cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Xenillus lawrencei Balogh & Mahunka 1968
Creators: name: Revelo-Tobar, Harol
name: Ojeda, Margarita
name: García-Ayala, Leonardo J.
name: Palacios-Vargas, José G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Xenillidae
Xenillus
Xenillus lawrencei

description: Xenillus lawrencei Balogh & Mahunka, 1968
 Distribution: Neotropical.
 Records in Mexico: Quintana Roo.
 Biogeographic province: Yucatan Peninsula.
 Habitat: Leaf litter and soil of medium sub evergreen forest, lowland forest, mangrove and halophyte vegetation. Low flooded rainforest soil and litter. Leaf litter under trees and bushes in a secondary semi-evergreen tropical forest.
 References: Vázquez (1999): 84; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 154; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 274; Vázquez et al. (2016): 147–162; Ermilov & Yurtaev (2023b): 388.
description: Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, Ojeda, Margarita, García-Ayala, Leonardo J. & Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2024, Checklist Of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) From Mexico, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 5465 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5465.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613709
title: The Global Impacts of an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Creators: name: Weko, Silvia
name: Eicke, Laima
name: Marian, Adela
name: Apergi, Maria
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2020

description: IASS Policy Brief
description: An EU Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) may bring severe economic consequences to countries without the resources to adapt to a low-carbon paradigm. The EU should therefore consider possible policy risks and involve third-country stakeholders in CBAM policy design; use CBAM revenues to fund decarbonisation in at-risk countries; and build emissions reporting requirements around existing international obligations.
Activity and Rotation of Nearby Field M Dwarfs in the TESS Southern Continuous Viewing Zone
Creators: name: Anthony, Francys
name: Núñez, Alejandro
name: Agüeros, Marcel A.
name: Curtis, Jason L.
name: Nascimento,, J. -D. do
name: Machado, João M.
name: Mann, Andrew W.
name: Newton, Elisabeth R.
name: Rampalli, Rayna
name: Thao, Pa Chia
name: Wood, Mackenna L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The evolution of magnetism in late-type dwarfs remains murky, as we can only weakly predict levels of activity for M dwarfs of a given mass and age. We report results from our spectroscopic survey of M dwarfs in the Southern Continuous Viewing Zone (CVZ) of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). As the TESS CVZs overlap with those of the James Webb Space Telescope, our targets constitute a legacy sample for studies of nearby M dwarfs. For 122 stars, we obtained at least one $R\approx 2000$ optical spectrum with which we measure chromospheric $\mathrm{H}α$ emission, a proxy for magnetic field strength. The fraction of active stars is consistent with what is expected for field M dwarfs; as in previous studies, we find that late-type M dwarfs remain active for longer than their early type counterparts. While the TESS light curves for $\approx$20% of our targets show modulations consistent with rotation, TESS systematics are not well enough understood for confident measurements of rotation periods ($P_{\mathrm{rot}}$) longer than half the length of an observing sector. We report periods for 12 stars for which we measure $P_{\mathrm{rot}} {\lower0.8ex\hbox{$\buildrel
description: Accepted for publication in AJ, 17 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables
title: Opportunities and Options for Human Resource Development in Swaziland for 1989 and Beyond
Creators: name: Evans, David R.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Education; Labor force development; Swaziland

description: Report also located at http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pnadr217.pdf
description: This is a report produced by a consultant team of educators for USAID Swaziland (now Eswatini) charged with producing a set of options that could form the basis for an education project. The first section reviews the macroeconomic context for human resource development; the second reviews the problems Swaziland is facing in its education system; the third provides four project options to address major human resource development challenges; the final section answers four key HR questions and prioritizes project options for USAID.
Evaluating the consequences of ethical consumption referencing Slavoj Zizek work on Ecology and Consumerism
Creators: name: Debnath, Debdatta
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Consumer behavior
subject: Consumption (Economics)
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Human ecology
subject: Žižek, Slavoj
subject: Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects
subject: Postmodernism
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Jadavpur University
subject: Culture

description: This paper tackles the existing notion of 'Ethical consumerism, creating inroads into mainstream consumer behaviour, and illustrating its consequences on the modern market. In this paper, Slavoj Zizek's work on ecology and consumerism acts as the theoretical base on which the author builds upon the far-reaching complexities of ethical ecological consumption in post-modern society.
RACIAL/ETHNIC VARIABILITY IN THE EFFECT OF RADIATION ON SECOND PRIMARY THYROID CANCER IN CHILDREN: ANALYSIS USING SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULTS DATA
Creators: name: McClarin, Lavisha J.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: Epidemiology
subject: childhood cancer
subject: pediatrics
subject: racial/ethnic heterogeneity
subject: radiation therapy

