cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bošković's method for determining the axis and rate of solar rotation by observing sunspots in 1777
Creators: name: Husak, Mirko
name: Brajša, Roman
name: Špoljarić, Dragan
name: Krajnović, Davor
name: Ruždjak, Domagoj
name: Skokić, Ivica
name: Roša, Dragan
name: Hržina, Damir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In 1777 Ruđer Bošković observed sunspots, determined their positions and the solar rotation elements by his own methods briefly described here. We repeat his calculations of the mean solar time, sunspot positions, and solar rotation elements using both the Bošković's original equations and equations adapted for modern computers. We repeat the calculations using two values of the obliquity of the ecliptic, Bošković's, and an interpolated one. Using his 1777 observations, Bošković obtained the solar equator's inclination, ecliptic longitude of the ascending node, and sidereal and synodic rotation periods. We analyzed and compared these original Bošković results with our repeated calculations. Our results confirm the validity of Bošković's methods and the precision of his calculations. Additionally, the paper presents the solar differential rotation determination using all 1777 observations by Ruđer Bošković.
description: Research paper in Solar physics journal, 30 pages, 7 figures, and 12 Tables. Generated in Overleaf LaTeX, then converted to PNG, and merged in PDF. There were technical error in TEX file, which I could not resolve
Scalar-involved three-point Green functions and their phenomenology
Creators: name: Dai, Ling-Yun
name: Fuentes-Martin, Javier
name: Portoles, Jorge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse within the framework of resonance chiral theory the $\langle SA_μA_ν\rangle$ and $\langle SV_μV_ν\rangle$ three-point Green functions, where $S$, $A_μ $ and $V_μ$ are short for scalar, axial-vector and vector $SU(3)$ hadronic currents. We construct the necessary Lagrangian such that the Green functions fulfill the asymptotic constraints, at large momenta, imposed by QCD at leading order. We study the implications of our results on the spectrum of scalars in the large-$N_C$ limit, and analyse their decays.
description: 30 pages, 5 figures. v2: Typos in Eqs. (B.4) and (B.6) of the appendices in the published version are corrected
Privacy Fatigue and Privacy Decision-Making
Creators: name: Byrne, Kaileigh A.
name: Yizhou Liu
name: Anaraky, Reza Ghaiumy
name: Black, Jonathan
name: Aly, Heba Ibrahim
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Computer Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: With the rapid growth of information communication technology, internet users face constantly demands to manage privacy setting and make decisions on whether to disclose privacy data in the digital environment. Such privacy-related decisions and actions are heavily influenced by users’ level of trust, privacy concerns, perceived risks, and perceived benefits. One recently recognized factor that may impair privacy behaviors is privacy fatigue. While privacy fatigue increases individuals’ disclosure intention, its impact on actual behavior remains unknown, and users often exhibit an intention-behavior gap. To address this gap, this study employed a within-subjects design in which participants completed a privacy decision-making task requiring them to make repeated decisions about online cookie management.
Realization of density-dependent Peierls phases to engineer quantized gauge fields coupled to ultracold matter
Creators: name: Görg, Frederik
name: Sandholzer, Kilian
name: Minguzzi, Joaquín
name: Desbuquois, Rémi
name: Messer, Michael
name: Esslinger, Tilman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gauge fields that appear in models of high-energy and condensed matter physics are dynamical quantum degrees of freedom due to their coupling to matter fields. Since the dynamics of these strongly correlated systems is hard to compute, it was proposed to implement this basic coupling mechanism in quantum simulation platforms with the ultimate goal to emulate lattice gauge theories. Here, we realize the fundamental ingredient for a density-dependent gauge field acting on ultracold fermions in an optical lattice by engineering non-trivial Peierls phases that depend on the site occupations. We propose and implement a Floquet scheme that relies on breaking time-reversal symmetry (TRS) by driving the lattice simultaneously at two frequencies which are resonant with the onsite interactions. This induces density-assisted tunnelling processes that are controllable in amplitude and phase. We demonstrate techniques in a Hubbard dimer to quantify the amplitude and to directly measure the Peierls phase with respect to the single-particle hopping. The tunnel coupling features two distinct regimes as a function of the modulation amplitudes, which can be characterised by a $\mathbb{Z}_2$-invariant. Moreover, we provide a full tomography of the winding structure of the Peierls phase around a Dirac point that appears in the driving parameter space.
description: 7+17 pages, 4+7 figures
On polynomial images of a closed ball
Creators: name: Fernando, José F.
