cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Prediction of Pleasantness and Eventfulness Perceptual Sound Qualities in Urban Soundscapes
Creators: name: Sagasti, Amaia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Urban soundscapes
acoustic monitoring
emotions
machine-learning
perception

description: The acoustic environment induces emotions in human listeners. To describe such emotions, ISO-12913 defines pleasantness and eventfulness as orthogonal properties that characterise urban soundscapes. In this work, we study different approaches for automatically estimating these two perceptual sound qualities. We emphasize the comparison of three sets of audio features: a first set from the acoustic and psychoacoustic domain, suggested in ISO-12913; a second set of features from the machine listening domain based on traditional signal processing algorithms; and a third set consisting of audio embeddings generated with a pre-trained audio-language deep-learning model. Each feature set is tested on its own and in combination with ground-truth labels about the sound sources present in the recordings to determine if this additional information improves the prediction accuracy. Our findings indicate that the deep-learning representation yields slightly better performance than the other feature sets when predicting pleasantness, but all of them yield similar performance when predicting eventfulness. Nevertheless, deep-learning embeddings present other advantages, such as faster calculation times and greater robustness against changes in sensor calibration, making them more effective for real-time acoustic monitoring. Furthermore, we observe a clear correlation between the sound sources that are present in the urban soundscape and its induced emotions, specially regarding the sensation of pleasantness. Models like the ones proposed in this paper allow for an assessment of the acoustic environment that goes beyond a characterisation solely based on sound pressure level measurements and could be integrated into current acoustic monitoring solutions to enhance the understanding from the perspective of the induced emotions.
Minimal generating sets of non-modular invariant rings of finite groups
Creators: name: King, Simon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13A50, 13P10

description: It is a classical problem to compute a minimal set of invariant polynomial generating the invariant ring of a finite group as an algebra. We present here an algorithm for the computation of minimal generating sets in the non-modular case. Apart from very few explicit computations of Groebner bases, the algorithm only involves very basic operations, and is thus rather fast. As a test bed for comparative benchmarks, we use transitive permutation groups on 7 and 8 variables. In most examples, our algorithm implemented in Singular works much faster than the one used in Magma, namely by factors between 50 and 1000. We also compute some further examples on more than 8 variables, including a minimal generating set for the natural action of the cyclic group of order 11 in characteristic 0 and of order 15 in characteristic 2. We also apply our algorithm to the computation of irreducible secondary invariants.
description: 14 pages v3: Timings updated. One example added
A Model for Hybrid Simulations of Molecular Dynamics and CFD
Creators: name: Yasuda, Shugo
name: Yamamoto, Ryoichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a method for multi-scale hybrid simulations of molecular dynamics (MD) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In the method, usual lattice-mesh based simulations are applied for CFD level, but each lattice is associated with a small MD cell which generates a "local stress" according to a "local flow field" given from CFD instead of using any constitutive functions at CFD level. We carried out the hybrid simulations for some elemental flow problems of simple Lennard-Jones liquids and compared the results with those obtained by usual CFDs with a Newtonian constitutive relation in order to examine the validity of our hybrid simulation method. It is demonstrated that our hybrid simulations successfully reproduced the correct flow behavior obtained from usual CFDs as far as the mesh size $Δx$ and the time-step $Δt$ of CFD are not too large comparing to the system size $l_{\rm MD}$ and the sampling duration $t_{\rm MD}$ of MD simulations performed at each time step of CFDs. Otherwise, simulations are affected by large fluctuations due to poor statistical averages taken in the MD part. Properties of the fluctuations are analyzed in detail.
