cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantum transport at the Dirac point: Mapping out the minimum conductivity from pristine to disordered graphene
Creators: name: Sajjad, Redwan N.
name: Tseng, Frank
name: Habib, K. M. Masum
name: Ghosh, Avik W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The phase space for graphene's minimum conductivity $σ_\mathrm{min}$ is mapped out using Landauer theory modified for scattering using Fermi's Golden Rule, as well as the Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) simulation with a Monte Carlo sampling over impurity distributions. The resulting `fan diagram' spans the range from ballistic to diffusive over varying aspect ratios ($W/L$), and bears several surprises. {The device aspect ratio determines how much tunneling (between contacts) is allowed and becomes the dominant factor for the evolution of $σ_{min}$ from ballistic to diffusive regime. We find an increasing (for $W/L>1$) or decreasing ($W/L<1$) trend in $σ_{min}$ vs. impurity density, all converging around $128q^2/π^3h\sim 4q^2/h$ at the dirty limit}. In the diffusive limit, the {conductivity} quasi-saturates due to the precise cancellation between the increase in conducting modes from charge puddles vs the reduction in average transmission from scattering at the Dirac Point. In the clean ballistic limit, the calculated conductivity of the lowest mode shows a surprising absence of Fabry-Pérot oscillations, unlike other materials including bilayer graphene. We argue that the lack of oscillations even at low temperature is a signature of Klein tunneling.
Cosmological Avatars of the Landscape II: CMB and LSS Signatures
Creators: name: Mersini-Houghton, Laura
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: This is the second paper in the series that confronts predictions of a model of the landscape with cosmological observations. We show here how the modifications of the Friedmann equation due to the decohering effects of long wavelength modes on the wave function of the Universe defined on the landscape leave unique signatures on the CMB spectra and large scale structure (LSS). We show that the effect of the string corrections is to suppress σ8 and the CMB temperature-temperature (TT) spectrum at large angles, thereby bringing WMAP and SDSS data for σ8 into agreement. We find interesting features imprinted on the matter power spectrum P(k): power is suppressed at large scales indicating the possibility of primordial voids competing with the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect. Furthermore, power is enhanced at structure and substructure scales, k≃10−2−0hMpc−1. Our smoking gun for discriminating this proposal from others with similar CMB and LSS predictions comes from correlations between cosmic shear and temperature anisotropies, which here indicate a noninflationary channel of contribution to LSS, with unique ringing features of nonlocal entanglement displayed at structure and substructure scales.
L’amministrazione del catasto italiano. Il processo di decentramento delle funzioni catastali
Creators: name: Asciuto, Antonio
name: Mandanici, Santi
name: Schimmenti, Emanuele
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2010

description: The present study aims to reconstruct the decentralization process of the cadastral functions to town municipalities to date and to trace out the future prospects of cadastral management in Italy. Besides organizational structure, functions and informative patrimony of the Land Agency, the national regulatory framework and the operational steps of decentralization were here investigated. In the meantime, after over ten years from its start, cadastral decentralization has partially lost its original importance in physical terms, either to citizens or to public institutions, due to the strong speed-up given by the National Land Agency to the use of Internet and data communications, which allows to provide a range of internet cadastral services.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 56 (2010)
The International Criminal Court and human rights : an unsettled relationship : from the jurisprudence of the Court to its impacts on Sudan, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Creators: name: Rondin, Elise
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: human rights
International Criminal Court
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
Sudan

