cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Designing optical glasses by machine learning coupled with a genetic algorithm
Creators: name: Cassar, Daniel R.
name: Santos, Gisele G. dos
name: Zanotto, Edgar D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Engineering new glass compositions have experienced a sturdy tendency to move forward from (educated) trial-and-error to data- and simulation-driven strategies. In this work, we developed a computer program that combines data-driven predictive models (in this case, neural networks) with a genetic algorithm to design glass compositions with desired combinations of properties. First, we induced predictive models for the glass transition temperature ($T_g$) using a dataset of 45,302 compositions with 39 different chemical elements, and for the refractive index ($n_d$) using a dataset of 41,225 compositions with 38 different chemical elements. Then, we searched for relevant glass compositions using a genetic algorithm informed by a design trend of glasses having high $n_d$ (1.7 or more) and low $T_g$ (500 °C or less). Two candidate compositions suggested by the combined algorithms were selected and produced in the laboratory. These compositions are significantly different from those in the datasets used to induce the predictive models, showing that the used method is indeed capable of exploration. Both glasses met the constraints of the work, which supports the proposed framework. Therefore, this new tool can be immediately used for accelerating the design of new glasses. These results are a stepping stone in the pathway of machine learning-guided design of novel glasses.
description: 24 pages, 8 figures. Updated with journal reference
Empirical Analysis of Vulnerabilities Life Cycle in Golang Ecosystem
Creators: name: Hu, Jinchang
name: Zhang, Lyuye
name: Liu, Chengwei
name: Yang, Sen
name: Huang, Song
name: Liu, Yang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Open-source software (OSS) greatly facilitates program development for developers. However, the high number of vulnerabilities in open-source software is a major concern, including in Golang, a relatively new programming language. In contrast to other commonly used OSS package managers, Golang presents a distinctive feature whereby commits are prevalently used as dependency versions prior to their integration into official releases. This attribute can prove advantageous to users, as patch commits can be implemented in a timely manner before the releases. However, Golang employs a decentralized mechanism for managing dependencies, whereby dependencies are upheld and distributed in separate repositories. This approach can result in delays in the dissemination of patches and unresolved vulnerabilities.
 To tackle the aforementioned concern, a comprehensive investigation was undertaken to examine the life cycle of vulnerability in Golang, commencing from its introduction and culminating with its rectification. To this end, a framework was established by gathering data from diverse sources and systematically amalgamating them with an algorithm to compute the lags in vulnerability patching. It turned out that 66.10% of modules in the Golang ecosystem were affected by vulnerabilities. Within the vulnerability life cycle, we found two kinds of lag impeding the propagation of vulnerability fixing. By analyzing reasons behind non-lagged and lagged vulnerabilities, timely releasing and indexing patch versions could significantly enhance ecosystem security.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, 2024 IEEE/ACM 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '24)
Additional file 1 of Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States
Creators: name: Russomanno, Jennifer
name: Tree, Jennifer M. Jabson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Binary logistic regression predicting likelihood of food insecurity by full-sample GMSR subscale scores, when adjusting for age, education, children, housing stability, and marital status X2 (8, 105) = 33.04 p = .005.
AIRI: Predicting Retention Indices and their Uncertainties using Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: Geer, Lewis Y.
name: Stein, Stephen E.
name: Mallard, William Gary
name: Slotta, Douglas J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The Kováts Retention index (RI) is a quantity measured using gas chromatography and commonly used in the identification of chemical structures. Creating libraries of observed RI values is a laborious task, so we explore the use of a deep neural network for predicting RI values from structure for standard semipolar columns. This network generated predictions with a mean absolute error of 15.1 and, in a quantification of the tail of the error distribution, a 95th percentile absolute error of 46.5. Because of the Artificial Intelligence Retention Indices (AIRI) network's accuracy, it was used to predict RI values for the NIST EI-MS spectral libraries. These RI values are used to improve chemical identification methods and the quality of the library. Estimating uncertainty is an important practical need when using prediction models. To quantify the uncertainty of our network for each individual prediction, we used the outputs of an ensemble of 8 networks to calculate a predicted standard deviation for each RI value prediction. This predicted standard deviation was corrected to follow the error between observed and predicted RI values. The Z scores using these predicted standard deviations had a standard deviation of 1.52 and a 95th percentile absolute Z score corresponding to a mean RI value of 42.6.
Weg vom Blatt – hin zur Schrift? Eine Metaanalyse zum Erwerb der Handschrift aus zehn Studien im deutschsprachigen Raum
Creators: name: Osterwalder, Käthi
name: Hailer, Sonja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Mathematikunterricht
Zyklus 2
Masterarbeit