description: 17 pages including 9 figures
Additional file 1: of RNA m6A methylation participates in regulation of postnatal development of the mouse cerebellum
Creators: name: Ma, Chunhui
name: Chang, Mengqi
name: Lv, Hongyi
name: Zhang, Zhi-Wei
name: Zhang, Weilong
name: He, Xue
name: Wu, Gaolang
name: Zhao, Shunli
name: Zhang, Yao
name: Wang, Di
name: Teng, Xufei
name: Liu, Chunying
name: Li, Qing
name: Klungland, Arne
name: Niu, Yamei
name: Song, Shuhui
name: Tong, Wei-Min
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Figure S1. Dynamic RNA methylation in the developing mouse cerebellum. Figure S2. Comparison between continuous and temporal-specific methylation during mouse cerebellar development. Figure S3. Comparison of RNA methylation between P7 and P60 based on m6A peaks identified using MACS2. Figure S4. Correlation between RNA methylation and gene expression during cerebellar development. Figure S5. Morphology analysis of mouse cerebellum upon lentivirus infection for Mettl3 overexpression. Figure S6. Phenotype analysis of the cerebellum in the WT and KO mice under normoxic condition. Figure S7. Morphology analysis of the cerebellum in WT and KO mice exposed to hypobaric hypoxia and normoxia successively. Figure S8. Dysregulated RNA methylation resulting from Alkbh5 deficiency in mouse cerebellum exposed to hypobaric hypoxia. Table S1. Data quality and processing information of m6A-seq of poly(A) RNA from wild-type mouse cerebellum (P7, P14, P21, and P60), the cerebellum of wild-type (WT) and Alkbh5 knockout (KO) mice exposed to hypobaric hypoxia (P7). Table S2. Statistics of m6A peaks and expressed RNAs in wild-type mouse cerebellum (P7, P14, P21, and P60), the cerebellum of wild-type (WT) and Alkbh5 knockout (KO) mice exposed to hypobaric hypoxia (P7). Table S3. Numbers of m6A peaks located in different regions of mRNA transcripts in wild-type mouse cerebellum at P7, P14, P21, and P60. Table S9. List of antibodies and their applications used in this study. Table S10. List of primers for RT-qPCR used in this study. (PDF 14643Â kb)
School professionals' perspectives on working with transgender and gender queer youth in the school setting
Creators: name: Cross, Courtney Renée
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: This qualitative dissertation study focused on the perceptions of school professionals in workingwith transgender and gender queer students. Twelve school professionals were individually interviewed utilizing a semi-structured format regarding their experiences working with transgender and gender queer students. School professionals were interviewed to determine: what effective practices/policies schools are implementing to support and meet the needs of transgender and gender queer students, what issues arise with these practices/policies, and what is hindering school professionals from utilizing the other practices/policies that past research has shown to be effective in supporting transgender and gender queer students. Three trainers of organizations which help school professionals better understand and support the LGBTQ community, specifically transgender and gender queer individuals, were also individually interviewed utilizing a semi-structured format in order to gather important anecdotal knowledge regarding this community. The primary researcher utilized Grounded Theory to analyze the data. The primary researcher gathered detailed knowledge and identified shared concepts from the participants’ interview responses, discovered themes, and then explored relationships between concepts in order to better understand socially constructed reality (Morse & Richards, 2002). Participants’ responses to the interview questions were transcribed verbatim and then coded using Corbin & Strauss’ (2008) approach to elevate the raw data to a conceptual level. Open coding was utilized to group similar data and categorize concepts, axial coding was utilized to link and organize these categories by discovering relationships among them, and selective coding was utilized to interpret the data through the development of relational conditions, interactions, and thereby explain the storyline (Scott & Howell, 2008). Interview data provided valuable qualitative evidence of school professionals’ experiences working with transgender and gender queer students and whether their schools have practices/policies in place to support transgender and gender queer students that past research has shown to be effective, such as: utilizing an LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum, having LGBTQ+ safe spaces within the school, offering LGBTQIA-specific professional development trainings for staff, and utilizing a individualized gender transition plan. These data serve as a preliminary evaluation of school professionals’ experiences with transgender and gender queer youth and may inform current as well as future school professionals on how schools can best implement effective practices to hopefully create a safer school environment for these students.
An integrated fuzzy decision-making framework for autonomous mobile robot selection: balancing subjective and objective measures with fuzzy TOPSIS and picture fuzzy CoCoSo approach
Creators: name: Tarafdar, Anirban
name: Shaikh, Azharuddin
name: Ali, Md Niamot
name: Haldar, Anupam
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: The increasing adoption of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) necessitates a robust decision-making framework that effectively balances subjective expert evaluations with objective performance metrics. Existing Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methods often struggle to handle cognitive uncertainty and imprecise linguistic assessments. To address this gap, this study proposes an integrated MCDM framework combining Triangular Fuzzy TOPSIS (TF-TOPSIS) for subjective factor evaluation and Picture Fuzzy Combined Compromise Solution (PF-CoCoSo) for objective factor assessment. TF-TOPSIS employs an 8-point triangular fuzzy scale to quantify expert preferences, ensuring stable and interpretable rankings, while PF-CoCoSo leverages Picture Fuzzy Sets to capture positive, neutral, and negative membership grades, enhancing decision reliability. A Mobile Robot Selection Index (RSI) integrates both subjective and objective rankings for comprehensive prioritization. A case study on nine AMRs shows AMR R4 leading in RSI and subjective ranking, while AMR R5 ranks highest in objective evaluation but places fourth in RSI, revealing trade-offs in decision-making. Sensitivity analysis confirms ranking stability across normalization techniques, RSI parameter variations, and criteria weight changes, with Pearson correlation values around 0.9, ensuring robustness. Comparative analysis further validates the approach, with TF-TOPSIS achieving a 0.98 correlation with RSI rankings and PF-CoCoSo showing moderate alignment, demonstrating its effectiveness in balancing deterministic and uncertain factors.
