cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Between Autonomy and Dissolution: The Aesthetics of Greek Tragedy in the Works of A.W. Schlegel and Friedrich Nietzsche
Creators: name: Talbert, Alexandra
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: The attempt to give an account of one's own historical moment—the prioritization of certain values over others, the diagnosis and perhaps alteration of a specific cultural trajectory—has traditionally involved not only coming to terms with a past that seems to mimic itself in the present, but with a past that is also at the same time marked by a difference from the present. Such has been the case with German thinkers and authors and their particularly intensive engagement with the legacy of classical antiquity, and above all, with the most lofty form of artistic endeavors: Greek tragedy.
  This thesis will examine the way in which two thinkers — August Wilhelm Schlegel and Friedrich Nietzsche — belonging to two distinct historical periods constructed a relationship to Greek tragedy in order to articulate, and perhaps alter, the aesthetic and cultural norms of their own time and place.  As I hope this thesis will make clear, A.W. Schlegel and Nietzsche draw on the same body of texts—and tell a similar historiographical story about the "decline" of Greek tragedy from Aeschylus to Euripides—for almost diametrically opposed reasons.
TFAD: A Decomposition Time Series Anomaly Detection Architecture with Time-Frequency Analysis
Creators: name: Zhang, Chaoli
name: Zhou, Tian
name: Wen, Qingsong
name: Sun, Liang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Time series anomaly detection is a challenging problem due to the complex temporal dependencies and the limited label data. Although some algorithms including both traditional and deep models have been proposed, most of them mainly focus on time-domain modeling, and do not fully utilize the information in the frequency domain of the time series data. In this paper, we propose a Time-Frequency analysis based time series Anomaly Detection model, or TFAD for short, to exploit both time and frequency domains for performance improvement. Besides, we incorporate time series decomposition and data augmentation mechanisms in the designed time-frequency architecture to further boost the abilities of performance and interpretability. Empirical studies on widely used benchmark datasets show that our approach obtains state-of-the-art performance in univariate and multivariate time series anomaly detection tasks. Code is provided at https://github.com/DAMO-DI-ML/CIKM22-TFAD.
description: Accepted by the ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2022)
On the remainder term of the Berezin inequality on a convex domain
Creators: name: Larson, Simon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35P15 (Primary), 47A75 (Secondary)

description: We study the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the Laplacian on a convex domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, with $n\geq 2$. In particular, we generalize and improve upper bounds for the Riesz means of order $σ\geq 3/2$ established in an article by Geisinger, Laptev and Weidl. This is achieved by refining estimates for a negative second term in the Berezin inequality. The obtained remainder term reflects the correct order of growth in the semi-classical limit and depends only on the measure of the boundary of the domain. We emphasize that such an improvement is for general $Ω\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ not possible and was previously known to hold only for planar convex domains satisfying certain geometric conditions. As a corollary we obtain lower bounds for the individual eigenvalues $λ_k$, which for a certain range of $k$ improves the Li--Yau inequality for convex domains. However, for convex domains one can use different methods to obtain even stronger such lower bounds.
description: Revised and accepted version. 13 pages
Medicine as a Performance: Embodying Empathy in Contemporary Medical Practice
Creators: name: Mishra, Manisha
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: The current empathy crisis in healthcare is a growing epidemic. As twenty-first century medicine focuses on patient-centered care, studies have indicated that the implementation of standardized communication protocols and the increasing use of biomedical technologies are making many patients feel increasingly disconnected from their doctors. Furthermore, there is a paradox in modern medical education as the constant testing of clinical skills is forcing students to experience burnout and as such, compassionate care is lost early on. Now medical educators are addressing this empathy problem by turning to the arts for a solution. The discipline of performance studies allows for students to assess the history and sociocultural background of medicine in order to better recognize the evolution of the multifaceted practice of medicine and the principal doctor-patient relationship. This thesis documents the history and examines the current state of medical education in the United States, analyzes how clinical empathy is taught in medical school, and proposes that performance studies should be integrated into the core curriculum. I present examples from Performing Medicine, a theatre arts program that creates courses and workshops for medical students focusing on communication skills, body language, and mindfulness.
