cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Wie aus dem s-lab der SICP - Software Innovation Campus Paderborn wurde
Creators: name: Sauer, Stefan
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Wissenstransfer
subject: Technologietransfer
subject: Forschungscampus
subject: Transdisziplinäre Forschung
subject: Transorganisationale Kollaboration
subject: Trianguläres Innovationssystem
subject: Software- und datengetriebene Innovationen

description: Das s-lab – Software Quality Lab wurde im Jahr 2005 von fünf Informatik-Professoren der Universität Paderborn als Private-Public-Partnership gegründet, um ihre Aktivitäten im Bereich der Industriekooperation zu Themen der Softwareentwicklung und Softwarequalitätssicherung in einer wissenschaftlichen Einrichtung zusammenzuführen. Trotz seiner strategischen Positionierung ist das s-lab keine 15 Jahre später Geschichte. Es hat Platz gemacht für den SICP – Software Innovation Campus Paderborn und ist darin aufgegangen. Wie dieser Prozess vonstattengegangen ist, welche Ziele dahinterstecken, aber auch welche Chancen und Herausforderungen damit verbunden waren und sind, soll in diesem Beitrag beleuchtet werden. Zudem werden die organisatorischen Veränderungen, neuen Strukturen und Prozesse beschrieben, die die Erforschung und Entwicklung von software- und datengetriebenen Innovationen voranbringen sollen.
title: Morfologische trends aan de Belgische Kust: evolutie van de Vlaamse kust tot 2019
Creators: name: Houthuys, Rik
name: Verwaest, Toon
name: Dan, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Flanders Hydraulics Research
Year: 2022

description: Title : WL Rapporten. Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium: Antwerpen. Volume : 18_142_1 Issue : Pagination : XI, 225
Turbulent Reconnection and Its Implications
Creators: name: Lazarian, Alex
name: Eyink, Gregory L.
name: Vishniac, Ethan T.
name: Kowal, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic reconnection is a process of magnetic field topology change, which is one of the most fundamental processes in magnetized plasmas. In most astrophysical environments the Reynolds numbers are large and therefore the transition to turbulence is inevitable. This turbulence must be taken into account for any theory of magnetic reconnection, since the initially laminar configurations can transit to the turbulence state, what is demonstrated by 3D high resolution numerical simulations. We discuss ideas of how turbulence can modify reconnection with the focus on the Lazarian & Vishniac (1999) reconnection model and present numerical evidence supporting the model and demonstrate that it is closely connected to the concept of Richardson diffusion and compatible with the Lagrangian dynamics of magnetized fluids. We point out that the Generalized Ohm's Law, that accounts for turbulent motion, predicts the subdominance of the microphysical plasma effects for a realistically turbulent media. We show that on of the most dramatic consequences of turbulence is the violation of the generally accepted notion of magnetic flux freezing. This notion is a corner stone of most theories dealing with magnetized plasmas and therefore its change induces fundamental shifts in accepted paradigms like turbulent reconnection entailing the diffusion process that is essential for understanding star formation. We argue, that at sufficiently high Reynolds numbers the process of tearing reconnection should transfer to turbulent reconnection. We discuss flares predicted by turbulent reconnection and relate them to solar flares and gamma ray bursts. We analyze solar observations, measurements in the solar wind or heliospheric current sheet, and show their correspondence with turbulent reconnection predictions. Finally, we discuss 1st Order Fermi acceleration as a natural consequence of the turbulent reconnection.
description: 48 pages, 14 figures
RadioAstron space VLBI imaging of polarized radio emission in the high-redshift quasar 0642+449 at 1.6 GHz
Creators: name: Lobanov, A. P.
name: Gómez, J. L.
name: Bruni, G.
name: Kovalev, Y. Y.
name: Anderson, J.
name: Bach, U.
name: Kraus, A.
name: Zensus, J. A.
name: Lisakov, M. M.
name: Sokolovsky, K. V.