The COVID-19 Pandemic in the US by the Numbers
Creators: name: Valle, Joseph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Since the end of 2019, the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from Wuhan, China has brought with it a devastating toll on human lives and economies around the world today. Considering its unique and highly contagious nature compared to other viruses, it should come as no surprise that it continues to dominate worldwide news cycles amid the rush to develop and distribute an effective vaccine and save as many lives possible. This project will analyze COVID-19's impact within the United States in 2020, from its first case on January 22 to November 30. Our data can be collected from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) files via this link. From the get-go, we should be aware that given the current news cycle in the US, the CDC's data is bound to change as we learn more about newly recorded cases and deaths from COVID-19. The data included in this project accounts for cases and deaths up to November 30. Once we have our data ready for analysis, we will start off with an overview of COVID-19's effect throughout the whole US. We can dissect this further by comparing figures accounting for the whole year with those recorded by month. In this manner, we can visualize any spikes in cases and deaths over time. To get a more in-depth look on COVID-19 however, we can go beyond our original inquiry by examining the virus's spread between the individual states. Using this approach, we will isolate which states were hit the hardest over time and deduce which ones may have responded better in dealing with the virus. This latter note can be addressed by observing the virus's fatality rate. For the course of this project, the fatality rate will be defined as the proportion of new deaths over new cases. Later, we will inspect monthly trends between the states, and thereby identify any spikes over the year. Furthermore, we will apply these trends to predict how the states will fare against COVID-19 at the turn of the new year. The CSV data file applied for this project, covid-nov-30, is available for your studies via Jupyter Notebook.
Hydrodynamic Evolution  of Supernovae  Impacting White Dwarf Donors
Creators: name: Coleman, Matthew
name: Bauer, Evan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: The D6 scenario suggests that the white dwarf donor interacts significantly with the supernova ejecta, as a way to explain the luminosity and size of candidate remnant objects. As this is clearly a dynamical interaction, we use the self-gravity and newly developed EOS capabilities of Athena++ to explicitly evolve the hydrodynamical phase of the ejecta-donor interaction, with particular attention dedicated to the shock that travels through the donor and the entropy deposited in its interior.
Electronic measurement and control of spin transport in Silicon
Creators: name: Appelbaum, Ian
name: Huang, Biqin
name: Monsma, Douwe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electron spin lifetime and diffusion length are transport parameters that define the scale of coherence in spintronic devices and circuits. Since these parameters are many orders of magnitude larger in semiconductors than in metals, semiconductors could be the most suitable for spintronics. Thus far, spin transport has only been measured in direct-bandgap semiconductors or in combination with magnetic semiconductors, excluding a wide range of non-magnetic semiconductors with indirect bandgaps. Most notable in this group is silicon (Si), which (in addition to its market entrenchment in electronics) has long been predicted a superior semiconductor for spintronics with enhanced lifetime and diffusion length due to low spin-orbit scattering and lattice inversion symmetry. Despite its exciting promise, a demonstration of coherent spin transport in Si has remained elusive, because most experiments focused on magnetoresistive devices; these methods fail because of universal impedance mismatch obstacles, and are obscured by Lorentz magnetoresistance and Hall effects. Here we demonstrate conduction band spin transport across 10 microns undoped Si, by using spin-dependent ballistic hot-electron filtering through ferromagnetic thin films for both spin-injection and detection. Not based on magnetoresistance, the hot electron spin-injection and detection avoids impedance mismatch issues and prevents interference from parasitic effects. The clean collector current thus shows independent magnetic and electrical control of spin precession and confirms spin coherent drift in the conduction band of silicon.
description: Single PDF file with 4 Figures
Addressing barriers to mental health service utilization among Muslim youth and families using a community-based participatory research approach
Creators: name: Cho, Christine J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Despite an identified need for treatment in this population, there continues to be a significant underutilization of formal mental health services among Muslim youth and families in the United States, due to a range of cultural, religious, and socioeconomic barriers. Consequently, traditional methods of engaging this population in clinical services and research have proven to be inadequate, whereas there is growing evidence to suggest that community- based participatory research (CBPR) approaches emphasizing collaboration with community stakeholders throughout the research process may be more acceptable and effective in addressing disparities in mental health care for racial/ethnic minority youth and families. The current study employs a CBPR approach to improve attitudes and stigma-related beliefs toward mental health services among “gatekeepers” to referrals in the local Muslim community. A community- academic partnership (CAP) was formed with a local religious Islamic school affiliated with a prominent Sunni mosque in Central New Jersey. A series of mental health psychoeducation and skills building workshops were developed with school leadership for teachers at the partnering school, and one workshop was implemented. Participants were attendees of the workshop who were invited to participate in a web-based survey following the attended workshop, in order to assess change over time in attitudes toward mental health services and treatment-seeking, barriers/facilitators to referrals for services, mental health stigma-related beliefs, and knowledge about services and local resources. Participants also provided qualitative and quantitative feedback about acceptability and suggestions for future workshops. Aims of the study included creation of a community-academic partnership, development and implementation of three gatekeeper training and education workshops, and evaluation of efforts to indirectly increase mental health service utilization among a local Muslim school community by influencing factors associated with teachers’ mental health referral propensity. Results demonstrated acceptable feasibility for both the CAP and workshops, and identified challenges to be addressed for improved feasibility and sustainability of efforts. Results also demonstrated high acceptability of workshops, as well as increased mental health knowledge and mental health referral propensity, and decreased mental health stigma-related beliefs as a result of attending the workshop. Survey responses were utilized to develop a list of recommendations for community clinics and clinicians seeking to increase access and utilization of formal mental health services for other underserved or difficult-to-reach youth populations.