description: Der Erwerb der Handschrift bedeutet die Aneignung einer hockkomplexen Fertigkeit. Die Wahrnehmung, die sensorische Integration und etliche motorische sowie äussere Aspekte wirken dabei wechselseitig aufeinander ein. Aufgrund dieser Komplexität scheinen Probleme in der Grafomotorik naheliegend, wenn das Einüben nur auf dem Papier geschieht. Inwiefern haben solche Auffälligkeiten Auswirkungen auf die gesamte Schullaufbahn? Was unterstützt die Entwicklung wirksamer? Die Literaturarbeit erforscht dies anhand einer Metaanalyse empirisch. Dafür werden neben der theoriegestützten Auseinandersetzung zehn Studien untersucht. Das Resultat ist bemerkenswert – der Einbezug einer ganzheitlichen, psychomotorisch ausgerichteten Förderung der Grafomotorik beeinflusst den Erwerb der Handschrift signifikant. Diese Erkenntnis bestätigt wissenschaftlich, dass ein Umdenken der Schreibdidaktik notwendig ist.
Integrated Sensing and Communication with Massive MIMO: A Unified Tensor Approach for Channel and Target Parameter Estimation
Creators: name: Zhang, Ruoyu
name: Cheng, Lei
name: Wang, Shuai
name: Lou, Yi
name: Gao, Yulong
name: Wu, Wen
name: Ng, Derrick Wing Kwan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Benefitting from the vast spatial degrees of freedom, the amalgamation of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) and massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is expected to simultaneously improve spectral and energy efficiencies as well as the sensing capability. However, a large number of antennas deployed in massive MIMO-ISAC raises critical challenges in acquiring both accurate channel state information and target parameter information. To overcome these two challenges with a unified framework, we first analyze their underlying system models and then propose a novel tensor-based approach that addresses both the channel estimation and target sensing problems. Specifically, by parameterizing the high-dimensional communication channel exploiting a small number of physical parameters, we associate the channel state information with the sensing parameters of targets in terms of angular, delay, and Doppler dimensions. Then, we propose a shared training pattern adopting the same time-frequency resources such that both the channel estimation and target parameter estimation can be formulated as a canonical polyadic decomposition problem with a similar mathematical expression. On this basis, we first investigate the uniqueness condition of the tensor factorization and the maximum number of resolvable targets by utilizing the specific Vandermonde
Additional file 1 of Worldwide clinical practices in perioperative antibiotic therapy for lung transplantation
Creators: name: Coiffard, Benjamin
name: Prud’Homme, Eloi
name: Hraiech, Sami
name: Cassir, Nadim
name: Pavec, Jérôme Le
name: Kessler, Romain
name: Meloni, Federica
name: Leone, Marc
name: Thomas, Pascal Alexandre
name: Reynaud-Gaubert, Martine
name: Papazian, Laurent
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Survey sent to the lung transplantation centers.
UGGNet: Bridging U-Net and VGG for Advanced Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Creators: name: Minh, Tran Cao
name: Quoc, Nguyen Kim
name: Vinh, Phan Cong
name: Phu, Dang Nhu
name: Chi, Vuong Xuan
name: Tan, Ha Minh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the field of medical imaging, breast ultrasound has emerged as a crucial diagnostic tool for early detection of breast cancer. However, the accuracy of diagnosing the location of the affected area and the extent of the disease depends on the experience of the physician. In this paper, we propose a novel model called UGGNet, combining the power of the U-Net and VGG architectures to enhance the performance of breast ultrasound image analysis. The U-Net component of the model helps accurately segment the lesions, while the VGG component utilizes deep convolutional layers to extract features. The fusion of these two architectures in UGGNet aims to optimize both segmentation and feature representation, providing a comprehensive solution for accurate diagnosis in breast ultrasound images. Experimental results have demonstrated that the UGGNet model achieves a notable accuracy of 78.2% on the "Breast Ultrasound Images Dataset."
description: Submitted to the journal "EAI Endorsed Transactions on Context-aware Systems and Applications" ,2 images, 5 data tables
title: An examination of the neurology behind the concept of the Self with consideration given to the effects of neurological impairment
Creators: name: Hirst, Ian
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1999

