cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A new fossil species of Boa Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata, Boidae), from the Pleistocene of Marie-Galante Island (French West Indies)
Creators: name: CORENTIN BOCHATON
name: SALVADOR BAILON
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Several studies have reported the occurrence of fossil remains of a now extinct Boa snake from the upper Pleistocene of Marie-Galante Island, French West Indies. However, these remains have never been fully investigated and no complete description of this possible new species has been published. In this paper, we try to bridge this gap by providing a detailed morphological study of the Boa remains discovered in the three major fossil deposits of Marie-Galante Island. Our study reveals the specific morphological aspects of this fossil snake and allows us to identify it as a new species, Boa blanchardensis. We also reconstructed its body size, carried out a paleohistological investigation, and suggest that this snake may have been a dwarf species. We then discuss the possible explanation for the extinction of this snake on Marie-Galante Island and possibly also on other Guadeloupe islands. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E352396-4945-447D-80A8-C2D9057B39EB SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP Citation for this article: Bochaton, C., and S. Bailon. 2018. A new fossil species of Boa Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata, Boidae), from the Pleistocene of Marie-Galante Island (French West Indies). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1462829.
Applications And Potentials Of Intelligent Swarms For Magnetospheric Studies
Creators: name: Rajan, Raj Thilak
name: Ben-Maor, Shoshana
name: Kaderali, Shaziana
name: Turner, Calum
name: Milhim, Mohammed
name: Melograna, Catrina
name: Haken, Dawn
name: Paul, Gary
name: Vedant
name: V, Sreekumar
name: Weppler, Johannes
name: Gumulya, Yosephine
name: Bunt, Riccardo
name: Bulgarini, Asia
name: Marnat, Maurice
name: Bussov, Kadri
name: Pringle, Frederick
name: Ma, Jusha
name: Amrutkar, Rushanka
name: Coto, Miguel
name: He, Jiang
name: Shi, Zijian
name: Hayder, Shahd
name: Jaber, Dina Saad Fayez
name: Zuo, Junchao
name: Alsukour, Mohammad
name: Renaud, Cecile
name: Christie, Matthew
name: Engad, Neta
name: Lian, Yu
name: Wen, Jie
name: McAvinia, Ruth
name: Simon-Butler, Andrew
name: Nguyen, Anh
name: Cohen, Jacob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Earth's magnetosphere is vital for today's technologically dependent society. To date, numerous design studies have been conducted and over a dozen science missions have own to study the magnetosphere. However, a majority of these solutions relied on large monolithic satellites, which limited the spatial resolution of these investigations, as did the technological limitations of the past. To counter these limitations, we propose the use of a satellite swarm carrying numerous and distributed payloads for magnetospheric measurements. Our mission is named APIS (Applications and Potentials of Intelligent Swarms), which aims to characterize fundamental plasma processes in the Earth's magnetosphere and measure the effect of the solar wind on our magnetosphere. We propose a swarm of 40 CubeSats in two highly-elliptical orbits around the Earth, which perform radio tomography in the magnetotail at 8-12 Earth Radii (RE) downstream, and the subsolar magnetosphere at 8-12RE upstream. In addition, in-situ measurements of the magnetic and electric fields, plasma density will be performed by on-board instruments. In this article, we present an outline of previous missions and designs for magnetospheric studies, along with the science drivers and motivation for the APIS mission. Furthermore, preliminary design results are included to show the feasibility of such a mission. The science requirements drive the APIS mission design, the mission operation and the system requirements. In addition to the various science payloads, critical subsystems of the satellites are investigated e.g., navigation, communication, processing and power systems. We summarize our findings, along with the potential next steps to strengthen our design study.
description: Accepted in Acta Astronautica
Uncertainties inherent in the decomposition of a Transformation
Creators: name: Iyer, Chandru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This contribution adds to the points on the made by De Abreu and Guerra. We show that the Lorentz Transformation can be composed by the physical observations made in a frame K of events in a frame K-prime viz i) objects in K-prime are moving at a speed v relative to K, ii) distances and time intervals measured by K-prime are at variance with those measured by K and iii) the concept of simultaneity is different in K-prime compared to K. The order in which the composition is executed determines the nature of the middle aspect (ii). This essential uncertainty of the theory can be resolved only by a universal synchronicity as discussed in [1] based on the unique frame in which the one way speed of light is constant in all directions.
description: 10 pages including an appendix. Published in the European Journal of Physics as a Comment. Eur. J. Phys. 29 (2008) L13-L17
Trade-off in perpendicular electric field control using negatively biased emissive end-electrodes
Creators: name: Trotabas, B.