name: Ueno, Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 14P10, 52B99, Secondary: 52A20, 41A10, 26D15, 13P25

description: In this work we approach the problem of determining which (compact) semialgebraic subsets of ${\mathbb R}^n$ are images under polynomial maps $f:{\mathbb R}^m\to{\mathbb R}^n$ of the closed unit ball $\overline{\mathcal B}_m$ centered at the origin of some Euclidean space ${\mathbb R}^m$ and that of estimating (when possible) which is the smallest $m$ with this property. Contrary to what happens with the images of ${\mathbb R}^m$ under polynomial maps, it is quite straightforward to provide basic examples of semialgebraic sets that are polynomial images of the closed unit ball. For instance, simplices, cylinders, hypercubes, elliptic, parabolic or hyperbolic segments (of dimension $n$) are polynomial images of the closed unit ball in ${\mathbb R}^n$.
 The previous examples (and other basic ones proposed in the article) provide a large family of `$n$-bricks' and we find necessary and sufficient conditions to guarantee that a finite union of `$n$-bricks' is again a polynomial image of the closed unit ball either of dimension $n$ or $n+1$. In this direction, we prove: {\em A finite union ${\mathcal S}$ of $n$-dimensional convex polyhedra is the image of the $n$-dimensional closed unit ball $\overline{\mathcal B}_n$ if and only if ${\mathcal S}$ is connected by analytic paths}.
 The previous result can be generalized using the `$n$-bricks' mentioned before and we show: {\em If ${\mathcal S}_1,\ldots,{\mathcal S}_\ell\subset{\mathbb R}^n$ are `$n$-bricks', the union ${\mathcal S}:=\bigcup_{i=1}^\ell{\mathcal S}_i$ is the image of the closed unit ball $\overline{\mathcal B}_{n+1}$ of ${\mathbb R}^{n+1}$ under a polynomial map $f:{\mathbb R}^{n+1}\to{\mathbb R}^n$ if and only if ${\mathcal S}$ is connected by analytic paths}.
description: 41 pages, 18 pages
From microscopic description to statistical mechanics of Cu-O chain fragments in the high-Tc superconductors REBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x}
Creators: name: Haugerud, H.
name: Uimin, G.
name: Selke, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The oxygen deficient CuO_x planes of the high-Tc superconductors REBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x} (RE denotes a rare-earth atom or yttrium) are studied. Starting from the Emery model for the Cu-O chain fragments, an extended ASYNNNI model is proposed to describe the statistical mechanics of the CuO_x planes. The model is analysed by using Monte Carlo techniques, computing especially the charge transfer to the CuO$_2$ planes regulating the high-Tc superconductivity, and the concentration of differently coordinated Cu ions.Results are compared to experimental data for various RE cases.
description: 21 pages, RevTex, 21 ps-figures
Additional file 1: of A much valued tool that also brings ethical dilemmas - a qualitative study of Norwegian midwives’ experiences and views on the role of obstetric ultrasound
Creators: name: Åhman, Annika
name: Edvardsson, Kristina
name: Fagerli, Tove
name: Darj, Elisabeth
name: Holmlund, Sophia
name: Small, Rhonda
name: Mogren, Ingrid
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Key domains in the CROCUS interview guide (DOCX 17 kb)
Hybrid Block Successive Approximation for One-Sided Non-Convex Min-Max Problems: Algorithms and Applications
Creators: name: Lu, Songtao
name: Tsaknakis, Ioannis
name: Hong, Mingyi
name: Chen, Yongxin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The min-max problem, also known as the saddle point problem, is a class of optimization problems which minimizes and maximizes two subsets of variables simultaneously. This class of problems can be used to formulate a wide range of signal processing and communication (SPCOM) problems. Despite its popularity, most existing theory for this class has been mainly developed for problems with certain special convex-concave structure. Therefore, it cannot be used to guide the algorithm design for many interesting problems in SPCOM, where various kinds of non-convexity arise. In this work, we consider a block-wise one-sided non-convex min-max problem, in which the minimization problem consists of multiple blocks and is non-convex, while the maximization problem is (strongly) concave. We propose a class of simple algorithms named Hybrid Block Successive Approximation (HiBSA), which alternatingly perform gradient descent-type steps for the minimization blocks and gradient ascent-type steps for the maximization problem. A key element in the proposed algorithm is the use of certain regularization and penalty sequences, which stabilize the algorithm and ensure convergence. We show that HiBSA converges to some properly defined first-order stationary solutions with quantifiable global rates. To validate the efficiency of the proposed algorithms, we conduct numerical tests on a number of problems, including the robust learning problem, the non-convex min-utility maximization problems, and certain wireless jamming problem arising in interfering channels.
