cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Everyone's got something they just can't give up: a challenge to Feinberg's adherence to the Volenti maxim
Creators: name: Kling, Jennifer
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2011

description: In this paper, I challenge Joel Feinberg's in-principle unconditional adherence to the Volenti maxim, which states, roughly, that to he who consents, no wrong is done. Given the resources available in his theory of when a community can legitimately use the criminal law to prohibit actions, it seems that Feinberg need not hold that a person's consent always nullifies the wrong done to her. Through the lens of a particularly troubling case, I attempt to demonstrate that Feinberg can and should accept, given his prioritization of the doctrine of sovereign self-rule, that there are limits to consent's ability to nullify wrongdoing. I conclude by showing that accepting limitations on the Volenti maxim is not only consistent with Feinberg's theory, but actually enables his theory to consider a range of problematic cases in a fresh light.
Overfall / 'Common Heritage': The Limits of Public Trust and the Commons In the Great Lakes
Creators: name: Barton, Daniel Robert
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: This is an interdisciplinary, split dissertation, between a poetry collection and an essay on environmental humanities. The poetry engages in ecopoetic themes while working in the tradition of the Romantic lyric. The essay interrogates the public trust doctrine and the commons as approaches to water governance and engagement in the Great Lakes. It argues that, contrary to popular discourse that connects the two, public trust and the commons should be considered as separate institutions, evoking different relationships to water.
A relative-geometric treatment of ruled surfaces
Creators: name: Stamou, Georg
name: Stamatakis, Stylianos
name: Delivos, Ioannis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53A25, 53A15, 53A40

description: We consider relative normalizations of ruled surfaces with non-vanishing Gaussian curvature $K$ in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R} ^{3}$, which are characterized by the support functions $^{\left( α\right) }q=\left \vert K\right \vert ^α$ for $α\in \mathbb{R}$ (Manhart's relative normalizations). All ruled surfaces for which the relative normals, the Pick invariant or the Tchebychev vector field have some specific properties are determined. We conclude the paper by the study of the affine normal image of a non-conoidal ruled surface.
description: 12 pages
Low-dimensional approach to pair production in an oscillating electric field: Application to bandgap graphene layers
Creators: name: Akal, Ibrahim
name: Egger, Reinhold
name: Müller, Carsten
name: Villalba-Chávez, Selym
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The production of particle-antiparticle pairs from the quantum field theoretic ground state in the presence of an external electric field is studied. Starting with the quantum kinetic Boltzmann-Vlasov equation in four-dimensional spacetime, we obtain the corresponding equations in lower dimensionalities by way of spatial compactification. Our outcomes in $2+1$-dimensions are applied to bandgap graphene layers, where the charge carriers have the particular property of behaving like light massive Dirac fermions. We calculate the single-particle distribution function for the case of an electric field oscillating in time and show that the creation of particle-hole pairs in this condensed matter system closely resembles electron-positron pair production by the Schwinger effect.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
Subject Clitics in Child French
Creators: name: Gotowski, Megan
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: There has been debate over whether French subject clitics are affixes denoting agreement (Legendre et al. (2010); Culbertson 2010), or syntactic arguments (de Cat 2005). The analysis of clitics as affixes has been motivated by "subject doubling," in which a strong pronoun or full DP precedes a subject clitic, in child French. In this thesis, I will address these two previous interpretations of clitics, and I will offer an alternative analysis; French-speaking children may initially represent clitics as affixes as a result of competing grammars. As they acquire the target grammar, they will then reanalyze clitics as arguments. Subject doubling may therefore correspond to a stage in acquisition. I will present an analysis of the Palasis (2010) corpus from CHILDES, and contend that differences in the production rates of doubling in child and adult French, and in the syntax of child and adult French, provide support for this claim.
Cavity enhanced atomic magnetometry
Creators: name: Crepaz, Herbert
name: Ley, Li Yuan
name: Dumke, Rainer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Atom sensing based on Faraday rotation is an indispensable method for precision measurements, universally suitable for both hot and cold atomic systems. Here we demonstrate an all-optical magnetometer where the optical cell for Faraday rotation spectroscopy is augmented with a low finesse cavity. Unlike in previous experiments, where specifically designed multipass cells had been employed, our scheme allows to use conventional, spherical vapour cells. Spherical shaped cells have the advantage that they can be effectively coated inside with a spin relaxation suppressing layer providing long spin coherence times without addition of a buffer gas. Cavity enhancement shows in an increase in optical polarization rotation and sensitivity compared to single-pass configurations.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Publishers, funders and institutions: who is supporting UKRI-funded researchers to share data?