The diagonal Ising susceptibility
Creators: name: Boukraa, S.
name: Hassani, S.
name: Maillard, J. -M.
name: McCoy, B. M.
name: Zenine, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 33E17, 33E05, 33Cxx, 33Dxx, 14Exx, 14Hxx, 34M55, 47E05, 34Lxx, 34Mxx, 14Kxx

description: We use the recently derived form factor expansions of the diagonal two-point correlation function of the square Ising model to study the susceptibility for a magnetic field applied only to one diagonal of the lattice, for the isotropic Ising model. We exactly evaluate the one and two particle contributions $χ_{d}^{(1)}$ and $χ_{d}^{(2)}$ of the corresponding susceptibility, and obtain linear differential equations for the three and four particle contributions, as well as the five particle contribution $χ^{(5)}_d(t)$, but only modulo a given prime. We use these exact linear differential equations to show that, not only the russian-doll structure, but also the direct sum structure on the linear differential operators for the $ n$-particle contributions $χ_{d}^{(n)}$ are quite directly inherited from the direct sum structure on the form factors $ f^{(n)}$. We show that the $ n^{th}$ particle contributions $χ_{d}^{(n)}$ have their singularities at roots of unity. These singularities become dense on the unit circle $|\sinh2E_v/kT \sinh 2E_h/kT|=1$ as $ n\to \infty$.
description: 18 pages
Additional file 5 of The linkage of NF-κB signaling pathway-associated long non-coding RNAs with tumor microenvironment and prognosis in cervical cancer
Creators: name: Feng, Xue
name: Shan, Ru
name: Hu, Xiaomeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 5: Figure S4.
Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
Creators: name: Hsieh, Min-Hsiu
name: Brun, Todd A.
name: Devetak, Igor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the construction of quantum low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes from classical quasi-cyclic (QC) LDPC codes with girth greater than or equal to 6. We have shown that the classical codes in the generalized Calderbank-Shor-Steane (CSS) construction do not need to satisfy the dual-containing property as long as pre-shared entanglement is available to both sender and receiver. We can use this to avoid the many 4-cycles which typically arise in dual-containing LDPC codes. The advantage of such quantum codes comes from the use of efficient decoding algorithms such as sum-product algorithm (SPA). It is well known that in the SPA, cycles of length 4 make successive decoding iterations highly correlated and hence limit the decoding performance. We show the principle of constructing quantum QC-LDPC codes which require only small amounts of initial shared entanglement.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure. Final version that will show up on PRA. Minor changes in contents and Title
Wigner crystal and bubble phases in graphene in the quantum Hall regime
Creators: name: Zhang, C. -H.
name: Joglekar, Yogesh N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Graphene, a single free-standing sheet of graphite with honeycomb lattice structure, is a semimetal with carriers that have linear dispersion. A consequence of this dispersion is the absence of Wigner crystallization in graphene, since the kinetic and potential energies both scale identically with the density of carriers. We study the ground state of graphene in the presence of a strong magnetic field focusing on states with broken translational symmetry. Our mean-field calculations show that at integer fillings a uniform state is preferred, whereas at non-integer filling factors Wigner crystal states (with broken translational symmetry) have lower energy. We obtain the phase diagram of the system. We find that it is qualitatively similar to that of quantum Hall systems in semiconductor heterostructures. Our analysis predicts that non-uniform states, including Wigner crystal state, will occur in graphene in the presence of a magnetic field and will lead to anisotropic transport in high Landau levels.
description: New references added; 9 pages, 9 figures, (paper with high-resolution images is available at http://www.physics.iupui.edu/yogesh/graphene.pdf)
BC-SIM-TN-005 - simEv User Manual - Version 1.0.0
Creators: name: POLITI, ROMOLO
name: SIMIONI, EMANUELE
name: ZUSI, MICHELE
name: CAPACCIONI, FABRIZIO
name: CAPRIA, MARIA TERESA
name: DORESSOUNDIRAM, ALAIN
name: LANGEVIN, YVES
name: PALUMBO, PASQUALE
name: VINCENDON, MATHIEU
name: CREMONESE, Gabriele
Publisher: name: IAPS Roma
Year: 2021

description: The document describes the software used to extract the Events from the telemetry of the Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYStem (SIMBIOSYS). The document provides documentation on the output file, also.
