cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Plagiotrochus australis Pujade-Villar & Villemant & Andreï-Ruiz 2000
Creators: name: Pujade-Villar, Juli
name: Villemant, Claire
name: Andreï-Ruiz, Marie-Cécile
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Cynipidae
Plagiotrochus
Plagiotrochus australis

description: Plagiotrochus australis (Mayr, 1882)
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sartène. Q. ilex galls (No. 12), (25.V.1995) 7.VI.1995, 1 ♁ (MNHN).
REMARKS
 This species probably has a circummediterranean distribution. It has been collected in Andorra, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and North Africa (Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910; Pujade-Villar 1996). The sexual generation develop on the leaves of Q. ilex and Q. coccifera, and the agamic one on the branchs of Q. ilex. The life cycle of the species was described by Barbotin (1975).
description: Published as part of Pujade-Villar, Juli, Villemant, Claire & Andreï-Ruiz, Marie-Cécile, 2000, Cynipidae associated with Quercus collected in Corsica with the description of a new Plagiotrochus species (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea), pp. 835-846 in Zoosystema 22 (4) on page 839, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4524758
Quantum state engineering in arrays of nonlinear waveguides
Creators: name: Barral, David
name: Walschaers, Mattia
name: Bencheikh, Kamel
name: Parigi, Valentina
name: Levenson, Juan Ariel
name: Treps, Nicolas
name: Belabas, Nadia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the current quest for efficient and experimentally feasible platforms for implementation of multimode squeezing and entanglement in the continuous variable regime, we underpin and complement our results on the generation of versatile multimode entanglement and cluster states in nonlinear waveguide arrays presented by Barral et al., Phys. Rev. Appl. $\bf{14}$, 044025 (2020). We present detailed derivations of the equations that describe the propagation of light through this system, and then we focus on parameter regimes where these equations can be solved analytically. These analytical solutions build an intuition for the wide landscape of quantum states that are accessible through the activation of pumping, coupling and measurement schemes. Furthermore, we showcase the acquired insights by using one of the identified analytical solutions to exhibit the generation, optimization and scalability of spatial linear cluster states.
description: 20 pages, 9 figures, v2 closer to the published version. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1912.11154
ABC transporters as predictive factors for chemotherapeutic response in acute myeloid leukemia
Creators: name: Ho, Maria Ming Chee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Multidrug Resistance (MDR), resistance to multiple chemotherapeutic drugs, is a major problem in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) . Overexpression of members of the ATPBinding- Cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily has been associated with clinical MDR and failure of conventional chemotherapy. The work in this thesis was the first in investigating expression of ABC transporters and functional effects of their modulation in AML subpopulations along the leukemic stem cell hierarchy: CD34+CD38- (primitive and disease maintaining), CD34+CD38+ (differentiating progenitors), and CD34- (depleted of progenitors). An initial profiling of mRNA expression of the 47 human ABC transporters in total de novo blasts by RT Real-Time PCR showed no consistent differences between patients who subsequently achieved complete remission following conventional remission induction chemotherapy (responders) and patients who remained refractory (non-responders). Subsequent profiling of isolated subpopulations, however, revealed elevated expression of MDR1 and/or BCRP1, two main drug-resistance ABC transporters, in the primitive CD34+CD38- fraction of 7/10 non-responders compared to 0/7 responders. To test their functional activity ex vivo, daunorubicin sensitivity with or without ABC modulators was determined in AML subpopulations by the apoptotic assay. I found high ABC-dependent drug resistance, correlated to high MDR1IBCRP1 expression level and reversible by ABC inhibition, in the CD34+CD38- fraction of non-responders compared to responders. This suggests an active functional role of ABC transporters in the primitive, disease-maintaining fraction. Taken as a whole, my studies suggest a prognostic significance of ABC transporters in the primitive CD34+CD38- leukemic subpopulation, and support a modified approach in investigating the value of ABC modulating agents in AML. It may be possible to pre-screen and identify patients for whom ABC transporters is a major factor for MDR before initial treatment, who are most likely to benefit from the combination of conventional chemotherapy and ABC inhibitors. This will be invaluable especially to patients with a normal karyotype (50% of patients), since cytogenetic aberrations currently remain the most useful prognostic marker for AML.
Trichoderma: Biology, ecology and Trichoderma-plant and Trichoderma-pathogen interactions
Creators: name: Payungsak Rauyare
Publisher: name: Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Thailand
Year: 2023
Subjects: Trichoderma
biocontrol agents
Trichoderma-plant-pathogen interactions