name: Gueroult, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The benefits of thermionic emission from negatively biased electrodes for perpendicular electric field control in a magnetized plasma are examined through its combined effects on the sheath and on the plasma potential variation along magnetic field lines. By increasing the radial current flowing through the plasma thermionic emission is confirmed to improve control over the plasma potential at the sheath edge compared to the case of a cold electrode. Conversely, thermionic emission is shown to be responsible for an increase of the plasma potential drop along magnetic field lines in the quasi-neutral plasma. These results suggest that there exists a trade-off between electric field longitudinal uniformity and amplitude when using negatively biased emissive electrodes to control the perpendicular electric field in a magnetized plasma.
description: 22 pages, 9 figures
A data mining approach for improved interpretation of ERT inverted sections using the DBSCAN clustering algorithm
Creators: name: Sabor, Kawtar
name: Jougnot, Damien
name: Guerin, Roger
name: Steck, Barthélémy
name: Henault, Jean-Marie
name: Apffel, Louis
name: Vautrin, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: SUMMARY Geophysical imaging using the inversion procedure is a powerful tool for the exploration of the Earth's subsurface. However, the interpretation of inverted images can sometimes be difficult, due to the inherent limitations of existing inversion algorithms, which produce smoothed sections. In order to improve and automate the processing and interpretation of inverted geophysical models, we propose an approach inspired from data mining. We selected an algorithm known as DBSCAN (Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise) to perform clustering of inverted geophysical sections. The methodology relies on the automatic sorting and clustering of data. DBSCAN detects clusters in the inverted electrical resistivity values, with no prior knowledge of the number of clusters. This algorithm has the advantage of being defined by only two parameters: the neighbourhood of a point in the data space, and the minimum number of data points in this neighbourhood. We propose an objective procedure for the determination of these two parameters. The proof of concept described here is applied to simulated ERT (electrical resistivity tomography) sections, for the following three cases: two layers with a step, two layers with a rebound, and two layers with an anomaly embedded in the upper layer. To validate this approach, sensitivity studies were carried out on both of the above parameters, as well as to assess the influence of noise on the algorithm's performance. Finally, this methodology was tested on real field data. DBSCAN detects clusters in the inverted electrical resistivity models, and the former are then associated with various types of earth materials, thus allowing the structure of the prospected area to be determined. The proposed data-mining algorithm is shown to be effective, and to improve the interpretation of the inverted ERT sections. This new approach has considerable potential, as it can be applied to any geophysical data represented in the form of sections or maps.
TASKS AND TYPES OF LABOR EDUCATION, ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD'S PERSONALITY
Creators: name: Ergashev, Ikhtiyor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The significance of the work lies in the fact that the main provisions and conclusions set out in the work can be used for a deep and comprehensive study of the labor education of children, as well as directly for practical and creative tasks.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 40 No. 1 (2018)
Creators: name: Canadian Journal Of Native Education
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: The Five R's for Indigenizing Online Learning: A Case Study of the First Nations Schools' Principals Course Becoming Real On Turtle Island: A Pedagogy of Relationship Reconciliation in Social Work: Creating Ethical Space Through a Relational Approach to Circle Pedagogy The "Build a Community" Exercise and Indigenous Content in Teacher Education Beyond Tokenism: Relational Learning and Reconciliation Within Post-secondary Classrooms and Institutions The First Peoples Principles of Learning in Teacher Education: Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action Conversations About Indigenizing, Decolonizing and Transformative Pedagogical Practices Editorial: Challenges, Possibilities and Responsibilities: Sharing Stories and Critical Questions for Changing Classrooms and Academic Institutions Contributors to this Issue Teaching and Learning Reparative Education in Settler Colonial and Post-TRC Canada Towards Decolonization and Indigenization of Social Work Research: Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action Titles and Contents
Slides for Webinar: Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Bulk Power System Reliability
Creators: Rich Bauer & Charles Vartanian
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2019

Slides presented at webinar: Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Bulk Power System Reliability
The webinar co-presenters recently contributed to an article for a special DER issue of the IEEE Power & Energy magazine, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8495051. This article addressed Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Bulk Power System (BPS) reliability considerations from several perspectives, including, inverter technology, impact of DER on BPS performance, wholesale markets development, and technical standards development. This earlier article reflects much of the power industry's focus to-date regarding DER in context of the BPS. So far, this focus has mostly been on identifying and mitigating DER impacts on upstream BPS's, as DER penetration level increases. This new webinar will focus on relatively newer industry activities that are now including consideration of DER's grid supportive capabilities. For this webinar, Rich will cover the main points in NERC's recently released Guide for Inverter Based Resource Performance. This relatively new guide was the product of a multi-stakeholder team that first evaluated the Blue Cut and Canyon Fire Events which triggered large scale (100's MW) inadvertent loss of inverter connected resources. Then, based on that learning, developed technical guidance for inverter connected resources to better support BPS operation. Charlie will look further over the horizon at planned technical guide development for DER Energy Storage resources. Charlie will outline some of the grid supportive capabilities of modern inverter-connected energy storage, e.g. inertial equivalent power modulation, and short term high fault current contribution. These technical points will be discussed in context of the plan to draft technical guidelines (IEEE P1547.9) that should allow for prudent implementation of these specific resource capabilities. The noted inverter-based storage resource capabilities have significant implications for BPS performance support, and are also relevant to achieving policy goals including RPS attainment.
