cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bessel-like birth-death process
Creators: name: Gontis, Vygintas
name: Kononovicius, Aleksejus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We consider models of the population or opinion dynamics which result in the non-linear stochastic differential equations (SDEs) exhibiting the spurious long-range memory. In this context, the correspondence between the description of the birth-death processes as the continuous-time Markov chains and the continuous SDEs is of high importance for the alternatives of modeling. We propose and generalize the Bessel-like birth-death process having clear representation by the SDEs. The new process helps to integrate the alternatives of description and to derive the equations for the probability density function (PDF) of the burst and inter-burst duration of the proposed continuous time birth-death processes.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
Coelioxys echinata FORSTER 1853
Creators: name: A. W
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Coelioxys
Coelioxys echinata

description: Coelioxys echinata FÖRSTER 1853
Östliche Funde bis in die östliche Türkei (WARNCKE 1992: 52). 30 km W Yüksekova, 13.7.1986, 1, leg. Ebmer.
WU p. 219: Provinz Xinjiang, Zhaosu [Chao-su N43.07 E81.05], ohne weitere Daten und Angabe des Geschlechtes. WU gibt keine Illustrierung dieser Art.
 Nach der Verbreitung der bekannten Wirtsart Megachile rotundata (FABRICIUS 1787) ist ein Vorkommen von C. echinata bis Xinjiang möglich.
description: Published as part of A. W, 2010, Östliche Verbreitungsgrenzen mitteleuropäischer Megachilidae in China entsprechend Fauna Sinica 44, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, von Wu Yanru, pp. 599-611 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1) on page 607, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5332785
Does Wearing Multiple Pairs of Shoes Influence Injury Rates?
Creators: name: Mihy, Julien
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Running research has attempted to better understand the causes of movement-related injuries and a large segment of this research revolves around footwear and training regimens. A survey has reported lower injury rates in runners who wore multiple shoes with in a 5-month period. Previous literature lacks the analysis of variables leading to training related decisions and whether wearing multiple pairs of shoes can have an extended influence on injury rates. PURPOSE: To determine whether wearing multiple pairs of shoes has an influence on injury rates. METHODS: A survey was developed to ask participants injury related history along with their footwear, running surface, and reasons why they decided to make the decisions they made. A Chi-Square goodness of fit test assuming equal distribution was used to determine whether wearing multiple pairs of shoes influenced injury rates. RESULTS: The Chi-Square goodness of fit test assuming equal distribution demonstrated similar number of runners received an injury while running in the single and multiple shoe group (Chi-Square=4.172, p=0.41). CONCLUSION: Individuals who had a more extensive injury history wore multiple pairs of shoes and only individuals who switched within the last 5 years to multiple shoes saw improvement in acute injury rates
Megachile pilicrus MORAWITZ 1876
Creators: name: A. W
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile pilicrus

description: Megachile pilicrus MORAWITZ 1876
 In der Stammform östlich bis in den Iran: Damavand, Polur Umg. 2200m, 22.7.1977, 1, leg. Ebmer, det. Tkalc. In der Subspezies M. p. sogdiana TKALC 1988 in Mittelasien: Kirgisien: Kadamzoj-Fergana. Uzbekistan: Taškent. Tadžikistan: Dušanbe.
 WU p. 265: Provinz Xinjiang, Malumuqi, 17.7.1955, 1 – wenn richtig determiniert, dann gehört dieses Exemplar zur Subspezies M. p. sogdiana.
description: Published as part of A. W, 2010, Östliche Verbreitungsgrenzen mitteleuropäischer Megachilidae in China entsprechend Fauna Sinica 44, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, von Wu Yanru, pp. 599-611 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1) on page 608, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5332785
Sexually Transmitted Infections and the 65 and Older Population: Knowledge and Perceived Risk
Creators: name: Miranda, Alexus
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) can impact all persons. Since 2000, the number of STIs has steadily increased among persons aged 50 years and older in the United States (Purpora, 2012). Persons over the age of 60 accounted for the biggest increase of in-office treatments of STIs between 2014 and 2017 (Howley, 2018). The purpose of this study was to use the Sexual Health Model to examine the relationship between various predictors and these persons perceived risk of STIs, their STI knowledge, and other barriers that impact the sexual health of persons 65 years of age and older. This study used a 30-item survey to assess these predictors. The data collected was analyzed via IBM SPSS version 25 using descriptive statistics, chi- square/correlation, and multiple linear regression. The findings of this study indicated a few predictors that impact sexual health of those 65 years of age and older, including gender, Medicare enrollment, and STI knowledge. Although this study had its limitations, it is one of the few examining sexual health within the 65 and older population. Even though some predictors were identified, this study highlights the need for sexual health education within the 65 and older population, especially between health care providers and patients of this age group.
title: The Effectiveness of Guided Reflective Journals as Autonomous Learning Tools to Develop Intelligible Features of Pronunciation in Large English as an International Language Classes
Creators: name: Lear, Emmaline Louise
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Teaching pronunciation
subject: English as a second language for Japanese speakers
subject: English teaching in Japan