description: Journal of Science and Agricultural Technology, 4, 2, 1-4
Neutrino-Nucleus Cross Section Measurements using Stopped Pions and Low Energy Beta Beams
Creators: name: McLaughlin, G. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two new facilities have recently been proposed to measure low energy neutrino-nucleus cross sections, the nu-SNS (Spallation Neutron Source) and low energy beta beams. The former produces neutrinos by pion decay at rest, while the latter produces neutrinos from the beta decays of accelerated ions. One of the uses of neutrino-nucleus cross section measurements is for supernova studies, where typical neutrino energies are 10s of MeV. In this energy range there are many different components to the nuclear response and this makes the theoretical interpretation of the results of such an experiment complex. Although even one measurement on a heavy nucleus such as lead is much anticipated, more than one data set would be still better. We suggest that this can be done by breaking the electron spectrum down into the parts produced in coincidence with one or two neutrons, running a beta beam at more than one energy, comparing the spectra produced with pions and a beta beam or any combination of these.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
Optimized 5-EU assay protocol from A high-throughput assay for directly monitoring nucleolar rRNA biogenesis
Creators: name: Bryant, Carson J.
name: McCool, Mason A.
name: Abriola, Laura
name: Surovtseva, Yulia V.
name: Baserga, Susan J.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology

description: Supplementary File 2. Optimized protocol for 5-EU assay for nucleolar rRNA biogenesis.
Incentive-driven transition to high ride-sharing adoption
Creators: name: Storch, David-Maximilian
name: Timme, Marc
name: Schröder, Malte
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ride-sharing - the combination of multiple trips into one - may substantially contribute towards sustainable urban mobility. It is most efficient at high demand locations with many similar trip requests. However, here we reveal that people's willingness to share rides does not follow this trend. Modeling the fundamental incentives underlying individual ride-sharing decisions, we find two opposing adoption regimes, one with constant and another one with decreasing adoption as demand increases. In the high demand limit, the transition between these regimes becomes discontinuous, switching abruptly from low to high ride-sharing adoption. Analyzing over 360 million ride requests in New York City and Chicago illustrates that both regimes coexist across the cities, consistent with our model predictions. These results suggest that even a moderate increase in the financial incentives may have a disproportionately large effect on the ride-sharing adoption of individual user groups.
Supplementary Material from A theoretical framework for transitioning from patient-level to population-scale epidemiological dynamics: influenza A as a case study
Creators: name: W. S. Hart
name: P. K. Maini
name: C. A. Yates
name: R. N. Thompson
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Multi-scale epidemic forecasting models have been used to inform population-scale predictions with within-host models and/or infection data collected in longitudinal cohort studies. However, most multi-scale models are complex and require significant modelling expertise to run. We formulate an alternative multi-scale modelling framework using a compartmental model with multiple infected stages. In the large-compartment limit, our easy-to-use framework generates identical results compared to previous more complicated approaches. We apply our framework to the case study of influenza A in humans. By using a viral dynamics model to generate synthetic patient-level data, we explore the effects of limited and inaccurate patient data on the accuracy of population-scale forecasts. If infection data are collected daily, we find that a cohort of at least 40 patients is required for a mean population-scale forecasting error below 10%. Forecasting errors may be reduced by including more patients in future cohort studies or by increasing the frequency of observations for each patient. Our work, therefore, provides not only an accessible epidemiological modelling framework but also an insight into the data required for accurate forecasting using multi-scale models.
An extra push from entrance-channel effects
Creators: name: Rowley, N.
name: Grar, N.
name: Hagino, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Symmetric heavy-ion collisions are known to display an `extra-push' effect. That is, the energy at which the s-wave transmission is 0.5 lies significantly higher than the nominal Coulomb barrier. Despite this, however, the capture cross section is still greatly enhanced below the uncoupled barrier. It is shown that this phenomenon can be simply explained in terms of entrance-channel effects which account for long-range Coulomb excitations.
description: 9 pages, 4 ps figures, uses elsart.cls
Agricultural and Applied Economics Priorities and Solutions
Creators: name: McCluskey, Jill
name: Nelson, Gene
name: McCluskey, Jill
name: Nelson, Gene
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

description: The objectives of this project are to accomplish the following: Identify overarching priorities for agricultural and applied economics research and education to address society's challenges over the next decade.; Promote communication among agricultural and applied economists about the priorities for developing new research projects, research methods, and curricula to meet the future needs of society.; Communicate to policy makers in Congress and federal agencies about the key needs and priorities for research and education in agriculture and applied economics.; Articulate the unique role of agricultural and applied economists in working with other disciplines to respond to the challenges facing society.;Identify the educational needs for future agricultural and applied economists and develop new and innovative curricula to meet those needs.
Applying Universal Design for Learning in Lab and Discussion Sections
Creators: name: McDonough, Bryanne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Based on an article written for the Boston University Center for Teaching and Learning as part of a summer consultantship, this digital poster was presented at the 2023 Universal Design for Learning - Implmentation and Research Network Summit. This poster discussess applying concepts from UDL to lab and discussion sections as a teaching fellow.
Heterogeneous behavior, obesity and storability in soft drink consumption: A dynamic demand model
Creators: name: Colantuoni, Francesca
name: Rojas, Christian
name: Colantuoni, Francesca
name: Rojas, Christian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Institutional and Behavioral Economics