description: Increases in pediatric thyroid cancer incidence could be partly due to previous clinical intervention. This retrospective cohort study used 1973-2012 data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program to assess the association between previous radiation therapy exposure in development of second primary thyroid cancer (SPTC) among 0-19-year-old children. Statistical analysis included the calculation of summary statistics and univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis.  Relative to no previous radiation therapy exposure, cases exposed to radiation had 2.46 times the odds of developing SPTC (95% CI: 1.39-4.34). After adjustment for sex and age at diagnosis, Hispanic children who received radiation therapy for a first primary malignancy had 3.51 times the odds of developing SPTC compared to Hispanic children who had not received radiation therapy, [AOR=3.51, 99% CI: 0.69-17.70, p=0.04]. These findings support the development of age-specific guidelines for the use of radiation based interventions among children with and without cancer.
The relation between the radio emission of the core and host galaxy properties in Fanaroff-Riley type II radio galaxies
Creators: name: Mazoochi, F.
name: Miraghaei, H.
name: Riazi, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the radio power of the core and its relation to the optical properties of the host galaxy in samples of high excitation (HERG) and low excitation (LERG) Fanaroff-Riley type II (FRII) radio galaxies. The radio galaxy sample is divided into two groups of core/non-core FRII, based on the existence of strong, weak or lack of single radio core component. We show that FRII LERGs with radio emission of the core have significantly higher [O III] line luminosities compared to the non-core LERG FRIIs. There is no significant difference between the hosts of the core and non-core FRIIs of LERG type in galaxy sizes, concentration indices, star formation rates, 4000-Å break strengths, colours, black hole masses and black hole to stellar masses. We show that the results are not biased by the stellar masses, redshifts and angular sizes of the radio galaxies. We argue that the detection of higher [O III] luminosities in the core FRIIs may indicate the presence of higher amounts of gas, very close to the AGN nucleus in the core FRIIs compared to the non-core FRIIs or may result from the interaction of the radio jets with this gas. The core and non-core FRIIs of the HERG type show no significant differences perhaps due to our small sample size. The effect of relativistic beaming on the radio luminosities and the contribution of restating AGN activity have also been considered.
description: 17 pages, my paper has been accepted for publication in PASA
Semang
Creators: name: Pitek, Emily
Publisher: name: Database of Religious History (DRH)
Year: 2020

description: The Semang are native inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula. The Semang have little formal social organization or administrative units; the individual family is the primary social unit, followed by the local group (sub-tribe/group). These subgroups do not possess a higher level of jurisdictional hierarchy. “At least nine distinct cultural-linguistic subgroups still exist: Kensiu of eastern Kedah (near Baling) and southern Thailand (Yala Province); Kintak of northwestern Perak (near Gerik); Jahai of northestern Perak and northwestern Kelantan; Lanòh of northwestern Perak (near Gerik); Mendriq of central Kelantan; Batèk Dè' of southeastern Kelantan and northern Pahang; Batèk Nòng of central Pahang (near Jerantut); Mintil of north-central Pahang (near Cegar Perah); and Mos (or Chong) of the Pattalung-Trang area in southern peninsular Thailand” (Endicott and Abate, 2009). This entry focuses specifically on the Jahai (alt. sp. Jahay) around the time of 1925, and uses the terms Jahai and Semang interchangeably. The Semang do not possess a formal leadership office, either religious or secular. However, a religious specialist is present, and is called hala’. The hala’ has the special abilities of communicating with the supernatural realm, and serves as medicine-man. An individual becomes hala’ either through a dream, hereditary transmission, or taking possession of the Ćebu stone (which has ritual importance). The term Orang hidop refers to supernatural beings, and is best translated as “the immortals”. The orang hidop include spirits of the dead--who linger for several days but ultimately travel to the realm of the dead--as well as other, non-human beings. Of primary importance is the supreme high god Karei, god of thunder, followed by Ta Pen’n. Also present are Karei’s wife Manoij, their sons and daughter, Karei’s servants, and the Ćenoi (celestial spirit-beings closely related to the hala’). The Semang’s most important religious ritual is the blood sacrifice ceremony, during which individuals must draw and sacrifice their own blood in order to appease Karei either after breaking a taboo, or during thunderstorms to prevent further catastrophes. For the Semang, religious aspects of life are not differentiated from the secular. Consequently, this entry considers the religious group to be coterminous with the society itself.
Evaluating the consequences of ethical consumption referencing Slavoj Zizek work on Ecology and Consumerism
Creators: name: Debnath, Debdatta
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Culture
subject: Jadavpur University
subject: Consumption (Economics)
subject: Consumer behavior
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Postmodernism
subject: Žižek, Slavoj
subject: Human ecology