description: There is much research evidence that in Japan, teaching pronunciation has been and still is marginalized in teaching English as an International Language (EIL). If pronunciation was taught at all in the past, it was restricted to minimal pair exercises and drilling of certain problematic sounds (Smith, 2005), which certainly did not improve significantly the communication ability of speakers. The need for global communication prompted changes in teaching English in Japan including the introduction of a learner-centred approach that involves authentic tasks and communicative opportunities to develop critical learning skills. However, one of the greatest challenges to implementing this new approach and to improving individual students’ pronunciation is related to the problem of teaching language in oversized classes. In an attempt to address this problem, the critical theory and practice of reflective journal writing was introduced to an experimental cohort of students. It was hoped that this may provide students with the motivation needed to se lf-direct part of their learning outside the classroom and to assist them in developing intelligible pronunciation skills. In other words, this research is a case study including a quasi-experiment used to investigate whether reflective journal writing can improve Japanese university students’ English pronunciation and whether phonological features in students’ language output can be improved autonomously.
Bracon (Glabrobracon) angustiventris TOBIAS 1957
Creators: name: Beyarslan, A.
name: Aydogdu, M.
name: Ö. Ç
name: T, Ceratobracon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Bracon
Bracon angustiventris

description: Bracon (Glabrobracon) angustiventris TOBIAS 1957
 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d 6, 2; 57, 2, 2.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e W o r l d: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkey, Turkmenistan.
C h o r o t y p e: Centralasiatic-European.
description: Published as part of Beyarslan, A., Aydogdu, M., Ö. Ç & T, Ceratobracon, 2008, The Subfamily Braconinae in Northern Turkey, with new records of Bracon species for the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 1341-1361 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1349, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430696
The Prevalence and Predictors of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse College Students
Creators: name: Misiker, Hermella
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Background: National data on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use, available through the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), convey higher prevalence of CAM use among college students compared to the general U.S population. NHIS findings also highlight non-vitamin non- mineral (NVNM) products are the most widely used form of CAM in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to identify the socio-cognitive and demographic predictors of CAM and NVNM use among a racially/ethnically diverse college student body.
Methods: An online survey was used to collect data from 392 University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Descriptive statistics, Pearsons chi-square test of association, and binary logistic regression analysis were utilized to identify the significant predictors of CAM and NVNM use.
Results: Results showed 91.6% of participants utilized CAM in the past 12 months while 90.3% of participants utilized NVNM in the past 12 months. The most commonly used CAM therapies were mind-body therapies such as yoga, meditation, and deep breathing exercises; the most common NVNM products used were herbal teas. Family use of CAM, non-family use of CAM, and attitudes were positively associated with CAM use as well as NVNM use. Parents use of NVNM, positive attitude on alternative therapies, and overall health rating over respondents lifetime were strong predictors of NVNM use. Specifically, those participants who reported being healthier than the average person over their lifetime were less likely to utilize NVNM.
Conclusion: The results convey a higher rate of CAM and NVNM utilization among the racially/ethnically diverse sample compared to the general U.S. adult population and other college student populations in which similar studies were conducted. Based on these findings, providers, program planners, and administrators can make decisions about programming within university-based and student-focused healthcare, psychological, and recreational programs.
$\textit{Ab initio}$ prediction of a two-dimensional variant of the iridate IrO$_2$
Creators: name: Smolyanyuk, Andriy
name: Aichhorn, Markus
name: Mazin, I. I.
name: Boeri, Lilia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose an insulating 2D phase of IrO$_{2}$, predicted by $\textit{ab initio}$ evolutionary algorithms. The predicted phase is a van der Waals crystal, in which Ir forms a triangular lattice, and is energetically competitive with the metastable spinel phase, observed experimentally. Electronic structure calculations show that the magnetic properties of this phase are highly nontrivial, with an almost perfect degeneracy of 120$^{\circ}$ $\textit{Neel}$ and $Y$-stripe orders, and unusually soft magnetic moments. The resulting behavior, which we term $\textit{easy plane anisotropy}$, is entirely different from what is realized in previously-explored Kitaev honeycomb lattices. Our results thus suggest that IrO$_{2}$ may be an ideal candidate to realize highly unusual magnetic properties.
Spectrum as the Support of Functional Calculus
Creators: name: Kisil, Vladimir V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47A60, 46H30