description: In this paper we applied a dynamic estimation procedure to inves-tigate the role of obesity on the demand for soda. The dynamic model accounts for storing behaviors, and allowed us to study price sensitiv-ity as well as sale sensitivity of soda consumers. By matching store level data to obesity data, we considered the eﬀect of obesity rates on soda demand. We found that higher obesity rates were associated with a higher attitude to anticipate future needs and respond to sale prices. Conversely, according to our results, a higher rate of obesity was also associated to lower price sensitivity. We also considered how some obesity predictors aﬀected the demand for soda. Our results contribute to the existing literature by raising important elements to help establish correct policies to ﬁght obesity. For instance, our re-search suggests that a policy intervention restricting the magnitude of sales would be more successful than a tax increase in modifying the behavior of obese consumers.
Supplementary data including BMH-21 dose response experiments, siRNA efficiency validation by RT-qPCR, and 5-EU assay screening statistics from A high-throughput assay for directly monitoring nucleolar rRNA biogenesis
Creators: name: Bryant, Carson J.
name: McCool, Mason A.
name: Abriola, Laura
name: Surovtseva, Yulia V.
name: Baserga, Susan J.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology

description: Supplementary Figures 1-3. (1) Dose response experiments reveal similar potencies of BMH-21 on inhibiting nucleolar rRNA biogenesis and FBL dispersion from nucleoli. (2) Positive control siRNAs targeting NOL11 (left) or POLR1A (right) mRNAs achieve robust knockdown by RT-qPCR. (3) Control S/B and Z’ factor values for validation assay replicates.
title: Investigating plasticity loss during the self-labeling stage in deep clustering
Creators: name: Shkabrii, Andrii
Year: 2025

description: Beim Clustering geht es darum, Datenpunkte auf der Grundlage von Ähnlichkeiten in sinnvolle Gruppen zu unterteilen. Deep Clustering baut auf dieser Grundlage auf und nutzt tiefe neuronale Netze, um umfassendere und repräsentativere Dateneinbettungen zu erlernen. Um die Qualität der Cluster-Zuordnungen zu verbessern, werden Netzwerke häufig durch Self-Labeling feinabgestimmt. Das Self-Labeling-Verfahren basiert jedoch auf dem Training mit verrauschten, selbst erstellten Labels anhand der nächsten Nachbarn. Um den Einfluss des Rauschens zu reduzieren, schlagen die Autoren eine Konfidenzschwelle vor. Dies stellt eine weitere Herausforderung während des Trainings dar - die zunehmende Größe der Trainingsdaten während der Self-Labeling-Phase. In der Praxis kann dieses Szenario zu Generalisierungsproblemen führen. In dieser Arbeit lassen wir uns von neueren Forschungen zur Plastizität von neuronalen Netzwerken inspirieren und wenden Techniken zum Zurücksetzen von Gewichten während des Self-Labeling-Prozesses an. Wir zeigen, dass der SCAN-Algorithmus durch den Einsatz von Gewichtsrücksetzungstechniken während des Self-Labelings seine Leistung steigert und seine Generalisierungsfähigkeit verbessert. Unsere Ergebnisse verdeutlichen die Grenzen des Self-Labelings, unterstreichen die Bedeutung zuverlässiger, algorithmusagnostischer Techniken und bieten eine Grundlage für die Entwicklung robusterer Self-Labeling-Methoden.
description: Clustering algorithms organize data points into meaningful groups based on their similarity. Deep clustering builds on this foundation by leveraging deep neural networks to learn richer and more representative data embeddings to improve the quality of cluster assignments. To further improve cluster performance practitioners often fine-tune networks through self-labeling, a separate training stage after deep clustering. However, the self-labeling procedure relies on training with noisy, self-constructed labels from nearest neighbors. To mitigate the influence of noise, the authors propose a confidence threshold. This introduces another challenge during training - the increasing size of the training data during the self-labeling stage. In practice, this scenario may encounter generalization difficulties. In this thesis, we draw inspiration from recent works on neural network plasticity and apply weight-reset techniques during the self-labeling stage. We demonstrate that employing weight-reset techniques during the self-labeling process in the SCAN algorithm increases performance and improves generalizability. Our findings address the limitations of self-labeling and highlight the importance of reliable, algorithm-agnostic techniques and provide a foundation for future research in developing more robust self-labeling approaches.
Saphonecrus haimi
Creators: name: Pujade-Villar, Juli
name: Villemant, Claire
name: Andreï-Ruiz, Marie-Cécile
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Cynipidae
Saphonecrus
Saphonecrus haimi