name: Voytsik, P. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Polarization of radio emission in extragalactic jets at a sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution holds important clues for understanding the structure of the magnetic field in the inner regions of the jets and in close vicinity of the supermassive black holes in the centers of active galaxies. Space VLBI observations provide a unique tool for polarimetric imaging at a sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution and studying the properties of magnetic field in active galactic nuclei on scales of less than 10^4 gravitational radii. A space VLBI observation of high-redshift quasar TXS 0642+449 (OH 471), made at a wavelength of 18 cm (frequency of 1.6 GHz) as part of the Early Science Programme (ESP) of the RadioAstron} mission, is used here to test the polarimetric performance of the orbiting Space Radio Telescope (SRT) employed by the mission, to establish a methodology for making full Stokes polarimetry with space VLBI at 1.6 GHz, and to study the polarized emission in the target object on sub-milliarcsecond scales. Polarization leakage of the SRT at 18 cm is found to be within 9 percents in amplitude, demonstrating the feasibility of high fidelity polarization imaging with RadioAstron at this wavelength. A polarimetric image of 0642+449 with a resolution of 0.8 mas (signifying an ~4 times improvement over ground VLBI observations at the same wavelength) is obtained. The image shows a compact core-jet structure with low (~2%) polarization and predominantly transverse magnetic field in the nuclear region. The VLBI data also uncover a complex structure of the nuclear region, with two prominent features possibly corresponding to the jet base and a strong recollimation shock. The maximum brightness temperature at the jet base can be as high as 4*10^13 K.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A, 10 pages, 6 figures
Hexahydrocurcumin mitigates angiotensin II-induced proliferation, migration, and inflammation in vascular smooth muscle cells
Creators: name: Panthiya, Luckika
name: Tocharus, Jiraporn
name: Chaichompoo, Waraluck
name: Suksamrarn, Apichart
name: Tocharus, Chainarong
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2023
Subjects: hexahydrocurcumin
angiotensin II
vascular smooth muscle cell
proliferation
migration
inflammation

description: The proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play vital roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and hypertension. It has been proposed and verified that hexahydrocurcumin (HHC), a metabolite form of curcumin, has cardiovascular protective effects. This study examined the effect of HHC on angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced proliferation, migration, and inflammation in rat aortic VSMCs and explored the molecular mechanisms related to the processes. The results showed that HHC significantly suppressed Ang II-induced proliferation, migration, and inflammation in VSMCs. HHC inhibited Ang II-induction of the increase in cyclin D1 and decrease in p21 expression in VSMCs. Moreover, HHC attenuated the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and the expression of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP9) in Ang II-induced VSMCs. The proliferation, migration, inflammation, and ROS production were also inhibited by GKT137831 (NADPH oxidase, NOX1/4 inhibitor) and the combination of HHC and GKT137831. In addition, HHC restored the Ang-II inhibited expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α). These findings indicate that HHC may play a protective role in Ang II-promoted proliferation, migration, and inflammation by suppressing NADPH oxidase mediated ROS generation and elevating PPAR-γ and PGC-1α expression.
description: EXCLI Journal; 22:Doc466; ISSN 1611-2156
Star formation in z>1 3CR host galaxies as seen by Herschel
Creators: name: Podigachoski, P.
name: Barthel, P. D.
name: Haas, M.
name: Leipski, C.
name: Wilkes, B.
name: Kuraszkiewicz, J.
name: Westhues, C.
name: Willner, S. P.
name: Ashby, M. L. N.
name: Chini, R.
name: Clements, D. L.
name: Fazio, G. G.
name: Labiano, A.
name: Lawrence, C.
name: Meisenheimer, K.
name: Peletier, R. F.
name: Siebenmorgen, R.
name: Kleijn, G. Verdoes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present Herschel (PACS and SPIRE) far-infrared (FIR) photometry of a complete sample of z>1 3CR sources, from the Herschel GT project The Herschel Legacy of distant radio-loud AGN (PI: Barthel). Combining these with existing Spitzer photometric data, we perform an infrared (IR) spectral energy distribution (SED) analysis of these landmark objects in extragalactic research to study the star formation in the hosts of some of the brightest active galactic nuclei (AGN) known at any epoch. Accounting for the contribution from an AGN-powered warm dust component to the IR SED, about 40% of our objects undergo episodes of prodigious, ULIRG-strength star formation, with rates of hundreds of solar masses per year, coeval with the growth of the central supermassive black hole. Median SEDs imply that the quasar and radio galaxy hosts have similar FIR properties, in agreement with the orientation-based unification for radio-loud AGN. The star-forming properties of the AGN hosts are similar to those of the general population of equally massive non-AGN galaxies at comparable redshifts, thus there is no strong evidence of universal quenching of star formation (negative feedback) within this sample. Massive galaxies at high redshift may be forming stars prodigiously, regardless of whether their supermassive black holes are accreting or not.
description: 30 pages, 13 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A
Auditory event-related fields emerging from the network structure of the auditory cortex
Creators: name: Hajizadeh, Aida
name: Matysiak, Artur
name: Dar, Asim H.
name: Härtwich, Nina
name: May, Patrick
name: König, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Auditory events elicit a series of waves in the auditory event-related fields (ERF) of the magnetoencephalogram (MEG). We still
 do not understand how ERFs are generated, what the various waves signify, and why they are subject-specific.