description: We investigate the new definition of analytic functional calculus in the terms of representation theory of SL2(R). We avoid any usage of its algebraic homomorphism property and replace it by the demand to be an intertwining operator. The related notion of spectrum and spectral mapping theorem are given. The construction is illustrated by a simple example of calculus and spectrum of non-normal n x n matrix. Keywords: Functional calculus, spectrum, intertwining operator, spectral mapping theorem, jet spaces.
description: LaTeX, pages 10 pages, 1 PS figures
Probabilistic Temperature Forecasting with a Heteroscedastic Autoregressive Ensemble Postprocessing model
Creators: name: Möller, Annette
name: Groß, Jürgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Weather prediction today is performed with numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. These are deterministic simulation models describing the dynamics of the atmosphere, and evolving the current conditions forward in time to obtain a prediction for future atmospheric states. To account for uncertainty in NWP models it has become common practice to employ ensembles of NWP forecasts. However, NWP ensembles often exhibit forecast biases and dispersion errors, thus require statistical postprocessing to improve reliability of the ensemble forecasts. This work proposes an extension of a recently developed postprocessing model utilizing autoregressive information present in the forecast error of the raw ensemble members. The original approach is modified to let the variance parameter depend on the ensemble spread, yielding a two-fold heteroscedastic model. Furthermore, an additional high-resolution forecast is included into the postprocessing model, yielding improved predictive performance. Finally, it is outlined how the autoregressive model can be utilized to postprocess ensemble forecasts with higher forecast horizons, without the necessity of making fundamental changes to the original model. We accompany the new methodology by an implementation within the R package ensAR to make our method available for other researchers working in this area. To illustrate the performance of the heteroscedastic extension of the autoregressive model, and its use for higher forecast horizons we present a case study for a data set containing 12 years of temperature forecasts and observations over Germany. The case study indicates that the autoregressive model yields particularly strong improvements for forecast horizons beyond 24 hours.
TDLeaf(lambda): Combining Temporal Difference Learning with Game-Tree Search
Creators: name: Baxter, Jonathan
name: Tridgell, Andrew
name: Weaver, Lex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.6

description: In this paper we present TDLeaf(lambda), a variation on the TD(lambda) algorithm that enables it to be used in conjunction with minimax search. We present some experiments in both chess and backgammon which demonstrate its utility and provide comparisons with TD(lambda) and another less radical variant, TD-directed(lambda). In particular, our chess program, ``KnightCap,'' used TDLeaf(lambda) to learn its evaluation function while playing on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS, fics.onenet.net). It improved from a 1650 rating to a 2100 rating in just 308 games. We discuss some of the reasons for this success and the relationship between our results and Tesauro's results in backgammon.
description: 5 pages. Also in Proceedings of the Ninth Australian Conference on Neural Networks (ACNN'98), Brisbane QLD, February 1998, pages 168-172
Bracon (Glabrobracon) bilgini BEYARSLAN 2002
Creators: name: Beyarslan, A.
name: Aydogdu, M.
name: Ö. Ç
name: T, Ceratobracon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Bracon
Bracon bilgini

description: Bracon (Glabrobracon) bilgini BEYARSLAN 2002
 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d 11, 1; 21, 2, 2; 26, 1; 28, 4, 1; 30, 1; 38, 1; 45, 1; 71, 1; 74, 1.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e W o r l d: Palaearctic: Turkey.
C h o r o t y p e: Turano-European.
description: Published as part of Beyarslan, A., Aydogdu, M., Ö. Ç & T, Ceratobracon, 2008, The Subfamily Braconinae in Northern Turkey, with new records of Bracon species for the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 1341-1361 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1349, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430696
Lightfront holography and area density of entropy associated with localization on wedge-horizons
Creators: name: Schroer, Bert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that a suitably formulated algebraic lightfront holography, in which the lightfront is viewed as the linear extension of the upper causal horizon of a wedge region, is capable of overcoming the shortcomings of the old lightfront quantization. The absence of transverse vacuum fluctuations which this formalism reveals, is responsible for an area (edge of the wedge) -rearrangement of degrees of freedom which in turn leads to the notion of area density of entropy for a ``split localization''. This area proportionality of horizon associated entropy has to be compared to the volume dependence of ordinary heat bath entropy. The desired limit, in which the split distance vanishes and the localization on the horizon becomes sharp, can at most yield a relative area density which measures the ratio of area densities for different quantum matter. In order to obtain a normalized area density one needs the unknown analog of a second fundamental law of thermodynamics for thermalization caused by vacuum fluctuation through localization on causal horizons. This is similar to the role of the classical Gibbs form of that law which relates Bekenstein's classical area formula with the Hawking quantum mechanism for thermalization from black holes. PACS: 11.10.-z, 11.30.-j, 11.55.-m
description: The last two sections have been modified. This is the form in which the paper will be published in IJPA
Bracon (Glabrobracon) chrysostigma GREESE 1928
Creators: name: Beyarslan, A.
name: Aydogdu, M.
name: Ö. Ç
name: T, Ceratobracon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Bracon
Bracon chrysostigma