description: Saphonecrus haimi (Mayr, 1873)
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Ponte Luccia. Ex. Neuroterus lanuginosus, (23.V.95) VI.1995, 2 ♀ ♀ (1 ♀ deposited in UB and 1 ♀ in MNHN).
REMARKS
 Species known from central Europe and Israel (Nieves-Aldrey & Pujade-Villar in press) from Neuroterus and Chilaspis galls produced on Q. cerris (Pujade-Villar & Nieves-Aldrey 1990), and rarely on other Quercus species.
description: Published as part of Pujade-Villar, Juli, Villemant, Claire & Andreï-Ruiz, Marie-Cécile, 2000, Cynipidae associated with Quercus collected in Corsica with the description of a new Plagiotrochus species (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea), pp. 835-846 in Zoosystema 22 (4) on page 844, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4524758
Androgen regulated genes in prostate cancer cells
Creators: name: Cochrane, Dawn Renee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in Canadian men. Prostate tumors initially depend on androgens for survival and androgen ablation is an effective therapy. Prostate cancer adapts to the androgen depleted environment and begins to grow in an androgen independent (Al) form. Androgens exert their effects through the action of the androgen receptor (AR), a ligand dependent transcription factor. AR is important for cell survival and appears central to the progression of prostate cancer to Al. The hypothesis driving the present studies is that androgen regulated genes are reactivated during prostate cancer progression to Al and as such, identification of novel androgen regulated genes will provide new targets for which therapeutics can be directed. To discover novel androgen regulated genes, cultured prostate cells were treated with androgens and an expression profile generated using a microarray screen. Validation of the microarray experiment revealed the upregulation of genes involved in cell survival (GADD45G), development of drug resistance (MRP4) and protection against oxidative stress (NFE2L2), while a pro-apoptotic gene (BARD1) was down regulated. Probing a tissue microarray, GADD45G was found upregulated in Al prostate cancer. In vitro studies revealed that GADD45G is important for cell survival and acts as a control point for several critical intracellular signaling cascades. One surprising result was that while GADD45G mRNA levels increase with androgens, protein levels decrease. A miRNA, hsa-miR-326 was found to be responsible for inhibition of GADD45G translation and this inhibition could be relieved under stress conditions such as treatment with high levels of taxol. Clusterin, a gene involved in apoptosis, has two isoforms resulting from alternate transcriptional start sites and these were found to be differentially regulated by androgens. Initial transcripts of both isoforms encode an anti-apoptotic protein; however Isoform 1 can be spliced into a pro-apoptotic form, while Isoform 2 cannot. Isoform 1 was found to be repressed by androgens while Isoform 2 is upregulated, consistent with androgens being cytoprotective in prostate cells. The work presented here highlights the importance of androgen regulated genes in prostate cancer survival and identifies GADD45G and clusterin as being potential targets for therapeutics.
Quasiclassical theory of charge transport in disordered interacting electron systems
Creators: name: Schwab, P.
name: Raimondi, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the corrections to the Boltzmann theory of electrical transport arising from the Coulomb interaction in disordered conductors. In this article the theory is formulated in terms of quasiclassical Green's functions. We demonstrate that the formalism is equivalent to the conventional diagrammatic technique by deriving the well-known Altshuler-Aronov corrections to the conductivity. Compared to the conventional approach, the quasiclassical theory has the advantage of being closer to the Boltzmann theory, and also allows description of interaction effects in the transport across interfaces, as well as non-equilibrium phenomena in the same theoretical framework. As an example, by applying the Zaitsev boundary conditions which were originally developed for superconductors, we obtain the $P(E)$-theory of the Coulomb blockade in tunnel junctions. Furthermore we summarize recent results obtained for the non-equilibrium transport in thin films, wires and fully coherent conductors.
description: 46 pages; review article
Fronto-striato-thalamic Circuits, Dopamine, and the Psychosis Continuum
Creators: name: KRISTINA SABAROEDIN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170101 Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Neuroscience