description: Second semester University: University of Seville
description: The International Criminal Court is the first permanent international criminal tribunal. Evolving in a world which faces the globalisation, the ICC is confronted to different fields of law which are interacting : international law, criminal law, human rights law and humanitarian law. Focusing on human rights and the ICC, this work will study the influence of the Court on human rights law and on some human rights in Sudan, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Kenya. The Rome Statute is a key element of the first part of this work, as its article 21 (3) is a really innovative article which can be really powerful, depending on its use by the Court. However the unclear approach taken by the Court undermined its power. On the second part, the comparative analysis of the impacts of the ICC on human rights in Kenya, Sudan and the DRC will give a broader and more concrete view on the real and mitigated impact of the ICC on the ground.
Unlocking the Emotional World of Visual Media: An Overview of the Science, Research, and Impact of Understanding Emotion
Creators: name: Wang, James Z.
name: Zhao, Sicheng
name: Wu, Chenyan
name: Adams, Reginald B.
name: Newman, Michelle G.
name: Shafir, Tal
name: Tsachor, Rachelle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The emergence of artificial emotional intelligence technology is revolutionizing the fields of computers and robotics, allowing for a new level of communication and understanding of human behavior that was once thought impossible. While recent advancements in deep learning have transformed the field of computer vision, automated understanding of evoked or expressed emotions in visual media remains in its infancy. This foundering stems from the absence of a universally accepted definition of "emotion", coupled with the inherently subjective nature of emotions and their intricate nuances. In this article, we provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the field of emotion analysis in visual media, drawing on insights from psychology, engineering, and the arts. We begin by exploring the psychological foundations of emotion and the computational principles that underpin the understanding of emotions from images and videos. We then review the latest research and systems within the field, accentuating the most promising approaches. We also discuss the current technological challenges and limitations of emotion analysis, underscoring the necessity for continued investigation and innovation. We contend that this represents a "Holy Grail" research problem in computing and delineate pivotal directions for future inquiry. Finally, we examine the ethical ramifications of emotion-understanding technologies and contemplate their potential societal impacts. Overall, this article endeavors to equip readers with a deeper understanding of the domain of emotion analysis in visual media and to inspire further research and development in this captivating and rapidly evolving field.
description: Proceedings of the IEEE 2023
La convenienza economica di un impianto agro energetico ad olio vegetale: un’opportunità per il settore agricolo
Creators: name: Finco, Adele
name: Padella, Monica
name: Spinozzi, Romina
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2010

description: The development of agro-energy chains, in particular vegetable oil production, can represent, in Italy, an opportunity for the achievement of policy’s objectives set by the European Union and for the agricultural sector. The aim of this study is to verify the existence of the “vegetable oil chain” at national and regional level, taking into account the Marche Region scenario (centre of Italy), the number of plants and their connection with the agricultural sector. From the methodological point of view, the paper evaluates trough a cost benefit analysis the economic performance of a vegetable oil plant, considering how the policies and the prices of raw materials affect it.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 57 (2010)
Knowledge, Belief and Practice of Menstrual Hygiene Management among in-School Adolescents in Katsina State, Nigeria
Creators: name: Ifeoma Stella Okafor-Terver
Publisher: name: Chulalongkorn University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: In-school adolescents
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM)
Water sanitation and hygiene facilities (WASH)
Nigeria

description: Journal of Health Research, 31, Suppl.2, s179
Cosmographic view on the $H_0$ and $σ_8$ tensions
Creators: name: D'Agostino, Rocco
name: Nunes, Rafael C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurements of the $H_0$ and $σ_8$ parameters within the standard cosmological model recently highlighted significant statistical tensions between the cosmic microwave background and low-redshift probes, such as local distance ladder, weak lensing and galaxy clustering surveys. In this work, we frame geometrical distances in a model-independent way by means of cosmographic approximations in the range $z \in (0, 2.3)$ to take into account a robust dataset composed of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO), type Ia Supernovae (SN), Cosmic Chronometer (CC) data, and measurements from Redshift Space Distortions (RSD). From the joint analysis BAO\,+\,SN\,+\,CC\,+\,RSD, we find an accuracy of $\sim$1.4\% and $\sim$3.7\% on $H_0$ and $σ_8$, respectively. Our result for $H_0$ is at 2$σ$ tension with local measurements by the SH0ES team, while our $σ_8$ estimate is at 2.6$σ$ tension with Planck-CMB analysis. This inference shows a tension statistically smaller when compared to those estimated via the $Λ$CDM model. We also find that the jerk parameter can deviate more than 3$σ$ from the $Λ$CDM prediction. Under the same cosmographic setup, we also present results by considering a SH0ES Gaussian prior on $H_0$ that allows for improved accuracy of the parameter space of the models. The present work brings observational constraints on $H_0$ and $σ_8$ into a new model-independent perspective, which differs from the predictions obtained within the $Λ$CDM paradigm.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures. Matches the version published in PRD
Abundance analysis of HD 22920 spectra
Creators: name: Khalack, Viktor
name: Poitras, Patrick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The new spectropolarimetric observations of HD 22920 with ESPaDOnS at CFHT reveal a strong variability of its spectral line profiles with the phase of stellar rotation. We have obtained Teff = 13640 K, logg=3.72 for this star from the best fit of its nine Balmer line profiles. The respective model of stellar atmosphere was calculated to perform abundance analysis of HD 22920 using the spectra obtained for three different phases of stellar rotation. We have found that silicon and chromium abundances appear to be vertically stratified in the atmosphere of HD 22920. Meanwhile, silicon shows hints for a possible variability of vertical abundance stratification with rotational phase.
description: 2 pages, 1 figure, in Proc. of IAUS 307
Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Adult Learners: A Review of the Literature
Creators: name: McCall, Rebecca C.
name: Andrews, Carl
name: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Students over age 25 are an increasingly high percentage of higher education
enrollments. These students, known as adult learners, enter college with life and work
experiences as well as responsibilities, so they have different educational needs,
expectations, and interests than traditional college students. The theory of adult learning
that addresses the best ways to teach adult learners is called andragogy. While the
construct of andragogy is subject to debate, the education field draws on its findings to
design learning environments for adult learners. Academic libraries can also apply
andragogy in their information literacy and instructional practices. This literature review
examines articles in education and library science and summarizes evidence-based
instructional strategies that address adult learning needs. The review also identifies the
need for further studies on applying andragogy in library instruction.
Wepable Inner Functions
Creators: name: Borichev, Alexander
name: Nicolau, Artur
name: Thomas, Pascal J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30H05, 30J05, 30J15, 30H80