description: Bracon (Glabrobracon) chrysostigma GREESE 1928
 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d 26, 1; 51, 1; 63, 1; 74, 1.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e W o r l d: Palaearctic: France, Greece, Israel, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine.
C h o r o t y p e: Centralasiatic-European.
description: Published as part of Beyarslan, A., Aydogdu, M., Ö. Ç & T, Ceratobracon, 2008, The Subfamily Braconinae in Northern Turkey, with new records of Bracon species for the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 1341-1361 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1350, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430696
KnightCap: A chess program that learns by combining TD(lambda) with game-tree search
Creators: name: Baxter, Jonathan
name: Tridgell, Andrew
name: Weaver, Lex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.6

description: In this paper we present TDLeaf(lambda), a variation on the TD(lambda) algorithm that enables it to be used in conjunction with game-tree search. We present some experiments in which our chess program ``KnightCap'' used TDLeaf(lambda) to learn its evaluation function while playing on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS, fics.onenet.net). The main success we report is that KnightCap improved from a 1650 rating to a 2150 rating in just 308 games and 3 days of play. As a reference, a rating of 1650 corresponds to about level B human play (on a scale from E (1000) to A (1800)), while 2150 is human master level. We discuss some of the reasons for this success, principle among them being the use of on-line, rather than self-play.
description: 9 pages
Assessing Child Development: A Critical Review and the Sustainable Child Development Index (SCDI)
Creators: name: Chang, Ya-Ju
name: Schneider, Laura
name: Finkbeiner, Matthias
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Technologie
subject: child development
subject: Sustainable Child Development Index
subject: SCDI
subject: sustainability assessment
subject: sustainable development