description: The argument that I present in this thesis is that while the idea of the Self is an illusion, a myth which our brains create, it is one that is necessary for our survival. However, by understanding its neurological origins we are able to take advantage of it without being victims of egocentricity. My first chapter, Neurology of the Self, lays down the neurological foundations for our concept of the Self and goes on to argue that, while biology and neurology must remain the basis of our understanding, we need to transcend our purely scientific concepts in order to integrate them with art and spirituality. Our transcendental view, I argue, seeks to establish values that make life worth living for and are essential to our survival. I consider some possible implications, both real and imagined, of neurological impairment. The second chapter, Consciousness and the Self, considers the neurological and chemical basis for consciousness and develops the ways in which the imagined Self can be used to create a balanced life that is not highjacked by ego. In the third chapter, Human Nature and the Self, I continue to argue for a liberated view of the Self bearing in mind its neurological origin which itself is the creator of our received reality. Compassion, which Schopenhauer's philosophy argued for as the basis of morality, is shown to be facilitated by the concept of a centred Self which I apply to the subject of morality in the fourth chapter, Morality and the Self. With the fifth chapter, Illusion and the Imagined Self. I come to the very heart of the argument to which tny considered research findings and previous chapters have lead, namely, that the illusion of the Self is neurologically created by our brains and that we do not have an unchanging Self which is other than the experiences and ideas from which our whole Being derives meaning. Nonetheless, this Self and other values we create are essential for our well being and should be cherished in themselves as being crucial for our healthy individual and collective survival. Furthermore, since we are now aware of the origin of our idea of the Self we can gain our freedom from a manipulating ego and become centred Selves able to creatively transcend and transform the limits of our neurologically given reality by being I "" .... viii actively involved in the ongoing process of change. This is the subject of my sixth chapter, Spirituality and the Creative Self, and is endorsed in my concluding chapter which, neglecting a view which carefully avoids accepting absolutes that just might be falsified tomorrow, argues that the best values that we create today should be used as absolutes from which to derive principles for living and continuing to live which could, at least, lessen the threat to our survival.
Globalisation
Creators: name: ARNDT H.W., H.W.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Globalisation, International Economic Policy, International relations, Industrialised countries
subject: G02, F02, F60

description: Globalisation, which was predicted by experts to do away with the nation state and create a single world market, has not turned out exactly as foretold. The most striking developments brought by the phenomenon have come in terms of faster transfer of goods and services across international borders, due in part to better communications and computer technology. Critics of globalisation still assert that it promotes inequality among classes, unfair competition, and undermines democracy. However, these criticisms can be seen as an aversion to foreign competition brought about by protectionist views. An attempt is made to develop a pragmatic interpretation of the globalisation phenomenon. JEL Codes: G02, F02, F60
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 51, N. 204 (1998)
Exploring the Electronic Potential of Effective Tight$-$Binding Hamiltonians
Creators: name: Candiotto, Graziâni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) is a standard method for studying solids and molecules, it is also known as the tight$-$binding (TB) method. In most of the implementations only the basis set and the coupling constants are provided, without the explicit definition of kinetic and potential energy operators. The tight$-$binding scheme is, nonetheless, capable of providing an accurate description of properties such as the electronic bands and elastic constants for many materials. However, for some applications, the knowledge of the underlying electronic potential associated with the tight$-$binding hamiltonian might be important to guarantee that the actual physics is preserved by the semiempirical scheme. In this work the electronic potentials that arise from the use of tight$-$binding effective hamiltonians it is explored. The formalism is applied to the extended Hückel tight$-$binding (EHTB) hamiltonian, which is a two$-$center Slater$-$Koster approach that makes explicit use of the overlap matrix.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Auf dem Weg zum inklusiven altersdurchmischten Mathematikunterricht Erarbeitung eines Konzepts und erste Schritte zur Implementierung im Zyklus 2
Creators: name: Kruijthof, Nadine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Mathematikunterricht
Zyklus 2
Masterarbeit

description: In dieser Masterarbeit wurde an der Schule Reute AR ein Entwicklungsprojekt initiiert, das einen inklusiven, altersdurchmischten Mathematikunterricht anstrebt. Ich erarbeitete mit den Teams Zyklus 1&2 (4 LP + SHP) Grundlagen für einen kokonstruktivistischen, themenorientierten Unterricht. Diese Unterrichtsentwicklung wurde schrittweise als Demingkreis-Aktionsforschung auf der strategischen, lernkulturellen und strukturellen Ebene durchgeführt, was erfolgreich war. Für den inklusiven, heterogenen Mathematikunterricht liessen sich Gelingensbedingungen konzeptionell herausschälen: Offene Lernsettings mit natürlicher Differenzierung, Themenorientierung am gemeinsamen komplexen mathematischen Gegenstand sowie kokonstruktivistische Lernphasen mit definierter pädagogischer wie sonderpädagogischer Lernbegleitung durch das flexible Interview. Das Team führt die Entwicklung weiter.
European industry and finance face world competition
Creators: name: PRODI, R.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Economic Programs, Administration of Economic Programs, Economic aspects, European Monetary System
subject: F15, O11, F02