description: Following Gorkin, Mortini, and Nikolski, we say that an inner function $I$ in $H^\infty$ of the unit disc has the WEP property if its modulus at a point $z$ is bounded from below by a function of the distance from $z$ to the zero set of $I$. This is equivalent to a number of properties, and we establish some consequences of this for $H^\infty/IH^\infty$. The bulk of the paper is devoted to "wepable" functions, i.e. those inner functions which can be made WEP after multiplication by a suitable Blaschke product. We prove that a closed subset $E$ of the unit circle is of finite entropy (i.e. is a Beurling-Carleson set) if and only if any singular measure supported on $E$ gives rise to a wepable singular inner function. As a corollary, we see that singular measures which spread their mass too evenly cannot give rise to wepable singular inner functions. Furthermore, we prove that the stronger property of porosity of $E$ is equivalent to a stronger form of wepability ("easy wepability") for the singular inner functions with support in $E$. Finally, we find out the critical decay rate of masses of atomic measures (with no restrictions on support) guaranteeing that the corresponding singular inner functions are easily wepable.
description: 25 p
L’Allocation Method nella stima delle aree edificabili
Creators: name: Ciuna, Marina
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2010

description: The allocation method does value the building areas on the base of the exchange coefficient, but sometimes it is applied in an uncritical way. Following the traditional appraisal is it possible to precise the methodological conditions. The study means to demonstrate that the market value of the building area is obtained multiplying the construction cost by the ratio between the exchange coefficient and its complementary one. The new formulation considers the effective costs and proceeds distribution in the time, with the cash flows analysis, and moreover concurs to express convenience judgments for building area transactions.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 57 (2010)
Social Stigmatization Access to Services and Service Satisfaction among Transgender Persons at Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center - Tangerine Project: a Qualitative Study
Creators: name: Chanathip Laphon
Publisher: name: Chulalongkorn University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: Transgender
Stigmatization
Services satisfaction
Transgender women (TW)
Transgender men (TM)
Life-grid
Thailand
Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center (TRCAC)

description: Journal of Health Research, 31, Suppl.2, s195
Overarching Paper
Creators: name: Ebersole, Charles
name: Nosek, Brian
name: Kidwell, Mallory
name: Buttrick, Nick
name: Baranski, Erica
name: Chartier, Christopher
name: Mathur, Maya
name: Campbell, Lorne
name: IJzerman, Hans
name: Lazarevic, Ljiljana
name: Corker, Katherine
name: Rabagliati, Hugh
name: Corley, Martin
name: Hartshorne, Joshua
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Many Labs

description: This component contains the overarching manuscript for Many Labs 5, as well as supplemental materials.
I voti presentati al Consiglio d’arte nel 1834 e 1842, in merito alla bonificazione pontina, conservati nella biblioteca dei Lincei nel lascito di Nicola Cavalieri San Bertolo
Creators: name: Gabba, Alberto
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2010