One dimensional drift-diffusion between two absorbing boundaries: application to granular segregation
Creators: name: Farkas, Zeno
name: Fulop, Tamas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by a novel method for granular segregation, we analyze the one dimensional drift-diffusion between two absorbing boundaries. The time evolution of the probability distribution and the rate of absorption are given by explicit formulae, the splitting probability and the mean first passage time are also calculated. Applying the results we find optimal parameters for segregating binary granular mixtures.
description: RevTeX, 5 pages, 6 figures
Compost-bedded pack barns in the state of Minas Gerais: architectural and technological characterization
Creators: name: Oliveira, V.C.
name: Damasceno, F.A.
name: Oliveira, C.E.A.
name: Ferraz, P.F.P.
name: Ferraz, G.A.S.
name: Saraz, J.A.O.
Publisher: name: Agronomy Research
Year: 2019
Subjects: dairy cattle
animal facility
management
article

description: Compost bedding pack (CBP) barns have been receiving increased attention as an alternative housing system for dairy cattle. Thus, a systematic investigation of the primary management practices of dairy cattle in CBP barns in the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil) has proven to be of environmental and economic relevance. The aim of this research was to summarize the compost bed data, barn dimension data and to determine the major interactive factors in the success of bed composting from qualitative and quantitative methods. Data for this study was collected from 16 CBP barns, distributed throughout the southern state of Minas Gerais (Brazil) between March 2017 and July 2018. These data were used to describe the building layouts and dimensions, to identify barn management practices, and to characterize the compost bedding material concerning moisture content. The majority of these barns had feed alleys and driveways; overshot ridges with frequent orientation from NE to SW; bedding process and aeration using mechanical tillage. The average bedding moisture content was found to be 36.9 ± 5.2% (w.b.). Based on the information found, it is possible to evaluate that there is still no defined construction pattern, with a high variation of size and technologies employed.
Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensation with Three-Body Interactions and Collective Excitations
Creators: name: Gammal, A.
name: Frederico, T.
name: Tomio, Lauro
name: Chomaz, Ph.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The stability of a Bose-Einstein condensed state of trapped ultra-cold atoms is investigated under the assumption of an attractive two-body and a repulsive three-body interaction. The Ginzburg-Pitaevskii-Gross (GPG) nonlinear Schrödinger equation is extended to include an effective potential dependent on the square of the density and solved numerically for the s-wave. The lowest frequency of the collective mode is determined and its dependences on the number of atoms and on the strength of the three-body force are studied. We show that the addition of three-body dynamics can allow the number of condensed atoms to increase considerably, even when the strength of the three-body force is very small compared with the strength of the two-body force. We also observe a first-order liquid-gas phase transition for the condensed state up to a critical strength of the effective three-body force.
description: 7 eps-figures
ASAP (Automatic Software for ASL Processing): A toolbox for processing Arterial Spin Labeling images
Creators: name: Abad, Virginia Mato
name: Garcia-Polo, Pablo
name: ODaly, Owen
name: Hernandez-Tamames, Juan Antonio
name: Zelaya, Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The method of Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) has experienced a significant rise in its application to functional imaging, since it is the only technique capable of measuring blood perfusion in a truly non-invasive manner. Currently, there are no commercial packages for processing ASL data and there is no recognised standard for normalising ASL data to a common frame of reference. This work describes a new Automated Software for ASL Processing (ASAP) that can automatically process several ASL datasets. ASAP includes functions for all stages of image pre-processing: quantification, skull-stripping, co-registration, partial volume correction and normalization. To assess the applicability and validity of the toolbox, this work shows its application in the study of hypoperfusion in a sample of healthy subjects at risk of progressing to Alzheimer's Disease. ASAP requires limited user intervention, minimising the possibility of random and systematic errors, and produces cerebral blood flow maps that are ready for statistical group analysis. The software is easy to operate and results in excellent quality of spatial normalisation. The results found in this evaluation study are consistent with previous studies that find decreased perfusion
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables
Coupled Multirate Infinitesimal GARK Schemes for Stiff Systems with Multiple Time Scales
Creators: name: Roberts, Steven
name: Sarshar, Arash
name: Sandu, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65L05, 65L06