description: This paper tackles the existing notion of 'Ethical consumerism, creating inroads into mainstream consumer behaviour, and illustrating its consequences on the modern market. In this paper, Slavoj Zizek's work on ecology and consumerism acts as the theoretical base on which the author builds upon the far-reaching complexities of ethical ecological consumption in post-modern society.
title: Partizipative Governance und nachhaltiger Strukturwandel. Zwischenstand und Handlungsmöglichkeiten in der Lausitz und im Rheinischen Revier
Creators: name: Herberg, Jeremias
name: Kamlage, Jan-Hendrik
name: Gabler, Julia
name: Goerke, Ute
name: Gürtler, Konrad
name: Haas, Tobias
name: Löw Beer, David
name: Luh, Victoria
name: Knobbe, Sonja
name: Reinermann, Julia
name: Staemmler, Johannes
name: Venghaus, Sandra
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2020

description: Die Bundesregierung hat den Kohleausstieg bis zum Jahr 2038 beschlossen und beschleunigt so die Transformation in den Kohleregionen. Die Ausgangslagen für den Wandel in den Revieren und umliegende Gemeinden der Lausitz und des Rheinlands sind dabei sehr unterschiedlich. In beiden Regionen stehen Politik, Zivilgesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft vor der Aufgabe, Lösungspfade und Transformationskorridore zu finden, die ökologisch verantwortlich, sozial gerecht, wirtschaftlich vielversprechend und demokratisch getragen sind. Das IASS Potsdam veranstaltete im Frühjahr 2020 gemeinsam mit dem Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen einen Workshop, um demokratiepolitische Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede im Strukturwandel der Braunkohleregionen herauszuarbeiten. Die Zwischenergebnisse werden in dieser Studie dargestellt.
description: IASS Brochure
title: The Role of the EU CBAM in Raising Climate Policy Ambition in Trade Partners. The case of Ukraine
Creators: name: Holovko, Iryna
name: Marian, Adela
name: Apergi, Maria
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2021

description: The purpose of this study is to examine if and how the EU CBAM influences the climate policy debate in Ukraine, one of the countries that is expected to be most affected due to its large share of carbon- intensive exports to the EU. The study seeks to find out how the EU CBAM can be made more instrumental in promoting an increase in the country’s climate policy ambition.
description: IASS Study, October 2021
Form Factors for Meson-Kink Scattering
Creators: name: Evslin, Jarah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the leading quantum corrections to the meson form factors of nonrelativistic kinks, at momentum transfer much higher than the meson mass. We consider general scalar theories which need not be integrable. Our approach is much simpler than previous approaches, avoiding any need for counterterms, ordering ambiguities and nonlinear canonical transformations at any order in perturbation theory.
description: 9 pages, no figures
Cypridea dromedarius Krommelbein 1962
Creators: name: Bate, Raymond H.
name: Horne, David J.
name: Horne, Sarah E.
name: Douglas, Lyndsey
name: Miller, Giles
name: Lord, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Cypridea
Cypridea dromedarius

description: Cypridea dromedarius Krömmelbein, 1962
Fig. 3, 2a–c
1962 Cypridea dromedarius n. sp. —Krömmelbein, p. 451–452, pl. 56, fig. 22.
Diagnosis: A large Cypridea species with a more or less semicircular lateral outline. The carapace is high-backed. Rostrum relatively small. There is a characteristic, partly “overhanging” thickening formed like a callus on the dorsal margin of the larger left valve. Length:Height relationship (L/H index) in the holotype is about 1.3:1.
Holotype: Carapace, SMF Xe 4179.
Paratypes: 6 carapaces under SMF Xe 4180.
Dimensions: Holotype, length 1.06mm, height 0.80mm.
description: Published as part of Bate, Raymond H., Horne, David J., Horne, Sarah E., Douglas, Lyndsey, Miller, Giles & Lord, Alan R., 2022, Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the Early Cretaceous ' Pre-Salt' sediments of Brazil: An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Wicher, Krömmelbein, Krömmelbein & Weber, and Bate, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 5098 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5098.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6036685
Supplementary document for Ultrafast pulse propagation in graphene-comprising nanophotonic waveguides considering non-perturbative electrodynamic nonlinearity - 6027722.pdf
Creators: name: Pitilakis, Alexandros
name: Kriezis, Emmanouil
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Document with supporting information (derivations, useful formulas, extra results)
Comparisons of Type Ia Supernova Light Curves in the UV and Optical with the Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
Creators: name: Devarakonda, Yaswant
name: Brown, Peter J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the light curve parameters of 97 nearby Type Ia supernovae in the ultraviolet and optical using observations from the Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope. Our light curve models used a linear combinations of templates, which were based on Functional Principal Component Analysis of the optical photometry of SNe Ia. The weights for each principal component used in the fit capture certain aspects of the light curve properties. We find that there is little difference in the overall variability of principal component scores across filters. We also find correlations between certain filters and PC components, indicating that the UV and optical properties seem to be tied together. This is a promising step in UV SNe Ia analysis, and suggests that UV light curves may be used to infer optical properties, paving the way for future cosmological studies.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in AJ
Predynastic Period in Egypt
Creators: name: Ajvazi, Irfan
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2022