description: The paper, presented as the “Jean Monnet Lecture” at the European University Institute in Florence on March 20th, 1998, evaluates the current situation and perspective of European industry and finance in the face of world competition. In the context of the European Economic and Monetary Union, the author, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, proposes strategic guidelines for European industrial policy. He suggests that the economic integration should force the industry and finance sectors to reconsider their roles, and that it should be coupled with political integration to be more effective. JEL Codes: F15, O11, F02
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 51, N. 205 (1998)
Modeling ball possession dynamics in the game of football
Creators: name: Chacoma, A.
name: Almeira, N.
name: Perotti, J. I.
name: Billoni, O. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we study interaction dynamics in the game of football-soccer in the context of ball possession intervals. To do so, we analyze a database comprising one season of the five major football leagues of Europe. Using this input, we developed a stochastic model based on three agents: two teammates and one defender. Despite its simplicity, the model is able to capture, in good approximation, the statistical behavior of possession times, pass lengths, and number of passes performed. In the last section, we show that the model's dynamics can be mapped into a Wiener process with drift and an absorbing barrier.
Theory of Mind abilities of Large Language Models in Human-Robot Interaction : An Illusion?
Creators: name: Verma, Mudit
name: Bhambri, Siddhant
name: Kambhampati, Subbarao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Large Language Models have shown exceptional generative abilities in various natural language and generation tasks. However, possible anthropomorphization and leniency towards failure cases have propelled discussions on emergent abilities of Large Language Models especially on Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in Large Language Models. While several false-belief tests exists to verify the ability to infer and maintain mental models of another entity, we study a special application of ToM abilities that has higher stakes and possibly irreversible consequences : Human Robot Interaction. In this work, we explore the task of Perceived Behavior Recognition, where a robot employs a Large Language Model (LLM) to assess the robot's generated behavior in a manner similar to human observer. We focus on four behavior types, namely - explicable, legible, predictable, and obfuscatory behavior which have been extensively used to synthesize interpretable robot behaviors. The LLMs goal is, therefore to be a human proxy to the agent, and to answer how a certain agent behavior would be perceived by the human in the loop, for example "Given a robot's behavior X, would the human observer find it explicable?". We conduct a human subject study to verify that the users are able to correctly answer such a question in the curated situations (robot setting and plan) across five domains. A first analysis of the belief test yields extremely positive results inflating ones expectations of LLMs possessing ToM abilities. We then propose and perform a suite of perturbation tests which breaks this illusion, i.e. Inconsistent Belief, Uninformative Context and Conviction Test. We conclude that, the high score of LLMs on vanilla prompts showcases its potential use in HRI settings, however to possess ToM demands invariance to trivial or irrelevant perturbations in the context which LLMs lack.
description: Accepted in alt.HRI 2024
The democratic accountability of the European Central Bank
Creators: name: BINI-SMAGHI, L.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Evaluation, Central banks, European Union. European Central Bank
subject: A01

description: The European Central Bank (ECB) is considered to be an institution with a high level of accountability compared with other central banks. However, the matter has yet to be investigated in practice. Accountability of the ECB will have to be checked by governing bodies both within and outside the ECB as well as the public. A survey is undertaken of the main reasons for central bank accountability, especially for the ECB. JEL Codes: A01
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 51, N. 205 (1998)
title: Teaching mathematics to children with emotional and behavioural difficulties : the development of practice as a personal journey
Creators: name: Hogan, Susan Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2003

description: Children with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) are often characterised as 'challenging' and 'unteachable'. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate how one teacher's personal enquiry into her practice reveals an alternative perspective on teaching mathematics to children with EBD. If it is accepted that the mathematics classroom is challenging to the child then the role of the mathematics teacher becomes one of developing a trusting relationship with the child based on the teacher's use of empathy and 'being there'. It is important for the mathematics teacher to take risks in using mathematics to overcome the emotional and behavioural difficulties of the child. The message is that researching one's own practice is a valuable exercise for any practitioner.
Konzept zur Begabungs- und Begabtenförderung am Beispiel der Schule Vaz/Obervaz
Creators: name: Jörger, Heidi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Begabtenförderung
Masterarbeit

description: Die Masterthese befasst sich mit der Frage, wie begabte Kinder und Kinder mit Begabungen an der Schule Vaz/Obervaz aus der Sicht der Lehrpersonen gefördert werden können. Zur Erhebung des Ist-Zustandes wurden 39 Lehrpersonen mittels Online-Fragebogen zu verschiedenen Bereichen der Begabungs- und Begabtenförderung befragt. Die Rücklaufquote betrug 85% (33 Lehrpersonen). Die Analyse der Daten und die kommunikative Validierung in der Steuergruppe zeigten, dass die Schule Bedarf an einem Begabungs-, Begabtenförderkonzept hat. Ausgehend von der Umfrage und der Fachliteratur wurde ein Konzept erarbeitet. Es umfasst sowohl Teile des Schulischen Enrichment Modells, Methoden der Individualisierung und Differenzierung im Unterricht als auch die Förderung ausserhalb der Klasse in einem Ressourcenzimmer. Auch die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrpersonen sowie die Kooperation aller Beteiligten wird berücksichtigt.
title: Poetry and piety : the role of verse in mid-Victorian Sunday reading
Creators: name: Scott, Rosemary
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1992