description: Children are an important stakeholder group for sustainable development, as they represent the interface between current and future generations. A comprehensive assessment of child development (CD) in the context of sustainable development is still missing. In this paper, as a first step, a literature review is conducted to identify relevant aspects and gaps related to the assessment of CD. The main issues of CD are categorized into seven themes: health, education, safety, economic status, relationships, participation, and newly proposed environmental aspects. The corresponding subthemes and criteria are classified accordingly (e.g., nutrition, child mortality, immunization, etc., are assigned to the theme health). However, gaps in current studies, such as the heterogeneous classification of relevant aspects, regional and societal bias in addressing certain aspects, the limited number of subthemes, and criteria and the missing inclusion of environmental aspects impede the assessment of sustainable child development. To address the existing gaps, a comprehensive framework, the Sustainable Child Development Index (SCDI), is proposed. The SCDI is based on sustainable development as the core value, considers relevant aspects of CD with regard to newly-proposed environmental aspects and includes 26 aspects on an outcome and 37 indicators on a context level to tackle the heterogeneous classifications and interdependencies of relevant aspects. The proposed index intends to strengthen the stakeholder perspective of children in sustainability assessment.
Selective Data Acquisition in Learning and Decision Making Problems
Creators: name: Yining Wang
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170203 Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Classical statistics and machine learning posit that data are passively collected, usually assumed to be independently and identically distributed. In modern data science applications, however, many times a data analyst has control over how data are acquired or selected. For example, in simulation/hyper-parameter optimization the input parameter configurations can be adaptively chosen to obtain data resulting from the carefully chosen input parameters. In sequential decision making problems, data such as feedback or utility depend on the particular decisions which can be adaptively and selectively made. The main topic of this thesis is to study how selective data acquisition techniques can be applied in estimation, optimization and/or decision making problems. Three representative problems are studied, as we explain in more details below:
1. Computationally tractable experimental design, which studies the classical question of (optimal) experimental design in linear and generalized linear models from a computational perspective. We design polynomial-time algorithms with rigorous approximation guarantees in terms of optimality criteria, and show an application to a 3D lightweight structure optimization problem.
2. Sample-efficient query regimes for nonparametric optimization, which tries to understand the most sample efficient regimes to make adaptive queries to a
nonparametric function for optimization purposes. We consider three different settings of nonparametric optimization: smooth non-convex functions in low dimensions, high-dimensional convex functions with sparsity structures, and convex function sequences that evolve slowly over time.
3. Dynamic assortment optimization, which studies the classical assortment optimization problem in revenue management from a dynamic perspective, by combining statistical estimation of customers’ utility models and optimization of assortments based on estimated utilities into a unified theoretical framework. We characterize through statistical minimaxity the fundamental information-theoretic
limits of these problems as well as notions of optimality of our proposed methodologies. On the practical side, we demonstrate industrial engineering and/or operations
management applications such as lightweight structural design, dynamic pricing and assortment planning
Charmonium resonances with $J^{PC}=1^{--}$ and $3^{--}$ from $\bar DD$ scattering on the lattice
Creators: name: Piemonte, S.
name: Collins, S.
name: Mohler, D.
name: Padmanath, M.
name: Prelovsek, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a lattice QCD study of charmonium resonances and bound states with $J^{PC}=1^{--}$ and $3^{--}$ near the open-charm threshold, taking into account their strong transitions to $\bar DD$. Vector charmonia are the most abundant in the experimentally established charmonium spectrum, while recently LHCb reported also the first discovery of a charmonium with likely spin three. The $\bar DD$ scattering amplitudes for partial waves $l=1$ and $l=3$ are extracted on the lattice by means of the Lüscher formalism, using multiple volumes and inertial frames. Parameterizations of the scattering amplitudes provide masses and widths of the resonances, as well as the masses of bound states. CLS ensembles with 2+1 dynamical flavors of non-perturbatively $O(a)$ improved Wilson quarks are employed with $m_π\simeq 280$ MeV, a single lattice spacing of $a\simeq0.086$ fm and two lattice spatial extents of $L=24$ and $32$. Two values of the charm quark mass are considered to examine the influence of the position of the $\bar{D}D$ threshold on the hadron masses. For the lighter charm quark mass we find the vector resonance $ψ(3770)$ with mass $m=3780(7)$ MeV and coupling $g=16.0(^{+2.1}_{-0.2})$ (related to the width), both consistent with their experimental values. The vector $ψ(2S)$ appears as a bound state with $m=3666(10)$ MeV. The charmonium resonance with $J^{PC}=3^{--}$ is found at $m=3831(^{+10}_{-16})$ MeV, consistent with the $X(3842)$ recently discovered by LHCb. At our heavier charm-quark mass the $ψ(2S)$ as well as the $ψ(3770)$ are bound states and the $X(3842)$ remains a resonance. We stress that all quoted uncertainties are only statistical, while lattice spacing effects and the approach to the physical point still need to be explored. This study of conventional charmonia sets the stage for more challenging future studies of unconventional charmonium-like states.
description: 21 pages, 17 figures. Version 2: Added Appendix B and Figure 12, improved text and figures
Synthesis of new bicarbazole-linked triazoles as non-cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitors
Creators: name: Iqbal, Shazia
name: Khan, Maria A.
name: Zulqarnain Ansari
name: Jabeen, Almas
name: Faheem, Aisha
name: Fazal-Ur-Rehman, Saba
name: Basha, Fatima Z.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Carbazole analogs 3 and 4 and a new library of bicarbazole-linked triazoles 6–11 were prepared via new synthetic methodology. Metal-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction was utilized for the synthesis of bicarbazole acetylene 4 and different metals (Zn+2, Co+2, Fe+3, Ni+2, Cu+2, Mn+2) as catalyst were screened. Only Fe-catalyzed reaction was found to be excellent and gave homocoupled product 4. Cu-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition was also utilized to install triazole moiety for the synthesis of hybrid molecules 6–11. Based on reported anti-inflammatory activity of carbazole and triazole scaffolds, all compounds were screened for their reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitory potential. Results from these studies revealed triazole 9 as most active compound (IC50 value of 7.6 ± 0.1 µg/mL on human whole blood and 2.7 ± 0.09 µg/mL on isolated neutrophils) using ibuprofen as a standard. Therefore, class described herein can serve as attractive structural element for further studies on ROS inhibition.
Awareness of Apprenticeships among College Students at a Research University in the Western United States: A Fixed-Convergent Mixed Methods Study
Creators: name: O'Connell, Kendra Vanessa
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Apprenticeships offer a practical solution to a growing skills gap, youth unemployment and rising school debt in the United States by delivering a low cost, high-skilled, educated, competitive labor force. Government, industry, and educational institutions have increased focus on expanding apprenticeships. However, enrollment and participation in apprenticeships in the United States remains low. Why?
Legislators, educators, and business leaders agree two primary factors contribute to low apprenticeship participation in the United States: lack of awareness and negative perception of apprenticeships. This fixed-convergent mixed-methods study explored only the first factor, awareness of apprenticeships among college students in Nevada.
An original researcher-designed survey instrument measured students awareness of apprenticeships, sources of influence, depth of understanding, and asked students to identify ways to improve awareness. This study found that while students exhibited some awareness of apprenticeships, their depth of knowledge was shallow due to lack of exposure and absence of information resources. Predominant educational influencers were found to be students' own personal growth objectives and family expectations. Finally, respondents identified two primary tools to improve awareness: simplified online resources displaying general information including available career fields and direct access to a personal contact.
This research should be followed up with an investigation of awareness of apprenticeships in broader student populations and paired with the study of perception of apprenticeships among students and their primary influencers.
Stelis breviuscula
Creators: name: A. W
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Stelis
Stelis breviuscula