description: The Predynastic Period in Ancient Egypt is the time before recorded history from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age and on to the rise of the First Dynasty and is generally recognized as spanning the era from c. 6000-3150 BCE (though physical evidence argues for a longer history). While there are no written records from this period, archaeological excavations throughout Egypt have uncovered artifacts which tell their own story of the development of culture in the Nile River Valley. The periods of the Predynastic Period are named for the regions/ancient city sites in which these artifacts were found and do not reflect the names of the cultures who actually lived in those areas. The Predynastic Period was given its name in the early days of archaeological expeditions in Egypt before many of the most important finds were discovered and catalogued which has led some scholars to argue over when, precisely, the Predynastic Period begins and, more importantly, ends. These scholars suggest the adoption of another designation, 'Protodynastic Period', for that span of time closer to the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150-2613 BCE) or 'Zero …
title: Transformative Research. The IASS Approach
Creators: name: Meisch, Simon
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2020

description: The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) explores the characteristics, barriers and drivers of promising sustainability transformations, seeks ethically justified concepts of sustainable development and designs and facilitates transformation processes. As such, it performs transfor-mation research and transformative research. It addresses both societal actors and the scientific community (Chapter 1). Subsequently, the conditions and challenges of the IASS's transformative research approach will be discussed. To begin with, the approach will be located in the broader epis-temological horizon of transformative research. This is accompanied by the critique of traditional forms of research and the demand for other, inter- and transdisciplinary as well as transformative forms of research (Chapter 2). Transformative research in particular faces a series of epistemologi-cal, socio-theoretical and ethical challenges. The IASS must be aware of these and productively turn them in its work, but also understand them as a specific research task (Chapter 3). Subsequently, it is explained how transformative research is carried out at IASS (Chapter 4) and which orientation points guide its work and advice (Chapter 5).
Modified theories of Gravity: Why, How and What?
Creators: name: Shankaranarayanan, S.
name: Johnson, Joseph P
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: General Relativity (GR) was proven via the direct detection of gravitational waves from the mergers of the binary black holes and binary neutron stars by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. These detections confirmed the prediction of GR and provided the first direct evidence of the existence of stellar-mass black holes (BHs). However, the occurrence of singularities at the centers of BHs suggests that GR is inapplicable because of the breakdown of the equivalence principle at the singularities. The fact that these singularities exist indicates that GR cannot be a universal theory of space-time. In the low-energy limit, the theoretical and observational challenges faced by the $Λ$CDM model also indicate that we might have to look beyond GR as the underlying theory of gravity. Unlike GR, whose field equations contain only up to second-order derivatives, the modified theories with higher derivative Ricci/Riemann tensor gravity models include higher derivatives. Therefore, one expects significant differences between GR and modified theories. Since there are many ways of modifying GR in the strong-gravity and cosmological distances, each model has unique features. This leads to the following crucial question: Are there a set of unique signatures that distinguish GR from modified gravity (MG) theories? This review discusses three aspects of MG theories: (1) Why do we need to consider MG theories? (2) How to modify GR? and (3) What are the observational consequences? The review is written in a pedagogical style with the expectation that it will serve as a useful reference for theorists and observers and those interested in bridging the divide between theory and observations.
description: 44 pages, 4 figures; Review article accepted in the special issue of General Relativity and Gravitation, dedicated to the memory of Professor Thanu Padmanabhan
Xenillus longipes Mahunka 1984
Creators: name: Revelo-Tobar, Harol
name: Ojeda, Margarita
name: García-Ayala, Leonardo J.
name: Palacios-Vargas, José G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Xenillidae
Xenillus
Xenillus longipes