Creators: name: Montague-Hellen, Beth
name: Montague-Hellen, Kate
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: Research Support
subject: Research Support

description: Researchers are increasingly being asked by funders, publishers and their institutions to share research data alongside written publications, and to include data availability statements to support their readers in finding this data. In the UK, UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) is one of the largest funding bodies and has had data-sharing policies for several years. This article investigates the reasons why a researcher may or may not share their data and assesses whether funders, publishers and institutions are supporting data-sharing behaviour through their policies and actions. A survey with 166 responses gave an indicative assessment of researcher opinions around data sharing, and a corpus of 3,277 journal articles retrieved from four UK institutions was analysed using multivariate logistic regression models to provide empirical evidence as to researcher behaviour around data sharing. The regression models provide insight into how this is affected by the funder, institution and publisher of the research. This study identifies that those publishers and funders who give clear guidance in their policies as to which data should be shared, and where this data should be shared, are most likely to encourage good practice in researchers.
Neoryssomus Hofmann 1972
Creators: name: Almeida, Lúcia M.
name: Santos, Paula B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Neoryssomus

description: Key to species of the Neoryssomus (based on Hofmann (1970))
1. Elytra with greenish metallic shine; elytral punctation dispersed and disordered; antennomere III three times longer than IV; last antennomere as long as the previous two; length 3.5 to 4.75 mm (Chile)..................... N. germainii (Crotch)
1’. Elytra entirely black or black with reddish border; prothorax black; 3rd antennomere two times longer than the 4th; length 3.3 to 3.65 mm (Chile).................................................................. N. variabilis (Korchefsky)
description: Published as part of Almeida, Lúcia M. & Santos, Paula B., 2014, Synopsis of Oryssomini Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Neotropical region with new species of Oryssomus Mulsant, Pseudoryssomus Gordon and Gordonoryssomus Almeida & Lima, pp. 42-68 in Zootaxa 3846 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/250860
Making Meaning of the 2006 Territorial Conflict in Caledonia and Reflecting Upon the Future of the Impacted Communities
Creators: name: Desjardins, Norm
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Conflict
Caledonia
Aboriginal
Six Nations

description: This thesis contributes to the study of reconciliation of Indigenous – Settler community conflicts in Canada (aka Turtle Island) through an understanding of: how the Six Nations and residents of Caledonia have made, and continue to make, meaning of the 2006 territorial conflict; the ongoing impact of actions by activists and counter-activists on the general populace–both members of the Six Nations and residents of Caledonia; the degree of healing that has taken place over time between the Six Nations and residents of Caledonia; a possible shared vision for the future that incorporates the interests and needs of all identity groups; and, the level of readiness within the community to consider a framework for a reconciliation process which could include a discussion around mandate and permission, processes, logistics and resources. As such, this study envisions a basis for possible transformation within the community for the mutual benefit of current and future generations.
KAP-CQ39
Creators: name: Robledo, Dave Arthur
name: Maalihan, Celso G. Zara, Sherryl Montalbo, Norrie Gayeta, Abegail Gonzales,  Mary Grace Escarez, Erma D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Educational technology and computing

description: ChatGPT has gained popularity in Philippine educational settings due to its versatility and usefulness in educational activities. However, concerns have been raised about the ethical issues, academic dishonesty, and technology dependence associated with its use. To address these issues, this study aimed to develop and validate an instrument called KAP-CQ39 that assesses the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of preservice teachers regarding the use of ChatGPT. The study involved 18 experts and independent individuals as well as 206 preservice teachers. The instrument underwent rigorous testing for content validity, face validity, construct validity, and reliability, resulting in the final version of KAP-CQ39. Results showed that the instrument has acceptable content validity (CVR and CVI values > 0.78), face validity (IS > 1.5), construct validity (chi squared value of 897.564 (df=577, p<0.001) and internal consistency (overall Cronbach coefficient = 0.91). In conclusion, KAP-CQ39 can be a valuable tool for assessing the impact of ChatGPT on the Philippine educational system and can provide insights for educational policymakers regarding the use of artificial intelligence in education.
Relationship between demographics, internet experience, leisure-time internet usage, and social capital
Creators: name: Cheng, Shu-Lin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: The Internet is quickly becoming a very important and unique source for leisure that is different from other traditional leisure activities. This investigation utilized a Web survey of 610 college students to explore the relationship between demographics, Internet experience, leisure-time Internet behaviors and attitudes, and social capital. Chi-square, somers’d, and canonical correlation analyses revealed an association between online leisure activities and social capital. Young adults who were experienced Internet users considered social interactions to be an important function of Internet leisure activities. Individuals who felt socially disconnected, had low social assurance, and depend more upon others, used online leisure activities to build their social networks and generate social capital. This research suggests that leisure-time Internet activities affect individuals’ social relationships and result in the development of online social capital.
