cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On handwriting pressure normalization for interoperability of different acquisition stylus
Creators: name: Faundez-Zanuy, Marcos
name: Brotons-Rufes, Olga
name: Paul-Recarens, Carles
name: Plamondon, Réjean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we present a pressure characterization and normalization procedure for online handwritten acquisition. Normalization process has been tested in biometric recognition experiments (identification and verification) using online signature database MCYT, which consists of the signatures from 330 users. The goal is to analyze the real mismatch scenarios where users are enrolled with one stylus and then, later on, they produce some testing samples using a different stylus model with different pressure response. Experimental results show: 1) a saturation behavior in pressure signal 2) different dynamic ranges in the different stylus studied 3) improved biometric recognition accuracy by means of pressure signal normalization as well as a performance degradation in mismatched conditions 4) interoperability between different stylus can be obtained by means of pressure normalization. Normalization produces an improvement in signature identification rates higher than 7% (absolute value) when compared with mismatched scenarios.
description: 11 pages, published in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 18443-18453, 2021
Robust and Energy-efficient PPG-based Heart-Rate Monitoring
Creators: name: Risso, Matteo
name: Burrello, Alessio
name: Pagliari, Daniele Jahier
name: Benatti, Simone
name: Macii, Enrico
name: Benini, Luca
name: Poncino, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A wrist-worn PPG sensor coupled with a lightweight algorithm can run on a MCU to enable non-invasive and comfortable monitoring, but ensuring robust PPG-based heart-rate monitoring in the presence of motion artifacts is still an open challenge. Recent state-of-the-art algorithms combine PPG and inertial signals to mitigate the effect of motion artifacts. However, these approaches suffer from limited generality. Moreover, their deployment on MCU-based edge nodes has not been investigated. In this work, we tackle both the aforementioned problems by proposing the use of hardware-friendly Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCN) for PPG-based heart estimation. Starting from a single "seed" TCN, we leverage an automatic Neural Architecture Search (NAS) approach to derive a rich family of models. Among them, we obtain a TCN that outperforms the previous state-of-the-art on the largest PPG dataset available (PPGDalia), achieving a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of just 3.84 Beats Per Minute (BPM). Furthermore, we tested also a set of smaller yet still accurate (MAE of 5.64 - 6.29 BPM) networks that can be deployed on a commercial MCU (STM32L4) which require as few as 5k parameters and reach a latency of 17.1 ms consuming just 0.21 mJ per inference.
Additional file 10 of Genotype–phenotype correlations and novel molecular insights into the DHX30-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Mannucci, Ilaria
name: Dang, Nghi D. P.
name: Huber, Hannes
name: Murry, Jaclyn B.
name: Abramson, Jeff
name: Althoff, Thorsten
name: Banka, Siddharth
name: Baynam, Gareth
name: Bearden, David
name: Beleza-Meireles, Ana
name: Benke, Paul J.
name: Berland, Siren
name: Bierhals, Tatjana
name: Bilan, Frederic
name: Bindoff, Laurence A.
name: Braathen, Geir Julius
name: Busk, Øyvind L.
name: Chenbhanich, Jirat
name: Denecke, Jonas
name: Escobar, Luis F.
name: Estes, Caroline
name: Fleischer, Julie
name: Groepper, Daniel
name: Haaxma, Charlotte A.
name: Hempel, Maja
name: Holler-Managan, Yolanda
name: Houge, Gunnar
name: Jackson, Adam
name: Kellogg, Laura
name: Keren, Boris
name: Kiraly-Borri, Catherine
name: Kraus, Cornelia
name: Kubisch, Christian
name: Le Guyader, Gwenael
name: Ljungblad, Ulf W.
name: Brenman, Leslie Manace
name: Martinez-Agosto, Julian A.
name: Might, Matthew
name: Miller, David T.
name: Minks, Kelly Q.
name: Moghaddam, Billur
name: Nava, Caroline
name: Nelson, Stanley F.
name: Parant, John M.
name: Prescott, Trine
name: Rajabi, Farrah
name: Randrianaivo, Hanitra
name: Reiter, Simone F.
name: Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Janneke
name: Shieh, Perry B.
name: Slavotinek, Anne
name: Smithson, Sarah
name: Stegmann, Alexander P. A.
name: Tomczak, Kinga
name: Tveten, Kristian
name: Wang, Jun
name: Whitlock, Jordan H.
name: Zweier, Christiane
name: McWalter, Kirsty
name: Juusola, Jane
name: Quintero-Rivera, Fabiola
name: Fischer, Utz
name: Yeo, Nan Cher
name: Kreienkamp, Hans-Jürgen
name: Lessel, Davor
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 10: Figure S7. Generation of zebrafish CRISPR-Cas9-mediated dhx30 stable knockout line.
Statistical manifold with degenerate metric
Creators: name: Kayo, Kaito
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A statistical manifold is a pseudo-Riemannian manifold endowed with a Codazzi structure.
 This structure plays an important role in Information Geometry and its related fields, e.g., a statistical model admits this structure with the Fisher-Rao metric.
 In practical application, however, the metric may be degenerate, and then this geometric structure is not fully adapted.