description: Traditional time discretization methods use a single timestep for the entire system of interest and can perform poorly when the dynamics of the system exhibits a wide range of time scales. Multirate infinitesimal step (MIS) methods (Knoth and Wolke, 1998) offer an elegant and flexible approach to efficiently integrate such systems. The slow components are discretized by a Runge-Kutta method, and the fast components are resolved by solving modified fast differential equations. Sandu (2018) developed the Multirate Infinitesimal General-structure Additive Runge-Kutta (MRI-GARK) family of methods that includes traditional MIS schemes as a subset. The MRI-GARK framework allowed the construction of the first fourth order MIS schemes. This framework also enabled the introduction of implicit methods, which are decoupled in the sense that any implicitness lies entirely within the fast or slow integrations. It was shown by Sandu that the stability of decoupled implicit MRI-GARK methods has limitations when both the fast and slow components are stiff and interact strongly. This work extends the MRI-GARK framework by introducing coupled implicit methods to solve stiff multiscale systems. The coupled approach has the potential to considerably improve the overall stability of the scheme, at the price of requiring implicit stage calculations over the entire system. Two coupling strategies are considered. The first computes coupled Runge-Kutta stages before solving a single differential equation to refine the fast solution. The second alternates between computing coupled Runge-Kutta stages and solving fast differential equations. We derive order conditions and perform the stability analysis for both strategies. The new coupled methods offer improved stability compared to the decoupled MRI-GARK schemes. The theoretical properties of the new methods are validated with numerical experiments.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1808.02759
ระบบคิดและการสร้างอารยธรรม
Creators: name: สมชาย ภคภาสน์วิวัฒน์
Publisher: name: คณะบริหารธุรกิจ มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าพระนครเหนือ
Year: 2564
Subjects: ระบบคิด, การสร้างอารยธรรม

description: วารสารบริหารธุรกิจอุตสาหกรรม, 3, 1, 1-7
Solutions for Neutral for Axi-Dilaton Gravity in 4-Dimensions
Creators: name: Dereli, T
name: Onder, M
name: Tucker, Robin W
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine a 1 parameter class of actions describing the gravitational interaction between a pair of scalar fields and Einsteinian gravitation. When the parameter is positive the theory corresponds to an axi-dilatonic sector of low energy string theory. We exploit an SL(2,R) symmetry of the theory to construct a family of electromagnetically neutral solutions with non-zero axion and dilaton charge from solutions of the Brans-Dicke theory. We also comment on solutions to the theory with negative coupling parameter.
description: 7 pages Plain Tex (No Figures), Letter to Editor, Classical and Quantum Gravity
Numerical calculation of the full two-loop electroweak corrections to muon (g-2)
Creators: name: Ishikawa, Tadashi
name: Nakazawa, Nobuya
name: Yasui, Yoshiaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Numerical calculation of two-loop electroweak corrections to the muon anomalous magnetic moment ($g$-2) is done based on, on shell renormalization scheme (OS) and free quark model (FQM). The GRACE-FORM system is used to generate Feynman diagrams and corresponding amplitudes. Total 1780 two-loop diagrams and 70 one-loop diagrams composed of counter terms are calculated to get the renormalized quantity. As for the numerical calculation, we adopt trapezoidal rule with Double Exponential method (DE). Linear extrapolation method (LE) is introduced to regularize UV- and IR-divergences and to get finite values. The reliability of our result is guaranteed by several conditions. The sum of one and two loop electroweak corrections in this renormalization scheme becomes $a_μ^{EW:OS}[1{\rm+}2{\rm -loop}]= 151.2 (\pm 1.0)\times 10^{-11}$, where the error is due to the numerical integration and the uncertainty of input mass parameters and of the hadronic corrections to electroweak loops. By taking the hadronic corrections into account, we get $a_μ^{EW}[1{\rm+}2 {\rm -loop}]= 152.9 (\pm 1.0)\times 10^{-11}$. It is in agreement with the previous works given in PDG within errors.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1709.03284
Factors and economic burden of non-severe hypoglycemia among insulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Kosachunhanun, Natapong
name: Wongsa, Danil
name: Permsuwan, Unchalee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Virology

description: This cross-sectional survey was performed to assess the prevalence, factors, and economic burden of non-severe hypoglycemia among insulin-treated type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients in northern Thailand. Between April 2021 and August 2022, 600 participants were evaluated via structured questionnaires containing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, medications, and economic burden. Patients were divided into two groups (having and not having non-severe hypoglycemia). Variables with a p value <.05 in the univariate model were included in the multivariate model. The percentage of non-severe hypoglycemia was 50.3% (302/600). Of all participants, the average age was 61.4 ± 26.0 years, 55.7% were female, 53.5% used premix insulin, and the average duration of diabetes was 16.1 ± 10.0 years. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that age (OR = .96; p <.001), duration of diabetes (OR = 1.04; p <.001), BMI (OR = .95; p = .002), thiazolidinedione (OR = 1.56; p = .012) and insulin regimens were associated with having non-severe hypoglycemia. Compared to basal insulin, basal bolus (OR = 6.93; p = .001), basal plus (OR = 3.58; p <.001), and premix insulin (OR = 1.83; p =.003) were associated with hypoglycemia. Greater numbers of sick leave were found in the hypoglycemia group (14 vs 4 patients, p = .029). These findings help to individuate those patients who are at higher risk of non-severe hypoglycemia in insulin-treated T2D patients. Compared to the non-hypoglycemia group, patients with hypoglycemia were younger, had longer diabetes duration, lower BMI, received thiazolidinedione and insulin regimens such as premix, basal plus, or basal bolus insulins, and more productivity loss.