Control of epidemics via social partnership adjustment
Creators: name: Wu, Bin
name: Mao, Shanjun
name: Wang, Jiazeng
name: Zhou, Da
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Epidemic control is of great importance for human society. Adjusting interacting partners is an effective individualized control strategy. Intuitively, it is done either by shortening the interaction time between susceptible and infected individuals or by increasing the opportunities for contact between susceptible individuals. Here, we provide a comparative study on these two control strategies by establishing an epidemic model with non-uniform stochastic interactions. It seems that the two strategies should be similar, since shortening the interaction time between susceptible and infected individuals somehow increases the chances for contact between susceptible individuals. However, analytical results indicate that the effectiveness of the former strategy sensitively depends on the infectious intensity and the combinations of different interaction rates, whereas the latter one is quite robust and efficient. Simulations are shown in comparison with our analytical predictions. Our work may shed light on the strategic choice of disease control.
description: 29 pages, 8 figures
Family of $N$-dimensional superintegrable systems and quadratic algebra structures
Creators: name: Hoque, Md Fazlul
name: Marquette, Ian
name: Zhang, Yao-Zhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Classical and quantum superintegrable systems have a long history and they possess more integrals of motion than degrees of freedom. They have many attractive properties, wide applications in modern physics and connection to many domains in pure and applied mathematics. We overview two new families of superintegrable Kepler-Coulomb systems with non-central terms and superintegrable Hamiltonians with double singular oscillators of type $(n,N-n)$ in $N$-dimensional Euclidean space. We present their quadratic and polynomial algebras involving Casimir operators of $so(N+1)$ Lie algebras that exhibit very interesting decompositions $Q(3)\oplus so(N-1)$, $Q(3)\oplus so(n)\oplus so(N-n)$ and the cubic Casimir operators. The realization of these algebras in terms of deformed oscillator enables the determination of a finite dimensional unitary representation. We present algebraic derivations of the degenerate energy spectra of these systems and relate them with the physical spectra obtained from the separation of variables.
description: 6 pages
Gender-diverse inclusion in immunological research: benefits to science and health.
Creators: name: Peckham, Hannah
name: Webb, Kate
name: Rosser, Elizabeth C
name: Butler, Gary
name: Ciurtin, Coziana
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: Immunology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: Infectious Disease
subject: Infectious Disease
classificationCode: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
subject: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

description: The differences between male and female immune systems are an under-researched field, ripe for discovery. This is evidenced by the stark sex biases seen in autoimmunity and infectious disease. Both the sex hormones (oestrogen and testosterone), as well as the sex chromosomes have been demonstrated to impact immune responses, in multiple ways. Historical shortcomings in reporting basic and clinical scientific findings in a sex-disaggregated manner have led not only to limited discovery of disease aetiology, but to potential inaccuracies in the estimation of the effects of diseases or interventions on females and gender-diverse groups. Here we propose not only that research subjects should include both cis-gender men and cis-gender women, but also transgender and gender-diverse people alongside them. The known interaction between the hormonal milieu and the sex chromosomes is inseparable in cis-gender human research, without the confounders of puberty and age. By inclusion of those pursuing hormonal affirmation of their gender identity- the individual and interactive investigation of hormones and chromosomes is permitted. Not only does this allow for a fine-tuned dissection of these individual effects, but it allows for discovery that is both pertinent and relevant to a far wider portion of the population. There is an unmet need for detailed treatment follow-up of the transgender community- little is known of the potential benefits and risks of hormonal supplementation on the immune system, nor indeed on many other health and disease outcomes. Our research team has pioneered the inclusion of gender-diverse persons in our basic research in adolescent autoimmune rheumatic diseases. We review here the many avenues that remain unexplored, and suggest ways in which other groups and teams can broaden their horizons and invest in a future for medicine that is both fruitful and inclusive.
