. Materials and methods: The authors searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Clinical Trials.gov without language restriction. The final search was conducted on January 9, 2017. Risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for dichotomous data. Heterogeneity was calculated and reported via Tau2, Chi2, and I2 analyses. Results: A total of 13 eligible studies were obtained. Patients treated with MEK inhibitors (Trametinib and Selumetinib) had an increased risk overall of peripheral edema (RR = 3.05, 95% CI = 1.98–4.70; p < .00001), but the MEK inhibitors (Trametinib and Selumetinib) did not increase the risk of high grade edema (RR = 1.88, 95% CI = 0.66–5.35; p = .24). Sub-group analysis, based on cancer type (melanoma vs non-melanoma), found that the peripheral edema risk in melanoma patients is higher than that in non-melanoma patients (p = .03). However, no significant difference was observed in terms of high-grade edema and other sub-groups (trametinib vs selumetinib; monotherapy vs combination). Due to the absence of cobimetinib data, the result about cobimetinib was not involved. Conclusion: This meta-analysis reveals that the use of MEK inhibitors is associated with an increased risk of peripheral edema in cancer patients. Oncologists should be aware of the risk and perform regular assessments.
FarFish 3rd annual report
Creators: name: Viðarsson, Jónas R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This 3rd annual report provides an overview of the overall progress in the FarFish project during its third year from the viewpoint of WP8 (Project management). The report contains details on delivery dates of deliverables and milestones i.e. if they were submitted on time and justifications if not; and if there were any deviations from the project plan regarding content. The report does also review the contribution and use of resources of each partner; and whether it is in line with what was expected in the project plan. Main consortium meetings are discussed. Deviations from original project plan and mitigation measures deployed are as well covered in the report, identifying what has not gone as planned and how that is being addressed by the consortium.
 The report does also cover specifically each task in WP8, by listing up the purpose of each task and what has been done to carry out the tasks.
 Meeting minutes from PMG meetings, the 2020 annual meeting and the semi-annual WP & CS leader meeting are attached to this report in Appendices.
G.J. Barker-Benfield, The Culture of Sensibility: Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1992, pb rpt 1995, pp. xxxiv + 520 RRP $47.50. [Book Review]
Creators: name: Rechter, Deborah
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Gender studies
History

description: Review of: G.J. Barker-Benfield, The Culture of Sensibility: Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1992, pb rpt 1995, pp. xxxiv + 520 RRP $47.50.
Pat Rogers, Johnson and Boswell: The Transit of Caledonia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. pp. x + 245. RRP $90.00. [Book Review]
Creators: name: Tankard, Paul
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: History
Literature

description: Review of: Pat Rogers, Johnson and Boswell: The Transit of Caledonia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. pp. x + 245. RRP $90.00.
Degradation of an Anthraquinone Dye by Ozone/Fenton: Response Surface Approach and Degradation Pathway
Creators: name: Yongjun Shen
name: Qihui Xu
name: Dandan Gao
name: Huirong Shi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: A coupled O3/Fenton process is applied to study the degradation efﬁciency of organic pollutants. The C.I. Acid Blue 80 (AB80), a kind of anthraquinone dye, is used as target contaminant. The results show that the combination of ozonation and Fenton process is a highly effective way of removing color from wastewater. Response surface methodology is applied to optimize the working conditions and the effects and interactions among initial pH (X1), mole ratio of H2O2/Fe2+ (X2) and ozone flux (X3) are investigated. Regression equations determines that the best condition is that initial pH = 2.85, [H2O2]/[Fe2+] = 18.10 and ozone flux = 55.70 L.h−1. It turns out the relative error of 1.32% with the predicted model when the actual value which is 88.76% in the best condition, compared to the predictive value of 88.95% under same condition. UV-Vis and FT-IR analysis are used as an assisted technique to study degradation mechanism during the oxidation process. The intermediate products are determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis and the plausible degradation pathway is proposed.
[Hermanazo: Resibí tu cartica. Verdaderamente me alegro mucho saber]
Creators: name: Agustín, Cervantes García
name: Cervantes García, Agustín
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: Prison de Aguadores
Conditions de détention
Lutte politique