The Young-Laplace equation for a solid-liquid interface
Creators: name: de Hijes, P. Montero
name: Shi, K.
name: Noya, E. G.
name: Santiso, E. E.
name: Gubbins, K. E.
name: Sanz, E.
name: Vega, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The application of the Young-Laplace equation to a solid-liquid interface is considered. Computer simulations show that the pressure inside a solid cluster of hard spheres is smaller than the external pressure of the liquid (both for small and large clusters). That would suggest a negative value for the interfacial free energy. We show that in a Gibbsian description of the thermodynamics of a curved solid-liquid interface in equilibrium, the choice of the thermodynamic (rather than mechanical) pressure is required, as suggested by Tolman for the liquid-gas scenario. With this definition, the interfacial free energy is positive, and the values obtained are in excellent agreement with previous results from nucleation studies. Although for a curved fluid-fluid interface there is no distinction between mechanical and thermal pressures (for a sufficiently large inner phase), in the solid-liquid they do not coincide, as hypothesized by Gibbs.
Implications for $B \to ηK$ and $B \to Glueball + K$ Modes from Observed Large $B\to η' K+X$
Creators: name: He, Xiao-Gang
name: Hou, Wei-Shu
name: Huang, C. -S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The unexpectedly large branching ratios for $B\to η' K (η' X_s)$ decays could be of gluonic origin. We study the implications for $B\to ηK (ηX_s)$ and $P K (PX_s)$, where $P$ is the pseudoscalar glueball. In the mechanism proposed by Fritzsch, large branching ratios are predicted for these modes. The $B\to ηK$ rate is barely within the experimental limit, and $B\to P K$, $PX_s$ could be at the 0.1% and 1% level, respectively. Smaller but less definite results are found for the mechanism of $g^* \to η' g$ via the gluon anomaly.
description: 11 pages, revtex, no figs
Quantum simulation of FMO complex using one-parameter semigroup of generators
Creators: name: Mahdian, M.
name: Yeganeh, H. Davoodi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The application of open quantum systems in biological processes such as photosynthetic complexes has recently received renewed attention. In this paper, we introduce a quantum algorithm for simulation of Markovian dynamics of the Fenna-Matthew-Olson (FMO) complex that exists in photosynthesis using a "universal set" of a one-parameter semigroup of generators. We investigate the details of each generator that has been obtained from spectral decomposition of the Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan (GKS) matrix by using linear combination and unitary conjugation. Also, we present a simple quantum circuit for the implementation of these generators.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
Comparison of Selected Methods for Individual Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Agents: Recent Development
Creators: name: Capoun, Tomas
name: Krykorkova, Jana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Hazardous substance
decontamination efficiency
residual contamination
Desprach sorbent
decontamination glove
decontamination sponge

description: This study addresses the individual decontamination of chemical warfare agents (CWA) and other hazardous substances. The individual decontamination applies to contaminated body surfaces, protective clothing and objects immediately after contamination, performed individually or by mutual assistance using prescribed or improvised devices. The article evaluates the importance of individual decontamination, security level for Fire and Rescue Service Units of the Czech Republic (FRS CR) and demonstrates some of the devices. The decontamination efficiency of selected methods (sorbent, glove and sponge, two-chamber foam device and wiping with alcohol) was evaluated for protective clothing and painted steel plate contaminated with O-ethyl-S-(diisopropylaminoethyl)-methylthiophosphonate (VX), sulfur mustard, o-cresol and acrylonitrile. The methods were assessed from an economic point of view and with regard to specific user parameters, such as the decontamination of surfaces or materials with poor accessibility and vertical surfaces, the need for a water rinse as well as toxic waste and its disposal. The improvised Czech fire-fighter System for Individual Decontamination of Fire-fighters was most effective when comparing decontamination methods used by FRS CR. For CWA and other hazardous chemicals, this improvised process had a high decontamination quality of comparable efficiency to commercial goods.