description: The reclamation of the pontina area in two reports to the Council of Art in the first half of XIX century.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 57 (2010)
Sequential device-independent certification of indefinite causal order
Creators: name: Cao, Zhu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Indefinite causal order has found numerous applications in quantum computation, quantum communication, and quantum metrology. Before its usage, the quality of the indefinite causal order needs to be first certified, and the certification should ideally be device-independent (DI) to avoid the impact of device imperfections. In this work, we initiate the study of the sequential DI certification of an indefinite causal order. This can be useful in experimental platforms where the generation of an indefinite causal order is difficult. We show that an arbitrary number of sequential DI certifications of an indefinite causal order can be achieved with a quantum switch and also analyze practical requirements for experimental implementations of the certifications. Our work opens the possibility of reusing the resource of an indefinite causal order multiple times in device-independent quantum information processing.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures
Parallel Evolution of Quasi-separatrix Layers and Active Region Upflows
Creators: name: Mandrini, C. H.
name: Baker, D.
name: Démoulin, P.
name: Cristiani, G. D.
name: van Driel-Gesztelyi, L.
name: Domínguez, S. Vargas
name: Nuevo, F. A.
name: Vásquez, A. M.
name: Pick, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Persistent plasma upflows were observed with Hinode's EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) at the edges of active region (AR) 10978 as it crossed the solar disk. We analyze the evolution of the photospheric magnetic and velocity fields of the AR, model its coronal magnetic field, and compute the location of magnetic null-points and quasi-sepratrix layers (QSLs) searching for the origin of EIS upflows. Magnetic reconnection at the computed null points cannot explain all of the observed EIS upflow regions. However, EIS upflows and QSLs are found to evolve in parallel, both temporarily and spatially. Sections of two sets of QSLs, called outer and inner, are found associated to EIS upflow streams having different characteristics. The reconnection process in the outer QSLs is forced by a large-scale photospheric flow pattern which is present in the AR for several days. We propose a scenario in which upflows are observed provided a large enough asymmetry in plasma pressure exists between the pre-reconnection loops and for as long as a photospheric forcing is at work. A similar mechanism operates in the inner QSLs, in this case, it is forced by the emergence and evolution of the bipoles between the two main AR polarities. Our findings provide strong support to the results from previous individual case studies investigating the role of magnetic reconnection at QSLs as the origin of the upflowing plasma. Furthermore, we propose that persistent reconnection along QSLs does not only drive the EIS upflows, but it is also responsible for a continuous metric radio noise-storm observed in AR 10978 along its disk transit by the Nançay Radio Heliograph.
description: 29 pages, 10 figures
The expanded biology of serotonin
Creators: name: Roth, Bryan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Serotonin is perhaps best known as a neurotransmitter that modulates neural activity and a wide range of neuropsychological processes, and drugs that target serotonin receptors are used widely in psychiatry and neurology. However, most serotonin is found outside the central nervous system, and virtually all of the 15 serotonin receptors are expressed outside as well as within the brain. Serotonin regulates numerous biological processes including cardiovascular function, bowel motility, ejaculatory latency, and bladder control. Additionally, new work suggests that serotonin may regulate some processes, including platelet aggregation, by receptor-independent, transglutaminase-dependent covalent linkage to cellular proteins. We review this new “expanded serotonin biology” and discuss how drugs targeting specific serotonin receptors are beginning to help treat a wide range of diseases.
title: Assisted Dying Law Reform: Overcoming the Painful Process that Leads to a Painless Death
Creators: name: Tudosie, Elena Roxana
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2023

description: The assisted dying debate in the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales is nearing a determining moment, therefore, this thesis analyses the factors concerning assisted dying law reform. This study argues that the criminal law and its response to instances of assisted suicide under Section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961, is merely a coping mechanism, an ‘untidy compromise’ designed to uphold the interests of ‘compassionate-helpers’. It does not meet the needs of ‘death-seekers’. Since the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force, the legal judgments in this area reveal judicial deference to the current construct of the law and the Westminster Parliament’s wish to uphold the so-called blanket prohibition. The legislative attempts since 1936, the challenges on compatibility of the prohibition with the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as the prosecutorial decision-making process, have failed to address this cauldron of disquiet. This thesis asserts that the question on assisted dying ought to be addressed fully, with the Government providing Parliamentary time as a matter of urgency. The experience of COVID-19 has revealed the struggles endured in achieving a painless and good death. Care home deaths, and dying alone at home and elsewhere in lockdown, deepened the need to talk about death and dying. Moreover, legal systems around the world are increasingly demonstrating there are clear ways forward to implementing access to various forms of assisted death. It would appear, therefore, that given the current climate the possibility exists for the jurisdiction of England and Wales to achieve assisted dying law reform.
Classification of C*-algebras generated by representations of the unitriangular group $UT(4,\mathbb{Z})$
Creators: name: Eckhardt, Caleb
name: Kleski, Craig
name: McKenney, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: It was recently shown that each C*-algebra generated by a faithful irreducible representation of a finitely generated, torsion free nilpotent group is classified by its ordered K-theory. For the three step nilpotent group $UT(4,\mathbb{Z})$ we calculate the ordered K-theory of each C*-algebra generated by a faithful irreducible representation of $UT(4,\mathbb{Z})$ and see that they are all simple A$\mathbb{T}$ algebras. We also point out that there are many simple non A$\mathbb{T}$ algebras generated by irreducible representations of nilpotent groups.
description: 17 pages
Balancing theory and practice: Planning education in Canada
Creators: name: Brown, David
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Planners--Education (Higher)--Canada
subject: Planning--Study and teaching (Graduate)--Canada
subject: Association of Canadian University Planning Programs (ACUPP)