 In the present paper, for such cases, we introduce the notice of quasi-Codazzi structure which consists of a possibly degenerate metric (i.e., symmetric $(0,2)$-tensor) and a pair of coherent tangent bundles with affine connections.
 This is thought of as an affine differential geometry of Lagrange subbundles of para-Hermitian vector bundles and also as a submanifold theory of para-Hermitian space-form.
 As a special case, the quasi-Codazzi structure with flat connections coincides with the quasi-Hessian structure previously studied by Nakajima-Ohmoto.
 The relation among our quasi-Codazzi structure, quasi-Hessian structure and weak contrast functions generalizes the relation among Codazzi structure, dually flat (i.e., Hessian) structure and contrast functions.
description: 20pages
Ultrafast Electron Diffuse Scattering as a Tool for Studying Phonon Transport: Phonon Hydrodynamics and Second Sound Oscillations
Creators: name: Kremeyer, Laurenz
name: Britt, Tristan L.
name: Siwick, Bradley J.
name: Huberman, Samuel C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hydrodynamic phonon transport phenomena, like second sound, have been observed in liquid Helium more than 50 years ago. More recently second sound has been observed in graphite at over 200 K using transient thermal grating techniques. In this work we explore the signatures of second sound in ultrafast electron diffuse scattering (UEDS) patterns. We use density functional theory and solve the Boltzmann transport equation to determine time-resolved non-equilibrium phonon populations and subsequently calculate one-phonon structure factors and diffuse scattering patterns to simulate experimental data covering the regimes of ballistic, diffusive, and hydrodynamic phonon transport. For systems like graphite, UEDS is capable of extracting time-dependent phonon occupancies across the entire Brillouin zone and ultimately lead to a more fundamental understanding of the hydrodynamic phonon transport regime.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Enhanced Spreadsheet Computing with Finite-Domain Constraint Satisfaction
Creators: name: Beyenne, Ezana N.
name: Guo, Hai-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2

description: The spreadsheet application is among the most widely used computing tools in modern society. It provides excellent usability and usefulness, and it easily enables a non-programmer to perform programming-like tasks in a visual tabular "pen and paper" approach. However, spreadsheets are mostly limited to bookkeeping-like applications due to their mono-directional data flow. This paper shows how the spreadsheet computing paradigm is extended to break this limitation for solving constraint satisfaction problems. We present an enhanced spreadsheet system where finite-domain constraint solving is well supported in a visual environment. Furthermore, a spreadsheet-specific constraint language is constructed for general users to specify constraints among data cells in a declarative and scalable way. The new spreadsheet system significantly simplifies the development of many constraint-based applications using a visual tabular interface. Examples are given to illustrate the usability and usefulness of the extended spreadsheet paradigm. KEYWORDS: Spreadsheet computing, Finite-domain constraint satisfaction, Constraint logic programming
BIOS Screening Audit report 2015-2016
Creators: name: Carlton, Jill
name: Griffiths, Helen
name: Mazzone, Paolo
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 111301 Ophthalmology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Abstract
Aim: This audit utilises data submitted by Head Orthoptists to the British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS). The aim is to provide insights into vision screening practices across the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2015-2016, compare the findings to the previous vision screening audit for academic year 2014-2015 and provide evidence for future decision making regarding best practice.

Method: Fifty-nine sites provided data with four instances of site amalgamation. Site representatives were contacted to confirm new area details, duplicated submissions were identified and one submission in each case was used in the analysis. Fifty-two sites remained (number of children screened (n) = 168,239). Thirty-eight sites (n=148,159) provided further screening outcome data. Of these, twenty sites (n=6,101) provided further diagnostic test data on the number of true positives (+ve). The method of calculating True +ve scores was explored and the implications discussed.

Results: The number of sites participating in the current BIOS vision screening audit for academic year 2015-2016 increased from the previous academic year (2014-2015) from 56 to 59. This number of 59 reduces to 52 when combined data and duplicated submissions were accounted for. The mean coverage decreased from 91% in the academic year 2014-2015 to 89% in the current audit of academic year 2015-2016.

Calculation of mean true +ve for the sites was conducted using three separate methods. Whilst noting methods 1 and 2, this audit focuses on method 3 for interpretation. Sites providing Orthoptic delivered screening (n=3123) showed a mean true +ve of 79%, Vision Screener trained by an Orthoptist using the BIOS package (n=889) showed a mean True +ve of 66%, Vision Screener trained by an Orthoptist using a local package (n= 1452) showed a mean True +ve of 66%, and Vision Screener not trained by an Orthoptist (n=637) showed mean True +ve of 41%.

Conclusions: This audit concludes that there is a need for further investigation into the effects of training received on True +ve scores. It suggests that the level of training received/professional administering the test affects the number of True +ve. The implications are discussed.