Single-flavor Abelian mirror symmetry on $\mathbb{RP}^{2} \times \mathbb{S}^{1}$
Creators: name: Mori, Hironori
name: Morita, Takeshi
name: Tanaka, Akinori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The supercoonformal index on $\mathbb{RP}^{2} \times \mathbb{S}^{1}$ can be derived exactly by the localization technique and applied to the direct proof of Abelian mirror symmetry. We find two sets of parity conditions compatible with the unorientable property of $\mathbb{RP}^{2}$ and then rigorously show two kinds of Abelian mirror symmetry via the index on $\mathbb{RP}^{2} \times \mathbb{S}^{1}$.
description: 6 pages, contribution to proceedings of IX International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries
Weaving Washington’s Portrait:  The Jacquard Loom and Reproductive Media in Nineteenth-Century America
Creators: name: Smith, Hampton
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Beyond merely narrating a history of an object’s production, transmission, and reception through varied modes of mass reproduction, I assert that the Jacquard loom was a media synthesizer that is not only important to the history of digital images, but to the history of American Art.
title: Eyes on the Prize: Shifts in EU interests require a reassessment of relations with the United Kingdom
Creators: name: Benford, Jake
name: Schwarzer, Daniela
Publisher: name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01wj9hk44
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: Security Order
Cooperation
European Union
United Kingdom

description: Amidst geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions, the EU needs to shape a new European security order. Beyond national efforts to increase the European contribution to NATO, the EU seeks to enhance economic security, move forward with EU enlargement and engage with wider Europe in a more flexible and strategic way. This is an opportunity to improve the current relationship with the United Kingdom, which is both limited and unsatisfactory. Following elections on both sides of the channel, the EU and the UK should define shared strategic priorities, strengthen the institutional backbone of cooperation, improve foreign policy and security cooperation and deepen and expand trade and investment relations.
GAIMS Journal of Medical Sciences
Creators: name: JOURNAL, GAIMS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Other health sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Scope of journal: GAIMS Journal of Medical Sciences is a multi-disciplinary journal of medical sciences. The journal has a broad coverage of relevant topics in all fields of Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Pediatrics, Radiology, Psychiatry, Orthopedics, Anaesthesia, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Community Medicine, Forensic Medicine, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Medical Education.
Arecibo Pulsar Beam Geometry at Lower Frequencies Radio Pulsar Beam Geometry Down to the 100-MHz Band: 76 Additional Sources Within the Arecibo Sky
Creators: name: Rankin, Joanna
name: Wahl, Haley
name: Venkataraman, Arun
name: Olszanski, Timothy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper provides analyses of the emission beam structure of 76 ``B''-named pulsars within the Arecibo sky. Most of these objects are included in both the Gould & Lyne and LOFAR High Band surveys and thus complement our other works treating various parts of these populations. These comprise a further group of mostly well studied pulsars within the Arecibo sky that we here treat similarly to those in Olszanski et.al. and extend our overall efforts to study all of the pulsars in both surveys. The analyses are based on observations made with the Arecibo Telescope at 327 MHz and 1.4 GHz. Many have been observed at frequencies down to 100 MHz using either LOFAR or the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory as well as a few with the Long Wavelength Array at lower frequencies. This work uses the Arecibo observations as a foundation for interpreting the low frequency profiles and emission-beam geometries. We attempt to build quantitative geometric emission-beam models using the core/double-cone topology, while reviewing the evidence of previous studies and arguments for previous classifications on these sources. These efforts were successful for all but two pulsars, and interesting new subpulse modulation patterns were identified in a number of the objects. We interpret the Arecibo pulsar population in the context of the entire population of ``B'' pulsars.
description: 8 pages and an Appendix with three tables and many figures
The Impact of Physician Assisted Suicide on Suicide Rates and Individual Propensities for Suicidal Action
Creators: name: Mallie, Kaitlyn
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: In the past decade, Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) has emerged as a heavily contested policy issue for state governments. A central political argument against PAS claims that access to PAS practices enables terminally ill individuals—who were once statistically unlikely to commit suicide—to develop an increased risk for suicidal action. This study analyzes this claim by examining the relationship between policy and behavior, and assessing whether PAS legislation influences suicide risk. By analyzing annual suicide rates released by state health departments, I find that PAS legislation causes suicide rates to increase. Furthermore, I additionally measured individuals’ propensities for suicidal action by assessing which demographic traits enable an individual to be most at risk of committing suicide, and comparing these traits with traits that increase an individual’s risk of pursuing PAS. I find that some of the risk factors for suicide do not align with the risk factors for PAS, implying that PAS enables certain individuals to develop an increased risk of suicide. Therefore, this study provides two pieces of evidence that PAS ultimately affects suicidal behavior.
Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_ν \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV
Creators: name: MINERvA Collaboration
name: Wolcott, J.
name: Altinok, O.
name: Bellantoni, L.
name: Bercellie, A.
name: Betancourt, M.
name: Bodek, A.
name: Bravar, A.
name: Budd, H.
name: Carneiro, M. F.
name: Chvojka, J.
name: da Motta, H.
name: Devan, J.
name: Dytman, S. A.
name: Diaz, G. A.
name: Eberly, B.
name: Felix, J.
name: Fields, L.
name: Fine, R.
name: Galindo, R.
name: Gallagher, H.
name: Ghosh, A.
name: Golan, T.
name: Gran, R.
name: Harris, D. A.
name: Higuera, A.
name: Kiveni, M.
name: Kleykamp, J.
name: Kordosky, M.
name: Le, T.
name: Maher, E.
name: Manly, S.
name: Mann, W. A.
name: Marshall, C. M.
name: Caicedo, D. A. Martinez
name: McFarland, K. S.
name: McGivern, C. L.
name: McGowan, A. M.
name: Messerly, B.
name: Miller, J.
name: Mislivec, A.
name: Morfin, J. G.
name: Mousseau, J.
name: Muhlbeier, T.
name: Naples, D.
name: Nelson, J. K.
name: Norrick, A.
name: Osta, J.
name: Paolone, V.
name: Park, J.
name: Patrick, C. E.
name: Perdue, G. N.
name: Rakotondravohitra, L.
name: Ransome, R. D.
name: Ray, H.
name: Ren, L.
name: Rimal, D.
name: Rodrigues, P. A.
name: Ruterbories, D.
name: Schellman, H.
name: Schmitz, D. W.
name: Salinas, C. J. Solano
name: Tagg, N.
name: Tice, B. G.
name: Valencia, E.
name: Walton, T.
name: Wospakrik, M.
name: Zavala, G.
name: Zhang, D.
name: Ziemer, B. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The first direct measurement of electron-neutrino quasielastic and quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region of incident neutrino energy has been carried out using the MINERvA detector in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. The flux-integrated differential cross sections in electron production angle, electron energy and $Q^{2}$ are presented. The ratio of the quasielastic, flux-integrated differential cross section in $Q^{2}$ for $ν_{e}$ with that of similarly-selected $ν_μ$-induced events from the same exposure is used to probe assumptions that underpin conventional treatments of charged-current $ν_{e}$ interactions used by long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The data are found to be consistent with lepton universality and are well-described by the predictions of the neutrino event generator GENIE.
description: includes ancillary files with flux, measured cross sections, and covariance matrices (v9 includes tables of nu_e + antinu_e / nu_mu ratio and associated covariances)
title: The Influence of the United Nations Secretary-General on the International Security Agenda
Creators: name: Couture, Jennifer S.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: Can the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) be an effective leader when the member states are not obliged to adhere to his priorities? Despite important limitations, the UNSG can influence the manner in which the organization's security agenda is prioritized and executed. Using both constitutional prerogatives as well as attributes of personal influence, the UNSG can make a meaningful impact on the way the United Nations (UN) executes its mission to maintain international peace and security. While the UNSG's constitutional authority establishes the foundation for his relationship with the member states, the extent to which the UNSG plays an important role in peace and security depends decisively on his ability to build a credible foundation of personal political influence. How does the UNSG gain and keep an influential relationship with the member states?

This study provides a systematic explanation for how the UNSG builds credibility and influence with the member states, and why the personal attributes of the individual UNSG are decisive in determining the extent of his influence over the UN security agenda. Accordingly, the study proceeds in the following manner. Chapter one establishes the methodology to which the study adheres, clarifying important definitions, establishing the meaning of key terms and their meaning in relation to the UNSG, as well the measures by which we can evaluate the effectiveness of the UNSG's influence. Chapters two and three define the sources of the UNSG's power: his constitutional authority and his personal influence. Dag Hammarskjold, Javier Perez de Cuellar, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali serve as subjects of the study, demonstrating the impact of the UNSG's political power through his charter given responsibilities and his personal influence.
Protocol A Stakeholder Mapping and Scoping Review of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Policy in the Republic of Ireland
Creators: name: O'Connell, James
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Infectious Disease
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: Health and Medical Administration

description: This is the protocol for a stakeholder mapping and scoping review of communicable diseases prevention and control policy in the Republic of Ireland.