description: Overview of the Association of Canadian University Planning Programs (ACUPP) which includes eighteen universities offering a total of twenty-four programs in urban and regional planning that meet the accreditation standards of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
description: Academic nexus
description: Le lien académique
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5528/Article012.pdf?sequence=3
Effetti locali della costruzione di infrastrutture lineari e strumenti per la valutazione, mitigazione e compensazione
Creators: name: Pirani, Alberto
name: Fabbri, Marco
name: Masotto, Luca
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2011

description: Aestimum, Atti del XXXIX Incontro di Studio (Milano)
Examining the structure of symbolic number representations in the parietal cortex: an RSA study
Creators: name: Alvarez Rivero, Aymee
name: Ansari, Daniel
name: Slipenkyj, Michael
name: Lyons, Ian
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: number symbols
subject: numerical cognition
subject: representational similarity analysis

description: Analysis of the structure of similarities in the neural patterns of activation associated with symbolic numerals in a sample of children between 6 and 14 years old.
Assessment of HIV/AIDS Preventive Practice among Myanmar Female Sex Workers in Mae Sot District, Tak Province, Thailand
Creators: name: Napapan Der Kinderen
Publisher: name: Chulalongkorn University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: Preventive practice
Condom use
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Prevention
Cross-border migrant workers
Myanmar Female Sex Workers
Thailand

description: Journal of Health Research, 31, Suppl.2, s203
Analitinio įrankio NO-GAP prototipo Analizės veiksmų algoritmo aprašas (Techninė specifikacija)
Creators: name: Erentaitė, Rasa
name: Vosylis, Rimantas
name: Morkevičius, Vaidas
name: Melnikė, Eglė
name: Simonaitienė, Berita
name: Sevalneva, Daiva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Šiame leidinyje pateikiamas analitinio įrankio NO-GAP prototipo analizės veiksmų algoritmo aprašas (techninė specifikacija).
Zshot: An Open-source Framework for Zero-Shot Named Entity Recognition and Relation Extraction
Creators: name: Picco, Gabriele
name: Galindo, Marcos Martínez
name: Purpura, Alberto
name: Fuchs, Leopold
name: López, Vanessa
name: Lam, Hoang Thanh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Zero-Shot Learning (ZSL) task pertains to the identification of entities or relations in texts that were not seen during training. ZSL has emerged as a critical research area due to the scarcity of labeled data in specific domains, and its applications have grown significantly in recent years. With the advent of large pretrained language models, several novel methods have been proposed, resulting in substantial improvements in ZSL performance. There is a growing demand, both in the research community and industry, for a comprehensive ZSL framework that facilitates the development and accessibility of the latest methods and pretrained models.In this study, we propose a novel ZSL framework called Zshot that aims to address the aforementioned challenges. Our primary objective is to provide a platform that allows researchers to compare different state-of-the-art ZSL methods with standard benchmark datasets. Additionally, we have designed our framework to support the industry with readily available APIs for production under the standard SpaCy NLP pipeline. Our API is extendible and evaluable, moreover, we include numerous enhancements such as boosting the accuracy with pipeline ensembling and visualization utilities available as a SpaCy extension.
description: Accepted at ACL 2023
Data mining in real estate appraisal: a model tree and multivariate adaptive regression spline approach
Creators: name: Acciani, Claudio
name: Fucilli, Vincenzo
name: Sardaro, Ruggiero
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2011

description: In this paper we adopt two exploratory modelling techniques: Model Trees and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines. The objective is the building of two sale price prediction models in order to highlight possible market segments not detectable a priori. We show how these novel procedures can help to understand complex patterns and interactions among predictors in real estate appraisal.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 58 (2011)
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robust Goal-Based Wealth Management
Creators: name: Bauman, Tessa
name: Gašperov, Bruno
name: Begušić, Stjepan
name: Kostanjčar, Zvonko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Portfolio Management (q-fin.PM)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Goal-based investing is an approach to wealth management that prioritizes achieving specific financial goals. It is naturally formulated as a sequential decision-making problem as it requires choosing the appropriate investment until a goal is achieved. Consequently, reinforcement learning, a machine learning technique appropriate for sequential decision-making, offers a promising path for optimizing these investment strategies. In this paper, a novel approach for robust goal-based wealth management based on deep reinforcement learning is proposed. The experimental results indicate its superiority over several goal-based wealth management benchmarks on both simulated and historical market data.
Un’analisi dei fattori che influenzano il valore dei rustici a destinazione residenziale nel Veneto
Creators: name: Tempesta, Tiziano
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2011