Rhopalopsole alobata Harrison & Stark 2008, sp.n.
Creators: name: Harrison, Audrey B.
name: Stark, Bill P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Leuctridae
Rhopalopsole
Rhopalopsole alobata

description: Rhopalopsole alobata, sp.n. (Figs. 1‐5) Material examined. Holotype ♂ from Vietnam, Vinh Phu, Tam Dao Hill Station, lower waterfall of stream flowing through town, UV light, 11 May 1996, B. Hubley, D.C. Darling, ROM 961030. Holotype deposited in the ROM. Adult habitus. Head brown, lighter toward margins. Large, longitudinal, dark brown pattern extending from occiput through ocelli to anterior frons and labrum. Area forward of compound eye and anterolateral to posterior ocelli pale. Wing membrane pale brown, veins lighter except R vein dark brown. Legs pale brown without distinctive pattern. Male. Macropterous, Forewing length 5.5 mm. Vesicle absent (Figs. 2‐3). Posterior margin of tergum 9 sclerotized, slightly lobed and emarginate (Fig. 1). Tergum 10 with mesal sclerotized plate bearing a rounded posteromedian protrusion and lateral wings. Posterolateral processes strongly sclerotized, finger‐ like in shape, curving inward at tip in dorsal aspect (Fig 1), broad basally, narrowed to tip and curved upward in lateral aspect (Fig. 3). Subanal probe sinuate in lateral aspect with hook‐ like tip (Figs. 3, 5), base of probe strongly sclerotized in ventral aspect (Fig. 2), and apex membranous. Epiproct a simple curved process (Figs. 3‐4), obscured in Fig. 1 by position of subanal probe. Female. Unknown. Larva. Unknown. Etymology. The species name refers to the absence of a ventral vesicle on segment 9. Diagnosis. This species is similar to R. xui Yang, et al. (2004), but lacks a vesicle on the base of sternum 9. R. alobata and R. xui are similar in that the lateral processes of tergum 10 are simple finger‐ like, non bifurcate structures, but differ in that these structures in R. alobata curve inward at the tip in dorsal aspect and also curve more dorsad than in R. xui in lateral aspect.
description: Published as part of Harrison, Audrey B. & Stark, Bill P., 2008, Rhopalopsole Alobata (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), A New Stonefly Species From Vietnam, pp. 76-80 in Illiesia 4 (7) on pages 76-77, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4758973
Construction of Noncommutative Instantons in 4k Dimensions
Creators: name: Broedel, Johannes
name: Ivanova, Tatiana A.
name: Lechtenfeld, Olaf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider generalized self-duality equations for U(2r) Yang-Mills theory on R^{4k} with quaternionic structure and self-dual Moyal deformation. We employ the extended ADHM method in 4k dimensions to construct new noncommutative generalizations of the 't Hooft as well as of the BPST instantons. It is shown that in the commutative limit the BPST-type configurations coincide with the standard instantons on HP^n written in local coordinates.
description: 1+9 pages
The development of automated systems for metaphase location in cytogenetic preparations of human bone marrow
Creators: name: Poulin, Neal M.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Cytogenetic evaluation of human bone marrow cells is one of the principal sources of diagnostic and prognostic information in the evaluation of the myeloid leukemias. In the majority of cases, these diseases are characterized by non-random chromosomal changes in the cells of the malignant clone. The chromosomal abnormalities are present only in the leukemic cells, which are distributed along with normal cells in the bone marrow and throughout the circulation. The objective of this thesis was to test the hypothesis that suitable criteria could be established for automated metaphase detection using human bone marrow preparations. This involved computerized, low resolution scanning of a specimen slide, and the measurement of object features which allowed metaphases to be adequately distinguished from nuclei and debris. Two approaches were investigated. The first used a line-scanning system, in which microscope slides were scanned line by line with a linear CCD detector, and focussing was performed automatically. Eighteen signal features were measured for each detected object. Three group discriminant function analysis was performed on objects from a large number of slides from both types of preparations, in order to distinguish metaphases from nuclei and debris. The second method evaluated the use of a frame scanning system. Objects were detected in a frame-by-frame scan of microscope slides, using a two dimensional CD camera. Feature measurements were performed for all objects within a specified area range, and three group discriminant function analysis was performed on data from a large number of slides. In both approaches, the performance of the discriminant functions was evaluated on independent samples collected from a number of patients, in order to determine the operational error rates of the systems. The sensitivity of the line scan system for metaphase detection was 86%, compared to 92% fror the frame scannning system, while the specificity was 84% for the line scan system, and 86% for the frame scanning system. The frame scan system was shown to be useful for determining the mitotic index of cells cultured for varying periods of time prior to fixation. Four patients with AML were examined, and the results of the analysis show that the mitotic indices could be determined in this way to an accuracy of approximately 5%. The mitotic indices differed as a function of time for different patients.