The use of low temperature detectors for direct measurements of the mass of the electron neutrino
Creators: name: Nucciotti, Angelo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent years have witnessed many exciting breakthroughs in neutrino physics. The detection of neutrino oscillations has proved that neutrinos are massive particles but the assessment of their absolute mass scale is still an outstanding challenge in today particle physics and cosmology. Since low temperature detectors were first proposed for neutrino physics experiments in 1984, there have been tremendous technical progresses: today this technique offers the high energy resolution and scalability required to perform competitive experiments challenging the lowest electron neutrino masses. This paper reviews the thirty-year effort aimed at realizing a calorimetric measurements with sub-eV neutrino mass sensitivity using low temperature detectors.
description: Submitted to Advances in High Energy Physics
Quantum decision theory in simple risky choices
Creators: name: Favre, M.
name: Wittwer, A.
name: Heinimann, H. R.
name: Yukalov, V. I.
name: Sornette, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum decision theory (QDT) is a recently developed theory of decision making based on the mathematics of Hilbert spaces, a framework known in physics for its application to quantum mechanics. This framework formalizes the concept of uncertainty and other effects that are particularly manifest in cognitive processes, which makes it well suited for the study of decision making. QDT describes a decision maker's choice as a stochastic event occurring with a probability that is the sum of an objective utility factor and a subjective attraction factor. QDT offers a prediction for the average effect of subjectivity on decision makers, the quarter law. We examine individual and aggregated (group) data, and find that the results are in good agreement with the quarter law at the level of groups. At the individual level, it appears that the quarter law could be refined in order to reflect individual characteristics. This article revisits the formalism of QDT along a concrete example and offers a practical guide to researchers who are interested in applying QDT to a dataset of binary lotteries in the domain of gains.
Attention and white matter micro- and macro-structure in children exposed to common patterns of alcohol consumption during pregnancy
Creators: name: PYMAN, PHILIPPA CATHERINE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biological psychology not elsewhere classified
Applied and developmental psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Attention deficits are common among children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure, but little is known about the developmental consequences of lower and more common alcohol consumption patterns during pregnancy. This thesis identifies weak evidence that low-moderate alcohol exposure in utero affects attention and brain structure. Nevertheless, these results characterise low-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure as a risk factor for development. Ultimately, avoidance of this risk is preferable even when the potential for harm is small.
Stress in nurses’ caring for stroke patients and families: a mixed-method study
Creators: name: Saramago, Ines
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Other Nursing
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Underlying and Extended data relevant to the mixed-method study "Stress in nurses’ caring for stroke patients and families"
The Roman Bouleuterion and Odeon at Ashkelon
Creators: name: Le Blanc, Robyn L.
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2010

description: Between 1921-1922 two monumental buildings were uncovered during excavations by John Garstang at Ashkelon, a city on the southern coast of modern-day Israel. Located in the area of the ancient Roman forum, these buildings were interpreted as a Herodian senate house overlaid by a Byzantine theater. Also found associated with these buildings were architectural fragments and a series of richly carved sculpted pilasters. Renewed excavations by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon began in 2008, and have focused on re-examining the building plans and dates of the Roman structures. Based on findings from the new excavations, I argue that the earlier building is an early Roman bouleuterion, and that the later theatral structure is a Severan period building, perhaps identifiable as an odeon.
The VMC survey - XVI. Spatial variation of the cluster-formation activity in the innermost regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Piatti, Andrés E.
name: de Grijs, Richard
name: Ripepi, Vincenzo
name: Ivanov, Valentin D.
name: Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.
name: Marconi, Marcella
name: Rubele, Stefano
name: Bekki, Kenji
name: For, Bi-Qing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results based on $YJK_{\rm s}$ photometry of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), distributed throughout the central part of the galaxy's bar and the 30 Doradus region. We analysed the field-star decontaminated colour--magnitude diagrams of 313 clusters to estimate their reddening values and ages. The clusters are affected by a mean reddening of $E(B-V) \in [0.2,0.3]$ mag, where the average internal LMC reddening amounts to $\sim$ 0.1--0.2 mag. The region covering 30 Doradus includes clusters with reddening values in excess of $E(B-V)$ = 0.4 mag. Our cluster sample spans the age range $7.0 \le \log(t$ yr$^{-1}) < 9.0$, represents an increase of 30 per cent in terms of the number of clusters with robust age estimates and comprises a statistically complete sample in the LMC regions of interest here. The resulting cluster frequencies suggest that the outermost regions of the LMC bar first experienced enhanced cluster formation -- $\log(t$ yr$^{-1}) \in [8.5,9.0]$ -- before the activity proceeded, although in a patchy manner, to the innermost regions, for $\log(t$ yr$^{-1}) < 7.7$. Cluster frequencies in the 30 Doradus region show that the area is dominated by very recent cluster formation. The derived star-formation frequencies suggest that the cluster and field-star populations do not seem to have fully evolved as fully coupled systems during the last $\sim$ 100 Myr.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures, MNRAS, accepted
The Essence of JavaScript
Creators: name: Guha, Arjun
name: Saftoiu, Claudiu
name: Krishnamurthi, Shriram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We reduce JavaScript to a core calculus structured as a small-step operational semantics. We present several peculiarities of the language and show that our calculus models them. We explicate the desugaring process that turns JavaScript programs into ones in the core. We demonstrate faithfulness to JavaScript using real-world test suites. Finally, we illustrate utility by defining a security property, implementing it as a type system on the core, and extending it to the full language.