description: Xenillus longipes Mahunka, 1984
 Distribution: Neotropical.
 Records in Mexico: Quintana Roo.
 Biogeographic province: Yucatan Peninsula.
 Habitat: Leaf litter and soil of medium sub evergreen forest, lowland forest, mangrove and halophyte vegetation.
 References: Vázquez et al. (2016): 147–162.
description: Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, Ojeda, Margarita, García-Ayala, Leonardo J. & Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2024, Checklist Of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) From Mexico, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 5465 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5465.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613709
Overestimated inclinations of Milgromian disc galaxies: the case of the ultradiffuse galaxy AGC 114905
Creators: name: Banik, Indranil
name: Nagesh, Srikanth Togere
name: Haghi, Hosein
name: Kroupa, Pavel
name: Zhao, Hongsheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present hydrodynamical star-forming simulations in the Milgromian dynamics (MOND) framework of a gas-rich disc galaxy with properties similar to AGC 114905, which has recently been argued to have a rotation curve (RC) that is inconsistent with the MOND prediction. Our first model considers the galaxy in isolation, while our second model includes an external field of $0.05 \, a_{_0}$, the estimated gravitational field from large-scale structure. We show that isophotes in the face-on view can differ from circular at the 50% level. This could mislead observers into overestimating the inclination $i$ between disc and sky planes. Because RCs require a correction factor of $1/\sin i$, the actual RC could be much higher than reported by observers. This plausibly reconciles AGC 114905 with MOND expectations.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables. Published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in this form. Face-on videos available at https://youtu.be/VkZq2Se0_lU (isolated) and https://youtu.be/3wC3yRkrXnc (including an external field of a_0/20)
Code Implementation of "Super Lane Detection Through Semantic Integration and Multi contextual Analysis" in Paper
Creators: name: Cao, Xu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Lane detection is a pivotal component in automated and assisted driving systems. Lane markings, akin to traffic signs in providing advanced semantic information, present challenges for traditional methods.  Despite incorporating some semantic fusion, these methods encounter limitations in fine-grained feature extraction. This constraint impedes the capture of essential features, including lane shape and position, especially in complex environments. To capture more profound features, this paper introduces an innovative model utilizing replicated feature enhancement strategies to improve the accuracy and robustness of lane detection. The proposed model accomplishes adaptive optimization of region of interest representation via a multi-scale fusion network. Subsequently, it refines feature representation using a combination of dilated convolutions and attention mechanisms. In conclusion, experiments conducted on CuLane and Tusimple datasets demonstrate the superiority of our proposed method in terms of both accuracy and robustness in lane detection. Across a range of evaluation metrics, our model consistently outperforms the state-of-the-art methods. Notably, our model attains an impressive F1 score of 80.60\% on the Culane dataset, a substantial improvement over the performance of the 12 mainstream algorithms included in the evaluation. Across tests encompassing 8 challenging scenarios, the model exhibited its optimal performance in a diverse range of situations. The outcomes of this study are anticipated to provide valuable insights for addressing lane detection challenges in both automated driving and assisted driving systems. Our codes are available at https://github.com/caoxu0109/lane_detect_ldfr
High-precision half-life determination of $^{14}$O via direct $β$ counting
Creators: name: Sharma, S.
name: Grinyer, G. F.
name: Ball, G. C.
name: Leslie, J. R.
name: Svensson, C. E.
name: Ali, F. A.
name: Andreoiu, C.
name: Bernier, N.
name: Bhattacharjee, S. S.
name: Bildstein, V.
name: Burbadge, C.
name: Caballero-Folch, R.
name: Coleman, R.
name: Varela, A. Diaz
name: Dunlop, M. R.
name: Dunlop, R.
name: Garnsworthy, A. B.
name: Fuakye, E. Gyabeng
name: Huber, G. M.
name: Jigmeddorj, B.
name: Kapoor, K.
name: Laffoley, A. T.
name: Leach, K. G.
name: Long, J.
name: MacLean, A. D.
name: Natzke, C. R.
name: Olaizola, B.
name: Radich, A. J.
name: Saei, N.
name: Smallcombe, J. T.
name: Talebitaher, A.
name: Whitmore, K.
name: Zidar, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The half-life of the superallowed Fermi $β^+$ emitter $^{14}$O was determined to high precision via a direct $β$ counting experiment performed at the Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC) facility at TRIUMF. The result, $T_{1/2}$($^{14}$O) = 70619.2(76) ms, is consistent with, but is more precise than, the world average obtained from 11 previous measurements. Combining the $^{14}$O half-life deduced in the present work with the previous most precise measurements of this quantity leads to a reduction in the overall uncertainty, by nearly a factor of 2. The new world average is $T_{1/2}$($^{14}$O) = 70619.6(63) ms with a reduced $χ^2$ value of 0.87 obtained from 8 degrees of freedom.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the European Physical Journal A
Cypridea opifera Krommelbein 1962
Creators: name: Bate, Raymond H.
name: Horne, David J.
name: Horne, Sarah E.
name: Douglas, Lyndsey
name: Miller, Giles
name: Lord, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Cypridea
Cypridea opifera

description: Cypridea opifera Krömmelbein, 1962
Fig. 3, 3a–c
1962 Cypridea opifera n. sp. —Krömmelbein, p. 452–453, pl. 56, fig. 23.
Diagnosis: A Cypridea species closely related to C. dromedarius n. sp. with the following peculiarities: carapace more extended than in C. dromedarius n. sp., posterior margin more strongly pulled down, the fold-like thickness on the dorsum of the left valve (dorsal callus) only weakly developed. Rostrum quite large, broad, more or less truncated, rostral groove and rostral sulcus more clearly developed than in C. dromedarius n. sp. Length:Height relationship (L/H index) in the holotype approximately 1.5:1.
Holotype: Carapace, SMF Xe 4181.
Paratypes: 3 carapaces under SMF Xe 4182.
Dimensions: Holotype, length 1.15mm, height 0.79mm.
description: Published as part of Bate, Raymond H., Horne, David J., Horne, Sarah E., Douglas, Lyndsey, Miller, Giles & Lord, Alan R., 2022, Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the Early Cretaceous ' Pre-Salt' sediments of Brazil: An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Wicher, Krömmelbein, Krömmelbein & Weber, and Bate, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 5098 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5098.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6036685
Raglai
Creators: name: Quang, Isvan
Publisher: name: Database of Religious History (DRH)
Year: 2020