Additional file 1 of Genotype–phenotype correlations and novel molecular insights into the DHX30-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Mannucci, Ilaria
name: Dang, Nghi D. P.
name: Huber, Hannes
name: Murry, Jaclyn B.
name: Abramson, Jeff
name: Althoff, Thorsten
name: Banka, Siddharth
name: Baynam, Gareth
name: Bearden, David
name: Beleza-Meireles, Ana
name: Benke, Paul J.
name: Berland, Siren
name: Bierhals, Tatjana
name: Bilan, Frederic
name: Bindoff, Laurence A.
name: Braathen, Geir Julius
name: Busk, Øyvind L.
name: Chenbhanich, Jirat
name: Denecke, Jonas
name: Escobar, Luis F.
name: Estes, Caroline
name: Fleischer, Julie
name: Groepper, Daniel
name: Haaxma, Charlotte A.
name: Hempel, Maja
name: Holler-Managan, Yolanda
name: Houge, Gunnar
name: Jackson, Adam
name: Kellogg, Laura
name: Keren, Boris
name: Kiraly-Borri, Catherine
name: Kraus, Cornelia
name: Kubisch, Christian
name: Le Guyader, Gwenael
name: Ljungblad, Ulf W.
name: Brenman, Leslie Manace
name: Martinez-Agosto, Julian A.
name: Might, Matthew
name: Miller, David T.
name: Minks, Kelly Q.
name: Moghaddam, Billur
name: Nava, Caroline
name: Nelson, Stanley F.
name: Parant, John M.
name: Prescott, Trine
name: Rajabi, Farrah
name: Randrianaivo, Hanitra
name: Reiter, Simone F.
name: Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Janneke
name: Shieh, Perry B.
name: Slavotinek, Anne
name: Smithson, Sarah
name: Stegmann, Alexander P. A.
name: Tomczak, Kinga
name: Tveten, Kristian
name: Wang, Jun
name: Whitlock, Jordan H.
name: Zweier, Christiane
name: McWalter, Kirsty
name: Juusola, Jane
name: Quintero-Rivera, Fabiola
name: Fischer, Utz
name: Yeo, Nan Cher
name: Kreienkamp, Hans-Jürgen
name: Lessel, Davor
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary methods.
Radiation families emitted by a discrete soliton in parity-time-symmetric waveguide arrays
Creators: name: Lara, Anuj P.
name: Sahoo, Ambaresh
name: Roy, Samudra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the dynamics of a spatial discrete soliton and the radiation families emitted by it inside a parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$)-symmetric waveguide array with alternate gain-loss channels. A strong spatial soliton that evolves inside the waveguide array due to the balance between discrete diffraction and Kerr nonlinearity excites linear waves in the form of diffractive radiation when launched with an angle. $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric nature of the waveguide leads to additional radiations in Fourier space that were never explored before. In our work, we mainly focus on the origin of these radiations and try to understand how to control them. Under strong $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry, a discrete soliton launched normally to the waveguide array produces strong side-lobes which can lead to a population of field at $\pm π/2$ in momentum space. In addition, a strong soliton with initial phase gradient radiates unique $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry assisted linear wave. We establish a phase matching condition to locate such radiation in momentum space. The periodic arrangement of the gain-loss channel also leads to radiations due to reflection and back-scattering, which is prominent for a weak soliton. A linear Hamiltonian analysis for such a waveguide array is provided to identify the $\mathcal{PT}$-phase transition regime and to optimize the parameter for stable discrete soliton dynamics. We thoroughly investigate the origin of all the radiations that emerged in the $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric waveguide array and put forward the background theory which is in good agreement with the full numerical results.
Hierarchical self-assembly of a small monomer with two orthogonal binding sites: from discrete hexagonal containers to a stimuli-responsive supramolecular gel
Creators: name: Grossert, Kerstin
name: Sicking, Wilhelm
name: Zellermann, Elio
name: Schmuck, Carsten
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer

description: A small self-complementary monomer 1 is described, with two orthogonal binding interactions based on ion pairing and metal-ligand coordination, which is reversibly switchable between monomer, cyclic oligomers as well as linear- and 3D-netlike polymers in polar solution (DMSO). The aggregation was studied by atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, helium ion microscopy (HIM) and diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY NMR). First, at lower concentrations, hexagonal cyclic containers are formed, whereas at higher concentrations hierarchical self-assembly leads to a metallogel. This gel can be switched between the sol/gel-state using different stimuli like pH, temperature changes or the addition of metal and metal-chelators, respectively. The supramolecular gel is rather stable and shows interesting shear thinning behavior.
Flexible metasurface for improving brain imaging at 7T
Creators: name: Koloskov, Vladislav
name: Brink, Wyger
name: Webb, Andrew
name: Shchelokova, Alena
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultra-high field MRI offers unprecedented detail for non-invasive visualization of the human brain. However, brain imaging is challenging at 7T due to the B$_1^+$ field inhomogeneity, which results in signal intensity drops in temporal lobes and a bright region in the brain center. This study aims to evaluate using a metasurface to improve brain imaging at 7T and simplify the investigative workflow. Two flexible metasurfaces, each comprising a periodic structure of copper strips and parallel-plate capacitive elements printed on an ultra-thin substrate, were optimized for brain imaging and implemented via PCB. We considered two setups: (1) two metasurfaces located near the temporal lobes; and (2) one metasurface placed near the occipital lobe The effect of metasurface placement on the transmit efficiency and specific absorption rate was evaluated via electromagnetic simulation studies with voxelized models. In addition, their impact on SNR and diagnostic image quality was evaluated in vivo for male and female volunteers. Placement of metasurfaces near the regions of interest led to an increase in homogeneity of the transmit field by 5$\%$ and 10.5$\%$ in the right temporal lobe and occipital lobe for a male subject, respectively. SAR values changed insignificantly and were under recommended limits. In vivo studies also confirmed the numerically predicted improvement in field distribution and receive sensitivity in the desired ROI. Optimized metasurfaces enable homogenizing transmit field distribution in the brain at 7T. The proposed lightweight and flexible structure has the potential to provide MR examination with higher diagnostic value images.
Additional file 3 of Genotype–phenotype correlations and novel molecular insights into the DHX30-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Mannucci, Ilaria
name: Dang, Nghi D. P.
name: Huber, Hannes
name: Murry, Jaclyn B.
name: Abramson, Jeff
name: Althoff, Thorsten
name: Banka, Siddharth
name: Baynam, Gareth
name: Bearden, David
name: Beleza-Meireles, Ana
name: Benke, Paul J.
name: Berland, Siren
name: Bierhals, Tatjana
name: Bilan, Frederic
name: Bindoff, Laurence A.
name: Braathen, Geir Julius
name: Busk, Øyvind L.
name: Chenbhanich, Jirat
name: Denecke, Jonas
name: Escobar, Luis F.
name: Estes, Caroline
name: Fleischer, Julie
name: Groepper, Daniel
name: Haaxma, Charlotte A.
name: Hempel, Maja
name: Holler-Managan, Yolanda
name: Houge, Gunnar
name: Jackson, Adam
name: Kellogg, Laura
name: Keren, Boris
name: Kiraly-Borri, Catherine
name: Kraus, Cornelia
name: Kubisch, Christian
name: Le Guyader, Gwenael
name: Ljungblad, Ulf W.
name: Brenman, Leslie Manace
name: Martinez-Agosto, Julian A.
name: Might, Matthew
name: Miller, David T.
name: Minks, Kelly Q.
name: Moghaddam, Billur
name: Nava, Caroline
name: Nelson, Stanley F.
name: Parant, John M.
name: Prescott, Trine
name: Rajabi, Farrah
name: Randrianaivo, Hanitra
name: Reiter, Simone F.
name: Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Janneke
name: Shieh, Perry B.
name: Slavotinek, Anne
name: Smithson, Sarah
name: Stegmann, Alexander P. A.
name: Tomczak, Kinga
name: Tveten, Kristian
name: Wang, Jun
name: Whitlock, Jordan H.
name: Zweier, Christiane
name: McWalter, Kirsty
name: Juusola, Jane
name: Quintero-Rivera, Fabiola
name: Fischer, Utz
name: Yeo, Nan Cher
name: Kreienkamp, Hans-Jürgen
name: Lessel, Davor
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Figure S1. Identified missense variants affect highly conserved amino acids.
Uncertainty quantification in geological modelling by Hessian-informed MCMC
Creators: name: Liang, Zhouji
name: Wellmann, Jan Florian
Publisher: name: RWTH Aachen University
Year: 2020

description: EGU General Assembly, , 4 May 2020 - 8 May 2020; EGU2020-20042, 1 Seite (2020). doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20042
Additional file 9 of Genotype–phenotype correlations and novel molecular insights into the DHX30-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Mannucci, Ilaria
name: Dang, Nghi D. P.
name: Huber, Hannes
name: Murry, Jaclyn B.
name: Abramson, Jeff
name: Althoff, Thorsten
name: Banka, Siddharth
name: Baynam, Gareth
name: Bearden, David
name: Beleza-Meireles, Ana
name: Benke, Paul J.
name: Berland, Siren
name: Bierhals, Tatjana
name: Bilan, Frederic
name: Bindoff, Laurence A.
name: Braathen, Geir Julius
name: Busk, Øyvind L.
name: Chenbhanich, Jirat
name: Denecke, Jonas
name: Escobar, Luis F.
name: Estes, Caroline
name: Fleischer, Julie
name: Groepper, Daniel
name: Haaxma, Charlotte A.
name: Hempel, Maja
name: Holler-Managan, Yolanda
name: Houge, Gunnar
name: Jackson, Adam
name: Kellogg, Laura
name: Keren, Boris
name: Kiraly-Borri, Catherine
name: Kraus, Cornelia
name: Kubisch, Christian
name: Le Guyader, Gwenael
name: Ljungblad, Ulf W.
name: Brenman, Leslie Manace
name: Martinez-Agosto, Julian A.
name: Might, Matthew
name: Miller, David T.
name: Minks, Kelly Q.
name: Moghaddam, Billur
name: Nava, Caroline
name: Nelson, Stanley F.
name: Parant, John M.
name: Prescott, Trine
name: Rajabi, Farrah
name: Randrianaivo, Hanitra
name: Reiter, Simone F.
name: Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Janneke
name: Shieh, Perry B.
name: Slavotinek, Anne
name: Smithson, Sarah
name: Stegmann, Alexander P. A.
name: Tomczak, Kinga
name: Tveten, Kristian
name: Wang, Jun
name: Whitlock, Jordan H.
name: Zweier, Christiane
name: McWalter, Kirsty
name: Juusola, Jane
name: Quintero-Rivera, Fabiola
name: Fischer, Utz
name: Yeo, Nan Cher
name: Kreienkamp, Hans-Jürgen
name: Lessel, Davor
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 9: Figure S6. Representative images of zebrafish embryos.
Analytic decay width of the Higgs boson to massive bottom quarks at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD
Creators: name: Wang, Jian
name: Wang, Yefan
name: Zhang, Da-Jiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Higgs boson decay to a massive bottom quark pair provides the dominant contribution to the Higgs boson width. We present an exact result for such a decay induced by the bottom quark Yukawa coupling with next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD corrections. We have adopted the canonical differential equations in the calculation and obtained the result in terms of multiple polylogarithms. We also compute the contribution from the decay to four bottom quarks which consists of complete elliptic integrals or their one-fold integrals. The result in the small bottom quark mass limit coincides with the previous calculation using the large momentum expansion. The threshold expansion exhibits power divergent terms in the bottom quark velocity, which has a structure different from that in $e^+e^-\to t\bar{t}$ but can be reproduced by computing the corresponding Coulomb Green function. The NNLO corrections significantly reduce the uncertainties from both the renormalization scale and the renormalization scheme of the bottom quark Yukawa coupling. Our result can be applied to a heavy scalar decay to a top quark pair.
description: 30 pages, 12 figures
The association between histological prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia: a single-center retrospective study
Creators: name: Li, Jinze
name: Li, Yunxiang
name: Cao, Dehong
name: Huang, Yin
name: Peng, Lei
name: Meng, Chunyang
name: Wei, Qiang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To investigate the relationship between histological prostatitis (HP) and clinical parameters related to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in male. The clinical data of 196 BPH patients who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate were collected. According to the results of hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining of prostate tissue, patients were divided into two groups: BPH with HP group and BPH without HP group. Differences in acute urinary retention (AUR), prostate volume (PV), serum sex hormones, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) related parameters, and systemic inflammation indicators were compared between the two groups. SPSS software v.25 was used for statistical analysis. Compared with the BPH without HP group, the BPH with HP group had greater AUR rate, PV, total IPSS, and IPSS-storage in BPH with HP group (p < 0.05). However, there were no significant differences in IPSS-voiding, post-void residual volume, maximum urinary flow rate, serum sex hormones, and systemic inflammation indicators between the two groups (p > 0.05). This study suggests that patients with HP have larger PV, more severe LUTS, and a higher risk of AUR. HP is closely related to BPH and may be a key factor in the occurrence and clinical progress of BPH.
Обзор Финансирования Исследования в области климата
Creators: name: Digital Science
Publisher: name: Digital Science
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Результаты анализа финансирования исследований в области климата выявили инфраструктурную зависимость США
Reliability and Validity of the Polar V800 Sports Watch for Estimating Vertical Jump Height
Creators: name: Garnacho-Castaño, Manuel-Vicente
name: Faundez-Zanuy, Marcos
name: Serra-Payá, Noemi
name: Maté-Muñoz, J. L.
name: López-Xarbau, Josep
name: Vila-Blanch, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Polar V800 to measure vertical jump height. Twenty-two physically active healthy men (age: 22.89 +- 4.23 years; body mass: 70.74 +- 8.04 kg; height: 1.74 +- 0.76 m) were recruited for the study. The reliability was evaluated by comparing measurements acquired by the Polar V800 in two identical testing sessions one week apart. Validity was assessed by comparing measurements simultaneously obtained using a force platform (gold standard), high-speed camera and the Polar V800 during squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) tests. In the test-retest reliability, high intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were observed (mean: 0.90, SJ and CMJ) in the Polar V800. There was no significant systematic bias +- random errors (p > 0.05) between test-retest. Low coefficients of variation (<5%) were detected in both jumps in the Polar V800. In the validity assessment, similar jump height was detected among devices (p > 0.05). There was almost perfect agreement between the Polar V800 compared to a force platform for the SJ and CMJ tests (Mean ICCs = 0.95; no systematic bias +- random errors in SJ mean: -0.38 +- 2.10 cm, p > 0.05). Mean ICC between the Polar V800 versus high-speed camera was 0.91 for the SJ and CMJ tests, however, a significant systematic bias +- random error (0.97 +- 2.60 cm; p = 0.01) was detected in CMJ test. The Polar V800 offers valid, compared to force platform, and reliable information about vertical jump height performance in physically active healthy young men.
description: 9 pages, published in Journal of sports science and medicine, 20, 149 157
The $ρ(770,1450)\to ωπ$ contributions for three-body decays $B\to\bar{D}^{(*)} ωπ$
Creators: name: Ren, Yu-Shan
name: Ma, Ai-Jun
name: Wang, Wen-Fei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The decays $B\to\bar{D}^{(*)} ωπ$ are very important for the investigation of $ρ$ excitations and the test of factorization hypothesis for $B$ meson decays. The $B^{+}\to \bar{D}^{(*)0}ωπ^+$ and $B^{0}\to D^{(*)-}ωπ^+$ have been measured by different collaborations but without any predictions for their observables on theoretical side. In this work, we study the contributions of $ρ(770,1450)\to ωπ$ for the cascade decays $B^{+}\to \bar{D}^{(*)0} ρ^+ \to \bar{D}^{(*)0}ωπ^+$, $B^{0}\to D^{(*)-} ρ^+ \to D^{(*)-}ωπ^+$ and $B_s^{0}\to D_s^{(*)-} ρ^+ \to D^{(*)-}ωπ^+$. We introduce $ρ(770,1450)\to ωπ$ subprocesses into the distribution amplitudes for $ωπ$ system via the vector form factor $F_{ωπ}(s)$ and then predict the branching fractions for the first time for concerned quasi-two-body decays with $ρ(770,1450)\to ωπ$, as well as the corresponding longitudinal polarization fractions $Γ_L/Γ$ for the cases with the vector $\bar{D}^{*0}$ or $D_{(s)}^{*-}$ in their final states. The branching fractions of these quasi-two-body decays are predicted at the order of $10^{-3}$, which can be detected at the LHCb and Belle-II experiments. The predictions for the decays ${B}^0 \to{D}^{*-} ρ(770)^+\to {D}^{*-} ωπ^+$ and ${B}^0 \to {D}^{*-} ρ(1450)^+\to {D}^{*-} ωπ^+$ agree well with the measurements from Belle Collaboration. In order to avoid the pollution from annihilation Feynman diagrams, we recommend to take the $B_s^0 \to D_s^{*-}ρ(770,1450)^+$ decays, which have only emission diagrams at quark level, to test the factorization hypothesis for $B$ decays.
description: 30 pages, 4 figures, the typos in Eq.(2.33) were corrected
100 years of mathematical cosmology: Models, theories, and problems
Creators: name: Cotsakis, Spiros
name: Yefremov, Alexander P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An elementary survey of mathematical cosmology is presented. We cover certain key ideas and developments in a qualitative way, from the time of the Einstein static universe in 1917 until today. We divide our presentation into four main parts, the first part containing important cosmologies discovered until 1960. The second period (1960-80) contains discussions of geometric extensions of the standard cosmology, singularities, chaotic behaviour, and the initial input of particle physics ideas into cosmology. Our survey for the third period (1980-2000) continues with brief descriptions of the main ideas of inflation, the multiverse, quantum, Kaluza-Klein, and string cosmologies, wormholes and baby universes, cosmological stability, and modified gravity. The last period which ends today includes various more advanced topics such as M-theoretic cosmology, braneworlds, the landscape, topological issues, the measure problem, genericity, dynamical singularities, and dark energy. We emphasize certain threads that run throughout the whole period of development of theoretical cosmology and underline their importance in the overall structure of the field. We end this outline with an inclusion of the abstracts of all papers contributed to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Theme Issue `The Future of Mathematical Cosmology'.
description: 91 pages
Additional file 4 of Genotype–phenotype correlations and novel molecular insights into the DHX30-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Mannucci, Ilaria
name: Dang, Nghi D. P.
name: Huber, Hannes
name: Murry, Jaclyn B.
name: Abramson, Jeff
name: Althoff, Thorsten
name: Banka, Siddharth
name: Baynam, Gareth
name: Bearden, David
name: Beleza-Meireles, Ana
name: Benke, Paul J.
name: Berland, Siren
name: Bierhals, Tatjana
name: Bilan, Frederic
name: Bindoff, Laurence A.
name: Braathen, Geir Julius
name: Busk, Øyvind L.
name: Chenbhanich, Jirat
name: Denecke, Jonas
name: Escobar, Luis F.
name: Estes, Caroline
name: Fleischer, Julie
name: Groepper, Daniel
name: Haaxma, Charlotte A.
name: Hempel, Maja
name: Holler-Managan, Yolanda
name: Houge, Gunnar
name: Jackson, Adam
name: Kellogg, Laura
name: Keren, Boris
name: Kiraly-Borri, Catherine
name: Kraus, Cornelia
name: Kubisch, Christian
name: Le Guyader, Gwenael
name: Ljungblad, Ulf W.
name: Brenman, Leslie Manace
name: Martinez-Agosto, Julian A.
name: Might, Matthew
name: Miller, David T.
name: Minks, Kelly Q.
name: Moghaddam, Billur
name: Nava, Caroline
name: Nelson, Stanley F.
name: Parant, John M.
name: Prescott, Trine
name: Rajabi, Farrah
name: Randrianaivo, Hanitra
name: Reiter, Simone F.
name: Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Janneke
name: Shieh, Perry B.
name: Slavotinek, Anne
name: Smithson, Sarah
name: Stegmann, Alexander P. A.
name: Tomczak, Kinga
name: Tveten, Kristian
name: Wang, Jun
name: Whitlock, Jordan H.
name: Zweier, Christiane
name: McWalter, Kirsty
name: Juusola, Jane
name: Quintero-Rivera, Fabiola
name: Fischer, Utz
name: Yeo, Nan Cher
name: Kreienkamp, Hans-Jürgen
name: Lessel, Davor
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Figure S2. De novo mosaicism in individual 6.
Integrating a hip belt with body armour reduces the magnitude and changes the location of shoulder pressure and perceived discomfort in soldiers*
Creators: name: Lenton, Gavin K.
name: Doyle, Tim L. A.
name: Saxby, David J.
name: Billing, Dan
name: Higgs, Jeremy
name: Lloyd, David G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Soldiers carry heavy loads that may cause general discomfort, shoulder pain and injury. This study assessed if new body armour designs that incorporated a hip belt reduced shoulder pressures and improved comfort. Twenty-one Australian soldiers completed treadmill walking trials wearing six different body armours with two different loads (15 and 30 kg). Contact pressures applied to the shoulders were measured using pressure pads, and qualitative assessment of comfort and usability were acquired from questionnaires administered after walking trials. Walking with hip belt compared to no hip belt armour resulted in decreased mean and maximum shoulder pressures (p p p = 0.026). Results indicate body armour and backpack designs should integrate a hip belt and distribute load closer to shoulder midline to reduce load carriage discomfort and, potentially, injury risk. Practitioner Summary: Soldiers carry heavy loads that increase their risk of discomfort and injury. New body armour designs are thought to ease this burden by transferring the load to the hips. This study demonstrated that designs incorporating a hip belt reduced shoulder pressure and shoulder discomfort compared to the current armour design.
A Bayesian framework for measuring association and its application to emotional dynamics in Web discourse
Creators: name: Xavier, Henrique S.
name: Cortiz, Diogo
name: Silvestrin, Mateus
name: Freitas, Ana Luísa
name: Morello, Letícia Yumi Nakao
name: Pantaleão, Fernanda Naomi
name: Rêgo, Gabriel Gaudencio do
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper introduces a Bayesian framework designed to measure the degree of association between categorical random variables. The method is grounded in the formal definition of variable independence and is implemented using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques. Unlike commonly employed techniques in Association Rule Learning, this approach enables a clear and precise estimation of confidence intervals and the statistical significance of the measured degree of association. We applied the method to non-exclusive emotions identified by annotators in 4,613 tweets written in Portuguese. This analysis revealed pairs of emotions that exhibit associations and mutually opposed pairs. Moreover, the method identifies hierarchical relations between categories, a feature observed in our data, and is utilized to cluster emotions into basic-level groups.
description: 9 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures. Accepted for publication at the Beyond Facts workshop of the Web Conference 2024
An Exact Expression for Multidimensional Spectroscopy of a Spin-Boson Hamiltonian
Creators: name: Liu, Albert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multidimensional coherent spectroscopy is a powerful tool to characterize nonlinear optical response functions. Typically, multidimensional spectra are interpreted via a perturbative framework that straightforwardly provides intuition into the density matrix dynamics that give rise to specific spectral features. When the goal is to characterize system coupling to a thermal bath however, the perturbative formalism becomes unwieldy and yields less intuition. Here, we extend an approach developed by Vagov et al. to provide an exact expression for multidimensional spectra of a spin-boson Hamiltonian up to arbitrary order of electric field interaction. We demonstrate the utility of this expression by modeling polaron formation and coherent exciton-phonon coupling in quantum dots, which strongly agree with experiment.
Can in-home laboratories foster learning, self-efficacy, and motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic? -- A case study in two engineering programs
Creators: name: Ariza, Jonathan Álvarez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has represented a challenge for higher education in terms to provide quality education despite the lockdown periods, the transformation of the in-person classes to virtual classes, and the demotivation and anxiety that are experimented by the students. Because the basis of engineering is the experimentation through hands-on activities and learning by doing, the lockdown periods and the temporary suspension of the in-person classes and laboratories have meant a problem for educators that try to teach and motivate the students despite the situation. In this context, this study presents an educational methodology based on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and in-home laboratories in engineering. The methodology was carried out in two phases during 2020, in the academic programs of Industrial Engineering and Technology in Electronics with (n=44) students. The in-home laboratories were sent to the students as part of "kits" with the devices needed in each subject. Besides, due to the difficulties in monitoring the learning process, the students made videos and blogs as a strategy to reinforce their learning and evidence the progress in the courses. The outcomes of the methodology show mainly the following points: (1) An improvement of the academic performance and learning of the students in the courses. (2) A positive influence of the usage of in-home laboratories in motivation, self-efficacy, and reduction of anxiety. (3) Positive correlations between the usage of in-home laboratories, the blogs and videos, and the teacher's feedback for learning, motivation, and self-efficacy. Thus, these results evidence that other alternatives that gather the cognitive and affective learning domains can emerge from engineering to deal with the educational problems produced by the crisis periods.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables
Generation of ultrashort light pulses carrying orbital angular momentum using a vortex plate retarder-based approach
Creators: name: Tapani, Tlek
name: Lin, Haifeng
name: De Andres, Aitor
name: Jolly, Spencer W.