Implications for the Cosmological Landscape: Can Thermal Inputs from a Prior Universe Account for Relic Graviton Production?
Creators: name: Beckwith, A. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a way to accomodate relic graviton production via worm hole transitions of prior universe thermal / energy density values to our present universe. This is done in the context of providing a mechanism for thermally driven relic gravitons, and also to explain how Park's 2003 observation as to how a thermally scaled vacuum energy value plays a role in forming the early universe emergent field dynamics
description: 12 pages, 0 figures, 3 tables, published in the STAIF 2008 conference AIP volume edited by Mohammed El Genik of the University of New Mexico
Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang
Creators: name: Harrison, Audrey B.
name: Stark, Bill P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Leuctridae
Rhopalopsole
Rhopalopsole sinensis

description: Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang (Figs. 6‐8) Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993:237. Holotype ♂ (Insect Collection, Beijing Agricultural University), Maolan, Guizhou, China Material examined. Vietnam: Lao Cai, Sapa, Muong Hoa Ho River, 6 May 1995, D. Currie, B. Hubley, J. Swann, ROM 956013, 1 ♂ (ROM). Remarks. Figures 3‐5 in Yang & Yang (1993) show lateral and dorsal aspects of the male terminalia and ventral aspect of the subanal probe for this species. The lateral process of tergum 10 is bifurcate, and only slightly narrowed at the apex, and tergum 10 is shown with a large mesal sclerite. Our specimen is in close agreement in lateral process structure, but the mesal sclerite on tergum 10 is more chordate in shape (Figs. 6‐8). The Vietnamese specimen may represent a species distinct from R. sinensis but that can only be determined by direct comparison with the holotype.
description: Published as part of Harrison, Audrey B. & Stark, Bill P., 2008, Rhopalopsole Alobata (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), A New Stonefly Species From Vietnam, pp. 76-80 in Illiesia 4 (7) on pages 77-78, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4758973
description: {"references": ["Yang, D. & J. Yang. 1993. New and little- known species of Plecoptera from Guizhou Province (III). Entomotaxonomia, 15: 235 - 238."]}
Measures of teacher practices and teacher ratings of student symptomatology on observed student academic engagement
Creators: name: LaRose, Alicia J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: The current investigation examined whether teacher ratings of student symptomatology as measured by the Behavioral Assessment System for Children-Third Edition (BASC-3) and quality of teacher practices, as measured by the Classroom Strategies Assessment System (CSAS) predict direct observation of students’ academic engagement as measured by the Behavioral Observation of Students in Schools (BOSS) in elementary school classrooms. Participants included 98 classroom teachers and 262 students with or at risk for Externalizing Behavior Disorders (EBDs) from 18 elementary schools. Correlational analyses found teacher ratings of student symptomatology were significantly related to academic engagement behavior (r = -.28, p < .01) and teachers’ use of behavior management practices were significantly related to student academic engagement behavior (r = -.17, p < .01). A series of multilevel models were carried out to examine the predictiveness of student symptomatology and the quality of classroom practices on student academic engagement behaviors. Multilevel results revealed students with more symptomatology were predictive of lower student academic engagement behaviors whereas observed teacher practices were not predictive of student academic engagement behaviors. The interaction between student symptomatology and teacher practices predicted total student engagement. Study limitations and implications of findings for bridging research and practice are presented.
Ixodes spinicoxalis Neumann 1899
Creators: name: Petney, Trevor N.
name: Boulanger, Nathalie
name: Saijuntha, Weerachai
name: Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia
name: Pfeffer, Martin
name: Eamudomkarn, Chatanun
name: Andrews, Ross H.
name: Ahamad, Mariana
name: Putthasorn, Noppadon
name: Muders, Senta V.
name: Petney, David A.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Ixodidae
Ixodes
Ixodes spinicoxalis

description: Ixodes spinicoxalis Neumann, 1899
 Ixodes spinicoxalis is an Oriental Region species that been recorded from Lao PDR and Thailand in continental Southeast Asia, as well as outlying islands (Schulze 1934; Wilson 1970; Tanskul et al. 1983), where it occurs in evergreen forests (Guglielmone et al. 2014). A single record from Caucasia (Yakimov and Kohl-Yakimova 1910) probably represents an error in identification (Anastos 1950). This species appears to be relatively rare, with few records from mainland Southeast Asia (Tanskul et al. 1983; Wilson 1970). Recent collections of over 15,000 ticks from Lao PDR did not contain this species, perhaps because wild animals were not sampled (Vongphayloth et al. 2016). Hosts include tree shrews, rodents, birds and various small carnivores (Tanskul et al. 1983; Guglielmone et al. 2014).