description: European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP) 2010
Size of Shell Universe in Light of Fermi GBM Transient Associated with GW150914
Creators: name: Gogberashvili, Merab
name: Sakharov, Alexander
name: Sarkisyan-Grinbaum, Edward
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The possible gamma ray burst occurred in location and temporal consistence with gravitational wave event GW150914, as reported by Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), offers a new way of constraining models with extra dimensions. Using the time delay in arrival of the gamma ray transient observed by Fermi GBM relative to the gravitational waves event triggered by the LIGO detectors we investigate the size of the spherical brane-universe expanding in multi-dimensional space-time. It is shown that a joint observation of gravitational waves in association with gamma ray burst can provide a very stringent bound on the spatial curvature of the brain.
description: 10 pages, no figures, final version published in PLB
Spin Jam: a quantum-fluctuation-induced glassy state of a frustrated magnet
Creators: name: Yang, Junjie
name: Samarakoon, Anjana
name: Dissanayake, Sachith
name: Ueda, Hiroaki
name: Klich, Israel
name: Iida, Kazuki
name: Pajerowski, Daniel
name: Butch, Nicholas P.
name: Huang, Q.
name: Copley, John R. D.
name: Lee, Seung-Hun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Since the discovery of spin glasses in dilute magnetic systems, their study has been largely focused on understanding randomness and defects as the driving mechanism. The same paradigm has also been applied to explain glassy states found in dense frustrated systems. Recently, however, it has been theoretically suggested that different mechanisms, such as quantum fluctuations and topological features, may induce glassy states in defect-free spin systems, far from the conventional dilute limit. Here we report experimental evidence for the existence of a glassy state, that we call a spin jam, in the vicinity of the clean limit of a frustrated magnet, which is insensitive to a low concentration of defects. We have studied the effect of impurities on SrCr9pGa12-9pO19 (SCGO(p)), a highly frustrated magnet, in which the magnetic Cr3+ (s=3/2) ions form a quasi-two-dimensional triangular system of bi-pyramids. Our experimental data shows that as the nonmagnetic Ga3+ impurity concentration is changed, there are two distinct phases of glassiness: a distinct exotic glassy state, which we call a "spin jam", for high magnetic concentration region (p>0.8) and a cluster spin glass for lower magnetic concentration, (p<0.8). This observation indicates that a spin jam is a unique vantage point from which the class of glassy states in dense frustrated magnets can be understood.
description: Published as Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, doi:10.1073/pnas.1503126112
Reconstruction of a multidimensional scenery with a branching random walk
Creators: name: Matzinger, Heinrich
name: Popov, Serguei
name: Pachon, Angelica
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we consider a d-dimensional scenery seen along a simple symmetric branching random walk, where at each time each particle gives the color record it is seeing. We show that we can a.s. reconstruct the scenery up to equivalence from the color record of all the particles. For this we assume that the scenery has at least 2d + 1 colors which are i.i.d. with uniform probability. This is an improvement in comparison to [22] where the particles needed to see at each time a window around their current position. In [11] the reconstruction is done for d = 2 with only one particle instead of a branching random walk, but millions of colors are necessary.
Neoryssomus germainii Crotch 1874
Creators: name: Almeida, Lúcia M.
name: Santos, Paula B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Neoryssomus
Neoryssomus germainii

description: 1. Neoryssomus germainii (Crotch, 1874)
Oryssomus germainii Crotch, 1874: 292 (original description).
Cranoryssus germaini: Brèthes, 1923: 455 (new combination); Korschefsky, 1931: 175 (catalogue); Blackwelder, 1945: 446 (check list); Gordon, 1987: 35 (lectotype designation, catalogue).
Neoryssomus germaini: Hofmann, 1972: 83 (new combination; morphological details and male genitalia figured).
Type material: Crotch Collection (UMZC, 2 ex., lectotype “ Germainii chili ” [blue paper] [genitalia slidemounted]), Chile.
Geographical distribution: Chile: Valparaiso to Bio-Bio (Hofmann 1972).