description: In Italy only few researches have been devoted to the analysis of the farmhouses market. This stems from the difficulty of having information about the real price of selling. In an attempt to partially overcome such drawback, the offer prices of more than 600 farmhouses were collected from the website of the estate agents in the Veneto region in 2008. Using these data it was found that the factors affecting the value of the farmhouses are in many ways similar to those of the housing market of the region. The value of the farmhouses is higher in the cities and tends to decline gradually moving to the metropolitan municipalities and to the marginal rural areas. In the hills and mountains, however, the value tends to be higher than the urban houses. The value of the rural houses seems depend on the degree of economic development of the territory and its environmental and landscape features.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 58 (2011)
Rho and Rac Take Center Stage
Creators: name: Wennerberg, Krister
name: Burridge, Keith
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: Many features of cell behavior are regulated by Rho family GTPases, but the most profound effects of these proteins are on the actin cytoskeleton and it was these that first drew attention to this family of signaling proteins. Focusing on Rho and Rac, we will discuss how their effectors regulate the actin cytoskeleton. We will describe how the activity of Rho proteins is regulated downstream from growth factor receptors and cell adhesion molecules by guanine nucleotide exchange factors and GTPase activating proteins. Additionally, we will discuss how there is signaling crosstalk between family members and how various bacterial pathogens have developed strategies to manipulate Rho protein activity so as to enhance their own survival.
No evidence for protoplanetary disk destruction by OB stars in the MYStIX sample
Creators: name: Richert, Alexander J. W.
name: Feigelson, Eric D.
name: Getman, Konstantin V.
name: Kuhn, Michael A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: HST images of proplyds in the Orion Nebula, as well as submillimeter/radio measurements, show that the dominant O7 star Theta1 Ori C photoevaporates nearby disks around pre-main sequence stars. Theory predicts that massive stars photoevaporate disks within distances of order 0.1 pc. These findings suggest that young, OB-dominated massive H II regions are inhospitable to the survival of protoplanetary disks, and subsequently to the formation and evolution of planets. In the current work, we test this hypothesis using large samples of pre-main sequence stars in 20 massive star-forming regions selected with X-ray and infrared photometry in the MYStIX survey. Complete disk destruction would lead to a deficit of cluster members with excess in JHKs and Spitzer/IRAC bands in the vicinity of O stars. In four MYStIX regions containing O stars and a sufficient surface density of disk-bearing sources to reliably test for spatial avoidance, we find no evidence for the depletion of inner disks around pre-main sequence stars in the vicinity of O-type stars, even very luminous O2-O5 stars. These results suggest that massive star-forming regions are not very hostile to the survival of protoplanetary disks and, presumably, to the formation of planets.
description: 24 pages, 32 figures. ApJ, accepted
Multi-wavelength Observations of the Binary System PSR B1259-63/LS~2883 around the 2014 Periastron Passage
Creators: name: Chernyakova, M.
name: Neronov, A.
name: van Soelen, B.
name: Callanan, P.
name: O'Shaughnessy, L.
name: Babyk, Iu.
name: Tsygankov, S.
name: Vovk, Ie.
name: Krivonos, R.
name: Tomsick, J. A.
name: Malyshev, D.
name: Li, J.
name: Wood, K.
name: Torres, D.
name: Zhang, S.
name: Kretschmar, P.
name: McSwain, M. V.
name: Buckley, D.
name: Koen, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the results of the extensive multi-wavelength campaign from optical to GeV gamma-rays of the 2014 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63, which is a unique high-mass gamma-ray emitting binary system with a young pulsar companion. Observations demonstrate the stable nature of the post-periastron GeV flare and prove the coincidence of the flare with the start of rapid decay of the H$α$ equivalent width, usually interpreted as a disruption of the Be stellar disk. Intensive X-ray observations reveal changes in the X-ray spectral behaviour happening at the moment of the GeV flare. We demonstrate that these changes can be naturally explained as a result of synchrotron cooling of monoenergetic relativistic electrons injected into the system during the GeV flare.
description: 13 pages, submitted to MNRAS
A proposito di Æstimum e dell’origine della parola estimo
Creators: name: Milanese, Ernesto
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2011

description: Starting from the header of the Aestimum journal (published in Milan by Aldo Pagani between 1956 and 1974) that included a passage by Festasio regarding the origin of the latin word, this contribution shows how the hypothesis of its derivation from aes + tyme, widely spread among appraisers, can not be accepted. Moreover, latin etymologists could not formulate an alternative, plausible and unanimous proposal, and the origin of the word remains unknown.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 58 (2011)
Teach Smarter with Free Library Resources
Creators: name: Tchangalova, Nedelina
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2022
Subjects: library services
teaching
one shot instruction
active learning