Nuttall and Warburton (1911) described the female, illustrating the scutum, coxae and hypostome, while Schulze (1934) described the male, illustrating the dorsum, venter, ventral capitulum, and tarsi I and IV.
description: Published as part of Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4558 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2613120
Additional file 3 of The linkage of NF-κB signaling pathway-associated long non-coding RNAs with tumor microenvironment and prognosis in cervical cancer
Creators: name: Feng, Xue
name: Shan, Ru
name: Hu, Xiaomeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 3: Figure S2.
Entanglement in alternating open spin-1/2 chains with XY-Hamiltonian
Creators: name: Doronin, S. I.
name: Fel'dman, E. B.
name: Pyrkov, A. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate entanglement of spin pairs in alternating open spin chains in the equilibrium state in an external magnetic field. We calculate the reduced density matrix of spin pairs and estimate the concurrence with Wootter's criteria. The obtained results demonstrate the dependence of the entanglement on the temperature, chain's length, the positions of the spins, and the ratio of the spin-spin interaction constants.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Optimization of the METIS on-board algorithm for the automatic detection of Coronal Mass Ejections
Creators: name: BEMPORAD, Alessandro
name: GUILLUY, GLORIA
Publisher: name: O.A. Torino
Year: 2021

description: The Solar Orbiter-METIS on-board algorithm for the automated detection of Coronal Mass Ejections and the release of a “CME flag” has been tested and optimized based on the analysis of data acquired by the STEREO-COR1 and COR2 coronagraphs. The polarized images by STEREO acquired with 3 different orientations of the linear polarizer have been combined and analysed to reconstruct the polarized sequences that will be acquired by METIS with 4 different polarization angles. The images have been then divided into 8 angular sectors, to simulate the lightcurves and normalized running differences that will be measured by METIS. For the derivation of lightcurves, different circular crown areas with different radial extensions have been considered, in order to define the optimal interval. Results show that the on-board algorithms will be able to successfully identify the occurrence of CMEs at both heliocentric distances of 0.28 AU and 0.72 AU. Among possible different areas, for optimal operations of this algorithm it is suggested to employ circular crown areas centred over the inner fraction of the instrument field of view, and possibly with smaller radial extensions. The work described here was performed in 2015 for a triennial Degree Thesis in Physics at Turin University Physics Department.
O σοφός-βασιλιάς: ζητήματα θεμελίωσης στους Πλάτωνα και Κομφούκιο
Creators: name: Αβραμίδου, Ελένη Θ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2010
Subjects: Σοφός-βασιλιάς
Κομφούκιος
Φιλόσοφος-βασιλιάς
Πλάτων
Sage-king
Confucius
Philosopher-king
Plato

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής αυτής είναι η διερεύνηση της μορφής του σοφού-βασιλιά των κομφουκιανών Αναλέκτων, εστιάζοντας σε ζητήματα θεμελίωσης αυτής της καθ’ όλα πολιτικής παρουσίας, η οποία ανάγεται σε κορωνίδα της ηθικο-πολιτικής θεωρίας που εισηγείται ο Κομφούκιος. Εξετάζονται η γνωσιολογική, ηθική και παιδαγωγική θεμελίωση της υπεροχής του σοφού έναντι του μη-σοφού, εξαιτίας της οποίας ο σοφός καλείται να αναλάβει τη διακυβέρνηση της κομφουκιανής ιδανικής πολιτείας και, επίσης, διερευνώνται ανάλογα ζητήματα θεμελίωσης στον Πλάτωνα. Από την έρευνα αναδύονται τα θεμελιώδη χαρακτηριστικά, καθώς και τα στοιχεία εκείνα που συνετέλεσαν στη διαμόρφωση και την ανάπτυξη του σοφού-βασιλιά και του φιλοσόφου-βασιλιά σε δύο διακριτές κοινωνικο-πολιτικές συνιστώσες, καθώς, επίσης, συγγένειες και αποκλίσεις δύο σκέψεων που αναπτύχθηκαν σε εντελώς διαφορετικά φιλοσοφικά συμφραζόμενα και αποτελούν, αντίστοιχα, τις απαρχές της ελληνικής, δηλαδή, δυτικής σκέψης και της κινεζικής. Αναδεικνύεται, έτσι, η πολιτική και ηθική θεωρία, με την οποία ο Κομφούκιος, παρόμοια με τον Πλάτωνα και τη δική του θεωρία, απομακρύνεται από το παλαιό πολιτικό παράδειγμα, εισάγοντας νέα δεδομένα στον τρόπο διακυβέρνησης μέσω της σύζευξης εξουσίας και γνώσης με την ηθική ως κύριο διακύβευμα.