description: The symptoms of psychosis are proposed to lie on continuous distribution of severity. Expressions of psychotic symptoms have been linked with the function of the brain’s fronto-striato-thalamic (FST) circuits. This thesis investigated the role of this circuitry in the emergence of psychotic symptoms across the psychosis continuum. The findings suggest that distinct stages of psychosis, from mild psychotic symptoms in the general population to established psychotic illness, demonstrated similar connectivity patterns of FST circuits that was also associated with dopamine functions. A prominent role for subcortical dysconnectivity was identified in early psychosis, presenting a promising target for treatment development.
Risk Preferences, Contracts and Technology Adoption by Broiler Farmers in China
Creators: name: Mao, Hui
name: Zhou, Li
name: Ifft, Jennifer
name: Mao, Hui
name: Zhou, Li
name: Ifft, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Technology Adoption
subject: Risk Preferences
subject: Contract
subject: Broiler Farmers

description: This study expands on existing research on farmers’ risk preferences and technology adoption, with novel analysis of the relationship between risk preferences, production contract participation, and technology investment levels and adoption time. Our analysis uses farm-level data from 345 Chinese broiler growers and an instrumental variables strategy to address the potential endogeneity of the contracting decision. Both the distance of the farm to the nearest broiler business and the distance of the farm to the nearest market for broiler sale are used as instrumental variables for the contracting decision. Results indicate that farmers with higher risk aversion are more likely to participate in contracts, less likely to adopt new technology, adopt technology later, and invest less in technology. In the subsample of contract farmers, contracts with longer terms, lower upfront deposit requirements and higher cost sharing with enterprises for technology adoption may make farmers more likely to adopt technology, to adopt technology early and to invest more. These findings jointly suggest that contract terms that help alleviate credit constraints may be more effective at promoting technology adoption in developing countries.
Neolithodes brodiei Dawson & Yaldwyn 1970
Creators: name: Macpherson, Enrique
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Lithodidae
Neolithodes
Neolithodes brodiei

description: Neolithodes brodiei Dawson & Yaldwyn, 1970
 Neolithodes brodiei Dawson & Yaldwyn, 1970: 227. — McLay 1988: 36, fig. 3. — Dawson 1989: 318 (list and references).
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. MUSORSTOM 8, stn CP 1126, 15°58’S, 166°39’E, 1126-1260 m, 10.X.1994, 1 ♂ 109 × 98 mm (MNHN-Pg 5941).
REMARKS
The species has previously been cited in southeastern Australia and New Zealand, in 798-1120 m. The present specimen extends its geographic distribution to the north, in 1126-1260 m.
description: Published as part of Macpherson, Enrique, 2001, New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean, pp. 797-805 in Zoosystema 23 (4) on page 799, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4524828
Ideal Fermion Delocalization in Five Dimensional Gauge Theories
Creators: name: Chivukula, R. Sekhar
name: He, Hong-Jian
name: Kurachi, Masafumi
name: Simmons, Elizabeth H.
name: Tanabashi, Masaharu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss ideal delocalization of fermions in a bulk SU(2) x SU(2) x U(1) Higgsless model with a flat or warped extra dimension. So as to make an extra dimensional interpretation possible, both the weak and hypercharge properties of the fermions are delocalized, with the U(1)_Y current of left-handed fermions being correlated with the SU(2)_W current. We find that (to subleading order) ideal fermion delocalization yields vanishing precision electroweak corrections in this continuum model, as found in corresponding theory space models based on deconstruction. In addition to explicit calculations, we present an intuitive argument for our results based on Georgi's spring analogy. We also discuss the conditions under which the essential features of an SU(2) x SU(2) x U(1) bulk gauge theory can be captured by a simpler SU(2) x SU(2) model.
description: 31 pages, 6 eps figures. Minor revisions
Figure S1 from Daughter centrioles assemble preferentially towards the nuclear envelope in Drosophila syncytial embryos
Creators: name: Cunningham, Neil H. J.
name: Bouhlel, Imène B.
name: Conduit, Paul T.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: Cell Biology

description: Further analysis of dual-colour FRAP data supports the finding that the site of daughter centriole assembly is non-random. (A) Frequency distribution of the angles at which daughter centrioles (marked by Sas-4-mCherry) form in relation to the future spindle axis (0˚). (B) Normal QQ plot showing that the angles in (A) conform well to a normal distribution. (C) Frequency distribution of the angles at which the recovering RFP-Cnn fluorescence is positioned in relation to the future spindle axis (0˚). (D) Normal QQ plot showing that the angles in (B) do not conform well to a normal distribution. (E) Graph displays the estimated positions of daughter centrioles (green circles) relative to the estimated position of their respective mother centrioles (position 0,0 on the graph) and the future spindle axis (positive y-axis) obtained from Asl-mCherry (mother) Sas-4-GFP (daughter) data. (F) Frequency distribution of the angles at which daughter centrioles (marked by Sas-4-GFP) form in relation to the future spindle axis (0˚). (G) Normal QQ plot showing that the angles in (F) conform well to a normal distribution. (H) Rose plot representing the angle at which daughter centrioles (marked by Sas-4-GFP) form in relation to the future spindle axis (0˚). Each segment corresponds to a single duplication event. Blue and red segments indicate daughter centriole assembly occurring less than or more than 90˚ from the future spindle axis, respectively. (I) Graph showing the distance between the estimated positions of mother and daughter centrioles (left and right datasets) or two different estimations of the mother centriole (central dataset) in the different imaging conditions used, as indicated. Note that data for the datasets on the left and in the centre have been re-plotted from Figure 1G to allow comparison to the dataset on the right. Datasets were compared to each other using a one-way ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis test.
title: Is anyone listening? Women mathematics teachers' experiences of professional learning
Creators: name: Adams, Gill
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2014