description: The Raglai are an ethnic minority religious community in Vietnam. In the 20th century, many Raglai converted to Christianity. This entry focuses on traditional Raglai Religion. They live in Lam Dong, Ninh Thuận, Binh Thuan , Ninh Thuan (57.442 people), and Khanh Hoa Provinces of the South Central Vietnam. Similar to the Cham, Churu, Rade and Jarai languages, Raglai is classified as a Chamic language in the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. The traditional life of the Raglai people is mostly concentrated in a small village (puk) or a village (palei) on high, flat land and near sources of fresh water. Each village usually consists of several dozen roofs/small houses. The members of Raglai family usually include a father, mother and unmarried children. A head of the village is called a “Po Palei,” usually the one who first developed the land or their descendent. Village chiefs are responsible for making offerings to heaven and earth during severe drought. The most prestigious person in the family are called “Ong Kei Palei” (village elders). The village elders run all activities, preside over festivals, and organize a teams to prevent wild beasts as well as invading forces.
title: Die globalen Auswirkungen eines CO2-Grenzausgleichs der EU
Creators: name: Weko, Silvia
name: Eicke, Laima
name: Marian, Adela
name: Apergi, Maria
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2021

description: Wenn die EU einen CO2-Grenzausgleich (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, CBAM) einführt, könnten Länder, denen die Ressourcen für die Dekarbonisierung fehlen, schwerwiegende wirtschaftliche Folgen zu spüren bekommen. Die EU sollte daher mögliche politische Risiken berücksichtigen und Stakeholder aus Drittstaaten in die Gestaltung des CBAM einbeziehen. Sie sollte mit den CBAM-Einnahmen die Dekarbonisierung in den von Risiken betroff enen Ländern fördern und die Emissionsberichterstattung mit bestehenden internationalen Vorgaben verknüpfen.
Observation of breakdown wave mechanism in avalanche ionization produced atmospheric plasma generated by a picosecond CO$_2$ laser
Creators: name: Welch, E.
name: Matteo, D.
name: Tochitsky, S.
name: Louwrens, G.
name: Joshi, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Understanding the formation and long-timescale evolution of atmospheric plasmas produced by ultrashort, long wavelength IR (LWIR) pulses is an important but partially understood problem. Of particular interest are plasmas produced in air with a peak laser intensity $\sim$10$^{12}$ W/cm$^2$, the so-called clamping intensity observed in LWIR atmospheric guiding experiments where tunneling and multi-photon ionization operative at near-IR or shorter wavelengths are inoperative. We find that avalanche breakdown on the surface of aerosol (dust) particles can act to seed the breakdown of air observed above the 200 GW/cm$^2$ threshold when a train of 3 ps 10.6 $μ$m laser pulses separated by 18 ps are used. The breakdown first appears at the best focus but propagates backwards towards the focusing optic as the plasma density approaches critical density and makes forward propagation impossible. The velocity of the backward propagating breakdown can be as high as 10$^9$ cm/s, an order of magnitude greater than measured with ns pulse-produced breakdown and can be explained rather well by the so-called breakdown wave mechanism. Transverse plasma expansion with a similar velocity is assisted by UV photoionization and is observed as a secondary longitudinal breakdown mechanism in roughly 10 percent of the shots. When a cm size, TW power beam is propagated, interception of aerosol particles is guaranteed and several (40 cm$^{-3}$) breakdown sites appear, each initially producing a near critical density plasma. On a 10 ns-1 $μ$s timescale, shockwaves from each site expand radially and coalesce to produce a large hot gas channel. The radial velocity of the expansion agrees well with the prediction of the blast wave theory developed for ultrafast atmospheric detonations.
title: Solar Radiation Management
Creators: name: Boettcher, Miranda
name: Parker, Andy
name: Schäfer, Stefan
name: Honegger, Matthias
name: Low, Sean
name: Lawrence, Mark G.
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2017