description: Stelis breviuscula (NYLANDER 1848)
In der Türkei östlich bis in die Provinz Erzurum, Ispir (WARNCKE 1992: 354). Turkmenien (B&R). Russland, Baškirien: Ufa, 9.7.1954, 1 1. Ermolaevo, 14.6.1954, 1 (NIKIFOROUK 1957: 151).
 WU p. 198: Provinz Xinjiang, Zhaosualashu, 2450m, 22.- 23.6.1977, 1 10. Wensutuomuerfeng, 2400m, 19.- 26.6.1977, 2. Die Wirtsart Heriades truncorum (LINNAEUS 1758) ist nördlich-transpaläarktisch verbreitet und von daher sind die Angaben für St. breviuscula in Xinjiang möglich.
description: Published as part of A. W, 2010, Östliche Verbreitungsgrenzen mitteleuropäischer Megachilidae in China entsprechend Fauna Sinica 44, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, von Wu Yanru, pp. 599-611 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1) on page 606, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5332785
Factors Affecting Esophageal Tissue Radiation Response
Creators: name: Pryor, Latisha T.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Radiation-induced esophageal cancer can be a deadly and unfortunate secondary outcome of radiotherapy or chronic occupational exposure to radiation. Although the esophagus is known to be a radiosensitive organ, it is under studied and further information regarding how dose and radiation quality impact its sensitivity may provide strategies to prevent esophageal cancer. The purpose of this thesis was to understand factors that play a role in the tissues radiosensitivity that may relate to its cancer risk. In this study, we used two esophageal 3D models, as well as both human and mouse cells, to define radiation quality and dose dependent changes. The study details radiation-quality and dose dependent changes in: tissue morphology, MAPK/SAPK phospho-protein expression, crosstalk between the TGF? and ATM pathways, and DNA damage kinetics. The results are complex, but provide not only radiation quality and dose dependent differences, but also species and cell type specific differences in response to radiation. The latter are especially critical to note when extrapolating results using different model systems. In total, the results suggest that esophageal tissue is sensitive to high vs. low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation. In addition, radiation induced changes in phospho-expression may underlie the changes in tissue morphology and result from alterations in proliferation and/or differentiation. Lastly, although a definitive answer underlying the rationale for the greater sensitivity of the esophagus to radiation was not defined, these studies have provided relevant key findings to pursue in future studies that should help to resolve this question.
Additional file 1 of PAX1 hypomethylation as a prognostic biomarker for radioresistance of cervical cancer
Creators: name: Li, Xuanxuan
name: Liu, Huan
name: Zhou, Xue
name: Zhou, Yangying
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Liou, Yu-Ligh
name: Zeng, Manting
name: Zhu, Hong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1 ΔCp value distribution of PAX1 hypermethylation and hypomethylation. Figure S2 Example of a nomogram based on PAX1 gene methylation
title: Developing a Computational Framework for Regulatory Policy Change Governance System: Case of Financial Regulation in Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Alrabiah, Abdulrahman A
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Advanced credit risk management
subject: internal ratings-based
subject: business process
subject: business rules
subject: bank management
subject: process integration
subject: regulatory reporting system
subject: business process change
subject: BPC
subject: hierarchical elicitation workshop