description: Destinataire : Vázquez Portal, Manuel
description: Description : L'auteur de la lettre se réjouit de le savoir, comme lui, rempli d'espoir pour le peuple cubain. Il évoque une visite de son père, Raumel Vinagera, Camagüey et le 6-Z ou G-Z (?),
description: Notes : Lettre envoyée depuis la Prison de Aguadores.
description: Source: Cote : MVP-B-2003-12-30
description: Source: Localisation du document : États-Unis, Miami (Floride)
Drying kinetics study of irregular fibril materials in a “differential” laboratory rotary dryer: Case study for cut tobacco
Creators: name: Li, Qiaoling
name: Li, Yue Feng
name: Zhang, Yingpu
name: Chen, Quoqin
name: Huang, Huizhen
name: Chen, Hexiang
name: Lin, Yan
name: Xiao, Hongli
name: Liao, Zhenkai
name: Che, Liming
name: Xie, Wei
name: Chen, Xiao Dong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Rotary dryers are commonly used in the modern large-scale tobacco drying industry that consumes huge amounts of energy. In fact, rotary dryers are commonly used in chemical industry in general. It is difficult to investigate the drying behavior at industrial scale. A “differential” laboratory rotary dryer was therefore designed and tested. The large diameter of the industrial dryer was preserved, but the width was a section of the industrial dryer. The drying characteristics of cut tobacco from top leaves and bottom leaves with initial moisture contents (22.5 ± 1.0% on the wet basis) were studied in the “differential” dryer at air temperatures of 65, 85, 105, 125, and 145°C, respectively. The results show that increasing drying temperature accelerated the drying process, whereas the surface temperatures of the cut tobacco samples stayed in the temperature range of 48–71°C when their moisture contents were reduced to 12.0 ± 1.0% (wb). This 12.0% (wb) was required by commercial operations. Uniquely, the drying kinetics was captured using the reaction engineering approach (REA). Although different settings were applied, the model can be used to describe all the data well. The unique relationship between the normalized activation energy and the moisture content is approximated which is independent of the drying air temperature and the tobacco origin. The different drying behaviors for the cut tobacco from top leaves and bottom leaves can be attributed to their different equilibrium isotherms. Through controlling the drying time as predicted by REA model, the outlet moisture contents of cut tobacco from top leaves dried at 95°C/RH0.034/320 s and 115°C/RH0.017/250 s were shown to be 12.3 and 11.8% (wb), with the relative deviations of 2.5 and 1.7%, respectively, and these were within the industrial permissible range.
Multi Higgs Boson Signals of a Modified Muon Yukawa Coupling at a Muon Collider
Creators: name: Dermisek, Radovan
name: Hermanek, Keith
name: Lee, Taegyu
name: McGinnis, Navin
name: Yoon, Sangsik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study di-Higgs and tri-Higgs boson productions at a muon collider as functions of the modification of the muon Yukawa coupling resulting from new physics parameterized by the dimension 6 mass operator. We show that the di-Higgs signal can be used to observe a deviation in the muon Yukawa coupling at the 10 % level for $\sqrt{s} = 10$ TeV and at the 3.5 % level for $\sqrt{s} = 30$ TeV. The tri-Higgs signal improves the sensitivity dramatically with increasing $\sqrt{s}$, reaching 0.8 % at $\sqrt{s} = 30$ TeV. We also study all processes involving Goldstone bosons originating from the same operator, discuss possible model dependence resulting from other operators of dimension 6 and higher, and identify multi-Higgs productions and one additional process as golden channels. We further extend the study to the two Higgs doublet model type-II and show that di-Higgs and tri-Higgs signals involving heavy Higgs bosons can be enhanced by a factor of $(\tan β)^6$, which results in the potential sensitivity to a modified muon Yukawa coupling at the $10^{-6}$ level already at a $\sqrt{s} = 10 $ TeV muon collider. The results can be easily customized for other extensions of the Higgs sector.
description: 38 pages, 9 figures and 14 tables. V2 matches published version
AARP 2019 Prescription Drug Survey: New York Voters Ages 50+
Creators: name: American Association Of Retired Persons (AARP)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: Prescription medication cost (3); prescription drug imports (3); overall health (1); take prescription medication regularly (3); family member currently takes prescription medication (2); ability to afford prescription medication (3); importing drugs from Canada (3); FDA approved program to import prescription drugs (1); ever decide not to fill a prescription (2); personal spending on prescription medications (2); influence prescription drug companies have over your governor and state legislature (2); prescription medication shortage (1); prescription drug companies (2); prescription drug price transparency laws (1); civil action against drug manufacturers and wholesale distributors (2); Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program (1); New York State legislature (1); Governor Andrew Cuomo (1); rise in prescription drug costs (2); generic version of drugs (1); brand name drugs (1).
C.W.E. Bigsby, Modern American Drama: 1945-1990, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, pb rpt 1995. pp. ix + 362. RRP $37.50. [Book Review]
Creators: name: Pulford, Donald
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Drama