description: Mid-Victorian poetry of piety is verse concerned to propagate and sustain simple faith in an age frequently characterised by doubt. The proliferation of 'Sunday verse' may itself be a response to doubt. Section I (Chapters 1-2) establishes the verse's context, and its role within the respectable occupation of Sunday reading. The primary material examined in Section II (Chapters 3-6) establishes the value Victorian writers placed on verse as a means of religious communication. Dependence on the common cultural heritage of the Bible broadened the verse's appeal, especially through cheaply available hymns and periodicals (Chapters 4 and 5). Pious verse is seen as a didactic tool, frequently consolatory, a means of imaginatively exploring difficult concepts in a Manner accessible to the emotions. The developing readership for Sunday verse originates in children's reading (Chapter 6), which stresses social and moral training. Section III (Chapters 7-9) shows the influence of pious verse on a young reader, Marianne Farningham (Chapter 7). From" humble origins, Farningham became self-supporting by her writing, showing how women could gain some independence in this sphere. A broader survey of women's writing (Chapter 8 - principally A.L. Waring, Charlotte Elliott and F.R. Havergal), reveals a strong affinity between women and pious verse, with 'its social and sexual stereotyping. Characteristic aspects of language are more fully explored in Chapter 9. Essential simplicity is related to the argument that language is inadequate to communicate the divine, actively encouraging the less educated as readers and writers of Sunday verse, which thus has a wider readership than other types of verse. In conclusion, pious verse is seen as an egalitarian genre, assisting literacy, supporting respectability and countering doubt. It is a valuable resource for the study of Victorian culture. The thesis is supported by a listing 'of periodicals publishing pious verse, 1850-1875 (Appendix A)j work towards an annotated bibliography of pious verse, 1851-1860 (Appendix B); an analysis of pious verse in the marketplace (Appendix C). Together these demonstrate the widespread availability and commercial viability of Sunday verse.
title: Structural and functional studies of human ADAM 12 in myoblast fusion and Ebola virus VP40 in assembly
Creators: name: Timmins, Joanna Ruth
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2003

description: Part I:
ADAM 12 is a member of the growing ADAM protein family that displays a conserved domain organisation: a signal sequence, a pro-, a metalloprotease, adisintegrin, a cysteine-rich, a transmembrane and a cytoplasmic domain. ADAM proteins are found in higher eukaryotes and in most mammalian tissues, and appear to be involved in very diverse developmental processes. In this work, a number of biochemical and biophysical techniques were used to obtain structural information on the disintegrin and cysteine-rich domains of ADAM 12 for which no structural data is available. We also investigated the potential role of ADAM 12in myogenesis and found that ADAM 12 could specifically be retained, by an unknown mechanism, in a perinuclear compartment when expressed in muscle cells, and was unable to provoke myogenesis by itself. A dimerisation partner of ADAM 12 was isolated, namely ADAM 19, which could specifically bind to ADAM 12 in vitro.

Part II:
The Ebola virus matrix protein, VP40, is targeted to the plasma membrane where it is thought to induce assembly and budding of virions. Ebola virus VP40 is a monomer in solution consisting of two domains. Cellular localisation studies ofdifferent VP40 mutants showed that the C-terminal domain is required for plasma membrane association. Moreover, we showed that wild type VP40 and an N-terminally truncated form VP40 (31-326) are both released into the cell culture supernatant, when expressed in 293T cells, in vesicular structures that resemblevirus-like particles as detected by electron microscopy. These results suggest thatVP40 is sufficient for virus assembly and budding. Moreover, VP40 contains two motifs at its N-terminus, which are required for binding to an ubiquitin ligase(Nedd4) and to an inactive E2 enzyme (Tsg101),both of which are here shown to interact with VP40 in vitro. These interactions are believed to improve the budding efficiency.
Walert: Putting Conversational Search Knowledge into Action by Building and Evaluating a Large Language Model-Powered Chatbot
Creators: name: Cherumanal, Sachin Pathiyan
name: Tian, Lin
name: Abushaqra, Futoon M.
name: de Paula, Angel Felipe Magnossao
name: Ji, Kaixin
name: Hettiachchi, Danula
name: Trippas, Johanne R.
name: Ali, Halil
name: Scholer, Falk
name: Spina, Damiano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Creating and deploying customized applications is crucial for operational success and enriching user experiences in the rapidly evolving modern business world. A prominent facet of modern user experiences is the integration of chatbots or voice assistants. The rapid evolution of Large Language Models (LLMs) has provided a powerful tool to build conversational applications. We present Walert, a customized LLM-based conversational agent able to answer frequently asked questions about computer science degrees and programs at RMIT University. Our demo aims to showcase how conversational information-seeking researchers can effectively communicate the benefits of using best practices to stakeholders interested in developing and deploying LLM-based chatbots. These practices are well-known in our community but often overlooked by practitioners who may not have access to this knowledge. The methodology and resources used in this demo serve as a bridge to facilitate knowledge transfer from experts, address industry professionals' practical needs, and foster a collaborative environment. The data and code of the demo are available at https://github.com/rmit-ir/walert.
description: Accepted at 2024 ACM SIGIR CHIIR
Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof! Hilft das Einführen angepasster Lesestrategien dem Oberstufenschüler zu einem verbesserten Textverständnis?
Creators: name: Högger, Franziska
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Lesetechnik
Oberstufenschüler
Textverstehen
Masterarbeit