Comparing States that Do and Do Not Use the Kindergarten English Language Arts Common Core State Standards
Creators: name: Thayer, Katherine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: In 2009, the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (ELA CCSS) were released by the U.S. Department of Education with the goal of unifying the skills and information taught to students across the nation. Research shows a need for teaching phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension in elementary school, scaffolding tasks as students increase their independence, and cultural responsiveness and inclusion in American classrooms. The present study shows the results of a critical analysis of the ELA Standards in 9 states (MN, CT, KY, MT, NE, TX, TN, VA, and SC) that either edited or replaced the ELA CCSS in their states, and then compared each states’ standards to the original ELA CCSS to identify differences within the skills and competencies taught, the amount of scaffolding present, and the inclusion of cultural education. The study categorized all the differences in skills and competencies into sections, with the most compelling being within personal engagement and connection, understanding the importance of print structure, print’s ability to convey meaning, conversational cues, cultural themes, and research. All five of the states that replaced or did not adopt the ELA CCSS omitted between 11 and 31 of the standards included in the Kindergarten ELA CCSS. Scaffolding differences were categorized as either removed or added. Most states either only increased or only decreased the amount of independence required of students by the end of kindergarten. Implications of this study and future research are also discussed.
Gauge theories on quantum spaces
Creators: name: Hersent, Kilian
name: Mathieu, Philippe
name: Wallet, Jean-Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the present status of gauge theories built on various quantum space-times described by noncommutative space-times. The mathematical tools and notions underlying their construction are given. Different formulations of gauge theory models on Moyal spaces as well as on quantum spaces whose coordinates form a Lie algebra are covered, with particular emphasis on some explored quantum properties. Recent attempts aiming to include gravity dynamics within a noncommutative framework are also considered.
description: 141 pages. Review article. This is a preliminary version
Radio-bright vs. Radio-dark Gamma-ray Bursts -- More Evidence for Distinct Progenitors
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Angana
name: Dainotti, Maria
name: Cantrell, Olivia
name: Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze two distinct samples of GRBs, with and without radio afterglow emission. We use a sample of 211 GRBs which is an update of the previous sample from arXiv:1902.01974, and find, in agreement with previous results (although with a sample that is almost twice as large) as the intrinsic gamma-ray duration (Tint) and isotropic equivalent energy (Eiso) distributions between these two populations appear to differ significantly. The redshift (z) distributions of the two samples are not statistically different. We analyze several correlations between variables (Eiso, Tint, jet opening angle, and z), accounting for selection effects and redshift evolution using the Efron-Petrosian method. We find a statistically significant anti-correlation between the jet opening angle and redshift, as well as between Tint and redshift, for both radio-bright and radio-dark GRBs. Finally, in agreement with previous work, we find that very high energy (0.1 - 100 GeV) extended emission is present in the radio-bright GRB sample only. Our work supports the possibility that the radio-bright and the radio-dark GRBs originate from different progenitors.
description: 19 pages, 9 tables, 17 figures
Supplementary Dataset S2: TRIP activity of seven promoters at uniquely mapped integration sites.
Creators: name: Leemans, Christ
name: van Steensel, Bas
name: Comoglio, Federico
name: Pagie, Ludo
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: ADAMTS1
subject: ARHGEF9
subject: BRINP1
subject: LAD
subject: MED30
subject: MPRA
subject: PGK
subject: reporter assay
subject: TMEM106B
subject: TRIP
subject: ZNF300

description: Contains all uniquely mapped TRIP barcode integration sites used in Leemans et al. with their LAD-state and expression
(Anti)kaon condensation in strongly magnetized dense matter
Creators: name: Kundu, Debraj
name: Thapa, Vivek Baruah
name: Sinha, Monika
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent observations of several massive pulsars, with masses near and above $2~M_\odot$, point towards the existence of matter at very high densities, compared to normal matter that we are familiar with in our terrestrial world. This leads to the possibility of appearance of exotic degrees of freedom other than nucleons inside the core of the neutrons stars (NS). Another significant property of NSs is the presence of high surface magnetic field, with highest range of the order of $\sim~10^{16}$ G. We study the properties of highly dense matter with the possibility of appearance of heavier strange and non-strange baryons, and kaons in presence of strong magnetic field. We find that the presence of a strong magnetic field stiffens the matter at high density, delaying the kaon appearance and, hence, increasing the maximum attainable mass of NS family.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C
Cosmological reconstruction and {\it Om} diagnostic analysis of Einstein-Aether Theory
Creators: name: Pasqua, Antonio
name: Chattopadhyay, Surajit
name: Momeni, Davood
name: Raza, Muhammad
name: Myrzakulov, Ratbay
name: Faizal, Mir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we will analyse the cosmological models in Einstein-aether gravity, which is a modified theory of gravity in which a time-like vector field breaks the Lorentz symmetry. We will use this formalism to analyse different cosmological models with different behavior of the scale factor. In this analysis, we will use a certain functional dependence of the dark energy on the Hubble parameter. It will be demonstrated that the aether vector field has a non-trivial effect on these cosmological models. We will also perform the \emph{Om} diagnostic in Einstein-aether gravity. Thus, we will fit parameters of the cosmological models using recent observational data.