description: IASS Fact Sheet
description: Despite extensive efforts, greenhouse gases continue to be emitted in vast amounts, with potentially devastating consequences around the world. This is why targeted interventions in the climate system, known collectively as ‘climate engineering’, are receiving increased attention. Proposed approaches are often divided into two groups: those intended to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and those intended to reduce the amount of solar energy that reaches the Earth’s surface or is trapped in the atmosphere. There are some similarities between the two classes of activities, but they often raise different physical, political, and governance concerns. This series provides an introduction to each set of approaches.
Three-dimensional Magnetic and Thermodynamic Structures of Solar Microflares
Creators: name: Li, Z. F.
name: Cheng, X.
name: Chen, F.
name: Chen, J.
name: Ding, M. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Microflares, one of small-scale solar activities, are believed to be caused by magnetic reconnection. Nevertheless, their three-dimensional (3D) magnetic structures, thermodynamic structures, and physical links to the reconnection have been unclear. In this Letter, based on high-resolution 3D radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the quiet Sun spanning from the upper convection zone to the corona, we investigate 3D magnetic and thermodynamic structures of three homologous microflares. It is found that they originate from localized hot plasma embedded in the chromospheric environment at the height of 2--10 Mm above the photosphere and last for 3--10 minutes with released magnetic energy in the range of $10^{27}-10^{28}$ erg. The heated plasma is almost co-spatial with the regions where the heating rate per particle is maximal. The 3D velocity field reveals a pair of converging flows with velocities of tens of km s$^{-1}$ toward and outflows with velocities of about 100 km s$^{-1}$ moving away from the hot plasma. These features support that magnetic reconnection plays a critical role in heating the localized chromospheric plasma to coronal temperature, giving rise to observed microflares. The magnetic topology analysis further discloses that the reconnection region is located near quasi-separators where both current density and squashing factors are maximal although the specific topology may vary from tether-cutting to fan-spine-like structure.
Data driven soliton solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with certain $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric potentials via deep learning
Creators: name: Meiyazhagan, J.
name: Manikandan, K.
name: Sudharsan, J. B.
name: Senthilvelan, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the physics informed neural network method, a deep learning approach, to approximate soliton solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with parity time symmetric potentials. We consider three different parity time symmetric potentials, namely Gaussian, periodic and Rosen-Morse potentials. We use physics informed neural network to solve the considered nonlinear partial differential equation with the above three potentials. We compare the predicted result with actual result and analyze the ability of deep learning in solving the considered partial differential equation. We check the ability of deep learning in approximating the soliton solution by taking squared error between real and predicted values. {Further, we examine the factors that affect the performance of the considered deep learning method with different activation functions, namely ReLU, sigmoid and tanh. We also use a new activation function, namely sech which is not used in the field of deep learning and analyze whether this new activation function is suitable for the prediction of soliton solution of nonlinear Schrödinger equation for the aforementioned parity time symmetric potentials. In addition to the above, we present how the network's structure and the size of the training data influence the performance of the physics informed neural network. Our results show that the constructed deep learning model successfully approximates the soliton solution of the considered equation with high accuracy.
description: To appear in Chaos
Cypridea vulgaris Krommelbein 1962
Creators: name: Bate, Raymond H.
name: Horne, David J.
name: Horne, Sarah E.
name: Douglas, Lyndsey
name: Miller, Giles
name: Lord, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Cypridea
Cypridea vulgaris

description: Cypridea vulgaris Krömmelbein, 1962
Fig. 3, 4a–c
1962 Cypridea vulgaris n. sp. —Krömmelbein, p. 453–454, pl. 56, fig. 24.
Diagnosis: A small Cypridea species with a fairly strong rostrum and a comparatively deep, clearly delineated and high-reaching rostral sulcus. Carapace in dorsal view roundly biconvex. Posterior margin at the bottom of the larger left valve with a rounded little shield. Carapace surface thickly covered with fine but clearly prominent pore dimples.
Holotype: Carapace, SMF Xe 4183.
Paratypes: 6 carapaces under SMF Xe 4184.
Dimensions: Holotype, length 0.71mm, height 0.46mm.
Remarks (Bate et al. herein): Cypridea kegeli Wicher is figured here in Krömmelbein (1962): ‘Hypotype’, carapace, SMF Xe 4185; not imaged in present paper.
Cypridea bisculpturata Moos in Wicher figured here in Krömmelbein (1962): ‘Hypotype’, carapace, SMF Xe 4186; not imaged in present paper.
description: Published as part of Bate, Raymond H., Horne, David J., Horne, Sarah E., Douglas, Lyndsey, Miller, Giles & Lord, Alan R., 2022, Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the Early Cretaceous ' Pre-Salt' sediments of Brazil: An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Wicher, Krömmelbein, Krömmelbein & Weber, and Bate, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 5098 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5098.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6036685
Xenillus venezuelanus Balogh & P. Balogh 1985
Creators: name: Revelo-Tobar, Harol
name: Ojeda, Margarita
name: García-Ayala, Leonardo J.
name: Palacios-Vargas, José G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Xenillidae
Xenillus
Xenillus venezuelanus