description: This doctoral thesis presents novel technological and systematic solutions to improve business process change practices and solve regulatory policy implementations in central banks that encounter inefficiencies and shortcomings due to multidimensional constraints and complex setups. Central banks deal with complicated relationships (other central banks, commercial banks, consumers, and exogenous bodies) that require a sophisticated tool that can provide constant measurements for each node. The nature of these multi-actor challenges in the global regulatory financial systems suggests an information systems solution. This thesis consists of six publications, one under review (P6), contributes to the research area to: (1) develop a framework to integrate a private cloud computing network with standardised, automated and integrated features that would provide regulators and practitioners with a new method to enhance regulatory reporting system; (2) develop a systematic method to elicit the required organisational business process change factors that would facilitate the development of a hierarchical change management structure framework; (3) propose a computable of hierarchical change management structure framework for BPC decision management problems that are generated explicitly from improper decisions; (4) offer a novel computational impact analysis framework to assist with regulatory policy implementation that encounters informational asymmetries and information quality anomalies; (5) suggest an extended policy life-cycle management framework, including the identifications of vital policy quality attributes; (6) adopting the hybrid of hierarchical change management structure and stochastic gradient descent Models to optimise regulatory policies. The proposed hybrid model includes developing a proof-of-concept system called “computational regulatory policy change governance system” that captures all the changes and represent regulated entities’ information.
On the Vector valued Fourier Transform And Compatibility of Operators
Creators: name: Park, In Sook
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46B20; 46B07

description: Let $\mathbb{G}$ be a locally compact abelian group and let $1
description: Submitted at June, 2002. Changes in this revision: i) I correct a mistake in the proof of Lemma 13, but the statement is not changed. (ii) I rewrite the abstract more simple and clearly understood. But the meaning is not changed
Stelis franconica BLUTHGEN 1930
Creators: name: A. W
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Stelis
Stelis franconica

description: Stelis franconica BLÜTHGEN 1930
Kazachstan: Koksu-Tal NE Rudnicnyj, N44.41 E78.58, 1300-1400m, 9.6.2001, 1 und Saryn-Tal NW Sonza, N43.37 E79.21, 650m, 29.5.2001, 1 (EBMER 2009: 64).
WU p. 201: Provinz Xinjiang, Suokudamusi, 1800m, 25.7.1987, 1. Zhaosualashu, 2400m, 14.7.1978, 14.7.1978, 1. Akesu, 1180m, 11.6.1978, 1.
 Die Wirtsart in Europa ist Osmia mustelina. Wenn die Determinationen von Wu korrekt sind - angesichts der mir vorliegenden Exemplare aus Kazachstan sind die aus dem östlich anschliessenden Xinjiang plausibel - so muss in Asien St. franconica noch weitere Wirte haben, denn O. mustelina wird von WU nicht erwähnt. Aus dieser Verwandtschaftsgruppe bietet sich an Osmia nigrohirta FRIESE 1899 und Osmia fedtschenkoi MORAWITZ 1875.
description: Published as part of A. W, 2010, Östliche Verbreitungsgrenzen mitteleuropäischer Megachilidae in China entsprechend Fauna Sinica 44, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, von Wu Yanru, pp. 599-611 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1) on page 607, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5332785
Eyewitness Recall and Identification Accuracy: Effects of Stress in an Extreme Haunt and a Haunted House
Creators: name: Ridgway, William Blake
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: The impact of stress on eyewitness recall and identification accuracy has been studied extensively but with somewhat inconsistent results. Understanding the effects of stress are important if they are to be generalized to victims or witnesses of real crimes. This study consisted of two experiments that used an extreme haunt and a haunted house to examine attendees ability to recall details of and identify actors encountered, as a function of state anxiety and in the context of Deffenbachers (1994) catastrophe model of memory performance under anxiety. The results showed that physiological (i.e., heart rate) and psychological (i.e., State Anxiety Inventory) measures of arousal were associated for extreme haunt attendees but not haunted house attendees. In contrast to previous research conducted by Valentine and Mesout (2009), the current research suggests that reported levels of stress can sometimes have minimal or no effect on eyewitness recall or identification accuracy.
On the geometry of similarity search: dimensionality curse and concentration of measure
Creators: name: Pestov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.3.3;H.2.4;F.2.2

description: We suggest that the curse of dimensionality affecting the similarity-based search in large datasets is a manifestation of the phenomenon of concentration of measure on high-dimensional structures. We prove that, under certain geometric assumptions on the query domain $Ω$ and the dataset $X$, if $Ω$ satisfies the so-called concentration property, then for most query points $x^\ast$ the ball of radius $(1+\e)d_X(x^\ast)$ centred at $x^\ast$ contains either all points of $X$ or else at least $C_1\exp(-C_2\e^2n)$ of them. Here $d_X(x^\ast)$ is the distance from $x^\ast$ to the nearest neighbour in $X$ and $n$ is the dimension of $Ω$.
description: 7 pages, LaTeX 2e
TINGLАB TUSHUNISHNI SHAKLLANTIRISH ASOSLARI
Creators: name: Jurayev, E.T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mazkur mаqоlаdа tіl о`rgаnіshdа tіnglаb tushunіshnіng аhаmіyаtі, unі yо`lgа qо`yіshnіng mеtоdоlоgіk аsоslаrі, tushunіsh kоmpеtеnsіyаsіnі rіvоjlаntіrіshdа АKTnіng rоlі kаbі mаsаlаlаr muhоkаmа еtіlаdі.
title: Anti-Science in the Policy Process: Lessons from Australian Engagement Between Policymakers and Vaccine Hesitant Individuals
Creators: name: Mork Larsson, Ida C
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: anti-vaccination movements
subject: Australian policy
subject: vaccine hesitancy
subject: No Jab No Pay