description: In der vorliegenden Arbeit geht es um die vertiefte Auseinandersetzung der Leseförderung auf der Oberstufe. Es wird nach einer passenden Methode der Einführung von Lesestrategien gesucht. Es wird untersucht, ob das Textverstehen der Oberstufenschüler nach Einführung von Lesestrategien noch gesteigert werden kann. Ebenfalls untersucht wird, ob ansprechende und vom Niveau angepasste Texte einen Einfluss auf den Lernerfolg haben. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist es, ein erfolgversprechendes Lehrmittel zur Einführung der Lesestrategien auszuarbeiten. Um differenzierte Erkenntnisse zu diesem Thema zu gewinnen, wurde mit zwei Parallelklassen gearbeitet, die je ein Lesetraining mit dem originalen und dem modifizierten Lehrmittel durchführten. Um die Veränderungen des Lernerfolges der beiden Klassen vergleichen zu können, wurde die Forschungsmethode Lesebatterie 6-7 verwendet. Die daraus resultierenden Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Oberstufenschüler vor allem das Textverständnis verbessern konnten.
Animal-associated marine Acidobacteria with a rich natural product repertoire
Creators: name: Leopold-Messer, Stefan
name: Chepkirui, Clara
name: Mabesoone, Mathijs F. J.
name: Mayer, Joshua
name: Paoli, Lucas
name: Sunagawa, Shinichi
name: Uria, Agustinus R.
name: Wakimoto, Toshiyuki
name: Piel, Jörn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Sponges have long been recognized as a rich source of bioactive natural products. Various studies suggest that many of these compounds are produced by symbiotic bacteria. However, substance supplies and functional insights about the producers remain limited because cultivation remains unsuccessful. To identify alternative, sustainable sources of sponge-derived polyketides, we computationally analyzed 5289 characterized and orphan trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases, enzymes with widespread roles in polyketide biosynthesis by bacterial symbionts. The analytical workflow predicted marine animal-derived Acidobacteria of the family Acanthopleuribacteraceae with large sets of biosynthetic gene clusters to be enriched in sponge-type chemistry. Targeted compound isolation from a chiton-associated strain yielded new congeners of the phorboxazoles and calyculins, potent and scarce cytotoxins exclusively known from sponges. These first natural products of Acidobacteria and new coral metagenomic data on a third family member suggest animal-associated Acanthopleuribacteraceae as a rich source of sponge-type as well as novel metabolites
Selbstständigkeit – Theoretische Auseinandersetzung mit einem komplexen Bildungsziel
Creators: name: Labhart, Philipp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Die Förderung der Selbstständigkeit als Bildungsziel ist seit Jahren unbestritten. Die Absicht, die dieser Förderung zu Grunde liegt, ist aber je nach Interessenslage eine andere. Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit den Fragen, was unter diesem Bildungsziel verstanden wird, wie sich Selbstständigkeit entwickelt, welche Faktoren dieser Entwicklung entgegenkommen und wie Selbstständigkeit in der Schule, auch mit den Ressourcen der Heilpädagogik, gefördert werden kann. Zudem wird aufgezeigt, wie umfassend und zentral der Aspekt der Selbstständigkeit in unserer Gesellschaft und somit auch für die Erziehung und die Institution Schule ist, beziehungsweise sein sollte. Selbstständigkeit ist nicht nur entwicklungspsychologisch sehr komplex, sondern stellt die Haltung der Pädagoginnen und Pädagogen, als auch einige Grundpfeiler der Volksschule, so zum Beispiel das Konzept der Jahrgangsklasse, in Frage.
Integrated Pest Management: A case study of HASP
Creators: name: Osbourne, Clarence
name: Osbourne, Clarence
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1992
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: The degradation of the environment on a global scale has warranted a rethinking of the treatment of pests. The control of pests is heavily weighted on the level of infestation and the concomitant losses in yield and therefore farm family income.The Hillside Agriculture Subproject in its quest to protect the environment from the potential ill effects of in indiscriminate use of chemicals. has been encouraging through onfann aemonstration, the practice of integrated pest management The 1PM strategy emphasizes natural control of pests through the promotion of disease resistant varieties of the major crops cocoa, coffee and coconut to establish and resuscitate hillside farms. The program has been effective through the use of cultural practices such as, land preparation, shade management, crop rotation, and intercropping. Other techniques used emphasize the discriminate use of chemicals and microbial pesticides. Fertilizer usage is done on the recommendations of soi I analysis rather than broad spectrum application related to the crop requirements. This practice prevent excessive infiltration of chemicals in the underground water sources. TI1e HASP 1PM program is constrained by the reluctance of farmers over sixty years to cany out the cultural practices necessary to enhance the effectiveness of the program.
Monetary transmission: what do we know and how can we use it?
Creators: name: BERK, J.M.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Monetary transmission, Monetary policy, Currency devaluation
subject: E02, E52