description: This study explores women secondary mathematics teachers' experiences of professional learning. Life histories were elicited through semi-structured interviews in the form of guided conversations, supplemented by time-lines of mathematics and of professional learning. Analysis focused on constructed personal experience narratives. Although research demonstrates the features of effective professional learning, teachers' experiences of learning throughout their careers remains under explored. A particular focus in this study is on the ways in which professional learning is supported, providing opportunities for reengagement with mathematics, a subject frequently viewed as inaccessible and masculine.

The women's stories are peopled with significant others who provide both models and encouragement, frequently drawn from their own school days and early professional experience. Much professional learning is informal, arising from unstructured reflection on teaching, with teachers accorded neither agency nor consistent support for their learning.

The women's narratives provide a perspective on lived experiences of professional learning. Frequently learning is unsupported and spaces to discuss mathematics learning and teaching limited. Teachers appear isolated in restrictive school environments which contribute to a perception of reduced agency. Where opportunities for collaborative professional learning exist, women participate actively in the wider mathematics education community. Analysis of the narratives suggests that teachers' agency over their professional learning needs to increase to create spaces for women to collaborate on mathematics focussed professional learning. The allocation of resources to teacher professional learning should be prioritised.

These glimpses reveal the restricted landscape of women mathematics teachers'learning opportunities. Despite these restrictions, however, teachers push at the boundaries. The narratives will support teachers who may draw on the voices of others to help them to make sense of their own development. Further research is warranted to explore the way individuals might develop and utilise their own professional learning narratives.
I Remember when the World was Thicker
Creators: name: McDonnell, Paul
Publisher: name: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Year: 2024
Subjects: New media art
Simulation
Natural world
Projection art

description: This MFA thesis, I Remember when the World was Thicker, is an exploration in the use of simulacra and simulation, while at the same time, it is a critique of their limits and inherent emptiness. It is practice-based research into a slow, meditative, observational process that led to the question; how can a mediated response to solistalgia provide some understanding of the defuturing of the natural world that is happening all around us? Sitting within the discipline of new media, the thesis employs projected animation to remind the viewer of a world when the trees were forests, the fish and the fisher weren’t separate, and the moths weren’t trapped. It presents as digitally projected computer-generated images. Principally, the work is an expression of grief for the loss of the natural world and its replacement with the simulated. It is also an attempt to shift the viewer towards a deeper feeling of the interconnectedness of the natural world. Although the work might look like cinema, it is not from that tradition, as there is no lens-based record within it. It is in effect, a gallery installation that simulates a gallery installation of three simulacra that contain the projected digital shadows of animal, insect, and plant forms. These animations were created through research into techniques and processes that use 3D computer and A.I. image creation, including text to image software, advanced computer animation software, generative 3d forms, 3D printing and CNC machining, high resolution projection and projection mapping. I Remember when the World was Thicker, contains research that fosters innovation in the use of advanced computer software and digital projection as a method of artistic production. It is also research into an artistic process that involves walking and seated observation and meditation as a form of artistic inspiration and knowledge gathering.
description: Defuturing
description: Solistalgia
description: Simulacra
EFFECT OF NOISE LEVEL ON ASSIMILATION RATE AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN
Creators: name: Olaosebilan, Abdulmalik
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Clinical Psychology