Slides for Webinar:Cyber Resiliency & Incident Management for Critical Energy Infrastructure
Creators: Abedalsalam (Salam) Baniahmed
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2019

Slides presented at webinar: Cyber Resiliency & Incident Management for Critical Energy Infrastructure
With the increasing communication agents and the massive deployment of cyber devices over a wide area of electrical power components, cybersecurity challenge elevates to a higher level as the susceptibility of attack increases. Cybersecurity by design dictates the preparedness of the critical infrastructure in response to a cyber-attack. This webinar introduces the state of the art and best practices in cyber incident management and system resilience against potential cyber-attacks, and highlighting the concept of cyber resilience and the principle of cybersecurity by design.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 39 No. 1 (2017)
Creators: name: Canadian Journal Of Native Education
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: First Nations Youth Reframing the Focus: Cultural Knowledge as a Site for Health Education Visualizing Pedagogy and Power with Urban Native Youth: Exposing the Legacy of the Indian Residential School System Two Teachers of Aboriginal Students: Effective Practice in Sociohistorical Realities Naturalizing Indigenous Knowledge in Eurocentric Education Yetko and Sophie: Nlakapamux Cultural Professors Editorial: Reflection, Reconciliation, and Renewal Contributors to this Issue Titles and Contents Indian Control of Indian Education: Reflections and Envisioning the Next40 Years Ganigonhi:oh The Good Mind Meets the Academy Tset Hikwstexw te Sqwelteltset: We Hold Our Language High Anishinabemowin: A Way of Seeing the World Reclaiming My Identity
Házasság és élettársi kapcsolat típusai az új évezredben [Tipology of marriage and cohabitation in the new millenium]
Creators: name: Murinkó, Lívia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: marriage
cohabitation
social inequalities
latent class analysis
Hungary

description: Az elmúlt évtizedek mélyreható társadalmi változásai a párkapcsolatok területén is jelentős átalakulást hoztak. Számtalan hazai elemzés vállalkozott a párkapcsolati változások leírására és értelmezésére, az utóbbi tíz év változásaival azonban kevés kutatás foglalkozik, és általában nem különböztetik meg egymástól a házasság vagy az élettársi kapcsolat különböző altípusait. A családi életutak és párkapcsolati helyzetek növekvő változatosságát felismerve a nemzetközi szakirodalomban egyre kifinomultabb, egyre több dimenziót beépítő tipológiákat alkalmaznak az élettársi együttélések sokféleségének megragadására. Az élettársi kapcsolatok terjedése a házasság intézményét sem hagyta érintetlenül, ennek ellenére jóval kevesebb elemzés vállalkozott arra, hogy kidolgozza a házasságban élők tipológiáját. Az élettársi kapcsolatok terjedése és a házasságkötés nélkül együtt élők tipizálása mellett fontos kérdés, hogy milyen okok húzódhatnak meg a párkapcsolati változások mögött, és (ezzel összefüggésben) mely társadalmi csoportok érintettek leginkább. Többféle magyarázat született, melyek eltérő összefüggést feltételeznek a társadalmi-gazdasági helyet, a szubjektív tényezők és a párkapcsolati forma között. A kutatás a házasság és az élettársi kapcsolat jellemző típusait és azok társadalmi hátterét vizsgálja az ezredfordulót követő időszakban Magyarországon az Életünk fordulópontjai panelkutatás első (2001) és ötödik (2016/17) hullámából származó adatok felhasználásával. Az elemzésben a 22–69 éves, élettársi kapcsolatban vagy házasságban, különböző nemű partnerrel élő válaszadók vesznek részt. Az elemzés két részből áll. Először egy többdimenziós párkapcsolati tipológiát alakítok ki (látens osztályelemzés segítségével), mely figyelembe veszi a nemzetközi kutatási eredményeket és a hazai jellegzetességeket. Ezután azt vizsgálom, hogyan jellemezhetők ezen altípusok társadalmi-gazdasági helyzet, értékek és attitűdök szempontjából 2001-ben és 2017-ben. Hogyan változott a házasságban és az élettársi kapcsolatban élők egyes csoportjainak társadalmi háttere az ezredforduló óta? Milyen régi és új társadalmi különbségek, törésvonalak mutathatók ki a kapcsolati típusok között? Mely elméleti megközelítést támasztják leginkább alá az eredmények?
Comparative statistics and origin of triple and quadruple stars
Creators: name: Tokovinin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The statistics of catalogued quadruple stars consisting of two binaries (hierarchy 2+2) is studied in comparison with triple stars, with respective sample sizes of 81 and 724. Seven representative quadruple systems are discussed in greater detail. The properties of multiple stars do not correspond to the products of dynamical decay of small clusters, hence the N-body dynamics is not the dominant process of their formation. On the other hand, rotationally-driven (cascade) fragmentation possibly followed by migration of inner and/or outer orbits to shorter periods is a promising scenario to explain the origin of triple and quadruple stars. Our main results are: (i) Quadruple systems of Epsilon Lyr type with similar masses and inner periods are common. (ii) The distributions of the inner periods in triple and quadruple stars are similar and bimodal. The inner mass ratios do not correlate with the inner periods. (iii) The statistics of outer periods and mass ratios in triples and quadruples are different. The median outer mass ratio in triples is 0.39 independently of the outer period, which has a smooth distribution. In contrast, the outer periods of 25% quadruples concentrate in the narrow range from 10yr to 100yr, the outer mass ratios of these tight quadruples are above 0.6 and their two inner periods are similar to each other. (iv) The outer and inner mass ratios in triple and quadruple stars are not mutually correlated. (v) The inner and outer orbital angular momenta and periods in triple and quadruple systems with inner periods above 30d show some correlation, the ratio of outer-to-inner periods is mostly comprised between 5 and 10^4. In the systems with small period ratios the directions of the orbital spins are correlated, while in the systems with large ratios they are not.
description: Accepted by MNRAS, 14 pages, 12 figures. Two electronic tables at http://www.ctio.noao.edu/ftp/pub/tokovinin/quadruples/
Gravito-magnetic gyroscope precession in Palatini f(R) gravity
Creators: name: Ruggiero, Matteo Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study gravito-magnetic effects in the Palatini formalism of f(R) gravity. On using the Kerr-de Sitter metric, which is a solution of f(R) field equations, we calculate the impact of f(R) gravity on the gravito-magnetic precession of an orbiting gyroscope. We show that, even though an $f(R)$ contribution is present in principle, its magnitude is negligibly small and far to be detectable in the present (like GP-B) and foreseeable space missions or observational tests around the Earth.
description: 6 pages, revised to match the version accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Slides for Webinar: The Evolution of the Smart Grid - Part 1
Creators: Steve Collier
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2019

Slides presented at webinar: The Evolution of the Smart Grid - Part 1
Part 1: Eroding Foundations of the Legacy Electric Grid Carl Sagan said, "You have to know the past to understand the present". Most everyone knows something about the emerging smart grid. However, not everyone knows the whole story about how and why the smart grid began. It is not only fascinating, but also useful to understand the underlying causes that led to the emergence and continuing development of a smart grid. It's all about changing technologies and business models. In Part 1 of this webinar we will examine why and how the foundations of the century old legacy electric grid have eroded, beginning in the 1970s in the aftermath of the OPEC oil embargo. Longstanding favorable economics, acceptable reliability, stable monopoly business model, and standard utility operations were adversely affected.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 38 No. 1 (2015)
Creators: name: Canadian Journal Of Native Education
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: Alberta's Aboriginal Teacher Education Program: A Little Garden Where Students Blossom "All of our Responsibility": Instructor Experiences in the Teaching of Required Indigenous Education Coursework Unsettling Place-based Education: Whiteness and Land in Indigenous Education in Canadian Teacher Education Being Taught by Raven: A Story of Knowledges in Teacher Education Ucwalmicw and Indigenous Pedagogies in Teacher Education Programs: Beginning, Proceeding, and Closing in Good Ways Building NITEP: The Native Indian Teacher Education Program at the University of British Columbia, 1969 to 1974 Re-imagining Indigenous Parent Involvement in Teacher Education: One Parent's Experience in the Public School System Editorial: Indigenous Teacher Education and Teacher Education for Indigenous Education Contributors to this Issue Titles and Contents
Search for chargino--neutralino pair production in final states with three leptons and missing transverse momentum in $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for chargino$-$neutralino pair production in three-lepton final states with missing transverse momentum is presented. The study is based on a dataset of $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV $pp$ collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$. No significant excess relative to the Standard Model predictions is found in data. The results are interpreted in simplified models of supersymmetry, and statistically combined with results from a previous ATLAS search for compressed spectra in two-lepton final states. Various scenarios for the production and decay of charginos ($\tildeχ^\pm_1$) and neutralinos ($\tildeχ^0_2$) are considered. For pure higgsino $\tildeχ^\pm_1\tildeχ^0_2$ pair-production scenarios, exclusion limits at 95% confidence level are set on $\tildeχ^0_2$ masses up to 210 GeV. Limits are also set for pure wino $\tildeχ^\pm_1\tildeχ^0_2$ pair production, on $\tildeχ^0_2$ masses up to 640 GeV for decays via on-shell $W$ and $Z$ bosons, up to 300 GeV for decays via off-shell $W$ and $Z$ bosons, and up to 190 GeV for decays via $W$ and Standard Model Higgs bosons.
description: 104 pages in total, author list starting page 89, 20+14aux figures, 21+19aux tables, submitted to EPJC. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/SUSY-2019-09/
The mandarin advantage: How Thai university students are facilitating cross-border E-commerce for Chinese tourists in Thailand’s post-COVID recovering hospitality sector
Creators: name: Ma, Chengxiang
name: Bunkrong, Darunee
name: Gao, Chenglin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: Neuroscience
Science Policy

description: This study explores the crucial role of Thai university students proficient in Chinese in revitalizing cross-border e-commerce for Chinese tourists within Thailand’s recovering hospitality sector. By leveraging their language proficiency and cultural insight, these students enhance platform usability, foster cultural sensitivity, and drive business innovation—offering unique solutions for post-COVID economic recovery. Through qualitative interviews, the research highlights how these students act as cultural intermediaries, bridging gaps between Thai service providers and Chinese tourists. Students reported contributing to improved platform features, such as better communication channels for seamless transactions, and the implementation of culturally tailored marketing strategies. However, they also identified challenges, including navigating cultural nuances, overcoming technological barriers, and the need for stronger institutional support. The study offers practical recommendations within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) framework, including fostering Thai-Chinese student collaborations in digital platform design, developing user-friendly payment systems tailored to Chinese preferences, and integrating cultural sensitivity training for stakeholders involved in cross-border trade. The findings underscore the transformative impact of student involvement in enhancing Thailand’s e-commerce and tourism ecosystems. By aligning educational, technological, and policy strategies, Thailand can accelerate its hospitality sector’s recovery while promoting sustainable, inclusive growth in the broader regional context of the BRI.
Disrupted adipokine secretion and inflammatory responses in human adipocyte hypertrophy
Creators: name: Gao, Dan
name: Bing, Chen
name: Griffiths, Helen R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Adipocyte hypertrophy is a critical contributor to obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance. This study employed a human adipocyte hypertrophy model to investigate the adipokine release, inflammatory responses, and the intracellular singling pathways. Hypertrophic adipocytes exhibited increased lipid content and lipolysis, a decline of anti-inflammatory adipokine adiponectin release and an increase of pro-inflammatory adipokine leptin release compared to mature adipocytes. Moreover, TNFα and LPS exacerbated the decrease in adiponectin secretion by hypertrophic adipocytes while promoting the secretion of leptin, MCP-1 and IL-6, which is associated with impaired activation of p38 and JNK MAPK and persistent activation of ERK and IκBα in hypertrophic adipocytes. These altered adipokine secretions and inflammatory responses within hypertrophic adipocytes may contribute to adipocyte dysfunction in human obesity.
Slides for Webinar: Cyber Security Roadmap for a More Resilient Electric Sector
Creators: Galen Rasche
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2019

Slides presented at webinar: Cyber Security Roadmap for a More Resilient Electric Sector
Cyber security has become a critical priority for electric utilities across the power delivery, fossil generation, and nuclear power sectors. The evolving electric grid is increasingly dependent on information technology and telecommunications infrastructures to ensure its reliable operation. As generation plants are being required to adapt to the complex demands of an ever increasingly competitive marketplace, each power generation site is deploying more digital Instrumentation and Control assets from a variety of vendors.  This presentation provides an overview of key cyber security objectives for the industry, research gaps, and suggested next steps to meet these challenges and improve the security and resiliency of the electric sector.
Links between person-thing orientational, organizational images, and allocation of organization activities
Creators: name: Timms, Diana M.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The main objective of this study is to examine links between the orientation of people to their environment, the images they hold, and the way they allocate time to organizational activities. Emphasis is upon the neglected role of human capacities and energies (such as sense-making) and its relationship to organizational phenomena. Sensemaking is seen in terms of one's primary orienting ideology. This part of the study draws upon empirically supported results which suggest that people do orient themselves to the environment in general on the basis of two primary independent phenomena. Sensemaking is enriched by one's rational and arational energies. Organization design is seen as being influenced by the tension between rational-arational polarities - the 'strategic choice' which Child (1972b) proposes as the critical variable in understanding organization design differences. Use is made of stories of peoples' images of their ideal organizations. This part of the study draws upon theoretical support for the impact of one's subjective processes, in particular, images, metaphors and fantasies, on one's enactment/behavior. Profiles of time allocation provide one approximation of organization design. The findings of this study may provide another way of understanding why organizations are the way they are. Differences in organization form can be related to factors of environment, size, and technology - plus the subjective processes of the individuals who are making sense of their organizational world. The implications and uses of the current study with some suggestions for the direction and focus of future studies are discussed.
The Spatial String Tension and Dimensional Reduction in QCD
Creators: name: Cheng, M.
name: Datta, S.
name: van der Heide, J.
name: Huebner, K.
name: Karsch, F.
name: Kaczmarek, O.
name: Laermann, E.
name: Liddle, J.
name: Mawhinney, R. D.
name: Miao, C.
name: Petreczky, P.
name: Petrov, K.
name: Schmidt, C.
name: Soeldner, W.
name: Umeda, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the spatial string tension in (2+1) flavor QCD with physical strange quark mass and almost physical light quark masses using lattices with temporal extent N_tau=4,6 and 8. We compare our results on the spatial string tension with predictions of dimensionally reduced QCD. This suggests that also in the presence of light dynamical quarks dimensional reduction works well down to temperatures 1.5T_c.
description: 8 pages ReVTeX, 4 figures
Slides for Webinar: New Directions for Energy Storage by Lee Stogner, Soumya Kanti Datta,  & Tom Coughlin
Creators: Lee Stogner
Soumya Kanti Datta
& Tom Coughlin
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

Slides presented at  New Directions for Energy Storage
For most of the past 1,000 years, the storage of electrical energy has not changed.  In just the past 20 years, the driving force of Mobile Devices, Electric Vehicles and Renewables for the Electric Grid has driven the market to create battery technologies that go well beyond what was thought possible.  This market by 2030 will exceed Trillions of Dollars.  This presentation will give an overview of what is happening as the world develops the next generation of Energy Storage.
Slides for Webinar:  Application of Adaptive Hybrid Deep Learning for Power System State Estimation
Creators: Qun Zhou
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2018

Slides presented at webinar:  Application of Adaptive Hybrid Deep Learning for Power System State Estimation
Deep learning is powerful in data-driven applications, such as computer vision and natural language processing. Power system state estimation is data-driven in nature as the amount of measurement data is rapidly increasing with emerging sensing technology. This research explores the possibility of applying deep learning for power system state estimation. The proposed adaptive hybrid deep learning model, which incorporates the physical power flow mode, is both data driven and first principle based. It is trained in real time and intended for online state estimation.

Conventional state estimation is considered as single-snapshot, which estimates system variables by only using the measurement data at the moment. In fact, power system states are intrinsically correlated in time, but the true dynamics are very challenging to model. In this research, deep learning is employed to learn this dynamics and temporal correlations are explored among historical measurements. Two deep learning networks, feedforward neural net and long short-term memory net, are investigated.  Results are presented in IEEE 14-bus and118-bus systems in terms of accuracy and robustness. The applicability and potential challenges are discussed.
Slides for Webinar:  Application of Machine Learning in Power Systems- Part 1 presented by Qiuhua Huang
Creators: Qiuhua Huang
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2018

Slides presented at webinar:  Application of Machine Learning in Power Systems- Part 1
In Part I, this webinar will begin with a short tutorial of machine learning, then provide an overview of application of machine learning in power generation, transmission and distribution systems, including the history, recent applications and lessons learned. Lastly, future work and research directions will be discussed.
Quantum yield and charge diffusion in the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope infrared detectors
Creators: name: Givans, Jahmour J.
name: Choi, Ami
name: Porredon, Anna
name: Freudenburg, Jenna K. C.
name: Hirata, Christopher M.
name: Hill, Robert J.
name: Bennett, Christopher
name: Foltz, Roger
name: Meier, Lane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The shear signal required for weak lensing analyses is small, so any detector-level effects which distort astronomical images can contaminate the inferred shear. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman) will fly a focal plane with 18 Teledyne H4RG-10 near infrared (IR) detector arrays; these have never been used for weak lensing and they present unique instrument calibration challenges. A pair of previous investigations (Hirata & Choi 2020; Choi & Hirata 2020) demonstrated that spatiotemporal correlations of flat fields can effectively separate the brighter-fatter effect (BFE) and interpixel capacitance (IPC). Later work (Freudenburg et al. 2020) introduced a Fourier-space treatment of these correlations which allowed the authors to expand to higher orders in BFE, IPC, and classical nonlinearity (CNL). This work expands the previous formalism to include quantum yield and charge diffusion. We test the updated formalism on simulations and show that we can recover input characterization values. We then apply the formalism to visible and IR flat field data from three Roman flight candidate detectors. We fit a 2D Gaussian model to the charge diffusion at 0.5 $μ$m wavelength, and find variances of $C_{11} = 0.1066\pm 0.0011$ pix$^2$ in the horizontal direction, $C_{22} = 0.1136\pm 0.0012$ pix$^2$ in the vertical direction, and a covariance of $C_{12} = 0.0001\pm 0.0007$ pix$^2$ (stat) for SCA 20829. Last, we convert the asymmetry of the charge diffusion into an equivalent shear signal, and find a contamination of the shear correlation function to be $ξ_+ \sim 10^{-6}$ for each detector. This exceeds Roman's allotted error budget for the measurement by a factor of $\mathcal{O}(10)$ in power (amplitude squared) but can likely be mitigated through standard methods for fitting the point spread function (PSF) since charge diffusion can be treated as a contribution to the PSF.
description: 26 pages, 9 figures
Slides for Webinar:  A Reliable Grid is a Smart Grid
Creators: Alan Ross
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2018

Slides presented at webinar:  A Reliable Grid is a Smart Grid
The application of Reliability Engineering disciplines and principles provides a
unique perspective to a Smart Grid. In this webinar we will look at how
technology, UIoT, Machine Learning and Condition Based Monitoring can positively
affect the long-term reliability of the Grid.
While reliability engineering starts at the design phase for asset management
decisions, an even greater impact will be on the system those assets comprise. For
the most part we are redesigning systems, not designing from scratch, adding
technological advances while integrating wide-scale DER and DR into the grid.
Quantum Tomographic Reconstruction with Error Bars: a Kalman Filter Approach
Creators: name: Audenaert, Koenraad M. R.
name: Scheel, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel quantum tomographic reconstruction method based on Bayesian inference via the Kalman filter update equations. The method not only yields the maximum likelihood/optimal Bayesian reconstruction, but also a covariance matrix expressing the measurement uncertainties in a complete way. From this covariance matrix the error bars on any derived quantity can be easily calculated. This is a first step towards the broader goal of devising an omnibus reconstruction method that could be adapted to any tomographic setup with little effort and that treats measurement uncertainties in a statistically well-founded way. In this first part we restrict ourselves to the important subclass of tomography based on measurements with discrete outcomes (as opposed to continuous ones), and we also ignore any measurement imperfections (dark counts, less than unit detector efficiency, etc.), which will be treated in a follow-up paper. We illustrate our general theory on real tomography experiments of quantum optical information processing elements.
description: published version; overview of method added
Slides for Webinar: The Valuation of Distributed Energy Resources by Brian Bunte
Creators: Brian Bunte
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

Slides presented at  The Valuation of Distributed Energy Resources
The optimal mix of distributed energy resources for a project or microgrid is dependent on many factors including project load profile, available rate structures, geographic location, space considerations, and project goals. Hourly modeling of the project over the course of a year can be used to estimate the savings and return on investment for different combinations of distributed energy resources including renewable generation, CHP generation, energy storage, and demand response. Different rate structures including time of use and real time price for electricity supply should be considered. Different operating modes for dispatching local generation assets should be evaluated including dispatching based on bulk electricity price and dispatching based on minimizing demand changes. Finally, project goals must be considered. For example, one project might prioritize maximizing renewable generation and minimizing environmental impacts. Another project might prioritize achieving full islanding capability for resiliency during grid outages.
Plesiadapid mammals from the latest Paleocene of France offer new insights on the evolution of Plesiadapis during the Paleocene-Eocene transition
Creators: name: Bast, Eric De
name: Gagnaison, Cyril
name: Smith, Thierry
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Plesiadapidae are among the most successful mammal families of the Paleocene, but in North America they disappear abruptly around the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. In contrast, in Europe, they survive a few million years into the Eocene, although only as the genus Platychoerops. The latest Paleocene deposits of Petit-Pâtis (Paris Basin, France) have produced three new plesiadapid species, one of each genus known in Europe: Plesiadapis ploegi, sp. nov., Platychoerops boyeri, sp. nov., and Chiromyoides mauberti, sp. nov. Each of these new species is represented by the very characteristic upper incisor, thus ascertaining their concomitant presence and in particular the spatial and temporal coexistence of Plesiadapis and Platychoerops. Plesiadapis ploegi, sp. nov., is morphologically intermediate between Plesiadapis tricuspidens and Platychoerops russelli, with a tricuspid I1 typical of Plesiadapis and a semimolariform p4 closer to Platychoerops. Its relatively high morphological variability is illustrated. Platychoerops boyeri, sp. nov., has the simple derived I1 of all Platychoerops and a p4 slightly more molariform than that of Ples. ploegi. Chiromyoides mauberti, sp. nov., is closest to Chiromyoides campanicus, but it is smaller and has a particular I1 with multiple posterocones. The systematic position of ‘Platychoerops’ georgei is discussed; this taxon is considered a chimera, and its type I1 belongs to either Chiromyoides or Plesiadapis. Cladistic analysis highlights the paraphyly or polyphyly of all genera of Plesiadapidae. Finally, there is some indication of morphological convergences between European and North American plesiadapids, which may be the result of similar environmental changes on both continents just before the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A73AEFC3-AA93-4EB6-8BD2-E3B15515C6FB SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP Citation for this article: De Bast, E., C. Gagnaison, and T. Smith. 2018. Plesiadapid mammals from the latest Paleocene of France offer new insights on the evolution of Plesiadapis during the Paleocene-Eocene transition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1460602.