Clinical outcomes and medical resource utilization of toripalimab combination therapy versus bevacizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer
Creators: name: Qi, Huijie
name: Zhang, Wenxin
name: Chen, Bicui
name: Zhan, Qiong
name: Wang, Tianxiao
name: Shi, Huanying
name: Liu, Yanchen
name: Wang, Yan
name: Zhong, Mingkang
name: Shi, Xiaojin
name: Shen, Fangfang
name: Li, Qunyi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: This study aimed to evaluate the real-world clinical efficacy and safety, economic burdens and medical resource utilization (MRU) of toripalimab treatment patterns compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy (BCP) for patients with advanced non-squamous NSCLC in China. Progression-free survival (PFS), adverse drug reactions (ADR) and the costs of drugs, laboratory testing, imageology examinations (including CT, B ultrasound, MRI), medical service, nursing, treatment, genetic test and medical disposable material were compared between two groups. A retrospective observational study was conducted with electronic medical records from Fudan University Huashan hospital. Data was obtained from established electronic medical records (EMRs) and patient surveys. Survival time from the study enrollment to disease progression or death plus from 1st progression disease (PD) in the maintenance phase to 2nd PD (PFS II), adverse events (AE), direct medical costs, MRU and AE-related costs were collected and compared between toripalimab group and BCP group. A total of 246 patients were enrolled. Toripalimab combination therapy has significantly prolonged PFS comparing with BCP (13.8 months vs. 6.2 months, p < .001). A statistically significant improvement in PFS was observed favoring all toripalimab regimen subgroups compared with the bevacizumab group. Patients in toripalimab group occupied more overall resource consumption, more direct medical costs ($47,056.9 vs. $29,951.0, p < .0001) and AE-related costs ($4,500.2 vs. $784.4, p < .0001) than BCP group. Although patients in the toripalimab group used more drugs to prevent AEs ($4,500.2 vs. $784.4, p < .0001), they still experienced more AEs than patients in BCP group (51.4% vs. 41.4%). Toripalimab combination therapy could significantly prolonged PFS for patients with advanced non-squamous NSCLC compared with BCP, but at the expense of more MRU, costs and AEs.
Additional file 1 of Association between weather and utilisation of physical therapy in patients with osteoarthritis: a case-crossover study
Creators: name: Wu, Ruo-Yan
name: Pan, Ren-Hao
name: Wu, Chiung-Yi
name: Chan, Chien-Lung
name: Yeh, Huan-Jui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Tilting modules and dominant dimension with respect to injective modules
Creators: name: Adachi, Takahide
name: Tsukamoto, Mayu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 16G10, Secondly 16E65

description: In this paper, we study a relationship between tilting modules with finite projective dimension and dominant dimension with respect to injective modules as a generalization of results of Crawley-Boevey-Sauter, Nguyen-Reiten-Todorov-Zhu and Pressland-Sauter. Moreover, we give characterizations of almost $n$-Auslander-Gorenstein algebras and almost $n$-Auslander algebras by the existence of tilting modules. As an application, we describe a sufficient condition for almost $1$-Auslander algebras to be strongly quasi-hereditary by comparing such tilting modules and characteristic tilting modules.
description: 25 pages, major changes, to appear in Q. J. Math
Development of Latvian land use and land use change matrix using geospatial data of National forest inventory
Creators: name: Krumsteds, L.L.
name: Ivanovs, J.
name: Jansons, J.
name: Lazdins, A.
Publisher: name: Agronomy Research
Year: 2019
Subjects: land use and land use changes
land use matrix
national forest inventory
greenhouse gas inventory
article

description: Land use and land use change calculation matrix is one of the most important parts of the national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory in land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector providing information of an overall summary and changes in land use at a national level over a specified period of time. Information on land use and land use changes are further used to calculate other parameters important for determination of GHG emissions and carbon stock changes in living and dead biomass, soil and litter, as well as basic information on the impact of applied climate change mitigation measures. Calculations of land use change can be carried out in a partly automated process using GIS tools, which makes calculations easier to perform, reduces time consumption for this task and occasional mistakes due to manual operations. The aim of this study is to improve the methodology for development of land use and land use change matrix in the national GHG inventory system using geospatial data of National forest inventory (NFI) and auxiliary data sources. The developed system uses geospatial NFI data and auxiliary information provided by the land parcel information system (LPIS) and stand-wise forest inventory, and it improves accuracy and consistency of the land use and land use change matrix, providing the ability to apply the same land use accounting method for the whole reporting period since 1990 without a significant increase of uncertainty. The developed method determines land use changes in a 5-year period by comparing three successive NFI cycles. To determine the actual land use category in a particular year, we adjusted weights for different land use categories. Interpolation is used to determine year-by-year transitions.