description: The existence of a considerable and varying time lag between the actions by the central bank in adjusting its policy instruments and the effects on the respective target variable is widely acknowledged. As a result, the monetary policy maker needs to take a forward-looking approach in decision-making. A survey is undertaken of the possible channels of monetary transmission, and the problems faced by the imperfect knowledge of the policy maker about the transmission mechanism. JEL Codes: E02, E52
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 51, N. 205 (1998)
Patogenicidad y Fisiología de Xanthomonas campestris pv. dieffencachiae y el Efecto de Fertilizantes en el Desarrollo del Tizón Bacteriano del Anturio
Creators: name: Pérez, Noraima
name: Zapata, M.
name: Beaver, J.
name: Pérez, Noraima
name: Zapata, M.
name: Beaver, J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1992
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: En Puerto Rico la enfem1edad del tizón bacteriano en plantas de anturio (Anthurium andreanum Lind.) es común en las áreas húmedas del centro de la isla. Aunque la enfermedad no se ha estudiado mucho, se sabe que es causada por la bacteria Xanthomonas campestris pv. dieffcnbachiac (Xcd). En esta investigación la patogenicidad y fisiología de la bacteria se determinó en 20 aislamientos de síntomas bacterianos en Adjumas, Las Marias y Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. La patogenicidad se determinó en las variedades "Nitta", "07.aki Red" y "Splash", resultando un grupo patógeno y otro no patógeno. Se detemlinaron dos biotipos del patógeno mediante la exoenzima B amilasa en agar de almidón. Las caracteristicas de cultivo se determinaron en medios semiselectivos y no selectivos, encontrándose diferencias fisiológicas en agar de celobiosa-almidón La identidad de los aislamientos patogénicos y no patogénicos se reconfirmó mediante cromatografia de capa fina y espectrofotometria por la presencia del pigmento xantomonadina. Los resultados indican la existencia de ambos grupos patológicos de Xcd asociados a los síntomas de la enfermedad bacteriana en A. andreanum. La aplicación de los fertilizantes 19-6-12 y 20-20-20 disnúnuyó significativamente la severidad del tizón bacteriano en lavar. "Ozaki Red". ----- The bacteria! blight of anthurium (Anthurium andreanum Lind.) is common in the humid and central regions of Puerto Rico. Although the disease has not been studied in cletail, the bacterium Xanthomonas campestr~ pv. dieffenbachiae (Xcd) is known as the causal agent. In-this research, the pathogenicity and physiology of 20 bacterial isolates from Adjuntas, Las Marías and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico were studied. The pathogenicity ofthe isolates on cultivars ·Nitta", "Ozaki Red· and ·splash· was determinated. Patnogenic and non pathogenic groups were determined. Two biotypes of the pathogen were identified based on the enzyme activity of B amylase on starch agar media. Colony characteristics were determined in semi-selective and nonselective growth media. Physiological differences in cellobiose starch agar were found. fu identity of patbogenic and nonpathogenic isolates was confi.rmed by the presence ofxanthomonadin pigment by thin layer chromatography and spectrophotometry. The results indicate the existence of the both pathological groups of Xcd associated with bacteria! disease of Anthurium andreanum. The utilization of 19-6-12 and 20-20-20 fertilizers decreased the severity of bacteria! blight in cultivar ·ozaki Red".
Assessing the competitive conditions in the Italian banking system: some empirical evidence
Creators: name: COCCORESE, P.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Italy, Deregulation, Industry regulations, Government regulation of business, Trade regulation
subject: G21

description: The European banking industry is currently facing the effects arising from the increasing integration of national financial markets. In adapting to this new scenario, the Italian banking system has undergone a considerable transformation. The degree of competition in the Italian banking system is evaluated using a sample of banks during the period 1988-96. JEL Codes: G21
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 51, N. 205 (1998)
Improving correlative characterization: Structure Development for Micro and Nano sized Material based on Measurement Results
Creators: name: Kabbe, Maximilian
name: Thelen, Richard
name: Brandner, Jürgen J.
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2023
Subjects: Korrelative Charakterisierung
Correlative Characterization