 To examine the generation of ERFs, we introduce analytical solutions of an already existing computational model of auditory
 cortex (AC) [1, 2] which accounts for ERFs.
description: Poster presented at Bernstein Conference Berlin 2018
Probing the hyperbolic branch/focus point region of the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model with generalized Yukawa quasi-unification
Creators: name: Karagiannakis, N.
name: Lazarides, G.
name: Pallis, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the parametric space of the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model with mu>0 supplemented by a generalized asymptotic Yukawa coupling quasi-unification condition which yields acceptable masses for the fermions of the third family. We impose constraints from the cold dark matter abundance in the universe and its direct detection experiments, the B-physics, as well as the masses of the sparticles and the lightest neutral CP-even Higgs boson. Fixing the mass of the latter to its central value from the LHC and taking 40<=tanbeta<=50, we find a relatively wide allowed parameter space with -11<=A_0/M_{1/2}<=15 and mass of the lightest sparticle in the range (0.09-1.1) TeV. This sparticle is possibly detectable by the present cold dark matter direct search experiments. The required fine-tuning for the electroweak symmetry breaking is much milder than the one needed in the neutralino-stau coannihilation region of the same model.
description: Published version
The evaluation of nitrogen fixation activity of soil cyanobacteria via reduction assay and real-time PCR
Creators: name: Mohammadi, Parisa
name: Bonab, Zahra Hojjati
name: Ezzat Asgarani
name: Ghorbanmehr, Nassim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Cyanobacteria, especially the nitrogen fixation, are considered as one of the most important bacteria in all aquatic and terrestrial environments and have vital roles in the arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Therefore, in the present study, cyanobacteria obtained from a harsh terrestrial ecosystem were selected and the nitrogen fixation activities were assayed by acetylene reduction and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). First, the soil cyanobacteria were isolated by using the BG11 medium. Then, all the isolates were transferred into the nitrogen-free medium of BG11 (BG0). In addition, the rate of nitrogen fixation was assayed by gas chromatography mass based on acetylene reduction assay. Next, the nifH gene was expressed in the nitrogen fixation isolates utilizing the RT-PCR. Based on the results, the highest level of ethylene production was observed in Nodularia sp. with 86.3% yielding. Further, the RT-PCR data indicated that all the selected isolates could express the nifH gene. Furthermore, the nifH gene expression of Nodularia sp. and Trichocleus sp. was considerable compared to the other genera. Additionally, the activity of nitrogenase and its increase in the gene expression of nitrogen fixation were much higher than those of the filamentous and heterocystous cyanobacteria compared to the other genera. Therefore, cyanobacteria play a crucial role in the nitrogen fixation of the soil.
Identifizierung des cyanobakteriellen Phytoplanktons der Darß-Zingster Boddenkette
Creators: name: Albrecht, Martin
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 570 Life science

description: Die Cyanobakterien wurden und werden im Monitoring der Morphologie identifiziert. Die Identität der abundantesten Cyanobakterien in der Darß-Zingster Boddenkette wurde in dieser Arbeit zusätzlich mit genetischen Methoden bestimmt. Morphologisch wurden die Cyanobakterien der Ordnung Chroococcales und genetisch den Synechococcales zugeordnet (Gattung Cyanobium). Die Verschiebung der Identität auf Ordnungsebene durch genetische Methoden ist kein Einzelfall, sondern in der Literatur weltweit zu finden und hat Auswirkungen auf die Gewässergütebewertung.
Local field corrections to the spontaneous emission in arrays of Si nanocrystals
Creators: name: Poddubny, Alexander N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theory of the local field corrections to the spontaneous emission rate for the array of silicon nanocrystals in silicon dioxide. An analytical result for the Purcell factor is obtained. We demonstrate that the local-field corrections are sensitive to the volume fill factor of the nanocrystals in the sample and are suppressed for large values of the fill factor. The local-field corrections and the photonic density of states are shown to be described by two different effective permittivities: the harmonic mean between the nanocrystal and the matrix permittivities and the Maxwell-Garnett permittivity.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Biological and behavioral factors affecting driving safety
Creators: name: Vivoli, R
name: Bergomi, Margherita
name: Rovesti, Sergio
name: Bussetti, P
name: Guaitoli, GM
Publisher: name: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Year: 2006

description: no abstract
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 47, No 2 (2006)
A self-adjoint arrival time operator inspired by measurement models
Creators: name: Halliwell, J. J.
name: Evaeus, J.
name: London, J.
name: Malik, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce an arrival time operator which is self-adjoint and, unlike previously proposed arrival time operators, has a close link to simple measurement models. Its spectrum leads to an arrival time distribution which is a variant of the Kijowski distribution (a re-ordering of the current) in the large momentum regime but is proportional to the kinetic energy density in the small momentum regime, in agreement with measurement models. A brief derivation of the latter distribution is given. We make some simple observations about the physical reasons for self-adjointness, or its absence, in arrival time operators and in the momentum operator on the half-line and we also compare our operator with the dwell time operator.
description: 20 pages, Latex. Imperial College preprint. Substantially expanded
Clinical response to treatment of pododermatitis circumscripta (ulceration of the sole) in dairy cows
Creators: name: Van Amstel, S. R.
name: Shearer, J. K.
name: Palin, F. L.