description: Xenillus venezuelanus Balogh & P. Balogh, 1985
 Distribution: Neotropical.
 Records in Mexico: Quintana Roo.
 Biogeographic province: Yucatan Peninsula.
 Habitat: Leaf litter and soil of medium sub evergreen forest, lowland forest, mangrove and halophyte vegetation. Pitfall traps in medium rainforest.
 References: Alamilla-Pastrana et al. (2012): 52; Vázquez et al. (2016): 147–162.
description: Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, Ojeda, Margarita, García-Ayala, Leonardo J. & Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2024, Checklist Of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) From Mexico, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 5465 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5465.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613709
title: The Social Performance Index (SPI): Assessing and monitoring community well-being through energy sector investments
Creators: name: Helgenberger, Sebastian
name: Grace Kageni, Mbungu
name: Rodríguez, Héctor
name: Nunez, Almudena
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Year: 2021

description: While the positive impacts of renewable energy for people and the planet are widely recognized, the direct contribution of local renewable energy projects to local community well-being has received limited attention. And while the Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have been rightfully celebrated as global milestones for securing livelihoods and opportunities now and in the future, they lack societal ownership and traction in local communities, who are decisive in supporting and driving the necessary sustainability transformation. In this paper, we introduce the Social Performance Index (SPI) for energy sector investments as a tool to systematically assess, monitor, compare, and communicate the social performance of energy projects on the well-being of communities and their members. By social performance of energy sector investments, we mean direct and positive social impacts on the well-being of individuals and communities during the development and implementation of energy projects and their access to locally generated energy, either in a monetary or a non-monetary way.
description: IASS Discussion Paper; November 2021
Highly Tunable and Strong Bound Exciton in MoSi2N4 via Strain Engineering
Creators: name: Liang, Dan
name: Xu, Shi
name: Lu, Pengfei
name: Cai, Yongqing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recently synthesized layered material MoSi2N4, we investigated excitonic response of quasiparticle of monolayer MoSi2N4 by using G0W0 and Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) calculations. With a dually sandwiched structure consisting of a central MoN2 layer analogue of 2H-MoS2 capped with silicon-nitrogen (SiN) honeycomb outer layers, MoSi2N4 possesses frontier orbitals confined at the central MoN2 layer with similar sub-valley at K-point as 2H-MoS2. The valley splitting (~130 meV) due to the spin-orbital coupling (SOC) gives rise to a doublet in the spectrum. Excitons in MoSi2N4 shows a strong binding energy up to 0.95 eV with the optical bandgap of 2.44 eV. Both electronic and optical gaps are highly sensitive to tensile strains and become redshift albeit a marginal change of exciton binding energy. With the protection of capped SiN layers, quantum confined excitons in MoSi2N4 without the need of additional passivation layer like BN would provide a bright new platform for robust emission with partially screened disturbance from environment.
title: Leveraging the benefits of smart mobility via an integrated data platform
Creators: name: Creutzig, Felix
Publisher: name: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Israel Public Policy Institute (IPPI), Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Tel Aviv
Year: 2020

description: Increasingly abundant big data and artificial intelligence applications are restructuring economic activities and daily life. This is epitomized in the notion of the smart city, and especially visible on our streets, where e-scooters or pool-riding services are added every month and reshape our mobility. It’s a time of experimentation and that may be a good thing. Yet, there are also signs of discontent, raising the question of how big data can be managed and organized in a way that reduces congestion and improves the daily travel routines of millions of citizens, supports the wider public good while also leveraging Israel’s potential as a start-up nation. Here, we take the example of smart mobility in Israel to investigate how integrated data management can multiply the benefits of big data applications, while effectively managing risks. We find that integrated data platforms offer an opportunity to leverage benefits if three key design principles are followed: 1) open (but not necessarily free) data access; 2) maintaining the privacy, agency and participation of individuals, users, and the public; and 3) tailoring mobility services to meet well-defined goals of public policy.
A new member of the Milky Way's family tree: Characterizing the Pontus merger of our Galaxy
Creators: name: Malhan, Khyati
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the $\textit{Pontus}$ structure -- a recently discovered merger that brought in $\sim7$ globular clusters in the course of the hierarchical build-up of the Milky Way's halo. Here, we analyse the stellar population of $\textit{Pontus}$ and examine (1) its phase-space distribution using the ESA/$\textit{Gaia}$ dataset, (2) its metallicity and chemical abundances (i.e., [Fe/H], [$α$/Fe], [Mg/Fe], [Al/Fe]) using the spectroscopic catalogue of APOGEE DR17, and (3) the colour-magnitude diagram that shows interesting features, including a possibly double horizontal branch and a small population of blue stragglers. In sum, the $\textit{Pontus}$ stars show some unique properties that suggest they likely originated from the merging of an independent satellite galaxy; future analysis will shed more light on the true nature of this structure. This chemo-dynamical analysis of $\textit{Pontus}$ stars is another step forward in our bigger quest to characterize $\textit{all}$ the merging events of our Milky Way.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters