cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Graph Edits for Counterfactual Explanations: A comparative study
Creators: name: Dimitriou, Angeliki
name: Chaidos, Nikolaos
name: Lymperaiou, Maria
name: Stamou, Giorgos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Counterfactuals have been established as a popular explainability technique which leverages a set of minimal edits to alter the prediction of a classifier. When considering conceptual counterfactuals on images, the edits requested should correspond to salient concepts present in the input data. At the same time, conceptual distances are defined by knowledge graphs, ensuring the optimality of conceptual edits. In this work, we extend previous endeavors on graph edits as counterfactual explanations by conducting a comparative study which encompasses both supervised and unsupervised Graph Neural Network (GNN) approaches. To this end, we pose the following significant research question: should we represent input data as graphs, which is the optimal GNN approach in terms of performance and time efficiency to generate minimal and meaningful counterfactual explanations for black-box image classifiers?
s-process Enriched Evolved Binaries in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds
Creators: name: Menon, Meghna
name: Kamath, Devika
name: Mohorian, Maksym
name: Van Winckel, Hans
name: Ventura, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Post-asymptotic giant branch stars (post-AGB) in binary systems, with typical orbital periods between ~100 to ~1000 days, result from a poorly understood interaction that terminates their precursory AGB phase. The majority of these binaries display a photospheric anomaly called 'chemical depletion', thought to arise from an interaction between the circumbinary disc and the post-AGB star, leading to the reaccretion of pure gas onto the star, devoid of refractory elements due to dust formation. In this paper, we focus on a subset of chemically peculiar binary post-AGBs in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) whose high-resolution optical spectroscopic study revealed a carbon and s-process enrichment, contrary to the commonly observed photospheric chemical depletion. Using spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting and period-luminosity-colour (PLC) relation methods, we determine the luminosity of the targets ($2700-8300L_{\odot}$), which enables confirmation of their evolutionary phase and estimation of initial masses (as a function of metallicity) ($1-2.5M_{\odot}$). In conjunction with predictions from dedicated ATON stellar evolutionary models, our results indicate a predominant intrinsic enrichment of carbon and s-process elements in our binary post-AGB targets. We qualitatively rule out extrinsic enrichment and inherited s-process enrichment from the host galaxy as plausible explanations for the observed overabundances. Our chemically peculiar subset of intrinsic carbon and s-process enriched binary post-AGBs also hints at potential variation in the efficiency of chemical depletion between stars with C-rich and O-rich circumbinary disc chemistries. However, critical observational studies of circumbinary disc chemistry are necessary to address gaps in our current understanding of disc-binary interactions inducing chemical depletion in binary post-AGB systems.
description: 25 pages, 14 figures, 7 tables
title: Age Readings Of Sebastes Marinus Otoliths: Bias And Precision Between Readers And Otolith Preparation Methods
Creators: name: Stransky, Christoph
name: Guðmundsdóttir, Sif
name: Sigurðsson, Þorsteinn
name: Lemvig, Svend
name: Nedreaas, Kjell
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - J - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.This study presents a comparative age reading on Sebastes marinus from the Icelandic shelf within an otolith exchange program between institutes in Germany, Iceland and Norway. Out of a series of 212 otolith pairs, one otolith of each pair was prepared by the break-and-burn technique, while the other otolith was used for cross-sections. Age reading results are compared between readers and otolith preparation methods in terms of bias and precision, using a set of statistical tests and graphical methods. Significant bias was observed for both the comparison between readers and between methods, mainly caused by deviations between age scores in the higher ages (> 20 years). Precision estimates, involving the high longevity of redfish, were relatively good compared to previous age reading comparisons using other species. In contrast, the age dependent percent agreement was poor (< 30%) for a tolerance level of ± 0 years, particularly for the age range 21-30 years. A tolerance level of ± 3 years, however, lead to around 90% agreement for the age range up to 20 years. The fit of age reading scores with the von-Bertalanffy growth curve was relatively good, providing growth parameters comparable to S. marinus from the Norwegian shelf. The observed problems in bias and precision of age readings should to be improved by continuing with similar Sebastes otolith exchange programs and setting up a further age reading workshop to harmonise the interpretation of growth structures.
Distributional Surges of Russell’s Vipers (Daboia russelii) in Bangladesh
Creators: name: Rahman, Md Mizanur
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310901
subject: Animal behaviour
classificationCode: 300703
subject: Forest ecosystems
classificationCode: 300202
subject: Agricultural land management
classificationCode: 300201
subject: Agricultural hydrology

description: The once near-extinct Russell’s viper has recently come back to the area beyond its historical range. A couple of decades ago, its distribution was confined to 11 districts of Bangladesh. Hence, the study aims to update the distributional map of Russell’s Viper (Daboia russelii) across the country and find out the surges' causal factors. Both primary and secondary data were utilized in this study. It revealed that the distributional range of this snake was expanded from 22 to 33 districts in 2024. The respondents noted that climatic stressors like high humidity accompanied by hot weather, increased salinity, and increased frequency of flooding facilitated the spreading of the viper across the country. The cropping pattern and crop diversification were another major contributing factor. The shifting of the single-cropped area to a multi-cropped area in the Barind tract increased its main prey rats. Contrarily, killing natural predators such as foxes, monitor lizards and mongoose led to the rise in the snake population. The destruction of vegetation coverage in the upper part of the Padma Basin facilitated the movement of Russell's vipers downstream.
Cheilosia personata Loew 1857
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia personata

description: Cheilosia personata Loew, 1857.
Regions: UC, GO, SS, CL, LS, LC, SA, CS.
Reference: Vujić (1996) (as Nigrocheilosia personata), de Groot & Govedič (2008), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Cheilosia pictipennis Egger 1860
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia pictipennis

description: Cheilosia pictipennis Egger, 1860.
Regions: CL.
Reference: Vujić (1996).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
title: Multiple Paternity In The Norway Lobster, Multiple Paternity In The Norway Lobster, Nephrops Norvegicus Nephrops Norvegicus L., L., Assessed With Microsatellites Assessed With Microsatellites Markers Brood,
Creators: name: Streiff, R.
name: Mira, S.M.
name: Castro, M.
name: Cancela, M.L.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - J - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Highly polymophic microsatellite markers opened possibilities for detailed investigations of mating systems in natural populations, in particular for species where mating behaviors are difficult to observe directly. This is the case for the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus L.), where the female stores for a long period the sperm of fathering male(s) in a thelycum before eggs fertilization. Longevity and viability of the sperm, eventual storage of sperm of different males and competition between those sperms are parameters difficult to quantify. We present here an application of molecular markers for testing multiple paternity in wild broods.
Physio: An LLM-Based Physiotherapy Advisor
Creators: name: Almeida, Rúben
name: Sousa, Hugo
name: Cunha, Luís F.
name: Guimarães, Nuno
name: Campos, Ricardo
name: Jorge, Alípio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2; J.3
subject: 68T07

description: The capabilities of the most recent language models have increased the interest in integrating them into real-world applications. However, the fact that these models generate plausible, yet incorrect text poses a constraint when considering their use in several domains. Healthcare is a prime example of a domain where text-generative trustworthiness is a hard requirement to safeguard patient well-being. In this paper, we present Physio, a chat-based application for physical rehabilitation. Physio is capable of making an initial diagnosis while citing reliable health sources to support the information provided. Furthermore, drawing upon external knowledge databases, Physio can recommend rehabilitation exercises and over-the-counter medication for symptom relief. By combining these features, Physio can leverage the power of generative models for language processing while also conditioning its response on dependable and verifiable sources. A live demo of Physio is available at https://physio.inesctec.pt.
description: Demo, ECIR 2024, 3rd Sword AI challenge 2023
title: A Graphical Approximation Of Hake Growth In The North-Eastern Atlantic During 1987-2000
Creators: name: Lucio, Paulino
name: Santurtún, Marina
name: Quincoces, Iñaki
name: Arego, Susana
name: Zuriarrain, Elixabete
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - J - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.1) 25 896 Hake (Merluccius merluccius L 1758) otoliths (sagittae) were collected on a quarterly basis from Basque landings in the period 1987-2000.Fish were caught in ICES Divisions VIIIa,b,d (21 162), VIIIc (3 859) and VIIh,j (875).Otoliths preparation and the criteria used for ring interpretation were those agreed in the two International Workshops on hake otolith age readings held in 1997 and 1999.2) Fish aged [0-9+] years old were observed. Synthetic Age-Length Keys (ALKs) were built and plotted for the whole period, to check for eventual differences between mean lengths by quarters.
title: A New Method For Lophius Spp. Gonad Oocytes Isolation For Fecundity Studies. Preliminary Results On Black Anglerfish Total Fecundity
Creators: name: Quincoces, Iñaki
name: Santurtún, Marina
name: Lucio, Paulino
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - J - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The 30% of the sample are oocytes and the remaining 70 % is matrix. This relation is NOT affected by the weight of the sample
Synthesis and structure elucidation of dihydro-metabolites of the synthetic cathinones pentedrone and methylone
Creators: name: Almeida, Ana Sofia
name: Silva, Bárbara
name: Remião, Fernando
name: De Pinho, Paula Guedes
name: Fernandes, Carla
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Synthetic cathinones are new psychoactive substances widely abused due to their psychostimulant effects. Among them, pentedrone and methylone are part of the most consumed in the USA and Europe [1]. The metabolism of synthetic cathinones is well described in literature. Methylone can undergo, for instance, N-demethylation, O-demethylation, N-oxidation, and β-keto reduction to afford the metabolites nor-methylone, dihydroxymethcathinone (DHMC), N-hydroxymethylone and dihydromethylone, respectively [2]. For pentedrone, metabolites resulting from N-demethylation and β-keto reduction have been described resulting in the formation of nor-pentedrone and dihydropentedrone [3]. Although synthetic cathinones are widely studied, information about the biological effects of their metabolites is scarce. Moreover, to perform studies with metabolites, their synthesis is required. Objective: The aims of this work were the synthesis of the dihydro metabolites of pentedrone and methylone by reduction of the parent compounds with sodium borohydride and structure elucidation by spectroscopic methods [4]. Methods: Sodium borohydride (3 e.q.) was added to a solution of pentedrone or methylone in ethanol. The reaction was stirred in an ice bath for 15 min and then at room temperature for 2 h. The solvent was evaporated, the residue diluted with water and pH was adjusted to 12–14. An extraction was performed with ethyl acetate and the combined organic layers were dried with anhydrous sodium sulphate, filtered, and evaporated to afford the reduced metabolites. The structure elucidation was performed by IR, GC-MS, 1H and 13C-NMR. Results and Conclusions: Dihydropentedrone and dihydromethylone were successfully synthetized with good yields (64-96%) being their structure elucidated by spectroscopic methods. In future work, the synthesis of other metabolites of pentedrone and methylone will be attempted for further toxicology studies.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Temperatures in Ambient Mantle and Plumes: Constraints from Basalts, Picrites, and Komatiites
Creators: name: Herzberg, C.
name: Asimow, P. D.
name: Arndt, N.
name: Niu, Y. L.
name: Lesher, C. M.
name: Fitton, J. G.
name: Cheadle, Michael
name: Saunders, A. D.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: mantle plumes
subject: ambient mantle temperatures
subject: petrology
subject: mid ocean ridge basalt
subject: mineralogy and petrology: geochemical modeling
subject: mineralogy and petrology: magma genesis and partial melting
subject: mineralogy and petrology: mantle processes
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Several methods have been developed to assess the thermal state of the mantle below oceanic ridges, islands, and plateaus, on the basis of the petrology and geochemistry of erupted lavas. One leads to the conclusion that mantle potential temperature (i.e., TP) of ambient mantle below oceanic ridges is 1430°C, the same as Hawaii. Another has ridges with a large range in ambient mantle potential temperature (i.e., TP = 1300-1570°C), comparable in some cases to hot spots (Klein and Langmuir, 1987; Langmuir et al., 1992). A third has uniformly low temperatures for ambient mantle below ridges, similar to 1300°C, with localized 250°C anomalies associated with mantle plumes. All methods involve assumptions and uncertainties that we critically evaluate. A new evaluation is made of parental magma compositions that would crystallize olivines with the maximum forsterite contents observed in lava flows. These are generally in good agreement with primary magma compositions calculated using the mass balance method of Herzberg and O'Hara (2002), and differences reflect the well-known effects of fractional crystallization. Results of primary magma compositions we obtain for mid-ocean ridge basalts and various oceanic islands and plateaus generally favor the third type of model but with ambient mantle potential temperatures in the range 1280-1400°C and thermal anomalies that can be 200-300°C above this background. Our results are consistent with the plume model.
Cheilosia proxima
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia proxima

description: Cheilosia proxima (Zetterstedt, 1843).
Regions: UC, GO, CA, CL, LC, SA.
Reference: Strobl (1910), Vujić (1996), de Groot & Govedič (2008), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Anisotropic Meta-Mirror for Achromatic Electromagnetic Polarization Manipulation
Creators: name: Pu, M.
name: Chen, Po
name: Wang, Y.
name: Zhao, Z.
name: Huang, C.
name: Wang, C.
name: Ma, X.
name: Luo, X.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2013
Subjects: Carrier generation
Circular polarizers
Cross polarizations
Electromagnetic polarization
Experimental demonstrations
Microwave experiments
Polarization state
Transformation efficiency

description: Polarization states are of particular importance for the manipulation of electromagnetic waves. Here, we proposed the design and experimental demonstration of anisotropic meta-mirror for achromatic polarization tuning. It is demonstrated that linear polarized wave can be achromatically transformed to its cross-polarization state or to arbitrary circular polarization after its reflection from the mirror. Microwave experiments verified that the fraction bandwidth for 90 transformation efficiency can be larger than 3:1. Furthermore, by utilizing photoinduced carrier generation in silicon, a broadband tunable circular polarizer is demonstrated in the terahertz regime.
CMC-1 surfaces via osculating Möbius transformations between circle patterns
Creators: name: Lam, Wai Yeung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 52C26, 57M50, 53A70

description: Given two circle patterns of the same combinatorics in the plane, the Möbius transformations mapping circumdisks of one to the other induces a $PSL(2,\mathbb{C})$-valued function on the dual graph. Such a function plays the role of an osculating Möbius transformation and induces a realization of the dual graph in hyperbolic space. We characterize the realizations and obtain a one-to-one correspondence in the cases that the two circle patterns share the same shear coordinates or the same intersection angles. These correspondences are analogous to the Weierstrass representation for surfaces with constant mean curvature $H\equiv 1$ in hyperbolic space. We further establish convergence on triangular lattices.
description: v3: 33 pages, 9 figures. Final version
Large Deviation Principle and Inviscid Shell Models
Creators: name: Bessaih, Hakima
name: Millet, A.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Shell models of turbulence
subject: viscosity coefficient and inviscid models
subject: stochastic PDEs
subject: large deviations
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A LDP is proved for the inviscid shell model of turbulence. As the viscosity coefficient v converges to 0 and the noise intensity is multiplied by root v, we prove that some shell models of turbulence with a multiplicative stochastic perturbation driven by a H-valued Brownian motion satisfy a LDP in C ([0, T], V) for the topology of uniform convergence on [0, T], but where V is endowed with a topology weaker than the natural one. The initial condition has to belong to V and the proof is based on the weak convergence of a family of stochastic control equations. The rate function is described in terms of the solution to the inviscid equation.
A Mean Field Game Approach to Relative Investment-Consumption Games with Habit Formation
Creators: name: Liang, Zongxia
name: Zhang, Keyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Mathematical Finance (q-fin.MF)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper studies an optimal investment-consumption problem for competitive agents with exponential or power utilities and a common finite time horizon. Each agent regards the average of habit formation and wealth from all peers as benchmarks to evaluate the performance of her decision. We formulate the n-agent game problems and the corresponding mean field game problems under the two utilities. One mean field equilibrium is derived in a closed form in each problem. In each problem with n agents, an approximate Nash equilibrium is then constructed using the obtained mean field equilibrium when n is sufficiently large. The explicit convergence order in each problem can also be obtained. In addition, we provide some numerical illustrations of our results.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2206.13341 by other authors
Filling braided links with trisected surfaces
Creators: name: Meier, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce the concept of a bridge trisection of a neatly embedded surface in a compact four-manifold, generalizing previous work with Alexander Zupan in the setting of closed surfaces in closed four-manifolds. Our main result states that any neatly embedded surface $\mathcal{F}$ in a compact four-manifold $X$ can be isotoped to lie in bridge trisected position with respect to any trisection $\mathbb{T}$ of $X$. A bridge trisection of $\mathcal{F}$ induces a braiding of the link $\partial\mathcal{F}$ with respect to the open-book decomposition of $\partial X$ induced by $\mathbb{T}$, and we show that the bridge trisection of $\mathcal{F}$ can be assumed to induce any such braiding. We work in the general setting in which $\partial X$ may be disconnected, and we describe how to encode bridge trisected surface diagrammatically using shadow diagrams. We use shadow diagrams to show how bridge trisected surfaces can be glued along portions of their boundary, and we explain how the data of the braiding of the boundary link can be recovered from a shadow diagram. Throughout, numerous examples and illustrations are given. We give a set of moves that we conjecture suffice to relate any two shadow diagrams corresponding to a given surface. We devote extra attention to the setting of surfaces in $B^4$, where we give an independent proof of the existence of bridge trisections and develop a second diagrammatic approach using tri-plane diagrams. We characterize bridge trisections of ribbon surfaces in terms of their complexity parameters. The process of passing between bridge trisections and band presentations for surfaces in $B^4$ is addressed in detail and presented with many examples.
description: 68 pages, 29 color figures
Distribution of number of peaks within a long gamma-ray burst
Creators: name: Guidorzi, C.
name: Sartori, M.
name: Maccary, R.
name: Tsvetkova, A.
name: Amati, L.
name: Bazzanini, L.
name: Bulla, M.
name: Camisasca, A. E.
name: Ferro, L.
name: Frontera, F.
name: Li, C. K.
name: Xiong, S. L.
name: Zhang, S. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The variety of long duration gamma-ray burst (LGRB) light curves (LCs) encode a wealth of information on how LGRB engines release energy following the collapse of the progenitor star. Attempts to characterise GRB LCs focused on a number of properties, such as the minimum variability timescale, power density spectra (both ensemble average and individual), or with different definitions of variability. In parallel, a characterisation as a stochastic process was pursued by studying the distributions of waiting times, peak flux, fluence of individual peaks within GRB time profiles. Yet, the question remains as to whether the diversity of profiles can be described in terms of a common stochastic process. Here we address this issue by studying for the first time the distribution of the number of peaks in a GRB profile. We used four different GRB catalogues: CGRO/BATSE, Swift/BAT, BeppoSAX/GRBM, and Insight-HXMT. The statistically significant peaks were identified by means of well tested algorithm MEPSA and further selected by applying a set of thresholds on signal-to-noise ratio. We then extracted the corresponding distributions of number of peaks per GRB. Among the different models considered (power-law, simple or stretched exponential) only a mixture of two exponentials models all the observed distributions, suggesting the existence of two distinct behaviours: (i) an average number of 2.1+-0.1 peaks per GRB ("peak poor") and accounting for about 80% of the observed population of GRBs; (ii) an average number of 8.3+-1.0 peaks per GRB ("peak rich") and accounting for the remaining 20% of the observed population. We associate the class of peak-rich GRBs with the presence of sub-second variability, which seems to be absent among peak-poor GRBs. The two classes could result from two different regimes through which GRB engines release energy or through which energy is dissipated into gamma-rays.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, accepted by A&A
Cheilosia pubera
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia pubera

description: Cheilosia pubera (Zetterstedt, 1838).
Regions: UC, GO, CL, SA.
Reference: Vujić (1996) (as Nigrocheilosia pubera), de Groot & Govedič (2008), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Cheilosia ranunculi Doczkal 2000
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia ranunculi

description: Cheilosia ranunculi Doczkal, 2000a.
Regions: UC, GO, CK, CL, LC.
Reference: Vujić (1996) (as Cheilosia aff. albitarsis), de Groot & Govedič (2008).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Binding affinity of synthetic cannabinoids to human serum albumin by high-performance affinity chromatography
Creators: name: Santos, Rita M. G.
name: Cravo, Sara
name: Remião, Fernando
name: Fernandes, Carla
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: The use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has been growing since the 2000’s, being the synthetic cannabinoids one of the groups reported on a larger scale. This group of NPS primarily interacts with the endocannabinoid system, which is involved in many physiological functions. Numerous reports of severe morbidity and mortality, linked to their consumption, have been documented [1,2]. Studies of toxicodynamics and toxicokinetics of synthetic cannabinoids are pivotal to increase the knowledge of this class of NPS. To our knowledge, studies of the interaction of synthetic cannabinoids with human serum albumin (HSA), the most abundant plasma protein, are still very limited [3]. Objective: This work aims the evaluation of binding affinity of a series of synthetic cannabinoids by high-performance affinity chromatography (HPAC). HPAC is a widely used and efficient technique to study intermolecular interactions between HSA and drugs [4,5]. Methods: The interaction of synthetic cannabinoids with HSA was investigated by HPAC by zonal elution experiments for measuring the retention times of each cannabinoid on an HSA column. Mixtures of potassium phosphate buffer (67 mM, pH 7.0) and acetonitrile were used as mobile phases in reversed elution mode. Results: The binding percentages (%b) values ranged from 94 to 99%. ADB-FUBINACA and AMB-FUBINACA (MMB-FUBINACA) showed the highest binding affinity both with a %b of 99%. Conclusions: The synthetic cannabinoids bounded to HSA with high affinity, which can interfere with drugs pharmacokinetics by increasing their free fraction in blood, as result of their eventual displacement from albumin or even by saturation of this protein. Zonal displacement chromatography studies are being conducted, using competitors with known specific binding sites on HSA, such as warfarin and (S)-ibuprofen, to shed light on the sites where the selected cannabinoids bind to the protein.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Analysis of Interfirm Cooperation: Theory and Evidence from Electric Power Pools, An
Creators: name: Gegax, D.
name: Tschirhart, John T.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1984
Subjects: Economics

description: A power pool is a group of two or more electric public utilities that coordinate their activities with regards to the generation and transmission of electricity. Coordination can occur along several dimensions including the connection of generation facilities with transmission lines, joint planning for the construction of new facilities and lines, and meeting demands for electricity by dispatching from the least cost generating source across member utilities at any given time. Utilities participating in pools will enjoy benefits and incur costs that generally depend on the degree of coordination. As argued below, loose coordination will mean low costs but few benefits, while tight coordination means high costs but greater benefits.
Numerical computation of probabilities for nonlinear SDEs in high dimension using Kolmogorov equation
Creators: name: Flandoli, Franco
name: Luo, Dejun
name: Ricci, Cristiano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) in high dimension, having the structure of finite dimensional approximation of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations (SPDEs), are considered. The aim is to compute numerically expected values and probabilities associated to their solutions, by solving the associated Kolmogorov equations, with a partial use of Monte Carlo strategy - precisely, using Monte Carlo only for the linear part of the SDE. The basic idea was presented in Flandoli et al., JMAA (2020), but here we strongly improve the numerical results by means of a shift of the auxiliary Gaussian process. For relatively simple nonlinearities, we have good results in dimension of the order of 100.
Scalable monolayer-functionalized nanointerface for thermal conductivity enhancement in copper/diamond composite
Creators: name: Xu, Bin
name: Hung, Shih-Wei
name: Hu, Shiqian
name: Shao, Cheng
name: Guo, Rulei
name: Choi, Junho
name: Kodama, Takashi
name: Chen, Fu-Rong
name: Shiomi, Junichiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aiming at developing high thermal conductivity copper/diamond composite, an unconventional approach applying self-assembled monolayer (SAM) prior to the high-temperature sintering of copper/diamond composite was utilized to enhance the thermal boundary conductance (TBC) between copper and diamond. The enhancement was first systematically confirmed on a model interface system by detailed SAM morphology characterization and TBC measurements. TBC significantly depends on the SAM coverage and ordering, and the formation of high-quality SAM promoted the TBC to 73 MW/m^2-K from 27 MW/m^2-K, the value without SAM. With the help of molecular dynamics simulations, the TBC enhancement was identified to be determined by the number of SAM bridges and the overlap of vibrational density of states. The diamond particles of 210 {\micro\metre} in size were simultaneously functionalized by SAM with the condition giving the highest TBC in the model system and sintered together with the copper to fabricate isotropic copper/diamond composite of 50% volume fraction. The measured thermal conductivity marked 711 W/m-K at room temperature, the highest value among the ones with similar diamond-particles volume fraction and size. This work demonstrates a novel strategy to enhance the thermal conductivity of composite materials by SAM functionalization.
title: Distribution, Abundance And Some Biological Aspects Of Canary Drum (Umbrina Canariensis Valenciennes,1843) And The Longneck Croaker (Pseudotolithus Typus Bleeker,1863) Off Angola Average
Creators: name: Brinca, Paulo
name: De Barros, Pedro
name: Kilongo, Kumbi
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - J - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Umbrina canariensis (Valenciennes, 1843), the Canary drum and Pseudotolithus typus (Bleeker, 1863), the Longneck croaker, are two commercially important species in the Angolan demersal fishery. Both species may occassionally attain a reasonable size, reaching a rather high quotation in the market. These species are caught with bottom trawls, fixed bottom nets and line gear. The combined catch of Croakers reported from the area totaled ca. 9000 tons in 2001. The data presented was collected in the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen survey in March 2001.