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2003

description: A total of 17 dairy cows with sole ulcers were treated, and the healing process observed [USA; date not given]. Nine cows had mature, uncomplicated ulcers where the exposed corium appeared only slightly damaged in 6 cases, and more seriously damaged in 3 cases. The remaining 8 animals had complicated ulcers, all of which had a discharging tract at the ulcer site with swelling of the heel, coronary band, and flexor aspect of the digit extending to and above the metatarsus. Ulcers were regarded as typical lesions (Rusterholz ulcers) in 16 cows, and one cow had a heel ulcer. 16 of the 17 cows had ulcers that occurred on the lateral claw of the rear foot. Three cases had mature sole ulcers on one of the lateral hind claws, and early ulcers as evidenced by sole haemorrhage on the lateral claw of the opposite foot. Eight of nine uncomplicated ulcers showed progressive reduction in size following treatment. Using finger pressure, no pain response was present at the ulcer site after one week in 8 of 9 cases (89%). Ulcers with granulating corium healed more slowly (range 41-60 days; mean 48) compared with those where the corium appeared normal (range 12-28 days; mean 20). Sole ulcers recurred in 2 of the 9 cases (22%) within one month after the cow began bearing weight on the affected claw. In one of these cows, ulcers developed on 3 of the 4 hind claws. Histopathological examination of the left rear medial and lateral claws from this cow showed marked changes in the ventral surface of the third phalanx and the dermal papillae, as well as abnormal keratogenesis. Partial tenovaginotomy with resection of the deep flexor tendon was performed in 6 of the complicated sole ulcer cases. In the other 2 cases, tenovaginotomy was followed by claw amputation due to the intraoperative diagnosis of concurrent septic arthritis of the distal interphalangeal joint. In cases of partial tenovaginotomy, healing occurred over a period of 49-81 days (mean 68 days). Complications included excessive granulation tissue, abscess formation of the proximal outer compartment of the digital flexor tendon sheath, and overextension of the toe. For optimal healing to occur, weekly evaluation for the first 4 weeks following treatment may be beneficial with the following objectives: ascertain presence and position of the claw block; determine if progressive healing is occurring; determine if complications may be developing, such as a discharging tract at the ulcer site or swelling of the heel, coronary band or flexor surface of the digit; and finally, recheck for the presence of loose horn overgrowing the ulcer site which may result in further injury to the exposed corium and delay healing.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 37, No. 2 (2003 June)
General Lattice Model of Gradient Elasticity
Creators: name: Tarasov, Vasily E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New lattice model for the gradient elasticity is suggested. This lattice model gives a microstructural basis for second-order strain-gradient elasticity of continuum that is described by the linear elastic constitutive relation with the negative sign in front of the gradient. Moreover the suggested lattice model allows us to have a unified description of gradient models with positive and negative signs of the strain gradient terms. Possible generalizations of this model for the high-order gradient elasticity and three-dimensional case are also suggested.
description: 18 pages, LaTeX
sophisticated model for rating water quality
Creators: name: Uddin, Md Galal
name: Nash, Stephen
name: Rahman, Azizur
name: Olbert, Agnieszka I.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Water resources engineering
Surface water quality processes and contaminated sediment assessment
Freshwater ecology
Environmental management
Environmental engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Here, we present the Irish Water Quality Index (IEWQI) model for assessing transitional and coastal water quality in an effort to improve the method and develop a tool that can be used by environmental regulators to abate water pollution in Ireland. The developed model has been associated with the adoption of water quality standards formulated for coastal and transitional waterbodies according to the water framework directive legislation by the environmental regulator of Irish water. The model consists of five identical components, including (i) indicator selection technique is to select the crucial water quality indicator; (ii) sub-index (SI) function for rescaling various water quality indicators' information into a uniform scale; (iii) indicators' weight method for estimating the weight values based on the relative significance of real-time information on water quality; (iii) aggregation function for computing the water quality index (WQI) score; and (v) score interpretation scheme for assessing the state of water quality. The IEWQI model was developed based on Cork Harbour, Ireland. The developed IEWQI model was applied to four coastal waterbodies in Ireland, for assessing water quality using 2021 water quality data for the summer and winter seasons in order to evaluate model sensitivity in terms of spatio-temporal resolution of various waterbodies. The model efficiency and uncertainty were also analysed in this research. In terms of different spatio-temporal magnitudes of various domains, the model shows higher sensitivity in four application domains during the summer and winter. In addition, the results of uncertainty reveal that the IEWQI model architecture may be effective for reducing model uncertainty in order to avoid model eclipsing and ambiguity problems. The findings of this study reveal that the IEWQI model could be an efficient and reliable technique for the assessment of transitional and coastal water quality more accurately in any geospatial domain.