Remarks. Brèthes (1923) considered all species of Oryssomus described by Crotch as Cranoryssus, even O. germainii, with antennae short, 11 antennomeres, antennal scape dilated and club large, 3 segmented. See remarks under N. variabilis.
description: Published as part of Almeida, Lúcia M. & Santos, Paula B., 2014, Synopsis of Oryssomini Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Neotropical region with new species of Oryssomus Mulsant, Pseudoryssomus Gordon and Gordonoryssomus Almeida & Lima, pp. 42-68 in Zootaxa 3846 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/250860
Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice.
Creators: name: Kent, Brianne A
name: Holman, Constance
name: Amoako, Emmanuella
name: Antonietti, Alberto
name: Azam, James M
name: Ballhausen, Hanne
name: Bediako, Yaw
name: Belasen, Anat M
name: Carneiro, Clarissa FD
name: Chen, Yen-Chung
name: Compeer, Ewoud B
name: Connor, Chelsea AC
name: Crüwell, Sophia
name: Debat, Humberto
name: Dorris, Emma
name: Ebrahimi, Hedyeh
name: Erlich, Jeffrey C
name: Fernández-Chiappe, Florencia
name: Fischer, Felix
name: Gazda, Małgorzata Anna
name: Glatz, Toivo
name: Grabitz, Peter
name: Heise, Verena
name: Kent, David G
name: Lo, Hung
name: McDowell, Gary
name: Mehta, Devang
name: Neumann, Wolf-Julian
name: Neves, Kleber
name: Patterson, Mark
name: Penfold, Naomi C
name: Piper, Sophie K
name: Puebla, Iratxe
name: Quashie, Peter K
name: Quezada, Carolina Paz
name: Riley, Julia L
name: Rohmann, Jessica L
name: Saladi, Shyam
name: Schwessinger, Benjamin
name: Siegerink, Bob
name: Stehlik, Paulina
name: Tzilivaki, Alexandra
name: Umbers, Kate DL
name: Varma, Aalok
name: Walavalkar, Kaivalya
name: de Winde, Charlotte M
name: Zaza, Cecilia
name: Weissgerber, Tracey L
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: Infectious Disease
subject: Infectious Disease
classificationCode: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
subject: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

description: Early career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), which brought together 54 invited experts from 20 countries with extensive experience in ECR initiatives designed to improve the culture and practice of science. Together, we drafted 2 sets of recommendations for (1) ECRs directly involved in initiatives or activities to change research culture and practice; and (2) stakeholders who wish to support ECRs in these efforts. Importantly, these points apply to ECRs working to promote change on a systemic level, not only those improving aspects of their own work. In both sets of recommendations, we underline the importance of incentivizing and providing time and resources for systems-level science improvement activities, including ECRs in organizational decision-making processes, and working to dismantle structural barriers to participation for marginalized groups. We further highlight obstacles that ECRs face when working to promote reform, as well as proposed solutions and examples of current best practices. The abstract and recommendations for stakeholders are available in Dutch, German, Greek (abstract only), Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Serbian.
Mock Threshold Graphs
Creators: name: Behr, Richard
name: Sivaraman, Vaidy
name: Zaslavsky, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C75 (Primary) 05C07, 05C17 (Secondary)

description: Mock threshold graphs are a simple generalization of threshold graphs that, like threshold graphs, are perfect graphs. Our main theorem is a characterization of mock threshold graphs by forbidden induced subgraphs. Other theorems characterize mock threshold graphs that are claw-free and that are line graphs. We also discuss relations with chordality and well-quasi-ordering as well as algorithmic aspects.
description: 26 pp., 10 figures. V2: 36 pp., 10 figures (improved), added contractibility & remarks
CO luminosity function from Herschel-selected galaxies and the contribution of AGN
Creators: name: Vallini, L.
name: Gruppioni, C.
name: Pozzi, F.
name: Vignali, C.