Effect of the chiral phase transition on axion mass and self-coupling
Creators: name: Lu, Zhen-Yan
name: Ruggieri, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the effect of the chiral phase transition of QCD on the axion mass and self-coupling; the coupling of the axion to the quarks at finite temperature is described within the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. We find that the axion mass decreases with temperature, following the response of the topological susceptibility, in agreement with previous results obtained within chiral perturbation theory at low and intermediate temperatures. As expected, the comparison with lattice data shows that chiral perturbation theory fails to reproduce the topological susceptibility around the chiral critical temperature, while the Nambu$-$Jona-Lasinio model offers a better qualitative agreement with these data, hence a more reliable estimate of the temperature dependence of the axion mass in the presence of a hot quark medium. We complete our study by computing the temperature dependence of the self-coupling of the axion, finding that this coupling decreases at and above the phase transition. The model used in our work as well as the results presented here pave the way to the computation of the in-medium effects of hot and/or dense quark-gluon plasma on the axion properties.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures; typos corrected; references added; v2: published in PRD
Effectiveness of quarantine and isolation for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections, as well as impacting other individual and social outcomes in non-health care community-based settings: a rapid living systematic evidence synthesis
Creators: name: Wu, Nana
name: Burdick, Jessica
name: Comfort Sanuade
name: Mohit Jagwani
name: Bacon, Simon
name: Vieira, Ariany Marques
name: Paquet, Laurence
name: Joyal-Desmarais, Keven
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The objective of this rapid living evidence synthesis is to evaluate the effectiveness of quarantine and isolation for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infectious diseases in non-healthcare community-based settings. Additionally, it aims to identify potential negative outcomes associated with quarantine and isolation. The rapid living evidence synthesis seeks to provide the Canadian government with timely and reliable information to inform decision-making and policy development during the pandemic.
LIBER 2021 - Knowledge Café
Creators: name: van der Graaf, Maurits
name: van Wijngaarden, Hilde
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: These are the slides from the LIBER 2021 Session: Knowledge Café Description: This year we would like to ask for your input on the new strategy that LIBER will develop for the 2023-2027 period. With LIBER’s current Strategy (2017-2022) coming to a close, we would like to invite our members to join us in our effort to think back and assess LIBER’s efforts since 2017 (being at the forefront of representing research libraries in Europe and advocating for the future of Open Science). 2020 was undoubtedly a rocky and unpredictable year and LIBER, more so than before, ensured the delivery of services to our wide network while also running our virtual events. This enabled us to reach every corner of Europe and to especially invite members of underrepresented areas to join our online activities (which was not always possible for them before). As we are currently developing the foundation for our next LIBER Strategy, we invite all conference participants to join us during this Knowledge Cafe and help shape the vision for the next LIBER Strategy.

 According to LIBER President, Jeannette Frey, “Our network is the biggest source of valuable information when it comes to strategising. The needs and wishes of our network must be addressed as part of this crucial procedure to create a new LIBER strategy. And of course, the new strategy is so much more than simply a document. It must be a living and breathing document that we can all utilise and refer to. As such, we would gladly appreciate your input in this interactive session/Knowledge Café on the topic.”
Entanglement spectroscopy of non-Abelian anyons: Reading off quantum dimensions of individual anyons
Creators: name: Cornfeld, Eyal
name: Landau, L. Aviad
name: Shtengel, Kirill
name: Sela, Eran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the entanglement spectrum of topological systems hosting non-Abelian anyons. Akin to energy levels of a Hamiltonian, the entanglement spectrum is composed of symmetry multiplets. We find that the ratio between different eigenvalues within one multiplet is universal and is determined by the anyonic quantum dimensions. This result is a consequence of the conservation of the total topological charge. For systems with non-Abelian topological order, this generalizes known degeneracies of the entanglement spectrum, which are hallmarks of topological states. Experimental detection of these entanglement spectrum signatures may become possible in Majorana wires using multicopy schemes, allowing the measurement of quantum entanglement and its symmetry resolution.
description: 14 pages, 11 figures, 1 table
A machine learning-based algorithm to identify U-500R insulin candidates among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in US retrospective databases
Creators: name: Patel, Raja H.
name: Fan, Ludi
name: Kelly, Neal R.
name: Gelsey, Felicia
name: Hertzberg, Jeffrey K.