Constraint on Additional Planets in Planetary Systems Discovered through the Channel of High-magnification Gravitational Microlensing Events
Creators: name: Shin, I. -G.
name: Han, C.
name: Choi, J. -Y.
name: Hwang, K. -H.
name: Jung, Y. K.
name: Park, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-magnification gravitational microlensing events provide an important channel of detecting planetary systems with multiple giants located at their birth places. In order to investigate the potential existence of additional planets, we reanalyze the light curves of the eight high-magnification microlensing events for each of which a single planet was previously detected. The analyzed events include OGLE-2005-BLG-071, OGLE-2005-BLG-169, MOA-2007-BLG-400, MOA-2008-BLG-310, MOA-2009-BLG-319, MOA-2009-BLG-387, MOA-2010-BLG-477, and MOA-2011-BLG-293. We find that including an additional planet improves fits with $Δχ^2 < 80$ for seven out of eight analyzed events. For MOA-2009-BLG-319, the improvement is relatively big with $Δχ^2 \sim 143$. From inspection of the fits, we find that the improvement of the fits is attributed to systematics in data. Although no clear evidence of additional planets is found, it is still possible to constrain the existence of additional planets in the parameter space. For this purpose, we construct exclusion diagrams showing the confidence levels excluding the existence of an additional planet as a function of its separation and mass ratio. We also present the exclusion ranges of additional planets with 90\% confidence level for Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus-mass planets.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in ApJ
Low Frequency Cointegrating Regression with Local to Unity Regressors and Unknown Form of Serial Dependence *
Creators: name: Hwang, Jungbin
name: Valdés, Gonzalo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper develops new t and F tests in a low-frequency transformed triangular cointegrating regression when one may not be certain that the economic variables are exact unit root processes. We first show that the low-frequency transformed and augmented OLS (TA-OLS) method exhibits an asymptotic bias term in its limiting distribution. As a result, the test for the cointegration vector can have substantially large size distortion, even with minor deviations from the unit root regressors. To correct the asymptotic bias of the TA-OLS statistics for the cointegration vector, we develop modified TA-OLS statistics that adjust the bias and take account of the estimation uncertainty of the long-run endogeneity arising from the bias correction. Based on the modified test statistics, we provide Bonferroni-based tests of the cointegration vector using standard t and F critical values. Monte Carlo results show that our approach has the correct size and reasonable power for a wide range of local-to-unity parameters. Additionally, our method has advantages over the IVX approach when the serial dependence and the long-run endogeneity in the cointegration system are important.
Patienternes oplevelse af musikterapibehandling – spørgeskemaundersøgelse på Musikterapiklinikken
Creators: name: Lindvang, Charlotte
name: Pedersen, Inge Nygaard
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2000

description: Patienternes oplevelse af musikterapibehandling – spørgeskemaundersøgelse på Musikterapiklinikken
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 2 Nr. 1 (2000): Musikterapi i psykiatrien Årsskrift 2000
Fête patronale de la saint Marcel, manoeuvre d'installation du boeuf embroché sur le tourne-broche
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Defined by deviations: the Traveling Transect as a bodily research approach to appropriate and disseminate places
Creators: name: Farsø, Mads
name: Henriksson, Alexander
Publisher: name: SPOOL
Year: 2016
Subjects: landscape architecture, design research, travelling transect, Humboldtian science, multimedia methods

description: SPOOL, Vol 3 No 1: Landscape metropolis #2
Fe(3+)-eta(2)-peroxo species in superoxide reductase from Treponema pallidum. Comparison with Desulfoarculus baarsii
Creators: name: Mathé, Christelle
name: Nivière, Vincent
name: Houée-Levin, Chantal
name: Mattioli, Tony A
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Superoxide reductases (SORs) are superoxide (O2-)-detoxifying enzymes that catalyse the reduction of O2- into hydrogen peroxide. Three different classes of SOR have been reported on the basis of the presence or not of an additional N-terminal domain. They all share a similar active site, with an unusual non-heme Fe atom coordinated by four equatorial histidines and one axial cysteine residues. Crucial catalytic reaction intermediates of SOR are purported to be Fe(3+)-(hydro)peroxo species. Using resonance Raman spectroscopy, we compared the vibrational properties of the Fe3+ active site of two different classes of SOR, from Desulfoarculus baarsii and Treponema pallidum, along with their ferrocyanide and their peroxo complexes. In both species, rapid treatment with H2O2 results in the stabilization of a side-on high spin Fe(3+)-(eta(2)-OO) peroxo species. Comparison of these two peroxo species reveals significant differences in vibrational frequencies and bond strengths of the Fe-O2 (weaker) and O-O (stronger) bonds for the T. pallidum enzyme. Thus, the two peroxo adducts in these two SORs have different stabilities which are also seen to be correlated with differences in the Fe-S coordination strengths as gauged by the Fe-S vibrational frequencies. This was interpreted from structural variations in the two active sites, resulting in differences in the electron donating properties of the trans cysteine ligand. Our results suggest that the structural differences observed in the active site of different classes of SORs should be a determining factor for the rate of release of the iron-peroxo intermediate during enzymatic turnover.
title: Nathusius’ bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, bypass mating opportunities of their own species, but respond to foraging heterospecifics on migratory transit flights
Creators: name: Marggraf, Lara Christin
name: Lindecke, Oliver
name: Voigt, Christian C.
name: Pētersons, Gunārs
name: Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise
Publisher: name: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: In late summer, migratory bats of the temperate zone face the challenge of accomplishing two energy-demanding tasks almost at the same time: migration and mating. Both require information and involve search efforts, such as localizing prey or finding potential mates. In non-migrating bat species, playback studies showed that listening to vocalizations of other bats, both con-and heterospecifics, may help a recipient bat to find foraging patches and mating sites. However, we are still unaware of the degree to which migrating bats depend on con-or heterospecific vocalizations for identifying potential feeding or mating opportunities during nightly transit flights. Here, we investigated the vocal responses of Nathusius’ pipistrelle bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, to simulated feeding and courtship aggregations at a coastal migration corridor. We presented migrating bats either feeding buzzes or courtship calls of their own or a heterospecific migratory species, the common noctule, Nyctalus noctula. We expected that during migratory transit flights, simulated feeding opportunities would be particularly attractive to bats, as well as simulated mating opportunities which may indicate suitable roosts for a stopover. However, we found that when compared to the natural silence of both pre-and post-playback phases, bats called indifferently during the playback of conspecific feeding sounds, whereas P. nathusii echolocation call activity increased during simulated feeding of N. noctula. In contrast, the call activity of P. nathusii decreased during the playback of conspecific courtship calls, while no response could be detected when heterospecific call types were broadcasted. Our results suggest that while on migratory transits, P. nathusii circumnavigate conspecific mating aggregations, possibly to save time or to reduce the risks associated with social interactions where aggression due to territoriality might be expected. This avoidance behavior could be a result of optimization strategies by P. nathusii when performing long-distance migratory flights, and it could also explain the lack of a response to simulated conspecific feeding. However, the observed increase of activity in response to simulated feeding of N. noctula, suggests that P. nathusii individuals may be eavesdropping on other aerial hawking insectivorous species during migration, especially if these occupy a slightly different foraging niche.
description: Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe; 1306
Optimal Subsampling Bootstrap for Massive Data
Creators: name: Ma, Yingying
name: Leng, Chenlei
name: Wang, Hansheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The bootstrap is a widely used procedure for statistical inference because of its simplicity and attractive statistical properties. However, the vanilla version of bootstrap is no longer feasible computationally for many modern massive datasets due to the need to repeatedly resample the entire data. Therefore, several improvements to the bootstrap method have been made in recent years, which assess the quality of estimators by subsampling the full dataset before resampling the subsamples. Naturally, the performance of these modern subsampling methods is influenced by tuning parameters such as the size of subsamples, the number of subsamples, and the number of resamples per subsample. In this article, we develop a novel hyperparameter selection methodology for selecting these tuning parameters. Formulated as an optimization problem to find the optimal value of some measure of accuracy of an estimator subject to computational cost, our framework provides closed-form solutions for the optimal hyperparameter values for subsampled bootstrap, subsampled double bootstrap and bag of little bootstraps, at no or little extra time cost. Using the mean square errors as a proxy of the accuracy measure, we apply our methodology to study, compare and improve the performance of these modern versions of bootstrap developed for massive data through numerical study. The results are promising.