name: Zamorani, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the CO luminosity function (LF) for different rotational transitions (i.e. (1-0), (3-2), (5-4)) starting from the Herschel LF by Gruppioni et al. and using appropriate $L'_{\rm CO} - L_{\rm IR}$ conversions for different galaxy classes. Our predicted LFs fit the data so far available at $z\approx0$ and $2$. We compare our results with those obtained by semi-analytical models (SAMs): while we find a good agreement over the whole range of luminosities at $z\approx0$, at $z\approx1$ and $z\approx2$ the tension between our LFs and SAMs in the faint and bright ends increases. We finally discuss the contribution of luminous AGN ($L_{X}>10^{44}\,\rm{erg\,s^{-1}}$) to the bright end of the CO LF concluding that they are too rare to reproduce the actual CO luminosity function at $z\approx2$.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
Multimedia Transmission over Cognitive Radio Channels under Sensing Uncertainty
Creators: name: Ye, Chuang
name: Ozcan, Gozde
name: Gursoy, M. Cenk
name: Velipasalar, Senem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper studies the performance of hierarchical modulation-based multimedia transmission in cognitive radio (CR) systems with imperfect channel sensing results under constraints on both transmit and interference power levels. Unequal error protection (UEP) of data transmission using hierarchical quadrature amplitude modulation (HQAM) is considered in which high priority (HP) data is protected more than low priority (LP) data. In this setting, closed-form bit error rate (BER) expressions for HP data and LP data are derived in Nakagami-$m$ fading channels in the presence of sensing errors. Subsequently, the optimal power control that minimizes weighted sum of average BERs of HP bits and LP bits or its upper bound subject to peak/average transmit power and average interference power constraints is derived and a low-complexity power control algorithm is proposed. Power levels are determined in three different scenarios, depending on the availability of perfect channel side information (CSI) of the transmission and interference links, statistical CSI of both links, or perfect CSI of the transmission link and imperfect CSI of the interference link. The impact of imperfect channel sensing decisions on the error rate performance of cognitive transmissions is also evaluated. In addition, tradeoffs between the number of retransmissions, the severity of fading, and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) quality are analyzed numerically. Moreover, performance comparisons of multimedia transmission with conventional quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and HQAM, and the proposed power control strategies are carried out in terms of the received data quality and number of retransmissions.
description: To appear in the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Impact of Many-Body Correlations on the Dynamics of an Ion-Controlled Bosonic Josephson Junction
Creators: name: Schurer, J. M.
name: Gerritsma, R.
name: Schmelcher, P.
name: Negretti, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate an atomic ensemble of interacting bosons trapped in a symmetric double well potential in contact with a single tightly trapped ion which has been recently proposed [R. Gerritsma et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 080402 (2012)] as a source of entanglement between a Bose-Einstein condensate and an ion. Compared to the previous study, the present work aims at performing a detailed and accurate many-body analysis of such combined atomic quantum system by means of the ab-initio multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree method for bosons, which allows to take into account all correlations in the system. The analysis elucidates the importance of quantum correlations in the bosonic ensemble and reveals that entanglement generation between an ion and a condensate is indeed possible, as previously predicted. Moreover, we provide an intuitive picture of the impact of the correlations on the out-of-equilibrium dynamics by employing a natural orbital analysis which we show to be indeed experimentally verifiable.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
Repulsive Casimir interaction: Boyer oscillators at nanoscale
Creators: name: Sarabadani, Jalal
name: Dogahe, Badrosadat Ojaghi
name: Podgornik, Rudolf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of temperature on the repulsive Casimir interaction between an ideally permeable and an ideally polarizable plate {\it in vacuo}. At small separations or for low temperatures the quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field give the main contribution to the interaction, while at large separations or for high temperatures the interaction is dominated by the classical thermal fluctuations of the field. At intermediate separations or finite temperatures both the quantum and thermal fluctuations contribute. For a system composed of one infinitely permeable plate between two ideal conductors at a finite temperature, we identify a {\it stable mechanical equilibrium} state, if the infinitely permeable plate is located in the middle of the cavity. For small displacements the restoring force of this {\it Boyer oscillator} is linear in the deviation from the equilibrium position, with a spring constant that depends inversely on the separation between the two conducting plates and linearly on temperature. Furthermore, an array of such oscillators presents an ideal Einsteinian crystal that displays a fluctuation force between its outer boundaries stemming from the displacement fluctuations of the Boyer oscillators.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Conclusions
Creators: name: Echevarria Icaza, Leyre
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2017

description: This thesis answers the overall question if the use of satellite imagery could help analysing the UHI in the Netherlands and suggests mitigation actions that can be implemented in the existing urban contexts of the cities, regions and provinces assessed. In order to answer this main research question a number of sub questions were formulated and studied from a theoretical perspective in part A: method. The investigation carried out in part A was used as a basis for the assessment of the urban heat in three specific case studies in the Netherlands in part B: results.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 20 (2017): Urban and regional heat island adaptation measures in the Netherlands
Comparing the Protective Peer Relationships of Students With and Without Disabilities
Creators: name: Pendleton, Dorothy C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of protective peer relationships experienced by 3rd to 5th grade students, with and without disabilities. The participants completed a self-report measure of protective peer relationships and school records were reviewed for gender and disability status. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to evaluate the relation between disability status and levels of protective peer relationships. To compare gender differences and disability status in relation to levels of protective peer relationships, a two-way ANOVA was conducted. Findings did not support a significant relation between disability status and levels of protective peer relationships. There was a significant main effect for gender, as well as a significant interaction between gender and disability status. Results suggest that girls with disabilities are more likely to experience protective peer relationships than boys with disabilities. Implications of these findings are discussed.