description: Bei der korrelativen Charakterisierung von Proben mit verschiedenen Messgeräten können Abweichungen und Ungenauigkeiten auftreten. Diese sind bedingt durch den Wechsel der Probe zwischen den Messgeräten.
Das Poster zeigt die Auswirkungen einer nicht räumlich ausgerichteten Probe im Messgerät und eine Möglichkeit diese Ausrichtung mit Hilfe eines entwickelten Softwaretools zu korrigieren.
El Arbol de NIM - Historia y Perpectivas de una Planta de Uso Múltiple
Creators: name: Brechelt, Andrea
name: Brechelt, Andrea
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1992
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Los derivados de Nim {Azadirachta indica A. Juss) han sido usados tradicionalmente por agricultores de Asia y Africa contra insectosplagas de importancia en el hogar, en medicina y en la agricultura A diferencia de los insecticidas ordinarios basados en ingredientes activos simples, los principios de la bioactividad de Nim, son un complejo de compuestos con comportamientos y efectos fisiológicos diversos sobre los insectos. La problemática actual de los insecticidas sintéticos, su uso indiscriminado, la creación de resistencias en plagas y como resultado la contaminación del medio ambiente tanto como el envenenamiento de animales, organismos benéficos y seres humanos ha creado una gran necesidad de encontrar insecticidas altamente eficientes y específicos pero, que respeten la flora y fauna así, como la salud humana. Por lo tanto ahora se está intentando elaborar sistemas de manejo integrado de plagas con el uso de insecticidas botánicos como el Nim. Estos insecticidas además tienen la ventaja de ser un árbol que tiene varios usos más. Sin embargo, todavía no es posible satisfacer la alta demanda ya existente de los productos extraídos del Nim ~r el problema de la disponibilidad del árbol en Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
The Human Development Index: suggested corrections
Creators: name: PALAZZI, P.
name: LAURI, A.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Methods, Economic indicators, Social economics, Human development index
subject: A10

description: Full substitutability and equal weighting principles of the human development index (HDI) have been found to be ineffective in determining appropriate HDI values and should therefore be dropped. An index can be devised with equal distribution of values of the component variables to correct HDI in proportion to a country's distance from the perfect equilibrium point while differential weighting may be substituted with a line in three dimensional space. JEL Codes: A10
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 51, N. 205 (1998)
Coupled Cluster Theory for Molecular Polaritons: Changing Ground and Excited States
Creators: name: Haugland, Tor S.
name: Ronca, Enrico
name: Kjønstad, Eirik F.
name: Rubio, Angel
name: Koch, Henrik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an ab initio correlated approach to study molecules that interact strongly with quantum fields in an optical cavity. Quantum electrodynamics coupled cluster theory provides a non-perturbative description of cavity-induced effects in ground and excited states. Using this theory, we show how quantum fields can be used to manipulate charge transfer and photochemical properties of molecules. We propose a strategy to lift electronic degeneracies and induce modifications in the ground state potential energy surface close to a conical intersection.
description: 18 pages, 12 figures
Recollections of a late entrant
Creators: name: REVELL, J.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Records and correspondence, Revell, John Robert Stephen
subject: B31, G01

description: The paper is a contribution to a series of recollections and reflections on the professional experiences of distinguished economists which the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review started in 1979. Jack Revell’s entry to the world of economics started when he was accepted at the London School of Economics in 1945. This was followed by training at the Department of Applied Economics in the University of Cambridge, the University College of North Wales in Bangor and the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development in France. JEL Codes: B31, G01
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 51, N. 206 (1998)
Migranten- und Flüchtlingsfamilien im Schweizer Schulsystem – Gelingensbedingungen für die Zusammenarbeit mit Migrantenmüttern in der Anfangsphase
Creators: name: Lo Faso, Patrizia
name: Stefani, Angela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Migration
Schule
Kooperation
Masterarbeit

description: 2016 wurden in der Schweiz rund 27’000 Asylgesuche gestellt. Zu den wichtigsten Nationen von Asyl-suchenden gehören Afghanistan, Sri Lanka und Syrien. Lehrpersonen kommen vermehrt in Kontakt mit Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund und ihren Familien. Ihnen fehlt jedoch oft das Hintergrundwis-sen über die Kultur und Migration dieser Menschen. In dieser Arbeit wird deshalb aufgezeigt, welche Bedingungen erfüllt sein müssen, damit die Zusammenarbeit von Eltern mit Migrationshintergrund und Lehrpersonen in der Anfangszeit gelingen kann. Mittels qualitativ ausgewerteter Interviews wurde die Sichtweise von Migrantenmüttern erhoben. Die Ergebnisse der Befragungen werden in dieser Arbeit dargestellt. Zuletzt werden Empfehlungen für die Schule abgegeben. Beispielsweise wird empfohlen, dass die Lehrpersonen auf die Migrantenmütter offen zugehen und sie zu einer aktiven Teilnahme einladen sollen.