description: 47 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables,Major Rvised version
DNA-modifying enzyme reaction-based biosensors for disease diagnostics: recent biotechnological advances and future perspectives
Creators: name: Kim, Dong Min
name: Yoo, Seung Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Biosensor devices are important in clinical practice and environmental studies because they allow specific detection of target molecules from a variety of samples. However, challenges still remain when attempting to develop sensitive, selective, rapid, and cost-effective assays for biomolecule detection. Devices that use DNA-modifying enzymes to catalyze detection reactions have recently been developed. These devices show promise because they are often more sensitive and specific, have shorter assay times, are more cost-effective, and are easier to use than the currently used biosensors. Here, we review the current trends in DNA-modifying enzyme reaction-coupled biosensors, including devices using DNA polymerases, nicking endonuclease, exonucleases, and ligases. The molecular strategies underlying diverse DNA-modifying enzymes coupled to biomolecule detection platforms are reviewed. We also discuss the strengths and limitations of each strategy and suggest methods to overcome current limitations. Finally, the future prospects of DNA-modifying enzyme reaction-coupled biosensor development have been proposed.
Topological modularity of Supermoonshine
Creators: name: Albert, Jan
name: Kaidi, Justin
name: Lin, Ying-Hsuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The theory of topological modular forms (TMF) predicts that elliptic genera of physical theories satisfy a certain divisibility property, determined by the theory's gravitational anomaly. In this note we verify this prediction in Duncan's Supermoonshine module, as well as in tensor products and orbifolds thereof. Along the way we develop machinery for computing the elliptic genera of general alternating orbifolds and discuss the relation of this construction to the elusive "periodicity class" of TMF.
description: 28 pages + appendices; v2: publication version
Commensal glycerol metabolism determines oral niche development
Creators: name: Treerat, June
name: Anderson, David
name: Giacaman, Rodrigo A.
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Glycerol Kinase
subject: Fatty Acids
subject: Oral microbiome
subject: Glycerol dehydrogenase
subject: Membrane vesicles
subject: Symbiotic interaction

description: The oral microbiome has co-evolved and coexisted in a symbiotic relationship within their own ecology and with the host. Understanding the oral ecosystem and how it promotes a balanced microbiome, is essential to effectively maintain or restore oral health. Of over 700 bacterial taxa, commensals Streptococcus and Corynebacterium are two of the most prevalent members of the oral microbiome. Surprisingly, the inter-species interactions between both commensals and the effect of such interactions on dental diseases have never been investigated. Therefore, in this study, we aim to understand the molecular mechanism(s) between different taxa interactions, in particularly, Corynebacterium durum and Streptococcus sanguinis, and the implications on oral diseases.
Measuring the Aharonov-Anandan phase in photonics
Creators: name: Wang, Kai
name: Weimann, Steffen
name: Perez-Leija, Armando
name: Szameit, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Aharonov-Anandan phase is a description of the geometric nature in non-adiabatic cyclic evolutions of quantum states. Here we report on a measurement of the Aharonov-Anandan phase in photonics. We consider a time-independent quantum driven harmonic oscillator that is initially prepared at the vacuum state. We utilize evanescently coupled waveguides to realize this physical model and achieve a measurement of the Aharonov-Anandan phase via integrated interferometry.
State of the Art in Dense Monocular Non-Rigid 3D Reconstruction
Creators: name: Tretschk, Edith
name: Kairanda, Navami
name: R, Mallikarjun B
name: Dabral, Rishabh
name: Kortylewski, Adam
name: Egger, Bernhard
name: Habermann, Marc
name: Fua, Pascal
name: Theobalt, Christian
name: Golyanik, Vladislav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: 3D reconstruction of deformable (or non-rigid) scenes from a set of monocular 2D image observations is a long-standing and actively researched area of computer vision and graphics. It is an ill-posed inverse problem, since -- without additional prior assumptions -- it permits infinitely many solutions leading to accurate projection to the input 2D images. Non-rigid reconstruction is a foundational building block for downstream applications like robotics, AR/VR, or visual content creation. The key advantage of using monocular cameras is their omnipresence and availability to the end users as well as their ease of use compared to more sophisticated camera set-ups such as stereo or multi-view systems. This survey focuses on state-of-the-art methods for dense non-rigid 3D reconstruction of various deformable objects and composite scenes from monocular videos or sets of monocular views. It reviews the fundamentals of 3D reconstruction and deformation modeling from 2D image observations. We then start from general methods -- that handle arbitrary scenes and make only a few prior assumptions -- and proceed towards techniques making stronger assumptions about the observed objects and types of deformations (e.g. human faces, bodies, hands, and animals). A significant part of this STAR is also devoted to classification and a high-level comparison of the methods, as well as an overview of the datasets for training and evaluation of the discussed techniques. We conclude by discussing open challenges in the field and the social aspects associated with the usage of the reviewed methods.