Aerodynamic Prediction of a CRM High-lift Configuration using a modified three equation turbulence mode
Creators: name: Zhang, Shaoguang
name: Li, Haoran
name: Zhang, Yufei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aerodynamic simulations were carried out in the study presented in this paper focusing on the stall performance of the High-Lift Common Research Model obtained from the fourth AIAA High-Lift Prediction Workshop. Various turbulence models of Reynolds-average Navier-Stokes simulations are analyzed. A modified version of the transitional k-(v^2 )-ω model developed to enhance stall prediction accuracy for high-lift configurations with a nacelle chine. The vortex generator, three-element airfoil, and high-lift model are numerically simulated. The results reveal that implementing a k-(v^2 )-ω model with separation shear layer fixed notably enhances the stall prediction behavior for both the three-element airfoil and high-lift configuration without affecting the prediction of the vortex strength of a vortex generator. Moreover, incorporating rotation correction into the SPF k-(v^2 )-ω model improves the prediction of vortex strength and further enhances stall prediction for the high-lift configuration. The relative error in predicting the maximum lift coefficient is less than 5% of the experimental data. The study also investigated the impact of the nacelle chine on the stall behavior of the high-lift configuration. The results demonstrate that the chine vortex can mitigate the adverse effects of the nacelle/pylon vortex system and increase the maximum lift coefficient.
description: 40 pages, 34 figures
title: Environmental Modelling On The Scottish Veined Squid Loligo Forbesi On A Gis Platform
Creators: name: Bellido, Jose M.
name: Pierce, Graham J.
name: Cardoso, Xosé A.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Hence, GISs are sets of computer hardware and software to analyse and display spatially referenced features (i.e., points, lines, polygons) with non-geographic attributes (i.e., species, age). This allows the possibility of forecasting the evolution of certain phenomena, permitting selection between several alternatives.
A Strong Haken's Theorem
Creators: name: Scharlemann, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M50

description: Suppose T is a Heegaard splitting surface for a compact orientable 3-manifold M, and S is a reducing sphere for M. In 1968 Haken showed that there is then also a reducing sphere S* for the Heegaard splitting. That is, S* is a reducing sphere for M and the surfaces T and S* intersect in a single circle. In 1987 Casson and Gordon extended the result to boundary-reducing disks in M and noted that in both cases S* is obtained from S by a sequence of operations called 1-surgeries. Here we show that in fact one may take S* = S.
description: Final version, to appear in Algebraic and Geometric Topology
Microscopic description of hexadecapole collectivity in even-even rare-earth nuclei near $N=90$
Creators: name: Lotina, L.
name: Nomura, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an extensive study of hexadecapole correlations in the rare-earth region near $N=90$ and the effects these correlations have on various nuclear properties, such as the low-energy spectra, as well as quadrupole, hexadecapole, and monopole transition strengths. In order to examine hexadecapole correlations, we employ a mapped $sdg$ interacting boson model, with parameters derived from a self-consistent mean-field calculations with a relativistic energy density functional. We apply this model to even-even isotopes of Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy, and Er ($Z=60 - 68$) with neutron numbers $N=84-96$. The obtained results show a good agreement with the experiment. By comparing the results with the ones obtained from a simpler mapped $sd$ interacting boson model, we show that the inclusion of the hexadecapole degree of freedom via $g$ boson is necessary to improve the results of the $J^π \geq 6^{+}$ yrast energies in the nuclei with $N=84$ and 86, being near the neutron shell closure. The $sdg$ interacting boson model increases the quadrupole transition strengths between yrast states in the $N=90$ and 92 well deformed nuclei, which is in good agreement with the experiment for most of those isotopes. The presence of $g$ bosons does have an important effect on hexadecapole transition strengths, although experimental data for such transitions are limited. The obtained monopole transition strengths do not differ significantly from the ones obtained from the simpler $sd$ model.
description: 18 pages, 18 figures, 1 table
Cheilosia rhynchops Egger 1860
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia rhynchops

description: Cheilosia rhynchops Egger, 1860.
Regions: UC, GO, CL, LC, SA.
Reference: Vujić (1996), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
title: Environmental Influences On Vessel Efficiency In The Falkland Islands Loligo Gahi Fishery
Creators: name: Hill, Simeon L.
name: Wakeford, Robert C.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Falkland Islands Loligo gahi is the focus of a major industrial fishery. Stocks are assessed using depletion methods with the assumption that vessel catch per unit effort (CPUE) is proportional to stock biomass. However, fluctuations in CPUE could be caused by other factors. A preliminary investigation of one potential influence (wind speed) was made. It was necessary to standardise CPUEs to account for between-vessel differences in efficiency and changes in biomass over time. Daily average wind speeds greater than 13 ms-1 were associated with low CPUEs, suggesting a relationship between environmental conditions and vessel efficiency. High wind speeds were associated with low effort, but CPUE increased as daily effort decreased. Furthermore, the effects varied between vessels. A GLM using wind speed, effort and vessel identity as predictors explained only 16% of the observed variance in standardised CPUE. While there is a complex relationship between wind speed and CPUE, a better model is required to substantially reduce the noise in assessment CPUE series.