name: Brnabic, Alan James Michael
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: To develop a machine learning-based predictive algorithm to identify patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are candidates for initiation of U-500R insulin (U-500R). A retrospective cohort of patients with T2DM was used from a large US administrative claims and electronic health records (EHR) database affiliated with Optum. Predictor variables derived from the data were used to identify appropriate supervised machine learning models including least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and extreme gradient boosted (XGBoost) methods. Predictive performance was assessed using precision-recall (PR) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve (AUC). The clinical interpretation of the final model was supported by fitting the final set of variables from the LASSO and XGBoost models to a traditional logistic regression model. Model choice was determined by comparing Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), residual deviances, and scaled Brier scores. Among 81,242 patients who met the study eligibility criteria, 577 initiated U-500R and were assigned to the positive class. Predictors of U-500R initiation included overweight/obesity, neuropathy, HbA1c ≥9% and 8%–9%, BUN 23.8 to <112 mg/dl, ALT 35.9–2056.2 U/L, no radiological chest exams, no GFR labs, and gait/mobility abnormalities. The best performing model was the LASSO model with an ROC AUC of 0.776 on the hold-out test set. This study successfully developed and validated a machine learning-based algorithm to identify U-500R candidates among patients with T2DM. This may help health care providers and decision-makers to understand important characteristics of patients who could use U-500R therapies which in turn could support policies and guidelines for optimal patient management.
Cómo la licencia CC BY para preimpresiones afecta la publicación de artículos en revistas Una guía para investigadores
Creators: name: Creative Commons
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Preimpresión
Licencias
Derechos de autor
Ciencia Abierta
Investigación Abierta
Investigación
Ciencia

description: Una guía sobre cómo publicar versiones posteriores de tu investigación después de licenciar tu preimpresión bajo CC BY.

A guide to publishing further versions of your research after licensing your preprint CC BY.

This text was translated to Spanish by Jaime Celedón Vilches.
Assisted Requirements Selection by Clustering
Creators: name: del Sagrado, José
name: del Águila, Isabel M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Requirements selection is a decision-making process that enables project managers to focus on the deliverables that add most value to the project outcome. This task is performed to define which features or requirements will be developed in the next release. It is a complex multi-criteria decision process that has been focused by many research works because a balance between business profits and investment is needed. The spectrum of prioritization techniques spans from simple and qualitative to elaborated analytic prioritization approaches that fall into the category of optimization algorithms. This work studies the combination of the qualitative MoSCoW method and cluster analysis for requirements selection. The feasibility of our methodology has been tested on three case studies (with 20, 50 and 100 requirements). In each of them, the requirements have been clustered, then the clustering configurations found have been evaluated using internal validation measures for the compactness, connectivity and separability of the clusters. The experimental results show the validity of clustering strategies for the identification of the core set of requirements for the software product, being the number of categories proposed by MoSCoW a good starting point in requirements prioritization and negotiation.
Additional file 2: of The FLEX study school-based physical activity programs â measurement and evaluation of implementation
Creators: name: Wright, Catherine
name: Chomitz, Virginia
name: Duquesnay, Paula
name: Amin, Sarah
name: Economos, Christina
name: Sacheck, Jennifer
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: FLEX Key Informant Interview Guide â CHALK/Just Move. Key informant interview objective and guide for FLEX Study CHALK/Just Move schools. (DOCX 21 kb)
Stability prediction of the software requirements specification
Creators: name: del Sagrado, J.
name: del Águila, I. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Complex decision-making is a prominent aspect of Requirements Engineering. This work presents the Bayesian network Requisites that predicts whether the requirements specification documents have to be revised. We show how to validate Requisites by means of metrics obtained from a large complex software project. Besides, this Bayesian network has been integrated into a software tool by defining a communication interface inside a multilayer architecture to add this a new decision making functionality. It provides requirements engineers a way of exploring the software requirement specification by combining requirement metrics and the probability values estimated by the Bayesian network.
การประยุกต์ใช้ทฤษฎี AHP ในการเลือกใช้รูปแบบเฟอร์นิเจอร์ กรณีศึกษาร้านสะดวกซื้อ
Creators: name: วรางคณา ประชาเกษม
Publisher: name: คณะบริหารธุรกิจ มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าพระนครเหนือ
Year: 2564
Subjects: เฟอร์นิเจอร์ทรานสฟอร์ม, การวิเคราะห์เชิงลําดับชั้น, ร้านสะดวกซื้อ

description: วารสารบริหารธุรกิจอุตสาหกรรม, 3, 1, 8-34