description: 36 pages, 18 figures, 3 tables; State-of-the-Art Report at EUROGRAPHICS 2023
Singlet baryons in the graded symmetry approach to partially quenched QCD
Creators: name: Hall, J. M. M.
name: Leinweber, D. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Progress in the calculation of the electromagnetic properties of baryon excitations in lattice QCD is presenting new challenges in the determination of sea-quark loop contributions to matrix elements. A reliable estimation of the sea-quark loop contributions presents a pressing issue in the accurate comparison of lattice QCD results with experiment. In this article, an extension of the graded symmetry approach to partially quenched QCD is presented, which builds on previous theory by explicitly including flavor-singlet baryons in its construction. The formalism takes into account the interactions among both octet and singlet baryons, octet mesons, and their ghost counterparts; the latter enables the isolation of the quark-flow disconnected sea-quark loop contributions. The introduction of the flavor-singlet states anticipates the application of the method to baryon excitations such as the lowest-lying odd-parity Lambda baryon, the Lambda(1405), which is considered in detail as a worked example.
description: arXiv copy updated to published version: Phys. Rev. D 94, 094004 (2016)
The Effect of ACSL1 Localization on Fatty Acid Metabolism
Creators: name: Patel, Komal
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: In the current investigation, we examined the effect of acyl-CoA synthetase-1’s (ACSL1)
location (mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum) on function (directing fatty acids towards β-
oxidation or triglyceride synthesis). ACSL1 is responsible for activating fatty acids to acyl-CoAs.
We hypothesized that by manipulating the subcellular location of ACSL1, the production of lipid
intermediates, triacylglycerol, and phospholipids would be altered. Our goal was to determine
how and if ACSL1 is responsible for directing fatty acids after they are transported into the cell.
Specifically, if ACSL1 were targeted to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) then we would see an
increase in synthesis of lipids such as triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesterol esters
whereas if ACSL1 were targeted to mitochondria we would not see an increase in synthesis of
complex lipids. ACSL1 targeted to mitochondria would increase oxidation of fatty acids in order
to be used for energy production. The rationale behind this hypothesis was that the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) is the main site of glycerolipid synthesis. Increasing acyl-CoA synthesis at the
ER would thus increase fatty acid esterification without increasing β-oxidation. In contrast,
mitochondria are the major site of fatty acid oxidation. Increasing acyl-CoA synthesis at the
mitochondria would increase entry of the acyl-CoAs into the mitochondria through carnitine
palmitoyltransferase I (CPT-1) for oxidation. We therefore expected that by increasing oxidation,
long chain fatty acids would be converted to acetyl-coA, which can then enter the citric acid
cycle. Conversely, if our results do not present as predicted, it is possible that another protein
may be responsible for shuttling fatty acids either to oxidation or lipid synthesis. For example,
fatty acid binding protein, or acyl-CoA binding protein may play a role in directly shuttling fatty
acids through physical interactions.
Quantum Error Correction in the Lowest Landau Level
Creators: name: Fan, Yale
name: Fischler, Willy
name: Kubischta, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop finite-dimensional versions of the quantum error-correcting codes proposed by Albert, Covey, and Preskill (ACP) for continuous-variable quantum computation on configuration spaces with nonabelian symmetry groups. Our codes can be realized by a charged particle in a Landau level on a spherical geometry -- in contrast to the planar Landau level realization of the qudit codes of Gottesman, Kitaev, and Preskill (GKP) -- or more generally by spin coherent states. Our quantum error-correction scheme is inherently approximate, and the encoded states may be easier to prepare than those of GKP or ACP.
description: 27 + 29 pages, comments welcome; v2: close to published version
Untangling the Intangible: The Folds of β-Amyloid
Creators: name: Titcomb, Georgia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The intersection of art and science is an ambiguous, yet fertile space that holds endless potential for creative exploration. Of the infinite number of biological topics that exist on every imaginable physical scale, there also exists an analytical and interpretive gradient, ranging from factual science to imaginative and emotional art. Finding the interesting points along this theoretical spectrum is one of the greatest challenges that I have realized throughout the course of my honors thesis. My journey has followed a pathway generating pieces that range dramatically in scientific, emotional, and visual content, and I have experimented with new techniques and media at every step. I have been challenged by both content and process, growing immensely in my approach to art-making throughout the course of this thesis. Here, I trace my journey and explain my most intensive artistic endeavor to date.