description: This study examines effect of noise level on assimilation rate among school children in Ibadan. This study adopted a two-group design. eighty seven (87) participants were sampled in this study; that is 48 participants were sampled in the first experiment (24 males, 24 females) and 39 participants (17 males; 22 females) was sampled in the second experiment respectively. The participants "treatment group and control groups" were randomly determined using balloting. The treatment group was presented with noise while the teaching was going on by a research assistant while the control group was not. The component of the noise include trumpet blowing, claps, shouts, music and loud sounds outside the classroom. Two hypotheses were tested in this study using Independent Sample T-Test and at 0.05 level of significance. Finding showed that participants who were taught under condition of absence of noise report significantly higher on assimilation (X = 11.25; SD = 1.96) than participants who taught under condition of presence of noise (X = 4.54; SD = 1.22). This means that participants taught under condition of absence of noise assimilate better than participants taught under condition of presence of noise as t(46) = -14.24; p The study concludes that noise level significantly influenced assimilation of students.
A Neural-Network Variational Quantum Algorithm for Many-Body Dynamics
Creators: name: Lee, Chee-Kong
name: Patil, Pranay
name: Zhang, Shengyu
name: Hsieh, Chang-Yu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a neural-network variational quantum algorithm to simulate the time evolution of quantum many-body systems. Based on a modified restricted Boltzmann machine (RBM) wavefunction ansatz, the proposed algorithm can be efficiently implemented in near-term quantum computers with low measurement cost. Using a qubit recycling strategy, only one ancilla qubit is required to represent all the hidden spins in an RBM architecture. The variational algorithm is extended to open quantum systems by employing a stochastic Schrodinger equation approach. Numerical simulations of spin-lattice models demonstrate that our algorithm is capable of capturing the dynamics of closed and open quantum many-body systems with high accuracy without suffering from the vanishing gradient (or 'barren plateau') issue for the considered system sizes.
Moving sources in a ghost condensate
Creators: name: Peloso, Marco
name: Sorbo, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ghost condensation has been recently proposed as a mechanism inducing the spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry. Corrections to the Newton potential generated by a static source have been computed: they yield a limit M < 10 MeV on the symmetry breaking scale, and - if the limit is saturated - they are maximal at a distance L ~ 1000 km from the source. However, these corrections propagate at a tiny velocity, v_s ~ 10^{-12} m/s, many orders of magnitude smaller than the velocity of any plausible source. We compute the gravitational potential taking the motion of the source into account: the standard Newton law is recovered in this case, with negligible corrections for any distance from the source up to astrophysical scales. Still, the vacuum of the theory is unstable, and requiring stability over the lifetime of the Universe gives a limit for M which is not too far from the one given above. In the absence of a direct coupling of the ghost to matter, signatures of this model will have to be searched in the form of exotic astrophysical events.
description: 13 pages
Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai 1971
Creators: name: Macpherson, Enrique
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Lithodidae
Neolithodes
Neolithodes nipponensis

description: Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971
 Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971: 7, figs 1a-f, pl. 8; 1976, 697, figs 378a-f, pl. 244. — Dawson 1989: 318 (list and references). — Ikeda 1998: 47, pl. 65.
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10, stn CP 1361, 18°00.00’S, 178°53.71’W, 1058-1091 m, 13.VIII.1998, 1 ♂ 138 × 127 mm (MNHN-Pg 5942). BORDAU 1, stn CP 1458, 17°21.52’S, 179°28.00’W, 1216-1226 m, 5.III.1999, 1 ♂ 73 × 64 mm (MNHN-Pg 5943).
REMARKS
The species has previously been cited in Japan, between 200 and 950 m. This new occurrence extends the distribution range of the species southwards to Fiji, and its depth range to 1058-1091 m.
description: Published as part of Macpherson, Enrique, 2001, New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean, pp. 797-805 in Zoosystema 23 (4) on page 799, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4524828
An Analysis of International Land Prices
Creators: name: Alston, Julian
name: Alston, Julian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1984
Subjects: Land Economics/Use