THE MODERATING ROLE OF DIGITALIZATION ON ENTERPRENEURSHIP, ENTERPRENEURSHIP FINANCING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS IN NIGERIA
Creators: name: Onyia, Dr. Chinedu Callistus
name: Okereke, Samuel Felix
Publisher: name: SADI Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship financing
digitalization and economic growth

description: The study examined the moderating role of digitalization on entrepreneurship growth nexus in Nigeria covering the period 1990-2021. The study majorly aimed at investigating the interaction impact of digitalization and entrepreneurship on growth, and the interaction impact of digitalization and entrepreneurship financing on economic growth in Nigeria. Employing the restricted Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model in analyzing the data, the result of the study revealed that digitalization interacts with entrepreneurship to have a significant positive impact on economic growth in Nigeria. The study also found that entrepreneurship has a positive impact on economic growth while entrepreneurship financing negatively impact on economic growth in Nigeria. Furthermore, the study revealed that the interaction between digitalization and entrepreneurship financing has not impacted significantly on the growth of the Nigerian economy. This explains the importance of direct financial assistance to the entrepreneurs which target the small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in order to enhance their financial status which improve their production. Also, government should invest more in research and development, to boost innovations and digital technology in the economy.
Secluded WIMPs, QED with massive photons, and the galactic center gamma-ray excess
Creators: name: Fortes, E. C. F. S.
name: Pleitez, V.
name: Stecker, F. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose to investigate a secluded WIMP dark matter model consisting of neutral fermions as the dark matter candidate and a Proca-Wentzel (PW) field as a mediator. In the model that we consider here, dark matter WIMPs interact with standard model (SM) particles only through the PW field of ~ MeV -- multi-GeV mass particles. The interactions occur via an U(1)' mediator, V_μ', which couples to the SM by kinetic mixing with U(1) hypercharge bosons, B_μ. One important difference between our model and other such models in the literature is the absence of an extra singlet scalar, so that the parameter with dimension of mass M^2_V is not related to a spontaneous symmetry breaking. This QED based model is also renormalizable. The mass scale of the mediator and the absence of the singlet scalar can lead to interesting astrophysical signatures. The dominant annihilation channels are different from those usually considered in previous work. We show that the GeV-energy gamma-ray excess in the galactic center region, as derived from Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Space Telescope data, can be attributed to such secluded dark matter WIMPs, given parameters of the model that are consistent with the cosmological dark matter density. Secluded WIMP models are also consistent with suggested upper limits on the DM contribution to the cosmic-ray antiproton flux.
description: Version accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics. 28 pages, 7 figures
Fungi as a biodeteriorant of Pasargadae stone monuments
Creators: name: Mohammadi, Parisa
name: Maghbooli, Nasim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Established by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC, Pasargadae is the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire. One of its most important stone monuments is the tomb of Cyrus the Great (559-530 BC) which was built with large pieces of limestone. Pasargadae is generally identified as the second largest archaeological site after the imperial palace complex of Persepolis. Today, this monument is entitled by UNESCO as a World Heritage Sites. This study aimed to survey the role of fungi in biodeterioration of Pasargadae stone monuments for the first time. In general, 33 fungal isolates were attained from stone surfaces of the Cyrus tomb. All the isolates were subcultured on Potato Dextrose Agar and Sabouraud Dextrose Agar. For microscopic observations, slide culture technique was carried out. The isolates were identified based on macro- and micromorphological characteristics. Overall, dematiaceous hyphomycetes and yeasts were isolated. Among the isolated fungal genera, Alternaria sp., Cladosporium sp., Ulocladium sp., Fusarium sp., Humicula sp., Arthirinium sp. and yeasts were dominant. To observe the biodeterioration process caused by fungi, Scanning Electron Microscopy was used for stone samples. The results confirmm biopitting, sugaring and etching damages caused by growth of fungal hyphae on and inside the stone surfaces. The identity of the isolates will be examined by molecular sequence level data. Isolation and characterization of biodeteriorants are the first step for conservation of any stone surface of monuments.