Sign change in c-axis thermal expansion and lattice collapse by Ni substitution in Co1-xNixZr2 superconductors
Creators: name: Watanabe, Yuto
name: Arima, Hiroto
name: Usui, Hidetomo
name: Mizuguchi, Yoshikazu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated the structural, electronic, and superconducting properties of Co1-xNixZr2, in which c-axis thermal expansion is systematically controlled. At x (smaller than) 0.3, c-axis negative thermal expansion (NTE) was observed, and the thermal expansion constant αc approached zero with increasing x. At x = 0.4-0.6, zero thermal expansion was observed, and positive thermal expansion (PTE) appeared for x (greater than) 0.7. By analyzing the c/a ratio, we observed a possible collapsed transition in the tetragonal lattice at around x = 0.6-0.8. The lattice collapse results in c-axis PTE and the suppression of bulk superconductivity.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, Supporting materials
Port-metriplectic neural networks: thermodynamics-informed machine learning of complex physical systems
Creators: name: Hernández, Quercus
name: Badías, Alberto
name: Chinesta, Francisco
name: Cueto, Elías
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We develop inductive biases for the machine learning of complex physical systems based on the port-Hamiltonian formalism. To satisfy by construction the principles of thermodynamics in the learned physics (conservation of energy, non-negative entropy production), we modify accordingly the port-Hamiltonian formalism so as to achieve a port-metriplectic one. We show that the constructed networks are able to learn the physics of complex systems by parts, thus alleviating the burden associated to the experimental characterization and posterior learning process of this kind of systems. Predictions can be done, however, at the scale of the complete system. Examples are shown on the performance of the proposed technique.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
"Smoothly Gliding Images": Leonid Andreyev's Verbal and Visual Imagery
Creators: name: Wise, Patrick
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: What I have found in the course of this project is not only that there is a legitimate
academic framework for comparing the verbal and pictorial arts—one that does not have to
resort to words such as “feel” or “sense”—but also that Leonid Andreyev, as a gifted painter and writer, is an excellent case study for an exploration of the intersection of literature and the visual arts. The following pages will attempt to show that Leonid Andreyev’s visual and verbal arts are intimately related, and the common ground between them—the image—acts as a vehicle for Andreyev’s message. Chapter one, “The Free Sunbeams,” will introduce Andreyev to those who may not be familiar with his work and biography. The chapter will situate Andreyev within relevant currents of early-twentieth century Russia, in an effort to illustrate his tendency to defy cultural conventions of every kind. In chapter two, entitled A Fruitful Dilettante, I will investigate Andreyev’s activity as a visual artist by looking at the various ways his visual art interacts with his writing. This chapter will examine the conflicting portraits of Judas Iscariot found within Andreyev’s novella “Judas Iscariot and the Others” (henceforth “Judas Iscariot,” 1907); I will argue that Andreyev’s paintings of Judas reveal much about the aesthetic and philosophical interests that prompted him to write his controversial novella. Chapter three, “The Walls Crumble,” will explore Andreyev’s famous story, “The Seven Who Were Hanged,” a novella that transmits its meaning through the creation of a verbal image that de-limits space, suspends time, and, ultimately, transcends death. In the conclusion I will suggest new avenues of research for Andreyev scholarship that might place greater emphasis on both the visual component of Andreyev’s lifework and the visuality that is present in his writing.
Figure S1. Repeatability of female.annual HI according to different thresholds of the minimum number of grooming events considered per female.year. from Mother-to-daughter transmission of hygienic anti-parasite behaviour in mandrills
Creators: name: poirotte, Clémence
name: Charpentier, Marie J. E.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Health Care
subject: Diseases
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: The black line, grey area and blue line indicate, respectively, repeatability estimates, confidence intervals, and associated p-values according to different thresholds. The blue dotted line indicates the limit of significance (p = 0.05). Numbers in parentheses below threshold values indicate the associated sample sizes (number of female.years) along with the number of different females involved.