description: For nearly a decade, policymakers have made active attempts to counter anti-vaccination movements and their influence within Australia. While objections to vaccinations are as old as vaccinations themselves, the anti-vaccination movements that arose in the mid-1990s have approached the issue from a new perspective compared to its previous counterparts. Contemporary anti-vaccination movements are diverse, ranging from individuals who are hesitant about the idea of vaccinations to rather radical anti-science activists. Understanding previous policies and engagement with individuals who belong to anti-vaccination movements or who are vaccine-hesitant is crucial in understanding the vaccination discourse preceding the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of large-scale vaccine hesitancy associated with COVID-19. In the context of political science, political theorists have sought to explain the lack of trust in contemporary society, ranging from Beck’s Risk Society in the 1980s to Richards’ theories of Emotional Governance in the 2000s. However, there is still a significant gap in the scientific literature on the engagement between policymakers and individuals who reject vaccination science. Additionally, little research has focused on the Australian experience, instead often focusing on the United States or Europe. This thesis examines how Australian policymakers have engaged with the concerns of individuals who are vaccine-hesitant or who reject vaccination science. It examines the policy process surrounding the ‘No Jab No Pay’ policy-package implemented on January 1, 2016, with a focus on path dependency, concerns presented by vaccine-hesitant individuals, and engagement between individuals who opposed the policy-package. It was one of the most significant contemporary changes to vaccination policies and the last major change to vaccination policies in Australia before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This thesis examines the policy process surrounding ‘No Jab No Pay’ including the Senate Committee process, public discourse, and speeches from policymakers during the Second Reading of the Bill. It examines the question why Australian policymakers have not successfully engaging with individuals who reject vaccination science and their concerns. This thesis argues that the ‘No Jab No Pay’ was a missed opportunity for policymakers to engage with the concerns presented by individuals who are vaccine-hesitant or hold anti-vaccination beliefs.
An Empirical Approach to Temporal Reference Resolution (journal version)
Creators: name: Wiebe, Janyce
name: O'Hara, Thomas P.
name: Ohrstrom-Sandgren, Thorsten
name: McKeever, Kenneth K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.7

description: Scheduling dialogs, during which people negotiate the times of appointments, are common in everyday life. This paper reports the results of an in-depth empirical investigation of resolving explicit temporal references in scheduling dialogs. There are four phases of this work: data annotation and evaluation, model development, system implementation and evaluation, and model evaluation and analysis. The system and model were developed primarily on one set of data, and then applied later to a much more complex data set, to assess the generalizability of the model for the task being performed. Many different types of empirical methods are applied to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of the approach. Detailed annotation instructions were developed and an intercoder reliability study was performed, showing that naive annotators can reliably perform the targeted annotations. A fully automatic system has been developed and evaluated on unseen test data, with good results on both data sets. We adopt a pure realization of a recency-based focus model to identify precisely when it is and is not adequate for the task being addressed. In addition to system results, an in-depth evaluation of the model itself is presented, based on detailed manual annotations. The results are that few errors occur specifically due to the model of focus being used, and the set of anaphoric relations defined in the model are low in ambiguity for both data sets.
description: Tar archive with LaTeX source, postscript figures, and style files
Construction of exact Riemannian instanton solutions
Creators: name: Bonora, L.
name: Constantinidis, C. P.
name: Ferreira, L. A.
name: Leite, E. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give the exact construction of Riemannian (or stringy) instantons, which are classical solutions of 2d Yang-Mills theories that interpolate between initial and final string configurations. They satisfy the Hitchin equations with special boundary conditions. For the case of U(2) gauge group those equations can be written as the sinh-Gordon equation with a delta function source. Using techniques of integrable theories based on the zero curvature conditions, we show that the solution is a condensate of an infinite number of one-solitons with the same topological charge and with all possible rapidities.
description: 35 pages, needs axodraw.sty