description: Presented at the 2022 UMD Professional Track Faculty Symposium (PTK, https://faculty.umd.edu/2022/video-library).
description: Will your students be required to do a literature review? Do you want your students to be effective researchers and produce better papers for your class? If you answered YES to these questions, don’t delay! Contact a librarian and start planning together for a library session for your students! As the librarian for the School of Public Health, I find that most students have very little knowledge of the resources available to them, or even where to begin serious literary research. How can I help? Have a guest lecture with or without any interactive tools, design a website with resources for one-stop shopping for information resources, meet with students via Zoom, and engage with them through Kahoot!, crossword puzzles, funny quizzes, etc. The librarians are part of the team of UMD faculty who are here to make sure you are a success!
Quality of Life among Hypertensive Population Aged 45 Years and Above in Kathmandu Valley: a Hospital Based Cross-Sectional Study from Nepal
Creators: name: Sasmrita Bastola
Publisher: name: Chulalongkorn University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: Co-morbidities
Hypertension
Quality of life
Smoking
Alcohol
Nepal

description: Journal of Health Research, 31, Suppl.2, s239
Customers Satisfaction and Core Competency on Service-Minded among Frontline Staff of the Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Creators: name: Kirana Dheva-Aksorn
Publisher: name: Chulalongkorn University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: Core competency
Customer satisfaction
Quality of service
Human resource management
Thailand

description: Journal of Health Research, 31, Suppl.2, s245
Unbalanced gain and loss in a quantum photonic system
Creators: name: Downing, C. A.
name: Fox, O. I. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theories in physics can provide a kind of map of the physical system under investigation, showing all of the possible types of behavior which may occur. Certain points on the map are of greater significance than others, because they describe how the system responds in a useful or interesting manner. For example, the point of resonance is of particular importance when timing the pushes onto a person sat on a swing. More sophisticatedly, so-called exceptional points have been shown to be significant in optical systems harbouring both gain and loss, as typically described by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. However, expressly quantum points of interest -- be they exceptional points or otherwise -- arising in quantum photonic systems have been far less studied. Here we consider a paradigmatic model: a pair of coupled qubits subjected to an unbalanced ratio of gain and loss. We mark on its map several flavours of both exceptional and critical points, each of which are associated with unconventional physical responses. In particular, we uncover the points responsible for characteristic spectral features and for the sudden loss of quantum entanglement in the steady state. Our results provide perspectives for characterizing quantum photonic systems beyond effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, and suggest a hierarchy of intrinsically quantum points of interest.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
Molecular Analysis of Pfmdr1 Gene in Plasmodium falciparum in Thai-Cambodia Border
Creators: name: Prapatchaya Pa-Onta
Publisher: name: Chulalongkorn University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: Real-time PCR
Pfmdr1
Plasmodium falciparum
Drug resistance