description: Farmland prices in the United States more than doubled in real terms over the twenty years 1960 to 1980. Two suggested possible causes of this growth are (i) growth of rental income to land, and (ii) inflation. Theoretically, the effect of inflation is ambiguous. The empirical work uses data for eight midwestern states of the United States. Most of the growth in U.S. farmland prices is accounted for by growth of rental income. In a regression model, inflation has a negative effect on real land prices; but the effect is comparatively small. This result is consistent with the Darby hypothesis about the effect of inflation on interest rates. It implies land is not a good 'hedge' against inflation in general, although it was during the 1970s. Real growth in farmland prices has not been confined to the United States. The Factor Price Equalization Theorem suggests a tendency towards equalization of land rental income between different regions of a country and between countries. This Theorem rests on strong assumptions. If interest rates were equalized along with land rents, land prices would be equalized as well. The main empirical problems are to convert acres of land and currencies to comparable units. To control for differences in land quality, growth rates rather than levels of land prices are compared between states of the United States, and between the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Two types of currency conversions are used: market exchange rates and a notional purchasing power parity exchange rate, the ratio of Consumer Price Indexes between countries. For the measures based on market exchange rates, the growth rates of land prices were very similar among the four countries over the intervals, 1961 to 1980 and 1968 to 1980. There were no statistically significant differences. For the measures based on the notional exchange rate, the rankings of countries--according to growth rates of land prices--changed markedly and there were some significant differences. These results indicate departures from purchasing power parity and changes in real exchange rates during the sample period. Overall, the results support the Factor Price Equalization Theorem.
description: A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of North Carolina State University at Raleigh in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics and Business
Anomaly-free chiral $U(1)_{D}$ and its scotogenic implication
Creators: name: Wong, Chi-Fong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We assume a dark $U_{D}$ symmetric hidden sector and explore its possible content such that neutrino mass and Dark Matter are generated through the scotogenic mechanism. The hidden sector is considered analogue to the Standard Model, namely the charge assignment of hidden fermions is chiral and anomaly-free. Moreover, $U_{D}$ is assumed broken by an only Higgs singlet that also generates masses to all hidden fermions, therefore the charge assignment is subjected to additional restriction. We search by computer program for charge assignments satisfying all these conditions, and identify the resulting minimal scotogenic models for Majorana neutrinos and Dirac neutrinos respectively in the sense of minimal number of messenger scalar involved. Particle spectrum, couplings, and phenomenologies of these minimal models are briefly discussed. DM is found multicomponent and always contains Dirac fermionic species.
description: v1: 11 pages, 4 figures, 1 table; v2: references added, partially re-written, and accepted by Physics of the Dark Universe;
MIGNEX Policy Brief D8.4 - The implications of (mis)managing transit migration
Creators: name: Nicolle, Herve
Publisher: name: Peace Research Institute Oslo
Year: 2023

description: Transit migration management is a major policy response to irregular migration in most destination countries. It is detrimental not only to migrants, but also transit countries instrumentalised by security and short-term approaches.

Key Takeaways

Transit migration is a politicised policy area, inseparable from attempts to externalise border controls and curb irregular migration, particularly to European countries.

The externalisation of borders, delegation of responsibilities and security threaten migrants' human rights and the political, social and economic stability of local communities.

The (mis)management of transit migration can have consequences for countries of origin, transit and destination.
TERRITORIAL AND SOCIAL DIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN POLAND IN YEARS 2010-2014
TERYTORIALNE I SPOŁECZNE ZRÓŻNICOWANIE BEZPIECZEŃSTWA SOCJALNEGO W POLSCE W LATACH 2010-2014
Creators: name: Iwacewicz-Orłowska Anna
name: Iwacewicz-Orłowska Anna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Public Economics
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: social security ;
subject: poverty ;
subject: income inequality ;
subject: Gini coefficient ;

description: Subject and purpose of work: The discussion undertaken in this article concerns differences in the level of social security. The main aim is to analyse the territorial and social diversity of social security in Poland in years 2010-2014. Materials and methods: The research study presented was carried out on the basis of the analysis and synthesis of literature, statistical data, as well as the author’s reflections. Results: Differences in the level of social security to a large extent depend on the following factors: the territorial location and the size of the locality, age group, types of socio-economic groups, and type of household. Social security level is diversified territorially and socially. Conclusions: The residents of small cities from the north-east part of the country and people aged between 16-24 are most threatened with poverty. In the case of Poland a high percentage of poverty threat is a matter of concern amongst working people. The lowest poverty level is in the group of 55-year olds, that is people receiving retirement benefits.
description: Streszczenie Przedmiot i cel pracy: Rozważania podjęte w artykule dotyczą różnic w poziomie bezpieczeństwa socjalnego. Praca ma na celu analizę zróżnicowania terytorialnego oraz społecznego bezpieczeństwa socjalnego w Polsce w latach 2010-2014. Materiały i metody: Praca została wykonana na podstawie analizy i syntezy literatury przedmiotu, zebranych danych statystycznych oraz własnych przemyśleń autorki. Wyniki: Różnice w poziomie bezpieczeństwa socjalnego zależą w duży stopniu od następujących czynników: położenia terytorialnego oraz wielkości miejscowości, od grupy wiekowej, grupy społeczno-ekonomicznej oraz typu gospodarstwa domowego. Poziom bezpieczeństwa socjalnego jest więc zróżnicowany terytorialnie oraz społecznie. Wnioski: Najbardziej zagrożeni ubóstwem są mieszkańcy małych miast leżących w północno-wschodniej części kraju oraz osoby w przedziale wiekowym 16-24 lata. W przypadku Polski niepokój budzi także wysoki odsetek zagrożenia ubóstwem osób pracujących. Najniższy poziom ubóstwa notowany jest w grupie osób powyżej 55 roku życia, czyli osób pobierających świadczenia emerytalne. Słowa kluczowe: bezpieczeństwo społeczne, ubóstwo, nierówności dochodowe, wskaźnik Giniego