Machine Learning-based Framework for Optimally Solving the Analytical Inverse Kinematics for Redundant Manipulators
Creators: name: Vu, Minh Nhat
name: Beck, Florian
name: Schwegel, Michael
name: Hartl-Nesic, Christian
name: Nguyen, Anh
name: Kugi, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Solving the analytical inverse kinematics (IK) of redundant manipulators in real time is a difficult problem in robotics since its solution for a given target pose is not unique. Moreover, choosing the optimal IK solution with respect to application-specific demands helps to improve the robustness and to increase the success rate when driving the manipulator from its current configuration towards a desired pose. This is necessary, especially in high-dynamic tasks like catching objects in mid-flights. To compute a suitable target configuration in the joint space for a given target pose in the trajectory planning context, various factors such as travel time or manipulability must be considered. However, these factors increase the complexity of the overall problem which impedes real-time implementation. In this paper, a real-time framework to compute the analytical inverse kinematics of a redundant robot is presented. To this end, the analytical IK of the redundant manipulator is parameterized by so-called redundancy parameters, which are combined with a target pose to yield a unique IK solution. Most existing works in the literature either try to approximate the direct mapping from the desired pose of the manipulator to the solution of the IK or cluster the entire workspace to find IK solutions. In contrast, the proposed framework directly learns these redundancy parameters by using a neural network (NN) that provides the optimal IK solution with respect to the manipulability and the closeness to the current robot configuration. Monte Carlo simulations show the effectiveness of the proposed approach which is accurate and real-time capable ($\approx$ \SI{32}{\micro\second}) on the KUKA LBR iiwa 14 R820.
description: Published in Mechatronics Journal
Average-Case Complexity of Tensor Decomposition for Low-Degree Polynomials
Creators: name: Wein, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Suppose we are given an $n$-dimensional order-3 symmetric tensor $T \in (\mathbb{R}^n)^{\otimes 3}$ that is the sum of $r$ random rank-1 terms. The problem of recovering the rank-1 components is possible in principle when $r \lesssim n^2$ but polynomial-time algorithms are only known in the regime $r \ll n^{3/2}$. Similar "statistical-computational gaps" occur in many high-dimensional inference tasks, and in recent years there has been a flurry of work on explaining the apparent computational hardness in these problems by proving lower bounds against restricted (yet powerful) models of computation such as statistical queries (SQ), sum-of-squares (SoS), and low-degree polynomials (LDP). However, no such prior work exists for tensor decomposition, largely because its hardness does not appear to be explained by a "planted versus null" testing problem. We consider a model for random order-3 tensor decomposition where one component is slightly larger in norm than the rest (to break symmetry), and the components are drawn uniformly from the hypercube. We resolve the computational complexity in the LDP model: $O(\log n)$-degree polynomial functions of the tensor entries can accurately estimate the largest component when $r \ll n^{3/2}$ but fail to do so when $r \gg n^{3/2}$. This provides rigorous evidence suggesting that the best known algorithms for tensor decomposition cannot be improved, at least by known approaches. A natural extension of the result holds for tensors of any fixed order $k \ge 3$, in which case the LDP threshold is $r \sim n^{k/2}$.
description: 42 pages; STOC 2023
Association of germline variants in candidate genes of gemcitabine pharmacology with the development of neutropenia in pancreatic cancer
Creators: name: Schlafer, Danielle
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: There is a great need for pharmacogenetic biomarkers to individualize drug therapy,
especially for therapies such as gemcitabine, which are associated with life threatening
adverse events and are used in difficult-to-treat diseases such as pancreatic cancer. This
study seeks to use a candidate gene, candidate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
approach to identify novel biomarkers for the development of neutropenia in patients
treated with gemcitabine in the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) study 80303.
More than 180 candidate genes were identified, and 22 were selected for a pilot study.
Using online bioinformatics resources, 370 candidate SNPs with putative functional
effects were identified and tested for association using competing risks regression. Three
SNPs from three candidate genes were found to have nominally significant p-values for
association with grade 3 or 4 neutropenia in the study population: WWOX rs12373085
(p=2.00E-04), CDA rs2072671 (p=0.025), and CYP1B1 rs162556 (p=0.025). Hypotheses
for potential effects of these variant genotypes were proposed, but merit further
validation. We conclude that this unique candidate gene, candidate SNP approach
identified potential functional variants with nominally significant associations with the
development of neutropenia in pancreatic cancer patients treated with gemcitabine, and
may be a viable method to be applied to the full set of candidate genes.