description: Journal of Health Research, 31, Suppl.2, s251
Tracking defects of Electronic Crystals by Coherent X-ray Diffraction
Creators: name: Bolloc'h, David Le
name: Bellec, E.
name: Kirova, N.
name: Jacques, V. L. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, we review different studies based on advanced x-ray diffraction techniques - especially coherent x-ray diffraction - that allowed us to reveal the behaviour of such symmetry-breaking systems as Charge Density Wave (CDW) and Spin density Wave (SDW), through their local phase. After a brief introduction on the added value of using coherent x-rays, we show how the method can be applied to CDW and SDW systems, in both static and dynamical regimes. The approach allowed us to probe the particular sliding state of CDWs systems by observing them through their phase fluctuations, to which coherent x-rays are particularly sensitive. Several compounds stabilizing a CDW phase able to slide are presented, each with a different but clearly pronounced signature of the sliding state. Two main features emerge from this series of experiments which have been little treated until now, the influence of CDW pinning by the sample surfaces and the propagation of periodic phase defects such as charge solitons across the entire sample. Phase models describing the spatial and temporal properties of sliding CDWs are presented in the last part of this review.
description: 41 pages, 20 figures
Mangifera zeylanica and Mangifera indica Leaf Extracts Exert Anticancer Effects Possibly by Inhibiting Histone Deacetylases
Creators: name: Perera, Nirmal
name: Ediriweera, Meran Keshawa
name: Samarakoon, Sameera Ranganath
name: Selvakumar, Ilakya
name: Nagarajan, Devipriya
name: Vellingiri, Vadivel
name: Tennekoon, Kamani Hemamala
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Mangifera indica L. is a popular and widely available plant. Mangifera zeylanica Hook.f. is a plant endemic to Sri Lanka. Both plants bare edible fruits and possess medicinal properties. In the present study, potential anticancer effects of M. zeylanica and M. indica leaves were investigated in lung cancer cells. Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and methanol extracts of leaves from both plants were obtained using sequential extraction. Chloroform extract of M. zeylanica leaves (MZC) and ethyl acetate extract of M. indica leaves (MIEA) inhibited the proliferation, migration, and colony formation. These extracts showed low cytotoxicity in MRC-5 normal lung fibroblast cells. Furthermore, DNA fragmentation analysis and ethidium bromide/acridine orange (AO/EB) staining showed that MZC and MIEA can induce apoptosis. Gene expression analysis by real-time PCR identified that MZC and MIEA can regulate the expression of apoptosis-associated genes p53, Bax, and survivin. In addition, treatment of both MZC and MIEA decreased histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity, indicating the HDAC inhibitory potentials of leaf extracts. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) identified the presence of mangiferin, 6-geranylnaringenin, nodakenin, and pyrogallol in both leaf extracts as major phytochemicals. Overall, our findings indicate that M. zeylanica and M. indica leaf extracts exert anticancer activity by decreasing the proliferation of non-small lung cancer cells possibly through the inhibition of the activity of HDACs, a major class of enzymes implicated in epigenetic modifications. This investigation provides a rationale to isolate compounds with anticancer and HDAC inhibitory potentials from M. zeylanica and M. indica leaves.
Teachers and sanitation promotion: an assessment of community-led total sanitation in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Bartram, Jamie
name: Crocker, Jonny
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a
participatory approach to addressing open defecation that has
demonstrated success in previous studies, yet there is no
research on how implementation arrangements and context
change effectiveness. We used a quasi-experimental study
design to compare two interventions in Ethiopia: conventional
CLTS in which health workers and local leaders provided
facilitation and an alternative approach in which teachers
provided facilitation. In 2012, Plan International Ethiopia
trained teachers from 111 villages and health workers and
leaders from 54 villages in CLTS facilitation. The trained
facilitators then implemented CLTS in their respective villages
for a year. Latrine ownership, use, and quality were measured
with household surveys. Differences between interventions were explored using surveys and interviews. The decrease in open
defecation associated with teacher-facilitated CLTS was 8.2 percentage points smaller than for conventional CLTS (p = 0.048).
Teachers had competing responsibilities and initially lacked support from local leaders, which may have lessened their success.
Teachers may be more appropriate for a supporting rather than leading role in sanitation promotion because they did
demonstrate ability and engagement. Open defecation decreased by 15.3 percentage points overall but did not change where
baseline open defecation was below 30%. Ownership of a latrine with stable flooring increased by 8.7 percentage points overall.
Improved latrine ownership did not change during the intervention. CLTS is most appropriate where open defecation is high
because there were no significant changes in sanitation practices or latrine upgrades where baseline open defecation was low.
On the Existence of Monodromies for the Rabi model
Creators: name: da Cunha, Bruno Carneiro
name: de Almeida, Manuela Carvalho
name: de Queiroz, Amilcar Rabelo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the existence of monodromies associated with the singular points of the eigenvalue problem for the Rabi model. The complete control of the full monodromy data requires the taming of the Stokes phenomenon associated with the unique irregular singular point. The monodromy data, in particular the composite monodromy, are written in terms of the parameters of the model via the isomonodromy method and the tau-function of the Painlevé V. These data provide a systematic way to obtain the quantized spectrum of the Rabi model.
description: 6 pages, two-columns
A Matrix Universe as the Origin of Inertia and Momentum and Translocation as a Chemical Reaction
Creators: name: Hansen, John Norman
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2003
Subjects: translocation as a chemical reaction
derivation of Newton's laws
matrix universe

description: A hypothetical/philosophical approach to the mechanism of translocation of objects as being similar to chemical reactions.
description: It is proposed that there is a matrix structure of the universe that persists both in the presence and absence of physical objects, and that chemical reactions involve reorganization of electronic orbitals within this matrix structure. The mechanism by which objects translocate within this matrix is similar to the chemical reaction mechanism, and therefore requires moving objects to cross transition-state energy barriers. This involves an input of energy, which is the origin of inertia and momentum. The matrix concept is used to derive equations of motion that conform to Newton’s laws and include terms for inertia and momentum.
La progettazione integrata in Friuli Venezia Giulia: una prima valutazione dei finanziamenti del Programma di Sviluppo Rurale
Creators: name: Cisilino, Federica
name: Marangon, Francesco
name: Troiano, Stefania
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2012

description: -
description: Aestimum, Atti del XL incontro di studio (Napoli)