Unraveling fiscalin derivatives' interactions with P-glycoprotein: a computational study
Creators: name: Veiga-Matos, Jéssica
name: Dos Santos, Daniel J. V. A.
name: Sousa, Emília
name: Morales, Ana
name: Prieto, Marta
name: Remião, Fernando
name: Silva, Renata
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a crucial efflux transporter located on the apical membrane of vital barrier tissues, plays a critical role in the detoxification of several endobiotics and xenobiotics [1,2]. Notably, fiscalin derivatives exhibit diverse interactions with P-gp, demonstrating inhibitory or activating effects. This interaction leads to a reduction or increase in the transported substrate levels, respectively [3]. Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate, in silico, the P-gp binding sites and interactions of different fiscalin derivatives. Methods: Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) software was used to build all the energy minimized small-molecules 3D-structures, and Autodock Vina was used to perform the molecular docking to estimate the binding affinity between fiscalins and two human P-gp models [4,5] [at the drug-binding pocket (DBP) and nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) 1 and 2]. The best ranked poses were visualized and the interactions of the ligands with specific P-gp residues were analyzed using the BINANA software. Results: Molecular docking analysis unveiled a notable preference of fiscalins for binding to DBP, where all the ligands bind to residues located in the modulators (M)-site. Additionally, the assessment of interactions between fiscalins and P-gp residues within NBD1 and NBD2 revealed potential novel binding sites. Across these three locations, fiscalins exhibited binding to specific P-gp residues, establishing shared hydrophobic contacts and other significant interactions, including hydrogen-bonds; pi-pi, t-stacking and cation-pi interactions; and salt bridges. Conclusions: The present study confirmed the ability of fiscalin derivatives to bind to P-gp, especially at the M-site of the DBP, as well as at both NBDs. The identified binding interactions may potentially be involved in the fiscalins-mediated P-gp activation.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
ЭКСТРИМАЛ ТАНА ВАЗНИ БИЛАН АНТЕНАТАЛ  ДАВРДА ЎЛИК ТУҒИЛГАН ЧАҚАЛОҚЛАР ТИМУСИНИНГ ПАТОМОРФОЛОГИК  ҲУСУСИЯТЛАРИ
Creators: name: Юлдашев, З .Н.
name: Жураева, Ш.Н.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ривожланган давлатлардан АҚШ ва Европада ушбу кўрсаткич 1000 та туғруққа  ўртача 4-5 тани ташкил этади. Энг юқори кўрсаткич бўйича дунё бешталигида, Туркманистон 45 тани, Тожикистон 33 тани, Азербайжон 21 тани,  Қирғизистон 17 тани ва Ўзбекистонда хар  1000 та туғруққа  16 тани ташкил этади (United Nations Global SDG Database 2022 йил). Бу эса, хомила ичи ривожланишида  экстрагенитал касалликларни  тўлиқ скриниг қилиш ёки хомиладорлик даврида қилиниши керак бўлган текширувларни  тўлиқ амалга оширилмаганлигини кўрсатади.  Перинатал патологияларда антенатал ўлим  асосан, инфекцион ва ноинфекцион этиологияли  жараёнлар билан биргаликда ривожланиб, хомилани етилмаганлиги,  асфикциялар,  туғруқ травмалари,  пневмонипатиялар,  мияда  перинатал  қон айланишининг бузилиши,  янги туғилган чақалоқларнинг геморрагик  касаллиги кўринишида намоён бўлади.
Cheilosia ruffipes
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia ruffipes

description: Cheilosia ruffipes (Preyssler, 1793). *
Regions: UC, GO, CL, DR, LC, SA.
Reference: Strobl (1910) (as Cheilosia soror), Coe (1960) (as Cheilosia soror), Lambeck (1968) (as Cheilosia soror), Vujić (1996) (as Cheilosia soror), de Groot & Govedič (2008) (as Cheilosia soror), Van Steenis et al. (2013) (as Cheilosia soror).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180