title: The genomic epidemiology of shigellosis in sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Stenhouse, Georgina
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2525

description: Shigellosis is a leading cause of diarrhoeal death globally, though the highest prevalence is in low- and middle-income countries with the greatest disease burden falling on children under five years of age. Increasing antimicrobial resistance is a growing hindrance to ongoing effective treatment. Whole genome sequence analysis (WGSA) of the aetiological bacterial genus, Shigella, has been effectively used to better understand the pathogen and disease epidemiology, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Shigellae from sub-Saharan Africa has been relatively understudied using WGSA. This thesis reports the findings of three studies applying WGSA to sub-Saharan African Shigella at different population levels (hospital, national and sub-continent). This thesis finds, for the first time, a link between the HIV pandemic and Shigella evolution, with endemic strain diversification and successful introductions coinciding with the HIV epidemic in South Africa. While widespread MDR was confirmed across sub-Saharan Africa, an emergent, pan-susceptible S. flexneri 2a lineage was also identified in South Africa. The greater drug susceptibility of this lineage was found to be linked to the absence of the known MDR element the Shigella resistance locus (SRL). I also found new evidence to suggest that retention of the large virulence plasmid (pINV) is a hinderance to strain success in S. sonnei, which was found to vary between the identified South African sub-Clades. The results from the national study also confirm the ability for multiple S. flexneri strains to coexist while supporting the inability of S. sonnei strains to do likewise. Vaccine development is a current strategy to reduce shigellosis cases in the face of increasing AMR. Previously undetected strains from both serotypes were described in this thesis, highlighting the need for the global application of WGSA for Shigella. This work provides key insights for the tracking of AMR emergence and spread, and effective Shigella vaccine development and future deployment, issues critical for ongoing effective treatment of shigellosis both within sub-Saharan Africa and across the globe. The results also highlight the importance of considering disease dynamics in HIV+ populations and serotype transmission pathway preference when developing public healthcare policy aimed at reducing shigellosis.
Fate of the Tetraquark Candidate Zc(3900) from Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Ikeda, Yoichi
name: Aoki, Sinya
name: Doi, Takumi
name: Gongyo, Shinya
name: Hatsuda, Tetsuo
name: Inoue, Takashi
name: Iritani, Takumi
name: Ishii, Noriyoshi
name: Murano, Keiko
name: Sasaki, Kenji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The possible exotic meson $Z_{c}(3900)$, found in $e^+ e^-$ reactions, is studied by the method of coupled-channel scattering in lattice QCD. The interaction among $πJ/ψ$, $ρη_{c}$ and $\bar{D}D^{*}$ channels is derived from (2+1)-flavor QCD simulations at $m_π=410$-$700$ MeV. The interaction is dominated by the off-diagonal $πJ/ψ$-$\bar{D}D^{*}$ and $ρη_{c}$-$\bar{D}D^{*}$ couplings, which indicates that the $Z_{c}(3900)$ is not a usual resonance but a threshold cusp. Semi-phenomenological analyses with the coupled-channel interaction are presented to confirm this conclusion.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Surface thermal analysis of North Brabant cities and neighbourhoods during heat waves
Creators: name: Echevarria Icaza, Leyre
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2017

description: The urban heat island effect is often associated with large metropolises. However, in the Netherlands even small cities will be affected by the phenomenon in the future (Hove et al., 2011), due to the dispersed or mosaic urbanisation patterns in particularly the southern part of the country: the province of North Brabant. This study analyses the average night-time land surface temperature (LST) of 21 North-Brabant urban areas through 22 satellite images retrieved by Modis 11A1 during the 2006 heat wave and uses Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper to map albedo and Normalised difference temperature index (NDVI) values. Albedo, NDVI and imperviousness are found to play the most relevant role in the increase of night-time LST. The surface cover cluster analysis of these three parameters reveals that the 12 “urban living environment” categories used in the region of North Brabant can actually be reduced to 7 categories, which simplifies the design guidelines to improve the surface thermal behaviour of the different neighbourhoods thus reducing the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in existing medium size cities and future developments adjacent to those cities.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 20 (2017): Urban and regional heat island adaptation measures in the Netherlands