Slides for Webinar: High-Speed Control: A Dire Necessity for Modern Power Grids
Creators: Sai Akhil Reddy Konakalla
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2020

Slides for Webinar: High-Speed Control: A Dire Necessity for Modern Power Grids
Recent growth in deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs), energy storage systems, and advanced grid control schemes have increased the levels of variability in generation and load conditions over the transmission and distribution system. Large scale decentralization of electricity production and rise in the adoption of independently operable (micro-) grids has made it even more difficult to control load or generation perturbations caused by production or consumption variability. Complementary to the traditional Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) based control, modern grid control based on much faster measurements such as time-synchronized phasor data has proved to be promising to provide additional robustness. Two unique use cases will be used to present the modern grid challenges and discuss solutions. The first is the issue of spinning reserve due to variations in renewable energy, mainly PV cloud events. The second is the issue of sudden reverse power flow into the power station in systems with high renewable penetration and unprecedented sudden load loss.
Physical properties of the Hall current
Creators: name: Faisant, F.
name: Creff, M.
name: Wegrowe, J. -E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the stationary state of Hall devices composed of a load circuit connected to the lateral edges of a Hall-bar. We follow the approach developed in a previous work (Creff et al. J. Appl. Phys 2020) in which the stationary state of a ideal Hall bar is defined by the minimum power dissipation principle. The presence of both the lateral circuit and the magnetic field induces the injection of a current: the so-called Hall current. Analytical expressions for the longitudinal and the transverse currents are derived. It is shown that the efficiency of the power injection into the lateral circuit is quadratic in the Hall angle and obeys to the maximum transfer theorem. For usual values of the Hall angle, the main contribution of this power injection provides from the longitudinal current flowing along the edges, instead of the transverse current crossing the Hall bar.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures
Slides for Webinar: HVDC: Intelligent Transmission by Neil Kirby
Creators: Neil Kirby
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2017

Slides presented at   HVDC: Intelligent Transmission
Creating smarter, more resilient power networks requires the introduction of technologies that can efficiently and reliably transfer large amounts of power over long distances, can adapt to changing conditions, especially with the increasing variability with increasing use of renewable generation sources. This requires management of power flows, stabilizing of voltage and frequency, and making informed decisions in response to normal switching or fault events. High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) brings intelligence into the power transmission systems which it interconnects, through its ability to accurately and quickly manage power flows between networks through a variety of control methods, and a range of additional automated response strategies to network events. The webinar will introduce the main features of the latest ranges of thyristor-based and IGBT-based HVDC technologies available today, with descriptions of how they bring significant benefit to AC networks, and a look at how they will be used in the future.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 37 No. 1 (2014)
Creators: name: Canadian Journal Of Native Education
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: Indigenous Content in the Curricula of Professional Academic Programs Decolonizing the Discipline? Questions and Methods in Indigenous Geography Are We Asking the Right Questions? Why We Should Have a Decolonizing Discourse Based on Conscientization Rather Than Indigenizing the Curriculum Indigenizing the University of Auckland Turangawaewae: Retaining Tino Rangatiranga in the Academy Neo-Liberal Education, Indigenizing Universities? Contested Context: Welcoming Diverse International Indigenous Colleagues to Unceded Musqueam Territory Editorial: Indigenizing the International Academy Contributors to this Issue Shaping Indigenous Spaces in Higher Education: An International Virtual Exchange on Indigenous Knowledge(Alaska and Aotearoa) Carrying the Torch Forward: Indigenous Academics Building Capacity through an International Collaborative Model Capacity Interrupted: The Kloshe Tillicum Graduate Student Training Experience Indigenous Epistemological Pluralism: Connecting Different Traditions of Knowledge Production Titles and Contents