Fête patronale de la saint Marcel, fête provençale place de la Rouguière, jeu de l'orange
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

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Remote Sensing and Geospatial Modeling of Wildland Firefighter Safety
Creators: name: Campbell, Michael James
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2019
Subjects: Remote sensing

description: With increasing wildfire activity throughout the western United States comes an increased need for wildland firefighters to protect civilians, structures, and public resources. In order to mitigate threats to their safety, firefighters employ the use of safety zones (SZ: areas where firefighters are free from harm) and escape routes (ER: pathways for accessing SZ). Currently, SZ and ER are designated by firefighters based on ground-level information, the interpretation of which can be error-prone. This research aims to provide robust methods to assist in the ER and SZ evaluation processes, using remote sensing and geospatial modeling. In particular, I investigate the degree to which lidar can be used to characterize the landscape conditions that directly affect SZ and ER quality. I present a new metric and lidar-based algorithm for evaluating SZ based on zone geometry, surrounding vegetation height, and number of firefighters present. The resulting map contains a depiction of potential SZ throughout Tahoe National Forest, each of which has a value that indicates its wind- and slope-dependent suitability. I then inquire into the effects of three landscape conditions on travel rates for the purpose of developing a geospatial ER optimization model. I compare experimentally-derived travel rates to lidar-derived estimates of slope, vegetation density, and ground surface roughness, finding that vegetation density had the strongest negative effect. Relative travel impedances are then mapped throughout Levan Wildlife Management Area and combined with a route-finding algorithm, enabling the identification of maximally-efficient escape routes between any two known locations. Lastly, I explore a number of variables that can affect the accurate characterization of understory vegetation density, finding lidar pulse density, overstory vegetation density, and canopy height all had significant effects. In addition, I compare two widely-used metrics for understory density estimation, overall relative point density and normalized relative point density, finding that the latter possessed far superior predictive power. This research provides novel insight into the potential use of lidar in wildland firefighter safety planning. There are a number of constraints to widespread implementation, some of which are temporary, such as the current lack of nationwide lidar data, and some of which require continued study, such as refining our ability to characterize understory vegetation conditions. However, this research is an important step forward in a direction that has potential to greatly improve the safety of those who put themselves at risk to ensure the safety of life and property.
AGB stars in the LMC: evolution of dust in circumstellar envelopes
Creators: name: Dell'Agli, F.
name: Ventura, P.
name: Schneider, R.
name: Di Criscienzo, M.
name: García-Hernández, D. A.
name: Rossi, C.
name: Brocato, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculated theoretical evolutionary sequences of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, including formation and evolution of dust grains in their circumstellar envelope. By considering stellar populations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), we calculate synthetic colour-colour and colour-magnitude diagrams, which are compared with those obtained by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The comparison between observations and theoretical predictions outlines that extremely obscured carbon-stars and oxygen-rich sources experiencing hot bottom burning (HBB) occupy well defined, distinct regions in the colour-colour ($[3.6]-[4.5]$, $[5.8]-[8.0]$) diagram. The C-rich stars are distributed along a diagonal strip that we interpret as an evolutionary sequence, becoming progressively more obscured as the stellar surface layers enrich in carbon. Their circumstellar envelopes host solid carbon dust grains with size in the range $0.05 < a < 0.2 μm$. The presence of SiC particles is expected only in the more metal-rich stars. The reddest sources, with $[3.6]-[4.5] > 2$, are the descendants of stars with initial mass $M_{in} \sim 2.5 - 3 M_{\odot}$ in the very latest phases of the AGB life. The oxygen-rich stars with the reddest colours ($[5.8]-[8.0] > 0.6$) are those experiencing HBB, the descendants of $\sim 5 M_{\odot}$ objects formed $10^{8}$ yr ago; alumina and silicates dust start forming at different distances from the central star. The overall dust production rate in the LMC is $\sim 4.5 \times 10^{-5} M_{\odot}/yr$, the relative percentages due to C- and M- star being respectively 85$%$ and 15 $%$.
description: 10 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
A NLP Pipeline for the Automatic Extraction of a Complete Microorganism’s Picture from Microbiological Notes
Creators: name: Mora, Sara
name: Attene, Jacopo
name: Gazzarata, Roberta
name: Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto
name: Blobel, Bernd
name: Parruti, Giustino
name: Giacomini, Mauro
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: hospital-acquired infections; international coding system; laboratory information systems; natural language processing; information extraction
subject: 610 Medizin

description: The Italian “Istituto Superiore di Sanità” (ISS) identifies hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) as the most frequent and serious complications in healthcare. HAIs constitute a real health emergency and, therefore, require decisive action from both local and national health organizations. Information about the causative microorganisms of HAIs is obtained from the results of microbiological cultures of specimens collected from infected body sites, but microorganisms’ names are sometimes reported only in the notes field of the culture reports. The objective of our work was to build a NLP-based pipeline for the automatic information extraction from the notes of microbiological culture reports. We analyzed a sample composed of 499 texts of notes extracted from 1 month of anonymized laboratory referral. First, our system filtered texts in order to remove nonmeaningful sentences. Thereafter, it correctly extracted all the microorganisms’ names according to the expert’s labels and linked them to a set of very important metadata such as the translations into national/international vocabularies and standard definitions. As the major result of our pipeline, the system extracts a complete picture of the microorganism.