description: Review of: C.W.E. Bigsby, Modern American Drama: 1945-1990, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, pb rpt 1995. pp. ix + 362. RRP $37.50.
Maurice Blanchot, The Work of Fire. trans. Charlotte Mandell. (Meridian Crossing Aesthetics.) Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995. pp. xii + 344. RRP $32.50. [Book Review]
Creators: name: Madder, Clive
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Literature
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Review of: Maurice Blanchot, The Work of Fire. trans. Charlotte Mandell. (Meridian Crossing Aesthetics.) Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995. pp. xii + 344. RRP $32.50.
Jacques Derrida, Points...: Interviews 1974 - 1994, ed. Elisabeth Weber, trans. Peggy Kamuf and others. (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) Stanford University Press (Stanford, California, 1995). pp. xii + 499. RRP $35.00 (paper). [Book review]
Creators: name: Johnson, Andrew
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Literature
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Language

description: Book review of: Jacques Derrida, Points...: Interviews 1974 - 1994, ed. Elisabeth Weber, trans. Peggy Kamuf and others. (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) Stanford University Press (Stanford, California, 1995). pp. xii + 499. RRP $35.00 (paper).
Global Fish Trade, Prices, and Food Security in an African Coral Reef Fishery
Creators: name: A. W. Wamukota
name: T. R. McClanahan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This study evaluated the potential impact of global fish trade on local food prices by analyzing a 16-year locally collected time series of disaggregated coral reef fish products and prices that differed in their market chain linkages—ranging from local to international markets. We were primarily interested in evaluating how local and global markets interacted with the local prices of beef, fish, and maize. There was no cointegration between the prices of exported octopus and that of maize and beef over this study period. Further, the three types of fish and associated markets responded in different ways to various price changes. For internationally traded octopus, we found a positive association between price and catch rates but no evidence that the global trade in octopus markets created local inflation, particularly the prices of the fish eaten by the poor. In general, there was no evidence for price transmission from export to nonexport fish products even though fishers appeared to focus on octopus when prices were high. Consequently, fishers' behaviors and trade policies that promote adjusting fishing effort to internationally traded fish did not appear to promote poverty or food insecurity in this fishery.
title: Agenda voor de Toekomst – Golven in het estuarium: Deelrapport 5. Overzicht van metingen op verschillende meetlocaties
Creators: name: Meire, Dieter
name: Kolokythas, Gerosimos
name: Plancke, Yves
Publisher: name: Flanders Hydraulics
Year: 2024

description: Title : WL Rapporten. Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium: Antwerpen.
Volume : 14_082_5
Issue :
Pagination : VIII, 54 + 4 p. bijl.