description: The aim of this thesis is the investigation of the sage-king’s figure in the Confucian Analects, focusing on issues such as the foundation of this political presence in every aspect, which becomes a capstone on the theory of politics and ethics that Confucius suggests. The epistemological, moral and educational foundation of the sage man’s superiority compared to the non-sage, because of which the sage man is called to take over the governance of the Confucian ideal state, is being examined and moreover, similar foundation issues are also investigated in Plato. Through this research emerge the fundamental characteristics, as well as those elements that contributed to the formation and the development of the sage-king and the philosopher-king into two distinct socio-political components and, also, the relations and variations of two thoughts, each developed in a completely different philosophical context and comprising respectively the origins of Greek, that is, Western, and Chinese thought. In this way, the political and moral theory with which Confucius departs from the old political example comes forth, while introducing new governance standards through coupling power and knowledge with ethics as its main risk, similar with Plato and his theory.
How to choose and interpret similarity indices to quantify the variability in gait joint kinematics
Creators: name: Marco, Roberto Di
name: Scalona, Emilia
name: Pacilli, Alessandra
name: Cappa, Paolo
name: Mazzà, Claudia
name: Rossi, Stefano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
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: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy

description: Repeatability and reproducibility indices are often used in gait analysis to validate models and assess patients in their follow-up. When comparing joint kinematics, their interpretation can be ambiguous due to a lack of understanding of the exact sources of their variations. This paper studied four indices (Root Mean Square Deviation, Mean Absolute Variability, Coefficient of Multiple Correlation, and Linear Fit Method) in relation to five confusing-factors: joints’ range of motion, sample-by-sample amplitude variability, offset, time shift and curve shape. A first simulation was conducted to test the mathematics behind each index. A second simulation tested the influence of the curve shape on the indices using a Fourier’s decomposition. The Coefficient of Multiple Correlation and the Linear Fit method Coefficients were independent from the range of motion. Different Coefficients of Multiple Correlation were found among different joints, leading to misinterpretation of the results. The Linear Fit Method coefficients should not be adopted when time shift increases. Root Mean Square Deviation and Mean Absolute Variability were sensitive to all the confusing-factors. The Linear Fit Method coefficients seemed to be the most suitable to assess gait data variability, complemented with Root Mean Square Deviation or Mean Absolute Variability as measurements of data dispersion.
Improved di-neutron cluster model for 6He scattering
Creators: name: Moro, A. M.
name: Rusek, K.
name: Arias, J. M.
name: Gomez-Camacho, J.
name: Rodriguez-Gallardo, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structure of the three-body Borromean nucleus 6He is approximated by a two-body di-neutron cluster model. The binding energy of the 2n-αsystem is determined to obtain a correct description of the 2n-αcoordinate, as given by a realistic three-body model calculation. The model is applied to describe the break-up effects in elastic scattering of 6He on several targets, for which experimental data exist. We show that an adequate description of the di-neutron-core degree of freedom permits a fairly accurate description of the elastic scattering of 6He on different targets.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C
Generalization of distance to higher dimensional objects
Creators: name: Plotkin, Steven S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The measurement of distance between two objects is generalized to the case where the objects are no longer points but are one-dimensional. Additional concepts such as non-extensibility, curvature constraints, and non-crossing become central to the notion of distance. Analytical and numerical results are given for some specific examples, and applications to biopolymers are discussed.
On the biomechanical relationship between applied hip, knee and ankle joint moments and the internal knee compressive forces
Creators: name: Stoltze, Jonas Stensgaard
name: Rasmussen, John
name: Andersen, Michael Skipper
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plasma Physics

description: Mechanical devices are common treating methods for knee osteoarthritis. It has the purpose of reducing the internal joint forces and unloading the damaged structure. The reduction is often achieved by alterations in the frontal plan, shifting the contact force from one compartment to the other, leaving the total compressive force unchanged. The aim of this study was to investigate how internal knee joint forces depend on applied external moments during gait. Musculoskeletal models of the gait of 10 healthy subjects were developed in the AnyBody Modelling System and used to simulate applied joint moments about different axes (load cases), each with the magnitude to compensate the net moment about the respective axis by a specified percentage. For each load case, the total, medial and lateral knee compressive force were computed and compared with a baseline case with no external moments applied. Among the investigated moments, hip flexion-extension, knee flexion-extension and ankle plantarflexion-dorsiflexion moment compensations have the most positive impact on the total knee joint compressive force, and combining the 3, each with a 40% compensation of the muscle moments, reduced the first peak by 23.6%, the second by 30.6% and the impulse by 28.6% with respect to no applied moments.