name: Bhuvanendran, Hinduja
name: Maccaferri, Nicolò
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a vortex retarder-based approach to generate few optical cycles light pulses carrying orbital angular momentum (known also as twisted light or optical vortex) from a Yb:KGW oscillator pumping a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier generating sub-10 fs linearly polarized light pulses in the near infrared spectral range (central wavelength 850 nm). We characterize such vortices both spatially and temporally by using astigmatic imaging technique and second harmonic generation-based frequency resolved optical gating, respectively. The generation of optical vortices is analyzed, and its structure reconstructed by estimating the spatio-spectral field and Fourier transforming it into the temporal domain. As a proof of concept, we show that we can also generate sub-20 fs light pulses carrying orbital angular momentum and with arbitrary polarization on the first-order Poincaré sphere.
Effects of heterogeneous opinion interactions in many-agent systems for epidemic dynamics
Creators: name: Bonandin, Sabrina
name: Zanella, Mattia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In this work we define a kinetic model for understanding the impact of heterogeneous opinion formation dynamics on epidemics. The considered many-agent system is characterized by nonsymmetric interactions which define a coupled system of kinetic equations for the evolution of the opinion density in each compartment. In the quasi-invariant limit we may show positivity and uniqueness of the solution of the problem together with its convergence towards an equilibrium distribution exhibiting bimodal shape. The tendency of the system towards opinion clusters is further analyzed by means of numerical methods, which confirm the consistency of the kinetic model with its moment system whose evolution is approximated in several regimes of parameters.
Additional file 6 of Genotype–phenotype correlations and novel molecular insights into the DHX30-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Mannucci, Ilaria
name: Dang, Nghi D. P.
name: Huber, Hannes
name: Murry, Jaclyn B.
name: Abramson, Jeff
name: Althoff, Thorsten
name: Banka, Siddharth
name: Baynam, Gareth
name: Bearden, David
name: Beleza-Meireles, Ana
name: Benke, Paul J.
name: Berland, Siren
name: Bierhals, Tatjana
name: Bilan, Frederic
name: Bindoff, Laurence A.
name: Braathen, Geir Julius
name: Busk, Øyvind L.
name: Chenbhanich, Jirat
name: Denecke, Jonas
name: Escobar, Luis F.
name: Estes, Caroline
name: Fleischer, Julie
name: Groepper, Daniel
name: Haaxma, Charlotte A.
name: Hempel, Maja
name: Holler-Managan, Yolanda
name: Houge, Gunnar
name: Jackson, Adam
name: Kellogg, Laura
name: Keren, Boris
name: Kiraly-Borri, Catherine
name: Kraus, Cornelia
name: Kubisch, Christian
name: Le Guyader, Gwenael
name: Ljungblad, Ulf W.
name: Brenman, Leslie Manace
name: Martinez-Agosto, Julian A.
name: Might, Matthew
name: Miller, David T.
name: Minks, Kelly Q.
name: Moghaddam, Billur
name: Nava, Caroline
name: Nelson, Stanley F.
name: Parant, John M.
name: Prescott, Trine
name: Rajabi, Farrah
name: Randrianaivo, Hanitra
name: Reiter, Simone F.
name: Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Janneke
name: Shieh, Perry B.
name: Slavotinek, Anne
name: Smithson, Sarah
name: Stegmann, Alexander P. A.
name: Tomczak, Kinga
name: Tveten, Kristian
name: Wang, Jun
name: Whitlock, Jordan H.
name: Zweier, Christiane
name: McWalter, Kirsty
name: Juusola, Jane
name: Quintero-Rivera, Fabiola
name: Fischer, Utz
name: Yeo, Nan Cher
name: Kreienkamp, Hans-Jürgen
name: Lessel, Davor
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6. Clinical reports of here presented individuals.
Crowdsourcing Creative Work
Creators: name: Oppenlaender, Jonas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This article-based doctoral thesis explores the stakeholder perspectives and experiences of crowdsourced creative work on two of the leading crowdsourcing platforms. The thesis has two parts. In the first part, we explore creative work from the perspective of the crowd worker. In the second part, we explore and study the requester's perspective in different contexts and several case studies. The research is exploratory and we contribute empirical insights using survey-based and artefact-based approaches common in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). In the former approach, we explore the key issues that may limit creative work on paid crowdsourcing platforms. In the latter approach, we create computational artefacts to elicit authentic experiences from both crowd workers and requesters of crowdsourced creative work. The thesis contributes a classification of crowd workers into five archetypal profiles, based on the crowd workers' demographics, disposition, and preferences for creative work. We propose a three-part classification of creative work on crowdsourcing platforms: creative tasks, creativity tests, and creativity judgements (also referred to as creative feedback). The thesis further investigates the emerging research topic of how requesters can be supported in interpreting and evaluating complex creative work. Last, we discuss the design implications for research and practice and contribute a vision of creative work on future crowdsourcing platforms with the aim of empowering crowd workers and fostering an ecosystem around tailored platforms for creative microwork. Keywords: creative work, creativity, creativity support tools, crowdsourcing
description: http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526230146